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NOVEMBER 2001

ME0008A-ME1

ME0008A-ME1-48

ME0008A-MT1

ME0008A-MT1-48

ME0008A-MCAMP

ME0008A-MCAMP-48

QuikConnect mDSL Line Driver

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FCC AND IC RFI STATEMENTS/CE NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

AND

INDUSTRY CANADA

RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not
installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions, may cause interference to radio communication. It has been tested
and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance
with the specifications in Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to
provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user at his own
expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct
the interference.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emission from
digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites
applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le
brouillage radioélectrique publié par Industrie Canada.

EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

This equipment complies with the requirements of the European EMC Directive
89/336/EEC.

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NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM)

ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT

INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD

1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de
que el aparato eléctrico sea operado.

2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para
referencia futura.

3. Todas las advertencias en el aparato eléctrico y en sus instrucciones de
operación deben ser respetadas.

4. Todas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas.

5. El aparato eléctrico no deberá ser usado cerca del agua—por ejemplo, cerca
de la tina de baño, lavabo, sótano mojado o cerca de una alberca, etc..

6. El aparato eléctrico debe ser usado únicamente con carritos o pedestales que
sean recomendados por el fabricante.

7. El aparato eléctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo sólo como sea
recomendado por el fabricante.

8. Servicio—El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo eléctrico más allá
a lo descrito en las instrucciones de operación. Todo otro servicio deberá ser
referido a personal de servicio calificado.

9. El aparato eléctrico debe ser situado de tal manera que su posición no
interfiera su uso. La colocación del aparato eléctrico sobre una cama, sofá,
alfombra o superficie similar puede bloquea la ventilación, no se debe colocar
en libreros o gabinetes que impidan el flujo de aire por los orificios de
ventilación.

10. El equipo eléctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor
como radiadores, registros de calor, estufas u otros aparatos (incluyendo
amplificadores) que producen calor.

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NOM STATEMENT

11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del
tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se indique en el aparato.

12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización
del equipo no sea eliminada.

13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no
sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos,
poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde salen del
aparato.

14. El equipo eléctrico debe ser limpiado únicamente de acuerdo a las
recomendaciones del fabricante.

15. En caso de existir, una antena externa deberá ser localizada lejos de las lineas
de energia.

16. El cable de corriente deberá ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea
usado por un largo periodo de tiempo.

17. Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera que objectos liquidos no sean
derramados sobre la cubierta u orificios de ventilación.

18. Servicio por personal calificado deberá ser provisto cuando:

A: El cable de poder o el contacto ha sido dañado; u

B: Objectos han caído o líquido ha sido derramado dentro del aparato; o

C: El aparato ha sido expuesto a la lluvia; o

D: El aparato parece no operar normalmente o muestra un cambio en su

desempeño; o

E: El aparato ha sido tirado o su cubierta ha sido dañada.

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TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL

Any trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the
trademark owners.

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Contents

Chapter Page

1. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.1 Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3. Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.1 Configuring the Hardware DIP Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.1.1 DIP-Switch S1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.1.2 DIP-Switch S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.1.3 DIP-Switch S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.2 Configuring the Software Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.2.1 Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.2.2 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.2.3 VT100 Terminal Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.3 VT100 Terminal Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.3.1 Main Menu Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.3.2 Software Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.3.3 Option #1: DTE Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.3.4 Option #2: Clock Mode Selection Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.3.5 Option #3: DTE Interface Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.3.6 Option #4: DTE Loopback Requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.3.7 Option #5: Transmit Data Sampling Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.3.8 Option #6: CO/CP Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.3.9 Option #7: Change Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.3.10 Exiting the Configuration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3.4 Plug-and-Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.1 Connecting the Twisted-Pair Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.2 Connecting the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.2.1 Changing QuikConnect Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.2.2 Connecting to a DTE Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4.2.3 Connecting to a DCE Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4.2.4 Configuring the X.21 QuikConnect Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.3 Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.3.1 Connecting to an AC Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.3.2 Connecting to a DC Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

CONTENTS

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5. Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.1 Power-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.2 LED Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.3 Test Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5.3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5.3.2 Restart Procedure and Timeouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

5.3.3 Loops and Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5.3.4 Using the V.52 (BER) Test-Pattern Generator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Appendix A. Interface Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Appendix B. Distance Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Appendix C. Control Port Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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CHAPTER 1: Specifications

1. Specifications

Transmission Format: Synchronous

Transmission Line: Two-wire unconditioned twisted pair

Clocking: Internal, external, or receive recovered

Interface Modules: EIA RS-232/ITU/T V.24, RS-232/530, ITU V.35, ITU/T X.21,

10BASE-T Ethernet, G.703/G.704

Line Rates:

ME0008A-MT1 and ME0008A-MT1-48: 144, 272, 400, 528, 784, 1040, and 1552
kbps;

ME0008A-ME1 and ME0008A-ME1-48: 144, 272, 400, 528, 784, 1040, 1552, and
2064 kbps;

ME0008A-MCAMP and ME0008A-MCAMP-48: 144, 272, 400, 528, 784, 1040, 1552,
2064, and 2320 kbps

DTE Rates:

ME0008A-MT1 and ME0008A-MT1-48: 64, 128, 192, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 576,
640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1088, 1152, 1216, 1280, 1344, 1408, 1472 and
1536 kbps;

ME0008A-ME1 and ME0008A-ME1-48: 64, 128, 192, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 576,
640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1088, 1152, 1216, 1280, 1344, 1408, 1472, 1536,
1600, 1664, 1728, 1792, 1856, 1920, 1984, and 2048 kbps;

ME0008A-MCAMP and ME0008A-MCAMP-48: 64, 128, 192, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512,
576, 640, 704, 768, 832, 896, 960, 1024, 1088, 1152, 1216, 1280, 1344, 1408, 1472,
1536, 1600, 1664, 1728, 1792, 1856, 1920, 1984, 2048, 2112, 2176, 2240, and 2304
kbps

Diagnostics: V.52-compliant bit error rate pattern (511/511E pattern) generator
and detector with error injection mode; Local Line Loopback and Remote Digital
Loopback, activated by front-panel switch or via serial interface

Indicators: LEDs: TD, RD, CTS, CD, DTR, NS (no signal), ER (error), and TM
(test mode)

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Connectors: All units: RJ-45 on line side; RJ-45 on front of unit (control port);
DB25 female, M/34 female, DB15 female, RJ-45 female, or dual BNC on serial
interface side, depending upon which interface module is installed

Temperature Tolerance: 32 to 122°F (0 to 50°C)

Humidity: 5 to 95% noncondensing

Power: ME0008A-ME1, ME0008A-MT1, ME0008A-MCAMP: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to

60 Hz (universal input), 10 watts; ME0008A-ME1-48, ME0008A-MT1-48,
ME0008A-MCAMP-48: -40 to -60 VDC

Size: 1.6"H x 7.3"W x 6.6"D (4.1 x 18.5 x 16.8 cm)

Weight: 2 lb. (1 kg)

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CHAPTER 2: Introduction

2. Introduction

2.1 Description

The QuikConnect mDSL Line Driver provides high-speed 2-wire connectivity to
ISPs, PTTs, and corporations using mDSL (Multi-rate Digital Subscriber Line)
technology. Multi-rate DSL has the ability to deliver the maximum bit rate that a
twisted-pair line can accommodate. Supporting multiple line rates from 144 kbps
to 2.320 Mbps, the QuikConnect provides “megabyte” speeds to leased-line, LAN­to-LAN interconnection, and WAN access networks over 3.6 miles/5.8 km
(1.054 Mbps on 24-AWG/0.5-mm wire).

The QuikConnect mDSL Line Driver standalone allows DTE speeds from 64 kbps
to 2.3 Mbps in 64-kbps increments. Features include loopback diagnostics, inband
SNMP/HTTP remote management capabilities, and externally accessible
configuration switches.

As a symmetric DSL NTU, the QuikConnect offers the same data rates in both
directions over a single pair of regular telephone lines using Carrierless Amplitude
and Phase (CAP) modulation. Featuring replaceable DCE-DTE interface modules,
the QuikConnect can be configured for a huge range of V.24/RS-232, V.35,
RS-422/530, G.703, and X.21 applications. Line connection is made by an RJ-45
jack. The standard QuikConnect mDSL Line Driver is powered by a 100- to 240­VAC universal power supply. The DC power supply option supports any DC input
between -40 and -60 VDC.

The plug-and-play feature allows you to configure the DTE rate for the link from
the mDSL Rack Card (ME0003C) at the central office. The standalone unit
(ME0008A) at the customer premise site will automatically configure itself to the
DTE rate of the rack card. Other configuration parameters fall to the default state.
This lets you handle configuration changes from a single end of the link.

2.2 Features

• DSL distances on just two wires using mDSL technology.

• DTE speeds n x 64 to 1.152 Mbps.

• 2-wire operation.

• Plug-and-play master or slave.

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• SNMP network management with in-band management of remote units plus
advanced diagnostics and statistics using an Managed Micro Rack
SNMP/HTTP Card (part number RM261C-SNMP).

• Internal, external, or receive recovered clocking options.

• LED indicators for TD, RD, CTS, CD, DTR, TM, ER, and NS.

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CHAPTER 3: Configuration

3. Configuration

The QuikConnect mDSL Line Driver is equipped with three sets of eight DIP
switches. This chapter describes switch locations and explains all possible
configurations.

3.1 Configuring the Hardware DIP Switches

The 24 external switches are grouped into three eight-switch sets, and are
externally accessible from the underside of the QuikConnect (see Figure 3-1).

Figure 3-1. Underside of the QuikConnect,

showing the location of the DIP switches.

The three sets of DIP switches on the underside of the QuikConnect will be
referred to as S1, S2, and S3. As Figure 3-2 shows, the orientation of all DIP
switches is the same with respect to ON and OFF positions.

Figure 3-2. Close-up of configuration switches

(all sets are identical in appearance).

Back

Front

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3.1.1 DIP-S

WITCH

S1

All switches in Switch S1 are reserved for future use. These switches should remain
in the ON position.

3.1.2 DIP-S

WITCH

S2

The configuration switches on S2 allow you to specify the clocking mode and
response to DTE loop enable. Default settings of S2 are shown in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1. S2 summary.

Position Function Factory Default

S2-1 Reserved Off

S2-2 Reserved Off

S2-3 Reserved Off

S2-4 Reserved Off

S2-5 Reserved Off

S2-6 Clock Mode On

S2-7 Clock Mode Off

S2-8 Enable Loop from DTE Off Disable

Switches S2-1, S2-2, S2-3, S2-4, and S-5

These switches are reserved for future use and should remain in the OFF position.

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Receive
Recovered Clock

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CHAPTER 3: Configuration

Switches S2-6 and S2-7: Clock Mode

Use Switches S2-6 and S2-7 to configure the QuikConnect for internal, external, or
receive recover clock mode.

Table 3-2. Clock mode.

CO/CP S2-6 S2-7 Clock Mode Description
Unit

CO On On Internal Transmit clock

generated internally

CO Off On External (DTE) Transmit clock

derived from terminal

interface

CP On Off Receive Transmit clock

Recover derived from the

received line

Off Off Reserved

Switch S2-8: Enable/Disable Loop Tests from DTE

Use Switch S2-8 to allow the QuikConnect to enter loopback tests when the DTE
raises the appropriate loop request pin.

Table 3-3. Enable/disable loop tests.

S2-8 Setting

On Response to DTE loopback request enabled

Off Response to DTE loopback request disabled

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3.1.3 DIP-S

WITCH

S3

Use the eight DIP switches in Switch S3 to enable the DTE connection rate. Table
3-4 summarizes default positions of DIP-switch S3. Detailed descriptions of each
switch follow the table.

Table 3-4. S3 summary.

Position Function Factory Default

S3-1 DTE Rate On

S3-2 DTE Rate Off

S3-3 DTE Rate Off

S3-4 DTE Rate Off

S3-5 DTE Rate On

S3-6 DTE Rate On

S3-7 Reset Software Defaults On Normal Operation

S3-8 Transmit Data Sample Point On Normal Operation

Switches S3-1 through S3-6: DTE Rate

Table 3-5. DTE bit rate.

S3-1 S3-2 S3-3 S3-4 S3-5 S3-6 DTE Rate (kbps)

Off Off On On On On 64

On On Off On On On 128

Off On Off On On On 192

On Off Off On On On 256

Off Off Off On On On 320

On On On Off On On 384

Off On On Off On On 448

On Off On Off On On 512

Off Off On Off On On 576

On On Off Off On On 640

Off On Off Off On On 704

On Off Off Off On On 768

Off Off Off Off On On 832

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768 kbps