Configuring APS
Parameters
<slot>
The slot number containing the OC3 card for which you want to issue a manual APS
command.
<(prot2workready|prot2work|work2prot|lockout|clear>
The command you want to issue.
•
prot2workready
conditions (such as the configured Wait To Revert Time or a failure condition) that
prohibit switching to that channel.
•
prot2work
•
work2prot
•
lockout
•
—
clear
operation.
Example
::aps=> command 2 prot2work
Displaying APS Configuration
To verify your APS configuration, from the ::aps=> prompt, type the show command as
follows then press
show [<slot>]
Parameter
[<slot>]
The slot number for which you want to display the APS configuration. Omitting this
parameter displays the APS configuration for all slots.
160
—
switches traffic to the working channel if there are not other
—
switches the traffic to the working channel.
—
switches the traffic to the protection channel.
—
disables APS.
clears any of the previous APS commands and resumes the configured APS
ENTER
.
Avidia System Configuration and Management User Manual