7. BAY CONTROL CARD
General
Functions
indicators
Electrical
7.01
The Bay Control Card is required in the lower rightmost slot of
all digital bays, except Bays 1 and 2. On 672-port systems, a
Bay Control card is required in every bay. This card must NOT be
inserted or removed with the power on. The card measures 158 mm x
368 mm (6.2 in. x 14.5 in.).
7.02
The Bay Control card provides:
Control of operations within the Bay
l
Monitoring of lines, trunks and other circuits within the bay;
reports are sent to the Main Control Card via HDLC message
links
l
Ringing signal conversion. (The waveform comes from the Main
Control Card as a PCM signal).
7.03 The Bay Control Card has Alarm LED T
(receive) indicators for HDLC message link.
Description
7.04
Electrical
connection
cards
is
through
Main Control Card is via PCM cables. The PCM cable connector is on
the rear of the backplane, behind the Bay Control location. There is
room for two more cables for future applications.
7.05
There are two pairs of switches on the card. See Figure 7-1. All
four switches must be closed for normal operation.
Circuit
between
the
Bay
the
peripheral
backplane.
Card
Descriptions
(transmit) and Rx
X
Control
and
the
circuit
Connection
to
the
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