TTC T-BERD 107A User manual

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T-BERD107A

T-CARRIERANALYZER

REFERENCEMANUAL

DECEMBER1994

20400ObservationDrive

Germantown,Maryland20876

(800) 638-2049 OR (301) 353-1550 (MD) • FAX (301) 353-0731

WWW Address: http://www.ttc.com

BRIDGTAPisatrademarkandMULTIPAT

isaregisteredtrademarkof

TelecommunicationsTechniquesCorporation(TTC),

ADynatechCompany.

SLCisaregisteredtrademarkof

AT&TTechnologies,Inc.

Specs.,terms,andconditionsaresubjecttochange

withoutnotice.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLEOFCONTENTS

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GENERALINFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION .................................... 1-1

1.2 INSTRUMENTOVERVIEW .................... 1-1

1.3 STANDARDFEATURES ........................ 1-2

1.4 OPTIONS................................................ 1-4

1.5 ACCESSORIES ...................................... 1-5

1.6 CABLES.................................................. 1-7

1.7 ORDERINGINFORMATION .................. 1-8

INSTRUMENTCHECKOUTAND

MAINTENANCE

2.1 UNPACKINGANDINITIAL

INSPECTION ....................................... 2-1

2.2 EQUIPMENTINCLUDED ....................... 2-1

2.3 WARNINGSANDCAUTIONS ................ 2-2

2.4 POWERREQUIREMENTS .................... 2-2

2.5 INSTRUMENTSELF-TEST/

CHECKOUT ......................................... 2-5

2.6 MAINTENANCE.................................... 2-19

2.7 BATTERYREPLACEMENT ................. 2-20

2.8 WARRANTY ......................................... 2-22

2.9 EQUIPMENTRETURN

INSTRUCTIONS................................. 2-24

INSTRUMENTDESCRIPTION

3.1 OVERVIEW ............................................ 3-1

3.2 MAINFRAME—TEST SETUP............... 3-3

3.3 MAINFRAME

—TESTCONNECTIONS .................. 3-17

3.4 MAINFRAME— TESTRESULTS ........ 3-21

3.5 MAINFRAME—TROUBLESHOOTING

CONTROLS ....................................... 3-29

3.6 MAINFRAME—PRINTERCONTROL. 3-34

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3.7 SLCDATALINKDECODE

OPTION— INTRODUCTION............ 3-35

3.8 SLCDATALINKDECODEOPTION

— TEST SETUP................................. 3-35

3.9 SLCDATALINKDECODEOPTION

—TEST RESULTS ............................ 3-36

3.10 ADVANCEDSTRESSPATTERNS

OPTION—INTRODUCTION............. 3-39

3.11 ADVANCEDSTRESSPATTERNS

OPTION— TESTSETUP .................. 3-39

3.12 ENHANCEDESFOPTION

—INTRODUCTION ........................... 3-43

3.13 ENHANCEDESFOPTION

— TEST SETUP................................. 3-43

3.14 ENHANCEDESFOPTION

—TEST RESULTS ............................ 3-45

3.15 ENHANCEDESFOPTION

—PRINTERCONTROL..................... 3-51

3.16 SMARTLOOPBACK/COMMAND

CODESOPTION

—INTRODUCTION ........................... 3-53

3.17 SMARTLOOPBACK/COMMAND

CODESOPTION —TEST SETUP .... 3-53

3.18 SMARTLOOPBACK/COMMAND

CODESOPTION

—TROUBLESHOOTING ................... 3-54

3.19 FRACTIONALT1OPTION

—INTRODUCTION ........................... 3-55

3.20 FRACTIONALT1OPTION

— TEST SETUP................................. 3-55

3.21 FRACTIONALT1OPTION

—TROUBLESHOOTING ................... 3-58

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AUXILIARYFUNCTIONS

4.1 INTRODUCTION .................................... 4-1

4.2 AUXILIARYFUNCTIONS ....................... 4-3

TESTRESULTS

5.1 TESTRESULTS ..................................... 5-1

5.2 SUMMARYCATEGORY ........................ 5-4

5.3 ERRORSCATEGORY ......................... 5-12

5.4 SIGNALCATEGORY............................ 5-15

5.5 TIMECATEGORY ................................ 5-19

5.6 DATALINKCATEGORY ....................... 5-20

PRINTEROPERATION

6.1 COMPATIBLEPRINTERS...................... 6-1

6.2 PRINTEROPERATION .......................... 6-1

6.3 CONNECTINGTHEPRINTER ............... 6-4

6.4 GENERATINGAPRINTOUT ................. 6-5

6.5 TYPESOFPRINTOUTS ........................ 6-7

SPECIFICATIONS

7.1 INTRODUCTION .................................... 7-1

7.2 GENERALSPECIFICATIONS ................ 7-1

7.3 INPUTSPECIFICATIONS ..................... 7-2

7.4 OUTPUTSPECIFICATIONS .................. 7-3

7.5 MEASUREMENTS.................................. 7-4

7.6 CONNECTORS ...................................... 7-8

7.7 ALARMCRITERIA.................................. 7-8

7.8 PATTERNSPECIFICATIONS .............. 7-10

7.9 LOOPCODES ...................................... 7-12

7.10 GROUNDING ....................................... 7-13

7.11 BATTERY ............................................. 7-14

APPENDICES

A FACTORYDEFAULT SETTINGS...............A-1

B CHANNELTIME SLOTASSIGNMENTS ....B-1

C STRESS PATTERNS .................................C-1

D INTELLIGENTNETWORKEQUIPMENT ...D-1

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3-4 TESTCONNECTIONSRELATED

SWITCHES ........................................ 3-18

3-5 TESTRESULTSSWITCHESAND

INDICATORS ..................................... 3-21

3-6 TROUBLESHOOTINGCONTROLS

ANDINDICATORS............................. 3-30

6-1 RESULTSPRINTOUT ............................ 6-8

6-2 SIMULATEDBRIDGTAPRESULTS

PRINTOUT ......................................... 6-10

6-3 SIMULATEDMULTIPATTERN

RESULTSPRINTOUT........................ 6-11

6-4 SMARTNIURESULTSPRINTOUT ..... 6-13

6-5 OVERFLOWRESULTSPRINTOUT..... 6-14

6-6 CONTROLSPRINTOUT...................... 6-16

TABLES

3-1 BRIDGTAPPATTERNS ....................... 3-12

3-2 MULTIPATPATTERNS ........................ 3-13

4-1 T-BERD107AAUXILIARY

FUNCTIONS ........................................ 4-2

5-1 SIGNALLEVELTESTLOCATIONS..... 5-14

6-1 PRINTERINTERFACE

PARAMETERS..................................... 6-3

7-1 PRINTERCONNECTORPIN

CONFIGURATION ............................... 7-7

A-1 FACTORYDEFAULTSETTINGS...........A-1

B-1 CHANNELTIMESLOTASSIGNMENTS B-1

D-1 INTELLIGENTNETWORKEQUIPMENT

LOOP CODES.....................................D-1

D-2 INTELLIGENTNETWORKEQUIPMENT

SELECTIONS.......................................D-2

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FIGURES

2-1 T-BERD107ATOP PANEL .................... 2-3

3-1 T-BERD107AFRONTPANEL ............... 3-2

3-2 FRONT-PANELDISPLAYAND

SETUPSWITCHES.............................. 3-4

3-3 TOPPANELTESTCONNECTIONS .... 3-17

1-1

SECTION 1

GENERAL

INFORMATION

GENERALINFORMATION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This manual provides information about the

physical features, functional operation, and speci-

fications of the Telecommunications Techniques

Corporation (TTC) T-BERD 107A T-Carrier

Analyzer.

In addition to this manual, a T-BERD 107A

User’sGuideprovidesinformationonsettingupand

operating the T-BERD 107A in a number of in-

serviceandout-of-serviceapplications.

1.2 INSTRUMENTOVERVIEW

TheT-BERD107Aisafull-featured,hand-held

T1testsetdesignedforoutsideplanttesting.Itcanbe

usedduringcircuitinstallation,acceptancetesting,

andfaultisolation.TheT-BERD107Acanmonitor

a T1 circuit without interrupting service, generate

andreceivetestpatternsduringout-of-servicecircuit

testing, and emulate a network device, such as a

Network Interface Unit (NIU) or Channel Service

Unit(CSU).Inaddition,theT-BERD107Adetects

andisolatesproblemsrelatedtocustomerpremises

equipment(e.g., NIU) and detectsproblemsorigi-

natingfromtheT1span.

SECTION 1

1-2

GENERAL

INFORMATION

1.3 STANDARDFEATURES

D1D, D4, ESF, and SLC-96™framing patterns

offercompatibilitywithavarietyofframingformats.

Anunframedmodeisalsoavailableforapplications

whereframingisnotrequired.

Automated BRIDGTAP™ pattern sequence de-

tects bridge taps on a T1 span by automatically

generating 21 test patterns and monitoring the re-

turnedsignalforerrors.

AutomatedMULTIPAT™patternsequencegen-

eratesfivestandardtestpatternswithvariabledura-

tionsthateliminatetheneedtoperformseparatetests

witheachpattern.

Logic error, bipolar violation, and frame error

(CRCerrorifESFframing)analysisareperformed

simultaneously with the associated error rate and

erroredsecondsmeasurements.

Complete signal analysis includes signal level,

timingslips,receivedclockfrequency,andsimplex

currentmeasurements.

In-band and ESF out-of-band loopback codes

enabletheinstrumenttoloopbackoremulatedevices

thataccepteitherin-bandorout-of-bandloopcodes.

Bit-Patterned Message (BPM) recognition en-

ables the T-BERD 107A to identify and display

BPMs from the ESF datalink in accordance with

ANSI T1.403. In addition, the T-BERD 107A can

generateBPMs.

1-3

SECTION 1

GENERAL

INFORMATION

Channeldropfeaturedisplaysuser-selectedDS0

channelsignalingbits,databits,andVFfrequency/

level measurements. In addition, the selected DS0

channelisdroppedtotheinternalspeakerandtheVF

OUTjackforanalysisbyanexternalTIMStestset.

SUMMARYcategorydisplayseitherALLRESULTS

OKoranyout-of-specificationornon-zeroresults,

eliminatingtheneedtosearchthroughlonglistsof

testresults.

AUTOmodeletstheT-BERD107Aconfigureitself

totheproperframing,coding,andpattern.Nosetup

isrequiredwhenmonitoringlivecircuits.

Logicerrorandbipolarviolation(BPV)insertion

enables the T-BERD 107A to simulate span and

equipmenterrors.

Line Build-Out selections add troubleshooting

capability to uncover marginal problems such as

cablecrosstalkandbridgetaps.

Rechargeable battery and AC power adapter

provideoperatingflexibilitytomeetdifferenttesting

needs.Thelead-acidbatteryprovidesfourhoursof

continuouscord-freeoperationandcanberecharged

fromtheT-BERD107AACpoweradapter.

VF OUT jack enables the T-BERD 107A to drop a

voicefrequencysignalfromonechanneltoanexter-

naltestsetforanalysis.

RS-232InterfaceconnectorenablestheT-BERD

107A to print test results and test setup for various

tests.

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