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, TD1000, TD1100, 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 cannot change the physical encoding, line length, or line framing while the parent object is active. |
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If you attempt to quiesce deactivate the object when it is using a DS0 for MTP2 links, it will not deactivate until you deactivate the signaling cross connect . |
Parameter |
Access |
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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. Values:
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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 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. You should leave this value set to No. Values:
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Supported terminations | Read only | Specifies which termination protocols this port supports. Values:
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Deactivation mode | Change | Specifies how child objects should be deactivated when deactivating this object. Values:
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Available uses | Read only | This field applies only in the US. |
Fault monitoring level | Change / Read only | Specifies whether to suppress alarms raised on this port, so that the EMS does not display them or send them to SNMP alarm notification destinations. You may want to do this if you expect alarms from this port (for example if it is currently being provisioned or undergoing maintenance), so that it is easier to see unexpected alarms from other objects. Values:
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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. |
DS0 Attention Required alarms | Read only | The total number of Attention Required alarms for child DS0 Termination objects of this Physical DS1 Port object. |
Summary child alarm state | Read only | Summarizes the alarm status for all children of this object. Values:
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Diagnostics - logging - 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 - API trace - trace tag | Change | An optional text string inserted into API tracing and PD logging for this object. (This string can include accented / international characters as defined in ISO 8859-1.) If you want to filter on this tag in the craft interface, do not include spaces or any of the 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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