VCL-MegaConnectTM
64 Port
Plus - T1 Monitoring GROOMER
Hi-Z Non-Intrusive
Hi-Impedance Monitoring Solution
Product Overview
Orion Telecom
Networks Inc. offers the VCL-MegaConnectTM 64 Port Plus
- T1 Monitoring Groomer is suitable for non-intrusive monitoring of
up to 32, bi-directional "live" T1 traffic links (i.e. in both
transmit and receive directions) through its 64 T1 receivers. The
Groomer is capable of receiving the “monitored” T1 signal inputs
through the high impedance (Hi-Z) path of a patch-panel, without in
any way disturbing the “live” T1 traffic links. The Groomer provides
the “user” the facility to cross-connect 64Kbps time-slots through a
completely “non-blocking” TSI switch, through which the selected SS7
signaling time-slots on the INPUT side T1 Ports can be connected to
the OUTPUT side T1 Ports. The equipment provides 16 T1 Ports on the
OUTPUT side from where the selected / cross-connected / aggregated
SS7 time-slots may be connected to the protocol analysers, test
probes, etc.
The VCL-MegaConnectTM 64 Port Plus - T1 Monitoring
Groomer (PDF 502 KB), 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 redundant) -48V DC power supply. An AC input
adapter is also optionally available for AC mains operation.
The equipment is provided with a
USB and an RS232 Serial Interface for COM Port connections as well
as a TCP/IP LAN Interface (10/100BaseT) for providing equipment
access through Telnet over a TCP/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 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 and
TCP/IP link, remotely. The system is also supplied with an easy to
use (Windows XP, Windows 7) 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 external audio/visual alarm output though a dry relay contact.
The T1 Groomer is capable of non-intrusively
monitoring upto 32 "live" T1 links and grooming the selected 64 Kbps
time-slots to the 16 additional output T1 Ports provided in the
equipment. The 64, T1 receivers of the Groomer shall connect to the
32, T1 "live traffic" links which are to be monitored,
non-Intrusively. 16 additional (Normal-Z) output T1 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 (T1 Monitoring DACS)
is capable of monitoring a -20dBdsx signal (0.3 Volts) T1 signal
through a Hi-Z path, without in any way affecting or disturbing the
"live" T1 traffic that is required to be monitored.
Alternately, the T1 Groomer (T1 Monitoring DACS) may be also ordered
in an “extreme” sensitivity version which is capable of monitoring a
-30dBsx signal (0.1 Volts) and a -40dBsx signal (0.03 Volts),
through a Hi-Z patch-panel, without in any way affecting or
disturbing the "live" T1 traffic that are being monitored.
The extreme sensitivity version of
the E1 Groomer provides the user with a signal equalizer and a
wave-shaper option to handle very low / attenuated E1 input signals.
The equipment offers the user with complete
flexibility to choose and select time-slots from each of the 32 T1
links that are being monitored, without limitation or restrictions,
through the internal TSI non-blocking switch (data received by the
equipment's 64 T1 receivers) and then aggregate the selected
time-slots to the 16 output T1 ports that shall connect to the test
probes etc.
The additional solutions are offered
and available for Hi-Z non-intrusive live traffic monitoring
applications are:
Indications and Alarm
Monitoring
- Loss of incoming signal at any T1 Port
