ORI005301 RAC6610

Alarm System
ISSUE 1.1

Wireless Curriculum Development Section

 Objectives

 Upon completion of this course,you will be able to:

 Perform alarm query complying with requ

ests.
 Understand the basic concepts of alarm, s
uch as alarm level ， alarm type, etc.
 Perform the alarm configuration correctly.

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 Course Contents

Chapter 1 Alarm Management Description

Chapter2 Alarm Query

Chapter3 Alarm Maintenance

Chapter4 Alarm Box Management

Chapter5 BTS Near-end Alarm Management

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 Structure of Alarm Management System

Transport
Alarm storage query

Communication
layer Alarm CMUX Alarm

MML Server
Exchange

Alarm Box
Gateway
management
Alarm Alarm processing
detection
Radio layer Alarm
Alarm filtration
forwarding
BSC FAM

BTS FAM OMU

BAM

Alarm Box

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 Basic Concepts

Alarm Type

Event Alarm
Fault Alarm
Recovery Alarm

The fault alarm and recovery alarm should occur in pairs.

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 Basic Concepts

Alarm Level
Critical Level
Major Level
Minor Level
Warning Level

•It indicates the severity of the alarm.

•The highest level is the critical level.
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 Basic Concept

Alarm ID
Used to identify the category of alarm.

Alarm Sequence Number

Used to identify the sequence of alarms

generated.

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 Course Contents

Chapter 1 Alarm Management Description

Chapter2 Alarm Query

Chapter3 Alarm Maintenance

Chapter4 Alarm Box Management

Chapter5 BTS Near-end Alarm Management

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 Alarm Query Commands

 LST ALMFE
 LST ALMLOG
 LST NEALMLOG
 LST ALMINF
 LST ALMCFG

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 Query the Current Alarms

Example: To query the current alarms

( including fault alarms and event alarms)
in the system and return a maximum of 100
results .
Command: LST ALMFE : CNT=100;

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 Query RAC History Alarm

 Example 1: Query history alarms of RAC. Alarm level: cirtical

and major alarms. Up to 200 records will be returned when th
e alarm level are “Critical” and “Major” for history alarm query.
 Command: LST ALMLOG: ALMTP=flt, ALVL=EMERGENCY-
1&IMPORTANT-1&COMMON-0&NOTIFICATION-0, CNT=20
0;

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 Difference Between Current Alarm and History
Alarm

 Current Alarm: The current alarm refers to a fault alarm or an

event alarm that has not been recovered or acknowledged .
 History Alarm: All alarms generated in the system, including
fault alarms and event alarms, whether recovered or confirmed
are called history alarms.

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 Query Information of History Alarm of the BTS

 Example 1: Query all the history alarms with alarm level of em

ergency alarm & common alarm of the BTSs from No. 10 to N
o. 13, at most 200 records are required.
 Command: LST NEALMLOG: STARTNEID=10, ENDNOEID=
13, ALMTP=flt, ALVL=EMERGENCY-1&IMPORTANT-0&CO
MMON-1&NOTIFICATION-0, CNT=200;

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 Query Alarm Detailed Information

 The serial No. of the alarm is the only command parameter

that needs to be input..
 Example: Query the detailed information of the alarm whose
serial No. is 2200.
 Command: LST ALMINF: CSN=2200;

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 Query Alarm Configuration Information

 Example1: Query the configuration information of the alarms

whose IDs are between 100 and 200.
 Command: LST ALMCFG: STARTAID=100, ENDAID=200;

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 Course Contents

Chapter 1 Alarm Management Description

Chapter2 Alarm Query

Chapter3 Alarm Maintenance

Chapter4 Alarm Box Management

Chapter5 BTS Near-end Alarm Management

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 Alarm Management Commands

 RMV ALMFLT
 RMV ALMLOG
 SET ALMACK
 SET ALMLVL
 SET ALMMSK
 SET CLTRPT

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 Manually Reset Alarm

Example: Manually recover the alarms whose

serial No. is between 111 and 222.
Command:
RMV ALMFLT: STARTCSN=111,
ENDCSN=222;

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 Delete History Alarm

 Example1: Delete history alarms generated during the days be

tween 2001-02-03 and 2001-02-05.
 Command:RMV ALMLOG: SD=2001&02&03, ED=2001&02&0
5;

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 Alarm Confirmation

 Example1: Confirm alarms whose serial No. is between 2000 a

nd 2100.
 Command:SET ALMACK: STARTCSN=2000, ENDCSN=2100;

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 Set Alarm Level

 Example1: Set alarm level as “Major” for alarms whose ID is

between 100 and 200.
 Command: SET ALMLVL: STARTAID=100, ENDAID=200,
NEWALVL=IMPORTANT;

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 Set Alarm Shielding Flag

 Example1: Shield alarms whose IDs are between 50 and 80.

 Command: SET ALMMSK: STARTAID=50, ENDAID=80,
MSKFLG=MASK;
 the system will not store and display the shielded alarms.

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 Set Alarm Report

 Example 1: Set alarms whose ID is between 100 and 120 not

to be reported to the client.
 Command:
 SET CLTRPT: STARTAID=100, ENDAID=120,
RPTFLG=NONRPT;

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 Difference Between SET ALMMSK & SET CLTRPT

 If SET ALMMSK is executed, the foreground will not stored

corresponding alarms. And the alarms could not be queried by
command “LST ALMLOG” or “LST ALMLOG”, but the execution
result of “SET CLTPRT” is not in this case.
 The alarms will be sent to alarm box even if ”SET CLTRPT” is
executed.

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 Course Contents

Chapter 1 Alarm Management Description

Chapter2 Alarm Query

Chapter3 Alarm Maintenance

Chapter4 Alarm Box Management

Chapter5 BTS Near-end Alarm Management

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 Configuration of Communication Gateway

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 Query Alarm Indicator Status

Example: Query the status of the current alarm indicator.

Command:
LST BOXLGT:;
The information returned from the system is as follows:
%%LST BOXLGT:;%%
RETCODE = 0 Execution succeeded
Critical : 3 Alarm
Major : 14 Alarm
Minor 0 Alarm
Warning |#|#| 0 Alarm

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 Manually Switch Off Alarm Indicator

 Example: Switch off the alarm box indicator of “Warning”

alarms.
 Command: CLR BOXLGT: ALVL=NOTIFICATION;

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 Stop Alarm Sound

 Example: Stop the alarm sound

 Command: STP BOXSND:;

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 Query Alarm Indicator Status

Example: Query the status of the current alarm indicator.

Command:
LST BOXLGT:;
The information returned from the system is as follows:
%%LST BOXLGT:;%%
RETCODE = 0 Execution succeeded
Critical : 3 Alarm
Major : 14 Alarm
Minor 0 Alarm
Warning |#|#| 0 Alarm

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 Reset Alarm Box

 Example: Reset alarm box

 Command:
 RST ALMBOX:;

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 Course Contents

Chapter 1 Alarm Management Description

Chapter2 Alarm Query

Chapter3 Alarm Maintenance

Chapter4 Alarm Box Management

Chapter5 BTS Near-end Alarm Management

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 Query BTS Current Alarm

 LST CURALM[:BRDTP=<BCIM>][,BRDID=<0>][,BGNDT=<2000&1&1
>][,BGN TM=<0&0&0>][,END DT=<2005&12&31>][,END
TM=<23&59&59 >][,ALARM CODE=<255>][,SUBUNIT TYPE=<255>]
[,SUBUNIT NO=<255 >][,ALARM DESCRIP="<STRING>"]

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 Query BTS History Alarm

 LST HISALM[:BRDTP=<BCIM>][,BRDID=<0>][,BGN
DT=<2000&1&1 >][,BGN TM=<0&0&0>][,END
DT=<2005&12&31>][,END TM=<23&59&59 >][,ALARM
CODE=<255>][,ALARM TYPE=<ALL>][,SUBUNIT TYPE=<255
>][,SUBUNIT NO=<255>][,ALARM DESCRIP="<STRING>"]

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 Delete BTS History Alarm

 DEL HISALM[:BRDTP=<BCIM>][,BRDID=<0>][,BGN
DT=<2000&1&1 >][,BGN TM=<0&0&0>][,END
DT=<2005&12&31>][,END TM=<23&59&59 >][,ALARM
CODE=<255>][,ALARM TYPE=<ALL>][,SUBUNIT
TYPE=<255 >][,SUBUNIT NO=<255>][,ALARM
DESCRIP="<STRING>"]

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 Summary

Alarm Management Description

Alarm Query

Alarm Maintenance

Alarm Box Management

BTS Near-end Alarm Management

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