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Contents

Introduction ....................................... 1-1

About this Guide ............................................... 1-1

Structure ....................................................................... 1-1

Conventions .................................................................. 1-2

Use of auroraDuet .................................................................................. 1-4

Care ............................................................................. 1-5

Basic and Primary Rate Interface testers ........................... 1-5

Introduction to ISDN .......................................... 1-6

Transmission services ..................................................... 1-6

Interface types ............................................................... 1-7

Equipment .................................................................... 1-8

Terminal Equipment ....................................................... 1-8

Network Terminators ...................................................... 1-8

Equipment interface reference points ............................. 1-9

auroraDuet emulation modes ............................ 1-10

Power Sources .................................... 2-1

General information .......................................... 2-1

Main battery pack........................................................... 2-1

Real Time Clock battery .................................................. 2-2

Automatic power-off.......................................... 2-3

Replacing the main battery pack ........................ 2-3

Recharging the main battery pack ..................... 2-4

Discharging the battery pack ............................. 2-5

A Look at auroraDuet ................................................. 3-1

Power supply .................................................... 3-2

Audiovisual interfaces ........................................ 3-2

Controls ............................................................ 3-3

LED indicators ................................................... 3-5

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Communications ports and connectors ............. 3-8

Connecting auroraDuet at the S/T interface ...................... 3-10

Connecting auroraDuet at the U interface ........................3-10

Telecommunications safety ............................................3-10

Switching power on........................................ 3-11

Self test ........................................................................3-11

Getting Started................................... 4-1

The auroraDuet menu system ............................... 4-1

Moving around the menus ............................................ 4-2

The MAIN menu display ................................................. 4-2

Details of the MAIN menu display ................................... 4-3

The MAIN menu options ................................................ 4-6

ISDN CALL SETUP .......................................................... 4-6

AUTO TEST ................................................................... 4-6

CAPTURE REVIEW .......................................................... 4-7

RESULTS ........................................................................ 4-7

S BUS TEST(BRI) ............................................................. 4-7

U INTERFACE(BRI) .......................................................... 4-7

MONITOR ..................................................................... 4-7

T1 TEST (PRI) ................................................................. 4-7

SETUP ........................................................................... 4-7

UNATTENDED ............................................................... 4-8

LINE BERT (BRI) .............................................................. 4-8

How to get on-screen Help ............................... 4-8

Help STATUS screen ...................................................... 4-8

Function keys .................................................... 4-9

The main function keys .................................................4-10

F1—Help .....................................................................4-10

F2—B Channel Selection (BRI) .......................................4-10

F2—B Channel Selection (PRI) .......................................4-11

F3—ISDN Call Information ............................................. 4-12

F4—Hot Keys ...............................................................4-14

F5—SPID Selection (BRI) ................................................4-14

F5—T1 Status (PRI).......................................................4-14

F6—Exit .......................................................................4-14

Hot Keys (SIMULATE) ....................................... 4-14

Switching between Basic and Primary Rate ...... 4-15

Using the menu ...........................................................4-15

Using the Hot Keys .......................................................4-16

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Cross connections ........................................... 4-17

Establishing a cross connection...................................... 4-17

Removing a cross connection........................................ 4-18

auroraDuet date and time setup ......................... 4-18

Checking the date and time setup .................................4-18

auroraDuet speech call function ......................... 4-19

Loading and upgrading auroraDuet software ..... 4-20

Connecting auroraDuet to the PC ....................................4-21

Software download .......................................................4-21

During the download procedure: .................................. 4-22

After the download procedure: ..................................... 4-22

Setting Up auroraDuet .............................................. 5-1

Chapter Summary ............................................. 5-1

Using Hot Keys (SIMULATE) ............................... 5-3

Choosing a configuration ............................................... 5-4

Switching between BRI and PRI mode ............................ 5-4

Settings assigned to the Hot Keys (BRI) ........................... 5-5

Settings assigned to the Hot Keys (PRI) ........................... 5-5

U INTERFACE screen (BRI) .................................. 5-6

Setting up manual U interface activation .......................... 5-6

EOC MODE screen (BRI) .................................... 5-7

Setting up Embedded Operations Channel functions ....... 5-8

To specify the addressing type: ...................................... 5-8

To select a command to transmit: ................................... 5-8

Function keys ................................................................ 5-9

U INTERFACE INFORMATION screen (BRI) ........... 5-9

Information displayed ....................................................5-10

MAIN SETUP menu .......................................... 5-10

Options in the MAIN SETUP menu .................................5-11

COMMS SETUP screen..................................... 5-12

Defining the communication settings ............................. 5-12

REAL TIME FILTER SETUP screen (MONITOR) ..... 5-14

Setting up filters for data capture .................................... 5-14

TRACER SETUP screen ...................................... 5-15

Choosing the type of Monitor trace output .....................5-16

Types of output available ............................................... 5-16

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T1 SETUP screen (PRI) (SIMULATE) .................... 5-18

Setting up the T1 interface ............................................5-18

T1 SETUP screen (PRI) (MONITOR) ................... 5-19

Setting up the T1 interface ............................................5-19

BERT SETUP screens (SIMULATE) ...................... 5-20

Setting up BERT ............................................................5-20

User defined BERT settings ............................................5-22

Function keys ...............................................................5-22

GENERAL SETUP menu .................................... 5-23

Moving on to further screens ........................................5-24

Defining the general settings ........................................5-24

RINGER VOLUME Screen (SIMULATE) .............. 5-26

Adjusting the ringer volume .........................................5-26

REAL TIME CLOCK screen ................................ 5-26

Changing the date and time .........................................5-27

START TIME screen (MONITOR)......................... 5-27

Setting the D Channel Monitor automatic start ................ 5-28

auroraDuet default settings ................................. 5-29

Making Calls and Testing .................... 6-1

Chapter summary ............................................. 6-1

Notes on voice calls ........................................... 6-1

Notes on data calls ............................................ 6-2

Functions of the T1 interfaces (PRI)..................... 6-3

Making a call ..................................................... 6-3

Voice calls ..................................................................... 6-3

Data calls ....................................................................... 6-4

Answering a voice call ....................................... 6-5

Clearing a call ................................................... 6-6

UNATTENDED mode ......................................... 6-6

LINE BERT menu (BRI) ........................................ 6-8

Choosing a channel ....................................................... 6-8

Choosing the test type ................................................... 6-9

CONNECT LOOP screen ................................................ 6-9

Running the Loop test .................................................... 6-9

To stop the loop test .....................................................6-10

CONNECT BERT screen ................................................6-10

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Running the BER test ..................................................... 6-10

To stop the BER test ...................................................... 6-10

To store the test results.................................................. 6-10

To restart the BER test ...................................................6-10

To print the results on-line .............................................. 6-11

Function keys ...............................................................6-11

T1 TEST Menu (PRI) .......................................... 6-11

Options for the T1 test .................................................. 6-12

Function keys ...............................................................6-12

Setting up a T1 Test ...................................................... 6-13

Function keys ...............................................................6-15

T1 TEST INFORMATION screens ....................................6-15

BIT ERROR STATUS screen .............................................6-15

ERROR COUNTS screen ................................................6-16

T1 ERROR RATIO screen ................................................6-17

Injecting errors into the test stream ...............................6-17

To stop the test .............................................................6-17

To store the test results.................................................. 6-18

To print the test results .................................................. 6-18

Function keys in the T1 TEST INFORMATION screens ...... 6-18

T1 STATUS screens (PRI) ................................... 6-19

LAYER 1 STATUS screen .................................................6-19

Information displayed ....................................................6-20

PORT 1/PORT 2 LINE STATUS .........................................6-20

Information displayed ....................................................6-21

PORT 1/PORT 2 PRM STATUS (SIMULATE) .......................6-21

Information displayed ....................................................6-22

Function keys in the T1 STATUS screens .........................6-22

RESULTS screen (BER test results)(SIMULATE) .... 6-22

Information displayed ....................................................6-23

Function keys ...............................................................6-23

Monitor, Capture & Review Functions 7-1

Chapter summary ............................................. 7-1

Functions of the T1 interfaces (PRI)..................... 7-2

MONITOR menu ............................................... 7-2

Understanding the Monitor display .................................. 7-3

Options in the MONITOR menu ..................................... 7-4

Function keys ................................................................ 7-5

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U INTERFACE INFORMATION screen............................... 7-5

Information displayed ..................................................... 7-6

Function keys ................................................................ 7-6

D Channel monitoring ...................................... 7-7

MONITOR SESSION screen ............................................ 7-7

To assign a name to the session ..................................... 7-8

To exit without starting a session ..................................... 7-8

To start the monitor session ............................................ 7-8

DATA MONITOR screen ................................................. 7-9

Information on the DATA MONITOR screen ..................... 7-9

Settings for data monitoring ........................................... 7-10

Function keys ...............................................................7-11

VOICE MONITOR screen (BRI) .......................... 7-11

Connecting and disconnecting the headset ...................7-12

Adjusting the sound volume .........................................7-12

Function keys ...............................................................7-12

VOICE MONITOR screen (PRI) .......................... 7-13

Choosing a B channel for monitoring ............................7-13

Connecting and disconnecting the headset ...................7-13

Adjusting the sound volume .........................................7-13

Reviewing stored D channel monitor sessions .. 7-14

SELECT SESSION screen ...............................................7-14

To select a session for review ........................................7-15

To exit without selecting a session .................................. 7-15

Function keys ...............................................................7-15

MONITOR REVIEW menu .............................................7-16

Options in the MONITOR REVIEW menu .......................7-16

To choose how to review the session ............................7-17

Function keys ...............................................................7-17

DISPLAY DECODE DATA screen .....................................7-17

Information displayed about the session ......................... 7-18

Navigating through the data .........................................7-19

Using markers .............................................................. 7-19

Function keys ...............................................................7-20

Understanding Decode information ............................... 7-22

TRACE CAPTURE REVIEW menu (SIMULATE) ..... 7-24

Options for reviewing the monitor sessions ....................7-25

Function keys ...............................................................7-26

Clearing the memory ...................................................7-26

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