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Dialogic® TX 4000 PCI SS7
Network Interface Board
Installation Manual
July 2009 64-0429-01
www.dialogic.com
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Copyright and legal notices Copyright © 2003-2009 Dialogic Corporation. All Rights Reserved. You may not reproduce this document in whole or in part without permission in writing from Dialogic Corporation at the address provided below. All contents of this document are furnished for informational use only and are subject to change without notice and do not represent a commitment on the part of Dialogic Corporation or its subsidiaries (“Dialogic”). Reasonable effort is made to ensure the acc
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Revision history Revision Release date Notes 62334-10 November 2003 SRR, SS7 4.0 Beta 62334-11 April 2004 SRR, SS7 4.0 62334-12 August 2004 SRR. SS7 4.1 62334-13 April 2005 LBG, SS7 4.2 62334-14 July 2008 LBG, SS7 5.0 64-0429-01 July 2009 LBG, SS7 5.1 Last modified: July 7, 2009 Refer to www.dialogic.com for product updates and for information about support policies, warranty information, and service offerings.
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Table Of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Chapter 2: Dialogic® TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual...................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Chapter 3: Overview of the TX 4000 board ....................................................9 TX 4000 board features................................................................................ 9 Software components
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Introduction TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Chapter 8: Hardware specifications .............................................................43 General hardware specifications ...................................................................43 Physical .................................................................................................43 Host interface .........................................................................................43 H.10
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1 Introduction 1 ® The Dialogic TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual explains how to perform the following tasks: • Install the TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface board • Configure the TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface board • Establish network connections • Verify the installation This manual targets developers of telephony and voice applications who use TX 4000 ® boards with Dialogic NaturalAccess™ Signaling Software. This manual defines telephony terms wher
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2 Overview of the TX 4000 2 board TX 4000 board features ® The Dialogic TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface board is a PCI board that provides four T1 or E1 digital trunk interfaces and two Ethernet 10/100Base-T interfaces. The TX 4000 design is based on an intelligent communication processor (CP) that plugs into a single PCI bus slot. The CP operates with the PCI bus host processor to form a distributed communications application platform. The CP features one high-performance Motorol
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Overview of the TX 4000 board TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual The following illustration shows the TX 4000 board: T1/E1 Ethernet T1/E1 trunk status connectors connectors LEDs Ethernet S3 DIP MAC/PHY switch chips Framer Host bridge PCI to MPX PCI to 60x bridge bridge 8260 Power 7457 RISC QUICC II microprocessor controller with fan H.100 bus T8100A connector H.100 interface S2 DIP switch The TX 4000 board provides: • PCI bus connectivity Each board is designed
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TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Overview of the TX 4000 board • 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. • Ethernet connectivity The TX 4000 board supports two 10/100Base
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Overview of the TX 4000 board TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Utilities and demonstration programs NaturalAccess Signaling Software provides the following utilities and demonstration programs for the TX 4000 board. Run these programs from the \Program Files\Dialogic\tx\bin directory in Windows and from the /opt/dialogic/tx/bin directory in UNIX. For more information about each utility, refer to the Dialogic® TX Series SS7 Boards TX Utilities Manual. Utility De
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TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Overview of the TX 4000 board NaturalAccess™ Signaling Software provides the following programs in compiled and uncompiled form to demonstrate the usage of the TDM libraries. For information about these programs, refer to the Dialogic® TX Series SS7 Boards TDM for SS7 Developer's Reference Manual. Program Demonstrates how to... t1demo Test the T1/E1 and H.100 library functions with TX boards in a system. t1stat Receive unsolicit
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3 Installing the TX 4000 board 3 System requirements To install and use the TX 4000 board, your system must have the following components: • An available PCI bus slot. • At least 8 MB of memory (excluding operating system requirements). • NaturalAccess software development environment. • NaturalAccess Signaling Software. • A chassis with 3.3 V of supplied power to provide a minimum of 6.5 A per TX 4000 board. • An uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Although a UPS is not strictly
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Installing the TX 4000 board TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Installation summary The following table summarizes the steps for initially installing the hardware and software components: Step Description For details, refer to... 1 Ensure that your system meets the System requirements on page 15 system requirements. 2 Power down the system if it is running. 3 Configure the TX 4000 board to control Configuring H.100 bus termination on page 17 H.100 bus termin
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TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Installing the TX 4000 board Configuring the hardware This topic describes the following procedures for configuring the TX 4000 board: • Configuring H.100 bus termination • Configuring SS7 Monitor mode • DIP switch S1 Configuring H.100 bus termination The TX 4000 board connects to an H.100 bus. Boards on the H.100 bus are connected to one another with an H.100 bus cable. Enable bus termination on the board located on each end
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Installing the TX 4000 board TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual The following illustration shows the H.100 termination DIP switch: ON OFF Configuring SS7 Monitor mode DIP switch S3 controls the SS7 Monitor mode. The DIP switch is located on the front of the board, to the right of the T1/E1 trunk connectors. By default, all S3 switches are set to the ON position. This setting disables SS7 Monitor mode. When SS7 Monitor mode is disabled, the TX board is an activ
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TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Installing the TX 4000 board DIP switch S1 DIP switch S1 controls the operation of the board. By default, only switch 2 (AUTOSTART) is set to the ON position; all other S1 switches are set to the OFF position. Switch 5 is reserved for future use. Do not modify the default settings for this switch. Set switch 8 (SW MIN BOOT) to ON to boot the board to the original software image instead of using the current production software im
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Installing the TX 4000 board TX 4000 PCI SS7 Network Interface Board Installation Manual Installing the board Complete the following steps to install the TX 4000 board in your system: Step Action 1 If necessary, configure the board as described in Configuring the hardware on page 17. 2 Power down the computer and disconnect the power cord from the power source. 3 Remove the cover from the computer and set it aside. 4 If you are placing the board into a PCI chassis, remove the PCI retaine
