The default settings for fault cause text, severity and intermittent alarm blocking can also be modified individually for each alarm on a unit and subunit level. The customization dialog is called from the hardware views (FOX51x network elements only; FOXMAN-UN client for Windows® only).

Alarm customizations are clearly marked in the list and can be easily found again. They can be returned to default settings by the push of the Revert button.

Intermittent alarm setting

The FOX51x family of network elements register any alarm lasting more than 200 ms. During the commissioning phase or while field work is in progress a lot of intermittent alarms may be created which disturb the routine supervision of the network. For such situations, FOXMAN-UN allows filtering the alarm so that only one occurrence during a user definable period can be reported.

The hardware views show all units and subunits which contain customized alarms marked with an «M». This applies also if the customization has been done on a global or NE level (see below).