| The VCL-MegaConnect,
64 Port Plus - E1 Monitoring Groomer, occupies only a 3U high rack-space, and is a compact
19-inch stand-alone unit. The unit is powered by and operates on a dual (1+1 protected)
-48V DC power supply. An AC mains option is also available with an external AC-DC
converter. The equipment is provided with BOTH, RS232
Serial Interface for COM Port connection and as well as a TCP/IP LAN Interface (10BaseT)
for providing equipment access through Telnet over a LAN/TCI/IP link. The user may select
and use either of these ports for executing HyperTerminal text commands for
configuration etc. The access for configuration and system
management is provided through CLI (Command Line Interface) text commands which may be
executed either from a serial (COM) Port of a PC or through the TCP/IP 10/100BaseT LAN
Interface. The 10/100BaseT LAN Interface allows the
equipment to be connected on a TCP/IP network for remote
access for configuration and monitoring over LAN/TCP/IP link. The system is also supplied
with an easy to use Windows (95, 98, Me, XP) Graphical User Interface that provides the
user a complete control to prepare multiple configuration
"maps" and store them as easy to read data files.
Dry contact relay alarm output is also available at rear of the system to connect the
system to an external audio/visual alarm output though a dry relay contact.
The Groomer is capable of non-intrusively monitoring upto
32 "live" E1 links and grooming the selected 64 Kbps time-slots to the 16
additional output E1 Ports provided in the equipment. The 64, E1 receivers of the Groomer
shall connect to the 32, E1 "live traffic" links which are to be monitored,
non-Intrusively. 16 additional (Normal-Z) output E1 Ports are also provided by the
equipment which shall route the aggregated data of the "monitored" time-slots to
the user’s test equipment, such as protocol analysers, test probes, billing servers
etc.
The Groomer (E1 Monitoring DACS) is capable of monitoring a
-20dBdsx (0.3Volt Pulse) E1 signal through a Hi-Z path, without in any way affecting or
disturbing the "live" E1 traffic that is required to be monitored.
The equipment offers the user with complete flexibility to
choose and select time-slots from each of the 32 E1 links that are being monitored,
without limitation or restrictions, through the internal TSI non-blocking switch (data
received by the equipment's 64 E1 receivers) and then aggregate the selected time-slots to
the 16 output E1 ports that shall connect to the test probes etc.
Indications
and Alarm Monitoring
- Loss of incoming signal at any E1 Port
- Configuration Error Alarm
- Clock Status
- 1 to 64 E1 Ports - LED indicators to indicate the status of
each E1 Monitoring Port
- 1 to 16 E1 Ports - LED indicators to indicate the status of
each E1 Test Port
- +3 Volts Power Supply
- -48V DC Input Voltage present
- Configuration Error
Programmable Features
- Specifying the priority sequence for clock selection
- Enabling or Disabling E1 Ports (masking) of the E1 Ports
that are not in use
- Creating a cross connect between E1s at DS-O level (single
time-slot level) using the CLI text commands or Windows based GUI
- Telnet interface for remote programming
Status Monitoring
- Clock Selection
- Status of alarms
- Enabled/Disabled status of E1 Ports
- Monitoring of the VCL-MegaConnect E1 64 Port Groomer, status
and configuration
Ordering Part Number
VCL-MC-64E1/16-MON-Groomer
Product Description
VCL-MegaConnect 64 Port Plus - E1 Monitoring Groomer
Additional solutions offered and available for Hi-z
Non-Intrusive Monitoring applications are:
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The
VCL-MegaConnect, 64 Port Plus - E1 Monitoring Groomer is suitable for non-intrusive
monitoring of upto 32, "live" E1 traffic links, bidirectionally (i.e. in both
transmit and receive directions through its 64 E1 receivers) through a high impedance
(Hi-Z) path. Additionally, the equipment also provides 16 output E1 ports that shall
connect the aggregated time-slots which have been non-intrusively "monitored"
from the 32, "live" E1 traffic links to the user's protocol analysers, test
probes, etc.