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Figure 10-3. Simplified Diagram of Transmit Signaling Path
TRANSMIT
SIGNALING
REGISTERS
SIGNALING
BUFFERS
PER-CHANNEL
CONTROL
TSER
TSIG
T1/E1 DATA
STREAM
PER-CHANNEL
CONTROL
TR.SSIE1 -
TR.SSIE4
B7
TR.T1TCR1.4
1
0
0
1
0
1
TR.PCPR.3
ONLY APPLIES TO T1 MODE

10.9.3 Processor-Based Transmit Signaling

In processor-based mode, signaling data is loaded into the transmit signaling registers (TS1–TS16) by the host
interface. On multiframe boundaries, the contents of these registers are loaded into a shift register for placement in
the appropriate bit position in the outgoing data stream. The user can employ the transmit multiframe interrupt in
status register 4 (TR.SR4.4) to know when to update the signaling bits. The user need not update any transmit
signaling register for which there is no change-of-state for that register.
Each transmit signaling register contains the robbed-bit signaling (T1) or TS16 CAS signaling (E1) for two time
slots that are inserted into the outgoing stream, if enabled to do so through TR.T1TCR1.4 (T1 mode) or
TR.E1TCR1.6 (E1 mode). In T1 mode, only TS1–TS12 are used.
Signaling data can be sourced from the TR.TS registers on a per-channel basis by using the software signaling
insertion enable registers, TR.SSIE1–TRSSIE4.
10.9.3.1 T1 Mode
In T1 ESF framing mode, there are four signaling bits per channel (A, B, C, and D). TS1–TS12 contain a full
multiframe of signaling data. In T1 D4 framing mode, there are only two signaling bits per channel (A and B). In T1
D4 framing mode, the framer uses the C and D bit positions as the A and B bit positions for the next multiframe. In
D4 mode, two multiframes of signaling data can be loaded into TS1–TS12. The framer loads the contents of TS1–
TS12 into the outgoing shift register every other D4 multiframe. In D4 mode, the host should load new contents into
TS1–TS12 on every other multiframe boundary and no later than 120μs after the boundary. In T1 mode, only
registers TR.SSIE1–TR.SSIE3 are used since there are only 24 channels in a T1 frame.