PacketLINK User Manual
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4. Quick Start Guide
4-1 Introduction
This procedure will help the field engineer to bench test the PacketLINK units and to
become familiar with the CLI operation.
4-2 Requirements
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A pair of PacketLINK units and AC power cables (with local plugs).
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A PC or laptop, TCP/IP enabled, with RS-232 COM port or with USB-to-RS232 adapter.
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Terminal emulation program (PuTTY or TeraTerm Pro)
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An E1 BERT tester configured with internal timing
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Miscellaneous cables including: an E1 loop back plug, UTP patch cables and serial console cable
(plus 15 E1 crossovers for the PL1820 or 3 E1 crossovers for the PL1400).
4-3 Getting Started
1. Place both CO and CPE PacketLINK devices on a flat work surface.
2. Connect the CO unit’s WAN port to the CPE unit’s WAN port using an Ethernet cable.
3. Ensure that CO and CPE PacketLINK devices are both switched on.
4. Check there are no problems shown on the status LEDs of the WAN Ethernet
ports as shown in the table below.
LED Name
State
Description
PWR
Green
Power is on.
Off
No power present
Ethernet Link /
Activity
Green
Ethernet link is up
Blinking Green
Tx / Rx traffic is traversing the port
Off
Ethernet Link is down
Ethernet Link
Speed
Orange
100Mbps
Off
10Mbps
E1 ACT
Green
E1 port is enabled and traffic is traversing the
port
Off
E1 port is disabled
E1 ALM
Orange
E1 link error has occurred
Off
No alarm present
ALM
Red
Alarms raised from any E1 link
Off
No alarm present
LED Indications
