This describes how to trace operation and maintenance link(OML)
signaling messages on the Abis interface on the LMT. The messages
consist of common message and OM message.
Prerequisites
- The LMT runs normally.
- The communication between the BSC and the BTS is normal.
Context
Tracing the OML messages at Abis interface based on sites
(a maximum of 16 sites)
For details of Message Type, refer to Message Types.
For details of Tracing Mode, refer to Tracing Modes.
The following description is based on the configuration using
the GOMU.
Procedure
- On the Trace & Monitor tab page,
choose . A dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
This message is the display record of the interaction
between the BSC and BTS maintenance signaling and is an important
measure of identifying exceptions in a site.
Figure 1 Trace OML Message on the Abis Interface dialog box
- Set Message Type, Color, and Tracing Mode. Select cells from the Candidate Cells box and add them to the Selected
Cells box.
- Click OK.
Result
- If the operation is successful:
- If the tracing mode is Save on GOMU, the
LMT does not display the traced messages. You can review the output
file of the traced message. For details, refer to Reviewing Trace Message Files.
- If the tracing mode is Report, a dialog box
is displayed, prompting the information of the message tracing task,
as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Tracing OML messages on the Abis interface
- If the operation fails, a dialog box is displayed, prompting the
possible causes.
Postrequisite
You can double-click a message to view the detailed information.
Right-click the message to be analyzed. The shortcut menu provides the following options:
- Clear Message: Clear the displayed messages.
- Stop Scroll: Stop scrolling the displayed messages.
- Stop Trace: Stop the current tracing task.
- Restart Trace: Restart the tracing task.
- View Task: View the established tracing task.
- Search: Search for the specified character string in the displayed messages.
- Save Selection: Save the selected messages.
- Save All: Save all the traced messages.
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