Paradyne 3615, 3616 manual Local/Remote Menu Subbranches, From Page A-1

COMSPHERE DualFlow Data Service Units

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If both DDS and dial connections have been made, then every 10 seconds the top-level menu screen alternates status information between the DDS and dial ports (V.35 for the DDS line and active DBM port for the dial line).

V.35 DSU 56 C

Local Remot Msg

F1 F2 F3

In the example above, the top-level menu is displaying the status of the DDS port interface.

Press a function key to select one of the following branches:

•Local branch

•Remote (Remot) branch ± Only available to a DSU configured as a control or a point-to-point tributary with a dial connection.

•Messages (Msgs) branch ± Only appears when a message from the NMS is waiting. Once the message is cleared, this branch no longer appears.

Local/Remote Menu Subbranches

The Local branch menu has five subbranches; the Remote branch menu has four:

•The Status (Stat) branch provides reports on the health and status of the DSU and DBM, the DTE interface, the identity of the DSU and DBM, the status of the connected DTE's EIA-232 and V.35 interfaces, and if there is a dialed connection, the quality of the dial network circuit.

•The Backup (Bckup) branch controls operation of the dial backup feature. This branch is only available from the Local branch.

•The Test branch provides extensive testing capabilities for the DSU; the DDS circuit; the DBM; and the backup circuit, if there is a backup call established.

NOTE

If the Test branch does not appear, the DSU is in Display mode (values can be read, but not changed).

Only authorized persons can change configuration option values for the DSU. Contact your System Administrator for further information.

•The Configuration (Confg) branch allows you to customize DSU software configuration options, to enter and change telephone numbers, and to change the DSU network address.

•The Control (Ctrl) branch allows you to display and change external leads, and enable or disable the DSU or DBM.

Each selection leads to a functional subbranch of the menu.

Only three menu selections appear at a time, one over

each function (F1, F2, F3) key. Press the and keys to scroll backward or forward through menu selections.

•Press the key to go to the previous screen/menu display.

•Press the key to return to the starting point ± the top-level menu.

Refer to Chapters 4 and 5 for additional DCP operation information.

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