Paradyne 6800 manual Acquire Device Poll List acpl, Disruptive ± Dataphone II APL Modems

Modem/DSU Commands

Acquire [Device] Poll List (acpl)

(Disruptive ± DATAPHONE II APL Modems)

Use the acpl command to direct a COMSPHERE 3400/4400 Series modem, a COMSPHERE 3900 Series modem, a COMSPHERE 3600 Series Data Service Unit (DSU) with Multichannel Multipoint (MCMP) capability or a DATAPHONE II modem, Shared Diagnostic Unit (SDU), or DSU to poll all its tributary devices to establish a poll list. This command can also be sent to a 3400/4400 Series modem with a DBM.

Polling is the process by which alarms from devices in the network are automatically reported to the NMS. Once a poll list is established for a device, the device monitors the devices on its poll list for health and status.

NMS polls devices on the control channel. Those devices then poll devices downstream, and so on, through the extended diagnostic network. A device always reports health and status of all devices on its poll list to the device that polls it. Thus, NMS is able to obtain health and status for all devices in the network by polling only devices on the control channel.

The acpl command automatically determines all devices directly downstream of the specified device and adds them to the device's poll list.

For most commands, NMS enables you to specify the destination for the command's results and schedule its execution. If the last page of the input form cannot accommodate the Destination for results and Schedule execution fields, an additional page is provided. For a complete description of these fields, refer to Chapter 1, Introduction.

Access Level:	Data Technician, Manager, System Administrator
Abbreviation:	acpl
Restrictions:	This command is nondisruptive for 3600 Series DSUs, DATAPHONE II
	(DDD) modems, and COMSPHERE APL modems, but is disruptive for
	DATAPHONE II APL modems. This command is time consuming. To add
	known addresses to a device's poll list, use the Change Poll List (chpl)
	command.
Routine:	Yes
Schedule:	Yes

Related Commands: Change [Device] Poll List (chpl)

Display [Device] Poll List (dspl)

6800-A2-GB31-20 January 1997 2-5