Kill Switch

Kill Switch controls the threshold to which AMI events are processed. When the threshold is reached, the system stops processing AMI events and holds them until it is possible to process them again.

The table below lists the different configuration options available for RXINT_CONFIGURATION.

Configuration Key Name	Description	Default Value
AMI_DOWN_EVENT_BURST_INTERVAL	The time interval (in seconds) to identify the number of AMI power down events.	60
AMI_DOWN_EVENT_BURST_MAX_COUNT	When Power Down Kill Mode is set to AUTO, it stops processing AMI power down events when the count of AMI events already in the system exceeds this value.	20000
AMI_PING_METER_KILL_MODE	This value is set to AUTO or MANUAL. The AUTO setting stops processing all AMI ping events when certain thresholds are exceeded. When the MANUAL setting is used, the system ignores all AMI events. The MANUAL setting might be used during a storm or when it’s unnecessary to process ping events. However, the setting should be changed back to AUTO afterward or the events will continue to be ignored.	AUTO
AMI_PING_METER_TRAFFIC_FLAG	This value determines whether to hold or process an AMI ping event. The values can be SEND or HOLD. Setting this value to HOLD disables the ping option in Explorer and ArcMap.	SEND
AMI_POWER_DOWN_KILL_MODE	This value can be set to either AUTO or MANUAL. When set to MANUAL, all AMI power down events are ignored. If it is set to AUTO, AMI events are ignored when certain thresholds are reached.	AUTO
AMI_POWER_DOWN_TRAFFIC_FLAG	This value determines whether to hold or process an AMI power down event. This value defaults to SEND but when the number of power down calls exceeds the value in AMI_DOWN_EVENT_BURST_MAX_COUNT, the AMI_POWER_DOWN_TRAFFIC_FLAG value automatically changes to HOLD in the database and calls are no longer created. Once you are ready for calls to be created again, you must manually change the value back to SEND.	SEND
AMI_POWER_UP_KILL_MODE	This value can be AUTO or MANUAL. When set to AUTO, it stops processing all AMI power up events when certain thresholds are exceeded. When set to MANUAL, then all AMI power up events are ignored.	AUTO
AMI_POWER_UP_TRAFFIC_FLAG	This value determines whether to hold or process an AMI power up event. This value defaults to SEND but when the number of power up calls exceeds the value in AMI_UP_EVENT_BURST_MAX_COUNT, the AMI_POWER_UP_TRAFFIC_FLAG value automatically changes to HOLD in the database and calls are no longer created. Once you are ready for calls to be created again, you must manually change the value back to SEND.	SEND
AMI_UP_EVENT_BURST_INTERVAL	The time interval (in seconds) to identify the number of AMI power up events.	60
AMI_UP_EVENT_BURST_MAX_COUNT	When Power Up Kill Mode is set to AUTO, it stops processing AMI power up events when the count of AMI events already in the system exceeds its set value.	2000
MAX_RX_CALLS	The maximum number of calls the system can handle before the AMI is put on hold.	100000
POWER_DOWN_TILT_MAX_INTERVAL	The time interval in which an AMI power down event follows an AMI tilt event. If these two events happen in this time interval, the power down event is ignored.	60

Configure Kill Switch

RXINT_CONFIGURATION table parameters can be configured two different ways:

Update the table directly using the SQL tools provided by the database system.
The SetKillSwitch1.bat and SetKillSwitch2.bat files use the parameters listed below. All parameters must be checked over, even if only one of them needs to be changed.
- SetKillSwitch1 [exeDirectory] [MAXRXCALLSCOUNT] [POWERDOWNRATECOUNT] [POWERDOWNRATEINTERVAL] [POWERUPRATECOUNT] [POWERUPRATEINTERVAL] [DOWNTILTINTERVAL] [TILTDOWNINTERVAL]
- SetKillSwitch2 [exeDirectory] [POWERDOWNFLAG] [POWERUPFLAG] [PINGMETERFLAG] [POWERDOWNMODE] [POWERUPMODE] [PINGMETERMODE]

Manual versus Automated Switch

Manual mode stops all AMI events from being processed by the system.
Automated mode processes AMI events until certain thresholds are reached, at that point it holds processing of AMI events.

How to Trigger Manual Switch

To turn on the Manual mode set CONFIG_VALUE to MANUAL for the following CONFIG_KEYS:

AMI_POWER_DOWN_KILL_MODE
AMI_PING_METER_KILL_MODE
AMI_POWER_UP_KILL_MODE