Specifications

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26.2 Guidelines
The following restrictions apply to the pstndiag tool:
• The tool is not supported on boards based on Springware architecture.
• It is recommended that you view or monitor no more than 8 channels in your system at one
time. Viewing more than 8 channels at one time may negatively impact system performance.
• The pstndiag tool will only identify and list boards with PSTN front-end interfaces. Boards
that do not have PSTN front-end interfaces (for example, resource only) will not be presented
and cannot be monitored or manipulated by pstndiag.
Pstndiag is a QScript utility. For more information about QScript utilities, refer to Chapter 27,
“QScript Reference”.
26.3 Preparing to Run the PSTN Diagnostics Tool
Before running the pstndiag tool, ensure that you have performed the following tasks:
1. The Intel
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Dialogic
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system release software has been properly installed.
2. The Intel Dialogic system has been started for the boards in your system. The pstndiag tool
will detect boards that have already been downloaded.
26.4 Running the PSTN Diagnostics Tool
This section provides instructions for running the pstndiag tool and describes the user interface.
The following topics are covered:
• Starting the PSTN Diagnostics Tool
• The Main Window
• The View Bar
• Option Buttons and Command Buttons
• Keyboard Navigation
26.4.1 Starting the PSTN Diagnostics Tool
This section contains instructions for starting the pstndiag tool in Windows and in Linux.
To start the pstndiag tool in Windows, follow these instructions:
1. Open a command prompt window. The default location of the tool is
%INTEL_DIALOGIC_DIR%\qscript\tools\pstndiag\. However, you can run the tool from any
location.
2. At the command prompt, type:
pstndiag