Specifications
Installation and Operation Manual  Chapter  1 Introduction 
Optimux-106 Ver. 6.1  Functional Description  1-5 
Tributary Interface Characteristics 
The Optimux-106 tributary interfaces meet the requirements of ITU-T Rec. G.703. 
The tributary ports (1-4) are 100Ω balanced line interface, terminated in an RJ-45 
8-pin connector. 
Line coding is B8ZS or AMI. The nominal balanced interface transmit level is ±3V. 
The maximum line attenuation is up to 6 dB, and each T1 signal is processed by 
an adaptive equalizer that compensates for various cable lengths to ensure 
optimal performance. Phase locked loops (PLL) are used to recover the clock 
signals, and the resulting jitter performance complies with the requirements of 
ITU-T Rec. G.824. 
Each tributary interface has its own set of indicators that show the current state 
of the tributary link. The user can disable the alarm indications generated by 
unused interfaces. AIS data streams are transmitted instead of failed or 
unconnected tributary data streams. 
Ethernet User Interface Characteristics 
The optional Ethernet user port is 10/100BaseT interface with throughput of up 
to 75Mbps, full and half-duplex capabilities, autonegotiation, flow control, 
complying with the 802.3 standard. It supports an MDI/MDIX connection. 
Though USER-ETH port has 100 Mbps capability it achieves 75% utilization only. 
Test and Diagnostics Capabilities 
Optimux-106 has comprehensive test and diagnostic capabilities that include local 
and remote loopbacks on the uplink and on each tributary link interface. 
Maintenance is further enhanced by an automatically performed self-test on 
power up. 
For activating loopbacks, see 
Chapter 4
. 
Alarms and Alarm Indications 
Optimux-106 detects the following alarm conditions on each T1 and uplink 
interface: 
•  Loss of input signal 
•  Loss of frame synchronization (on uplink only) 
•  Reception of alarm indication (AIS) signal, which consists of a continuous 
sequence of 1s (on the tributary only). 
• 
When AIS is received, loss of frame synchronization occurs. However, in this 
case the loss of frame synchronization alarm is suppressed. 
• 
AIS alarm will not appear for the non-active optical link. 
When not all the tributaries are in use, the user can disable the alarm indications 
related to the unused tributaries through the software (see 
Chapter 4
)
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