TTC T-BERD 107A, Reference Manual

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SECTION 3
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INSTRUMENT
DESCRIPTION
3.12 ENHANCED ESF OPTION
— INTRODUCTION
The Enhanced ESF Option (107A-3) provides
the comprehensive and advanced test capabilities
required for installing and maintaining ANSI T1.403
ESF circuits. This option provides monitor and emu-
lation capabilities of the one-second broadcast of
Performance Report Message (PRM), per the ANSI
T1.403 specification.
The Enhanced ESF Option also adds the
SMARTNIU operating mode, which provides ac-
cess to the T1 span performance statistics recorded
by the Westell 3114-40, -50, or -90 NIU/Perfor-
mance Monitor. This operating mode also supports
the Clear Results and Set Clock features of the
NIU/Performance Monitor.
NOTE: Unless indicated, the capabilities of the
mainframe are applicable to the Enhanced
ESF Option.
3.13 ENHANCED ESF OPTION
— TEST SETUP
MODE Switch
In addition to the standard mainframe operating
modes, the following modes are added to the switch
selections:
SMARTNIU
— Smart NIU/Performance Moni-
tor mode configures the T-BERD 107A to query
the Performance Monitor portion of the Westell