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Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................ 5
Chapter 2: Overview of the TX 4000C board.................................................. 7
TX 4000C board features ............................................................................... 7
Software components...................................................................................11
Utilities and demonstration programs .............................................................12
Chapter 3: Installing the TX 4000C board ................................................... 15
System requirements ...................................................................................15
Installation summary ...................................................................................16
Configuring the hardware .............................................................................17
DIP switch S4...........................................................................................17
DIP switch S5...........................................................................................18
SS7 Monitor mode ....................................................................................18
Keying the chassis .......................................................................................19
Installing the board......................................................................................23
Using the Hot Swap features .........................................................................25
Chapter 4: Configuring the TX 4000C board ................................................ 27
Using the configuration utility........................................................................27
Assigning a CP number.................................................................................28
Adding a board............................................................................................29
Changing a CP number .................................................................................31
Moving a board ...........................................................................................32
Removing a board .......................................................................................33
Saving configuration changes........................................................................34
Chapter 5: Establishing network connections.............................................. 35
Connectors and cables..................................................................................35
Trunk connector .......................................................................................36
Ethernet connectors ..................................................................................37
Connecting to a T1 network ..........................................................................37
Connecting to an E1 network ........................................................................38
Connecting to an E1 120 ohm trunk ............................................................39
Connecting to an E1 75 ohm trunk ..............................................................39
Grounding the conductor ...........................................................................40
Testing in loopback mode .............................................................................42
Connecting TX boards for redundancy ............................................................43
Dual-node redundant signaling server model ................................................43
Single-node signaling server model .............................................................44
