Correcting trunk issues between Dialogic CG and TX Series boards

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Correcting trunk issues between Dialogic CG and TX Series boards
Symptom: A T1/E1 trunk is configured between a Dialogic CG Media Board and a Dialogic TX Signaling Board to carry an SS7 timeslot. The trunkmon utility on the CG board shows issues on the trunk, with FrameSync entries such as NoCRCF or NoFrm. Trunk 1 and Trunk 3 in the sample trunkmon output below show this issue: Digital Trunk Monitor NMS Communications Ver 1.5 Oct 24 2007 (Press F3 or ESC to exit, ALT-F1 to reset) BOARD # 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Monitor start time: Tue Mar 17 16:36:54 2009 Alarms Remote alarms Errored sec Failed sec Code violations Slips Frame sync

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Trunk 0 Trunk 1 Trunk 2 Trunk 3

NONE NONE NONE NO_FRM

NONE NONE NONE NONE

1 33048 1 39909

0 33048 0 41412

0 0 0 0

1 2 1 21

OK NoCRCF OK No Frm

Reason for the issue: By default, a CG board is configured for Multi-frame CRC, whereas a TX board is not. This causes an issue if a T1/E1 trunk is connected between the two types of boards. Fix / Solution: Add the following line to the CG board configuration file: NetworkInterface.T1E1[0..3].CRCMFMode = C44OFF

After reloading the CG Series board, the trunkmon utility should show good Frame Sync.

Product List Dialogic CG 6x6x Series Media Boards Dialogic CG 6000 Series Media Boards Dialogic TX 5000 Series SIgnaling Boards Dialogic TX 4000 Series Signaling Boards

Glossary of Acronyms / Terms CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check - a checksum value placed in a transmitted packet to determine if a transmission error occurred. trunkmon usage : TRUNKMON Version 1.5 Feb 22 2009 usage: trunkmon [-@{server}] [-b{board}] [-l{loopback mode}] [-q {query loopback mode}] [-t {trunk}] -@{server} -b{board} -s -l{mode} - server host name or IP address, default = localhost - Board to monitor [default 0] - enable beep when trunk alarm state changes - (diagnostic only) set loopback mode mode = 0: no loopback - normal mode mode = 1: line loopback mode = 2: backplane loopback -q - (diagnostic only) query loopback mode output in oammon (agtrace 0x1000 must be set for AG boards)

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