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Events

Events

The Events functions are used to display a list of event messages, clear the event buffer, and to determine the number of event messages that have been stored. When the EVENTS function is selected from the Main Menu, the Events Menu is displayed:

EVENTS MENU
Event Display
Clear Buffer
Event Count: <nn>

Position the cursor next to the Event Display caption and press the <Enter> key to display a list of events. Position the cursor next to the Clear Buffer caption and press the <Enter> key to clear the event buffer. Press the <Esc> key to return to the Main Menu.

Event Display

When the Event Display function is selected from the Events Menu, the system will display a list of events in the following format:

<#> <XX> <Time>
 <message>
<#> <XX> <Time>
 <message>

The system will display the most recent event message first. Use the <Up Arrow> and <Down Arrow> keys to display previous and subsequent event messages. Press the <Esc> key to exit this screen and return to the Events Menu. The following paragraphs describe the fields in the events display:

<#>: This field identifies the event number. It is a sequential number in the range 0-99.

<XX>: This field identifies the event group code. The group code identifies the FastPAD component that generated the event. It can be one of the following:

  SY = System

  L = Composite Link

  D1 = Data Channel Number 1

  D2 = Data Channel Number 2

  D3 = Data Channel Number 3

  D4 = Data Channel Number 4

  D5 = Data Channel Number 5

  DHS = High Speed (HS) Data Channel

  DNMS = NMS Data Channel

  X1 = Expansion Channel Number 1

  X2 = Expansion Channel Number 2

  X3 = Expansion Channel Number 3

  X4 = Expansion Channel Number 4

  X5 = Expansion Channel Number 5

  X6 = Expansion Channel Number 6

  X7 = Expansion Channel Number 7

  X8 = Expansion Channel Number 8

<Date>: This field identifies the date the event occurred in the form: Mon dd.

<Time>: This field identifies the time the event occurred in the form: hh:mm:ss.

The following example event screen illustrates the format of the event display:

1 SY Jan 01 00:13:12
System Reset
2 L   Jan 01 00:14:22
DCD On

Event messages are grouped by category according to the FastPAD component (System, Link, Data Channel, or Expansion Channel) that generated the event.

System (SY) Event Messages

The following paragraphs describe the event messages in the System (SY) category:

$$O.S. Failure: This event message indicates an operating system scheduling error occurred.

Bad EEPROM: This event messages indicates bad EEPROM has been detected.

Bad FLASH-E: This event message indicates the system was not able to correctly erase flash memory.

Bad FLASH ID: This event message indicates bad flash memory has been detected.

Bad FLASH-W: This event message indicates the system was not able to successfully write to flash memory

Bad FlashPAK: This event message indicates the FlashPAK is defective or not configured correctly.

Failed P/S: This event message indicates a failure of the primary power supply.

FLASH Update: This event message indicates flash memory has been updated.

Good P/S: This event message can occur after a Failed P/S 1 event has been posted. It indicates the primary power supply has recovered from the failure condition.

New date/time: This event message indicates a new system date and time has been set. This can occur via the front panel, from a remote FastPAD configuration of this unit, or from the NMS.

New EEPROM: This event message indicates the contents of EEPROM has been updated.

Old date/time: This event message indicates new date/time information has been downloaded to this FastPAD.

Link (L) Event Messages

The following paragraphs describe the event messages in the Link (L) category:

Bad EEPROM: This event message indicates bad EEPROM was detected by the composite link.

CI off: For a V.11 interface, this event message indicates the CI signal has been turned OFF.

CI on: For a V.11 interface, this event message indicates the CI signal has been turned ON.

DCD off: This event message indicates the composite link Data Carrier Detect (DCD) control signal has been turned OFF.

DCD on: This event message indicates the composite link Data Carrier Detect (DCD) control signal has been turned ON.

Link down: This event message indicates the composite link is down.

Link up: This event message indicates the composite link is up.

Data and Expansion Channel Event Messages

The following paragraphs describe the event messages in the Data Channel (D1 - D5, DHS, and DNMS) and Expansion Channel (E1-E8) category:

Bad EEPROM: This event message indicates the system has detected bad EEPROM.

Bad Module: This event message indicates the system has detected a bad expansion card. The group portion of the message (X1-X8) indicates the channel/card that is bad. This message is only applicable to expansion channels.

Clear Buffer

When the Clear Buffer function is selected from the Events Menu, the system will clear the contents of the event buffer. All event message are deleted.

Event Count

The Event Count field in the Events Menu indicates the number of event messages stored in the system's event buffer. The following example Events Menu shows a count of 98 messages:

EVENTS MENU
Event Display
Clear Buffer
Event Count: 98

The system can maintain up to 99 event messages in the event buffer. After the 99th event, new events will write over the oldest events stored in the buffer. These events are listed in the following tables.