64 Port
Plus - E1 Monitoring GROOMER
Hi-Z Non-Intrusive
Hi-Impedance Monitoring Solution
Product Overview
| The
VCL-MegaConnect, 64 Port Plus - E1 Monitoring Groomer is
suitable for non-intrusive monitoring of upto 32, "live" E1
traffic links, bidirectionally (i.e. in both transmit and
receive directions through
its 64 E1
receivers) through a high impedance
(Hi-Z) path. Additionally, the equipment |
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also provides 16 output
E1 ports that shall connect the aggregated time-slots which have
been non-intrusively "monitored" from the 32, "live" E1 traffic
links to the user's protocol analysers, test probes, etc. |
The
VCL-MegaConnect, 64 Port Plus
- E1 Monitoring Groomer, (PDF) occupies only a 3U high
rack-space, and is a compact 19-inch stand-alone unit. The unit is
powered by and operates on a dual (1+1 protected) -48V DC power
supply. An AC mains option is also available with an external AC-DC
converter.
The equipment is provided with BOTH,
RS232 Serial Interface for COM Port connection and as well as a
TCP/IP LAN Interface (10BaseT) for providing equipment access
through Telnet over a LAN/TCI/IP link. The user may select and use
either of these ports for executing HyperTerminal text commands for
configuration etc. The access for configuration and system
management is provided through CLI (Command Line Interface) text
commands which may be executed either from a serial (COM) Port of a
PC or through the TCP/IP 10/100BaseT LAN Interface. The 10/100BaseT
LAN Interface allows the equipment to be connected on a TCP/IP
network for remote access for configuration and monitoring over
LAN/TCP/IP link. The system is also supplied with an easy to use
Windows (95, 98, Me, XP) Graphical User Interface that provides the
user a complete control to prepare multiple configuration "maps" and
store them as easy to read data files. Dry contact relay alarm
output is also available at rear of the system to connect the system
to an external audio/visual alarm output though a dry relay contact.
The Groomer is capable of
non-intrusively monitoring upto 32 "live" E1 links and grooming the
selected 64 Kbps time-slots to the 16 additional output E1 Ports
provided in the equipment. The 64, E1 receivers of the Groomer shall
connect to the 32, E1 "live traffic" links which are to be
monitored, non-Intrusively. 16 additional (Normal-Z) output E1 Ports
are also provided by the equipment which shall route the aggregated
data of the "monitored" time-slots to the user’s test equipment,
such as protocol analysers, test probes, billing servers etc.
The Groomer (E1 Monitoring DACS) is
capable of monitoring a -20dBdsx (0.3Volt Pulse) E1 signal through a
Hi-Z path, without in any way affecting or disturbing the "live" E1
traffic that is required to be monitored.
The equipment offers the user with
complete flexibility to choose and select time-slots from each of
the 32 E1 links that are being monitored, without limitation or
restrictions, through the internal TSI non-blocking switch (data
received by the equipment's 64 E1 receivers) and then aggregate the
selected time-slots to the 16 output E1 ports that shall connect to
the test probes etc.
Non-Intrusive Monitoring
Applications
Front View
Rear View
The additional solutions are offered
and available for Hi-z non-intrusive live traffic monitoring
applications are:
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The
16 E1 Port Groomer for Hi-Z Monitoring provides upto 7 E1 links (14 T1 Ports) plus 2 additional
spare E1 ports (Normal-Z) to connect to the measurement-probe,
billing servers etc.
The
16 T1 Port Groomer for Hi-Z Monitoring provides upto 7 T1 links (14 T1 Ports) plus 2 additional
spare T1 ports (Normal-Z) to connect to the measurement-probe,
billing servers etc.
The
32 E1 Port Groomer for monitoring provides upto 16 E1
links (32 E1 Ports) plus 4 additional spare E1 ports (Normal-Z) to
connect to the measurement-probe, billing servers etc.
The
32 T1 Port Groomer for monitoring provides upto 16 T1
links (32 T1 Ports) plus 4 additional spare T1 ports (Normal-Z) to
connect to the measurement-probe, billing servers etc.
The
scalable
64 E1 Port Groomer for monitoring provides upto
30 E1 links (60 E1 Ports) plus 4 additional spare E1 ports
(Normal-Z) to connect to the measurement-probe, billing servers
etc. The version is scalable from 8 ports to 64 ports (with
increments of 8 ports).
The
scalable
64 T1 Port Groomer for monitoring provides upto 30 T1 links (60 T1 Ports) plus 4 additional spare T1 ports
(Normal-Z) to connect to the measurement-probe, billing servers
etc. The version is scalable from 8 ports to 64 ports (with
increments of 8 ports).
64 Port
Plus T1 Monitoring Groomer (Hi-Z Non Intrusive Monitoring)
Indications and Alarm
Monitoring
- Loss of incoming signal at any E1
Port
- Configuration Error Alarm
- Clock Status
- 1 to 64 E1 Ports - LED indicators
to indicate the status of each E1 Monitoring Port
- 1 to 16 E1 Ports - LED indicators
to indicate the status of each E1 Test Port
- +3 Volts Power Supply
- -48V DC Input Voltage present
- Configuration Error
Programmable Features
- Specifying the priority sequence
for clock selection
- Enabling or Disabling E1 Ports
(masking) of the E1 Ports that are not in use
- Creating a cross connect between
E1s at DS-O level (single time-slot level) using the CLI text
commands or Windows based GUI
- Telnet interface for remote
programming
Status Monitoring
- Clock Selection
- Status of alarms
- Enabled/Disabled status of E1
Ports
- Monitoring of the VCL-MegaConnect
E1 64 Port Groomer, status and configuration.
