The Physical DS1 Port object defines a DS1 connector on an AM or SG series card, or on a PB3000 adaptor.
Each Physical DS1 Port object is a child of an Adaptor object with adaptor type AM1000 Audio/MF Adaptor, AM1100 Audio/MF Adaptor, AM1200 Audio/MF Adaptor, AM1300 Audio/MF Adaptor, SG1200, SG1100, SG1000, or PB3000.
In the EMS System Explorer, the name shown for each Physical DS1 Port indicates
For example, Physical DS1 Port (Controller B, Slot 3, Port 11) "DS1/2/03/11".
In general, you will add Physical DS1 Port objects using the "create all ports" action on the parent Adaptor object, and should not need to create them individually.
To start using DS1 ports, you need to do the following:
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For a Physical DS1 port on an Audio/MF Adaptor, you need to activate the port before you activate the parent object. If a port is inactive when the parent is activated, you will not be able to activate it later without first deactivating the parent. |
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For a Physical DS1 port on an Audio/MF Adaptor, you cannot change the physical encoding, line framing, line length or line clocking while the parent object is active. In addition, you cannot disable the port if an IDT Interface is associated with it and is enabled. |
Parameter |
Access |
Description |
Port name | Read only | A unique identifier for this device among all other devices on the Media Gateway. This identifier is used by other objects that need to reference this device. |
Port number | Create | An identifier for this Physical DS1 Port. The valid port numbers depend on the parent adaptor type, as follows.
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Additional information | Change | A text field that can be used to store information about the Physical DS1 Port. This field is optional; you can supply up to 64 characters of free-form text. The text wraps to the width of the field on screen, or you can use the Enter key to force linebreaks. |
Description | Read only | Information about the controller, chassis slot number and port number associated with this port. |
DS1 type | Read only | Specifies the type of DS1 link. Values:
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Physical encoding | Change Inactive | Specifies the physical encoding used on this DS1 port. This setting must match the encoding of the incoming DS1 line; check with the provider of the line if necessary. Values:
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Line framing | Change Inactive | Specifies the framing used on this DS1 port. This setting must match the framing on the incoming DS1 line; check with the provider of the line if necessary. The following values are valid for DS1s on any adaptor card:
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Line length | Change Inactive | Specifies the approximate length of the DS1 cable connected to this port. This is used to control the transceivers to ensure adequate signal strength on the line. This field is not valid if Line framing is set to E1 or E1 CRC. Values:
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Line clocking | Change Inactive | Specifies whether the NE or the remote system provides the clock source for this physical DS1 link. Values:
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Line status | Read only | Specifies the line status of the DS1 interface. One or more of the following values may be set:
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Clock reference | Change Inactive | Specifies whether the clocking on this link is used as a general clock reference, or is used just for this link. This option applies only if the Line clocking field is set to Loop; if it is set to Local, this option must be set to No. Values:
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Supported terminations | Read only | Specifies which termination protocols this port supports. Values:
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MF Protocol Profile | Change Inactive | The MF Protocol Profile used by this port. Select from the displayed list of MF Protocol Profiles. |
Deactivation mode | Change | Specifies how child objects should be deactivated when deactivating this object. Values:
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Available uses | Read only | Indicates whether this port is able to carry an ISDN D-channel. If either of the two values ISDN D-channel (network-side) or ISDN D-channel (user-side) is set, this port is able to carry an ISDN D-channel. For a port on a PB3000 adaptor, this option is specified using the NE CRAFT interface; allowing the port to carry a D-channel means that timeslot 24 on the port is unavailable for media. |
Alarm state | Read only | Specifies whether any alarms are currently raised for this object. Values:
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Alarm log correlator | Read only | Identifier of the log message for the event that caused the last Attention Required alarm state for this object. This field is reset when the Attention Required alarm events field is reset to zero. |
Attention Required alarm events | Read only / Reset | Number of times (since the alarm count was reset) that this object's alarm state has gone to Attention Required. |
Alarm state changed timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Alarm state last changed. |
Alarm events reset timestamp | Read only | The time at which the Attention Required alarm events was last reset to zero. |
Diagnostics - log level | Change | Specifies the level of logs recorded for this object. Logs with a priority equal to or greater than the priority specified are recorded. Set to Default level to use the system-wide default level. Values:
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Diagnostics - API trace enabled | Change | Specifies whether API tracing is enabled for this object. Values:
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Diagnostics - trace tag | Change | An optional diagnostics tag inserted into API tracing and PD logging for this object. This tag may include any ASCII characters. |
Requested status | Read only | Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to activate the port. Values:
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Actual status | Read only | Specifies the current status of the port. Values:
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