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  • Page 1 TranScend Chassis HARDWARE INTERFACE MANUAL www.atxnetworks.com www.atxnetworks.com...
  • Page 2 Specifications subject to change without notice. Products or features contained herein may be covered by one or more U.S. or foreign patents. Microsoft Windows and other non-ATX product and company names in this manual are the property of ® ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ..........2-1 TranScend Chassis Specifications ........2-1 High Sensitivity Quad Receiver: TSD-RRX-4HS-EPL (TSD-RRX-4HS-C) (No Express Port) .
  • Page 4 TROUBLESHOOTING THE TRANSCEND ........7-1 PROVISIONING & MONITORING ......... 8-1 Overview .

  • Page 5: Product Introduction

    Product Introduction The TranScend is a modular chassis (1RU platform) that uses plug-in modules which can elegantly simplify the return path transport when used in conjunction with the I-HUB platform. This platform supports a variety of advanced products from ATX to revolutionize the CATV optical access industry.
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  • Page 7: Product Specifications

    (1) Frequency response for +/1 dB worst case, +/- 0.75 dB typical. (2) At -20 dBm optical input, with 30% OMI on transmitter. (3) Specified at -20 dBm optical input level, with a load of 5-42 MHz. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 8: Standard Sensitivity Quad Receiver: Tsd-Rrx-4S-C

    (1) Frequency response for +/-1 dB worst case, +/- 0.75 dB typical for 5-42 MHz. (2) For 2.5% OMI on transmitter. (3) Specified at -7 dBm optical input level, with a load of 5-42 MHz. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 9: Quad Return Destacker: Tsd-Rem-Rx4-C

    (3) The amplifier will show slight CNR & output power variations over this range of optical input power. For minimal CNR impact, an input power of +4 dBm is recommended. Amplifiers may shut down at input optical powers below -3 dBm to prevent excessive noise at the output. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 10: Optical Switch: Tsd-Sw-C

    (1) Assumes & includes a connector loss 0. 1 dB per end. (2) This is the range of input powers for ALL the wavelengths in the downstream direction. (3) The switching threshold can be set from -13 dBm to + 14 dBm. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 11: Product Installation

    Product Installation Unpacking & Inspecting a New Unit Before shipment, ATX inspects and packs all the essential items carefully. Nevertheless, damage may occur during shipment. The carrier assumes full responsibility for a safe delivery of the equipment. Inspect the package for any physical damage.
  • Page 12 CHAPTER 3: PRODUCT INSTALLATION short term, but is to be avoided if possible. Each TranScend chassis unit will draw anywhere from 0.5 Amps to 2.0 Amps (maximum) at -48 Volts, depending on the number of modules plugged, the ambient temperature, the airflow configuration etc. Please ensure that the fuse panel is rated at 3A absolute minimum for safe operation of the units.

  • Page 13: Operation Of The Transcend Chassis

    OPERATION OF THE TRANSCEND CHASSIS Operation of the TranScend Chassis A detailed procedure for operating the TranScend chassis and various plug-in modules is described in this section. The menu operation of the plug-in modules is also described in this section. These modules include:...

  • Page 14: Plug-In Led Definitions

    “red”. Stacker The Stacker detects the alarms and reflects them on the front panel LEDs based on the following schema. LED Location Trigger Events Optical Power Module Temperature Bottom Synthesizer Lock State TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...
  • Page 15 Primary and Secondary Optical Input Power Switch Alarm Module Temperature Bottom Disable Example #1: The module temperature is normal, but primary optical power is major low-low. The top LED associated with the slot shall be observed as “red”. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...
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  • Page 17: Pushbutton Operations

    Example #1: In the “Gain Setting Menu”, if the cursor is located on the “Sel Ch: 1” line, the channel #1 shall be used for gain adjustment after “Select” button is pressed. NOTE: Only after pressing the Select button, the gain settings option is operated on the selected channel. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 18: Combination Button Operations

    . 5.1.2 Combination Button Operations The combination button operations are unique to TranScend chassis. Each combination operation is defi ned strictly for their specifi c usage as the following defi nition. Up+Down: When pressing and holding the Up+Down button simultaneously when traversing the slot menu, the front panel displays current slot number.

  • Page 19: Front Panel Lcd Display

    Menu Tree Structure The TranScend chassis LCD menu is structured into bi-level trees. The top level is system related information and the second level is plug-in related information. The top level contains the menu for second level, but each has its own menu structure.

  • Page 20: High Sensitivity Quad Receiver

    6.2.1 Overview The High Sensitivity Quad Receiver is a TranScend plug-in meant to receive return path signals in the 5-85 MHz frequency range in RFoG networks. In these networks, the return path signal from the home ONU (Optical Network Unit) traverses an optical splitter (typically a 1x32 or a cascade of 1x4 and 1x8 splitters) in the reverse direction.

  • Page 21: Menu Operation

    Serial Number Prev Menu Prev Menu Prev Menu Table 2: TranScend High Sensitivity Quad Return Receiver Front Panel Display Menu Overview Greeting Message Press “Select” button to go into the plug-in menu. Prev Menu: Pressing “Select” will bring back to the System menu.
  • Page 22 HW Ver: Displays the hardware version information of plug-in module. SW Ver: Displays the software version information of plug-in module. Ser #: Displays the serial number of plug-in module. Prev Menu: Pressing “Select” will bring the plug-in’s greeting message screen back. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 23: Return Stacker

    6.3.1 Overview The Return Stacker module is a TranScend plug-in meant to transmit up to four return path signals in the 5-42 MHz frequency range on one ITU wavelength. There is a node plug-in version also available for this unit, and that can be used to segment a node four ways to quadruple the upstream bandwidth from every node.

  • Page 24: Return Destacker

    6.4.1 Overview The Return Destacker module is a TranScend plug-in that works in conjunction with the Return Stacker module (see above). It is meant to receive an optical signal and convert up to four return path signals in the 5-42 MHz frequency range and delivers them on four RF ports.

  • Page 25: Menu Operation

    Software Version Serial Number Prev. Menu Prev. Menu Prev. Menu Table 4: TranScend Destacker Front Panel Display Menu Overview Greeting Message Press “Select” button to go into the plug-in menu. Prev Menu: Pressing “Select” will bring back to the System menu.

  • Page 26: Rfog Edfa

    6.5.1 Overview The RFoG EDFA is a TranScend plug-in meant to boost the optical power of the downstream 1550nm video overlay signal in RFoG networks. The EDFA has four optical ports, each having an output power of 18 dBm without an express port and 17 dBm with an express port.

  • Page 27: Menu Operation

    Serial Number Prev Menu Prev Menu Prev Menu Table 5: TranScend PON EDFA Front Panel Display Menu Overview Greeting Message Press “Select” button to go into the plug-in menu. Prev Menu: Press “Select” will bring back to the System menu.

  • Page 28: Optical Switch

    6.6.1 Overview The Optical Switch module in the TranScend chassis is meant for protecting the network with path redundancy. The switch operates in the C-Band, i.e. from 1530-1565nm. The switch has two inputs primary and secondary which are monitored for the signal quality.

  • Page 29: Menu Operation

    Serial Number Prev Menu Prev Menu Prev Menu Table 6: TranScend Optical Switch Front Panel Display Menu Overview Greeting Message Press “Select” button to go into the plug-in menu. Prev Menu: Press “Select” will bring back to the System menu.
  • Page 30 The optical switch position is persistently stored and the unit that recovers from power cycle will restore the optical switch position according to its persistent value. The factory default is primary. 6-12 TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 31: Troubleshooting The Transcend

    3. Look for other signs of life in unit like running fan, LCD display etc. Optical LED is Amber or Red Check the User Interface document for the TranScend chassis or the individual plug-in module. RF LED is Amber or Red Check the User Interface document for the TranScend chassis or the individual plug-in module.
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  • Page 33: Provisioning & Monitoring

    8.2.1 Command Structure Similar to the LCD menu, the TranScend chassis Craft Line Interface (CLI) is structured into bi-level trees. The top level is system related information and the second level is plug-in related information. The top level contains the commands for second level, but each has its own command structure.
  • Page 34 Displays the alarm status on the system and selected plug-in. Example #1: In this example, there are two defined system alarms and the alarms of the selected plug-in, High Sensitivity Quad Return Receiver. TranScend[slot-1] >alarm System TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...
  • Page 35 Example #2: In this example, the system is configured with an IP address: 192.168.1.202, network address mask: 255.255.255.0 and gateways address: 192.168.1.1. And the system indicates the command execution as “Successful”. Only these network parameters are settable by user. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...
  • Page 36 TranScend [slot-1] >reboot now Date: Displays the current system time. NOTE: TranScend chassis is confi gured to factory time prior to shipment. It does not make local time adjustment (e.g. daylight saving time) automatically. Hostname: Displays or confi gure the system hostname.

  • Page 37: Plug-In Commands

    Example #1: In this example, user configures the SNMP system location information as “Bldg 10, San Jose, CA”. And the system indicates the command execution as “Successful”. TranScend [slot-1] >sysLocation bldg 10, San Jose, CA Successful PowerAlarm: Displays the system power brick alarm status. FanAlarm: Displays the chassis fan alarm status.

  • Page 38: Pon Edfa

    Example #1: In this example, the module in slot 1 reports the alarm status of optical input power as “MajorLoLo” (e.g. Major alarm with power reading below the low-low threshold). TranScend [slot-1] >OPinPowerAlarm 1 MajorLoLo OPoutPowerAlarm: Displays the alarm status of optical output power. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 39: Quad Return Receiver

    The commands in this section are Destacker specific. ModuleTemp: Displays the module temperature reading in Centigrade. Example #1: In this example, the module in slot 1 reports its module temperature reading as 21.4 Centigrade. TranScend [slot-1] >ModuleTemp +21.4 (deg C) TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 40: Stacker

    LaserTemp: Displays the laser temperature reading in Centigrade. Example #1: In this example, the module in slot 1 reports its laser temperature reading on channel 1. TranScend [slot-1] >LaserTemp 1 +23.0 (deg C) OpticalPowerDbm: Displays the optical receiver power in dBm. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 41: Optical Switch

    Example #1: In this example, the module in slot 1 reports its optical input power reading on input #1 (p.s. primary optical input). TranScend [slot-1] >OPinPwer 1 +3.0 (dBm) Switch: Displays the optical switch position. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual...

  • Page 42: Remote Management

    12/22/2007 17:38:00 Alarm Contacts The TranScend chassis provides a rear panel alarm contact through a DB-9 connector. The general philosophy of the alarm follows the following protocol explained in the next paragraph. The following events are reported via alarm contacts: Loss of optical power from any of the lasers.
  • Page 43 RED LED, and pins 1 and 3 will then be closed. A Critical failure indicates a very severe condition that threatens the operation of the unit, and is accompanied by the closing of pins 5 and 6. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual 8-11...
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  • Page 45: Maintenance & Repair

    MAINTENANCE & REPAIR Maintenance & Repair No Maintenance is required on the TranScend chassis or the plug-in modules. No repair is possible in the field. The product is designed for years of trouble free and maintenance free operation. Please contact ATX (see Service &...
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  • Page 47: Snmp Enterprise Attributes

    CHAPTER 10: SNMP ENTERPRISE ATTRIBUTES SNMP ENTERPRISE ATTRIBUTES 10. SNMP Enterprise Attributes For a list of all the TranScend chassis SNMP Enterprise MIB attributes, see the TranScend Chassis Operation Manual. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual 10-1...
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  • Page 49: Service & Support

    San Jose, CA 95138 USA Tel: (408) 227-3400 – press 3 Fax: (408) 227-3403 Email: opticalsales@atxnetworks.com Web: www.atxnetworks.com 11.2 Warranty Information All of ATX Networks’ products have a 1-year warranty that covers manufacturer’s defects or failures. TranScend Chassis – Hardware Interface Manual 11-1...
  • Page 50 9001:15 REGISTERED ATX Networks © 2018 ATX Networks 1-501 Clements Road West, Ajax, ON L1S 7H4 Canada Printed in Canada Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Tel: 905.428.6068 | Toll Free: 800.565.7488 | support@atxnetworks.com Rev. 05/18 (ANW1227)

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