Nortel Networks Circuit Card Manual Do Utilizador

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 NT8D02 and NTDK16 Digital Line cards
lines carry multiplexed PCM voice, data, and signaling information as TCM 
loops.
The purpose of each digital line interface circuit is to de-multiplex data from 
the DS-30X Tx channel into eight integrated voice and data bitstreams. The 
circuits then transmit those bitstreams as Bi-Polar Return to Zero, Alternate 
Mark Inversion (BPRZ-AMI) data to the eight TCM loops. They also perform 
the opposite action: they receive eight BPRZ-AMI bitstreams from the TCM 
loops and multiplex them onto the DS-30X Rx channel. The two digital line 
interface circuits perform the multiplexing and de-multiplexing functions for 
the 16 digital telephone lines.
The digital line interface circuits also contain signaling and control circuits 
that establish, supervise, and take down call connections. These circuits work 
with the on-card microcontroller to operate the digital line interface circuits 
during calls. The circuits receive outgoing call signaling messages from the 
Call Server and return incoming call status information to the Call Server 
over the DS-30X network loop.
TCM loop interface circuit
Each digital telephone line terminates on the NT8D02 Digital Line card at a 
TCM loop interface circuit. The circuit provides transformer coupling and 
foreign voltage protection between the TCM loop and the digital line 
interface circuit. It also provides battery voltage for the digital telephone.
To prevent undesirable side effects from occurring when the TCM loop 
interface cannot provide the proper signals on the digital phone line, the card 
microcontroller can remove the ±15 V dc power supply from the TCM loop 
interfaces. This happens when either the microcontroller gets a command 
from the NT8D01 controller card to shut down the channel, or the digital line 
card detects a loss of the 1 KHz frame synchronization signal. The ±15 V dc 
power supply signal is removed from all 16 TCM loop interface units at the 
same time.
Each TCM loop interface circuit can service loops up to 3500 ft. in length 
when using 24-gauge wire. They support a maximum ac signal loss of 
15.5 dB at 256 KHz and a maximum dc loop resistance of 210 ohms.