The LoopStar EMS is a Windows®-based software application designed to operate in standard client-server-based configurations. The system is a scalable platform consisting of a central database/server software application with options for multiple client servers hosted from the central server. The total number
of LoopStar 800/1600/3600 elements to be managed by a common LoopStar EMS is a function of the server/client system and memory capacity. Standard network configurations
are approximately 1-32 systems per LoopStar 800 EMS.
Communications between the LoopStar EMS and network LoopStar 800/1600/3600 systems is via TL1 or SNMP message control over Ethernet LAN/WAN communications. The LoopStar EMS can also funnel network configuration, alarms and performance monitoring information to higher-order network management systems via TL1/CORBA/MML north-bound LAN/WAN
interface communications.
The LoopStar EMS-LCT is a PC-based software application designed to work on Windows 2000 or Windows XP system. The LoopStar EMS- LCT provides management and configuration functions at the NE layer to a single concurrent session.
Web-Local Craft Terminal
The Web-LCT is a JavaScript application embedded in LoopStar Network Element (NE) software. Through the Web-LCT, customers can manage, maintain and configure the LoopStar 800 using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Users can access the LoopStar 800 and configure services or query alarms on it just by opening Microsoft Internet Explorer on their terminal computers and then entering the IP address of the NE. Once accessed, the Web-LCT provides configuration management, fault management, performance monitoring, security and testing management. Web-LCT
will be available on the LoopStar 1600 in the near future.
Transaction Language (TL1)
TL1 is a derivation of the CCITT Man-Machine Language (MML). The LoopStar SONET product family TL1 specification is derived from Telcordia standards referenced in the TL1 Command
Set Technical Publication. The LoopStar 800/1600/3600 can be managed directly via TL1 commands by technicians who log into the NE LAN port using terminal emulation on a PC. They can perform all of the network management functions referenced in the EMS/ EMS-LCT section of this document. Using TL1 the LoopStar 800 has complete integration into Telcordia ‘s TIRKS and NMA OSS systems for inventory and network monitoring.
