
LOOPBACK TESTING
Initiate loopback testing from the HiGain maintenance terminal screen or use the MODE
and LBK buttons. The inband codes below (except COLB, and RULB) can also be sent by
a test set.
For more information about the HiGain HDSL2 maintenance screens, refer to the
H2TU-C-202 List 1F technical practice, document number 152-202-116-xx. Contact
Customer Service to obtain a copy of the practice.
RS-232 craft port provisioning
To access all system maintenance, provisioning,
and performance screens, connect a standard
9-pin terminal cable between the serial port on a
PC and the H2TU-C craft port.
9600 baud
8 data bits
No parity
1 stop bit
Hardware flow control: OFF
Terminal emulation: VT100
MaintenanceTerminal Modem Settings
Card-edge Connector
Reports the following conditions:
• Green LED:
Normal operation
• Red LED:
Fuse alarm
• Flashing Red LED:
HDSL2 acquisition or
system alarm
•Yellow LED:
Customer remote (CREM) or
network local (NLOC) loopback
is in effect
• Off:
Line power is off
Front-panel display
Status LED
Displays status, provisioning,
and alarm messages. See tables
below for message descriptions.
27
25
23
21
19
17
15
13
11
9
7
3
5
1
Management bus
Burnin/
Factory use only
Circuit ground
(-)
(+)
DSX-1In
Tip
Fusealarm
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
4
6
2
55
53
51
49
47
45
43
41
39
37
35
32 31
56
54
52
50
48
46
44
42
40
38
36
34
30
33
29
Note: Active pins are highlighted in black.
HDSL2Span
DSX-1Out
-48Vdc Local power
Chassis ground*
Alarm
Ring1
Tip1
Tip
Ring
Ring
Factoryuseonly
* Chassis ground may be connected to Earth ground per local practice.
HiGain
HDSL2
XMT
D
S
X
1
BRG
RCV
H
2
T
U
*
C
2
0
2
H
D
S
L
2
M
O
D
E
STATUS
L
B
K
RS-232
DCE
L1F
List number
Mode and LBK system option buttons
Use the MODE and LBK buttons to review all system
parameters, including user-configured settings, and to
activate loopbacks.
To display system parameters: Press the MODE button
for at least 3 seconds to place the front-panel display in
scroll mode.When it has finished scrolling through all the
system parameters, the display returns to its normal mode.
To initiate a dual loopback: Press the LBK button for
more than 3 seconds to activate both the NLOC and
CREM loopbacks.If a loopback condition already exists,
this will loopdown all existing loopbacks.Press the LBK
button again for more than 3 seconds to reactivate the
dual loopback.
To initiate a manual loopback:
DSX-1 access jacks
Connect standard test equipment.
• BRG
Provides non-intrusive bridging jack
access to (XMT) and from (RCV)
the HDSL2 span at the DSX-1 interface.
Allows monitoring of the DS1 payloads.
1Press both MODE and LBK buttons for at least
5 seconds.The following message appears:
2 Press LBK to activate the NLOC loopback or press
MODE to advance to the next loopback selection.
MAN LBK NLO?
To initiate a manual loopback: Press both
MODE and LBK buttons for 3 or more seconds.
GNLB Loopback Commands
Loopback Inband Code Description
NLOC 1111000 DSX-1 signal is looped back to the network at the H2TU-C.
NREM 1110000 DSX-1 signal is looped back to the network at the H2TU-R.
COLB (a)
(a) Dual loopbacks are only initiated from the MODE and LBK button.
DSX-1 signal is looped back to the network at the H2TU-C and signal from the
customer is looped back to the customer at the H2TU-C.
RULB (b) DSX-1 signal is looped back to the network at the H2TU-R and signal from the
customer is looped back to the customer at the H2TU-R.
CREM 1111110 DS1 signal from customer is looped back to the customer at the H2TU-C.
CLOC 1111100 DS1 signal from customer is looped back to the customer at the H2TU-R.
SMJK 11000 DSX-1 signal is looped back to the network at the H2TU-R SmartJack module.
Loopdown 11100 Deactivates any of the above loopbacks.
To comply with the intrabuilding wiring requirements of
GR-1089 CORE, Section 4.5.9, the shields of the
ABAM-type cables that connect the H2TU-C-202 List 1F
DSX-1 output ports to the cross-connect panel must be
grounded at both ends.
Front Panel Alarm Messages (a)
(a) Front-panel alarm messages are listed in order of priority. ALRM displays prior to any alarm message.
Pressing the LBK button initiates an Alarm Cutoff (ACO) message.
Message Description (listed in priority order)
PWR FEED SHRT (b)
(b) Message displays repeatedly as long as the alarm condition exists and is not included in the priority order.
A short between the Tip and Ring of the HDSL2 pair.
PWR FEED GND (b) The HDSL2 loop is grounded.
PWR FEED OPEN (b) A line-power open condition.
SPNn-LOSW The HDSL2 loop has lost synchronization. The span closest to the network has
higher priority.
LLOS No signal is detected at the DSX-1 input to the H2TU-C.
RLOS No signal is detected at the DS1 input to the H2TU-R.
LAIS (c)
(c) Does not activate the alarm relay access pins 20 and 21.
Local Alarm Indication Signal.
RAIS (c) Remote Alarm Indication Signal.
TRCI An RAI alarm (yellow LED) from the CPE with an error-free signal from the line unit
or network.
RRAI An RAI alarm (yellow LED) from the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) with
errors from the line unit or network.
xxx-DBER A system DS1 Bit Error Rate (BER) alarm. (xxx denotes either TUC or TUR.)
PRMF H2TU-R Performance Report Messaging BER threshold exceeded at far end.
PRMN H2TU-R Performance Report Messaging BER threshold exceeded at near end.
xxx-HBER A system HDSL2 Block Error Rate (BER) alarm. (xxx denotes either TUC or TUR.)
xxx-MAL The margin on the HDSL2 loop has dropped below the threshold setting. (xxx
denotes either TUC or TUR.)
xxx-LA The attenuation on the HDSL2 loop has exceeded the maximum threshold value.
(xxx denotes either TUC or TUR.)
Network
Customer
Premises
H2TU-C H2TU-R
TLOS
NLOC CREM CLOC
1111000 NREM
1110000 1111100
1111110
11000
SMJK
Front Panel Diagnostic Messages
Message Description
A=xx The loop attenuation of the longest (maximum loss) span, measured in dB.
ACQ The multiplexers of the HLU and H2TU-R are trying to establish synchronization.
ARM Armed to respond to Intelligent Repeater Loop (ILR) codes.
BAD RT? The H2TU-C is not receiving a response from the H2TU-R.
FERR A framing bit error occurred at H2TU-C DSX-1 input.
FLDL Flash download of firmware updates. (Contact Customer Service for update
procedures.)
HES H2TU-C HDSL2 loop cyclical redundancy check (CRC) error.
LBPV A local bipolar violation has been received at the DSX-1 input to the H2TU-C.
M=xx Indicates the power of the received HDSL2 signal relative to noise (S/N with respect to 21.5
dB). Any value of 6 dB or greater is adequate for reliable system operation.
MNGD The H2TU-C is under control of the HMU-319 network management unit.
PWR FEED OFF HDSL2 span power is turned off.
PWR FEED ON Indicates that the HDSL2 loop is not grounded or shorted.
SIG The transceivers of the H2TU-C and H2TU-R (or the H2TU-C and first regenerator) are
trying to establish contact with each other on Span 1 of the HDSL2 loop.
Front-Panel Read-Only Settings Using MODE
Message Description (Default selections in bold. To scroll, press the MODE button for 3
seconds.)
VER x.xx Software version number x.xx.
LIST xx List number of the H2TU-C-231.
FRM xxxx Frame (SF, ESF, UNFR).
CODE xxxx Line code setting (AMI or B8ZS).
LATT xx Loop Attenuation threshold setting (38).
MARG xx Margin threshold setting (4).
EQL Sets the DSX-1 Equalizer to: EXT (replaces internal equalizer with external equalizer), 0 (0
to 132 ft.), 133 (133 to 265 ft.), 266 (266 to 398 ft.), 399 (399 to 532 ft.), 533 (533 to 655
ft.).
RLBO Sets the H2TU-R line buildout to 0 dB, -7.5 dB, or -15 dB.
LPBK Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) SmartJack loopback commands.
SPLB xxxx Configures system for generic (GNLB) or specialinbandloopback commands (A1LB,A2LB, A3LB,
A4LB, A5LB).
PWRF OFF = disables HDSL2 powering; ON = HDSL2 line voltage is -185 Vdc maximum.
HBER 1E-6 or 1E-7 = alarm activates when the HDSL2 BER alarm thresholdexceeds 10-6 or 10-7.
NONE = prevents generation of a system alarm due to BER.
DBER Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) fixed 24-hour DSX-1 BER alarm threshold.
LBTO Loopback timeout = NONE, 20, 60, 120 minutes.
ALM Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) alarm indications on pins 20 and 21.
DS1 DSX-1 line code = Bipolar with 8-Zero Substitution (B8ZS), Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI).
CONV H2TU-R frame format conversion = OFF (framing determined by the DS1 FRMG option),
ACON (autodetection of framing and potential frame conversion at the H2TU-R), or
FCON (autodetection of framing and forced frame format conversion at the H2TU-R).
FRMG DS1 frame formatting = AUTO (auto framing mode) or UNFR (unframed mode),
RDA Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) alarm indications due to remote DS1 LOS at H2TU-R input.
ALMP Enables system to output an alarm pattern: Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) or Loss of Signal
(LOS).
BPVT Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) Bipolar Violation Transparency (BPVT).
NLBP Enables the H2TU-R to transmit either AIS or LOS towards CI for any network loopback.
TLOS Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) a logic loopback at the H2TU-R when an LOS occurs at its
DS1 input.
PRM OFF = no enhanced Performance Report Messaging; SPRM = Supplemental PRM;
NPRM = Network PRM; S + N = SPRM + NPRM.
NAIS If ALMP is set to AIS, this option specifies which pattern is sent to the network when a
remote LOS or AIS occurs. CI = AIS-CI sent to the network; AIS = AIS sent to the network.
ROVR Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) conversion of an ESF DS1 payload from the network with
an embedded RAI pattern to an SF-RAI pattern toward the CI at the H2TU-R. CONV option
must be set to FCON or ACON.
RACI Enables (ENA) or disables (DIS) conversion of a DS1 RAI (yellow alarm) signal received by
the H2TU-R to be converted to an RAI-CI signal toward the network.
PBON Configures the power output levels of the HLU network unit toward the network.
PBOC Configures the power output levels of the H2TU-R customer unit toward the customer.