Hubbell RFL EXMUX 4500 Instruction Manual

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Page 1 Publication Number MC4500 Version 3, June 2023 “Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. © This document is the property of Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. and may not be reproduced, transmitted, published or stored in an electronic retrieval system, in whole or in part, by any means, electronic or otherwise.
Page 2: Warranty
This warranty does not apply if the equipment has been damaged by accident, neglect, misuse, or causes other than performed or authorized by Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL Products This warranty specifically excludes damage incurred in shipment to or from Hubbell Power Systems, Inc.
Page 3: Using This Manual
Configure some or all the nodes in a Network Group with common settings. 7. Configuring Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVC). Create Ethernet Virtual Circuits in a Network. 8. Configure eXmux Node Configure the boards in an individual node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 4: Operating Personnel
Windows and Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation. eXmux is a registered trademark of Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. Actel is a registered trademark of Actel Corporation. RFL is a trademark of Hubbell Power Systems.
Page 5 Introduction - Overview of Product Applicable standards and certifications: MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 6: Table Of Contents
3.5 Controller Card ....................3-13 3.5.1 User Access USB Port ....................3-13 3.5.2 Controller Card LEDs Status ..................3-14 3.5.3 Controller Buttons ......................3-14 3.5.4 Engineering Diagnostics Port ..................3-14 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 7 4.6.5 Checking the Power Supply Input Voltage ..............4-19 4.6.6 Grounding the Equipment ....................4-20 4.6.7 Connecting and applying Input Power ................4-21 Section 5. Install VNMS and USB User Access Utility ......... 5-23 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 8 6.5.3 TDM Timing Configuration ..................5-35 6.5.4 Real-Time Clock Configuration................... 5-36 6.5.5 Ethernet Virtual Connection ..................5-36 6.5.6 Trap Destination ......................5-56 6.5.7 Alarm Management ..................... 5-57 6.5.8 Reboot .......................... 5-60 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 9 8.2.1 Ethernet Overview ......................5-114 8.2.2 Switch settings via the Core I/O Card ................5-117 8.2.3 Core I/O Status ......................5-146 8.3 Annunciator Panel Settings and Status ............5-174 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 10 Section 10. System Maintenance ................5-20 10.1 Add a New Node ....................5-20 10.1.1 A New System ......................5-20 10.1.2 Add an eXmux® unit to an Existing System ..............5-26 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 11 11.4.9 Card not being recognized by the system ..............5-17 11.5 Four-Port T1/E1 ....................5-18 11.5.1 Troubleshooting the Dual T1/E1 Framer ..............5-18 11.5.2 T1/E1 Issues ........................5-18 11.6 System I/O ..................... 5-19 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 12 12.2.2 Environmental Regulatory Compliance ................5-8 12.2.3 EMI Regulatory Compliance ..................5-9 12.2.4 Power Supply ........................5-9 12.2.5 Disposal ......................... 5-10 Section 13. Abbreviations and Index ..............5-1 13.1 Glossary ......................5-1 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 13 Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 14 Released 2018-10-09 At Beta 2018-10-09 First release of Instruction Manual. 2021-11-01 2022-03-25 VNMS software at 10.1 Procedure Updates and Improvements 2023-6-15 2023-06-15 Added Four Port T1/E1 and TPS MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 15: Ordering Information, Decoding The Part Number
• FZJZZZ – MBW slots: 2-Wire Audio, none, Serial Server, none, none, none • ZZJZ – HBW slots: None, none, Serial Server, None In the Ordering Information table these notes apply: * Future Release Commercial Grade MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 16 CA-X = Core I/O Module A Port X (Where X = P1 = Power Supply 1 3 - 6) P2 = Power Supply 2 CB-X = Core I/O Module B Port X (Where X = 3 - 6) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
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Page 18: Section 1. Introduction - Overview Of Product
Visual Network Management Software (VNMS) allows the user to communicate with the unit and setup configurations. The software is provided on a CD or can be downloaded from the RFL website. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 19: Major Components
8.4 Sys I/O Card for more information) Because Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. has a policy of continuous product improvement, we reserve the right to change designs and specifications without notice and as such this policy applies to the entire document, even when not specifically referenced.
Page 20 Up to 4 high bandwidth interface units fit in the chassis. The current list of supported external high bandwidth interfaces is: • Asynchronous Serial Server (Remote Substation IED monitoring with DNP3 support) (See Section 3.9.2 Serial Server) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 21 External power source(s) are connected here. (See sections 4.6.2 Alarm Relay Connections through 4.6.7 Connecting and applying Input Power) 12. Chassis Ground Connection (See Section 4.6.6 Grounding the Equipment) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
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Page 23: Section 2. Safety Instructions
Failure to comply with these precautions, or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual, violates safety standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of this product. HPS/RFL assumes no liability for failure to comply with these requirements. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 24 Unrestricted operator access is only permitted to the front of the unit when hazardous voltage is applied. It is the responsibility of the installer to restrict access to the rear terminal blocks where hazardous voltage may exist. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 25: Additional Warnings
Assume the laser is always active and it is imperative that the technician never look into the end of the fiber or the aperture with the naked eye or with optical instruments. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 26: Additional Cautions
Additional warnings and cautions appear throughout the manual, these warnings and cautions must be followed exactly. NOTICE HPS/RFL products are not designed for safety critical direct control of nuclear reactors and should not be used as such. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 27: Section 3. System Description
Before replacing a card, review Section 10.2.8 Payload Card for details on replacing Payload Cards, Section 10.2.6 Core I/O for Core I/O, and Section 10.3 Power Supply Replacement for power supply. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 28: Exmux® Features (4500 - 5U)
All modules containing active circuitry are hot removable/insertable to allow servicing without outage of unaffected data. 3.2.3 Major Features 4500 • Legacy TDM Interfaces 4500 can accommodate up to seven different DS0 legacy Payload Cards. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 29 (for less than low single-digit seconds) upon completing firmware upgrade. If Master node (TDM timing Master) is NOT included in firmware upgrade, then no hits are observed during firmware upgrade process. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 30: Network Application
= Fa u l t /Erro rs EXMUX 4500 IP Phone RS-232 Analog Phone EXMUX 3501 EXMUX 3501 SCADA Master RS-232 RS-449 DS-1 Protection Relay T1/E1 Multiplexer Figure 3-2. Typical Network Application MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 31: Exmux® Over A T1/E1 Link
Unicast messages use established neighbor tables to create the network required for eXmux® to eXmux® communications. For redundant path requirements two unique unicast IP addresses are transmitted with each one routed over a different path. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 32 = Fa u l t /Erro rs Path B Legacy Interfaces Path B 10.203.55.22 10.203.55.200 10.203.55.2 10.203.55.22 DSO 2 Legacy Interfaces Figure 3-4. eXmux® over an ISP Communications Network MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 33: Additional Network Schemes
System Description 3.3.3 Additional Network schemes Shown below is an example of application support showing the flexibility of communication protocols possible with the eXmux®. Figure 3-5. Sample Application Support MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 34: Typical Ds0 Grooming Application
In this example, the customer equipment consists of a Multiplexer with FXO Interfaces to connect to the Central Office. NOTE: The port numbering shown here is for illustrative purposes only and would not match a real- world scenario. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 35: Led Indicators - Annunciator Panel
Indicators on the front only show the status of: 1) Alarm 2) Power 3) Controller Card 4) Core I/O 5) Ethernet ports 6) Customer Interfaces (Payload Card’s) 7) Temperature 8) Sys I/O 9) MGMT MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 36: Exmux® Alarm Status
When Control Bus messages resume, Flashing messages begin. the soft reboot is completed. NOTE: While the eXmux® is rebooting the Red Major Alarm will flash, rebooting may take several minutes. MUX 4500 3-10 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 37: Power Supply Status
Major Alarm state Amber Minor Alarm state Sys I/O card is removed or not detected System I/O functioning Sys I/O card is initializing Green normally MUX 4500 3-11 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 38: Core I/O Card Status
Unit is functioning normally Unit is initializing See Section 6.6.1.1.2 eXmux® SNMP Trap/SOE List for Major and Minor Alarms in the SOE messages list and how they are generated. MUX 4500 3-12 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 39: Temperature Status
Active Controller • User Access USB Port Power • Status • Reboot Button Secure Lock Down Button Diagnostic Port Controller Manual Swap-out Button Figure 3-7. Controller Card Ports MUX 4500 3-13 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 40: Controller Card Leds Status
Major and Minor Alarm outputs are connected to mechanical relays, driven by dedicated backplane signals. o Alarm Contact labeled NC provide a closed circuit through Common when an alarm is active or when the chassis is off. MUX 4500 3-14 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 41 Function of Input Mode RTC Source IRIG port 1pps port GPS receiver Output, IRIG-B Output unmodulated IRIG IRIG-B Input Optional Input Internal Network-based Output, IRIG-B or free-running unmodulated MUX 4500 3-15 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 42 • Supports full T1/E1 capabilities, refer to Section 3.6.2. T1/E1: RJ.5 Alarm contacts Timing: - GPS - IRIG - 1 PPS External Contact Input Figure 3-9. External Connection, T1/E1 MUX 4500 3-16 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 43: T1/E1 Capabilities
First 4 timeslots carry payload of interest. • T1/E1 signal is connected to a port on the System I/O Interface of eXmux unit B. The first 5 timeslots carry payload of interest. MUX 4500 3-17 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 44 Ethernet link. For example, existing HPS/RFL IMUX T1/E1 units can be inter-connected over the Ethernet as shown below. Figure 3-11. Typical Application using the rear T1/E1 port MUX 4500 3-18 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 45: Core I/O Card
Ethernet network can be configured to connect to a wide area network. Two ports are available for 10 GB connections and four ports are available for 1 GB connections. MUX 4500 3-19 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 46: Core I/O Description Details
550m/1800ft 10km/6.2mi 30km/18.6mi 60km/37.3mi 80km/49.7mi 120km/74.5mi 10000Base- 550m/1800ft 10km/6.2mi 40km/24.9mi 80km/49.7mi 120km/74.5mi NOTE: There is also an RJ-45 SFP for 10/100/1000 Mbps for the 1G SFP ports MUX 4500 3-20 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 47: Customer Payload Cards
Example: Async (RS-232/485) Payload Card. • High Bandwidth Payload Card. High-Bandwidth card uses internal1Gb/s Ethernet link as the payload transport mechanism to the Controller and as card management method. MUX 4500 3-21 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 48: Customer Payload Cards - Layout 4500 (5U Chassis)
Four-Port T1/E1 All other payload cards only work in the mixed bandwidth slots. They will provide no data if they are placed in the high bandwidth slots. MUX 4500 3-22 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 49: Customer Payload Cards - Cross Reference
IU cards in these slots might cause damage to the card or main board. Interface equipment includes digital or analog tools. Some of the analog equipment is based on analog encoding which is then converted to digital protocols. MUX 4500 3-23 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 50: Data Interfaces
VNMS software. The Payload Card uses 1 to 30 bi-directional timeslots for addressing functions. Any externally supplied timing must be synchronous with the MUX 4500 3-24 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 51 In DTE mode the interface timing provided by the customer equipment must be time synched to the local eXmux® timing, otherwise data errors will occur. Go to section for configuration. MUX 4500 3-25 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 52 Each port can be configured for the following parameters: • Data rate by bandwidth allocation • RX and TX Data Polarity • Loopback Mode (None – Local or Remote) Go to section for configuration. MUX 4500 3-26 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 53 Table 3-15. Asynchronous Data Interfaces Connector Ports per Payload Interface Type Card RS-232, V.24, RS-485 DB-9 (Female) DB9 Asynchronous ports Figure 3-15. Asynchronous Data Interface 3.9.1.3.1 Functional Overview – RS-232 Mode MUX 4500 3-27 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 54 • Baud (Data) Rate (0.6, 1.2, 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 kbps) • Character Length (9, 10 and 11) • Loopback Mode (None, Local or Remote) • User Info For configuration go to and enable the RS-485 mode. MUX 4500 3-28 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 55: Serial Server
The Serial Server is configured using the VNMS software; various configuration options are possible including baud rate and handshaking. Loopback testing is supported. MUX 4500 3-29 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 56 • Uses full encryption and authentication. • Public key authentication possible. DNP3 • Used for communication with DNP3 Master Computers. • There is no encryption or authentication. MUX 4500 3-30 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 57 Because this is a unicast arrangement various levels of security, authentication, and encryption can be employed. Point to Point Station Master Ethernet High speed Ethernet link Figure 3-17. Point to Point MUX 4500 3-31 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 58 (in traditional systems). Point to Multipoint Station Master Ethernet High speed Ethernet link Figure 3-18. Point to Multipoint MUX 4500 3-32 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 59 DNP protocol. Once configured the eXmux® Serial Server will “listen” for data requests from a specific DNP Master Computer and pass this data request on to MUX 4500 3-33 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 60: Telephone Interfaces
A circuit with an eXmux FXS module at one end and an eXmux FXO module at the other end can provide a Foreign Exchange (FX) line or an Off-Premise Extension (OPX) line. MUX 4500 3-34 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 61 Ethernet link. A phone MUX 4500 3-35 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 62 3.9.3.1.2 Two Wire FXS Interface The 2W FXS interface is shown below. Table 3-18. Two Wire FXS Interface Interface Connector Type Ports per Payload Card FXS Telephone Port RJ-11 MUX 4500 3-36 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 63 • Test Tone (TX and RX) (Under the port’s Test selection). • Ring voltage level. • TX and RX level • Ring voltage dc offset. • Loop Current Select. • Digital Loopback. (Under the port’s Test selection) MUX 4500 3-37 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 64 Payload Card. Terminal Equipment Terminal Equipment Near End FXS Voice Interface at near end configured for remote loopback Far End Figure 3-24. eXmux® FXS Loopback Mode MUX 4500 3-38 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 65: Audio Interfaces
• Selectable Type I, II, III or V signaling. • TX and RX Levels. • Test Tone (TX and RX). • Forced Busy Setting (Forced Off-Hook). MUX 4500 3-39 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 66 Each port can be configured for the following parameters: • Selectable Type I, II, III or V signaling. MUX 4500 3-40 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 67 Section TX Bridging Mode Port 2 Port 1 Analog Analog Section Section Audio Signal Four-Wire Payload Card Figure 3-27. TX Bridged Mode For configuration see section 0. MUX 4500 3-41 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 68 E lead with open circuit (on hook) and ground (off hook). - 48V Battery Detector Ground - 48V Detector EXMUX 4W Trunk Circuit Audio Module Type II Interface Figure 3-29. E&M Signaling, Type II MUX 4500 3-42 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 69 M lead signaling. - 48V Ground Detector EXMUX 4W Audio Module Ground -48V Detector Trunk Circuit Type V Interface Figure 3-31. E&M Signaling, Type V MUX 4500 3-43 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 70 EXMUX 4500 EXMUX 4500 Ethernet Network 4W SCADA Application 4W Modem 4W Modem (SCADA Master) (RTU) Figure 3-32. Typical Applications using the eXmux® Four Wire Audio Interface MUX 4500 3-44 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 71 Equipment Near End Terminal Equipment Near End Far End Audio Interface at near end configured for remote loopback Far End Figure 3-33. 2-4W Audio Interface Loopback Configurations MUX 4500 3-45 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 72: The Rfl™ Exmux® Tps System
Table 3-22. RFL™ eXmux® TPS I/O Module Part Numbers I/O Module Part Number Description 109180-1 Solid State Output Unit with Screw Block Terminal 109180-2 Relay Output Unit with Screw Block Terminal MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 73: Functional Overview
The frequency of the ping pong test is selectable by the user; the resolution of the test is 1 millisecond, and the accuracy is 1 millisecond each way. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 74 Trip (MTS) Power and Comms. I/O Module I/O Module 4 Inputs GARD or similar 4 Outputs protective relay device GARD or similar protective relay device Figure 3-35. Transfer Trip MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 75: Trip Times
U2 buffers and level-shifts the signals between the cable and internal circuits. U3 and U9 receive incoming data on their respective port P1x and transmit data present on their port P0x. Logic and data load: MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 76 Arriving at terminal TB1, input signals are protected by networks consisting of capacitors, chokes and surge absorbers, before being fed to plug-on Input Module via J1, J2 and J3. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 77: Four-Port T1/E1
Ethernet link. Table 3-24. Four-Port T1/E1 Data Interface Interface Data Rate Connector Type Ports per Card 1.544 Mbps (T1) RJ-48C T1/E1 2.048 Mbps (E1) T1/E1 PORTS PORT STATUS INDICATORS MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 78 The clock of the outgoing DS1 signal on the remote end is acquired from the incoming DS1 signal on the local end – and vice versa. Internal Clock Mode Internal oscillator, independent of the eXmux system clock. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 79 Timeslot 6 from Node 2 Figure 3-37. Example of DS0 Grooming Application Press the ctrl key and left-click your mouse to see a typical DS0 Grooming Application, 3.16 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 80: System Interconnections
Controllers. This link is used for payload of high-bandwidth cards and may be used for card management of all card types. An on-board switch in the payload card selects the connection to the currently active Controller. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 81: Power Supplies (4500)
• Operating temperature: -30C to +65C (-22°F to +150°F) at case • Operating humidity: 95%RH non-condensing, at 45C • Cooling method: fan-less, conduction to case, via mounting to chassis. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 82 • Reverse polarity protection • Inrush limit: max inrush transient 50A @ 150Vdc Indicators: • Status accessible via VNMSSupply Present, Input in range, Output in range . . . MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 83 System Description MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
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Page 85: Section 4. Hardware Installation
After unpacking and inspecting the equipment it must be securely mounted following the procedures listed below. Procedures are included for individual chassis, interconnected chassis and chassis mounted on shipping rails. Use the procedure that matches your equipment. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 86: Mounting An Individual Modular Exmux
NOTE: Mounting hardware is not provided by HPS/RFL. 14.5 17.438 (36.83) (44.287) 5.75 (14.6) 8.75 (22.2) Inches Rear Mounting (cm) points 18.312 (46.5) Middle Mounting points Figure 4-1. Mounting Individual Chassis (4500 – 5U Chassis) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 87: Mid And Rear Mounting
The type of hardware used will depend upon the surface to which the rack or cabinet is being mounted; therefore, mounting hardware is not supplied with this type of installation. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 88: Interconnected Chassis Mounted On Shipping Rails
Operation at higher temperatures may affect system reliability and performance. Systems installed in enclosed cabinets should be well ventilated. A full 1U of chassis space must be left open above the installed eXmux®. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 89: Interface Connections (Pin-Outs)
RD (B) (Receive Data B) Signal Ground RT (A) (Receive Timing A) Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used RTS (B) (Request to Send B) Figure 4-3. Synchronous Data Connector MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 90 Figure 4-4. C37.94 Optical Connectors NOTE: The fiber heads are shown with their protective covers in place; always install the covers when the interface is not in use. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 91 RS-485 (4W) Not Used Not Used RX - TX - (4W) Figure 4-5. Asynchronous Data Connector NOTE: For the eXmux 4500, the interface connections match the RS-232 connectors. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 92 Not Used RX + (4W) Signal Ground Not Used DB-9 Female RS-485 (4W) Not Used Not Used RX - TX - (4W) Figure 4-6. Asynchronous Serial Server Connections MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 93 Hardware Installation 4.5.1.5 Four-Port T1/E1 Interface The Four-Port T1/E1 Interface uses RJ-48C connectors. The pinout is shown below. Figure 4-7 Four-Port T1/E1 Interface Connections MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 94: Voice And Audio Interfaces
8.10.1 FXO Two Wire (4-Port) Settings for FXO setup and Section 8.11.1 FXS Two Wire (4- Port) Settings for FXS setup. RING Figure 4-8. RJ-11 Telephone Jack (Typical) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 95 Tip Out Signal Battery Ring Out M-Lead Signal Ground E-Lead Tip In Ring In Figure 4-10. RJ-45 Connector for Four Wire E & M Signaling MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 96: System I/O Card Connections
Location and pinout of the connector is indicated on the faceplate of the card. Input voltage range is configured by jumpers on the card, as described in the configuration section of this manual. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 97 CONNECTION TO T1/E1 PORT OF RJ.5-TO- RJ48 ADAPTER CABLE P/N RF-304721 Figure 4-11 Pinouts of T1/E1 Ports on System I/O Card See Section 4.5.3 for setup of the System I/O Card. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 98: Tps System Connections
Connections can be made from external equipment directly to the rear of the unit. Connect the voice, audio, optical, Synchronous or Asynchronous connectors (depending on your configuration) as shown in the following figure. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 99 8.2.2 Switch settings via the Core I/O Card. High Speed Network Side (10G) Low Speed Side (1G) Copper Figure 4-14. Ethernet Connections NOTE: The 1 GB SFP can also accept copper. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 100: Alarm Relay Connections
The inputs are activated by providing DC voltage and their status is reported in VNMS. The connections are made via compression-type terminal block. Polarity is marked for wiring consistency, but the inputs are not polarity sensitive. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 101: Gps And Irig Connections
The System I/O must be configured for desired operation mode, by setting jumpers on header P8 and by programming module settings in VNMS . For on-board jumpers, see Table 4-1below. GPS and IRIG Connections Figure 4-17. GPS and IRIG Connections MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 102 13-14: IRIG termination 562 ohm. 15-16: IRIG termination 50 ohm. 17-18 connect IRIG jack shell to circuit common. NOTE: Additional configuration required in the RTC settings in VNMS. See section 8.4.1.3 settings. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 103: Checking The Power Supply Input Voltage
Before proceeding with the connection of the ground wire and power wires, ensure that the eXmux® is equipped with a power supply designed to operate at the available input supply MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 104: Grounding The Equipment
4500 (5U Chassis) Chassis Protective Earth Terminal FAN 1 FAN 2 FAN 3 Figure 4-20. Location of Chassis Protective Earth Terminal (4500 – 5U Chassis) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 105: Connecting And Applying Input Power
Before connecting the power at its source and switching on the eXmux®, check the following: 1. Is the unit grounded correctly? 2. Is the polarity of the input power correct? 3. Is the unit ventilated correctly as described in Section Ventilation? MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 106 Go to Section 6.5.5 Ethernet Virtual Connection for details on communicating with the unit and configuring your network. See Section 8. eXmux Node Configuration to configure a single node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 107: Section 5. Install Vnms And Usb User Access Utility
The PC should meet the following requirements for VNMS to work properly: • The eXmux® 4500 Visual NMS is compatible with the Windows 10® Operating System or above. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 108: Snmp Communication
Autodiscover Network from the Network drop-down menu. It is always advisable to save copies of your network files (.network extension) prior to upgrading VNMS. 5.2.4 Loading the VNMS Software (Initial Installation) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 109 3. VNMS installer setup screen opens. Follow the on-screen prompts on the installer. 4. To view this or related installation guides select the guide needed. Press Next to continue with the setup. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 110 Install VNMS and USB User Access Utility 5. Select I agree to the terms of this disclaimer and press Next to proceed. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 111 6. Change the path destination folder if needed. When done press Next. 7. Enter the folder name for the icons to appear in the startup menu. Press Next. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 112 Install VNMS and USB User Access Utility 8. Press Next to install VNMS. 9. The software will prompt you to enter information it requires to complete the installation. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 113 10. If you have not installed the USB driver Windows will post the following dialog. Select Install this driver software anyway. 11. The VNMS installation is complete. 12. Shortcuts are created on the desktop. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 114 Install VNMS and USB User Access Utility MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 115: Installing Vnms Over A Previous Version
2. Press Yes if you are asked to run a program from an Unknown Publisher. 3. When the following dialog is displayed, Press Next. 4. Verify the installation folder and then press Next. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 116 Install VNMS and USB User Access Utility 5. Verify the shortcut folder and then press Next. 6. Press Next to proceed with the installation. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 117 9. The “Uninstallation Successful” dialog confirms the older version of VNMS was removed. Press Finish to continue installing the new VNMS. The installation will display a dialog showing progress. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 118: Firewall Information
10.x system software and later ICMP (ping) ICMP Both The eXmux® will ping the computer to ensure connectivity prior to adding the computers IP address to the SNMP Traps table. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 119 TCP port 35000 + interface port (1 to 4) Both Point-to-Point TCP port 65000 + interface port (1 to 4) (control flow) Both DNP3 UDP port 20000 Both MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 120: Install And Run The Usb User Access Utility
Use a type "B" connector at the EXMUX Controller Card Connect to the Controller Typically a type "A" connector is used at the laptop showing the Blue ACT light MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 121 HPS/RFL USB driver for the Windows 10 operating system is automatically installed when the USB cable is connected. • If the system displays the following dialog, select Install this driver software anyway. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 122: Access Through The Front Management Port
Find further information and a download link at https://www.putty.org/. Connect the PC as shown in the following image: MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 123 • Default IP address 192.168.35.100 • Default subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 • Default Gate way IP 192.168.35.1 3. Open a CMD window and ping the Node to verify the connection. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 124 4. Open Putty to start a Telnet session between the PC and the node. 5. Enter the Node’s default IP address. 6. Set up the connection as SSH. 7. Press Open. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 125: Configure Node Settings And Password
USB connection will have a different title but the functionality is the same. After opening a connection, the following screen is displayed: 1. Enter the default login exactly as shown below and then press enter. login: admin Password: Admin_Passwd1 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 126 Install VNMS and USB User Access Utility 2. VNMS displays the following CLI Main Menu. 3. Select System Settings from the main menu and press enter. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 127 Verify or change to match the desired IP address scheme. eXmux MAC Address Read only TDM Engine 1 MAC Address Read only TDM Engine 2 MAC Address Read only MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 128 • Lower case letters (a through z) • Numeric digits (0 through 9) • Special characters (~ @ % ^ _ - + = { } [ ] . ?) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 129: Preparing For Vnms Access
Disconnect the USB cable from the rear of the eXmux® and connect an Ethernet cable from your PC or Laptop computer to the MGMT port on the front of the eXmux unit. 4500 (5U) Location of management port Front view of eXmux MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 130: System Recovery/Debug Port
A cable can be provided by HPS/RFL that will connect from the above port to an RS-232 (female DB9) port on the end user’s computer. Contact the HPS/RFL Service Department Customer.Service@RFLelect.com or by phone at 973.334.3100 to get detailed procedures on system recovery. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 131: Section 6. Network Global Provisioning
1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel > Network and Sharing. NOTE: If the Control Panel uses the ‘Category’ view access ‘Network and Sharing’ from the ‘Network and Internet’ button. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 132 Section 6. Network Global Provisioning 2. Press Local Area Connection. This opens Local Area Connection Status. 3. Press Properties. This opens the Local Area Connections Properties window. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 133: First Time Log On And Activation Key Code
New users of the eXmux® unit will receive an activation key code from HPS/RFL. Once the activation key code is entered and the network established, it is a good idea to change the MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 134: Managing User Levels -Setting Authorities In Vnms
1. From the Tools pull-down menu, select Manage User Accounts on All Nodes. Manage User Accounts on All Nodes allows the administrator to manage accounts on all nodes at once or manage individual accounts on one node at a time. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 135 Able to perform limited functions of the VNMS ROGroup: Can only monitor the system. No changes allowed MaintGroup: Same permissions as the ROGroup with the ability to initiate an upgrade only to the current configuration. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 136: Node Access Management
1. From the Tools drop-down list, select Change Password on All Nodes to change your password globally or for selected nodes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 137 2. To add or delete users, select Tools > Manage User Accounts on All Nodes. 3. To add Users, press Add User or Add User to All. 4. To delete Users, right-click on the Username(s) you want to delete. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 138 Press Write to save your changes, Right click on a line to delete the Add a user selected user. In this example the user id is “maintenance”. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 139 3) Numeric digits (0 thru 9) 4) Special characters: ~@%^_ –+={}[].? NOTE 3. System operation will be smoother when users have the same password for each node. HPS/RFL recommends that this be implemented. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 140: Opening An Existing Network
2. Open VNMS from the start menu or double-click the desktop icon. Double click the desktop icon 3. Select Open an Existing Network. 4. Press the return key or press OK. Select Open an existing network. Press OK MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 141: Autodiscover A New Network
1. In the Network Options dialog, select Create a new network. 2. For auto-discovery of the nodes, ensure that the Autodiscover new network box is checked. 3. Press OK to open the Autodiscover Network dialog. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 142 7. Add any pertinent information for reference regarding the network. 8. Add the IP address of one of the nodes in the Network. 9. Press Add to List. (See the note below) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 143 The default is: Admin_Passwd1 NOTE: If the same username and password is used for each node select Reuse these credentials for rest of nodes.This will speed up the process. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 144 The system will auto discover all specified nodes and will also discover nodes connected to the network that were not specified. This may take a few minutes or longer, depending on the size of the network. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 145: Creating A New Network (Manual Method - Off-Line)
5. Name the Network or use the default name. When creating a name follow the company naming conventions. 6. Press OK to create the network. 5. Name the Network or use the default 6. Press OK MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 146: View A Network Group
1. Select the Group name and then select Open Group to display the nodes in that group. Double-click in an open Right-click and select area of the Network Open Group Overview MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 147 Graphical and Table views of the nodes in the Network Group. Graphical view of the Nodes Table view of the Nodes in the Network Group in the Network Group MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 148 The popup menu allows you to modify the network view in the following ways: • Add a new node or arrange the nodes • Change or clear a background image • Read or Write the network settings MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 149 6. Select the Shelf Type from the drop-down list. If the node is read immediately the node type is also read. 7. To add the new group and discover the entered node, press OK to add the new group and discover the node entered. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 150 NOTE: If you select Cancel add node and press OK, the system will skip the nodes listed and continue to create a group with just the node first entered. VNMS will display messages as it reads the node (s). This will take a little time. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 151: Add A New Node To An Existing Network Group
2. Right-click in the Network Group view and select Add node. Right-click in the Network Group view and select Add Node 3. Enter the node’s IP Address. 4. Check the box to read the node immediately. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 152 Using the IP address of an SNMP capable device (other equipment or a node CPU IP address) VNMS will try unsuccessfully to discover the device. 6. Enter the Username and password. 7. Press Submit. Enter the Username and password Press Submit MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 153 NOTE: If you cancel Add Node and press OK, the system will skip the nodes listed and continue to create a group with just the node first entered. VNMS will display messages as it reads the node. This will take a little time. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 154: Adding And Configuring A Node (Manual Method - Off-Line)
If checked, existing interface unit parameters will be imported Select the shelf type 3. Enter the node configuration including the IP address and Shelf Type. 4. Press OK. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 155 Double click the new offline node to configure the payload cards on the eXmux. See Section 8.5 Payload Card Overview to configure the Customer Payload Cards for the eXmux. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 156: Vnms System And User Preferences
NOTE: Individual ports can still be configured for T1/E1 or Passthru/Groomed at the Payload Card configuration page. Select if DSO Grooming is used in your network Select the TDM framer for T1 or E1 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 157: User Preferences
6.3.2 User Preferences Some automated VNMS user functions can be set as shown below. Note: Check when diagnostics are required. Default is unchecked Press OK when the done changing settings. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 158: View A Network Group
Click “Graphical View” or "Table View" for those layouts. In the example above three nodes are shown connected in a network; each node is displayed with its node number, name, IP address and current state. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 159: View A Network Group, Table View
6.4.2 View a Network Group, graphical view The following is an example Graphical View showing the various node states that are possible. The lines show how the nodes are connected. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 160: Window Feature
CAUTION: Hitless Switching MUST be disabled prior to writing the Management VLAN. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 161: Network Group Configurations
Please note that the destination may not allow ping tests due to firewall restrictions. Network Group Configurations Various settings can be accessed and changed globally, thus speeding up the configuration process. Open the System Global Settings dialog as shown below. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 162: Ip Management
The IP Management screen allows the user to manage the IP setup for the group. The settings include the switch management and TDM addresses and setting up Gateways for both TDM paths. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 163 • Path A if two Paths are enabled. IDs must be unique in a network as this will affect the neighbor lookup tables. Changing IP addresses remotely can lead to a loss of communication. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 164 TTL value that is set in all the multicasts sent over the Neighbor Drop Threshold: Threshold since an advertisement topology’s multicast address. was received to declare a neighbor no longer reachable MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 165 Sys I/O Port Select: Select which port to use when timing is in T1/E1 mode. • Auto-Select: Does not revert. • Port 1 or 2 Only: Uses only that port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 166: Ethernet Virtual Connection
Network Group Ethernet Port settings. Place the cursor over the port Place the cursor over entry field checkbox to see the current settings. to see the field description. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 167 Bandwidth: This is the Committed Information Rate. The rate changes based on FrameRate setting: • kbps if FrameRate is false. • fps if FrameRate is true. Valid range is Min and Max of the QoS Capabilities Bitrate MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 168 Note: Only the check marked Settings are Opens the Topology dialog written for check marked nodes, ports and slots NOTE: View the Network Topology dialog in Section 6.5.5.2 Network Topology. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 169 Frame length check: Set to TRUE to enforce 802.3 frame length check (from Ethertype field). If enabled, frames with length that doesn't match the frame length field will be dropped. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 170 In the Ethernet Port Provisioning window select Spanning Tree Bridge to allow the user to set some of the STP parameters for some or all the network ports in some or all the nodes of a MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 171 Core state due to this setting is subject to the bridge ErrorRecoveryDelay setting as well. Find the Error Recovery Delay setting in the Node’s Link Aggregation settings described in section 0. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 172 Ethernet Port setup and Section 6.5.5.3 EVC. Ring paths configurations: A list of the configured paths. Nodes included in path: A list of the nodes in the configured path selected. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 173 Press Show Topology to refresh the dialog with a pane for the topology diagrams. The Show Topology button changes to Hide Topology. Hides the topology diagram while leaving the “Ring paths configuration” and “Nodes included in path” panes. Same button actions as above. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 174 5. To view the nodes connected in one of the possible paths, select the path in the Possible rings for selected nodes box. The selected ring is shown in blue. 6. Right-click the selected ring then select Set as Major Ring. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 175 7. To enable a connection as an RPL (Ring Protection Link), place the cursor over the link and then right-click the link and Select as RPL. Right click the mouse over the connecting line and select as RPL (Ring Protection Link) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 176 9. To view information on the path, pause the cursor over any of the following: • any warning indicators • node ports • paths Pause the cursor over the connecting path for information on the endpoints. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 177 10. Press Write Path. It may take a few minutes to write the path. VNMS shows a progress indicator while the write process completes NOTE: If you do not do the above steps, this button will be greyed out MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 178 Only Network Groups and Nodes of the current path are available. Edit Path opens the Logical path dialog with existing paths but buttons greyed out. Warning message indicates an Invalid Network Topology. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 179 • Configure HQoS for an EVC – see 6.5.5.3.7 Configure HQoS • Enable MACsec – see 6.5.5.3.3 Enable MACsec (Future Release) • Enable EVC Monitoring – see 6.5.5.3.2 Enable EVC Monitoring MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 180 NOTE: When you enable EVC Monitoring with a value of None, the event is registered but no alarm will be shown in VNMS. Select Alarm Enable level of None, Monitoring Minor or Major MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 181 • MACsec Validation – Validate parameter o Check o Disabled o Strict • Confidentiality Offset • Ingress Reply Window – Replay window size 3. Press Write when completed with the settings. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 182 • MACsec Validation – Validate parameter o Check o Disabled o Strict • Confidentiality Offset • Ingress Reply Window – Replay window size 5. Press Write when done with the settings. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 183 4. Select the nodes. 5. Select the ports on the nodes to form the path. 6. (Optional) Generate a graphical view of the logical path. 7. Write the changes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 184 4. Select or deselect the nodes. 5. Select or deselect the ports on the nodes for the path. 6. (Optional) Generate a graphical view of the new logical path. 7. Write the changes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 185 5. Set the data rates or leave them at the default values. 6. If Weighted Queues were enabled, set the Weights as needed. 7. When done, press Write. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 186: Trap Destination
• Node 70 is associated with one trap but not the other. By pausing the mouse over the warning indicator, the IP address of unassociated traps are displayed. • Node 10 is associated with both check marked traps. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 187: Alarm Management
Select TDM > Alarm Config b. Alarms (missing info?) 2. Identify the row for the node by checking the Node ID. 3. Identify the column for the alarm. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 188 The list of alarms is indexed by the Node ID and includes the following alarm settings: • Clock Recovery Alarm • Clocking Bundle Reset • Bundle Error Alarm • Bundle State Alarm MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 189 The fields also include setup for Monitored Ethernet and Monitored EVCs. All the alarms, except Power Supply, can be set to one of the following: • None • Minor • Major MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 190: Reboot
2. Select the nodes to be rebooted, paying attention to the type of reboot. The top checkbox selects all nodes. 3. Confirm the correct nodes are selected. Use the following identifiers. • Network Group ID MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 191 Press Yes to reboot the selected system(s). Cli k While rebooting, the Reboot Status field displays Rebooting. The Node Status will change to Offline while the network reestablishes communication. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 192: Network Group Status
This report has no equivalent in Network Settings the Network Status. Settings Differences TPS Sequence of Events: This IP Addresses report has no equivalent in the Mapping Network Status. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 193 • Microsoft Excel (97-2003) • Microsoft Excel (97-2003) Data-Only • Microsoft Excel Workbook Data-Only • Microsoft Word (97-2003) • Microsoft Word (97-2003) - Editable • Rich Text Format (RTF) • XML MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 194 If you select File, the dialog box the network or a file replaces the selection fields with a single Import from File field. Select the Network Group Select the node(s) 2d Press Retrieve SOE MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 195 Press Back to return to the prior dialog for a different network group. b) Clear All SOE. c) Export the SOE to a data file. d) Generate detailed report of selected SOE values. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 196 The right column shows the alarm State was active at the generation of the SOE record. 2. Look at the right column for the bundle ID. 3. The prior record (the next on the list) indicates trouble receiving neighbor messages. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 197 SLIC Power Alarm Active slicPowerAlarmActive Minor The admin password is the default. adminPasswdDefault Configuration Change configChange Board Manager: Write to Card failed boardMngrSettingWriteError when verifying the value written to the card. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 198 This SOE is recorded to show when ntpSyncIndication NTP sync succeeded and failed This SOE records any push button pushbuttonPressed related activities Minor One of the critical parameters which criticalConfigChangedAlarm needs reboot has changed MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 199 This SOE records the event when we nbrNotRespondingAlarmV4 are not getting adv from a NBR for a period greater than 2/3 threshold limit Minor Main power supply status change. powerMainStatusErrorV4 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 200 4 stops receiving packets for a specified period in second. Programmabl This SOE records the event when rxActivityStatusPort5 ethernet port 5 stops receiving packets for a specified period in second. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 201 A monitored component for failover has changed state The Card Alarm Status changed for a cardMajorAlarmStatusChange major alarm component. variable The TDM bundle alarm status has bndlAlarmStatusChange changed. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 202 Configuration changes set for switch auditLogSwitchConfig Switch Configuration defaulted auditLogSwitchDefault EVC Port Status evcPortStatusChange Major EVC Port Major Alarm evcPortMajorAlarm Minor EVC Port Minor Alarm evcPortMinorAlarm All Ports Link Status link4500StatusChange MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 203 Select a single node or ALL Select the sort method 2e Press OK The view in the right pane of the dialog shows sort criteria for the report. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 204 The “Network Inventory” report provides a network group inventory. To view the inventory, do the following: 1) Select the Network Inventory report from the Network Settings and Status pane or the Reports menu. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 205 4) If the table is incomplete, press the right arrow at the top to go to the next page of the table. Click the left or right arrows to view additional pages Navigate to view the Node MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 206 3) In the Group Tree pane, navigate to the Node > Card and the settings or table needed. The view in the right pane shows parameters and the values. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 207 4) If the table is incomplete, reach the next page of the table by pressing the right arrow. Click the left or right arrows to view additional pages The selected information Navigate to the is highlighted. > Node > Module > Settings MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 208 3) In the Group Tree pane, navigate to Node > Card > Tables. 4) Select a table. NOTE: The view in the right pane shows the differing table parameters and the values. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 209 1) Select Network IP Addresses in the Reports menu or from the Network Settings and Status panel select IP Addresses. Select Network IP Address from the Reports menu or Network Group Status MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 210 6) If the table is incomplete, reach the next page of the table by pressing the right arrow. Click the left or right arrows to view additional pages The selected information is highlighted. Node Module Table MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 211 Select Read network before running report for the current differences. c) Press OK. Select the Network group to report on. Select to report current information from the network 2c Click OK The system displays the Mapping Report MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 212 See below for full list. Search the report Go to the previous or next Toggle display of Print the report page of the report. the side panel MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 213: Ssrv Real-Time Clock
3) Navigate to the location to save the report. 6.6.2 SSRV Real-Time Clock Section 8.1.2.6 Real Time Clock, for more information about similar Clock settings for a single node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 214 Section 6. Network Global Provisioning NOTE: When selecting a RTC Source of Sys I/O, VNMS provides a choice for the source. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 215: Tdm Timing Status
Card location in the exMux • Bundle Status Select a bundle to access Edit Bundle Opens the Mapping View Note: “Edit Bundle” is not available until a bundle is selected. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 216: Tdm Bundle
Select a Bundle to view the settings and statistics Settings and Statistics of the selected bundle Opens the mapping view to allow editing the bundle settings. Not available until a bundle is selected. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 217: Real-Time Clock Status
Sys I/O Settings and Status for this node. • SysIO Active – The active RTC source for this node. See section 8.1.2.6 for setting up the Real Time Clock. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 218: Additional Report Information
VNMS displays the Current Event Log in the right pane, covering the Network Groups pane. The Current Event Log should be saved to another location periodically and Reset SOE's for all Nodes checked to stop the log from becoming too large. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 219: Retrieve Network Active Alarms
1) Select Retrieve Active Network Alarms from the Reports drop-down list. 2) Select one or ALL nodes for the report. 3) Press Print/Export to view the Alarms report. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 220 4) View the Active Alarms report. Print the Export the Page through the report report report as needed. NOTE: This report is only available through the Reports menu. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 221 Section 6. Network Global Provisioning This Page Intentionally Left Blank MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 222: Section 7. Configuring Ethernet Virtual Connections
Paths Site B Because Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. has a policy of continuous product improvement, we reserve the right to change designs and specifications without notice and as such this policy applies to the entire document, even when not specifically referenced.
Page 223: Service Provisioning Example
The EVC will be set up through other ports whose mode is configured as Hybrid. 1. Open the Network Group by right-clicking on the group name and then selecting Open Group. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 224 3. A dialog appears requiring you to select the node in that Network Group connected to the current VNMS session. CAUTION: Incorrect selection of node may result in breaking the network communications. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 225 The Ethernet Port Provisioning window appears. The Bandwidth tab is displayed. 4. Select the VLAN configuration tab. NOTE: VLAN configuration changes are not necessary if the ports are already configured as Hybrid and S-Port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 226 This will disrupt the configuration process. 8. In the Ethernet Port Provisioning dialog, select the node that is part of the ring, starting with the farthest. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 227: Configure The Evc Topology
1. In the Network Group View pane, select Network Topology or press Topology in the Ethernet Port Provisioning Dialog. Network Group View - Ethernet Port Network Settings and Status Provisioning Dialog MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 228 3. If desired, enter a Path Name or keep the default Path Name of Management Path. 4. From the Protection Protocol drop-down list, select G.8032. 5. Enter a VLAN ID. 6. Select a group. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 229 NOTE: Warnings indicate a lack of a ring. Set ports to Hybrid/S-Port as shown in section 7.2.1 Configure the Ethernet Ports. View a list of rings available for the selected nodes in the Possible rings for selected nodes pane. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 230 10. Right-click one of the paths to Select as RPL (Ring Protection Link). This link is normally inactive and will be made active if other links in the ring fail. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 231: Configure The Evc - Epl
7.2.3 Configure the EVC - EPL To create an EVC with All-in-one-bundling enabled, do the following: 1. In the Topology Provisioning window on the navigation pane, press EVC. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 232 2. Select the Network Group from the Select Network Group drop-down list. 3. Press Add EVC. The following dialog is displayed. The upper right box, “Select EVC Logical Path”, will show all configured EVC logical paths. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 233 NOTE: Pause over any part of the path or Endpoints to see the Network Group ID, Node ID and Port. NOTE: Roll the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in on the Graph view. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 234 In this example there are three EVCs: two E-LANs with three or more nodes and one E-Line with two nodes. For EVC-EVPL (highlighted) notice Core B port 5 is included in the port list. It is a Trunk port included with the TDM ports. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 235: Configure The Evc - Evpl
1. In the Topology Provisioning window on the navigation pane, press EVC. Double click Single click VNMS displays the Ethernet Circuit Provisioning dialog. 2. Select the Network Group All the configured EVCs are listed in the top pane. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 236 6. Uncheck the All in one bundling (EVPL) checkbox so it reads (EVPL). 7. Enter a C-Tag VLAN ID. 8. Select the EVC Logical path. 9. Select the nodes that serve as the Endpoints. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 237 NOTE: Roll the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in on the Graph view. 12. Select the path to save. 13. To complete the process, press Write EVC to the selected nodes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 238: Considerations For Creating An Evc
You can configure the CoS for individual ports in an EVC. 1. Open the Ethernet Circuit Provisioning > EVC dialog. 2. Add a new EVC or select the EVC needed, and press Edit EVC. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 239 See section 8.2.2.10 EVC for more information on the CoS Policer configuration. The CoS Policer Config table is under Ethernet Switch Configuration > EVC > CoS Policer Config button. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 240: Tdm Bundle Circuit Creation
• Use TDM Hitless for a Hitless TDM Bundles 4. Enter a name for the EVC. NOTE: With 6 EVCs needed VNMS will reserve the consecutive IDs to cover that range. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 241 6. Enter a starting number for the C-Tag VLAN ID. In this example we start at 101. 7. Select the nodes that will form the EVC. 8. Press Generate Graph to check the validity. 9. Press Write to save the changes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 242 Once completed, the Hitless EVC created 6 EVCs with IDs 1-6. Press the down arrow on the right to view the list associated with this Hitless TDM. Notice the VLANs also go from 100- 105 and the VLAN IDs go 101 to 106. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 243 7.3.1.3 Enable MACsec for the Hitless EVC (Future Release) The Monitoring gadget to the left to turn on monitoring on a normal EVC. A hitless EVC will indicate a warning. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 244 GCM-AES-XPN 256 o Invalid • MACsec Validation – Validate parameter o Check o Disabled o Strict • Confidentiality Offset • Ingress Reply Window – Replay window size MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 245 ... 3) Select Map this Port. 4) Observe the selected port will blink a violet outline while waiting for you to select the other end of the mapping. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 246 Section 7. Configuring Ethernet Virtual Connections 5) Navigate to the end port and right-click to complete the mapping. VNMS prompts the user to select an EVC. Here only one EVC is available. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 247 NOTE: If less than 16 Frames Per Packet are selected the user must select the No CAS option for the CAS Mode. 8) Press Create Bundles. VNMS returns to the mapping view. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 248 Yes in the confirmation dialog. VNMS displays the following dialog while it writes the settings to the nodes. 7.3.1.5 View the Completed EVC Double-click the EVC setting in the Network Group View. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 249: Normal Tdm Evc
4. Enter a name for the EVC. 5. Set the S-Tag VLAN ID. 6. Set the C-Tag VLAN ID. 7. Select the nodes. In this example all nodes are selected. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 250 This EVC uses three nodes so just the protected path is available. A protected path is not required for Normal Bundles. If non-protected paths were possible those would also be available for selection. 9. After pressing Write the VNMS displays the following dialog. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 251 2) Select the alarm type the system will generate when the EVC has a fault. NOTE: EVC Monitoring will Generate an SOE entry for any level of alarms. After selecting the alarm level, the following dialog is displayed while writing the settings. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 252 ... 3) Select Map this Port. 4) The selected port will blink with a violet outline while waiting for you to select the other end of the mapping. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 253 5) Navigate to the end port and right-click to complete the mapping. After selecting the target port, the EVC Selection screen is displayed: 6) Select the normal EVC. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 254 VNMS returns to the mapping view. 9) Press Write then confirm by pressing Yes. 7.3.2.4 View the completed EVC Double-click the EVC setting in the Network Group View. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 255: Interface Mapping - Point-To-Point
This information is then written to the connected eXmux® units. NOTE: HPS/RFL recommends the nodes be fully configured before mapping. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 256 Actual settings. Note the default is File Settings. Select either File or Actual Settings By clicking this button the File Settings are replaced by the Actual Settings MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 257: Mapping A Port
2) From the Map ports between node and the and node drop-down list, select the nodes with payload cards that you need to map. 3) Right-click a port to open the popup menu. 4) Select Map this Port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 258 6) Navigate to the port for the other end of the mapping and right-click to complete the mapping. Source node Left click the port to be connected. A line connects the ports and both ports display a blue outline. Target node MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 259 NOTE: If less than 16 Frames Per Packet are selected the user must select the No CAS option for CAS Mode. 9) Press Create Bundles. VNMS returns to the mapping view. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 260: Map A Serial Server Port - Point-To-Point Connection
2) Proceed as in other point-to-point port mapping shown in section 7.4 Interface Mapping – Point-to-Point. NOTE: Serial Server ports can only be mapped to other Serial Server ports. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 261: Reading The Interface Mapping Dialog
To speed up the mapping process on multiple ports un-check this box. The default setting is checked. Also, the Auto update checkbox can be un-checked to speed up mapping. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 262 The port number on the node Pausing the cursor over an un-mapped port will bring up the following information. Mouse Over an unmapped port Unmapped ports say “No mapping” MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 263 • Node is selected in the mapping view • “Show lines” is enabled in the mapping view To open the node to which a port is mapped, double-click on the port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 264: Un-Mapping A Port
The port will be un-mapped after writing. Selecting Check for invalid bundles and connections will display the following screen if there are any invalid bundles found. Invalid bundles will be displayed with a choice of actions. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 265: Un-Mapping A Serial Server Port (Point To Point Only)
Right click on a mapped port. Select Bundle settings and status 2. In the Mapping View, right-click on the port needed. 3. Select the menu item Bundle settings and status. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 266 A Jitter Buffer will temporarily store arriving packets in order to minimize delay variations; packets that arrive too late are discarded. It is possible to misconfigure a Jitter Buffer to be MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 267 30000 20000 40000 35000 70000 CAUTION: A bundle must be modified in the same way at both adjoining ends. FPP must have the same value at each end. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 268 Enter descriptive information about the bundles and its use. There is a 255-character maximum and the enter key for new lines is allowed. Description of the Bundle and its use. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 269 Currently receiving packets with the wrong length Duplicate packets received (could be hitless ring) Packet not received prior to buffer underrun Jitter buffer overrun Alarm when packets are not being received MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 270: Ds0 Grooming
CAS Framing. DS0 Grooming will allow mapping between multiple consecutive DS0’s and any Payload Card port that can support multiple DS0’s; for example, the Synchronous and C37.94 Payload Card’s. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 271 • Mapping between any single DS0 and any other DS0 on the network – as well as mapping between multiple consecutive DS0’s and any other set of consecutive DS0’s, MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 272 • As a special case of mapping, DS0 Grooming allows loopback of a single DS0. • The Mapped Payload Card must use the system clock in order to be groomed. This is the general configuration for most types of Payload Card’s. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 273 • DS0 4 is mapped to a port in Node 20. The same node is indicated with the purple outline. • 10 DS0s (5-14) are mapped to a Sync Port on Node 30. The Sync Port was configured to require 10 DS0s. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 274 DS0’s 1. Right click on the starting DS0 (in this case DS0 1) and select “Map multiple DS0’s.” MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 275 When done, the mapped DS0s are displayed in the mapping dialog. 10 DS0s show an error condition (red DS0s) 4 mapped DS0s are highlighted in blue Mapping lines between the DS0s and the Ports on the SYNC card. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 276 Bundle Comm Failure Alarm An invalid mapping shows the red border and line in the mapping screen and as a Bundle Communications Failure Alarm in the Bundle setting dialog. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 277: Serial Server Interface Mapping - Multipoint
It should also be noted that in multipoint applications handshaking is not possible. To configure ports for point-to-point applications, select Mapping View from the Network drop-down list as shown below and proceed to map the ports as described in section 7.5.1.1. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 278: Map Serial Server Multipoint Connections
Write to write the changes to the network. The number callouts refer to the list items below. Multipoint Groups should be set first followed by Group Global Port Settings; setting details are listed below: MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 279 Actual port settings are such that the port may not operate correctly Conflict in the selected group. NOTE: To remove a master Port, right-click the port and select Remove Master Port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 280 1) From the Network drop-down list select Serial Server Multipoint Configuration. 2) Select the following to identify the port master. a) Node ID b) IU Slot c) Port MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 281 4) Select the following to identify the remote ports. a) Node ID b) IU Slot c) Port 5) Select Add Port as Remote. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each remote port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 282 7) Press Write. The write button will not be available until an EVC is selected. 8) VNMS displays a confirmation dialog. Verify the changes VNMS will write to the nodes. 9) Press OK. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 283 In the Node view the mapped ports are highlighted in blue. VNMS displays the Group ID number and Role when pausing the mouse over the port. Node 20 Node 30 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 284: Mouse Over A Serial Server Port
2) Select a Network Group 3) Select Load Group ID. If none exist, select New Group ID and enter a number. 4) Select the Multipoint group to manage from the drop-down list. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 285: Section 8. Exmux Node Configuration
Core I/O) which receives or sends a signal to a device. The device, in turn, either sends information to or receives information from the Controller for the purpose the device fulfills. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 286 • IU: The Interface Unit settings manage equipment matched to that protocol Settings dialog title Card Type Section 2-Port Teleprotection System 4P T1/E1 (4-Port T1/E1) Four Port T1/E1 3.9.9 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 287: Controller Settings And Status (Controller Card)
8.1 Controller Settings and Status (Controller Card) To access the eXmux® system information dialog screens the Node view must be displayed. From the Node drop-down list select Chassis Settings and Status. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 288: Node Configuration Overview
8.1.2.6 Real Time Clock 8.1.2.7 Diagnostics 8.1.2.8 Auto_IP 8.1.2.9 User Info Status 8.1.4.1 Inventory 8.1.4.2 Alarms 8.1.4.3 Redundancy 8.1.4.4 TDM Status 8.1.4.5 TDM Timing 8.1.4.6 Network Status 8.1.4.7 Real Time Clock MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 289: Controller Card Dialog Settings
*This also sets the expected inventory to the current inventory. NOTE: Pressing the Arrow and then selecting Write at the bottom of the dialog box will cause a remote reboot of the eXmux® unit. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 290 • Lockout timer – Set the timer, in minutes, before the user can again attempt to enter their password. • Password expiration – Time, in days, that a password remains valid. After this time the user will need to change their password. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 291 These screens allow setting the alarm levels for one node while section 6.5.7 Alarm Management allows setting alarms for some or all the nodes in a Network Group. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 292 4. Select the Sys I/O port to use when the timing is in T1/E1 mode. This selection is active only when the timing Source is in T1/E1 Framer.. 5. Alternate Clock Master Priority: Master, Auto, None MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 293 Unicast Timing Bundle source. If the T1/E1 timing source is not present, the unit will derive timing from the TDM bundle. NOTE: For Network Group TDM timing refer to 6.5.3. For TDM Timing Status see 6.6.2. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 294 1. Set the TDM Timing Source to T1/E1 Framer on the Elected Master. 2. Connect the T1/E1 line to the Elected Master internal T1/E1 Framer port. 3. Set the TDM Timing Source to T1/E1 Framer on the Backup Elected Master. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 295 Bundle alarms can be set to Major • • Minor None • NOTE: All the following alarms settings can be set to either Major, Minor or None system alarm. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 296 Path B netmask for the network carrying all the traffic from both TDM engines Path B gateway for the network carrying all the traffic from both TDM engines MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 297 This will also occur for changes to path B MAC address if the bundle is using path redundancy or Hitless. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 298 X on the existing address line, and then press Write. The Permanent Flag field is set to 'on' when a user manually adds an IP Address to the trap destination table. These flags keep the MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 299 IP address data. Neighbor Discovery packets contain the information required to create circuits between eXmux® units, this ensures that a common TDM timing source is being utilized. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 300 Multicast Mode: In multicast mode, the eXmux® units multicast their neighbor discovery packets and the elected master multicasts the TDM timing. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 301 The unit's alarm will be suppressed until the alarm returns to a Good or Inactive state. The 'Good' state is when the inventory for this component is accepted and neither unit has a problem. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 302 Section 8. eXmux Node Configuration NOTE: See Section 6.5.7 Alarm Management for managing alarms in a Network Group MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 303 Saves the factory diagnostic information in non-volatile memory for later retrieval. CAUTION Use only under supervision of RFL. Diagnostic mode should be disabled in production operation. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 304 This Multicast Group Mask must be the same for all eXmux® Serial Server units in the network. The first octant ‘232’ should never be changed; the last octant should always be ‘0’. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 305: Tdm And Neighbor Discovery Configuration Procedures
Configure Path A IP Address Node > Chassis Settings and Status > TDM 1. Select TDM IP Addresses. 2. Configure TDM Engines for Path A. Engine 1 IP Addr • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 306 3. Press Path B 4. Configure TDM Engines IP Addresses for Path B. Engine 1 IP Addr (B) • Engine 2 IP Addr (B) • Subnet Mask (B) • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 307 Node > Chassis Settings and Status > TDM 1. Press TDM. 2. From the Timing Protocol drop-down list select Unicast. 3. Set Timing Priority to Master1 4. Set Timing Source to Internal. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 308 6. Set Priority 1 IU Slot to the designated slot to receive timing from a bundle. 7. Set Priority 1 IU Port to the designated port of the slot to receive timing from a data bundle. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 309 5. Set Priority 1 IU Slot to the designated slot to receive timing from a bundle. 6. Set Priority 1 IU Port to the designated port of the slot to receive timing from a data bundle. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 310 1: TDM Timing source is good and is becoming locked. • track 2: TDM Timing source is locked. • All other states imply error. • 2. Select Unicast Timing. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 311 Node > Chassis Settings and Status > Network 1. Set Redundant Option Mode to enable. 2. Populate Path B IP Addresses IP Address • Subnet Mask • Gateway • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 312 3. Set the Neighbor Discovery Group to the required number. Configure Neighbor Discovery Group Masters Node > Chassis Settings and Status > Network 1. Select Nbr Discovery. 2. Select Unicast Options. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 313 Group IP feature. When Autodiscovery is done in a unicast network, the user must supply the IP Address of the node and the home group. Autodiscovery will add all the nodes in the MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 314 10,11,12,13, 23 172.20.1.10 (S2M) 172.20.1.11 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 (12)172.20.1.12 Auto 10,11,12,13 172.20.1.10 (S2M) 172.20.1.11 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 (13)172.20.1.13 Auto 10,11,12,13 172.20.1.10 (S2M) 172.20.1.11 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 (23)172.20.1.23 Auto 20,21,22,23,11 172.20.1.20 (S2M) 172.20.1.21 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 315 Node > Chassis Settings and Status > Network a. Select Nbr Discovery. b. Select Unicast Options. c. Press the Unicast Neighbor Discovery IP button. d. Populate the Group Master IP addresses 1 through 4. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 316 Select the Unicast Timing Bundle Sources for the IU Slots and IU Ports. Ensure the port is available on the unit 2. Create a bundle to that Slot and Port. (See section 7.4 Interface Mapping – Point-to-Point for point-to-point mapping) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 317 2. Set Timing Source to Framer. Node > Chassis Settings and Status > TDM a. Select TDM. b. Set Timing Protocol to Unicast. c. Set the Timing Source to T1/E1 Framer MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 318 Under Network, select Neighbor Discovery > Unicast Options. b. Select Unicast Options. c. Populate the Group Master IP addresses 1 through 4. If utilizing a Backup Elected Master provision its Group Master IP Address. • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 319 Tagging can be utilized to ensure that critical data is given a higher priority in the network. All networking equipment must be configured properly to honor the QOS field in the VLAN tag. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 320 RSTP. Set to Network: If using Ring Configuration using RSTP.  4. Write the settings. 5. Close the view. The port numbers should NEVER be changed MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 321: Controller Card Dialog Status
CTRL and Card in Slot 1 transferring date. Other 3, 4. 5, 6, 9 are System Minor CORE I/O are in Minor Alarm ports are inactive healthy Alarm healthy MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 322 • Fans are installed and good (gray). • Two or more fans are missing or faulty (red). • Other colors follow the Fan state light • Suppressed (blue) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 323 The system software build in the active partition • Controller module status Gray – not installed • • Green – installed and good • Amber – card removed Controller serial numbers MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 324 Alarm present if the board is removed. • • Alarm can be suppressed. Alarm is active when the Audit Log is filling up. Ignoring the alarm can lead to lost logs. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 325 Active when the Diagnostic Mode is active Usability of the Standby Partition. Active when Mgmt Path A is not accessible Active when Mgmt Path B is not accessible MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 326 Major or minor alarm because of bundle errors. Gray means the alarm is inactive. TDM Timing Recovery via a Bundle is in a failed mode. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 327 Ethernet due to a Full RX_FIFO Ethernet packets destined to the CPU Discarded due to a lack of buffers or full CPU queue Same status as the TDM-1 engine. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 328 TDM-1 status The statistics for TDM Engine 1 and TDM Engine 2 cover the same parameters. The two following sections show the statistics for TDM TX and TDM TX MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 329 Number of Pause frames transmitted Frames not Tx due to Number of frames where col was not asserted within 96-bit times (an interframe gap) of tx_en being de-asserted in half duplex MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 330 Rx Frames that pass Pkt class Frames the passed the packet classifier. Frames Rx with bad IP chk Frames where the packet classifier identified an IP checksum error MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 331 Timing Role: Indicates the role of this unit in system wide timing, indicates the following: NM - No Master EM - Elected Master S2EM - Slave to Elected Master MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 332 Timing Source: Indicates the timing source for this unit from one of the following: • Internal Crystal Clk • Bundle Acquired Clk • Framer Clk MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 333 This table gives the Major Rxclock • and Minor alarm status of Path B Netmask • the neighbor nodes. MAC Address • TDM1 MAC Addr • TDM2 MAC Addr • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 334 Delay request packets sent in the last 15 seconds Delay request packets received in the last 15 seconds The Master PTP statistics have the same definitions as the slave statistics. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 335: Vswitch (Core I/O) Ethernet Switch
For added network robustness, the eXmux 4500 can be equipped with dual Controllers which house the embedded CE switch and dual Core I/Os and achieve high network reliability and availability. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 336 239.225.225.225 are designated as multicast addresses. A detailed description of Multicasting is beyond the scope of this manual. See Section 8.2.2.9 for QoS, Section 8.1.3.2 for Neighbor Discovery and Section 8.1.2.4.2 for setting Multicast Threshold Parameters. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 337 Ethernet Options are similar in layout to the other eXmux® VNMS configuration pages. The following pages tabulate and describe the various options available when using the model 4500 Core I/O. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 338: Switch Settings Via The Core I/O Card
You must set Mode to Disable to edit this field. Enable or Disable the switch management IP address. Disable to change the IP Address and the Subnet Mask then re-Enable. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 339 Click “Add Row” set monitoring for created it cannot be changed. the identified service. NOTE: With multiple services in this table, the Mon Instance ID might be different. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 340 For example, if one VLAN had ports 1-5 and another had ports 5-9, traffic from port 1-4 could go to ports 1-5, traffic from ports 6-9 could go to ports 5-9, and traffic from port 5 could go to all ports. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 341 • Hybrid Enabled VLANs – VLANs associated with this port when it is set to hybrid. • Forbidden VLANs – Range of VLANs forbidden to be associated with this port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 342 Ethernet port provisioning > VLAN. 8.2.2.4 Ports The Ports selection allows the configuration of various port features, including Port Mirroring. See the numbered list below for the associated table. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 343 Fr Len Chk: If anabled, frames that do not match the frame length field will be dropped. NOTE: It is recommended to disable auto-negotiation on all uplink ports connecting to a switch or router and set them for fixed port and duplex. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 344 Core I/O. Click Config Session to open the following table. NOTE: The source port cannot be the destination port. See the lettered list below for the parameter descriptions. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 345 CPU Tx: Enable or disable mirroring traffic transmitted by the internal CPU. l. Destination Port List: Destination port list. Mirror session: At most only one port. RMirror destination session: Zero or more ports. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 346 MSTI aggregation. Press MSTI Aggregations to open the MSTI Aggregations table and change the following settings: • Instance – Bridge Instance Number • Admin Path Cost – Path Cost MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 347 • Restricted TCN • BPDU Guard Bridge Configuration o. Bridge Max Age: The maximum age for a bridge in seconds. The range is between 6 and 40 seconds. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 348 Link Aggregation provides the ability to combine (aggregate) multiple network connections in parallel. This increases throughput beyond what a single connection could sustain and provides redundancy in case one of the links should fail. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 349 Revertive – Determines whether the LACP group failover is revertive or not. A revertive group will change back to the active port if it comes back up. A MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 350 • Mode – Enable or disable learning. MAC Port Learning • Port – Core I/O Port ID. • Learn Mode – Enable Auto MAC learning or Disable. Secure mode discards learning frames. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 351 Differentiated Services (DS or DiffServ) field. Applications may add IEEE 802.1p tags, which contain a priority field that may be set from 0-7. Each value has a traffic class associated with it. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 352 • DSCP – This is the DSCP value to which the CoS value maps when the classified DPL is 0. • DSCP DPL 1-3 – This is the DSCP value to which the CoS value maps to for the corresponding classified DPL. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 353 • DSCP Translate – If True then the classified DSCP value is the DSCP value in the packed mapped to a new DSCP value defined by DSCP Ingress Translation. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 354 • Frame Rate – Set to true to measure the rate in fps instead of kbps. • Flow Control – Set to true to enable flow control on this interface. This will issue flow control pause frames in stead of disgarding frames. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 355 • Action – 12 fields associated with the packet Action: COS Enable, COS, DPL Enable, DPL, DSCP Enable, DSCP, PCP DEI Enable, PCP, DEI, Policy Enable, Policy, Action MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 356 Multicast Rate Type – Set the Multicast Storm Police Rate Type y. Multicast CIR – The Multicast Port Committed Information Rate. The Rate Type determines which CIR range to use. Ranges: KBPS 250-13128147, FPS 100-5242870. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 357 • Encapsulation – Set to Enable encapsulation ID • Encap ID – Encapsulation ID • L2CP – Set to Enable L2CP ID profile • L2CP ID – L2CP Profile ID MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 358 • Leaf VID – Leaf VLAN ID used in the outer tag • Leaf Int VID – Leaf internal classified VLAN ID • Rx Map ID – Ingress QoS map for the EVC at NNI MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 359 • Key – key type for the ingress lookup. Normal, double tag, ipAddr, macIpAddr • Key Adv – key type for advanced ingress lookup. Normal, double tag, ipAddr, macIpAddr MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 360 Control – The Control table allows settings for the Group Index entries: • Group Index – ERPS Group index number • Command – Contol command to execute • Port – Port on which the command executes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 361 Network Access Control allows the user to create policy groups for data rate limits. The data rate limit is set by the policy group set for the port. See the lettered list below for the parameter and table descriptions. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 362 • Logging – True: Frames matching the ACE are stored in the system log; False: Frames matching the ACE are not logged. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 363 The Real Time Clock selection allows the user to configure the Real Time Clock for the Core I/O. See section 6.5.4 Real-Time Clock Configuration for Network Group RTC settings. Global mode of NTP External Enable of PTP Method to adjust the PPS External output MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 364 • User Or Community – User or community name of this entry. • Access Group Name – Access group name of this entry. e. SNMP Config Access • Access Group Name • Security Model • Security Level MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 365 • Port – Port number • EVC ID – The allowed range is O to 454 • Mode – Start or stop a secure connection on the given port. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 366 • Conf Offset – Confidentially Offset parameter. • Include SCI – Always include SCI parameter. • S-VLAN ID – Service VLAN • Tags In Clear – Specify the number of tags in clear. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 367: Core I/O Status
8.2.3.7 8.2.3.8 8.2.3.9 HQoS 8.2.3.10 VLAN 8.2.3.11 8.2.3.12 ERPS 8.2.3.13 Loop Protection 8.2.3.14 Access Control 8.2.3.15 LLDP 8.2.3.16 Firmware 8.2.3.17 8.2.3.18 MACsec (Future Release) 8.2.3.19 Temperature 8.2.3.20 EthStat MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 368 Current switch software date Current switch software code revision Standby switch software version Standby switch software date Standby switch software code revisio Same descriptions as the active Ctr Switch Software MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 369 Status – The alarm status of the monitored point. o Alarm – The system status of the monitored point. • G.8032 Alarms – The switch major and switch minor alarms. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 370 • EVC Type – The EVC Type assigned to this path. • Name – The name of this EVC/Path. • VLAN – The outer VLAN of this EVC. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 371 • Port Fiber – Shows True for fiber SFP and False for cu SFP. • Port Speed – The current speed of the port. • Port SFP – includes the Type, Vendor, Port#, Rev – Four columns for the relevant information. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 372 Non-Unicast Pkts – Number or non-unicast frames received/transmitted on this port. o Discards – Number or discarded frames received/transmitted on this port. o Errors – Number or frames received/transmitted on this port with error. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 373 • Rx Unknown Frames – Number of unknown frames received and discarded in error. • Rx Illegal Frames – Number of illegal frames received and discarded in error. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 374 • Aggregated Ports – Member ports of the group added through Aggregation. • Speed – Speed of the aggregation group. • Type – Type of the aggregation group. • Mode – The aggregation mode for this group. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 375 • Tx Frames – Transmitted LACP frame count. • Rx Illegal Frames – Received illegal LACP frame count. • Rx Unknown Frames – Received unknown LACP frame count. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 376 MAC Table: A table of the MAC Addresses and the following parameters for each filtering identity. • Identity – Identity of the filtering DB. • Address –MAC address found. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 377 QCE Precedence: Table showing the association between the precedence Index and the QCE Id. • Precedence Index – The QCE precedence index. The position in the QCL. • QCE Id – Arbitrary Identifier for the QoS Control Entry MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 378 Config Interface: Table to show the scheduling Mode or the ports. • Port – Port for the HQoS scheduling. Ports A1-A6, B1-B6, Slots 1-10, SysIO, CPU, TDM and inactive. • Scheduling Mode – HQoS scheduling mode. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 379 Status and ECE precedence configuration. ECE Interface EVC Status EVC Interface CoS ID ECE Status Config ECE Precedence Note: See the list below for details about the contents the five status tables. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 380 • ECE Index – ECE Precedence Index • Conflict – Resource Conflict Indication Configure ECE Config ECE Precedence • Index – ECE Precedence Index • ECE ID – EVC Control Entry arbitrary identifier MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 381 • Topology Change – Whether to enable topology change propagation. Only valid in an interconnected node. • Protected Vlans – VLANs protected by this ring. Limited to 63 VLANs per group. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 382 • NR – Number of NoRequest events. • Remote MS – Number of remote ManualSwitch events. • Local MS – Number of local ManualSwitch events. • Remote FS – Number of remote ForcedSwitch events. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 383 • Loop Detected – Ports with a loop detected are marked True. • Loop Count – Number of times a loop was detected on this port. • Last Loop – Time of the last loop. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 384 ACE Hit Count • ACE ID • Counter – The hit count of this ACE. ACE Precedence • Precedence – The ACL hit precedence. • ACE ID MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 385 Subtype – Integer used to identify the subtype of the organizationally defined info received from the remote system. Identifies the information contained in the information string. o Index – Integer used to by this agent to identify an unrecognized MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 386 • Tables Deletes – The number of times a complete set of data was deleted in LLDP Remote Systems data tables. • Tables Drops – The number of times data could not be entered in LLDP Remote Systems data tables because of resource limits. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 387 CRC in image file invalid size failed to erase flash wrong version in image file download from URL failed invalid URL MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 388 • MEP Instance: Configuration is done in the network global windows. o Instance ID – The MEP instance ID. o Mode – The instance mode. Cannot change after creation. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 389 CCM RDI – The CCM RDI (Remote Defect Indication) state from peer MEP. o CCM Period – The CCM Period state from peer MEP. o CCM Priority – The CCM Priority state from peer MEP. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 390 Port 802.1AE Peer Status Port 802.1X Status MACsec App Ver Port Capability Port 802.1AE Capabilities Note: See the list below for details about the contents the status table. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 391 EVC ID – EVC ID from 0-454. o Max Peer SCs – port 802.1AE maxPeerSCs status o Max Receive Keys – port 802.1AE maxReceiveKeys status o Max Transmit Keys – port 802.1AE maxTransmitKeys status MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 392 • Temperature – Current port temperature in Celsius. • Power – The port thermal protection status. OK means operational and Temp Fault means the port is down due to temperature. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 393 Testing: No operational packets can be passed. Dormant: Waiting for external actions (such as a serial line waiting for an incoming connection) NotPresent: Interface has missing (typically, hardware) components. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 394 Duplex Status – The current mode of operation of the MAC entity: fullDuplex, halfDuplex, unknown. (“unknown” indicates that the current mode of the entity could not be determined). MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 395 2. Right click in the Annunciator area 2. Select the of the node view and select Navigation pane “Annunciator Settings and Status” 3. Expand the Slots heading 4. Double click on the Annunciator card MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 396: Annunciator Panel Settings (Chassis Front Leds)
LEDs provide the status of the cards in the chassis. 8.3.2 Annunciator Panel Status (Chassis Front LEDs) 8.3.2.1 General Status Annunciator General status provides identifying information for the device. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 397 Annunciator Alarm status gives the alarms associated with the Annunciator and alarms for the system. Indicates if Annunciator IU is in an alarm condition Indicates if the system is in an alarm condition Indicates the presence of any fan faults MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 398: Sys I/O Card
The System I/O dialog manages the card described in section 3.6. The I/O settings include T1/E1 and the clock. The status includes T1/E1, performance counters and the alarms. Reset the annunciator card MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 399 • Through Clk: Uses the clock recovered from the remote node's framer. This option can be used to keep this port's clock independent of the eXmux system's clock. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 400 Port T1 Framer mode: • SF: Super Frame • ESF: Extended Super Frame Port T1 Zero code: • AMI: Alternate Mark Inversion • B8ZS: Bipolar Eight Zero Substitution MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 401 NOTE: Additional settings are required on the System I/O Card, using jumpers. For jumper locations, see section 4.6.4.1. NOTE: Numbers in last column denote placement of shorting jumpers. E.g., 1-2 means jumper shorting pins 1 and 2. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 402 Use AGC 9-10 and 11-12 Select IRIG-B termination 562ohm IRIG-B 13-14 termination (default) 50ohm IRIG-B 15-16 termination Connect shell of IRIG-B SMA Ground shell 17-18 jack to ground MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 403: Sys I/O Status
It also provides the current status of the external inputs. Shows the Serial number of the SysIO card. The Version and Revision numbers for the ECB, FPGA and PIC External Input has been keyed MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 404 Indicates if any of the line, path, or multi-frame counters exceed the set-point. Since the framer has not lost sync, this generally means heavy bit errors or a configuration mismatch with the remote T1/E1. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 405 NOTE: The Accumulated counters show counts since the last SysIO counter reset while the Port Performance counters show the last second. For SysIO Counter reset see 8.4.1.2. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 406: Payload Card Overview
8.9 Serial Server Interface Unit • Telephone and audio 8.10 FXO Two Wire (4-Port) 8.11 FXS Two Wire (4-Port) 8.12 Two-Wire Audio (4-Port) 8.13 Four Wire Audio (4-Port) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 407: Navigate To A Payload Card
Force node offline, add card and bring node back online. If no card is present this state is temporary. Black Loading state The card is present but still loading data. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 408: Offline Add And Configure A Customer Payload Card
3. Right-click in the Payload Card slot that needs to be configured. The following drop- down list will appear. 4. Press Add Card. Right-click in an empty card to open the popup menu. From the list select Add card MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 409 In this example a C37.04 card was added to High Bandwidth slot number 7. The software inserts the correct interface image NOTE: These cards are all shown gray because the Node was forced offline. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 410 Shown below is a typical example message when the cursor is moved over the Interface Mode Setting for Port 1 on the Synchronous Multi-Protocol Payload Card. NOTE: When adding a new card, follow the configuration provided by the appropriate authority. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 411: Synchronous Multi-Protocol Interface (Rs-422/530, V.35, X.21)
General selection to configure on the configuration side of the dialog. Typically, configuration settings are entered on the left side of the dialog box while status is displayed on the right. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 412 Enter any port specific information of note. Remember to configure the second Payload Card (Interface 2 in this example) if the ports are required for communication. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 413 Adjust by dragging the slider or clicking the up/down counter 8.6.1.4 User Info Settings Synchronous Multi-Protocol Interface Enter any note describing the unique or unusual settings. Enter notes about the Sync card MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 414: Synchronous Multi-Protocol Status
The current state of the local Orange indicates that loopback loopback for this port. mode is active. When gray, loopback is not active MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 415: C37.94 Short Haul Fiber (Single And Multimode)
“Interface unit settings and status”. Shown below is the configuration dialog for the C37.94, Four-Port Data Interface. NOTE: The settings are the same for the Single Mode (C37.94S) and Multi-Mode (C37.94M). MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 416: C37.94 Short Haul Fiber Settings
C37.94 Interface Unit. Data rate is displayed, in this example for 3-timeslots No timeslots are allocated for Port 4, therefore Port 4 is NOT enabled MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 417 8.7.1.3 C37.94 User Info Settings The User Info field provides a place to note any considerations for the settings and employment of this card. Enter information needed for future reference MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 418: C37.94 Short Haul Fiber Status
Indicates lock status between local system timing and receiver interface Indicates receiver loss of sync. (LOS) Status of remote C37.94 receiver connected to local port Local and Remote loopback alarms MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 419 8.7.2.4 C37.94 Conflicts Status The Conflicts selection shows alarms between any pair of Ports on the C37.94 card. These alarms indicate a Timeslot problem between the given ports MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 420 To open the settings, double click or right click and select “Interface unit settings and status”. The following subsections contain the configuration and status dialogs for the Asynchronous, Four-Port RS-232/RS-485 Data Interface. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 421: Asynchronous Payload Card Settings
Set the 4-wire idle output to Tristate or Mark Set the Loopback mode for Enter notes specific to testing. the options are: this Async port. None, Local and Remote MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 422 Space N-8-2:11 None When programming the Async. Payload Card or the RS-485 Payload Card for any SEL Mirrored Bit Relay, the Character Length must be set to “9”. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 423: Asynchronous Payload Card Status
A minor alarm. This can include loopback active state and frame alarm. The Node Master Clock is missing for this unit. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 424: Serial Server Interface Unit
The graphical representation of the Payload Card is shown below; double-click within the Payload Card to configure. For Port Mapping see Section for point-to-point mapping and Section for point-to-multipoint mapping. For a physical description of the card see section 3.9.2. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 425: Serial Server Settings
If the IP address is dynamically set (default) the slider to dynamic. Set the slider to Static to set the status to override the Dynamic address. The user can then enter the required IP address. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 426 Click “Mtp Packet Setup” to configure Mtp Packet Note: The callouts for the port settings the Multipoint packets correspond to the sections below which contain more information on the dialogs. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 427 Enables termination on the RS-485 TX and RX wire. These two settings are disabled when the interface type is RS-232 Loopback Mode: Set to either none, local or remote. See Note 2. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 428 IP address, Netmask and Gateway. CAUTION: Ensure that the IP address entered is outside the range of addresses specified in the System Settings section. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 429 Serial Server modules in the same eXmux® chassis. The terminal software should be configured for telnet or SSH and configured for the port's IP address. The TCP port should be configured for MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 430 Buffering Delay to reduce the number of Multipoint generated Ethernet packets. Set to a number less than length of the stop-bit between messages. A setting of 2 (20 ms) works in most cases. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 431: Serial Server Pc Client Setup
1. On the computer, which is being used to access any SSRV port in PC client mode, open My Computer (Windows Explorer) and go to the C drive. Create a new directory ® named pcc in the C:\ root directory. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 432 3. Copy the plink.exe, putty.exe, puttygen.exe, and tunnel.bat files into c:\pccdirectory. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 433 7. In the Putty key generator application, press Save private key. Save the private key as C:\pcc\Px_key.ppk, where x is the port number. NOTE: Leave this window open to allow copying of the public key. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 434 Right-click on the selected text and select copy. d. In VNMS, press on the PCC Public Key text box and type Ctrlctrl + v (paste). 12. Change the port role to Server. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 435 Section 8. eXmux Node Configuration 13. Press Write. 14. From the start menu make sure that the Run command option is enabled. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 436 NOTE: If you want to connect to a PC client port on another PC, perform steps 1, 2, and 3 on the other PC, install a copy of the key files to the C:\pcc directory, then run steps 10, 11, and 12. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 437: Serial Server, Status
Serial Server card serial number Etched Circuit Board revision Version of the ARM9 microcontroller software Serial Server software version and date/time Serial Server uboot version Serial Server time since boot MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 438 The DNP Master Link alarms CAUTION: The Serial Server link status alarm indicates point-to-point network connectivity issues. However, network connection problems are not detected by the multipoint protocol or when using PC-Client. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 439 (either port address or module address) Certain VNMS settings require that the Serial Server be rebooted (also minor alarm) Revision levels in the eXmux and Serial Server are not compatable (also major alarm) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 440: Fxo Two Wire (4-Port)
Port is enabled. As needed, enable the RX and TX 1kHz test tone For functional testing, Enable the required test(s) Enter Port specific information for the user. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 441: Fxo Two Wire (4-Port) Status
8.10.2.1 FXO Two Wire General Status General status shows the identifying data for the board and firmware. The FXO board serial number The FXO board revision and version numbers MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 442 Master Clock signal for this interface unit. Indicates the payload card major or minor alarm status The Node Master Clock is missing for this interface unit. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 443: Fxs Two Wire (4-Port)
The FXS Interface Unit occupies one of the six mixed bandwidth slots (slots 1-6). To open the settings, double click or right click and select “Interface unit settings and status”. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 444: Fxs Two Wire (4-Port) Settings
Optional Vdc Max REN @ ≤ 100ft (30 Vrms Frequency Offset meters) 20 Hz ± 1% 20 Hz ± 1% 20 Hz ± 1% 20 Hz ± 1% MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 445: Fxs Two Wire (4-Port) Status
Tells if the port is ON or OFF Hook Indicates whether loopback is active Indicates whether the phone is in shutdown mode caused by protective circuitry RX and TX test tone activity MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 446: Two-Wire Audio (4-Port)
The Two Wire Audio Interface Unit occupies one of the six mixed bandwidth slots (slots 1- To open the settings, double click or right click and select “Interface unit settings and status”. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 447: Two-Wire Audio (4-Port) Interface Settings
NOTE 2: Select the signaling type, either Type I and III, Type II, Type V or none. 3.9.4.3 Four Wire Audio Interface for details on Signaling Types. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 448 8.12.1.3 Two Wire Audio Interface User Info The User selection provides a place to enter comments or data needed for reference about this card. Enter user information specific to this 2 Wire Audio card MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 449: Two-Wire Audio (4-Port) Interface Status
The 1 kHz test tone is active in the RX path towards the customer equipment The current state of the The current state of the local loopback remote loopback MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 450: Four Wire Audio (4-Port)
The Four Wire Audio Interface Unit occupies one of the six mixed bandwidth slots (slots 1-6). To open the settings, double click or right click and select “Interface unit settings and status”. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 451: Four Wire Audio (4-Port) Interface Settings
NOTE 3: For details on Signaling Types see Section 3.9.4.3 E & M Signaling for Two or Four Wire Audio Interfaces. Check for Type V, Type II or Type I or III. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 452: Four Wire Audio (4-Port) Interface Status
Below is the Status Section of the 4-Wire dialog with General selected. This provides the Serial number of the card and the Firmware versions. The 4 Wire Audio card serial number The 4 Wire Audio revision and version numbers MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 453 The Major and Minor alarm status of the Two-Wire Audio and a master clock alarm. Major and Minor Alarm status Red indicates a loss of master clock synchronization MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 454: Section 9. Rstp Network
2. Choose a node to add a new connection. Right-click on the selected node and then select Add New Connection. 3. VNMS Add New Connection Wizard activates. Follow the instructions of the wizard. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 455 Section 9. RSTP Network 4. Select the node and ports to be connected and then press Next. 5. Confirm that the network connections shown are correct and then press Next. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 456 Section 9. RSTP Network 6. Add the new connection to the RSTP Network and then press Next. 7. Once the new connection is configured, press Next to complete the addition. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 457 Section 9. RSTP Network 8. Physically connect the nodes to their ports and then press Finish. 9. The Graphical View is updated with new connections configured successfully. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 458: Add A New Node To The Rstp Network
Add New Node to Connection option. 3. VNMS Add New Node Wizard activates. Follow the instructions on the wizard to add a new node to existing network group. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 459 Section 9. RSTP Network MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 460 Section 9. RSTP Network Press Next. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 461 Section 9. RSTP Network MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 462 9. Choose a node in this network to add a spur node by right- clicking on the node and select Add New Node as Spur option. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 463 Section 9. RSTP Network 10. VNMS Add New Node Wizard activates. Follow the instructions on the wizard to add spur node to existing network. 11. Press Next. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 464 Section 9. RSTP Network 12. Press Finish. 13. Graphical View updated with Spur Node added to existing RSTP network. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 465: Add A New Spur To The Rstp Network
1. On Graphical View, verify all nodes in this network group are shown and the corresponding links matches actual connections. 2. Choose a node to remove by right-clicking on it and select Remove Node option. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 466 3. Remove Node Wizard activates. Select Yes to remove the node. 4. The Wizard removes the selected node. 5. On the “Remove Node Wizard” window, press Finish to complete the removal. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 467 Section 9. RSTP Network 6. Graphical View updated with node removed from network. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 468 Section 9. RSTP Network 7. Press Next MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 469 Section 9. RSTP Network MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 470 6. Choose a node in this network to add a spur node by right- clicking on the node and select Add New Node as Spur option. 7. VNMS Add New Node Wizard activates. Follow the instructions on the wizard to add spur node to existing network. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 471 Section 9. RSTP Network Press Next MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 472 Section 9. RSTP Network 8. Graphical View updated with Spur Node added to existing RSTP network. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 473: Section 10. System Maintenance
Both TDM over IP Engine IP addresses • if multicast mode will be configured) Multicast IP address ( • Main and Redundant VLAN ID • Switch IP Address • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 474 Verify that the power supply(ies) installed in each eXmux® unit will operate at the input supply voltage. Typical eXmux® Power Supply Label (Note from David – Need to update label?) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 475 NOTE: RFL recommends you use the Global IP Management to perform this function using the first IP address that was provided and change the node to the desired IP addresses. See section 6.5.1. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 476  IP Management Address  Subnet Mask  Gateway  Multicast IP Address.  TDM engines IP  Switch IP  Node ID  Group ID f. Reboot the eXmux® unit. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 477 Add the IP address of one of the nodes in the Network Click "Add to List." (See note 1.) VNMS displays the Gather credentials for node dialog box. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 478 7.2 Service Provisioning Example. Configure all Interface units and mapping as required. See section for Point-to-point mapping and section for Multipoint-to-multipoint mapping. Verify Interface Unit functionality. 10. Verify System functionality. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 479: Add An Exmux® Unit To An Existing System
Node settings. 4. Open VNMS. 5. In the Global Network Overview window, open the network group for the new node. Right Click and select Open Group MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 480 In the Topology Provisioning screen, press Show Topology. NOTE: At the lower left corner, the Show Topology button name becomes Hide Topology. EVC with the current Nodes MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 481 Make sure that both ports are set to have same mode. If new node has a default configuration then the suggested hybrid ports are Al-A4 and B1-B4. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 482 30. In this example it is Port A1. Select the port on new node that will be connected to the port disconnected earlier on node 30 The Graphical View is updated with the new node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 483 16. Connect the port on the new node. In this example the port selected was Port A1 on Node 40. Status messages 17. When the update is completed, press Finish. The steps describing the actions needed to cable the new node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 484 The new node is now part of the Management Path 20. Select Show Topology to view the path. The Topology shows the new node in the Management Path. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 485 This node is part of EVC 1 The new node is now part of the EVC This node is part of EVC 3 The new node is now part of the Hitless EVC MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 486: Card Removal And Replacement
• If previous and new are the same the old data will get copied to the new card (action performed by the eXmux system software) 5. If you suppressed the Inventory alarm, unsuppress it for that slot. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 487: Remove A Card
Once a Card is removed VNMS will show that slot as grey or blue, depending whether alarm suppression is on or off. If alarm suppression is off, typically a minor alarm is displayed. The MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 488: Insert A Card
2. Secure the latches so the card is fully seated. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 489: Controller Card
If neither works, follow the appropriate scenario for the card replacement. • Section 10.2.5.2 to Replace Controller Card on System with Single Controller • Section 10.2.5.3 to Replace Controller Card on System with Dual Controllers MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 490 Controller. The inactive Controller is now active and has all the data of the replaced card. The new Controller is now inactive. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 491 2. Remove the inactive Controller. 3. Right-click on the Controller card being replaced, and then select Accept Controller Inventory. Select “Accept Controller Right click to view the Inventory” drop-down menu MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 492: Core I/O
Disconnecting and removing the Core I/O from the eXmux® will cause the node to be down unless a redundant Core I/O is present. The Core I/O is removed from the rear of the eXmux® 4500 as described in the steps below: MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 493 4. Release the card by unscrewing the top and bottom screws. Then lift the top and bottom latches simultaneously. 5. Remove the card from the slot. NOTE: It is important to release both latches simultaneously. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 494 8. Insert the replacement Core I/O card. Take care when connecting to the mother board in the eXmux® 4500. It is possible to damage the connecting pins if excessive force is used. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 495 If the VNMS Request/Response Log is opened, clear the log messages by right-clicking in the log area at the bottom of the eXmux VNMS window and select Clear Log. 13. Confirm the bundle is restored. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 496 8. Ensure that the Core I/O card is fully seated by securing the latches. 9. Tighten the screws to the right (clockwise). 10. Reconnect the Core I/O card connectors. NOTE: Clear the log to view any recent messages. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 497: Replace The Sys I/O
4500. It is possible to damage the connecting pins if excessive force is used. 7. Ensure that the Sys I/O card is fully seated by securing the latches. 8. Tighten the screws to the right (clockwise). MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 498: Payload Card
Not active Grey Active Payload Card removed Blue Not active Original Install same settings and Suppress state Can be: type Payload Not active mapping are cleared Red/orange/green Card retained MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 499 Blue Not active Grey Active Payload Card removed Blue Not active VNMS clear card Suppress state Blank slot Not active command cleared 10.2.8.2 Suppress an Inventory Mismatch Alarm MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 500: Power Supply Replacement
The power supply in the 4500 can be removed for service. If a redundant supply is present the node will continue to function while the supply is being replaced. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 501 Ensure that the replacement power supply matches the failed unit and will operate at the available input supply voltage. A label next to the fuse on the replacement unit will indicate supply voltage and fuse rating. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 502: Insert A Power Supply
3. Tighten the screw under the latch. 4. Turn the power supply on. Tighten the thumbscrew. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 503: Power Supply - Handling States
Use replacement fuse RF-109787, FUSE CERM 16A 5X20MM or equivalent. Replace Fuse Locate Fuse Press firmly when inserting the replacement fuse. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 504: Using The Hps/Rfl System Software Upgrade Utility
3. Navigate to the save location. The default location is suggested. 4. Change the file name if needed. The default is the current Network name with the date and time. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 505: Upgrading Exmux Software
2. In the Software Upgrader Tool: Component Selection dialog, Select the Components to be upgraded. VNMS allows selection of detected Components. In this example VNMS detected eXmux and SSrv 4500 in the connected Network Groups MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 506 Upgrade State messages will be displayed. After an Upgrade Successful message is displayed the network will come back on-line and the Update from heading will display the new version of the Serial Server software. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 507 6. All the nodes in the Network Groups are displayed. Uncheck the nodes that do not require upgrading. Connection status is also shown. IP address information and passwords are retained when eXmux® units are re- configured making access possible. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 508 Typically the files will follow the Linux extension format for zipped files (tar.gz). A typical path would be C:\Exmux3500 Visual NMS\upgrade_packs Select the file type of the archive MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 509 20-minutes. After the Upgrade Successful message is displayed the network will come back on-line and the new operating and standby (if installed) versions will be displayed in the utility dialog. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 510: Section 11. Troubleshooting Guide
3. Verify the Core I/O slot LED at the front of the chassis is on. See section 3.4.5. 4. Try reseating the Core I/O card by loosening the slot screws and gently pulling back the ejection handles then pushing it forward once again. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 511: Or 1G Fiber Link Is Not Coming Up
Ensure that the remote SFP transceivers match the local unit regarding: • Speed (1G or 10G/s)* • Mode (Single or Multi) • Fiber optic losses are within specification. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 512 5. In the Port SFP columns including the Type, Vendor, Port#, Rev verify the relevant SFP information. 11.2.2.4 Verify Tx output is within tolerance. See section 8.2.3.4 for status of the SFPs. 1. Open the Node View. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 513: 10/100/1000 Copper Link Not Coming Up
11.2.3.2 Verify correct crimping of Cat5/5e cable being used. High Speed (10G) Network Side Fiber Connectors Ethernet Interface SFP sockets 2-ports of Access (1G) Ethernet Interface 2-Ports SFP sockets • • 2-RJ-45 Electrical Connectors Wired Connectors MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 514: No Data Flow On A Link
1. If the user data incoming to the port (ingress traffic) is tagged with VLAN(s), verify that there's an appropriate "Virtual Private", e.g.: EVPL, EVP-LAN service associated with MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 515: Common Core I/O Alarms
Node Alarm Settings. More on this alarm is discussed in the following sections: 6.5.6.2 Modify Network Group 8.2.2.2 Modify Node alarm settings 8.2.3.2 Node alarm status 8.2.3.4 Individual port status MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 516 • Control VLAN used by an ERPS instance is blocked or disallowed in the network. • A port is administratively disabled. • A G.8032 instance is forced or manually switched to protection state. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 517: Controller
5. Try replacing the Controller card with a known good card. For instruction on the proper procedure to remove or replace a card see section 10.2.2 Overview of actions for removing and inserting a card MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 518: Troubleshooting Controller Alarms And Led Indicators
“B” connector at the eXmux® unit end. Note only one computer can be connected at one time to either the front or rear of the eXmux® unit. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 519 2. To view the drive details, right clock on the port and select Properties. 3. Select the Driver tab. 4. Press Driver Details. See the eXmux® unit instruction manual for details on installing the USB Communication Utility. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 520: Interface Units Issues
 First ensure that modules on both ends are enabled, mapped, and data rates set to match.  Ensure that all alarms associated with these modules and nodes are cleared. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 521 MINOR ALARM HOW IS ALARM GENERATED UNIT Master Clock Not Detected Loop-Back(s) Enabled Interface Clock Not Detected (DTE ONLY) 2-Port Sync. Multi-Protocol IU Overlapping Timeslots PLL Failure Inventory Mismatch MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 522: Troubleshooting A C37.94 Card
Typical 4-Wire module communications problem solutions:  First ensure that modules on both ends are enabled and mapped.  Ensure that all alarms associated with these modules and nodes are cleared. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 523: Troubleshooting A 2-Wire Card
TX or RX Test Tone Enabled Force-Busy-Signaling Enabled Inventory Mismatch 11.4.5 Troubleshooting a 2-Wire card 11.4.5.1 No Communications Remove and reinsert the card as shown in section 10.2 Card Removal and Replacement. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 524: Troubleshooting An Fxs Card
MINOR ALARM HOW IS ALARM GENERATED Master Clock Not Detected Loop-Back(s) Enabled 4-Port FXS Telephone IU TX or RX Test Tone Enabled SLIC Shutdown (In Protection Mode) Inventory Mismatch MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 525: Troubleshooting An Fxo Card
MAJOR ALARM MINOR ALARM HOW IS ALARM GENERATED Master Clock Not Detected Loop-Back(s) Enabled 4-Port FXO Telephone IU TX or RX Test Tone Active per Port Inventory Mismatch MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 526: Troubleshooting A Serial Server Card
11.4.9 Card not being recognized by the system 11.4.9.1 Verify the IU card is seated correctly in the slot. Remove and reinsert the card as shown in section 10.2 Card Removal and Replacement. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 527: Four-Port T1/E1
 First ensure that ports on both ends are enabled and mapped.  Ensure that all alarms associated with these modules and nodes are cleared.  Use Local and Remote Loop-Back features to test functionality of individual ports. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 528: System I/O
Minor alarm has been generated. The board configuration failed Sys I/O Board Manager detected a mismatch in the inventory during bootup Inventory Mismatch Change of state for PTP clock source MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 529: Gps, Irig-B And 1Pps
1PPS of the unit achieved lock with GPS, if the receiver loses satellite signal. If persisting, verify visibility of sky, verify condition of GPS antenna and connections. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 530: Date And Time Not Synchronizing
On VNMS, open the Global RTC Status screen and confirm the Active RTC source is correct. b) If not, configure the expected RTC source via the Global RTC Settings. Refer to RTC Section 6.5.4 for more details on setup. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 531: Signal Is Not Being Detected
3) Verify alarm contacts by checking with a multimeter, the NO and NC contacts are functional. If the relay contacts are not engaging, the alarm contacts may be faulty, please contact Hubbell for further assistance on a RMA request. 11.6.6.2 Input Terminal If the Left or Right Power Supply is not functional, it will trigger a minor alarm.
Page 532: Card Not Being Recognized By The System
NOTE: Verify and compare the details in the Neighbor table have the same Network Group ID, Timing Protocol and Neighbor Discovery Master for both nodes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 533: No Communications On A Tdm Bundle
Note the slot and port numbers 5. Open the Node View 6. Open the card Settings for the Card in the Slot noted earlier. Open the Settings and Status dialog MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 534 NOTE: Verify and compare the details in the Neighbor table have the same Network Group ID, Timing Protocol and Neighbor Discovery Master for both nodes. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 535: Constant Slips Or Bit Errors On The Data
1) For each node, open the Node Controller Card settings. 2) Press TDM. 3) Ensure TDM timing protocol is configured correctly on all nodes. See section 8.1.2.3 for TDM Timing Protocol. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 536 Right-click on the port associated with the bundle and open the Bundle Settings and Status. c) Press Statistics. See section 7.4.6.6 and then select Statistics in Bundle Settings and Status. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 537: Bundle Alarms
 Buffer Underrun – This occurs when the local TDM timing is at a higher frequency than the other side. This results in a Jump Event, where alternate data is slipped in the MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 538: Timing Alarms
Red for major alarm or major and minor alarm). In addition, the symbolic representation of the chassis alarm LED’s will indicate the alarm state of that node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 539: Unable To Install Vnms
Make sure SQL server is running. b. Make sure user has admin rights and running VNMS installer as admin from Local User directory (Do not install from Public directory) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 540: Unable To Discover An Exmux Network
Network Interface Card and verify if an eXmux Management IP address can be pinged after. • Try restarting the network interface used to connect with the eXmux network. • Try rebooting the client computer. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 541: Unable To Receive Snmp Traps
11.9.4.1 Verify Network ports’ mode is set correctly Section 6.5.5.1.4 Ethernet Ports – VLAN Configuration allows the user to pause the mouse over the port and verify the mode. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 542 3. Enter the network name and press OK. Steps 1 and 2 Step 3 4. If asked to auto discover the network immediately, press yes. 5. Enter the IP address of the connected node. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 543: Understanding The Sequence Of Events (Soe) And Audit Log
Serial Server PC Client Setup Putty is a free terminal emulator that can provide telnet, SSH, Serial access. The RFL™ eXmux® unit can be accessed via a SSH session or Serial. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 544 Open Putty SSH Session 1. In the Category navigation menu, Select Window to view Window options. 2. Change the Lines of scrollback in the window from 200 to 2000000. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 545 Right- click on the putty window will bring up the command options. The most useful commands are: • Copy All to Clipboard: Copies data in the PuTTY window to a buffer. • Clear Scrollback: Clear the entire putty window. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 546 4. With the right mouse button, click on the text area and select Paste. 5. Save the text document. Include the node name in the filename. 6. Email to RFL technical support. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 547: Retrieving The Diagnostic Logs
1. Select System Status from the Main Menu. 2. Press Enter. 3. Select Application Logs from the System Status menu. 4. Press Enter. 5. Select the log of interest. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 548: Power Supply
Observe the overall status of the Power supplies in the Alarms status of the Main card. Set the Power Supply Alarms to: Enable or Disable Minor • Accept Power Inventory • None • Suppress Power Alarm • MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 549: No Power
Power Supply not detected by the System 11.12.2.1 Verify correct input voltage Use a meter to verify the input power meets the required inputs. See section 12.1.4 Power Supply for Power Supply specifications. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 550: Power Supply Alarms
Power Supply Switch is OFF/fuse good Power Supply Power Supply Switch is ON/fuse blown** Input voltage is either below or above operating parameters and the power supply has shut down for protection. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 551: Sectiom 12. Technical Data
Cable length: Single-mode: Up to 10km (6.2 miles) Because Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. has a policy of continuous product improvement, we reserve the right to change designs and specifications without notice and as such this policy applies to the entire document, even when not specifically referenced.
Page 552 HI-Z output or “Mark” for 4-wire no-data condition 120 Ω terminations for input and output TDM Interface Information: Number of TDM Interfaces (2.048 1 (Not applicable to Serial Server) Mbps buses): Signal interconnection: RS-485 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 553: Telephone/Audio Interfaces
Tracking: (gain deviation for a 1004-Hz input) +3 to -37 dBm0: 0.5 dB maximum -37 to -50 dBm0: 1.0 dB maximum -50 to -60 dBm0: 2.0 dB maximum MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 554 -20 to +10 dB in 0.5 dB steps Input Signal Level: Max +5 dBm, nominal -16 dBm Output Signal Level: Max +10 dBm, +7 dBm nominal Audio Interface: Input Impedance: 600Ω Output Impedance: 600Ω MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 555 -20 to +10 dB in 0.5 dB steps Input Signal Level: Max +5 dBm, nominal -16 dBm Output Signal Level: Max +10 dBm, +7 dBm nominal Audio Interface: Input Impedance: 600Ω Output Impedance: 600Ω MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 556: Ethernet Optical Interfaces
MM LC Connector 10000Base-LX 1310nm 10km/6.2mi SM LC Connector 10000Base-FX 1550nm 40km/24.9mi SM LC Connector 10000Base-ZX 1550nm 80km/49.7mi SM LC Connector 10000Base-ZX 1550nm 120km/74.5mi SM LC Connector (Commercial Grade) MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 557: Power Supply
Inputs isolated from output: common floating Inputs isolated from chassis (2800Vdc) – with SWC protection TVS/MOV devices ground: disconnected Output and circuit common 100Vdc isolated from chassis ground: MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 558: Environmental And Safety Compliances
Temperature IEC 60870-2-2 table 1 Humidity IEC 60870-2-2 table 1 Barometric Pressure IEC 60870-2-2 table 1 Mechanical & seismic 5.5 IEC 255-21-2 Pollution & Corrosion 5.6 IEC 60654-4 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 559: Emi Regulatory Compliance
Slow Input Variations 0V to nominal voltage to 0V, over 10 seconds Interruptions: 20 ms interruptions once every 20 seconds for 10 minutes Pseudo-random (0.83ms to 16.7ms) interruptions MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 560: Disposal
When disposing of equipment, it should be done in strict accordance with all local and national regulations for the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment. The printed circuit boards should be separated for recycling. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
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Page 562: Glossary
- Decibel Ratio of Watts. The output power of a signal referenced to an input signal of 1mW. Because Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. has a policy of continuous product improvement, we reserve the right to change designs and specifications without notice and as such this policy applies to the entire document, even when not specifically referenced.
Page 563 ‘M’ lead, for signaling and supervisory purposes. FDB - Filtering Data Base, used in VLAN configuration. FDB - Forwarding Data Base. ESD - Electrostatic Discharge. FDA - Federal Drug Administration. FE - Fast Ethernet MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 564 MSTP - Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol. MSTI - Multiple Spanning Tree Instance NTP - Network Time Protocol. Systems on the internet that have the same time relative to Greenwich Mean Time. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 565 RTU - Remote Terminal Unit. SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. SCB - Serial Control Bus. SFP - Small Form Factor pluggable transceiver, hot-pluggable transceiver for optical fiber. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 566 USB - Universal Serial Bus. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network. A mechanism for controlling message traffic flow. VNMS - Visual Network Management Software. WAN - Wide Area Network. MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 567 Abbreviations and Index MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 568 8-11 settings and status, 8-115 C37.94 bandwidth, 8-138 configration, 8-109 board description, 3-30 ARP, 8-14, 8-83 C37.94M, 8-137 Async C37.94S, 8-137 conflicts, 8-141 alarm status, 8-146 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 569 EVC, 8-100 MAC address status, 8-96 QCE, 8-75 mirror port list, 8-65 QCE status, 8-97 traps, 8-15 connections VLAN, 8-96 alarm relay, 4-16 destination node customer interface, 4-14 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 570 Mirroring, 8-63 Port Settings, 8-62 Four Wire Audio, 8-171, 8-176 QOS, 8-71 compatibility modes, 8-174 Real Time Clock, 8-83 configuring, 8-173 Spanning Tree, 8-66 port configurations, 8-174 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 571 Annunciator, 8-118 settings Access Control, 8-83 status, chassis, 8-40 settings, EVC, 8-78 line-rate settings, QoS, 8-73 HQoS, 8-98 settings, VLAN, 8-61 QoS, 8-74 status, port drop events, 8-93 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 572 Ethernet Switch, 8-61 configure, 6-1 network, 6-33 Network Group Microsoft status Real-Time Clock, 6-92 report export formats, 6-68, 6-88 node mirror access management, 6-6 Async, considerations, 8-144 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 573 CIR, 8-76 EVC, 8-79 mapping color, 7-43 interface queue, 8-74 redundant port, 8-74 Controller, 8-23, 8-45 storm, 8-76 redundant Controller unicast, 8-76 status LEDs, 3-12 port configuration redundant path MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 574 10-27 safety new system, 10-21 safety summary, 2-1 non-configured, 10-24 satellite preconfigured with factory IP addresses, 10-22 GPS coverage, 8-52 non-configured system, 10-22 Serial Server preconfigured system, 10-22 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 575 Network Group status, 6-90 unpacking, 4-1 node status, 8-49 Provisioning, 8-33 Upgrade Utility, 10-54 source, 6-38, 8-11 USB Ports, 3-14 TDM VLAN Tagging Non-Hitless, 8-37 USB Utility, 5-38 TDMIP, 8-13 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
Page 576 ID, 8-60 VSWITCH, 6-85 logical topology, 8-90 warnings and safety MAC, 8-96 summary, 2-1 management VLANs, 6-33 Warranty, 1 MEP configuration, 8-109 Window menu, VNMS, 6-33 mgmtVLAN, 8-61 MUX 4500 Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. – RFL™ Products June 2023 973.334.3100...
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Page 578 6/16 outage Because Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. has a policy of continuous product improvement, we reserve the right to change designs and specifications without notice and as such this policy applies to the entire document, even when not specifically referenced.
Page 579 Section 15. Alarm Tables Table 15-1. Slot Alarms Level 1 Level 2 Alarm Level 3 Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level IU Major Alarm = IU Major Major slotMJAlarmState Alarm for a slot IU Minor Alarm = IU Minor Minor slotMNAlarmState Alarm for a slot...
Page 580 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level P1 Remote Loopback Minor twowire45StatusPort1RemoteLoopBackSt atus P1 Local Loopback Minor twowire45StatusPort1LocalLoopBackStat P2 Force-Busy Active Minor twowire45StatusPort2ForceBusyStatus P2 TX Test Tone On Minor twowire45StatusPort2TXTestToneStatus P2 RX Test Tone On Minor twowire45StatusPort2RXTestToneStatus P2 Remote Loopback...
Page 581 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm SOE 2 SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level P4 TX Test Tone On Minor fourwire45StatusPort4TXTestToneStatus P4 RX Test Tone On Minor fourwire45StatusPort4RXTestToneStatus P4 Remote Loopback Minor fourwire45StatusPort4RemoteLoopBackSt atus P4 Local Loopback Minor fourwire45StatusPort4LocalLoopBackStat Table 15-5.
Page 582 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level P1 Local Loopback Minor c3794m45StatusPort1LocalLoopbackAlar Alarm P1 Remote Loopback Minor c3794m45StatusPort1RemoteLoopbackAl Alarm P2 RX LOS Alarm Minor c3794m45StatusPort2ReceiveLossOfSync Alarm P2 RX Yellow Alarm Minor c3794m45StatusPort2RXYellowAlarm P2 Local Loopback Minor...
Page 583 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level P2 Remote Loopback Minor c3794s45StatusPort2RemoteLoopba Alarm ckAlarm P3 RX LOS Alarm Minor c3794s45StatusPort3ReceiveLossOf SyncAlarm P3 RX Yellow Alarm Minor c3794s45StatusPort3RXYellowAlarm P3 Local Loopback Alarm Minor c3794s45StatusPort3LocalLoopback Alarm...
Page 584 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level P1 RX Test Tone On Minor fxs45Port1RXTestTone P1 TX Test Tone On Minor fxs45Port1TXTestTone P2 Loopback Active Minor fxs45Port2LoopBackStatus P2 Protect Shutdown Minor fxs45Port2AutoShutdown P2 RX Test Tone On Minor fxs45Port2RXTestTone...
Page 585 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Level P1 Remote Minor ssrv45StatusPort1RemoteLoopbac Loopback Alarm kAlarm P1 Serial Buffer Minor ssrv45StatusPort1SerialBufferOve Overrun rrun P1 DNP3 Master 1 Minor ssrv45StatusPort1Master1LinkAlar Link P1 DNP3 Master 2 Minor ssrv45StatusPort1Master2LinkAlar Link...
Page 586 Table 15-13. SysIO Alarms Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Alarm Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level Major Major sysio45StatusMajorAlarm Alarm Port 1 Major sysio45StatusPort1MajorAlarm Major Alarm Port 1 Master Clock Alarm Major sysio45StatusPort1MasterClockAlarm Port 1 Framer RX Clock Major sysio45StatusPort1RXClockAlarm Alarm...
Page 587 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Alarm Level Port x Major p4t1e1StatusPortxMajorAlar Major Alarm Port x Major p4t1e1StatusPortxFLOS Frame Loss Port x Major p4t1e1StatusPortxFRCL Carrier Loss Port x Major p4t1e1StatusPortxRUA1 Unframed Ones Port x Major p4t1e1StatusPortxRXClockAl...
Page 588 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Alarm Level Port 1 Major tps45StatusPort1AddressFailAla Address Fail Alarm Port 1 CRC Major tps45StatusPort1CRCFailAlarm Fail Alarm Port 2 Major tps45StatusPort2MajorAlarm Major Alarm Port 2 Major tps45StatusPort2HardwareAlar Hardware Alarm Port 2...
Page 589 Level 1 Level 2 Alarm Level 3 Level 4 Alarm SOE 2 SNMP Name Alarm Alarm Alarm Level Minor slotMNAlarmState IU Minor Alarm (any slot) Inventory Mismatch Minor bmInvMismatchAlarmStatus Alarm Critical configuration Minor systemCriticalConfigAlarm change NTP Sync Failure Minor systemNTPsyncFailAlarmState Alarm Default admin Minor...
Page 590 Table 15-18. Bundle Alarms Level 2 Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm Alarm SNMP Name Level 1 Alarm Level Alarm Bundle Major tdmoipAlarmStatusMajorAlarm4BndlErrs Major Alarm Major Alarm Major tdmoipBndlMajorAlarmStatus (per bundle) Not Receiving Major tdmoipBndlCommFailureAlarm Packets Bundle Minor tdmoipAlarmStatusMinorAlarm4BndlErrs Minor Alarm (any bundle)
Page 591 Level 2 Alarm Level 3 Alarm Level 4 Alarm SNMP Name Level 1 Alarm Level Alarm Switch TDM 1 triState alarmStatusVswLinkTdmE1 Link Alarm Switch TDM 2 triState alarmStatusVswLinkTdmE2 Link Alarm Switch Port A1 triState alarmStatusVswAdminPortA1 Disabled Switch Port A2 triState alarmStatusVswAdminPortA2 Disabled Switch Port A3...
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