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+# VOLTHA Alarm Library
+
+This directory provides a common library for the creation of Alarms by adapters within VOLTHA
+and should be used to insure that published alarms from different adapters use the same format
+
+## Alarm Manager Creation
+
+Each device handler should create an instance of the **AdapterAlarms** alarm manager shortly after
+initial activation. This alarm manager is responsible for the formatting and sending of alarms
+by the adapters.
+
+## Raising and Clearing Alarms
+
+To create a specific alarm, create an instance of the specific alarm you wish to publish
+(such as **OnuDiscoveryAlarms** for newly discovered ONUs) and pass in alarm specific information
+to the initialize.
+
+Once constructed, you can call the alarm's **_raise_alarm()_** method to format and send an active
+alarm, or the **_clear_alarm()_** to clear it.
+
+# Basic Alarm Format
+
+Here is an JSON example of a current alarm published on the kafka bus under the 
+_voltha.alarms_ topic:
+
+```json
+{
+  "id": "voltha.adtran_olt.000198f9c4d2ae80.Discovery",
+  "description": "adtran_olt.000198f9c4d2ae80 - ONU DISCOVERY Alarm - DISCOVERY - Raised",
+  "logical_device_id": "0001112233445566",
+  "state": "RAISED",
+  "category": "PON",
+  "severity": "CRITICAL",
+  "resource_id": "0",
+  "type": "EQUIPMENT",
+  "reported_ts": 1532031872.0,
+  "raised_ts": 1532031872.0,
+  "changed_ts": 0.0,
+  "context": {
+    "serial-number": "ADTN17230031",
+    "pon-id": "0"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+# Remaining Work Items
+This initial code is only a prelimenary sample. The following tasks need to be
+added to the VOLTHA JIRA or performed in the SEBA group.
+
+- Get a list from SEBA/VOLTHA on required alarms 
+
+- Provide example JSON output and verify that it meets SEBA's requirements
+
+- Get feedback from other OLT/ONU developers on any needed changes
+
+- For the logical_device_id, this is reported in the format that the device adapter has which
+  includes the vcore number (often 0001) in the first four nibble.  Should this be normalized to
+  all zeros?
+
+- Support alarm_suppression capability (via IAdapter call). Needs investigation
+
+- TODO: Probably a few more.  Look through code for more 'TODO' Notes
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/__init__.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/__init__.py
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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.
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/adapter_alarms.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/adapter_alarms.py
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+#
+# Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+
+import structlog
+import arrow
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity,\
+    AlarmEventState
+
+# TODO: In the device adapter, the following alarms are still TBD
+#       (Taken from openolt_alarms)
+# onu_alarm_ind
+# onu_startup_failure_indication
+# onu_signal_degrade_indication
+# onu_drift_of_window_ind
+# onu_loss_omci_ind
+# onu_signals_fail_ind
+# onu_tiwi_ind
+# onu_activation_fail_ind
+# onu_processing_error_ind
+
+
+class AdapterAlarms:
+    """
+    Class for managing Alarms within a given Device Handler instance
+    """
+    def __init__(self, adapter_agent, device_id, logical_device_id):
+        """
+        Adapter alarm manager initializer
+
+        :param adapter_agent: (AdapterAgent) Adapter agent reference
+        :param device_id: (str) Device handler's unique device id
+        :param logical_device_id: (str) Logical Device that the device is a member of
+        """
+        self.log = structlog.get_logger(device_id=device_id)
+        self.adapter_agent = adapter_agent
+        self.device_id = device_id
+        self.logical_device_id = logical_device_id
+        self.adapter_name = adapter_agent.adapter_name
+        self.lc = None
+
+    def format_id(self, alarm):
+        """
+        Format the Unique Alarm ID for this alarm.  This is provided in the alarms
+        'id' field
+
+        :param alarm: (str) The name of the alarm such as 'Discover' or 'LOS'
+
+        :return: (str) Alarm ID
+        """
+        return 'voltha.{}.{}.{}'.format(self.adapter_name,
+                                        self.device_id,
+                                        alarm)
+
+    def format_description(self, _object, alarm, status):
+        """
+        Format the textual description field of this alarm
+
+        :param _object: ()
+        :param alarm: (str) The name of the alarm such as 'Discover' or 'LOS'
+        :param status: (bool) If True, the alarm is active (it is being raised)
+
+        :return: (str) Alarm description
+        """
+        return '{} Alarm - {} - {}'.format(_object.upper(),
+                                           alarm.upper(),
+                                           'Raised' if status else 'Cleared')
+
+    def send_alarm(self, context_data, alarm_data):
+        """
+        Send the alarm to the event bus
+
+        :param context_data: (dict) Alarm specific context data
+        :param alarm_data: (dict) Common Alarm information dictionary
+        """
+        try:
+            current_context = {}
+
+            if isinstance(context_data, dict):
+                for key, value in context_data.iteritems():
+                    current_context[key] = str(value)
+
+            alarm_event = self.adapter_agent.create_alarm(
+                id=alarm_data.get('id', 'voltha.{}.{}.olt'.format(self.adapter_name,
+                                                                  self.device_id)),
+                resource_id=str(alarm_data.get('resource_id', self.device_id)),
+                description="{}.{} - {}".format(self.adapter_name, self.device_id,
+                                                alarm_data.get('description')),
+                type=alarm_data.get('type'),
+                category=alarm_data.get('category'),
+                severity=alarm_data.get('severity'),
+                state=alarm_data.get('state'),
+                raised_ts=alarm_data.get('ts', 0),
+                context=current_context,
+                logical_device_id=self.logical_device_id
+            )
+            self.adapter_agent.submit_alarm(self.device_id, alarm_event)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.exception('failed-to-send-alarm', e=e)
+            raise
+
+
+class AlarmBase(object):
+    """Base class for alarms"""
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, object_type, alarm,
+                 alarm_category,
+                 resource_id=None,
+                 alarm_type=AlarmEventType.EQUIPMENT,
+                 alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.CRITICAL):
+        """
+        Initializer for the Alarm base class
+
+        :param alarm_mgr: (AdapterAlarms) Reference to the device handler's Adapter
+                                          Alarm manager
+        :param object_type: (str) Type of device generating the alarm such as 'olt' or 'onu'
+        :param alarm: (str) A textual name for the alarm such as 'HeartBeat' or 'Discovery'
+        :param alarm_category: (AlarmEventCategory) Refers to functional category of
+                                                    the alarm
+        :param resource_id: (str) Identifier of the originating resource of the alarm
+        :param alarm_type: (AlarmEventType) Refers to the area of the system impacted
+                                            by the alarm
+        :param alarm_severity: (AlarmEventSeverity) Overall impact of the alarm on the
+                                                    system
+        """
+        self._alarm_mgr = alarm_mgr
+        self._object_type = object_type
+        self._alarm = alarm
+        self._alarm_category = alarm_category
+        self._alarm_type = alarm_type
+        self._alarm_severity = alarm_severity
+        self._resource_id = resource_id
+
+    def get_alarm_data(self, status):
+        """
+        Get the alarm specific data and format it into a dictionary.  When the alarm
+        is being sent to the event bus, this dictionary provides a majority of the
+        fields for the alarms.
+
+        :param status: (bool) True if the alarm is active/raised
+        :return: (dict) Alarm data
+        """
+        data = {
+            'ts': arrow.utcnow().timestamp,
+            'description': self._alarm_mgr.format_description(self._object_type,
+                                                              self._alarm,
+                                                              status),
+            'id': self._alarm_mgr.format_id(self._alarm),
+            'type': self._alarm_type,
+            'category': self._alarm_category,
+            'severity': self._alarm_severity,
+            'state': AlarmEventState.RAISED if status else AlarmEventState.CLEARED
+        }
+        if self._resource_id is not None:
+            data['resource_id'] = self._resource_id
+        return data
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        """
+        Get alarm specific context data. If an alarm has specific data to specify, it is
+        included in the context field in the published event
+
+        :return: (dict) Dictionary with alarm specific context data
+        """
+        return {}   # NOTE: You should override this if needed
+
+    def raise_alarm(self):
+        """
+        Called to set the state of an alarm to active and to send it to the event bus
+        """
+        alarm_data = self.get_alarm_data(True)
+        context_data = self.get_context_data()
+        self._alarm_mgr.send_alarm(context_data, alarm_data)
+
+    def clear_alarm(self):
+        """
+        Called to set the state of an alarm to inactive and to send it to the event bus
+        """
+        alarm_data = self.get_alarm_data(False)
+        context_data = self.get_context_data()
+        self._alarm_mgr.send_alarm(context_data, alarm_data)
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/heartbeat_alarm.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/heartbeat_alarm.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Adtran, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity, AlarmEventCategory
+from adapter_alarms import AlarmBase
+
+
+class HeartbeatAlarm(AlarmBase):
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, object_type='olt', heartbeat_misses=0):
+        super(HeartbeatAlarm, self).__init__(alarm_mgr, object_type,
+                                             alarm='Heartbeat',
+                                             alarm_category=AlarmEventCategory.PON,
+                                             alarm_type=AlarmEventType.EQUIPMENT,
+                                             alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.CRITICAL)
+        self._misses = heartbeat_misses
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        return {'heartbeats-missed': self._misses}
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/olt/__init__.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/olt/__init__.py
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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.
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/olt/olt_los_alarm.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/olt/olt_los_alarm.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Adtran, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity, AlarmEventCategory
+from voltha.extensions.alarms.adapter_alarms import AlarmBase
+
+
+class OltLosAlarm(AlarmBase):
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, onu_id, intf_id):
+        super(OltLosAlarm, self).__init__(alarm_mgr, 'olt LOS',
+                                          alarm='LOS',
+                                          alarm_category=AlarmEventCategory.OLT,
+                                          alarm_type=AlarmEventType.COMMUNICATION,
+                                          alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.MAJOR)
+        self._intf_id = intf_id
+        self._onu_id = onu_id
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        return {
+            'onu-id': self._onu_id,
+            'olt-intf-id:': self._intf_id
+        }
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/__init__.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/__init__.py
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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.
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_active_alarm.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_active_alarm.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Adtran, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+from voltha.extensions.alarms.adapter_alarms import AlarmBase
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity, AlarmEventCategory
+
+
+class OnuActiveAlarm(AlarmBase):
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, device_id, pon_id, onu_serial_number,
+                 reg_id, olt_serial_number, ipv4_address=None):
+        super(OnuActiveAlarm, self).__init__(alarm_mgr, 'ONU',
+                                             alarm='ONU_ACTIVATED',
+                                             alarm_category=AlarmEventCategory.PON,
+                                             resource_id=pon_id,
+                                             alarm_type=AlarmEventType.EQUIPMENT,
+                                             alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.CRITICAL)
+        self._pon_id = pon_id
+        self._onu_serial_number = onu_serial_number
+        self._device_id = device_id
+        self._olt_serial_number = olt_serial_number
+        self._host = ipv4_address
+        self._reg_id = reg_id
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        data = {
+            'pon-id': self._pon_id,
+            'serial-number': self._onu_serial_number,
+            'olt_serial_number': self._olt_serial_number,
+            'device_id': self._device_id,
+            'registration_id': self._reg_id
+        }
+        if self._host is not None:
+            data['host'] = self._host
+
+        return data
+
+    def clear_alarm(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError('ONU Active Alarms are auto-clear')
+
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_discovery_alarm.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_discovery_alarm.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Adtran, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity, AlarmEventCategory
+from voltha.extensions.alarms.adapter_alarms import AlarmBase
+
+
+class OnuDiscoveryAlarm(AlarmBase):
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, pon_id, serial_number):
+        super(OnuDiscoveryAlarm, self).__init__(alarm_mgr, 'ONU Discovery',
+                                                alarm='Discovery',
+                                                alarm_category=AlarmEventCategory.PON,
+                                                resource_id=pon_id,
+                                                alarm_type=AlarmEventType.EQUIPMENT,
+                                                alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.MAJOR)
+        self._pon_id = pon_id
+        self._serial_number = serial_number
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        return {
+            'pon-id': self._pon_id,
+            'serial-number': self._serial_number
+        }
+
+    def clear_alarm(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError('ONU Discovery Alarms are auto-clear')
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_dying_gasp_alarm.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_dying_gasp_alarm.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Adtran, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity, AlarmEventCategory
+from voltha.extensions.alarms.adapter_alarms import AlarmBase
+
+
+class OnuDyingGaspAlarm(AlarmBase):
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, onu_id, intf_id):
+        super(OnuDyingGaspAlarm, self).__init__(alarm_mgr, 'onu DYING_GASP',
+                                                alarm='DYING_GASP',
+                                                alarm_category=AlarmEventCategory.ONU,
+                                                alarm_type=AlarmEventType.COMMUNICATION,
+                                                alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.MINOR)
+        self._onu_id = onu_id
+        self._intf_id = intf_id
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        return {
+            'onu-id': self._onu_id,
+            'onu-intf-id': self._intf_id
+        }
diff --git a/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_los_alarm.py b/voltha/extensions/alarms/onu/onu_los_alarm.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Adtran, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+from voltha.protos.events_pb2 import AlarmEventType, AlarmEventSeverity, AlarmEventCategory
+from voltha.extensions.alarms.adapter_alarms import AlarmBase
+
+
+class OnuLosAlarm(AlarmBase):
+    def __init__(self, alarm_mgr, onu_id):
+        super(OnuLosAlarm, self).__init__(alarm_mgr, 'onu LOS',
+                                          alarm='LOS',
+                                          alarm_category=AlarmEventCategory.ONT,
+                                          alarm_type=AlarmEventType.COMMUNICATION,
+                                          alarm_severity=AlarmEventSeverity.MAJOR)
+        self._onu_id = onu_id
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        return {'onu-id': self._onu_id}