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568 Alarm management<br />

that cannot generate traps. You can also use the Text Handler to create rules to support<br />

serial devices. The Text Handler is a part of the Database Buffering and Access (DBA)<br />

application. Refer to “Data Buffering and Access (DBA)” on page 243 for details.<br />

Alarm Banner dialog box<br />

You can determine system status by reviewing the history file to look for problems, and<br />

by issuing a number of status commands in various overlays to look for disabled or<br />

faulty hardware. The Alarm Banner dialog box automatically alerts you to this<br />

information in a simple, direct manner.<br />

The Alarm Banner dialog box alerts you to new critical alarms and gives you the count<br />

of all new alarms. To learn more about an alarm, you can open the Events Monitor<br />

window. If there are no alarms, you can log out or leave the Alarm Banner displayed and<br />

go on to another task.<br />

When a new critical alarm arrives, the system beeps if the notification option has been<br />

set, and the Alarm Banner title bar icon and Events Monitor window task bar icon flash.<br />

The flashing continues until you click anywhere in the Alarm Banner dialog box or<br />

Events Monitor window.<br />

Opening the Alarm Banner dialog box<br />

To open the Alarm Banner dialog box, complete the following:<br />

1 Select Maintenance > Alarm Banner in the <strong>System</strong> window menu.<br />

2 Click the Alarm Banner icon in the <strong>System</strong> window toolbar. The <strong>System</strong> login dialog<br />

opens (Figure 279).<br />

Figure 279<br />

<strong>System</strong> Login<br />

553-3001-330 Standard 3.00 August 2005

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