Specifications
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics  ASMi-52 Installation and Operation Manual 
6-2 Error Detection   
remains in the log file, enabling you to view the alarm history. Events enter only 
the log file. 
Displaying All Alarms 
ASMi-52 allows you to display all alarms, irrespective of their origin (system or 
port). 
 
To display all alarms: 
1.  From the Main menu, select Monitoring. 
The Monitoring menu appears (see Figure 6-1). 
2.  From the Monitoring menu, select Total Alarms. 
The Total Alarms Screen appears (see Figure 6-2). 
The display of the alarms screen includes the source of alarm (local or remote 
device), name of the alarm, its number, severity (major or minor) and status 
(always ON), see Figure 6-2. 
Once the event that caused the alarm is cleared, the ALM indicator turns off. 
3. Press <Enter> to refresh the display. 
ASMi-52 
Monitoring 
1. Total alarms      > 
2. System monitoring      > 
3. Physical ports monitoring  []> 
> 
ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit; @-scroll 
Figure 6-1. Monitoring Menu 
ASMi-52 
Total alarms  
Source Name Num Severity Status 
Local 1 PSD NOT COMPATIBLE 16 MINOR ON 
Local 1 CRC ERROR OVER LINE A 21 MINOR ON 
Figure 6-2. Total Alarms Screen 










