Multi-Channel Controllers (MCCs)
MPC8260 PowerQUICC II Family Reference Manual, Rev. 2
Freescale Semiconductor 28-21
28.3.4.1 Extended Channel Mode Register (ECHAMR)—SS7 Mode

The extended channel mode register (ECHAMR) is a user-initialized register, shown in Figure 28-9 It

includes both the interrupt mask bits and channel configuration bits.

The interrupt mask provides bits for enabling/disabling each event defined in the interrupt circular table

entry. Other bits provide various channel configuration options.

0x68 EFSUC Word Error-free signal unit counter, user initialized to 0. The counter is incremented
whenever an error-free (no CRC error, no non-octet aligned error, no short or long
frame errors) signal unit is received.
0x6C SUEC Word Signal unit error counter, user initialized to 0. Incremented each time an SU is
received that contains an error. These errors are: short frame, long frame, CRC error,
and non-octet aligned error.
0x70 SS7STATE Word Internal state of SS7 controller, user initialized to 0.
0x74 JTSRTmp Word Temporary storage for time-stamp register value. Applies to Japanese SS7 only;
otherwise should be cleared. Used by the CP to implement the 24-ms delay for signal
unit error rate monitoring in Japanese SS7.
0x78 JTRDelay Hword FISU transmit delay (specified in units of 512us). Applies to Japanese SS7 only;
otherwise should be cleared. According to the Japanese SS7 standard, the delay
should be 24 ms and thus JTRDelay should be programmed to 24 ms/512
µs= 46.875 (approximately 47). Hence, the user should program JTRDelay to 0x2F
and the RTSCR to generate a 1 µs time stamp period. Refer to Section14.3.8, “RISC
Time-Stamp Control Register (RTSCR)”.
0x7A MHword ITU threshold for AERM. If M_cnt reaches M, an AERM interrupt is generated. Note
that M is normally programmed to 5.
0x7C M_cnt Hword Up-counter for M. Should be cleared during initialization.
1The offset is relative to the dual-port RAM address + 64*CH_NUM. SS7 channel specific parameters require twice
the amount of dual-port RAM required for HDLC or Transparent channel specific parameters. Therefore for SS7 even
channel numbers (0, 2, 4, etc.) must be used and odd channel number must be left unused.
2Items in boldface must be initialized by the user. Unless otherwise stated, all other items are managed by microcode
and should be initialized to zero.

Table28-10. Channel-Specific Parameters for SS7 (continued)

Offset1Name2Width Description