User Manual VERSION CONTROL ........................4 INTRODUCTION ........................5 GENERAL INFORMATION......................6 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE.....................7 Exterior design ........................7 Functions of switches ......................9 Rules of connection settings ..................10 RULES OF SWITCHING ......................11 The delivery set ......................11 Connection rules ......................11 Communication parameters of the terminal configuration ..........11 THE COMMAND SYSTEM.....................13 Basic rules........................13 The main menu ......................13...
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User Manual 5.5.7 ESPEED command ..................22 5.5.8 EMODE command...................23 Security management submenu..................23 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS....................24 STORAGE CONDITIONS ......................25 GUARANTEE .........................26 TERMS TO TRANSPORT......................27 CONNECTOR’S DESCRIPTION....................28 10.1 DSL Connector......................28 10.2 Monitor Connector......................28 10.3 PC and Hub Connectors ....................29 DESCRIPTION OF INTERFACE CABLES................30 Page 3 of 30...
User Manual VERSION CONTROL Version Date Major changes to previous version 31.12.2001 Initial version of the manual corresponding to version 1.31 of the device micro program 7.02.2002 Information about relays is changed 1.07.2002 The version of micro program 1.32 is changed 1.11.2002 The official version, corresponding to Software version 1.41 Page 4 of 30...
User Manual 1 INTRODUCTION The Black BoxDSL Discovery is targeted at the organization of high-rate Black Box to Internet or at the integration of LANs. The 2B1Q line code is used to transmit information over a twisted pair. The Black BoxDSL Discovery ensures organization of communication over one twisted pair. The device provides transmission rates in the range from 192 Kbit/s to 2320 Kbit/s.
User Manual 2 GENERAL INFORMATION • High-speed symmetrical data transmission over one physical copper twisted pair with the 135 Ohm impedance according to ETSI TS 101 135. • 2B1Q line encoding. • Line rate in the range from 192 Kbit/s to 2320 Kbit/s. •...
User Manual 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE 3.1 Exterior design Exterior design is introduced at the picture The front panel of the device has five LEDs: Page 7 of 30...
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User Manual LOCAL informs the user about the status of the local device. The following four statuses are possible «blinking red» informs the user about malfunctioning of the modem’s hardware and software. In this case, the modem is out of order and should be submitted to the service center for being repaired.
User Manual 3.2 Functions of switches The switches are used to configure the modem and their position has the following applications: Number Meaning Effect Uploading of the modem parameters from the NVRAM ОN Setting of the parameters of the modem with switches The «MASTER»...
User Manual 3.3 Rules of connection settings It is necessary to stick to the following rules while configuring the modems: • One modem should be set in the “MASTER” mode and the other should have this mode disabled. Usually the “MASTER” mode is enabled on the provider or central office side because in this mode the modem can affect the connection parameters.
Open the package and make sure that the delivery set is complete. 4.1 The delivery set The delivery set includes: • the subscriber Black Box device (a modem); • the power supply source (an AC adapter); • the cable for the connection to the line;...
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User Manual To update the information on the screen use the “Enter” key. The following menu will appear on the screen. MDSL Ethernet Monitor V1.41 +------------------------+ Main Menu +------------------------+ 1. Performance management (PM) 2. Fault and maintenance management (FMM) 3. Configuration management (CM) 4.
User Manual 5 THE COMMAND SYSTEM 5.1 Basic rules After the command is typed, press <enter>. The <Backspace> key is used to edit commands. Some commands have the parameter <C> to update the information on the screen. This mode starts acting after the command is entered. To exit from the mode press any key. Each command has the (H)elp command to help the user and the (M)ain command to return to the main menu.
User Manual 5.3 Performance management submenu Upon activation of the performance management submenu the following message will be displayed. 00:28:10 Performance management activated Enter <M> to return to MAIN, or <H> for HELP information NTU_PM> Press <H> to see all available commands with their brief description. 00:28:10 Performance management activated Enter <M>...
User Manual 5.3.2 LINE command The LINE command informs the user about the status of the connection over the physical line. Upon entering the <C> parameter, the updating of the information on the screen will occur automatically with the interval of 5…20 seconds according to the parameter set by the TRACETIME command: Line Port Statistics LOCAL REMOTE...
User Manual 5.3.4 MAC command The MAC command displays the table of MAC addresses on the screen LOCAL 00:90:27:1c:78:70 00:09:b7:02:66:91 00:c0:26:31:5d:61 00:60:08:76:62:08 00:60:52:0b:f8:01 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX...
User Manual 5.4 Fault and maintenance management submenu Upon activation of the fault and maintenance management submenu the following message will be displayed. 01:37:30 Fault and maintenance management activated Enter <M> to return to MAIN, or <H> for HELP information NTU_FMM>...
User Manual 5.4.2 SQ command The SQ command informs the user about the status of the connection over the physical line. Upon entering the <C> parameter, the updating of the information on the screen will occur automatically with the interval of 5…20 seconds according to the parameter set by the TRACETIME command. It is very convenient to create a text file about the connection status for further analysis.
User Manual 5.4.4 ALARM command The ALARM command informs the user about urgent and non-urgent alarms. Upon entering the <C> parameter, the updating of the information on the screen will occur automatically with the interval of 5…20 seconds according to the parameter set by the TRACETIME command: Alarm Status Urgent: LossSync –...
User Manual 5.5.2 CONFIG command The CONFIG command informs the user about the configured parameters. NTU_CM>CONFIG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xDSL Line Rate,kbit/s: 2320 Master/Slave: Master Adaptive mode: Ethernet Speed: AUTO Duplex mode: AUTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NTU_CM> 5.5.3 RESET command The RESET command restarts the modem. NTU_CM>RESET 01:55:02 system reset 5.5.4 MASTER command...
User Manual 5.5.5 LINERATE command The LINERATE command determines the modem connection rate over the line. The number parameters from 1 to 16 determine the connection rate. NTU_CM>LINERATE 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xDSL Line Rate,kbit/s: Master/Slave: Slave Adaptive mode: Ethernet Speed: AUTO Duplex mode: AUTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
User Manual NTU_CM> 5.5.7 ESPEED command The ESPEED command determines the operating speed over the Ethernet port. NTU_CM>ESPEED AUTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xDSL Line Rate,kbit/s: 2064 Master/Slave: Slave Adaptive mode: Ethernet Speed: AUTO Duplex mode: AUTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NTU_CM>ESPEED 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xDSL Line Rate,kbit/s: 2064 Master/Slave: Slave...
User Manual 5.5.8 EMODE command The EMODE command sets the operation mode over the Ethernet port. NTU_CM>EMODE AUTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xDSL Line Rate,kbit/s: 2064 Master/Slave: Slave Adaptive mode: Ethernet Speed: AUTO Duplex mode: AUTO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NTU_CM>EMODE HALF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xDSL Line Rate,kbit/s: 2064 Master/Slave: Slave...
User Manual 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The main technical specifications of modems of the Black Box family are presented below in the table. Line interface. Standard ETSI 101 135 Number of pairs Line rate 192 – 2320 Kbit/s Communication range for cables with the wire diameter of 0.5 mm:...
С. The equipment can also withstand air-transport at a low air pressure of 12 kPa (90 Torr) at -50 С. The packed equipment of the Black Box family can be stored within 12 months (from the date of о о...
User Manual 8 GUARANTEE The mean time before failure is no less 30000 hours. The manufacturer guarantees that the equipment are in all respects in accordance with the requirements of technical conditions when the customer follows the rules and conditions of storage, transporting and maintenance.
о relative air humidity up to 100% at 25 С (within 10 days). The equipment of the Black Box family should be packed and withstand transportation by: • motor transport with the number of transshipments no more than four: •...
User Manual 10 CONNECTOR’S DESCRIPTION 10.1 DSL Connector Type: RJ-11, 4 pin Number Signal Assignment RJ-11 LA,a LA,b ring 10.2 Monitor Connector Type: Sub-D9, female Number Signal Assignment Transmit data Receive data Data terminal ready SGND Signal ground female Page 28 of 30...
User Manual 11 DESCRIPTION OF INTERFACE CABLES «Straight» Ethernet cable Side А Color of wire Side B white/green green/white white/orange blue/white white/blue orange/white white/brown. brown/white «Straight» modem cable The device side The PC side DB9M DB9F DB25F Page 30 of 30...
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