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Tandem Connection Monitoring
Setting up TCM Access Point Identifier (APId) messages
Setting up TCM Access Point Identifier (APId)
messages
Description
The OmniBER offers the choice of transmitting in N1 (High Order Path or Low
Order Path if TU-3) or N2 (Low Order Path) bytes the following messages:
•
DEFAULT - A null APId message.
•
TEST - A fixed test message “<serial number>”
•
USER - A user definable 15 byte message followed by a one byte CRC.
The CRC is automatically calculated for all three message types.
HOWTO
1
Press the
key and select
.
2
Select the
folder.
3
Set the TCM PATH field to
or
as required.
4
Select the
folder and set up the APId messages using one
of the following two methods:
Method 1:
5
Select the SETUP field and choose
.
6
Set the N1 or N2 field as required from DEFAULT, TEST or USER. If you select
USER, use the edit keys at the bottom of the screen to set up your message.
TRANSMIT
SDH
MAIN SETTINGS
HIGH ORDER
LOW ORDER
OVERHEAD SETUP
TCM MESSAGE
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