User's Manual

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Figure 4-6 DS3 Facilities Provisioning
BIT ERROR RATE
DS3 DEGRADE=10E-5
INPUT LINE BRIDGE
Select All
NA
TX/RX INTERFACE A
123
123
TX/RX INTERFACE B
DS3 LINES
XMT ALARM DISABLE
OFF
XMT VMR DISABLE
ON
NA
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
RCV ALARM DISABLE
OFF
RCV VMR DISABLE
OFF
AIS SIGNAL DISABLE
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
AIS SIGNAL TIMING
10/350 10/350
10/350
10/350
10/350 10/350
10/350
SELECT ON TO BRIDGE DS3 LINE 1 ONTO SELECTED
LINE(S) 2 AND/OR 3 TO PREVENT ALARMS ON UNUSED
LINE(S). SELECT OFF TO DISABLE FUNCTION.
SELECT ON TO DISABLE AIS (BLUE SIGNAL) INSERTION ON LINE
WHEN LOSS OF UPSTREAM DS3 FRAME IS DETECTED. SELECT OFF
TO INSERT AIS (BLUE SIGNAL) WHEN RADIO OR DS3 FRAME LOSS
IS DETECTED.
SELECT ON TO DISABLE VIOLATION MONITORING AND REMOVAL (VMR) ON
LINE DUE TO LOSS OF UPSTREAM DS3 FRAME. DS3 PARITY ERRORS ARE NOT
REMOVED AND ARE PASSED ON TO NEXT SECTION. SELECT OFF TO ENABLE
VMR AND REMOVE DS3 PARITY ERRORS.
SELECT OFF TO REPORT ALL ALARMS. SELECT ON TO
DISABLE ALARMS FOR LINE.
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SELECT 10/350 TO INSERT AIS (BLUE SIGNAL) WHEN DS3 FRAME LOSS IS DETECTED
FOR AT LEAST 10ms AND REMOVE AIS WHEN FRAME LOSS HAS CLEARED FOR 350ms.
SELECT 3/3 TO INSERT AIS WITHIN 3ms OF DS3 FRAME LOSS DETECTION AND REMOVAL
WITHIN 3ms AFTER FRAME LOSS CLEARS.
WHEN Degrade Enable IS SELECTED ON RADO CONFIGURATION PROVISIONING SCREEN,
SELECT APPROXIMATE ERROR RATE AT WHICH BER Deg Alm ALARM ACTIVATES AND RCVR
SWITCHING OCCURS: 10E-5 (1X10-5), 10E-6 (1X10-6), 10E-7 (1X10-7), OR 10E-8 (1X10-8).
WHEN Degrade Disable IS SELECTED, SELECT ERROR RATE AT WHICH BER Deg Alm
ACTIVATES WITHOUT RCVRS SWITCHING.
Note
I
f installation at both ends of a hop are complete except for connecting to customer inputs/outputs and it is
desirable to have an alarm-free system, alarm reporting on the incomplete connections can be disabled
temporarily through provisioning. You can communicate over the hop even if you do not have the radio
connected to customer DS3 and wayside DS1 inputs; however, you will alarm. On the DS3 Facilities screen,
set XMT ALARM DISABLE and RCV ALARM DISABLE to ON to disable DS3 alarm reporting on the wayside DS1
F
acilities screen, set ALARM Lockout to ON to disable alarm reporting for all equipped wayside DS1 lines.
A
fter all customer connections are complete, alarm reporting can be restored to normal.