Atec SUNSET-T3 User Manual

SunSetTM T3

April 2001

SPECIFICATIONS

Connectors

DS3 Receive/Transmit: BNC DS3 External Clock Input: Coax SMC, TTL DS1/E1 Receive/Transmit: Bantam DS1/E1 External Clock Input: Bantam, AMI, 0 to -30 dB Serial Port: 8-pin Mini DIN RS232C (V.24), DTE DC power

Status/Alarm Indicators

DS3: Pulses, Idle, Errors, M13 Frm, C-Bit Frm, AIS, Yel

Alm (X-bit), FEBE DS2: Frame DS1: Pulses, B8ZS, Errors, SF, ESF, SLC-96, Yel Alm, AIS E1: Pulses, HDB3, Errors, PCM-30, PCM-31, CRC det,

Alarm, AIS General: Pat Sync, Power, Battery

DS3 General

Framing: Unframed, M13, C-bit parity. Conforms to

ANSI T1.102, 107, 107A, 403, and 404. Also Telcordia

TR-TSY-000009 and TR-TSY-000191. Line Coding: B3ZS

Clock Source: 44.736 MHz, External (± 300 ppm, TTL,

50% ± 1% duty cycle), Internal (± 5 ppm), Loop (±

300 ppm) Standard Test Patterns: 1111, 1100, 1010, 2 User Programmed Patterns: 10 programmable 24-bit

patterns with alphanumeric names Test Pattern Inversion Error Injection: Logic, BPV, Logic+BPV, C-bit, P-bit

parity, FEBE, Frame, Burst or Rate Alarm Generation: AIS, Yellow, Idle Loopbacks: FEAC loopbacks per ANSI T1.401, M13 C-bit

loopback per TR-TSY-000009 (requires SW361) FEAC transmit/receive per ANSI (requiress SW301)

-1, 220-1, 223-1

DS1 General (Requires SW310)

Signal Directions: Multiplexed to DS3 jacks or to DS1 jacks

Clock Source: Internal (± 5 ppm), Loop (recovered, ± 300

ppm), External (± 300 ppm, 0 to -30 dB resistive)

Framing: Unframed, Superframe (SF-D4), ESF, SLC-96*.

Conforms to ANSI T1.102, 107, 107A, 403, and 404. Also Telcordia TR-TSY-000009 and TR-TSY-000191.

*SLC is a registered trademark of AT&T. Line Coding: AMI, B8ZS Standard Test Patterns: All 1s, All 0s, Alt 10, 1100, 1-in-8

(1:7), 1-in-16, 3-in-24, Quasi-Random Signal (QRS),

-1, 27-1, 29-1, 211-1, 215-1, 220-1, 223-1, 55 Daly, T1-1

through T1-6, DDS-1, DDS-2, DDS-3, DDS,4, DDS-6

(Idle, Yellow, 2-8, FOX) User Programmed Patterns: 10 programmable 2048-bit

patterns with alphanumeric names Test Pattern Inversion: All Standard Test Patterns and

User Programmed Patterns Error Injection: Logic, BPV, Logic+BPV, Frame, Burst or Rate Alarm Generation: AIS, Yellow, Idle Fractional T1: Any arbitrary combination of 1 to 24

channels. Nx56k or Nx64k format. Autoconfigure to

active channels. Requires SW311. Loopbacks: CSU/NIU loop up/down, Inband, ESF datalink,

programmable 32-bit control. M13 C-bit loopbacks

per Telcordia TR-TSY-000009. DS3/DS1 based FEAC loopbacks per ANSI T1.404

DS1 Transmitter

Pulse Shape: Conforms to ITU-T G.703, Telcordia TR-TSY-

000499 Output Levels: 0, -7.5, -15, -20 dB

. . . a step ahead

DS3 Transmitter

Transmit Signal Source: DS3 Test pattern, DS1 Test

pattern broadcast, DS1 AIS broadcast, loop received DS3 signal

Pulse Shape: Conforms to ITU-T G.703, Telcordia TR-TSY-

000499. High, DSX, Low

DS1 Insert: Insert DS1 on desired channel. Other

channels have DS1 test pattern copies or AIS. DS1 generated internally or from DS1 RX connector

E1 Insert: Insert E1 on desired channel. Other channels

have AIS. E1 generated internally.

DS3 Receiver

Input Impedance: 75Ω

Input Sensitivity

DSX: Up to 26 dB resistive or 6 dB cable loss from DSX

High/low: +6 dB to -26 dB resistive loss Jitter tolerance: Conforms to Telcordia TR-TSY-000009 Auto Configure to received signal, line coding, & test pattern T1/E1 Drop: Drop to internal receiver or drop to DS1 TX

connector

SunSetTM T3

DS1 Receiver

Input Frequency: 1.544 Mbps, ± 300 ppm Input Impedance: 100Ω, +6 dB to -36 dB External Clock Input: 1.544 Mbps, ± 300 ppm, 0 to -30 dB resistive

with ALBO

Auto Configure to received signal, Line Coding, Test Pattern

E1 2.048 Mbps (Requires SW324)

Drop and insert one E1 channel to/from a DS3 Transmit and receive at E1 interface Transmit

Pulse Shape: Conforms to ITU-T G.703, 3.0V ± 10% Clock: De-jittered from DS3, Internal 2.048 Mbps ± 5 ppm

Line coding: AMI, HDB3

Receive

Impedance: 120Ω, +6 to -20 dB

Line coding: AMI, HDB3 Framing: PCM-30 and PCM-31 with or without CRC, unframed

Test Patterns

Standard Patterns: All 1s, All 0s, Alt 10, 1-in-8 (1:7), 3-in-24, QRS,

-1, 27-1, 29-1, 211-1, 215-1, 220-1, 223-1, 1100 (FOX, 2-in-8,

2 Yellow, Idle, User Patterns)

User Programmed Patterns: 10 ea patterns up to 2048 bits long,

alphanumeric name up to 10 characters for each pattern Test Pattern Inversion Auto Configure to received signal, line coding, test pattern Fractional E1: Any arbitrary combination of 1 to 31 channels. Nx64k

format. Autoconfigure to active channels. Requires SW311.

Other Measurements

View Received Data

View T1 data in binary, hex, ASCII formats Displays data in bytes by timeslot Displays 8 timeslots per display page Capture & store 256 consecutive timeslots as test pattern, 10 patterns

Propagation Delay

Measure round trip propagation delay in unit intervals ± 1 UI, with

translation to microseconds and one way distance over cable

Bridge Tap

Automated transmission and measurement of 21 different patterns to identify possible bridge taps at some point on a T1 line

Quick Test I and II

2 programmable automated loopback tests that save time when

performing standardized acceptance tests 10 character alphanumeric ticket name Automatically loopback a CSU or NIU device; automatically drop the

loopback at conclusion of test Automatically print results at conclusion of test Specify 5 independent test patterns, run each pattern for 1 to 999 min Operate in single-run or continuous-run mode

Protection Switch Timing

Measure the duration a switch or multiplexer takes to perform the protective switching function

Measurements

G.821 and general errors: Bit error, bit err rate, errored seconds,

%errored seconds, severely errored seconds, %severely errored seconds, error-free seconds, %error-free seconds, available seconds, unavailable seconds, synch loss seconds, degraded minutes

DS3: Frame loss seconds, loss of signal seconds, BPV, BPV rate, Frame-

bit error, Frame-bit error rate, P-bit error, C-bit error, FEBE, available seconds, errored seconds, %errored seconds, severely errored seconds, %severely errored seconds, error-free seconds, %error-free seconds, unavailable seconds, degraded minutes, AIS seconds, yellow alarm seconds, frequency, max frequency, min

frequency, peak voltage (V), power (dBm) DS2: F-bit error, frame loss seconds, AIS seconds, Yellow Alarm seconds DS1: BPV, BPV rate, Frame-bit error, Frame-bit error rate, CRC-6 block

error, CRC-6 block error rate, out of frame count, change of frame

alignment count, errored seconds, %errored seconds, severely errored

seconds, %severely errored seconds, error-free seconds, available

seconds, degraded minutes, unavailable seconds, frequency, AIS

seconds, loss of frame seconds, loss of signal seconds, yellow alarm

seconds, low density seconds, excess zeroes seconds, max frequency,

min frequency, +1-peak voltage frame slip, +1-wander peak level E1: Code violation (BPV), code violation rate, FAS error, FAS error rate,

MFAS error, MFAS error rate, CRC error, CRC error rate, errored

seconds, %errored seconds, severely errored seconds, %severely

errored seconds, error-free seconds, available seconds, degraded

minutes, unavailable seconds, AIS seconds, loss of frame seconds,

loss of signal seconds, FAS alarm seconds, MFAS alarm seconds,

peak voltage (V), frequency, max frequency, min frequency, + wander,

- wander, peak level (dB), clockslip

Loopbacks

Loopback Control, In-band CSU, NIU, 100000 Loopback Control, ESF-Facility Datalink 10 programmable user codes, 1 to 32 bits each

Remote Control (SW302)

To VT100 terminal or PC running terminal emulation Status table provides current & historical information on test sets' LEDs Uses test set's serial port, 8-pin MINI DIN connector, RS232C Serial port cannot be connected to printer during remote control

operation

Westell PM NIU and MSS (SW303)

Supports Westell performance monitoring network interface unit and

maintenance switch system with ramp Set/query NIU time and date Query performance data by hour or for all accumulated data Reset performance registers Read data over ramp line Perform maintenance switch function for Westell and Teltrend Automated looping of Westell and Teltrend line and central office

repeaters: SF and ESF modes supported Arm, loop up/down, loopback query, sequential loopback, power loop

query, span power up/down, unblocking Requires SW310

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