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ALARM DESCRIPTIONS FOR ROGERS & CINGULAR
ALARM DESCRIPTIONS FOR ROGERS & CINGULAR

The following alarms were seen during the Cingular Rollout on the RNC/RXI/RBS and
are still being seen in the Rogers HSDPA Rollout.

This document will be updated any time new alarms with workarounds come in.

If you come across an alarm that hasnt been reported please send the details to
Michael Cerulli (lmcmcer) so this document can be updated.
ALARM: Synchronization (RBS)
Mostly synchronization alarms are one of the following
Loss of Tracking
TU Synch Reference Loss of Signal
PDH Loss of Signal or PDH Loss of Frame or only Loss of Signal or Loss of
Frame
In most cases, the node lost one of the synchronization references and the node
needs to be resynched

TU Synch Reference Loss of Signal: TUB or CBU doesnt get the signal
? check the input port, cables, boards themselves
Loss of Tracking: Node is not in locked mode but in holdover mode
? resetLossOfTracking on Sync MO (use LDN of pp1 and pp2 which are the sync
references
PDH Loss of Signal/Frame or Loss of Signal/Frame: ET doesnt detect the signal
? check port, cables, board (put cable between Tx and Rx on the ET), if
everything is ok, then remove this port from the sync reference

ALARM: Loss of Cell Delineation

This can happen for the IMA link or the separate T1
? check status of T1s, their cross connection, configuration
? check the link performance (ES and SES) on E1PhysPathTerm for that link, if
the numbers are increasing, then the network is not stable, if it is not
increasing, then there might be a HW issue (ET board)
? ET port might be hanging, thus restart the port

ALARM: Carrier_RXDiversityLost
This alarm will cause a degraded carrier
? check whether the RU or FU is locked
? if connection is ok, try to restart the port for that sector lhsh 001200/xxx
restart
? might be combined with antenna alarm (AiDevice_AntennaSystemProblem or
TmaDevice_AntennaSystemProblem), see below for more info
ALARM: AiDevice_AntennaSystemProblem or
TmaDevice_AntennaSystemProblem
Which alarm shows up depends on whether the antenna is connected to a TMA
? check the antenna, jumper cables, cable connections visually and also by
swapping them among the sectors and see whether alarm moves
? check FU
? check the value of the supervision parameter (should be 49, but if set to 0
no alarm is reported)
? restart the RU

ALARM: Carrier_RejectSignalFromHardware
This alarm is issued from several HW, mainly RU, TXboard and RRU
? insert new HW
? if this doesnt help reboot the RBS (there has been a CSR which requires
reboot)

ALARM: RuDeviceGroup_GeneralHWError
This alarm indicates problems with the component (written at beginning of alarm, in
this case RU)
? restart RU port, restart whole RU board
? if doesnt help, replace RU

ALARM: AiDevice_ExternalUnitFailure
This alarm appears if the feeder or jumper cable is connected incorrectly or
damaged or the TMA can be faulty
? check the antenna, jumper cables, cable connections visually and also by
swapping them among the sectors and see whether alarm moves
? check the TMA

ALARM: ExternalTma_LnaFailureBranchA
This alarm comes up when the two transistors amplifying the RF signals in the TMA
fail. The cell can still carry traffic as long as branch B is working, however, the
RX might be degraded.
=> run script to modify the TMA parameters

ALARM: Nbap (in RNC) OR Equipment for RUDeviceGroup (in RBS)

Check in EMAS the equipment view for the RBS
Restart the specific RU/FU in RBSSubrack

ALARM: Carrier_UL_GainProblem
Check attenuation in BEMAS, RBS needs one of each, DPCL, TPA, TR

ALARM: Carrier_UL_GainTruncated
Check whether feeder loss is outside the acceptable range (max is 6db)
Check power
Are RU boards steady

ALARM : AuxPlugInUnit_PiuConnectionLost
Piu powered off? Cable problem?
FU/RU? => Check cabx

ALARM: Tma_LnaFailure
Check voltage (what TMA gives out),
if too low => check FU (bad or short circuit) => restart FU
if 0 => check if internalpower is set to yes (in ExternalTma MO)
check current (what antenna pulls out) => c heck if also AiDevice (antenna) alarm

ALARM: CLU_LossofMain
Lost power, node is in backup mode

ALARM: FCU_DeviceGroup_NumberofHWEntitiesMismatch
Was HW replaced? It then might have a different revision => restart PluginunitMO
for that piece

ALARM: FCU_DeviceGroup_FanFailure
1 FCU has fan, if enabled and unlocked, restart it

ALARM: RXDiversityLoss
Check if FU Is locked

ALARM: CarrierReject
If HSDPA is enabled, disable it, the alarm will then go away

ALARM: IMAGroupInsufficientLinks
IMAGroupInsufficientLinksatFarEnd
IMA is usually disabled, but IMA link is enabled
=> delete/recreate IMA, if that doesnt help,
=> or lock the active board (force it to go over to the redundant one), unlock
after (so it goes back)
=> or reset the processor on board

ALARM:PSUDeviceGroup_GeneralSWError
? restart PSUDeviceGroup

ALARM:Carrier_SingalNotReceivedWithinTime
i.e. Sector=1, Carrier=1
=> is TXboard up?
=> disable HSDPA, txdevicegroup on slot 10

ALARM:Bfu_BatteryChargingFailure
? check voltage on battery, should be around 50V, if not acc restartAuxUnit
AuxPlugInUnit (from PS1)

ALARM: UtranCell_NbapMessageFailure (in RNC)

AIDevice_ExternalUnitFailure + CarrierRejectSignalFromHW (in RBS)
Check if antenna feeder is too low in t&e
Check FU

ALARM: UtranCell_NbapMessagefailure (RNC)

Ai_Device_ExternalUnitFailure (RBS, equipment malfunction, FU aidevice=1)
Carrier_RejectSignalFromHardware (RBS)
In RBS t&e: antennafeeder low/high
? turn off TMA power

ALARM: RBS_LocalCellnotAdded (RNC) or NBapMessageFailure (RNC)

RBS has no alarms
? cells are disabled, in RBS, txboard is down

ALARM: UtranCell_InternalResourceUnavailable or UtranCell_NbapMessageFailure

? workaround to reload the module where the RBS is
? The module can be found in the properties of the RBS in EMAS under iub_links
in the Radio Network view.
? Or it can be found using Moshell on the RNC
>pr iublink
Find the RBS in the list and do a get on it.
Read the module based on above info.

ALARM: AiDevice_AntennaSystemProblem
Use the following RBS command:
Moshell <rbs>
lt antennabranch
get antennabranch antennaSupervisionThreshold
lt tma
get tma power
In the RBS there is feature to measure the VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio). In
simple words, the VSWR is a measure of the reflection in the RF path caused by
faulty equipment between the RBS and the Antenna. In case of non-TMA sites, the RBS
has another feature call DC resistance. See the following table to see which
features are used for the US market.

Table: Valid for FU12 19 and FU12 08, - = not supported

Configuration/Supervision Feeder Power Supply SV DC Antenna SV VSWR Antenna
SV TMA SV
A B A B
1. Only antenna No No Yes Yes - No
2. RET/RIU, no ASC/TMA Yes, branch A No Yes Yes - No
3.TMA, external power supply No No No Yes - No
4. TMA, power supply by FU/AIU Yes No No Yes - Yes
5. ASC Yes No No No - No
Note: Observe that when TMA is defined Branch B has NO supervision.
If the antennasupervisionthreshold is not set correctly (general value is 49) then
we see this alarm. The formula for the different types of supervision is in MOM and
given below as well:
When DC resistance supervision is used the threshold maps to a resistance (R),
R = (101-antennaSupervisionThreshold)*0.15 ohm
When VSWR supervision is used the threshold is mapped to a return loss (RL),
when performed by ASC:
RL = 4 + 0.1*antennaSupervisionThreshold dB
when performed by FU:
RL = 3.3 + 0.22*antennaSupervisionThreshold dB
VSWR = (1+10^(-RL/20))/(1-10^(-RL/20))
The threshold value 0 means that the supervision is turned off.
In this case ask the ASP to put dummy loads on the RBS to eliminate alarms with the
Antenna.

ALARM: ExternalTMA_degraded/Failed
Moshell <rbs>
cabx
# The cabx printout has PORT information at the end.
# For a 3 sector site there are 6 PORT information. One line for
# RU and FU devices (3 RU+3FU).
The printout shows the port, for example,
====================================
SMN APN PORT BOARD
====================================
0 12 port_0_dev_8 RU22
0 12 port_0_dev_8 FU
0 12 port_4_dev_9 RU22
0 12 port_4_dev_9 FU
0 12 port_8_dev_10 RU22
0 12 port_8_dev_10 FU
------------------------------------

lhsh 001200/port_x_dev_yy fui get devstat

# get port information from cabx
Ensure that the devstat printout from above has ~16000mV for each sector and the
current is between 50mA-200mA, if and only if the site has TMAs defined and is
being powered by the UMTS RBS (MO:externalTMA, Attribute:internalpower).
Each RBS in the US market, has threshold when this alarm is generated. These
thresholds are input into the RBS using scripts. The thresholds vary for single
band TMAs and dual band TMAs. Make sure that the right threshold is set for the
type of TMA. Below is the threshold script for quick reference.

acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst

y
300
00001
acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst
y
301
135

acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst

y
302
270

acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst

y
303
135

acc SystemConstants=1 writeConst

y
304
270
For more information about the thresholds please see the following document.

ALARM: Carrier Diversity Failed/Degraded

In the RBS antenna branch A is TX/RX while branch B is RX only. Hence there are two
RX paths (RX diversity). The RBS monitors the two RX paths and compares the signal
received from both of these paths. If there is significant mismatch between these
paths (like TMA failure on branch B. Remember branch B has no supervision) then
this alarm is generated.

This alarm is suppressed if there is a higher priority alarm such as the

AI_Device_antenna_system_problem. Give lgar command in moshell to see if this alarm
was raised and suppressed.

ALARM: IMA UNUSABLE

Alarms on RBS

Symptom:
Warn IMA Link Reception Unusable at Far End remote_node_transmission_error
ImaGroup=1-1-ima1,ImaLink=3
Warn IMA Link Reception Unusable at Far End remote_node_transmission_error
ImaGroup=1-1-ima1,ImaLink=4
Warn IMA Link Transmit Unusable at Far End remote_node_transmission_error
ImaGroup=1-1-ima1,ImaLink=3
Warn IMA Link Transmit Unusable at Far End remote_node_transmission_error
ImaGroup=1-1-ima1,ImaLink=4
Warn Remote Defect Indication on IMA Link remote_node_transmission_error
ImaGroup=1-1-ima1,ImaLink=3
Warn Remote Defect Indication on IMA Link remote_node_transmission_error
ImaGroup=1-1-ima1,ImaLink=4
Solution:
Make a cv on the RBS and cold restart RBS to clear alarms for imalink=3 and
imalink=4.
cvms <cv name> <user> <comment>
acc 0 restart

Alarm: Carrier_ULGainTruncated

Symptoms
The RBS sectors which have long feed cables with feeder loss bigger than 6db get
alarm Carrier_ULGainTruncated, Bad Coverage on UE

The parameter ulfeederAtteunation should be set according to the actual feeder

length, even if the feeder attenuation is greater than 6db.The TRs HG19495 and
HG67667 (WRNad12085) have been opened in PLM.
The problem occurs at sites with feeder losses bigger than 6dB and it is the
entered feeder loss value that triggers this alarm.
The alarm doesn't point out a real error (except in the case that the operator
enters a value that are bigger than 6dB by mistake), its more of an information
that the feeder are large and performance can get degraded with large feeder
losses.
REMEDY:
This is a warning alarm issued when the UL amplification internally in the RBS
cannot compensate for the attenuation in the Antenna Feeder Cable. Optimal
sensitivity is no longer obtained.
Nothing in the RBS changes state because of this situation and trafic handling
continues. The external attenuation, that is the combination of the gain of the TMA
and the UL Attenuation of the Antenna Feeder (AntFeederCable), is larger than what
the Low Noce Amplifier (LNA) on the FU can compensate for. When that situation
arise, the alarm Carrier_ULGainTruncated is issued.
Accept the presence of the warning alarm. The ulAttenuation of AntennaFeederCable
shall not be changed to a false value, as that impacts the power measurements.
This alarm is planned to be removed in a later sw revision on the RBS.
The correction to this fault, WRNad12085, will be delivered by CR WRNad14794 in RBS
CXP 901 0809 R30A, included in RAN 4.0.12 which is planned to be released on June
22. The P5ED package name is not known at the moment but will be released at the
same time as the P4 package.
ALARM: Loss of Tracking & Loss of Synch Reference Redundancy

RBS> alt

1969-12-31 21:44:18 M Loss of Tracking replaceable_unit_problem Synchronization=1

1969-12-31 21:45:18 w Loss of Synch Reference Redundancy replaceable_unit_problem
Synchronization=1

RBS> lpr sync

060810-10:16:56 172.20.229.73
================================================== ================================
Proxy MO
================================================== ================================
102 Equipment=1,Subrack=1,Slot=1,PlugInUnit=1,Cbu=1,Ti mingUnit=1,TuSyncRef=1
1035 TransportNetwork=1,Synchronization=1
1102 NodeBFunction=1,RBSxxxSynchronization=1
1164 NodeBFunction=1,Iub=RBS,NodeSynchTp=1

RBS> get 1035

================================================== ============
1035 TransportNetwork=1,Synchronization=1
================================================== ============
SynchronizationId 1
degradationIsFault 0 (degrNotFault)
syncRefActivity i[8] = 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
syncRefPriority i[8] = 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
syncRefStatus i[8] = 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
syncReference [8] =
>>> syncReference = Equipment=1,Subrack=1,Slot=1,PlugInUnit=1,Cbu=1,Et
mc1=1,T1PhysPathTerm=pp1
>>> syncReference = Equipment=1,Subrack=1,Slot=1,PlugInUnit=1,Cbu=1,Et
mc1=1,T1PhysPathTerm=pp2
>>> syncReference =
>>> syncReference =
>>> syncReference =
>>> syncReference =
>>> syncReference =
>>> syncReference =
systemClockA 2 (lockedMode)
systemClockB 7 (notApplicable)
systemClockRedundancy 0 (SYSTEM_CLOCK_USERS_USE_PLANE_A)
userLabel
================================================== ================================
Total: 1 MOs

RBS> acl 1035

================================================== ================================
Proxy MO Action Nr of Params
================================================== ================================
1035 Synchronization=1 addSyncRefResource 2
1035 Synchronization=1 changeSyncRefPriority 2
1035 Synchronization=1 removeSyncRefResource 1
1035 Synchronization=1 resetLossOfTracking 1
================================================== ================================

RBS> acc 1035 resetLossOfTracking

================================================== ================================
1035 TransportNetwork=1,Synchronization=1
================================================== ================================
Are you Sure [y/n] ? y
================================================== ================================
Proxy MO Action Nr of Params
================================================== ================================
1035 Synchronization=1 resetLossOfTracking 1

Parameter 1 of 1, syncReference (moRef-ManagedObject):

Enter mo LDN: Equipment=1,Subrack=1,Slot=1,PlugInUnit=1,Cbu=1,Et
mc1=1,T1PhysPathTerm=pp1
>>> Return value = null
==================================================
================================Total: 1 MOs attempted, 1 MOs actioned

RBS> acc 1035 resetLossOfTracking

==================================================
================================1035 TransportNetwork=1,Synchronization=1
================================================== ================================
Are you Sure [y/n] ? y
================================================== ================================
Proxy MO Action Nr of Params
================================================== ================================
1035 Synchronization=1 resetLossOfTracking 1

Parameter 1 of 1, syncReference (moRef-ManagedObject):

Enter mo LDN: Equipment=1,Subrack=1,Slot=1,PlugInUnit=1,Cbu=1,Et
mc1=1,T1PhysPathTerm=pp2
>>> Return value = null
================================================== ================================
Total: 1 MOs attempted, 1 MOs actioned

RBS> alt

Alarm should be gone.

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