TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual
Overview of the TX 4000 board
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Telephony bus switching
Switching for the TX 4000 board offers support for the H.100 bus within the
H.100 architecture. On the TX 4000 board, switch connections are allowed for a
total of 256 half duplex or 128 full duplex connections between local devices and
the H.100 bus. Switch connections between local devices are non-blocking.
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Ethernet connectivity
The TX 4000 board supports two 10/100Base-T Ethernet connections. These
connections provide Fast Ethernet connectivity and IPv4 support. Ethernet
connectivity provides the TX 4000 board with a connection to a redundant mate
TX board or to a network of other SIGTRAN devices.
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On-board memory
Each TX 4000 board includes 128 MB of SDRAM.
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Trunk connectivity
The TX 4000 board supports up to four T1 or E1 connectors through two
Dialogic
®
MD1 RJ-45 interfaces. Dialogic
®
NaturalAccess™ Signaling Software
enables you to configure the board as either a T1 or an E1 board.
Refer to www.dialogic.com/declarations for a list of countries where Dialogic has
obtained approval for the TX 4000 board.
Software components
TX 4000 boards require the following software components:
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NaturalAccess software development environment that provides services for
call control, system configuration, voice store and forward, and other
functions. Each service has a standard programming interface for developing
applications. For more information, refer to the
Natural Access Developer's
Reference Manual
.
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Dialogic® NaturalAccess™ Signaling Software that provides SS7 protocol
layer executables and program interfaces for developing signaling and
management applications. It also provides utilities that download
configuration information to the TX boards and that control, monitor, and
collect statistics on the SS7 protocol layer. For more information, refer to the
Dialogic
®
NaturalAccess™ Signaling Software Configuration Manual
.
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