ANN-PT (Announcement Port)
Issue 5 October 2002
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Notes:
a. The Announcement circuit pack can exhibit a condition that does not allow
recording.
If the circuit pack gets locked into this state (this is an extremely rare
condition), two of the Announcement Ports on the circuit pack (one of
which is the record port) will be unusable by software. Also, save/restore
announcements will not work since the record port looks busy to the
circuit pack. Note that software does not have any way of knowing this and
attempts to use the ports.
If the circuit pack is locked into this state, the following symptoms are
observed:
1. When attempting to record an announcement, users hear the proper
record tone, but the announcement does not record (they do not
know it until the announcement is played back).
2. Performing a test board long when the circuit pack is in this state
yields the following abort codes:
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Ports 1 AND 9 abort Test #206 with code 1024
■
Ports 1 AND 9 abort Test #205 with code 2000
■
Board level Tests #209 and #210 abort with code 1024
FAIL
Test failed. Announcements played back on this port may sound corrupted.
1. Reset the circuit pack with reset board PCSS and run this test again. If
the test continues to fail, replace the circuit pack (see Warning).
2. If there are recurring alarms on this port caused by this test failing,
replace the circuit pack even if Step 1 works (see Warning).
!
WARNING:
Replacing the circuit pack results in loss of integrated
announcements. Refer to “
‘‘General Notes’’
near the beginning of this
Maintenance procedure.
PASS
This test verifies that the Angel processor can properly set up this port for
playbacks. User-reported troubles on this circuit pack should be
investigated using other port and circuit pack tests. (Refer to "ANN-BD
(Announcement Circuit Pack)" Maintenance documentation for a
description of the circuit pack tests.)
Table 64. TEST #205 Channel Administration Memory Array (CAMA) Test —
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