Cabletron Systems Lancast Media Converter 7000 User Manual

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Advanced Alarm Configuration4-19Alarm Configuration13. Click to set your changes. If you have made any errors in configuringalarm parameters (using an invalid value in any field, leaving a field blank, orselecting an alarm variable which is not resident on the device), an errorwindow with the appropriate message will appear. Correct the notedproblem(s), and click again.Note that the window remains open so that you may configure additional newalarms or modify existing ones; remember, you can double-click on any alarm inthe Alarms Watch list in the main Alarm/Event window to display its parametersin the Create/Edit Alarm window. When you have finished configuring youralarms, click on to close the window.Creating and Editing an EventThe Create/Edit Events window (Figure 4-5, page 4-20) — like the Create/EditAlarms window — allows you to both create new events and edit existing ones.When you click on the button in the Events Watch list, theCreate/Edit Events window will display the parameters of the event which iscurrently highlighted in the list. (If no events have yet been configured, a set ofdefault parameters will be displayed.) All of these parameters are editable: tochange an existing event, edit any parameter except the Index value; to create anentirely new event, simply assign a new Index number. The ability to assign indexnumbers allows you to quickly and easily create a number of similar eventswithout having to close, then re-open the window or re-assign every parameter.Note, too, that the main Alarm/Event window remains active while theCreate/Edit Event window is open; to edit a different event (or use its settings asthe basis of a new event), simply double-click on the event you want to use in themain Events Watch list, and the Create/Edit Event window will updateaccordingly.NOTEThere is no limit to the number of alarms that may be assigned to the same event.TIPIf the Create/Edit Actions window is also open, it too will update to display the actionsassociated with the event currently selected in the main Alarm/Event window. SeeAdding Actions to an Event, page 4-23, for more information on the actions feature.