Specifications

Chapter 3 Operation Installation and Operation Manual
3-4 Configuration Alternatives ASMi-31 Ver. 3.0
3.4 Configuration Alternatives
The ASMi-31 control system enables the user to control and monitor both local
and remote modems using menu-driven software. The menu concept is circular –
the menu screens are displayed on the LCD one after the other in a cyclic order.
A schematic description of the ASMi-31 menu tree is shown in
Chapter 4.
This section describes the various menus and how to use them to configure
ASMi-31 and display the status of the modem.
Menu options are selected by the three front-panel buttons and displayed on the
LCD display. Functions of the buttons are described in
Table 3-1 .
LCD Structure
The ASMi-31 LCD consists of four data fields, as shown in Figure 3-3 .
Menu Type LOC/REM
Menu Options Parameters
Figure 3-3. LCD Data Fields
• Menu Type – Scrolls through the available control menus
• Menu Options – Indicates the control and monitoring options of each control
menu
• Parameters – Sets the parameter for the controllable menu options
• LOC/REM – Enables the user to toggle between controlling and monitoring
the local modem or the remote modem.
For the various menu types, the selected parameter (shown in the Parameters
field) is designated by an asterisk (*) shown at the left of the parameter. If you
select a new parameter and confirm the selection (by pressing the ENTER
button), the asterisk will appear at the left of the newly selected parameter.
Control Menus
There are six main menus in the ASMi-31 management software.
• LINE STATUS – enables the user to display the current status of the modem
with respect to clock type (CLKTYPE), rate adaptation (ADAPT), test type
performed (TEST) and software version (VERSION).
• DTE STATUS – enables the user to display DTE data rates, interfaces, modes
and formats for both the local and remote modems.
• ALARM BUFFER – alerts the user to modem alarms. When the ALM LED is on,
the ALARM BUFFER display indicates the type of the failure. The ALM LED may
blink with no relation to the ALARM BUFFER when an error is detected during
the BER test.
• CONFIG MATCHING – enables the user to execute a fast matching of the line
and DTE configuration according to the local parameters or according to the