Product Overview
The VCL-MegaConnect, 64 Port Plus - E1
Monitoring Groomer is suitable for non-intrusive monitoring of upto
32, "live" E1 traffic links, bidirectionally (i.e. in both transmit
and receive directions through its 64 E1 receivers) through a high
impedance (Hi-Z) path. Additionally, the equipment also provides 16
output E1 ports that shall connect the aggregated time-slots which
have been non-intrusively "monitored" from the 32, "live" E1 traffic
links to the user's protocol analysers, test probes, etc.
The VCL-MegaConnect, 64 Port Plus - E1
Monitoring Groomer, occupies only a 3U high rack-space, and is a
compact 19-inch stand-alone unit. The unit is powered by and operates
on a dual (1+1 protected) -48V DC power supply. An AC mains option is
also available with an external AC-DC converter.
The equipment is provided with BOTH,
RS232 Serial Interface for COM Port connection and as well as a TCP/IP
LAN Interface (10BaseT) for providing equipment access through Telnet
over a LAN/TCI/IP link. The user may select and use either of these
ports for executing HyperTerminal text commands for configuration etc.
The access for configuration and system management is provided through
CLI (Command Line Interface) text commands which may be executed
either from a serial (COM) Port of a PC or through the TCP/IP
10/100BaseT LAN Interface. The 10/100BaseT LAN Interface allows the
equipment to be connected on a TCP/IP network for remote access for
configuration and monitoring over LAN/TCP/IP link. The system is also
supplied with an easy to use Windows (95, 98, Me, XP) Graphical User
Interface that provides the user a complete control to prepare
multiple configuration "maps" and store them as easy to read data
files. Dry contact relay alarm output is also available at rear of the
system to connect the system to an external audio/visual alarm output
though a dry relay contact.
The Groomer is capable of
non-intrusively monitoring upto 32 "live" E1 links and grooming the
selected 64 Kbps time-slots to the 16 additional output E1 Ports
provided in the equipment. The 64, E1 receivers of the Groomer shall
connect to the 32, E1 "live traffic" links which are to be monitored,
non-Intrusively. 16 additional (Normal-Z) output E1 Ports are also
provided by the equipment which shall route the aggregated data of the
"monitored" time-slots to the user’s test equipment, such as protocol
analysers, test probes, billing servers etc.
The Groomer (E1 Monitoring DACS) is
capable of monitoring a -20dBdsx (0.3Volt Pulse) E1 signal through a
Hi-Z path, without in any way affecting or disturbing the "live" E1
traffic that is required to be monitored.
The equipment offers the user with
complete flexibility to choose and select time-slots from each of the
32 E1 links that are being monitored, without limitation or
restrictions, through the internal TSI non-blocking switch (data
received by the equipment's 64 E1 receivers) and then aggregate the
selected time-slots to the 16 output E1 ports that shall connect to
the test probes etc.
The additional solutions are offered
and available for Hi-z non-intrusive live traffic monitoring
applications are:
