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I GENERAL INFORMATION 1-1 Introduction ... 1 -1 1 -2 Specifications ... 1 -1 1 ~3 Description ... 1 -1 1-4 A Word About Softkey Controlled Test Sets ... 1-5 1-5 Accessories Available ... 1-6 1 -6 Warranty ... 1 -6 II INSTALLATION 2-1 Introduction ... 2-1 2-2 initial inspection, ... 2-1 2-3 Preparation For Use ... 2-1 2-4 Operating Environment ... 2-3 2-5 Storage And Shipment ... 2-3 2-6 Physical Description ... 2-5 III BASIC ANALOG OPERATION 3-1 Introduction ... 3-1 3-2 Getting The 930A To Do What You Want ... 3-1 3-2.1 When first turning on the 930A ... , ... 3-2 3-2,2 How to cold boot the 930A ... 3-3 3-3 Front Panel Controls, Indicators and Connectors ... 3-4 3-3.1 How To Use The Numeric Keypad ... 3-5 3-3.2 How To Use The Special Function Keys ... 3-6 3-3.2.1 How To Store Settings And Test Set-Ups ... 3-7 3-3.2.2 Details Of The Store Feature ... 3-7 3-3.2.3 How To Recall What You Have Stored ... 3-9 3-3.2.4 Example Of Storing And Recalling ... 3-10 3-3.2.5 How To Enter And Clear Data ... 3-13 3-3,2.6 How To Use The Help Key ... 3-14 3-3.3 Using The Hook Switch To Seize And Release Trunks ,..,..,..,3-1 4 3-4.1 How To Select The Trunk Type ... 3-15 SECTION TITLE PAGE 3-4,2 How To Set-Up A Trunk Type ... 3-16 3-4,2.1 EXAMPLE: Setting Up An E&M Trunk ... 3-16 3-4,3 Where To Find Optional Trunk Types ... ,.3-19 3-4.4 SF Supervision ... ,,.3-20 3-4.5 Basic Test Functions ... ,.,.3-22 3-4.6 How To Connect Test Cords to the 930A ... ,,.3-24 3-5 How To Place A Call Using The Dial/Ring Function ... 3-24 3-5.1 Details Of Dial/Ring Operation ... 3-26 3-5.2 How To Store And Recall Phone Numbers ... 3-28 3-5.3 Transmission Level Point (TLP) Compensation ... 3-29 3-6 How to measure Return Loss with the 930A ... 3-30 3-6.1 Details of Key operation in Return Loss ... 3-31 3-6.2 Trans Hybrid loss and how to measure it ... 3-33 3-7 How To Send A Tone From The 930A ... 3-34 3-7.1 Details Of The Send Tone Function ... 3-36 3-8 How To Measure The Level And Frequency Of Tones ... 3-38 3-8.1 Details Of Key Operation In Measure Tone ... 3-39 3-9 How To Measure Noise And Signa!-To~Noise ... 3-40 3-9.1 Example Of Measuring Signal-To-Noise ... 3-41 3-9.2 Details Of Key Operation In Measure Nois ... 3-42 4-0 Wideband Analog Operation ... 3-43 4-1 Introduction ... 3-43 4-2 Setup Procedure ... 3-43 4-3 Wideband Operation ... 3-45 4-3.1 Transmission Level Point (TLP) Compensation.., ... 3-46 4-3.4 How to send tone from the 930A in Wideband ... 3-46 4-3.5 Measuring tone with the 930A in Wideband ... 3-47 4-3.6 How to measure tone with the 930A in Wideband ... 3-48 4-4.1 Extended Features/Options Functionality ... 3-49 4-4.1 Option Menu 10 - Sweep ... 3-49 4-4.2 Option Menu 11 - Impulse Noise and Hits ... 3-55 4-1 The T-1 PCM Trunk Type Interface (Option 930A-08E or -09E) ... 4-1 4-1.1 How To Change PCM Channels And Test Direction ... 4-3 4-1.2 How To Change The PCM Default Settings ... 4-6 4-2 How To Monitor A T-1 Span ... ,..,,4-11 4-3 How To Monitor Both Directions On A T-1 Span ... 4-13 4-4 Terminating A T-1 Span For Out-Of-Service Testing ... 4-14 4-5 Drop and Insert Testing on a T-1 Line ... 4-18 4-6 How To Define Your Own ON/OFF-HOOK States ... 4-23 4-7 How To Select Foreign Exchange Supervision ... 4-26 4-8 Drop And Insert Test Cord Connections At A T-1 CSU ... 4-30 5-0 Extneded Features/Menu Options ... 5-1 5-0.1 Finding what you want under the Option Menu key ... 5-1 5-0.2 Useful Trunk Type/Menu Option Combinations ... 5-1 5-0.3 How to get into the Menu once you find it ... 5-5 5-1 Changing the Dial/Ring Defaults (Menu Option 1) ... 5-7 MF Or DTMF Digits ... 5-8 5-1.2 Changing the Level, Frequency and Timing or MF or DTMF Digits ... 5-8 5-1.3 How To Change The %Break, Rate And Interdigit Time Of Dial Pulse (DP) Digits ... 5-11 5-1.4 Modification of Ring Generator Parameters, ... 5-13 5-2 How To Build A Call Sequence (Menu Option 2) ... 5-15 5-2.1 How To Build A-Feature Group D Sequence In The 930A ... 5-15 5-2.2 How To Place A Call On A Wink Start Trunk ... 5-24 5-2.3 How To Send A Call More Than 18 Digits Long ... 5-28 5-2.4 Additional Features Of Menu Option 2 ... 5-29 5-2.5 ROTL/Responder Testing Using Send Digit Sequences ... 5-32 5-3 Setting-Up The Print Function (Menu Option 3) ... 5-35 5-4 Digit Receiver/Analyzer (Menu Option 4) ... 5-38 5-4.1 How To Receive Calls On PBX Or POTS Trunks ... 5-45 5-4.2 Receiving Calls On PBX Ground Start Trunks, ... 5-51 5-4.3 Receiving An Equal Access Call Sequence On A T-1 PCM Channel ... 5-56 5-4.4 Using The Digit Receiver Scan Mode,, ... 5-62 5-4.5 More About Equal Access Calls ... 5-63 5-4.6 Responder Testing Using The Digit Receiver ... 5-65 5-5 The Ring Generator And REN-3 Load (Menu Option 5) ... 5-72 5-6 How To Use The DC Voltmeter (Menu Option 6) ... 5-76 5-7 How To Change The Supervision Voltage Thresholds (Menu Option 7) ... 5-80 5-7.1 Supervision Threshold Ranges ... 5-81 5-7.2 How To Work With 24 Volt Supervision ... 5-83 5-7.3 Change Loop Supervision Thresholds ... 5-83 5-7.4 How To Change Ground Start Thresholds ... 5-86 5-7.5 How To Change E&M Supervision Thresholds ... 5-88 5-8 Measuring Supervision Event Times (Menu Option 8) ... 5-92 5-8,1 Monitoring Ground Start Supervision ... 5-96 5-8.2 Measuring A/B/C/D Bit Supervision On PCM Channels ... 5-96 5-9 How To Measure Wink Timing (Menu Option 9) ... 5-1 00 5-10 Using The Frequency Sweep (Menu Option 10) ... 5-1 02 5-37.1 Operational Procedures ... 5-213 5-39 (Menu Option 39) Remote Audio Monitor Operation ... 5-21 4 5-40 How To Send PCM Alarms And Force Frame Slips (Menu Option 40) ... 5-21 8 5-41 How To Measure The T-1 Voltage At The DSX Jacks (Menu Option 41) ... ,, ... 5-222 5-42 How To Detect T-1 Wander Or Clock Difference (Menu Option 42) ... 5-225 5-43 How To Measure Frame Slips, BPVs And Other Errors With The 930A (Menu Option 43) ... 5-228 5-44 T-1 Error History (Menu Option 44) ... 5-232 5-45 How To inject A BPV Or Frame Error (Menu Option 45) . 5-236 5-46 DS-1 Bit Error Rate Testing With The 930A (Menu Option 46) ... 5-239 5-46.1 Bit Error Testing Using The 930A ... 5-239 5-46.2 How To Change Test Patterns, Framing And Other Parameters ... 5-243 5-46.3 BER Testing T1 facilities with the 930A ... 5-249 5-46.4 Testing Toward A T-1 CSU With The 930A ... 5-251 5-46.5 BER Testing Two T-1 Spans Simultaneously ... 5-255 5-46.6 How To Send Errors And Select Other Types ... 5-257 5-47 Testing A T-1 Automatic Protection Switch (APS) (Menu Option 47) ... 5-259 5-48 CSU Emulation (Menu Option 48) ... 5-262 5-48.1 Description and Operation ... 5-262 5-50 Batch Mode Testing With The 930A (Menu Option 50) ... 5-269 5-50.1 How Batch Mode works ... 5-269 5-50.2 Batch Mode Capabilities and Examples ... 5-270 5-50.3 Key Functions In Batch Mode ... 5-272 5-50.4 Possible Events in The Call Sequence ... 5-274 5-50.5 Batch Mode Example ... 5-280 5-50.6 Testing Using Batch Mode ... 5-281 5-51 Storing test results (Menu Option 51) ... 5-283 5-51.1 How to check the setup information ... 5-286 51.2 Storing and Recalling test results ... 5-288 5-52 E-911 PSAP Simulator (Menu Option 52) ... 5-292 5-52.1 930A Operational procedures ... 5-293 5-56 DS-0 Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT) With The 930A (Menu Option 56) ... 5-302 5-56,1 How to setup the 930A for DS-0 BER Testing ... 5-303 5-56.2 DS-0 BER Testing ... 5-308 5-56.3 Point-to-Point DSO BER Testing Using Two 930As ... 5-308 5-56.4 Loopback BER Testing on 56 KBps DDS® Trunks ... 5-310 5-57 How To Make The 930A Give A Loopback (Menu Option 57) ... 5-314 5-65 The 930A To Work On Ground Start Coin Phone Trunks (Menu Option 65) ... 5-31 6 5-87 TPT Burst length (Menu Option 87) ... 5-318 5-88 How To Change Post-Test Progress Tone Delay (Menu Option 88) ... 5-319 5-89 Printer Handshake (Menu Option 89) ... 5-320 5-90 DSP Memory Test (Menu Option 90) ... 5-322 5-91 Where To Find The Software Version (Menu Option 91).5-323 5-92 How To Do A Software Cold-Boot (Menu Option 92) ... 5-324 5-93 The Test Display (Menu Option 93) ... 5-325 5-94 How To Find Out What Options Are Installed In Your 930A (Menu Option 94) ... 5-325 5-95 How To Test Dry Circuits With The 930A (Menu Option 95) ... 5-327 6-1 Introduction ... 6-1 6-1.1 Selecting The Remote Mode ... 6-3 6-1.2 Setting The Serial Interface Format ... 6-4 6-2 Using The 930A In The Printer Mode ... 6-8 6~ 2.1 Introduction ... 6-8 6-2.2 Setting up the print function ... 6-9 6-2.3 Printer handshake ... 6-12 6-2.4 Printer Applications ... 6-13 6-2.4 Printer Report Formats ... 6-14 6-3 Operation in the Terminal Mode ... 6-16 6-3.1 Terminal Set-Up ... 6-1 7 6-3.2 Terminal Keys ... 6-19 6-3.3 Terminal CRT Display ... 6-21 6-3.4 Troubleshooting ... 6-22 6-4 Computer Operation ... 6-23 6-4.1 Introduction ... 6-23 6-4.2 Setting Up The Computer Mode ... 6-26 6-4.3 Input to the 930A ... 6-28 6-4.4 Output From the 930A ... 6-28 6-4.5 Display Line Formats ... 6-29 6-4.6 Programmers Notes ... 6-32 6-4.6.1 Initializing The 930A ... 6-32 6-4.6.2 Using The HELP Menus ... 6-34 6-4.6.3 When Does The 930A Send A Bell? ... 6-41 1 -1 Specifications ... 1 -7 5-1 Option Menu Numbers ... ,5-3 6-1 ASCII to Front Panel Key Conversions ... 6-25 6-2 Special ASCII Characters For Remote Control ... , ... , ... 6-26