Lucent Technologies Lineage
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2000 ECS Battery Plant H569-403
Issue 4 February 1997
Engineering, Planning, and Ordering 3 - 25
Ordering
Reference
Material
Coding and
Terminology
The two main categories of Lucent hardware are called
APPARATUS and EQUIPMENT. The battery plant ordering
process primarily involves Equipment for the system and
Apparatus for components and replacements.
An apparatus code identifies one specific arrangement of
hardware. The product is available in one form only. Lucent
Coded Apparatus is always specified by the code followed by
the descriptor. For example:
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BAA1 Circuit Pack
•
364A Power Unit
•
113A Control Unit
The vintage or version of coded apparatus is controlled by a
SERIES NUMBER. The series number may be appended to the
apparatus code for a complete description of the product, but is
not necessary because only the latest vintage is orderable at any
given time. Apparatus-coded components for a battery plant are,
typically, replacement parts and spares. (See “Spare Parts” in
Section 5.)
Equipment-coded hardware is available in different
configurations with combinations of optional features. The total
number of combinations and permutations of the optional
features on a given product may be in the hundreds or thousands.
For this reason, a unique code is NOT assigned to each
combination of options. Instead, a MAIN CODE is specified,
which is followed by a list of identifiably separate options with
the quantities for each option.
The main code number falls into one of three categories:
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J-code
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ED-code
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H-code