Northern Telecom Meridian 1 Installation And Maintenance Manual page 58

Page 48 of 220 Installing the hardware
Figure 21: Local access to shared Meridian Companion PC
universal
equipment
module
universal
equipment
module
IPE
Meridian Companion
Meridian 1
CPU/network
module
553-3601-200 Standard 7.00 November 1998
Figure 21 shows how to configure the PC when the PC handles Meridian 1
maintenance as well as Meridian Companion diagnostic software. The PC
connects directly to the Meridian 1 system and connects to Companion
through the RAD. In this configuration, the PC must have three serial ports to
support the RAD, the mouse, and the Meridian 1 CPU.
TCM
SDI
RAD
serial port
9–pin or
25–pin
Companion Manager and
Meridian 1 maintenance