Paradyne 3165 DSU/CSU manual

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    ACCULINK 3165 DSU/CSU QUICK REFERENCE Document No. 3165-A2-GL1 1-30[...]

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    Copyright  1998 Paradyne Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Notice This publication is protected by federal copyright law . No part of this publication may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language in any form or by any means, electronic, m[...]

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    TM 1 ACCULINK 3165 DSU/CSU Quick Reference Document Number 3165-A2-GL1 1-30 January 1998 Quick Start Procedur e The following procedure is for experienced DSU/CSU users who are familiar with the 3165 DSU/CSU installation process and have no special requirements for their application. See the ACCULINK 316x Data Service Unit/Channel Service Unit Oper[...]

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    2 97-1557 8 PSTN T1 Network Modem Po we r Modem Po we r F ront P anel 3165 DSU/CSU 3165 DSU/CSU 3165 DSU/CSU Serial Po r t or COM P or t Network Po r t Modem Po r t COM Po r t Network Po r t Modem Po r t Network Po r t or SNMP Manager Workstation SNMP Manager Workstation PC or CAUTION: AUX PORT OR COM PORT MUST NOT BE CONNECTED TO PSTN OR T1 NETWOR[...]

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    3 Configuration Options Configuration options are accessed from the Configuration branch of the front panel menu. DSU ESF Stat 97-15579 Dev HS S T est Pe r f TS t a t LE D ID T1 Prtn Pr tn User T elco Cur 24T ot Intvl Far Near Cur 8T ot Intvl T est R lpbk Lpbk Pt rn s La mp QRSS 51 1 Abort Mon LLBUP LLBDN 54UP 54DN FT1UP FT1DN PLB DLB RLB LLB Abort[...]

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    4 T able 1. Port Configuration Options (1 of 2) Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description E530 E530 Port T ype: V .35 V .35 Selects the p ort t yp e: EIA-530A, Port T ype: RS449 RS449 S e l ec t s th e por t t ype: EIA - 530A , V .35, RS449, or X.21. X.21 X.21 Base Rate: Nx64 Nx64 Enables the p ort to either Nx56 or Base Rate: Nx56 Nx56 E na [...]

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    5 T able 1. Port Configuration Options (2 of 2) Option Comments/Description Factory 2 Factory 1 10E–4 10E–4 10E–5 10E–5 Err Rate: (Excessive Error 10E–6 10E–6 Selects the error rate threshold for Excessive Error Rate Alarm (Excessive Error Rate) 10E–7 10E–7 Excessive Error Rate Alarm. ae ) 10E–8 10E–8 10E–9 10E–9 T able 2. N[...]

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    6 T able 3. Channel Configuration Options (1 of 2) Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description Block Block Determines how channels are Assign By: ACAMI ACAMI Determines how channels are assigned: contiguous blocks, ACAMI i di id l h l Assign By: Chan Chan assigned: contiguous blocks, ACAMI or individual channels. Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comm[...]

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    7 T able 3. Channel Configuration Options (2 of 2) Clear Clear Clears (unassigns) channels for this port. Start At: N1 (D1) N2 (D2) N3 (D3) N4 (D4) N5 (D5) N6 (D6) N7 (D7) N8 (D8) N9 (D9) N10 (D10) N1 1 (D1 1) N12 (D12) N13 (D13) N14 (D14) N15 (D15) N16 (D16) N17 (D17) N18 (D18) N19 (D19) N20 (D20) N21 (D21) N22 (D22) N23 (D23) N24 (D24) N1 (D1) N2[...]

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    8 T able 4. General Configuration Options Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description Gen Y ellow: Enab Enab Y ellow alarm is g enerated b y the G en Y e ll ow: (Generate Y ellow) Disab Disab Y e ll ow a l arm i s genera t e d b y th e DSU/CSU on LOS, LOF , or AIS. NET NET DTE DTE Selects the clock source to be Clock Src: Prt1 Prt1 Selects the [...]

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    9 T able 5. User Configuration Options (1 of 3) Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description Self - T est: Enab Enab Allows bypass of self-test on Self-T est: Disab Disab Allows bypass of self - test on initialization. FP Access: Enab Enab Controls whether front panel FP Access: Disab Disab Controls whether front panel access or display is allow[...]

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    10 T able 5. User Configuration Options (2 of 3) Option Comments/Description Factory 2 Factory 1 CStop Bits: 1 1 CStop Bits: (Communication Port St Bit ) 1.5 1.5 Selects the number of stop bits for the COM p ort. (Communication Port Stop Bits) 2 2 th e COM por t . Ignore DTR: Ye s Ye s S p ecifies whether the COM p ort Ignore DTR: No No S pec ifi e[...]

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    11 T able 5. User Configuration Options (3 of 3) Option Comments/Description Factory 2 Factory 1 5 5 MoDiscTm: ( Modem Port Up Up Specifies the period of inactivity (1 t 60 i t ) th t (M o d em P or t Disconnect T ime) Down Down Specifies the period of inactivity (1 to 60 minutes) that causes a disconnect if MInActTm is enabled. Save Save d sco ec [...]

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    12 T able 6. Alarm Configuration Options Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description Disab Disab Does not display alarm messages. Al M Modem Modem Sends alarm messages to Modem port. Alrm Msg: Com Com Sends alarm messages to COM port. Both Both Sends alarm messages to both ports. SNMP T rap: Enab Enab Sends SNMP traps SNMP T rap: Disab Disab Se[...]

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    13 T able 7. Management – General Configuration Options (1 of 2) Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description SNMP Mgt: Disab Disab Specifies whether the DSU/CSU responds to SNMP session SNMP Mgt: Enab Enab p responds to SNMP session requests. NMS V alid: Disab Disab Specifies whether the DSU/CSU validates the IP address of an NMS V alid: Enab[...]

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    14 T able 7. Management – General Configuration Options (2 of 2) Option Comments/Description Factory 2 Factory 1 Com NetMask: Edit Edit The Subnet Mask needed to access the device when the COM Com NetMask: Clear Clear access the device when the COM port is configured for SNMP . Com Link: PPP PPP The link layer protocol for the COM Com Link: SLIP [...]

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    15 T able 8. Management – T rap Configuration Options Option Factory 1 Factory 2 Comments/Description Num T rap Mgrs: 1 2–6 1 2–6 The number of trap managers supported by the device. T rap n IP Adr: Edit Edit Specifies the IP address for each trap manager . This configuration T rap n IP Adr: Clear Clear trap manager . This configuration optio[...]

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    16 Notes[...]