PIST-8-TDM-USB

Features

The PIST-8-TDM-USB product has the following features:

PIST-2-TDM-PCMCIA-PRO
  • 4 E1/T1/J1 (4 TX + 8 RX) interfaces
  • Software switchable between E1, T1 and J1 modes
  • High-impedance mode for nonintrusive monitoring applications
  • Signal amplifiers for attenuated T1/E1/J1 monitoring conditions (–20dB or –30dB)
  • T1/E1/J1 power level measurement
  • USB 2.0 interface
  • DMA burst data transfer for efficient data transfer of T1/E1/J1 bitdata
  • Host-based support for HDLC encoding/decoding
  • Host-based support for tone generation and tone detection (e.g. DTMF, MF, and custom tones)
  • Monitoring up to 128 timeslots over 4 full-duplex E1/T1/J1 spans
  • Simulation and traffic generation on up to 4 E1/T1/J1 spans in parallel

Technical Specifications

Physical Size
  • Black aluminum case (3.1” width, 1.6” height, 5.25” length)
Host Bus Interface
  • USB 2.0
Network Interfaces
  • 4/8 T1, E1, or J1 (4 TX + 8 RX) Monitoring of 4 duplex spans or terminating 4 spans
Line Termination
  • 75ohm, 100/120 Ohm, high-Z termination, monitor amplifier (-20dB and –30dB modes)
Host Based Libraries
  • DTMF, MF, and generic tone (e.g., dial-tone and call progress tone) generation and detection
  • G.711 Speech compression, encoding and decoding
  • HDLC processing
T1/E1/J1 Frame Formats
  • Doubleframe, CRC Multiframe (E1 mode)
  • F4, SF (or D4), ESF (or F24), SLC96 (T1/J1 mode)
T1/E1/J1 Line Codes
  • HDB3, B8ZS, AMI, AMI with ZCS
T1/E1/J1 Signaling Types
  • Channel associated (robbed bit)
  • Common channel
Clocking Sources
  • Onboard oscillator
  • Incoming T1/E1/J1 span (any span)
Connectors
  • 4 RJ45/RJ48C connectors
  • 1 USB connector (Type B)
  • 1 5V DC Power connector (used if the USB host can not provide enough power to Thor-8-USB)
Indicators
  • 8 T1/E1/J1 status dual-color (Red/Green) LEDs
  • 1 Power :LED
  • 1 General Status LED
Testing Features
  • Full access to F, Y, Si, and Sa bits in E1 mode
  • Full access to FS/DL-bits in T1 mode (including support for the DL-channel protocol according to T1.403-1989 ANSI or to AT&T TR54016 specification), and programmable line build-out in T1/J1 mode
  • Transparent mode and programmable transmit pulse shape and input threshold
  • Alarm insertion and detection
  • Loop codes, channel loopback and PRBS
Power Requirements / Environmental Data
  • Power consumption: TBD
  • Temperature: operating, 0° C to +50° C; non-operating, -40° C to +60° C
  • Humidity: operating, 5% to 80% RH (%relative humidity) at up to +30° C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30° C up to +50° C non-condensing; non-operating, 5% to 80% RH at up to +30° C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30° C up to +50° C non-condensing
  • Altitude: operating, up to 4,600 meters (15,333 feet); non-operating, up to 12,192 meters (50,000 feet)