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Verilink Access Manager 2000 (896-502037-001) Product Manual User Manual

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Configuring the T1 Network

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Access Manager 2000 User Manual

Before you configure the node, make sure you have configured your
comlines to support the node’s access arrangement. The comlines are
configured in the Comline Definition screen of the Utilities Menu.

The query and alarm paths can be set according to the parameters in
Table 5-3, “Assuring compatibility between Query Path and Comline
settings”. F
or each path option, you are asked to verify how you defined
the corresponding comline in the Utilities/Comline Definition/Access
Arrangement
menu. This is designed to keep oversight from getting you
into trouble:

Table 5-3

Assuring compatibility between Query Path and Comline settings

If you have several PCs running Access Manager, you can configure a
system so all the PCs can access the node, but only one receives the alarm
reports.

For this
Query path type:

Enter the following for
Query path (COMn, phone# or PORT

What you should have in the
Utilities/Comline Definition/Acces
Arrangement
menu.

None

No comlines are used. These far-end
elements are accessed through the ESF
Facility Data Link.

Use this if a node is second or third in a daisy chain (up to three are allowed).

Direct

The comline used (for example,

COM3

).

DIRECT

or

AUTOCONFIG

Modem

Phone number

MODEM CALL/ANSWER

,

MODEM ANSWER ONLY

, or

AUTOCONFIG

At least one comline must be connecte
to a modem.

If you wish to have a separate Query Path from the Alarm Path, then the comline
reached by the Alarm Path phone number should be configured to

Access

Arrangement = MODEM ANSWER ONLY

.

ComDesign Mux

Port name assigned in the ComDesign
RS2000 Multiplexer to the physical port
where the node is connected.

COMDESIGNMUX

, or

AUTOCONFIG

The Alarm Path is the port name assigned in the multiplexer to the physical port
where Access Manager (that is, the PC collecting alarm reports) is connected.

X.25 PAD

Port name

X.25 PAD

Autoconfig

COMn, phone #, or Port Name

(Port Name assumes ComDesign mux).

AUTOCONFIG

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