• Protection Switch

E1 Failover (E1 Automatic Protection) Switch

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Product Overview

E1 Fail-Over (E1 Protection) Switch (12 E1 Ports - 4 Links) allows the user to connect a single E1 line from the telephone company to an "active", as well as to a "standby" E1 terminal, such as data server / router etc. at the customer premises.

E1 Automatic Protection (Failover) Switch

E1 Automatic Protection (Failover) Switch - Presentation

E1 Automatic Protection (Failover) Switch - Data Sheet

In the event of the failure of the data server(s) / equipment connected to the "A / active" ports, the T1 Protection (Fail-Over) Switch shall automatically switch and connect the T1 line(s) from the telephone company to the data server(s) / equipment connected to "B / standby" ports. This ensures minimum downtime -that would have otherwise occurred due to equipment failure. Enhances the efficiency of that network.

Features and Highlights

  • Allows the user to connect an E1 line from the Telephone Company and to switch it automatically between an "active" and a "standby" E1 terminal at the customer premises. The user programmable switching criterion may be Loss Of E1 Signal, AIS and Loss Of E1 Frame.
  • Can accommodate upto four E1 lines - may be used switch between "active" and "standby" E1 terminals connected to upto four (or fewer) E1 lines.
  • Independent switching for each of the four E1 lines.
  • User programmable switching criterion - independent for each E1 line.
  • Built-in real-time clock / real-time logging maintains a history of all events.
  • Remotely accessible over a TCP-IP networks. Allows the user to access and carry out maintenance, or / and switch the E1 line(s) between the "active" and "standby" E1 terminals, remotely, if required.
  • Allows the users to install and maintain active/standby/duplicate customer premises data networks/data servers, without bearing the recurring $$ expense of leasing additional expensive E1 lines from the telephone company.
  • Automatically switches the E1 line from the Telephone Company between the "active" and "standby" E1 equipment at the customer premises, according to the customer-programmed criterion.
  • Improves equipment and data security.
  • Allows the user to co-locate the "backup / standby" equipment in a different room/building and prevent any data loss arising out of conditions of natural calamity such as fire, flooding etc.
  • Increases the reliability of the customer's data/IT networks without having to bear the recurring and additional cost of leasing additional E1 lines from the telephone company. The equipment may be used to create secondary/backup systems at the customer premises to provide virtually uninterrupted service.

User programmable criterion for switching between Active and Standby E1 Links at the customers premises:

Loss Of E1 Signal (LOS)

The Loss of Signal condition in a E1 may occur due to:

  • The failure of the E1 Port of the customer premises equipment.
  • Or due to loss of power to the customer premises equipment.
  • Or due to the disconnection of the E1 cable between the protection Switch and the E1 Port of the customer premises equipment.

The cause of LOF is 2 out of 5 Ft bits are in error for D4 Framing and 2 out of 5 frame bits are in error for ESF framing.

Loss Of Frame (LOF) This Alarm is also known as Blue Alarm. This Alarm indicates unframed all ones being detected in the incoming pulses on the receiver of E1 Protection Switch.
Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) This Alarm indicated that E1 link has occurred.
Remote Alarm (RA) When Framed: Alternating eight ones/eight zeros have been detected in the Data link. A Yellow Alarm is typically transmitted to indicate a failure on the receive side of the Failed end.
CRC ERROR

This parameter is the number of CRC-6 errors (Cyclic Redundancy Check Errors) that occurred during the test period.

CRC-6 errors are only counted while the Telco E1 framing is selected as (Extended Super frame). The CRC-6 can be monitored either on In-Service or Out-of-Service E1 Spans. Since the expected value of the CRC pattern can be anticipated, the received data can be compared to the expected results. Whenever the expected value does not equal the actual value a CRC error event is counted.

Network Interface

Number of Interfaces 4 Telco E1 Links (common link/Telco E1s)
4 Active E1 Links (for Equipment-A)
4 Standby E1 Links (for Equipment-B)
Line Rate E1 - 2.048 Mbps
Line Code HDB3
Frame Structure As per ITU-T G.704 / or Un-Framed E1 (User Selectable)
Bit Rate 2048 Kbps ± 50 ppm
Jitter Tolerance As per ITU-T G.823
Output Jitter < 0.05 UI (in the frequency range of 20 Hz to 100 KHz)
Nominal Line Impedance 120 Ohms Balanced RJ-45
Nominal Pulse Width 244 ns
Pulse Mask As per ITU (CCITT) Rec. G.703
Loss and recovery of frame alignment As per clause 3 of ITU (CCITT) G.732
Loss and recovery of multiframe alignment As per clause 5.2 of ITU (CCITT) G.732

AC Power Supply Specifications

Output voltage of AC Adapter 100 - 240V AC
Range of input AC voltage 100 V to 240 V AC, 50Hz / 60Hz.
System Input voltage 7.5 V DC to 9.0 V DC with DC input polarity protection.
Maximum full load output current 2.5 A at 7.5 V DC/9.0 V DC
Input voltage reversal protection Provided in the Card
Efficiency at full load >86%

Operations and Maintenance (OAM) Interfaces

  • RS232 serial interface for local terminal access
  • USB serial interfaces for local terminal access
  • 10/100BaseT Ethernet Interface for remote access over an IP network.

Management and Monitoring

  • RS232 serial, USB serial interfaces for local terminal access.
  • 10/100BaseT Ethernet Interface for remote access over an IP network.
  • Encrypted Password Protection.
  • Telnet – Remote access over IP links.
  • SSH – Secured remote access using Secure Shell Protocol over IP links.
  • SNMP Traps and NMS for real time remote monitoring and management over an IP network.
  • Automatic Link Test feature link testing at user programmable periodical intervals.
  • Visual I/O status LED Display.

NMS (with Telnet) XPort Specifications

Network Interface RJ-45 Ethernet 10BaseT or 100BaseT-TX (auto sensing)
Compatibility Ethernet Version 2.0 IEEE802.3
Protocols Supported ARP, UDP/IP, TCP/IP, Telnet, ICMP, SNMP, DHCP, BOOTP, TFTP, Auto IP, SMTP and HTTP
LEDs 10Base-T and 100Base-TX Activity, full/half duplex
Management Internal web server, SNMP (read only), Serial login, Telnet login
EMI Compliance
  • Radiated and conducted emissions - complies with Class B limits of EN55022:1998
  • Direct and Indirect ESD - complies with EN55024:1998
  • RF Electromagnetic Field Immunity - complies with EN55024:1998
  • Electrical Fast Transient/Burst Immunity - complies with EN55024:1998
  • Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity - complies with EN55024:1998
  • RF Common Mode Conducted Susceptibility - complies with EN55024:1998

Mechanical Specifications

Rack mounting Standard 19-Inch. DIN Rack
Height 44.00 mm
Depth 260.00 mm.
Width 477.00 mm.
Weight 4.00 kg.

Command Language

  • Command Line Interface (English text commands)

Management Ports (COM Port)

  • Serial Port: 9.6Kbps (Async). ASCII/VT100/HyperTerminal
  • 10BaseT Ethernet: Telnet

Temperature

Operating 0°C to 50°C
Humidity 5% to 95% Non-Condensing

Compliance / Regulatory

  • EMC FCC Part 15 Class 2
  • Operation ETS 300 019 Class 3.2
  • Storage ETS 300 019 Class 1.2
  • Transportation ETS 300 019 Class 2.3

Application Diagrams

Application Diagrams

Applicaton # 1

Telco E1 Link Connected to Equipment - A

E1 Failover (E1 Automatic Protection) Switch

User programmable criterion for switching between Active and Standby E1 Links at the customers premises.

Applicaton # 2

Equipment - A Fails - Telco E1 automatically switches to Equipment - B

E1 Failover (E1 Automatic Protection) Switch

Applicaton # 3

Equipment - A recovers - Telco E1 automatically switches to Equipment - A

E1 Failover (E1 Automatic Protection) Switch