Chapter 11: Board Configuration

Figure 8. Triton E1 configuration dialog box

Reading the Status Messages

If the channel group is working, the Status line displays OK. This status line is updated every 3 seconds. If there is an error, a message is displayed. The following table lists the types of error messages and the appropriate actions.

Error Message

Meaning

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW failure: <No

Major hardware

1.

Reset board.

Answer>

problem. Board is not

2.

If error continues,

 

responding to

 

 

replace board.

 

commands. Reasons

 

 

 

 

 

could be: 1) DSP loading

 

 

 

failure; 2) If PRI, board

 

 

 

failed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW failure: <No

No clock signal is

1.

Check MVIP clock.

Clocks>

detected on T1 interface

2. Reset board. If this

 

drop.

 

 

does not work,

 

 

 

 

 

 

replace board.

 

 

 

L1 failure: <No

Layer 1 failure, physical

Check T1/PRI cable and

Signal (LOS)>

layer; LOS = Loss of

change if necessary. If

 

Analog Signal

cable is okay, CO is not

 

 

sending any signal.

 

 

Contact CO.

 

 

 

L1 failure: <Alarm

Layer 1 failure, CO sends

To locate the AIS alarm,

Indication Signal

all 1’s to our T1/E1; AIS

have the carrier check

(AIS)>

= Alarm Indicator

the T1 network element

 

Signal; all ones detected

connected to the T1

 

 

interface and trace the

 

 

problem.

 

 

 

 

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AltiGen comm ACM 5.1 manual Reading the Status Messages, Error Message Meaning Action