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Configuring the T-ONE Card

This procedure describes configuring the T-ONE card.

Before you begin

You must have a node view window open in configuration mode.

Information Source

Please refer to the T-ONE information contained in the SwitchKit user’s guides and the Developer’s Guide: Line Cards.

Configuring the T-ONE Card

The following steps explain the T-ONE card configuration.

1 To access the T-ONE card configuration dialog box, do one of the following:

• Select the T-ONE card in the node view. Go to the Configuration menu and select Card®Span Configuration.

• Right-click on the T1 card in the node view and select Span Configuration from the menu.

• Double-click the T-ONE card in the node view.

The Configure T-ONE Card... dialog box opens:

2 To configure the spans, highlight the range of spans you want to configure.

3 Right-click in the Span Configuration column and select Span Format Configuration from the menu.

The next dialog box opens.

4 Specify the Framing, Signaling Method, Line Length, and Line Coding Method.

5 Click OK to close the dialog box. Your span configuration is now displayed in the T-ONE Card configuration table.

6 Click OK to close the T-ONE card configuration dialog box.

7 You can also configure all T1 spans at once. In the node view window right-click in the area around the slots and select Configure All T1 Spans from the pop-up menu. A message box pops up telling you that the configuration will not be applied to unassigned spans. Click OK and the Configure T1 Spans dialog box opens as shown in Step 3 of this procedure. Follow Steps 3 to 6 to Configure All T1 Spans.

Note

Configuration changes are not sent to the CSP until you select the menu: Configuration®Configure Through SwitchMgr ®Send Only Modified Configuration To Switch.

Range of channels provided by T1 or E1 transmission service. A physical span is a group of channels taking up a single physical wire. A logical span is a group of channels taking up less than a single logical wire, or carried over more than one physical wire.
Digital communications link - voice, data, and video at a 1.544 Mbps rate (24 64 Kbps channels)
Error control procedure for digital communication channels providing definable bit patterns to allow the receiver to identify the start of each frame of data and the signaling data.
Signaling methods used in Excel platform are: Clear Channel and Channel Associated Signaling.
Options for line length when configuring a T-1 span on a Excel platform are as follows.
0 - 133 Feet
134 - 166 Feet
167 - 299 Feet
300 - 533 Feet
534 - 655 Feet
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