Optional Features - Paradyne COMSPHERE 3610 Operator's Manual

The COMSPHERE 6800 Series NMS, operating in
Advanced Diagnostic protocol (ADp) or
DATAPHONE II (DPII) mode, provides full
product support.
NOTE
Except where a distinction is
made, the term NMS is used in
this manual as a generic
reference to all of network
management systems.
The DATAPHONE II System Controller,
Diagnostic Console, or Network Controller using
the DATAPHONE II protocol provides status,
testing and limited configuration capability for
DSUs and DBMs.
ANALYSIS 6510 NMS, using the Diagnostic
Microcomputer (DMC) protocol, provides limited
support to perform basic testing of the DSU and
DBM and monitors health status of control DSUs.
However, it does not support nondisruptive
diagnostics.
Diagnostic Control Panel control. Both the
Model 3610 and 3611 DSUs can be controlled from
a diagnostic control panel with a 2-line,
16-character liquid crystal display (LCD),
light-emitting diode (LED) status indicators, and
software-defined function keys.
The diagnostic control panel (DCP) also provides
health and status displays, allows manual entry of
configuration options, and permits the initiation of
tests and commands. The shared diagnostic control
panel (SDCP), used with carrier-mounted 3611
DSUs, is shared by as many as 128 DSUs.
NOTE
Except where a distinction is
made, the term DCP refers to
both types of diagnostic control
panels, the DCP or the SDCP.
The DCP (or SDCP) has a special security feature
that allows the DCP to be locked so that only
authorized personnel can change configuration
options (the normal state of the DCP is unlocked).
If you find that you can only display configuration
options but cannot change them, see your System
Administrator for assistance.
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Async Terminal control. A Model 3610 DSU can
be controlled from an async (asynchronous)
terminal. When this feature is enabled, the DSU is
operated from the async terminal's keyboard and
menus.
Full tributary diagnostics. A 3600 Series DSU
supports an enhanced set of diagnostic tests and
commands. The set of diagnostics can be addressed
to tributaries from a COMSPHERE 6700 or
6800 Series NMS workstation, or an ANALYSIS
6510 NMS workstation, or from the DCP of a
control DSU, or from a DATAPHONE II System
Controller or Network Controller.
The DSU supports local loopback, DTE loopback,
digital loopback, and bilateral loopback. The DSU
supports the ITU-T V.54 signaling to initiate a
digital loopback on a point-to-point circuit.
Aggregate Switching. Aggregate Switching
provides an additional mode of dial backup. When
enabled, the DSU provides an internal aggregate
data stream that includes diagnostics and framing
on the alternate V.35 or EIA-232-D interfaces of
Port 1. The aggregate port can then be connected to
a DBM.
External dial backup. An external dial backup
unit (DBU) (e.g., a 3800 Series dial/lease modem)
can provide backup for a point-to-point DSU. By
monitoring the data terminal ready (DTR) lead on
the DTE port that supports the aggregate data path,
the 3600 Series DSU can set up a backup session
when the external DBU receives an incoming call.
The DTR lead of the DSU's alternate DTE port
then switches the data path. Using another method,
the local 3600 Series DSU can initiate and
terminate a backup call by controlling the DTR lead
of the external DBU by controlling the data set
ready (DSR) lead.

Optional Features

Although the 3600 Series DSU offers many standard
features, it also provides many options. The following is a
list of available options:
DBM (V.32 and Switched 56)
TDM
MCMP
SNA Diagnostic Interface
Digital Bridge
July 1999
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