DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2
Upgrades and Additions for R8r
555-233-115 Issue 1
April 2000
Fiber Link Administration
A-3Administer Fiber Links
A
Administer Fiber Links on Simplex Systems
Administer the TN570 Expansion Interface and the TN574 or TN1654 DS1
Converter circuit packs.
1. Type change circuit packs and press Enter. Scroll through the page s on
the form until the carrier containin g the new circuit p acks displays on the
screen.
2. Enter the circuit packs into the appropriate slot loc ations on the form.
Press Enter when finished.
3. Type list fiber and press Enter. All administered fib er connections dis play.
4. If a previously used fib er link is to be reused, enter add fiber <number>
and press Enter . If this is a new fiber link, type add fiber next and press
Enter. The Fiber Link Ad ministration screen appe ars. Each fiber link is
identified by a fib er number.
a. Type y or n in the field Is one endpoint remoted via DS1
Converter complex? and press Enter.
b. Enter the location of the TN570 and the TN574 or TN1654 circui t
packs for both ENDPOINT-1 and ENDPOINT-2.
c. Scroll to page 2 of the for m. Enter y as applicable , in each
Facility Installed? field (A, B, C, and D).
d. In the Bit Rate: field, type either 1.54 4 (T1) or 2.048 (E1).
e. Enter the idle code in the Idle Code MSB (1) . . . . LSB
(8): field. The default value is 11101000. It is recommended that
the default value be used u nless it becomes absolutely necessary
to change it. The “MSB” means Most Signi ficant Bit, the “LSB”
means Least Significant Bit.
f. In the Line Coding: field, enter the line coding information. This
information should match the line c oding of the faci lity. For T1,
example line coding is b8zs. For E1, example line coding is hdb3.
NOTE:
If this data is not correct, wid eband errors (multimedia c all
handling) may occ ur.
5. For T1 sites, refer to ‘‘T1 Installations Only’’. For E1 sites, refer to ‘‘E1
Installations Only’’.