Setting Repeater Alarms3-5Alarm ConfigurationSetting and Changing Alarms1. In the Alarms window, click mouse button 1 on a repeater selection in thescroll list.2. Click mouse button 1 on to open the Set Repeater Alarmswindow.Figure 3-2. Set Repeater Alarms Window3. In the Set Repeater Alarms window, select one of the alarm types:Collisions, Errors, Traffic, or Broadcast. If you select Errors, the Maskcheck boxes become active and you can select all or just some of the fivedifferent error types. The mask CARGO, displayed in the alarm type list, is anacronym for the error types: C = CRC, A = Alignment, R = Runts, G = Giants,O = OOW Collisions.4. Highlight and edit the Alarm Threshold, which is the number that, if reachedwithin the Timebase, triggers the alarm.5. If necessary, highlight and edit the Timebase, which is the number of secondsyou are allowing for an alarm condition to take place. For example, if theTimebase is set to 10, the Broadcast Alarm Type is enabled, and the AlarmThreshold is set to 25, the EMM-E6 generates an alarm if it observes 25Broadcast packets within 10 seconds. A collision alarm is based on thenumber of collisions per good packet within the Timebase. Error alarms arebased on the percentage of errors per total packets within the Timebase.6. Click mouse button 1 on the Enable or Disable button to set the highlightedalarm’s status, then click .
