User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Getting started
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Preparation
- 4. About the terminal
- 5. Mounting and installing the terminal
- 6. Connecting to the terminal
- 7. Managing the terminal
- 8. Configuring the terminal
- 9. Configuring the traffic interfaces
- 10. Cross Connections
- Embedded cross connect switch
- The Cross Connections application
- The Cross Connections system requirements
- Installing the Cross Connections application
- Opening the Cross Connections application
- The Cross Connections page
- Setting the terminal's address
- Management and user ethernet capacity
- Setting card types
- Getting cross connection configuration from the terminals
- Creating cross connections
- Sending cross connection configuration to the terminals
- Saving cross connection configurations
- Using existing cross connection configurations
- Printing the cross connection configuration
- Deleting cross connections
- Configuring the traffic cross connections
- Cross connection example
- Symmetrical Connection Wizard
- 11. Protected terminals
- 12. In-service commissioning
- What you will need
- Checking the antenna polarization
- Visually aligning antennas
- Accurately aligning the antennas
- Synchronizing the terminals
- Checking performance
- Checking the receive input level
- Checking the fade margin
- Checking long-term BER
- Bit Error Rate tests
- Additional tests
- Checking the link performance
- Viewing a summary of the link performance
- What you will need
- 13. Maintenance
- 14. Troubleshooting
- 15. Interface connections
- 16. Alarm types and sources
- 17. Country specific settings
- 18. Specifications
- Ethernet interface
- QJET Quad E1 / T1 interface
- Q4EM Quad 4 wire E&M interface
- DFXO Dual foreign exchange office interface
- DFXS Dual foreign exchange subscriber interface
- QV24 Quad V.24 asynchronous data interface
- HSS Single high speed synchronous data interface
- External alarm interfaces
- Auxiliary interfaces
- AC Power supply
- DC Power supply
- Power consumption
- MHSB protection
- Ethernet interface
- 19. Product end of life
- 20. Abbreviations
- 21. Acknowledgments and licensing
- 22. Commissioning Forms
- 23. Index

Configuring the terminal | 76
Configuring the external alarm outputs
To configure the External Alarm Outputs:
Select Link or Local or Remote > Alarms > Ext Alarm Outputs
Note: When the terminal MHSB mode is enabled, the external alarm output 4 is used by the protection
switch system so is not available for user alarms.
1. Select the Mapping required for each alarm output.
Mapping External Alarm Output Function
None No external alarm output. Default
Local Major The external alarm is present when the local terminal has a major
alarm.
Local Minor The external alarm is present when the local terminal has a minor
alarm.
Remote Major The external alarm is present when the remote terminal has a
major alarm.
Remote Minor The external alarm is present when the remote terminal has a
minor alarm.
Remote Input 1 The external alarm is present when the remote terminal external
alarm input 1 is present.
Remote Input 2 The external alarm is present when the remote terminal external
alarm input 2 is present.
2. Select the Relay closed when setting for the four alarm outputs.
Relay closed when External Alarm Output State
Alarm on When the external alarm output relay contact is closed, the alarm
is on (alarm active).
Default
Alarm off When the external alarm output relay contact is closed, the alarm
is off (alarm inactive).
3. When you have made your changes, click Apply to apply changes or Reset to restore the previous
configuration.