Specifications

Glossary of Terms
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Q.SAAL Link conforming to Q.2140/Q.2110/GR-2878.
RAI Remote Alarm Indication (Yellow alarm).
route An MTP3 concept that determines how signaling is distributed over linksets. A
route consists of a destination point code and the linkset ID of one or two linksets over
which traffic to the destination node should be routed. When two linksets are provided,
the user can choose to load share traffic or treat the linksets as primary and
secondary.
s7_log A utility that enables messages received from the protocol stack to be logged in
a text file. Typically used for diagnostic purposes.
s7_mgt A utility that performs one time protocol configuration of all protocol modules
using configuration parameters from the config.txt file.
s7_play A utility used to read messages from a text file and send them to the system.
Typically used for diagnostic purposes.
SLS Signaling Link Selection field. A field in the MTP3 routing label used to determine
the selection of an outgoing link for messages being routed to another point code.
SS7 Signaling System Number 7
SS7 Protocol Stack A set of software modules that implement the various layers of the
SS7 protocol stack.
SS7MD An identifier for the family of Dialogic
®
Multi Dimension Network Interface
Boards.
ssdm A process that runs on the host interfacing with the device driver to download
software to the board and enable message passing to and from the board.
STP Signaling Transfer Point.
system.txt A text file used for system configuration.
upe A worked user part example which exchanges messages with the MTP3 module.
vci Virtual Channel Indicator
vpi Virtual Path Indicator