44 Overview of the Outside Plant Access Cabinet (OPAC) maintenance Functional overview ‘The Outside Plant Access Cabinet (OPAC) affers the enhanced capacity and versatility necessary for today's increased service delivery needs. The OPAC incorporates the functions of multiple outside plant enclosures. It is casily tailored to address a wide range of individual application requirements ‘in both present and future access networks. ‘The OPAC is a remote peripheral that provides extended geographic coverage for the DMS-100 switch. The OPAC is configured to operate at a distance of up to 160.93 km (100 mi) from the host office. ‘This guide describes the OPAC and provides information regarding the operation, user interface, alarms, and logs required for its maintenance. ‘The OPAC contains hardware and software maintenance components that perform routine audits and identify malfunctions in the following: = OPAC + DS-1 links that connect the OPAC to the host controller + subscriber lines * Series 800E Cabinet ‘The OPAC provides an interface for two to six DS-1 links from @ line group controller (LGC), line trunk controller (LTC), or remote cluster controller (RCC) and up to 640 subscriber lines connected locally. ‘The OPAC is a reconfigured Remote Line Concentrating Module (RLCM) designed for outdoor use with additional equipment to provide temperature Control within the Series 800E Cabinet. The OPAC is availabie in a configuration supporting 256 lines. Because of the size of the OPAC cabinet, the operating company can provision other equipment to meet its needs. ‘DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up4-2__Maintenance overview Note 1: ‘Throughout this guide, the terms RLCM and Outside Plant Module (OPM) are used in conjunction with the OPAC. ‘The OPM is a reconfigured RLCM packaged in an environmentally protected cabinet. Note 2: After packaging the OPM in the Series 800E Cabinet, the product is identified as the OPAC. “The OPAC replaces the frame supervisory panel (ESP) with a modular supervisory panel (MSP). Note 3: Because there are no software changes as part of the OPAC, some of the feature packages, office parameters, translations datafill, software module names and functions, and maintenance and administration position (MAP) levels and commands will still be known by their original design names, such as RLCM, OPM, and FSP. Note 4: The erm PES (power and environmental system), which applies to the OPM, also applies to the environmental control and alarms features of the Series 800E Cabinet integrated with the OPAC. ‘This chapter contains both a hardware and software overview of the OPAC configuration. The Series 800E Cabinet is discussed in another section. FCC statement ‘This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference ‘when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency engery and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications, Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. General configuration This section describes how the different hardware components of the OPAC interact for maintenance troubleshooting. “The OPAC is packaged in the Series 800E Cabinet, The Series 800E ‘Cabinet is an environmentally controlled cabinet consisting of three compartments, wich house the following: ‘+ electronics and batteries + ac power distribution + cable and wire termination, protection, and cross-connections ‘The OPAC consists of a line concentrating module (LCM), host interface equipment (HIE), and remote maintenance module (MM). 287-8211-550 Standard 03.02 November 1996Maintenance overview 1-3 ‘The OPAC supports all the line features available at the host, including plain old telephone service (POTS), party lines, coin lines, Meridian Digital Centrex (MDC) stations, Meridian business sets (MBS), data units, attendant consoles, and Datapath, «The OPAC requires the following software feamre packages: NTXI46AA, Remote Line Concentrating Module and NTX147AA, Outside Plant Module Maintenance. * Optional feature packages for Intracalling (NTX1S6AA) and Emergency ‘Stand-Alone (ESA) Operation (NTX154AA) are also available with the OPAC. ‘The following figure shows the OPAC arrangement in the Series 800E Cabinet DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up1-4 Maintenance overview ‘OPAC arrangement Fuse panels Airinduction roof Door switch i ° a Fier pane! POTETI76 acy ie! Cooling unit i | f Termination Bay 0 Bay1 Electrical Attached comparment compartment power Pedestal 297-8211-660 Standard 03.02 November 1996Maintenance overview 1-5 Line concentrating module ‘The LCM occupies two shelf positions in the OPAC cabinet. The dual unit LCM contains two ine concentrating array (LCA) shelves. LCA-O is he bottom shelf. The LCA-1 is the top shelf of the LCM. Fuse panels above the LCM camry sets of five +5 V and ~48 V fuses for the line drawers, as well as a pair of fuses for the ringing voltage outputs RA, RB). Each LCA shelf is equipped with a processor, controller, power ‘converter, and five line drawers. Each line drawer connects up 10 64 line cards, one for each analog subscriber line serviced by the OPAC. The 64 line cards are divided into two groups of 32, Each group of 32 line cards is called a line subgroup aso). ‘Ten line drawers and 20 LSGs in the two LCA shelves are identified in the following figure. ‘The maximum number of lines (640) that may be connected to an OPAC is derived from the number of line drawers (10) times the number of line cards per drawer (64). In the OPAC, the LCM connects from two to six DS-1 control-side (C-side) links to its 640 subscriber lines. The LCM components that comprise this interface are the following: + two power converters + two control complexes, the LCM processor and the digroup control card @cc) + twenty LSGs ‘The OPAC has a minimum of two DS-1 links, because each primary link carries one message channel to the LGC, LTC, or RCC. Each DS-1 link carries 24 speech channels providing 48 to 144 available channels, two of which will always be nailed up to the host controller. Up toa tonal of six ports can be accommodated, depending on twaffic capacity and the concentration ratio required. DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up1-6 _Maintenance overview LOM arrangement ram ts@ri | Lsa1s | tsa1s | isat7 | tsai9’ 5 Line 4K drawers Power converter Processor} LCA Digroup_| igh | ~E 6 7 8 9 control tseio | isai2 | iscia | iscie | Lsaie Lem tseo1 | isaos | Lse0s | tsco7 | Lscoa Power converter Prose — | | 1 Ol oo] o| oo] pm? Digoup| I) | 6 7 z z 7 control con | tsa00 | tsaoe | tscee | iscne | tsc08 Stine orawers LCA shelf configuration ‘The layout of the LCA shelves and line drawers of the OPAC is shown in the following figure. An LCA shelf contains the following pants: ‘+ one power converter ‘+ one control complex + five line drawers 297-8211-550 Standard 03.02 November 1995Maintenance overview 1-7 ‘The power converter card is located at the far left of the LCA shelf (slots 01-03), the contro! complex cards occupy slots 04 and 05, and the five line drawers fill the remainder of the shelf. Power converter card ‘The power converter card (NT6X53), located in slots 01-03 of the LCA, contains circuits for converting a -48V office battery to regulated +5V and +15V outputs for the shelf circuitry. ‘The power converter also contains relay circuits that control the application of ringing, automatic number identification (AND, and coin voltages from the ringing generator to the LCM line circuits. ‘Power connections to the two shelves of an LCM are arranged for one converter to supply power to both shelves if the mate converter fails. Line concentrating array (LCA) shelf tayout DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up448 Maintenance overview Host interface equipment shelf fayout Slot Abbreviation NTPEC Remarks 01-03 NT6XS3AA Power converter. Also contains ringing and ANI voltage switching circus. 04 LoMP NTEXE1AB_—_-XLCM processor card (see nete) 05, Dec NT6XS2AA —_Digroup control card = - NTEXOSAA Line drawer - use - Une subgroup ‘Note: The LCA contains the NTEXS1AB 256 Kbyte processor card. This card requires the extended memory line concentrating module (XLCM) software load. LCM control complex cards ‘The LCM processor (LCMP) card and DCC are often referred to as common cards in the LCA. In each LCA, the common cards, which are always provided, function identically. The functions of these cards are described here. XLCM processor card ‘The extended-memory line concentrating module (XLCM) processor card (NT6XS1AB) is located in slot 04 of each LCA shelf. It connects with the DCC to form the control complex for the LCA, where it checks sanity and monitors activity. The XLCM processor also monitors the power and ringing generator functions of the OPAC. ‘The XLCM contains 256 kB of random access memory (RAM) storage. It collects dial pulse digits from subscriber lines and handles messages to and from the host LTC, LGC, or RCC for up to 640 lines. The NT6X51AB requires XLCM software loads. Digroup contro! card The DCC (NT6X52) is located in slot 05 of the LCA shelf. The DCC allows the LCA and HIE shelves to communicate, ‘The DCC provides an interface between its corresponding LCM processor in the LCA and one link control card (LCC) in the HIE through eight DS30A links, as shown in the figure below. ‘The DCC provides time switching for associating a line card to a given channel on a DS30A link. It also provides digital loop-around paths for fault isolation, 297-8211-850 Standard 08.02 November 1995Maintenance overview 1-9 ‘OPAC DS30A to DS interface HIE sheit | LCA sheit 0 J} Lcmp-o tcc-o |_eps3oa | oco-0 (NTexs1) TJ ntexzs) (NTexs2) +> Tops+ feces i (NTEX80), hee < Lect 8 DS30A | DCC-1 (NTEX73) (wTexs2) LoMP-1 Latex Line drawers Each line drawer (NT6X0S) in the LCA shelf has one bus interface card (BIC) (NT6X54AA) with @ maximum of 64 line cards of various types. The following figure shows the side view of a typical LCA line drawer. ‘The line drawer can be withdrawn from the frame to access line circuit cards, yet remain operative because of flexible cables connected to the rear receptacles. DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manuel XPMO6 and up1-10 Maintenance overview LCA line drawer NT6XO5AA, circuit card location INO +) iii | MN, +), Drawer state display ‘The codes used to display line drawer states at the MAP terminal are listed in the following table. This text uses standard abbreviations rather than ‘codes to describe line drawer states. At the LCM level of the MAP display, the statuses of the drawers are displayed below the statuses of the LCM units. The drawers are numbered from 0 through 19 and are grouped in pairs to show they share the same BIC card. 297-821-550 Standard 03.02 November 1995,Maintenance overview 1-11 ‘The following display shows an example of drawer statuses: nun RHR: 02 23 45 67 89 01 23 45 67 89 38 wm MM oO .. = SS I. ‘Whenever the state of a drawer changes, the status display is updated. The state can be changed by the system, or manually. LOM drawer states. ‘Code Definition (abbreviation) + (Got) In service (InSv) ' In-service trouble (1STb) M Manual busy (ManB) ° Ofiine (OfL) 8 ‘System busy (Sys8) - Unequipped Lt Bus interface card ‘The BIC (NT6X54) is located at the front of the line drawer, behind the front faceplate. The BIC connects to the two LSGs (64 line cards) in its drawer. In addition to connecting its two 32-channel LSGs to both LCAs, the BIC performs the following functions: ‘+ scans line circuits for presence of a hook switch change or message (interpretation of dialed digits). + sends signals through a ringing multiplexer to control the relays in the power converter to select ringing and ANVcoin voltages. © monitors line drawer activity for maintenance. + performs digital loop-around on command from the maintenance system. Communication between LCA-O and LCA-1 or between two LSGs is accomplished through the single BIC in each drawer. Line cards ‘The line cards are located behind the BIC in four rows of up to 16 line cards. ‘The top two rows of line cards form the odd-numbered LSG, and the bottom two rows form the even-numbered LSG. DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up1:12 _Maintenance overview Normally, the LCA-1 control complex controls the odd LSG of both LCAs using the ten 32-channel peripheral-side (P-side) ports available on the DCC of LCA-1. Both the LSGs and the individual line cards in the LSGs are numbered. LSG numbers in an OPAC range from LSG-00 through LSG-19, and line card numbers range from 00 through 31. ‘Using these numbers, the line cards are uniquely identified and inventoried in the DMS-100 switch by their line equipment numbers (LEN), as shown in the following tables. Parts of LEN for OPAC Part Description Ske Four-character alphanumeric name that identifies the remote site ‘where the OPAC is located. The LEN fora line configured in the host office has a site name of HOST. Frame Numeric 00-99 identifies the OPAC frame containing the tine cara LOM Numeric 0 identifies the LCM in the frame containing the line card, The OPAC contains only one LCM identified as LCM-0. isa Numeric 00-19 identifies the line subgroup of the LCM containing: the line card, Circuit Numeric 00-1 identifies the postion ofthe line card in the LSG. ‘The figure below shows how line cards are numbered for identification within any LSG. Acomplete LEN for an OPAC line card consists of five units of information, as described in the following table. This example shows LENs for line cards in atypical office. The first two LENs are for OPAC-supported lines. example LENs for line cards Site Frame Lom isc Le HOST 08 1 4 06 REMI 00 0 o7 30 REM2 oo 0 18 26 297-821-550 Standard 03.02 November 1995Maintenance overview 1-13 Line cards are available in several types so different kinds of analog or digital telephone equipment can be supported by the OPAC, ‘The line cards currently supported are the following: + Standard line circuit card type A (NT6X17AA, AB, AC, AD) + Line card type B coin (NT6X18AA, AB, BA) © Message waiting line card (NT6XI9AA) + Message-waiting converter card (NTEX20AA) + Meridian Business Set (MBS) line card 1SKFT MDC Business Set (NT6X21AA, AB, AC, AD) Standard line circuit card type A (NT6X17AA, AB, AC, AD) or plain old telephone service (POTS) card supports single-party, two-party, and PBX analog telephone sets (type 500 or 2500). ‘The type A card supporis loop start, superimposed ringing, and frequency-selective ringing with bridged ringers. The cutover control circuit is also supported. Note: The position for LC-00 is assigned to a type A line circuit and used for analog singing tests, Circuit LC-00 isnot available for assignment toa subscriber line. Line card type B coin (NT6X18AA, AB, BA) provides all features of type A, plus multiparty lines. Supports coded ringing, private branch exchange (PBX) ground start, hoteV/'motel, and analog pay telephone sets requiring coin control. If the suffix of the NT6X18 card is -AA or -AB, and the line is identified as ground start (GND=Y in table LNINV), run the diagnostics again if the initial diagnostics fails. This action is possible by adding the Service order (Gervord) option NPGD, Negate Partial Ground Start Diagnostics. This Option allows the line to be tested against a smaller subset of ground start diagnostics. Therefore, when option NPGD is set in table LENLINES, loop detector, reversal relay, and ground star relay tests are skipped. Message walting line card (NT6X19AA) provides all the features of the type A line circuit, plus a message-waiting lamp driver circuit. When activated, this circuit causes the message waiting lamp on the associated telephone set to flash at 1 Hz, informing the subscriber a message is being held, Message-waiting converter card (NT6X20AA) provides -150 V synchronized pulse for the message-waiting lamp circuit. It is synchronized. from the 2.56-MHz clock pulse in the OPAC. This card must be installed in slot positions 00 and 16 of the odd LSG to function properly. DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMQ6 and up4-14 Maintenance overview Meridian Business Set (MBS) line card 1SKFT MDC Business Set {NT6X21AA, AB, AC, AD) supports MDC-related electronic multiline telephone sets and operator consoles. ‘The NT6X21AD line card provides a voice and signaling interface between 2 2-wire, analog subscriber line and one channel of the 4-wire, a 32-channel 2.56 Mbys bit stream of the DMS-100 Family of Digital Multiplex Switching Systems. The card occupies one slot in the line drawer of the LCM for use with a P-phone telephone set connected to the line card with an ordinary non-loaded (NL) pair of metallic conductors. Simultaneous voice and extended signaling services are provided on the same loop. ‘The transmission bandwidth on the loop is divided into two frequency bands: 1 Voice channel, 300-3400Hz 2 Signaling channel, 6-1OkHiz, traditional high-voltage signaling (ringing), is substituted with low level signals. ‘The NT6X21AD is a single line circuit line card that, with appropriate DIP switch settings, is hardware backward compatible with the NT6X21AC line card, It provides enhanced features such as + reduced messaging noise ‘+ DIP switch selectable balance impedance + UDLC (universal digital loop carrier) optimized operation + DIP switch selectable (0 or -3.5dB) gain in the D/A (digital to analog) direction + DIP switch selectable short-loop/long-loop (sip/lp), signaling levels Feamre AE1516 is required to allow datafill of the NT6X21AD cardcade, and maintenance and diagnostics on the new selectable signaling level, selectable voice receive D/A level, and selectable balance impedance. The following table lists the recommended DIP switch settings. 297-8211-550 Standard 03.02 November 1995Maintenance overview 1-15 Recommended NT6X21AD St DIP switch settings Recommended | _DVA voice Balance Signaling tevel application st 82 ‘SS.andS4 ——___——____ ‘switch position | switch position | Both | Only | only | Both ON OFF | ON OFF | ON | S4ON| [Link]| OFF oas | -3608| ne | 942 | 1.3vpp| aevpp| osvpp| otevep x x tL ‘medium loop: x x 17-1808 EML | Ppnonesas ‘medium loop: x 41768 EML spines eee) rece eeeeene| ceesea | eveaes short ioops: 0-408 EML [Norte Telecom x x x upics Lomeveas + [BX ‘equivalent x x x mode NOW? TE=TECDE, NU = WOMTOSTES, S+ZRICETET GW ohn + ZTE MicTOaTaAS) HEWOR, \Vpp=voltage peak to peak, EML= estimated measured loss, as defined in NTP 297-201-180 BCS25 version 01.02 Listed in the following two tables are the two acceptable limits for ‘transhybrid loss (THL), dependant on the D/A level selected. Since the NT6X2iAD uses the same diagnostics as the NT6X21AC, the THL limits are modified for diagnostic purposes. The first table is for the NT6X21AC line card, the next table is for the NT6X21AD line card. ‘DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual _XPMO6 and up4:16 Maintenance overview NT6X21AC THL Limits Frequency 304 704 rma 2 BE ‘Waxmunm ae Os NT6X21AD THL Limits Frequency 304 704 1505 9204 wanna aT Paaxmon TE R r Both limits are required so system software will be able to determine which D/A gain has been selected on the line card and compare THL test results against both possible limits. + Data line card (DLC) DMS-100/200 (NT6X71AC) provides data transmission interfaces for operation with computer terminals. + Datapath bit error rate tester line card (NT6X99AA). This line card provides bit error rate performance (BERP) testing transmission paths for assessing bit error performance of OPAC hardware components. ‘See the figure “LCA block diagram” for a functional view of the OPAC LCA shelves. All of the components of the following figure are described here. 297-821-850 Standard 03.02 November 1995,Maintenance overview 1-17 LCA block diagram Control complex Line drawers. aa 8 See : oe Poe Be exee S080, : Loc-1 << : O12 Digroup Control ‘Note: Pons 8, 4, and 6 are active through the backplane wiring in the takeover mode only. DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up4-18 Maintenance overview HIE description ‘The HIE occupies a single shelf position in the OPAC frame. The HIE allows the LCA shelves of the OPAC to connect both to the RMM and to the host office. ‘The HIE shelf contains the following components: ° © tworinging generators = DwoLCCs ‘+ two to three DS-1 interface cards ‘+ two power converters * one ESA control complex (optional) ‘These components are described in the following sections. HIE shelf configuration As the following figure shows, two ringing generators occupy slots 01-08 in the HIE, Each generator is four slots wide. The optional ESA control complex, when provisioned, occupies slots 14-16, ‘The LCCs occupy slots 17 and 18 of the HIE shelf, ‘Two power converters occupy the far right of the HIE shelf in slots 22-24 and 25, respectively. Slot 25, the rightmost slot on the shelf, is as wide as three regular HIE slots. Ringing generators ‘The North American ringing generators (RG) (NT6X60), contain the frequency circuits that generate ringing signals to subscriber line cards on the LCA shelves. Ringing pattems meet Bell Canada and Bellcore requirements. Coded, superimposed, and frequency selective ringing are supported. ‘The ringing generators also contain ANI and coin generator circuits that check for two- or four-party ANI, and for coin presence in prepay coin telephones. ‘The ringing generators also produce voltages required for ANI and coin control (48 V de and 130 V dc), ‘They monitor ANI and coin voltages and ‘ring bus outputs for failure, 297-8211-550 Standard 03.02 November 1995Maintenance overview 1-19 HIE shett layout HIE: NT6X11 2 g [- esa | - ESA Cikfione [secaeseseeesr Ube Oceeaet | sasesaesaeee LOO fieeaza! (01 G2 03 04 08 06 O7 08 09 10 11 12 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Note: * Provisonal for ESA mods, Host interface equipment shelf layout Slot Abbreviation NTPEC Remarks o1-04 RG x60 North American ringing generator 05-08 = RGH exeo ‘North American ringing generator ong - 0x60 Fler panel 14 ESAM 6xa7 ESA memory (see note) 16 ESAP 6x45 ESA processor (see note) 16 ESACiktone 6X75 ESA clock and tone card (see note) 17,18 Leo 6x73 Link control card (LOC-0, LOC-1) 19,20 DS 6x50 S-1 interface (2 DS-t links for each care) 21 - 0xs0 Filler pane! (see note) ‘Note: The 6X45, 6X47, and 6X75 cards are needed when the ESA option is provisioned. (Otherwise, these sicts have filer pane's (NTOXEO). If additional DS-1 links are required, for ¢ total Of six DS-1 links, the filer pane! in slot 21 is replaced by NT6X50. —eontined— ‘DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMO6 and up1-20 Maintenance overview Host interface equipment shelf layout (continued) Slot Abbreviation NT PEC Remarks 22-24 2x70 Power converter 25-27 2x70 Power converter Note: The 6X45, 6X47, and 6X75 cards are needed when the ESA option is provisioned. ‘Otherwise, these slots have filer pane's (NTOXS0). if additional DS-1 links are required, for a total ‘of six DS-1 links, the filler pane! in slot 21 fs replaced by NT6X50. nd Link control cards ‘The two LCC cards (NT6X73) fill slots 17 and 18 of the HIE, Each LCC provides an interface between eight DS30A ports from an OPAC LCA shelf and DS-1 links to the host office. ‘The LCCs also provide an interface ‘between the ESA processor, if provisioned, and the LCM. ‘The following figure shows how the DS-1 links are terminated on the LCC and in the LCA. 297-821-550 Standard 03.02 November 1995Maintenance overview 4-24 Sateen see ee Sees Eee ere ‘LOC intertace to DS--1 interface cards Tohost omce pssins oh Ae ch hs sh bs DS-1 Ds DS interface interface interface: card card — ~~~ 4- EE ene | RMM DSSOA links DS30A links: LCAO LOA ‘Under nonmal conditions, when both are active, LCC-0 connects LCA-O, and LCC-1 connects LCA-1. LCC-0 serves even-numbered DS-1 links (0, 2, 4) from the DS-1 interface cards and LCC-1 serves odd-numbered DS-1 Tinks (1, 3, 5). ‘The previous figure shows the configuration of the LCCs. ‘One-to-one mapping of LCA primary ports, with DS-1 links, means that all 24 channels of a DS-1 link come out of one 32-channe] DS30A port. Extra ‘channels are used for control and signaling from the host and for intaspeech and interspeech channels. ‘Tue LOC accepts eight DS30A links from its LCA. Through the LCC, these links provide the following: + message and speech paths to the host + connection to the RMM ‘+ Tink-sharing resources for each LCA 'DMS-100 Family OPAC Maintenance Manual XPMOS and up