Instruction Manual 1. FRONT PANEL OPERATION... 1-1 1.1 FRONT PANEL PROGRAMMING METHODS... 1-1 1.1.1 SHIFT Key... 1-1 1.1.2 Arrow Keys... 1-2 1.2 EVENTS AND METER KEYS AND DISPLAY ... 1-3 1.2.1 EVENTS ([SHIFT][1]) Key... 1-3 1.2.2 Events Display Character Set... 1-4 1.2.3 Dialed Digits ... 1-7 1.2.4 METER ([SHIFT][2]) Key ... 1-7 1.3 SETUP AREA... 1-8 1.3.1 CONFIG’N ([SHIFT][5]) Key... 1-8 1.3.2 EMULATE ([SHIFT][6]) Key... 1-8 1.3.3 ANALYZE ([SHIFT][7]) Key... 1-8 1.3.4 AUTO DIAL ([SHIFT][8]) Key... 1-8 1.4 CONTROL ON/OFF KEYS... 1-9 1.4.1 INPUT ([SHIFT][*, KP]) Key... 1-9 1.4.2 TIMS ([SHIFT][#, ST]) Key... 1-9 1.4.3 TALK ([SHIFT][ VALUE ]) Key... 1-10 1.4.4 AUTO ([SHIFT][ VALUE ]) Key ... 1-10 1.5 MENU/DATA CONTROL KEYS... 1-10 1.5.1 FREEZE ([SHIFT][B]) Key ... 1-10 1.5.2 PRINT ([SHIFT][C]) Key... 1-11 1.5.3 CANCEL ([SHIFT][D] Key ... 1-11 1.6 SIGNALING KEYS ... 1-11 1.6.1 SEIZE Key... 1-11 1.6.2 START Key ... 1-12 1.6.3 RING Key ... 1-12 1.6.4 REV Key... 1-12 1.6.5 SEND TONE ([SHIFT][RING]) Key... 1-12 1.7 DATA ENTRY KEYS FOR SIGNALING... 1-13 1.7.1 WAIT DT ([SHIFT][SHIFT][1] Key... 1-13 1.7.2 WAIT WINK ([SHIFT][SHIFT][2] Key ... 1-13 1.7.3 WAIT ([SHIFT][SHIFT][3] Key... 1-13 1.7.4 FLASH ([SHIFT][SHIFT][4] Key ... 1-13 1.7.5 UNBALANCE ([SHIFT][SHIFT][5] Key... 1-13 1.7.6 TOGGLE DIAL ([SHIFT][SHIFT][6] Key... 1-13 1.7.7 BLANK ([SHIFT][SHIFT][7] Key... 1-13 1.8 SIGNALING STATUS LEDs... 1-14 1.9 STORE SETUP ... 1-15 1.10 RECALL SETUPS ... 1-16 1.10.1 RECALL Setup Parameters... 1-16 1.10.2 RECALL Auto Dial Sequence ... 1-16 1.11 SPEAKERPHONE/AUDIO MONITOR ... 1-16 1.11.1 Speakerphone in talk mode ... 1-16 1.11.2 Handset... 1-17 1.11.3 Audio Monitoring ... 1-17 2. CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS ... 2-1 2.1 MODE CONFIG... 2-1 2.1.1 IMITATE ... 2-1 2.1.2 MODE... 2-1 2.2 CIRCUIT CONFIG ... 2-2 2.2.1 ANALOG IMPEDANCE... 2-2 2.2.2 ANALOG/PCM ... 2-2 2.3 PCM CONFIG 1 and PCM CONFIG 2 ... 2-3 2.3.1 INPUT... 2-3 2.3.2 FRAMING... 2-4 2.3.3 ZERO SUP... 2-4 2.3.4 CHAN ... 2-5 2.3.5 OFF HK a/b or ON HK a/b ... 2-5 2.4 TRUNK CONFIG ... 2-5 2.4.1 TRUNK TYPE ... 2-6 2.4.2 SLC® TYPE ... 2-6 2.4.3 E & M TYPE ... 2-6 2.5 DISPLAY CONFIG 1 and CONFIG 2 ... 2-7 2.5.1 MODE... 2-7 2.5.2 DIGit DETection ... 2-8 2.5.3 SLC® MSG ... 2-8 2.5.4 SLC® Activity Message ... 2-9 2.5.5 T/t Mask (single-tone event selection)... 2-9 2.6 RS232 CONFIG... 2-9 2.6.1 BAUD RATE... 2-9 2.6.2 PARITY ... 2-10 2.6.3 CR DELAYsec... 2-10 2.7 SECURITY CONFIG ... 2-10 2.7.1 PASSWORD ... 2-10 2.7.2 SETUP PROTECT... 2-10 2.8 PRINT CONFIG... 2-11 2.8.1 off ... 2-11 2.8.2 all calls, events only ... 2-11 2.8.3 all calls, events & details... 2-11 2.8.4 flawed calls, events only ... 2-11 2.8.5 flawed calls, events & details... 2-11 2.9 CLOCK CONFIG ... 2-12 2.10 AM8a CONFIG ... 2-12 3. EMULATE PARAMETERS ... 3-1 3.1 LOOP EMULATE... 3-1 3.1.1 VOLTAGE ... 3-1 3.1.2 LENGTH... 3-1 3.2 TERMINATION EMULATE... 3-1 3.2.1 2.16uf ... 3-1 3.2.2 DC HOLD ... 3-2 3.3 DIALING EMULATE ... 3-2 3.3.1 LOOP TYPE... 3-2 3.3.2 START SIGNAL ... 3-2 3.4 PULSE EMULATE... 3-2 3.4.1 SPEEDpps ... 3-2 3.4.2 BREAK%... 3-2 3.4.3 INTRDIGITms ... 3-2 3.5 DTMF/MF EMULATE 1 ... 3-3 3.5.1 HI:dBm/hz% ... 3-3 3.5.2 LO:dBm/hz%... 3-3 3.6 DTMF/MF EMULATE 2 ... 3-3 3.6.1 ON/OFFms... 3-3 3.7 SEND TONE EMULATE... 3-4 3.7.1 LEVELdBm... 3-4 3.7.2 FREQUENCYhz... 3-4 3.8 DIAL TONE EMULATE 1... 3-4 3.9 DIAL TONE EMULATE 2... 3-4 3.9.1 T1:dBm/hz... 3-5 3.9.2 T2:dBm/hz... 3-5 3.9.3 DL SNDms ... 3-5 3.10 RECALL EMULATE... 3-5 3.10.1 HOOKFLASHms ... 3-5 3.10.2 LINE UNBALms ... 3-5 3.11 RINGING EMULATE 1 ... 3-6 3.11.1 ON/OFFms... 3-6 3.12 RINGING EMULATE 2 ... 3-6 3.12.1 VOLTAGEvrms ... 3-6 3.12.2 FREQUENCYhz... 3-6 3.13 START TIME EMULATE ... 3-7 3.13.1 DLY:BGN/ENDms... 3-7 3.13.2 WINK:BGN/DURms ... 3-7 3.14 SF EMULATE ... 3-7 3.14.1 LEVEL ... 3-7 3.14.2 FREQ+%hz ... 3-7 4. ANALYSIS PARAMETERS... 4-1 4.1 HOOK ANALYZE... 4-1 4.1.1 FLASHms(min)... 4-1 4.1.2 DISCONNECTms(min) ... 4-1 4.2 STRT SIG (START SIGNAL) ANALYZE: EXPECTED TYPE... 4-2 4.2.1 dialtone/wink ... 4-2 4.2.2 dialtone/delay ... 4-2 4.2.3 dialtone/... ... 4-2 4.3 DT STRT (DIALTONE START) ANALYZE: DIALTONE RCVDms (min/max)... 4-2 4.4 DLY STRT (DELAY START) ANALYZE ... 4-3 4.4.1 STRT BGNms(min/max) ... 4-3 4.4.2 ENDms(min)... 4-3 4.5 WINK STRT... 4-3 4.5.1 WINK BGNms(min)... 4-3 4.5.2 DURms(min/max)... 4-3 4.6 PULSE ANALYZE 1 ... 4-4 4.6.1 SPEEDpps(min/max) ... 4-4 4.6.2 BREAK%... 4-4 4.7 PULSE ANALYZE 2 ... 4-4 4.7.1 INTERDIGITms(min)... 4-4 4.8 DTMF/MF ANALYZE 1... 4-5 4.8.1 LO BANDdB(min/max)... 4-5 4.8.2 HI BANDdB ... 4-5 4.9 DTMF/MF ANALYZE 2... 4-5 4.9.1 FREQ%(max)... 4-6 4.9.2 TWISTdB(min/max)... 4-6 4.9.3 DTMF Frequencies ... 4-6 4.9.4 MF(R1) Frequencies ... 4-7 4.10 DTMF/MF ANALYZE 3... 4-8 4.10.1 TONE ON/OFFms(min) ... 4-8 4.10.2 GUARDms... 4-8 4.11 THRESHOLD ANALYZE... 4-8 4.11.1 TONEdBm(min)... 4-8 4.11.2 OFF HKvdc(min) ... 4-9 4.11.3 Procedure to Set OFF HKvdc(min) Threshold... 4-9 5. AUTO AND MANUAL DIALING ... 5-1 5.1 STORE AUTODIAL SEQUENCE... 5-1 5.2 SELECT AND USE AUTODIAL SEQUENCE... 5-2 5.3 MANUAL DIALING ... 5-2 6. METER DISPLAY... 6-1 6.1 MEASURE/SCALE MENU ... 6-1 6.2 MEASURE DISPLAY (MAKING MEASUREMENTS)... 6-1 6.3 METER SELECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS... 6-2 6.4 LOOP START, GROUND START, DID – ANALOG MEASURE ... 6-7 6.4.1 V t-r dc or ac... 6-7 6.4.2 V cm dc or ac ... 6-7 6.4.3 V t-g dc or ac... 6-7 6.4.4 V r-g dc or ac... 6-7 6.4.5 It(mA) dc... 6-7 6.4.6 Tone ... 6-8 6.5 E & M and SF – ANALOG MEASURE ... 6-9 6.5.1 TX Vt-r or RX Vt-r, dc or ac... 6-9 6.5.2 TX Vcm or RX Vcm, dc or ac... 6-9 6.5.3 Ve or Vm, dc or ac ... 6-9 6.5.4 Vsb or Vsg, dc or ac... 6-10 6.5.5 TX Tone or RX Tone... 6-10 6.6 E & M and SF – ANALOG MEASURE ... 6-11 6.6.1 TX1 Vcm or TX2 Vcm, dc or ac ... 6-11 6.6.2 RX1 Vcm or RX2 Vcm, dc or ac ... 6-11 6.6.3 TX1 Tone or TX2 Tone ... 6-11 6.6.4 RX1 Tone or RX2 Tone ... 6-12 6.6.5 RX1 dBdsx or RX2 dBdsx... 6-12 6.6.6 RX1 dBdsx or RX2 dBdsx in Emulation Mode... 6-12 6.6.7 RX1 dBdsx or RX2 dBdsx in Monitor Mode... 6-12 6.7 NOISE MEASURE... 6-12 6.8 PCM1 and PCM 2 BIPOLAR VIOLATION (COUNT AND STATUS) MEASURE... 6-13 6.8.1 BPV ... 6-13 6.8.2 FERR... 6-14 6.8.3 CRC... 6-14 6.8.4 SLIPS ... 6-14 6.8.5 YELLOW ... 6-14 6.8.6 BLUE ... 6-14 6.8.7 STATUS BLUE... 6-14 6.8.8 STATUS YELLOW... 6-14 6.9 PCM 1 OR PCM 2 FRAME SYNC MEASURE ... 6-14 6.10 PCM1 and PCM 2 TX OR RX A/B MEASURE ... 6-15 6.10.1 T1 Time-Slot to Voice Channel Assignment... 6-15 6.10.2 SLC®96 Mode I Time-Slot to Voice Channel Assignment ... 6-15 6.10.3 SLC®96 Mode II Time-Slot to Voice Channel Assignment ... 6-15 6.11 SLC®96 MODE I OR II MESSAGES ... 6-17 6.11.1 ALARM TX or RX... 6-17 6.11.2 PROTECTION TX or RX... 6-18 6.11.3 MAINTENANCE TX or RX... 6-18 6.11.4 SLC®96 II Concentrator Field Messages ... 6-19 7. RS232 ENTRIES AND PRINTOUTS... 7-1 7.1 RS232 COMMAND DESCRIPTION... 7-1 7.1.1 Terminal Commands... 7-2 7.1.2 Printer Commands ... 7-2 7.1.3 Setup Menu Commands for CONFIG, EMULATE, and ANALYZE...7-2 7.1.3.1 Display Menu... 7-3 7.1.3.2 Change Parameter ... 7-3 7.1.3.3 Print Menu ... 7-3 7.1.4 AUTO DIAL Setup Commands ... 7-3 7.1.5 ON-OFF (Control Toggle) Commands... 7-4 7.1.6 CALL INITIATE (Signaling) Commands ... 7-4 7.1.7 EVENTS DISPLAY Commands... 7-4 7.1.8 METER DISPLAY Commands... 7-4 7.2 PRINTOUTS... 7-16 7.2.1 off ... 7-16 7.2.2 all calls, events only ... 7-16 7.2.3 all calls, events & details... 7-17 7.2.4 flawed calls, events only ... 7-17 7.2.5 flawed calls, events & details... 7-17 7.2.6 Manual Short Print ... 7-18 7.2.7 Manual Long Print... 7-19 7.3 RS232 REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS... 7-22 7.3.1 Printer Cable (48-0084) Connection ... 7-22 7.3.2 Chaining Cable (48-0083) Connection ... 7-23 7.3.3 Chained Unit Addressing Command ... 7-23 8 AM8a TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ... 8-1 9. WARRANTY, SERVICE, AND CALIBRATION ... 9-1 9.1 WARRANTY ... 9-1 9.2 SERVICE POLICY... 9-1 9.3 CALIBRATION POLICY ... 9-1 9.4 RETURN OF UNIT ... 9-2 A. APPENDIX A: METER DISPLAY...A-1 A.1 PCM Operations and Data Flow ...A-1 A.1.1 MODE CONFIG Menu Settings...A-1 A.1.2 CIRCUIT CONFIG Menu Settings...A-6 A.1.3 PCM CONFIG 1 and CONFIG 2 Menu Settings ...A-7 A.1.4 TRUNK CONFIG Menu Settings ...A-9 A.1.5 DISPLAY CONFIG Menu Settings ...A-9 A.1.6 EMULATE Menu Settings...A-9 A.1.7 ANALYZE Menus...A-9 A.2 PCM Connection Diagrams ...A-10 A.2.1 Monitoring Connections...A-10 A.2.2 ANALYZE Menus...A-10