Motorola T1/E1 Measurements from Diagnostics, Firmware Upgrades, Procedure 29 Upgrading firmware

Canopy T1/E1 Multiplexer	September 2004
	T1/E1 Multiplexer FPGA Version 3.4

3.5MEASUREMENTS FROM DIAGNOSTICS

Aunit-based comparison of diagnostic measurements is provided in Table 13.

Table 13: Comparison of diagnostic measurements

Measurement	Description	Availability	Advantage	Disadvantage
Bit errors	Logic errors in	Only out of	Best unit for	Requires that all traffic
	the bit stream	service	point-to-point	be test traffic (known
			performance	data pattern)
BPVs	Pulses of the	In service	Good for circuit	Meaningful for only
	same consecutive	or out of	or repeater	metallic media, because
	polarity	service	problems	some equipment corrects
				BPVs
Frame errors	Incorrect values	In service	Approximates	Evaluates only overhead
	in the framing	or out of	bit error rate on	bits
	bit position	service	in-service basis
CRC errors	Bit errors in a	In service	98.4% bit error	Available with only ESF
	block of data	or out of	rate accuracy	framing
		service

3.6FIRMWARE UPGRADES

Firmware upgrades are periodically made available to enhance performance or to add features and functionality to the Canopy T1/E1 Multiplexer.

Procedure 29: Upgrading firmware

To install new firmware on a Canopy T1/E1 Multiplexer, perform the following steps.

1.Close any other applications that are active on the PC.

2.From the main menu of the EMS, select Config→Software Upgrade (shown in Figure 15 on Page 33).

RESULT: The System Upgrade window opens, as shown in Figure 24.

Figure 24: System Upgrade window

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