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+#Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     This test raises alarms using bbsimctl and verifies them using voltctl
+Suite Setup       Setup Suite
+Suite Teardown    Teardown Suite
+Library           Collections
+Library           String
+Library           OperatingSystem
+Library           XML
+Library           RequestsLibrary
+Library           ../../libraries/DependencyLibrary.py
+Resource          ../../libraries/onos.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/voltctl.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/utils.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/k8s.robot
+Resource          ../../variables/variables.robot
+
+*** Variables ***
+${timeout}        60s
+${long_timeout}    420s
+${of_id}          0
+${logical_id}     0
+${has_dataplane}    True
+${external_libs}    True
+${setup_device}    True
+${teardown_device}    True
+${VOLTCTL_NAMESPACE}      default
+${BBSIMCTL_NAMESPACE}      voltha
+${VOLTCTL_POD_NAME}    voltctl
+${BBSIMCTL_POD_NAME}    bbsim
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Ensure required pods Running
+    [Documentation]    Ensure the bbsim and voltctl pods are in Running state
+    [Tags]    active
+    Validate Pod Status    ${BBSIMCTL_POD_NAME}    ${BBSIMCTL_NAMESPACE}    Running
+    Validate Pod Status    ${VOLTCTL_POD_NAME}    ${VOLTCTL_NAMESPACE}     Running
+
+ONU Discovery
+    [Documentation]    Discover lists of ONUS, their Serial Numbers and device id, and pick one for subsequent tests
+    [Tags]    active
+    #build onu sn list
+    ${List_ONU_Serial}    Create List
+    Set Suite Variable    ${List_ONU_Serial}
+    Build ONU SN List    ${List_ONU_Serial}
+    Log    ${List_ONU_Serial}
+    #validate onu states
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${long_timeout}    20s
+    ...    Validate ONU Devices    ENABLED    ACTIVE    REACHABLE    ${List_ONU_Serial}
+    # Pick an ONU to use for subsequent test cases
+    ${onu_sn}    Set Variable    ${List_ONU_Serial}[0]
+    Set Suite Variable    ${onu_sn}
+    ${onu_id}    Get Device ID From SN    ${onu_sn}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${onu_id}
+
+Test StartupFailureAlarm
+    [Documentation]    Raise StartupFailure Alarm and verify event received
+    [Tags]    not_active
+    Raise Alarm    StartupFailure    ${onu_sn}
+    # This one is actually broken...
+    # TODO: complete test once alarm is working...
+
+Test RaiseLossOfBurstAlarm
+    [Documentation]    Raise Loss Of Burst Alarm and verify event received
+    [Tags]    active
+    ${since}    Get Current Time
+    Raise Alarm    LossOfBurst    ${onu_sn}
+    ${header}    ${deviceEvent}    Get Device Event    ONU_LOSS_OF_BURST_RAISE_EVENT    ${since}
+    Verify Header   ${header}    Voltha.openolt.ONU_LOSS_OF_BURST\.(\\d+)
+    Should Be Equal    ${deviceEvent}[deviceEventName]    ONU_LOSS_OF_BURST_RAISE_EVENT
+    # TODO: Why does the event have the OLT ID instead of the ONU ID ? Verify correctness.
+    ${parent_id}    Get Parent ID From Device ID     ${onu_id}
+    Should Be Equal    ${deviceEvent}[resourceId]    ${parent_id}
+
+Test ClearLossOfBurstAlarm
+    [Documentation]    Clear Loss Of Burst Alarm and verify event received
+    [Tags]    active
+    ${since}    Get Current Time
+    Clear Alarm    LossOfBurst    ${onu_sn}
+    ${header}    ${deviceEvent}    Get Device Event    ONU_LOSS_OF_BURST_CLEAR_EVENT    ${since}
+    Verify Header   ${header}    Voltha.openolt.ONU_LOSS_OF_BURST\.(\\d+)
+    Should Be Equal    ${deviceEvent}[deviceEventName]    ONU_LOSS_OF_BURST_CLEAR_EVENT
+    # TODO: Why does the event have the OLT ID instead of the ONU ID ? Verify correctness.
+    ${parent_id}    Get Parent ID From Device ID     ${onu_id}
+    Should Be Equal    ${deviceEvent}[resourceId]    ${parent_id}
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Setup Suite
+    [Documentation]    Set up the test suite
+    Common Test Suite Setup
+    # Ensure the voltctl pod is deployed and running
+    Apply Kubernetes Resources    ./voltctl.yaml    ${VOLTCTL_NAMESPACE}
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    5s
+    ...    Validate Pod Status    ${VOLTCTL_POD_NAME}    ${VOLTCTL_NAMESPACE}     Running
+    # Call Setup keyword in utils library to create and enable device
+    Run Keyword If    ${setup_device}    Setup
+
+Teardown Suite
+    [Documentation]    Clean up devices if desired
+    ...    kills processes and cleans up interfaces on src+dst servers
+    Run Keyword If    ${external_libs}    Get ONOS Status    ${k8s_node_ip}
+    Run Keyword If    ${has_dataplane}    Clean Up Linux
+    Run Keyword If    ${external_libs}
+    ...    Log Kubernetes Containers Logs Since Time    ${datetime}    ${container_list}
+    Run Keyword If    ${teardown_device}    Delete Device and Verify
+    Run Keyword If    ${teardown_device}    Test Empty Device List
+    Run Keyword If    ${teardown_device}    Execute ONOS CLI Command    ${k8s_node_ip}    ${ONOS_SSH_PORT}
+    ...    device-remove ${of_id}
+
+Raise Alarm
+    [Documentation]    Raise an Alarm
+    [Arguments]    ${name}    ${sn}
+    ${raiseOutput}    Exec Pod    ${BBSIMCTL_NAMESPACE}     ${BBSIMCTL_POD_NAME}    bbsimctl alarm raise ${name} ${sn}
+    Should Contain    ${raiseOutput}    Alarm Indication Sent
+
+Clear Alarm
+    [Documentation]    Raise an Alarm
+    [Arguments]    ${name}    ${sn}
+    ${raiseOutput}    Exec Pod    ${BBSIMCTL_NAMESPACE}     ${BBSIMCTL_POD_NAME}    bbsimctl alarm clear ${name} ${sn}
+    Should Contain    ${raiseOutput}    Alarm Indication Sent
+
+Get Device Event
+    [Documentation]    Get the most recent alarm event from voltha.events
+    [Arguments]    ${deviceEventName}    ${since}
+    ${output}    ${raiseErr}    Exec Pod Separate Stderr   ${VOLTCTL_NAMESPACE}     ${VOLTCTL_POD_NAME}
+    ...    voltctl event listen --show-body -t 1 -o json -f Titles=${deviceEventName} -s ${since}
+    ${json}    To Json    ${output}
+    ${count}    Get Length    ${json}
+    # If there is more than one event (which could happen if we quickly do a raise and a clear),
+    # then return the most recent one.
+    Should Be Larger Than   ${count}    0
+    ${lastIndex}    Evaluate    ${count}-1
+    ${lastItem}    Set Variable    ${json}[${lastIndex}]
+    ${header}    Set Variable    ${lastItem}[header]
+    ${deviceEvent}    Set Variable   ${lastItem}[deviceEvent]
+    Log    ${header}
+    Log    ${deviceEvent}
+    [return]    ${header}    ${deviceEvent}
+
+Verify Header
+    [Documentation]    Verify that a DeviceEvent's header is sane and the id matches regex
+    [Arguments]    ${header}    ${id}
+    Should Be Equal   ${header}[subCategory]    ONU
+    Should Be Equal   ${header}[type]    DEVICE_EVENT
+    Should Match Regexp    ${header}[id]    ${id}
+    # TODO Revisit when timestamp format is changed from Float to Timestamp
+    Should Be Float   ${header}[raisedTs]
+    Should Be Float   ${header}[reportedTs]
+