Command Operation Differences Based On Protocol Mode - Paradyne COMSPHERE 6800 Series Communications Products Support Configuration Manual

COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System
Protocol Modes in Which Commands Can Be Sent to Devices
Commands
Commands
Signal Profile (sp)
Standby Facility (sf )
Training Time (tt )
Transmit Test Pattern (ttp)
Trending Reports (tr )**
** See individual commands.
Although some of the commands listed in Table 1-2 can be sent to all device types in either
protocol mode, they execute differently depending on the protocol mode in operation at the device
when the command is executed.
Several commands can be sent to DATAPHONE II devices but not to COMSPHERE devices in
either protocol mode. In such cases, the functionality of the DATAPHONE II command is provided
in other COMSPHERE commands. For example, in 3400/4400 Series modems, the DATAPHONE
II commands Receive Signal Level (rsl), Receive Signal Quality (rsq), and Signal Profile (sp) are
replaced by a single command, Circuit Quality (cq), which provides all the parameter results given
by the individual DATAPHONE II commands. This replacement command is an example of
command equivalence.
Table 1-3 lists the commands that execute differently and describes their operation in the different
protocol modes.

Command Operation Differences Based on Protocol Mode

Command
Abort (abort ) Can be issued as a subnetwork
abort causing the command to
propagate down the diagnostic
tree; or can be issued as a local
abort to any device in the tree.
Acquire Poll List Most devices poll for modem
(acpl) addresses 1 to 256. Multipoint
control modems poll only for
addresses 1 to 32. The 3600
Series devices poll only for
addresses 1 to 80.
1-18
Table 1-2
(4 of 4)
3400/4400 3900
Series Series
APL APL
none none
both none
both none
none none
Table 1-3
(1 of 2)
Operation in ADp Mode
January 1997
DATAPHONEr II
APL DSU DDD
DPII none DPII
DPII none DPII
none none none
none DPII none
Operation in DPII Mode
Is always issued as a subnetwork abort, and
propagates from the local control modem down
the diagnostic tree.
COMSPHERE devices poll only for addresses
80 or less when acquiring their poll lists.
3800
3600 Series
Series
DSU DDD DDD
none none none
both both none
none none none
both both none
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