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Inverting Alarms Manually

 

IMPORTANT: If your network is configured to report alarms to multiple GSMs, it is recommended that you configure the same Grace period duration for manual inversions among all GSMs. Similarly, it is recommended that you configure the same Grace period duration for scheduled inversions among all GSMs.

 

REQUIREMENTS:  

Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure: 
• If you are working in iC Web, make sure you have opened the appropriate iControl Web page (click HERE).
• If you are working in iC Navigator, make sure you have opened iC Navigator (click HERE).
1. Open the GSM Alarm Browser (click HERE).
2. If you would like to perform the inversion action in iC Navigator’s Incident Log Viewer, open Incident Log Viewer (click HERE).
3. Make sure the current setting for manual grace period duration is the desired duration period by performing the following steps.
a) In the GSM Alarm Browser, click the Admin tab, and then click the Configuration tab.

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b) In the Properties area, edit the grace period in the Manual grace period duration field, as required.
c) Click Save.
4. If you would like to invert only one alarm, right-click the appropriate alarm, point to Operational mode, and then select (or clear) Inverted, as required.

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System Response: The associated alarm’s Inverted mode is set to On (or to Off, depending on your inversion action).
5. If you would like to invert more than one alarm, perform the following steps:
a) Click the first alarm you would like to invert.
b) Hold down the Ctrl key and individually click the remaining alarms.
c) Release the Ctrl key.
d) Right-click one of the selected alarms, and then click All inverted (or None inverted, as required).
 

NOTE: All inverted inverts all selected alarms. Non inverted reverts all selected alarms’ Inverted modes to Off.

System Response: The selected alarms’ Inverted modes immediately are set to On (or to Off, depending on the action).
System Response: Orange alarm labels indicate there is a selected operational mode associated with that alarm. In the case of alarm inversion, an inverted alarm’s label is orange when Inverted is selected, but turns back to white lettering when the alarm’s Inverted mode returns to Off.

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NOTE: Manual alarm inversion actions occur in real-time. The Grace period begins when the inversion action is initiated

 
 

See also:  

For more information about: 

• the Inverted operational mode, click HERE.

• manual alarm inversions, click HERE.

• scheduling inversion actions, see "Alarm Inversion Scheduling" on page 37 and "Setting a Schedule for an Alarm Inversion".