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HLU-388 List 5A
BER Option
The BER option also uses this (BPV/CRC) TEC to generate an Alarm if enabled. The HLU combines the 1-second
TEC counts in both directions for the last 60 seconds. It uses this 1-minute Total System Error Count (TSEC) to
generate an alarm if it exceeds the selected BER threshold of 1E-6 or 1E-7 as follows:
•
BER option = 1E-6. Alarm is generated if TSEC > 92
•
BER option = 1E-7. Alarm is generated if TSEC > 9
Once initiated, the alarm clears when the TSEC drops below its associated threshold count. For dribbling errors,
the alarm can come and go in intervals as short as 1 second. Alarms due to bursty impulse noise transients usually
require the full 60 seconds or longer to clear depending on the frequency of the transients. This BER option is
always present in any line unit circuit since it is independent of other versions of HiGain modules in the circuit.
When connected to an HRU, other than the HRU-402, HRU-406, or HRU-411, only the BVPs detected by the
HLU are included in the TEC. The BPVs at the HRU are not counted.
DS0 Blocking Option
To set the DS0 Blocking option from the Main screen:
1
Press
to select the System Settings screen (see
2
Press
for the DS0 blocking selection. The DS0 channels are blocked or unblocked by entering each channel
number. Multiple channels can be selected by inserting a space between each entry.
3
After all the new settings have been made, press
for (Exit), then
to (Confirm). The new choices are now
installed.
If DS0 blocking is invoked in a HiGain system that has an earlier version HRU that does not support the blocking
option, blocking only occurs at the DSX-1 output of the HLU-388 List 5A. The HRU DS1 output is not blocked.
Also, all blocked channels are temporarily unblocked for all HiGain system loopback tests for all DS1 blocking
settings. This allows the standard full bandwidth T1 loopback tests to be performed for all DS0 blocking settings.
If any of the unused DS0 channels of a fractional T1 service are filled with information other than an idle code of
all ones, the HiGain system blocks this information from reaching the remote end of the circuit and replaces those
DS0 channels with an idle code of all ones.
Blocking the idle code results in a mismatch between the CRC checksum delivered to the remote end (when the
payload is in the ESF format) and the checksum calculated by the remote T1 CSU. This implies errors are being
made on the loop when actually the blocking function created the CRC errors. Enabled DS0 channels pass
error-free.
In order to avoid this condition, fractional T1 customers should fill the unused time slots with an idle code. This
is a common capability on Fractional T1 CSU/DSU, D4 channel banks, and other CPE devices capable of
connecting to Fractional T1 service.
DS1 Line Code Option
The DS1 line code option should always be set to conform to the type of DS1 service (AMI or B8ZS) being
provided by the HiGain system. The AUTO mode, which can adapt to either AMI or B8ZS, should only be used
in applications that require it (such as when HiGain acts as a standby circuit to DS1 circuits whose line codes are
not known or may be both AMI and B8ZS). This is because the AUTO mode induces one BPV in the DS1 bit
stream when it switches from AMI to B8ZS. The AUTO mode allows both the HLU and the HRU to set its T1
output code to that which is being received at the opposite end’s T1 input. This forces the input and output codes
in each direction of transmission to be identical. In the AUTO mode of older HiGain units, the output code was
determined by the input code being received at the local T1 input port instead of at the distant end. The HLU
reverts to this older code setting technique when it is not connected to an HRU-402 or HRU-411.
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