Paradyne COMSPHERE 3800 Series, Release Note

Page 1: ...You have accessed an older version of a Paradyne product document Paradyne is no longer a subsidiary of AT T Any reference to AT T Paradyne is amended to read Paradyne Corporation...

Page 2: ...dems Release Notes Firmware Update for Release 2 6 6800 A2 GK60 00 3800 Series Modems Release Notes Firmware Update for Release 4 5 6800 A2 GK61 00 3800Plus Modems Release Notes Firmware Update for Re...

Page 3: ...6800 A2 GB20 10 Table added to Chapter 2 which provides a list of supported device commands for the 3615 3616 DualFlow DSU products COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System Core Command Refere...

Page 4: ...ia cfc Call Occurrence Distribution cod see Call Statistics Application Call Test ct Change External Interface Leads chels Change Options cho Change Thresholds cht Circuit Quality cq Clear Call Direct...

Page 5: ...now supports 3900 Series modems in the same capacity provided for the 3800 Series modems This affects the following commands Call Detail Display cded Call Duration Distribution cdud Call Occurrence D...

Page 6: ...5 Call Fault Criteria cfc The Call Fault Criteria cfc input form page 2 is changed as follows Action upon exceeding minimum average changes to Action upon not meeting minimum average...

Page 7: ...xecuted dial tone Causes the modem to go offline and recognize a dial tone Once a valid dial tone is recognized the test completes by releasing the dial line Leased line operation is interrupted by th...

Page 8: ...3980 3981 and 3982 modems A warning box with the message Test not sent Test device mismatch appears Display External Interface Leads dsels This command is not executable for 3980 3981 and 3982 modems...

Page 9: ...selection Kbps fields 4 4 9 2 and 18 8 Kbps The Configuration Set input form has new pages to support both the DualFlow DSU and the DualFlow DBM For the DualFlow DSUs DSU Configuration Set screen Diag...

Page 10: ...wer security field The new selections are VF DTE and VFw DTE For the 3980 3981 and 3982 modems The DTE INTERFACE Configuration Set input form has new selections for the DTR action DSR control and the...

Page 11: ...creen displays the following fields Rate at 33 6 Rate at 28 8 Rate at 24 0 Rate at 19 2 Rate at 16 8 Rate at 14 4 Rate at 12 0 Rate at 9600 Rate at 7200 Rate at 4800 and Rate at 2400 A pop up is avail...

Page 12: ...le range 15 to 0 Receive level low Receive level in dBms Possible range 50 to 16 Signal noise Signal noise ratio in dB Possible range 5 to 40 Phase jitter 20 300 Hz In degrees deg Possible range 1 to...

Page 13: ...e 0 0 to 102 3 dB Retrains 0 255 computed for the last 15 minutes Gain hits 0 255 computed for the last 15 minutes Phase hits 0 255 computed for the last 15 minutes Impulse hits 0 255 computed for the...

Page 14: ...13 Clear Call Directory clcd Command This command now supports 3900 Series modems...

Page 15: ...900 Series modems blbad ptf ehscn The EXPANDED STATUS field has the following new status message Call test The Device Health and Status results form displays the following possible Modem VF Line Speed...

Page 16: ...n 1 to 4 The Port Alarms field is expanded to include Port 2 3 and 4 The following are possible Port Alarm messages Port n receive data alarm Port n transmit data alarm Port n DTR alarm Port n CTS al...

Page 17: ...ssfully completed the results form displays the speed at which the connection was made The possible speeds in bps for 3980 3981 and 3982 modems are as follows 300 600 1200 2400 4800 7200 9600 12000 14...

Page 18: ...ve Poll List Selecting partial runs the risk of having modems with different firmware versions in different tributaries being on the same line A confirm message will display asking you to continue or...

Page 19: ...18 EIA Status eias The results form displays only the RS232 Status screens for 3980 3981 and 3982 modems...

Page 20: ...y Finland Cyprus Portugal Singapore Malaysia Turkey The Installed features field on the results form is enhanced with the following new values Proprietary 28 8 Proprietary 1200 Dual Leased Line The fo...

Page 21: ...20 The results form now displays 3920 and or 3921 in the Model field in support of 392xPlus modems The following selection is added to the Installed Features field V 34...

Page 22: ...21 Loopback lo Command On Page 1 of the Loopback input form the Test type or state field contains a new selection 3600 remote digital...

Page 23: ...dems Device s Enter the address es of device s to be reset The Reset results form lists the device information for each device specified A message appears indicating whether or not the device has a Br...

Page 24: ...ary DSU Tributary DBM Change Device Poll List chpl Control DBM Circuit Quality cq Control DBM Tributary DBM Disable Enable de Control DSU Control DBM Tributary DSU Tributary DBM Device test det Contro...

Page 25: ...bert Control DSU Control DBM Report Terminal Power rtp Control DSU Control DBM Tributary DSU Tributary DBM Standby Facility sf Control DBM Send Message snm Control DSU Control DBM Tributary DBM Transm...

Page 26: ...hanged Create Device Profile crdp Delete Device Profile dldp Display Device Profile dsdp Display System Pool List dsspl Edit ATR Phone Directory edatrpd Edit External System Configuration edesc Edit D...

Page 27: ...ard Assembly Dual Bridge n port Flex TDM CCA Extended Bridge Time Division Multiplexer Circuit Card Assembly Extended Bridge n port Flex TDM CCA TDM V 35 Time Division Multiplexer Circuit Card Assembl...

Page 28: ...cuit Card Assembly Multichannel Multipoint V 35 n port Flex MCMP CCA ASPEN Multichannel Multipoint Circuit Card and ASPEN application present n port Flex MCMP CCA CBRIDGE ASPEN Multichannel Multipoint...

Page 29: ...ol Channel s Identifies the control channels whose poll lists are to be displayed Control channel values are defined in the following table Control Channel Value Connection 1 16 DCE devices a1 a6 Devi...

Page 30: ...29 Edit ATR Phone Directory edatrpd For the ATR destination field the list of special characters is limited to the following...

Page 31: ...30 Edit External System Configuration edesc For the Parameter field the list of special characters is limited to the following...

Page 32: ...te field of this command NOTE Prior to deleting a printer port be sure that all the queued jobs are cancelled Refer to Chapter 9 Printer Functions of the COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management Syste...

Page 33: ...be added to the Alert duration field of this command NOTE Events may have a duration less than one second Therefore to retrieve all records from the database there may be an occasion to change the def...

Page 34: ...stations from a variety of vendors can be used as full feature workstations Sun workstations must either use OpenWindows or an X server that is compatible with X Version 11 Release 4 or later X workst...

Page 35: ...vendor If they are not the following section provides ideas on what to look for in vendor specific documentation Network Configuration Any time a new workstation is added to the network the workstatio...

Page 36: ...recommended that you add a 6800 specific sub directory to the font directory supplied by your workstation s vendor On a Sun OpenWindows workstation try usr openwin lib fonts On an MIT based X worksta...

Page 37: ...l feature application will run Lines 1 through 4 give the UIP and or NMS host permission to connect to the workstation If you have a UIP its name should be the first argument followed by the name of t...

Page 38: ...ctionality of 6800 full feature tasks require that a workstation emulate a typical PC keyboard Specifically there must be keys equivalent to the PC keys F1 through F12 PgUp and PgDn X keysym names are...

Page 39: ...ptf ehscn 3 2 3 3 Dial fail invalid number Dial fail DTR off Dial fail no dial tone Dial fail number busy Dial fail trunk busy Dial fail no answer Dial fail no remote tone Disconnect loss of carrier D...

Page 40: ...dditions New device numbers for the COMSPHERE DDD Modems and DSUs listing 3615 and 3616 to support the DualFlow DSUs 3980 3981 and 3982 to support 3800Plus modems New device numbers for the COMSPHERE...

Page 41: ...racking Customization Guide 6800 A2 GE27 10 The changes in this manual occur in Chapter 2 Changes to Chapter 2 Under the heading Installing the Customized Database Report Package the following command...

Page 42: ...Card Changed for existing X One users is the current procedure in the Installing the Token Ring Software on the Full Feature Workstation section The revised procedure is the same for both X One and E...

Page 43: ...guration or user modifications required on the Globalyst 575 when used as a basic feature workstation However you may verify that procedures in the following sections were performed to switch off cach...

Page 44: ...ing Whitepine Exodus Software with Intel EtherExpress Card and a 14I or 17I Monitor For a complete description of the PC hardware or instructions on connecting PC components and replacing boards and i...

Page 45: ...p menu 7 Using the keys SELECT Connector Type PRESS Enter 8 Using the keys on the pop up menu SELECT RJ 45 connector PRESS Enter 9 To accept the settings PRESS F10 10 To exit Softset use the keys and...

Page 46: ...RESS Enter 2 Using the keys at the Main menu SELECT Set Power Up Configuration PRESS Enter 3 Using the keys at the Main menu SELECT Monitor Type PRESS Enter 4 Using the keys at the pop up menu SELECT...

Page 47: ...teps 1 Power on the workstation and when a box containing tildes appears in the upper right corner of the screen PRESS F1 The SurePath BIOS Setup Main menu appears 2 Using the keys SELECT Advanced Sys...

Page 48: ...Intel EtherExpress card is used perform the following steps 1 Insert the Whitepine eXodus Installation disk into the drive and TYPE A install PRESS Enter 2 The system prompts Enter the floppy drive to...

Page 49: ...onts y n n TYPE y PRESS Enter Make sure the EXODUS disk labeled Install is in the floppy drive Press ENTER to continue or q to Quit PRESS Enter 6 After some time marked by a line of dots on the screen...

Page 50: ...cute setup Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 10 The system prompts Exodus Setup Utility Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 11 The system prompts Select Mouse type 1 Mouse type device pre loaded...

Page 51: ...Monitor Size D 2 14 inch D 5 17 inch Enter selection or q to Quit 1 TYPE x Where x is 2 for 14 inch monitor or 5 for 17 inch monitor PRESS Enter 13 The system then prompts Please verify settings Mouse...

Page 52: ...em responds 1 file extracted from archive Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 20 The system prompts Select Network configuration 1 Whitepine s own builtin TCP IP 2 FTP Software s PC TCP 3 Sun Micros...

Page 53: ...correct subnet mask Enter a subnet mask 255 0 0 0 PRESS Enter 22 The system prompts Would you like to specify your gateway entries now y n q n PRESS Enter Would you like to add a name server y n n PRE...

Page 54: ...q to Quit Insert the diskette labeled Install and PRESS Enter The system displays various messages including file extracted from archive Press any key to continue PRESS Enter Xsetup will need to copy...

Page 55: ...exodus Please break out of the installation by typing Ctrl C Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 3 The system displays many message including the following significant ones Loading fonts Loading co...

Page 56: ...OST to the name of the NMS host or the UIP if this workstation will connect to the UIP Save the file and exit the editor 7 Insert the EtherExpress diskette labeled Intel EtherExpress LAN Adapter Drive...

Page 57: ...e Workstation to Run eXceed 4 To configure a Globalyst 575 perform procedures in the following sections in the order shown 1 Changing the Globalyst 575 Display Option for Windows NOTE After changing t...

Page 58: ...t the Display option for Windows is set to AT T System 3264 800 x 600 256 colors 1 Select Main from the Program Manager s Window menu 2 Double click on Windows Setup The dialog box shows the current d...

Page 59: ...full feature workstation Configuring the EtherExpress Card There are no preinstallation requirements and are no user configurable switches on the card You must however configure the card via software...

Page 60: ...p menu 7 Using the keys SELECT Connector Type PRESS Enter 8 Using the keys on the pop up menu SELECT RJ 45 connector PRESS Enter 9 To accept the settings PRESS F10 10 To exit Softset use the keys and...

Page 61: ...t Main from the Program Manager s Window menu 2 Double click on Windows Setup The dialog box shows the current display setting 3 Select Change System Settings from the Options menu 4 Click on the curr...

Page 62: ...ter The system returns to the Manual Setup menu 7 Using the keys SELECT Connector Type PRESS Enter 8 Using the keys on the pop up menu SELECT RJ 45 connector PRESS Enter 9 To accept the settings PRESS...

Page 63: ...e Time Zone dialog box appears 8 Click on OK The SuperTCP Minimal Configuration dialog box appears 9 Enter ffw_name for This Machine Name and 1 1 1 3 for the IP Address Do not change any other values...

Page 64: ...o install eXceed 4 perform the following steps 1 If Windows is not running type win at the DOS prompt 2 Insert the diskette labeled eXceed 4 DISK 1 11 into the a drive 3 Select Run from the Program Ma...

Page 65: ...a password 16 Click on No A dialog box appears asking to create a Program Manager group for eXceed 4 17 Click on Yes A dialog box appears asking to create a Program Manager group for Local X clients...

Page 66: ...s dialog box 39 Close the Font Settings dialog box 40 Double click on the Window Mode icon A Window Mode dialog box appears 41 Change the Window Mode option from Multiple to Single 42 Click on OK 43 C...

Page 67: ...n and enter the appropriate IP Address and IP Address Mask 5 Click on the IP Setup icon and enter the appropriate Default Gateway 6 Click on Close 7 Exit Windows 8 With a text editor edit the file c e...

Page 68: ...e manufacturer may not be compatible with the workstation also resulting in no video display For either case if the identifications on the card have the WDC Chip number as WD90C33 ZZ 94 appears on the...

Page 69: ...software on the Full Feature Workstation see Token Ring Installation When Using Either X One or Exodus Software at the end of this section Installing the Whitepine Exodus Software Package with EtherLi...

Page 70: ...Enter Do you wish to install the Kanji fonts y n n TYPE y PRESS Enter Make sure the EXODUS disk labeled Install is in the floppy drive Press ENTER to continue or q to Quit PRESS Enter 6 After some tim...

Page 71: ...like eXodus to add this to your autoexec bat file y n y PRESS Enter 9 The system prompts Ready to execute setup Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 10 The system prompts Exodus Setup Utility Press a...

Page 72: ...e 16 colors 5 800x600 16 colors 6 640x480 256 colors 7 800x600 1256 colors 8 D Enter selection or q to Quit 1 TYPE 7 PRESS Enter Select Monitor Size 1 11 inch 2 14 inch 3 15 inch 4 16 inch 5 17 inch 6...

Page 73: ...A Press ENTER to continue or q to Quit 18 Insert the proper disk and PRESS Enter 19 The system responds 1 file extracted from archive Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 20 The system prompts Select...

Page 74: ...S Enter Enter I O Address in hex 300 TYPE 300 PRESS Enter NOTE If you are using basic network configuration use the IP address in Table 5 1 Otherwise ask your System Administrator for the correct IP a...

Page 75: ...I O Address IP Address Subnet mask Hosts file path Are these settings correct y n q y 24 If the settings are correct PRESS Enter 25 If the settings are not correct TYPE n PRESS Enter The system retur...

Page 76: ...S Full Feature Workstation Application Software with EtherLink II Card A diskette is provided to install the full feature workstation application software on your Altos 486DX 33 Altos SX 20 or a 386 b...

Page 77: ...he workstation is connected to a UIP and while still in the EXODUS directory TYPE COPY UIP CFG EXODUS CFG PRESS Enter TYPE edit EXODUS CFG PRESS Enter The DOS editor displays the CFG file Find the lin...

Page 78: ...stination drive to use C PRESS Enter 4 The system prompts Enter the destination directory to use EXODUS PRESS Enter If the directory C EXODUS does not exist the system prompts The directory C EXODUS d...

Page 79: ...ve the Exodus Install disk insert the requested disk and PRESS Enter 7 After some time marked by a line of dots on the screen the system prompts Insert the EXODUS disk labeled Fonts Disk 2 Press ENTER...

Page 80: ...d you like to use the graphics board configuration detected by Xsetup y n y TYPE n PRESS Enter Select Graphics Card 1 640x480 displayed in 816x640 virtual space 16 colors 2 640x480 16 colors 3 640x480...

Page 81: ...at Step 10 15 If the settings are correct PRESS Enter 16 The system responds Settings saved in file C EXODUS hardware cfg Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 17 The system prompts Xsetup will need...

Page 82: ...or q to Quit 1 TYPE 9 PRESS Enter Will you be using more than one Network board in your machine with more than one packet driver loaded y n q n PRESS Enter NOTE For the basic network configuration use...

Page 83: ...tings correct y n q y 24 If the settings are correct PRESS Enter 25 If the settings are not correct TYPE n PRESS Enter The system returns to Step 20 26 The system responds Xsetup will need to copy the...

Page 84: ...ll feature workstation application software on your Altos 486DX 33 Altos SX 20 or a 386 based processor To install the software perform the following steps 1 Turn on your system Insert the disk labele...

Page 85: ...uld retain equivalent ratios among the processors for best performance 4 If the workstation is connected to an NMS host and while still in EXODUS directory TYPE COPY HOST CFG EXODUS CFG PRESS Enter 5...

Page 86: ...US HOSTS which must contain the name of each processor and its associated IP address To configure the full feature workstation for proper communication on the LAN you must perform the following 1 If u...

Page 87: ...this procedure regardless of whether you have installed X One or Exodus software Installing the Token Ring Software on the Full Feature Workstation The Whitepine Exodus server software or the GraphPo...

Page 88: ...on by typing Ctrl C Press any key to continue PRESS Enter 26 The following message appears Loading IBMTOKEN COM file Please remove the diskette add following line to your autoexec bat file c xone pack...