Major Alarms Vs. Minor Alarms; Status And Informational Events; Event Code Definitions - GE MDS SD Series Reference Manual

MDS 05-4846A01, Rev. C

Major Alarms vs. Minor Alarms

Major Alarms report serious conditions that generally indicate a hard-
ware failure, or other abnormal condition that will prevent (or seriously
hamper) further operation of the transceiver. Major alarms generally
indicate the need for factory repair. Contact your factory representative
for further assistance.
Minor Alarms report conditions that, under most circumstances will not
prevent transceiver operation. This includes out-of-tolerance conditions,
baud rate mismatches, etc. The cause of these alarms should be investi-
gated and corrected to prevent system failure.

Status and Informational Events

Status events indicate current states or conditions that are not errors.
They are used merely to indicate process functions (i.e.,
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in Process
Informational (Info) events pertain to those items which have occurred
since bootup. They may or may not indicate an error, and they do not
show current conditions, just an even that occurred at some point after
boot-up (i.e., Event #32

Event Code Definitions

Table 15 contains a listing of event codes that may be reported by the
transceiver. The codes shown are a subset of a larger pool of codes used
for various GE MDS products. For this reason, the table does not show
a sequential listing of all code numbers. Only the codes applicable to
this product series are shown.
Event Event
Code Class Description
01 Major Improper software detected for this radio model.
03 Major Authorization fault detected.
04 Major The RF synthesizer is reporting an out-of-lock condition.
08 Major The system is reporting that it has not been calibrated. Factory
calibration is required for proper radio operation.
12 Major Receiver time-out. No data received within the specified
receiver time-out time.
13 Major Transmitter time-out detected.
16 Minor Unit address not programmed.
17 Minor A data parity alarm has been detected on the COM2
INTERFACE connector. This usually indicates a parity setting
mismatch between the radio and the RTU.
18 Minor A data framing error has been detected on the COM2
INTERFACE connector. This may indicate a baud rate
mismatch between the radio and the RTU.
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Booting Up
Table 15. Event Codes
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