User guide

Front Panel Interface 5-17

Node Conﬁguration

The NODE CONFIG MENU allows the user to conÞgure the NODE ID,

NODE NUMBER, DATE & TIME and *NODE COMM PORT (Terminal). It

also displays the NODE HW REV and the SOFTWARE REV, which are set

by the factory.

The NODE CONFIG MENU is accessed through the CONFIGURATION

MAIN MENU by pressing ENTER when NODE CONFIG appears on the

display. Pressing the down arrow or up arrow toggles through the Sub-

Menus.

Pressing ENTER when a selection is in the display allows the user to view

the present conÞguration. Pressing ENTER again will cause the entry to

start blinking and allows the user to change the selection if desired.

To change the selection, use the down arrow and up arrow buttons to

toggle through the choices. Pressing ENTER selects the option that's in the

display as the conÞguration. In the case of changing names and numbers,

only one number or letter will "blink" at a time. Only that number or letter

can be changed. After each letter or number is selected, press ENTER to

Backup Database Used to manually back-up the database to EEPROM

DTE CONFIG MENU Used to set the line mode for the DTE DATA port. It is also used to deﬁne

whether the DTE signal is deﬁned missing when the DTR and the RTS line is

not asserted. Other options include DTE/DCE mode, V.35/RS449, and

clocking option (SCTE/SCT Normal or SCT Invert)

NETWORK CONFIG

Used to set the operating mode (Inverse Mux or Single Line DSU), and

clocking options of that are common to all T1 Network Ports.

NET N CONFIG MENU Used to set various conﬁgurable items that are unique to each individual T1

Network Port, including Framing Format, Line Code, Alarm Reporting, Auto-

Restore, and Equalization.

NET THRESHOLDS MENU Allows the user to enable/disable and set the values of the various Network

Alarm Thresholds which, when exceeded, will cause the T1 lines to

automatically be taken out of service.

NOTE: Only the terminal comm port can be set through the front

panel. The network management port is set through the ASCII terminal.

Table 5-4 CONFIGURATION MENU Items (Continued)

Menu Deﬁnition