Dual T1E1 Express (PCIe) Analysis & Emulation Boards

GL's Dual T1 E1 Express (PCIe) Boards are high-density dual T1 or E1 boards with newer PCIe (x1) bus interface. These cards are identical to the portable tProbe™ units, except for FXO FXS and Datacom functionality.

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Overview

In addition to the other basic T1/E1 line signals monitoring applications, the Dual T1 E1 Express (PCIe) Boards also support enhanced VF drop and insert capabilities with software selectable VF Tx and Rx impedances (135Ω, 150 Ω, 600 Ω, 900 Ω, or High), Pulse Mask Compliance Testing, Jitter Generation and Measurement applications.

Increased Performance with 64-bit Support

GL’s T1/E1 analyzers supports both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. 64-bit support improves the performance of Protocol Analysers viz., ISDN, ISUP, GSM and allow users to monitor Hundreds to Thousands of Signaling Links simultaneously and continuously. Also, provides improved processing and response time for Statistics, Call Data Records, Search and other such functions.

Enhanced CCA application allows better processing and response time for multiple instances of CCA applications for long run tests. Similarly, all basic Intrusive and Non Intrusive applications such as BERT, Monitoring Applications, Oscilloscope, Spectral Display etc provide better processing and response time for multiple instances of monitoring and simulations windows.

MAPS™ Protocol Emulators are enhanced to provide improved performance for load generation and simulation of Protocols on 16 T1/E1 ports simultaneously.

Client Server commands support Thousands of Tasks simultaneously with number of successful thread creation. This helps to run Tx Rx File, Tx and Rx Tone and Tx Rx Digits on 24/31 Timeslots * 8 Ports * n (where n is the number of Dual T1E1 Express (PCIe) Cards)

Features

Software Selectable T1 or E1 interfacing along with Drop and Insert
PCI Express x1 Lane/Board
Monitor the T1/E1 line conditions such as frame errors, violations, alarms, frequency, power level, and clock (or frame/bit) slips
TDM, ISDN, SS7 – High Density Voice
VoIP, Frame Relay, Multilink Frame Relay, PPP and Multilink PPP, HDLC
Physical layer analysis includes ability to send alarms and errors via SNMP Traps
All protocol analyzers now include frame length in protocol statistics selection choice for data link layer
Routing and Bridging emulation over Multi T1/E1 WAN interfaces using MLPPP (Multi Link PPP) and MFR (Multi Link Frame relay) protocols
Most all "basic applications" and "special applications" are available for Dual T1 E1 Express boards
Comprehensive Analysis / Emulation of Voice, Data, Fax, Protocol, Analog, and Digital signals, including Echo and Voice Quality testing
Call Recording, Generation, and Monitoring for hundreds to thousands of calls in one platform
Supports T1 E1 Pulse Mask and Jitter Generation and Measurement Analysis
"Cross-port Through" and "Cross-port Transmit" Modes – these configurations make cabling with Drop/Insert and Fail-Safe Inline Monitoring very easy
Enhanced VF Drop and VF Insert Capabilities using 3.5mm Balanced (Stereo), or Unbalanced (Mono) physical connections
The VF Tx and Rx impedance for Dual T1 E1 Express (PCIe) Card analyzer supports software selectable 135, 150, 600, or 900 Ohm terminations
Includes individual speakers (one speaker per card)
Supports software selectable VF Tx and Rx impedances - 135, 150, 600, or 900 Ohm terminations. Additionally, the VF Rx impedance supports New High Impedance Monitor Termination (>50K Ohms), and external Microphone and Headset (Mic/HS) impedance
VF Tx Gains ranges from -12 dB to +59.5 dB in 0.5 dB steps, and VF Rx Gains ranges from -63.5 dB to +9 dB in 0.5 dB steps
Windows and Linux Drivers for Open Source Applications
Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows® operating system

GL offers other popular forms of T1 E1 analysis hardware such as

tProbe™ T1 E1 Analyzer Unit - an enhanced version of USB based T1 E1 VF & Serial Data analyzer with expansion capabilities,
Octal/Quad T1 E1 Analyzer Boards - 4 / 8 ports PCIe based cards for higher scalability and performance
Portable USB T1 E1 Analyzer with Dual T1 E1 ports & smallest form factor
Universal T1 E1 Analyzer Boards - a dual port PCI based T1 E1 analyzer offering higher speed and smaller dimensions
tScan16 - a high-density T1/E1 board with 16 ports and the newer PCIe (x1) bus interface

Comparison with other PCI based GL's T1 E1 Cards

Feature	Universal Dual T1 E1 Boards	Quad, Octal T1 E1 Boards	Dual T1 E1 Express (PCIe) Boards
Number of Ports	2	4, 8	2
PCI Slot Type	PCI Bus / Connector	PCI Express x1 Bus/ Connector	PCI Express x1 Bus / Connector
Speaker (on board)	Supported	No speakers	Supported
Cross-port and Through Modes	Supported	Supported	Supported
Pulse Mask Application	Supported	Not Supported	Supported
Jitter Generation and Measurement	Supported	Not Supported	Supported
External Clock Mode	Supported	No clock port connector	Supported
Clock Offset Capability	2 Ports Independent	All ports at the same time	1 Port at a time
VF Interface and Impedance	Supported ; 600 Ohms	Not Supported	Supported; 135/150/600/900/High
VF Interface for Mic/Headset	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported
Drop and Insert (VF and T1/E1)	Supported	No VF connectors; Digital Drop/Insert supported	Supported
Onboard RAM	Not Supported	Not Supported	Supported

Specifications

Physical Interface
T1/E1	Dual RJ48c Connectors
Audio Signal	(4) 3.5 mm Balanced (Stereo) or Unbalanced (or Mono) Audio Jacks (TX & RX)
PC Interface	PCI Express x1 Lane Compliant to PCI Express Base Specification v1.1
External clock	(1) MCX Coaxial Jack

Environmental Specifications
Temperature	Operating: 0 to 50° C Storage: -50 to 70° C
Relative Humidity	Operating: 10% to 90% (non-condensing) Storage: 0% to 95% (non-condensing)
Altitude	Operating: -100 to 12,000 ft. Storage: -100 to 40,000 ft.

T1/E1 Line Interface
Framing Formats	Unframed, D4 (T1) , ESF(T1), ESF(J1), CAS(E1), FAS(E1), CRC4 Hardware Compliant: SLC96, T1ESF ZBTSI
Line Code format	AMI, B8ZS (T1) or HDB3 (E1)
Internal Clock Specification	Standard: +/- 3ppm Optional: +/- 1ppm
Output Clock Source	Internal (+/- 1 ppm or 3 ppm), Recovered, External Clock
T1 Output Level	T1: 3.0V Base to Peak Selectable 0-655Ft Pulse Equalization Setting; Tx Capability - DSX-1 Outputs (to 655 feet)
E1 Output Level	E1: 3.0V ± 0.3V Base to Peak
Input Level	75 mV to 6V base to peak or -30 dBsx to -6 dBsx
Line Build-Out Selections	0dB, -7.5dB, -15dB, -22.5dB for T1 only
Loopback	Normal (Outward and Inward) Cross-Port Transmit Loopback Cross-Port Through Loopback

PCM Interface
Transmit	Synthesized Tone: 15 Hz to 3975 Hz selectable in 1Hz steps, +3.0dBm to -40dBm in 0.1 steps selectable, Frequency sweep. Dual Tone: Single or any combination of tones. Supervision: User defined states of A, B, (C, D) bits. Signaling: DTMF/MF Dialing Digits. File Playback: User created or recorded file. Special Codes: Milliwatt Codes, CSU Loop Up/Down Codes.
Receive	Displays for All Channels: Signaling Bits, Power Level, Frequency, & Data. Graphical displays: Oscilloscope, Spectral, Spectrogram, Signal-to-Noise Signaling: DTMF/MF Dialed Digit Detection and Analysis, ISDN, MFC-R2 Recorder: Record Full/Fractional T1/E1 Timeslots to hard disk file.

Transmit
T1/E1 Interface Hardware Compliance	ANSI: T1.403.1995, T1.231-1993, T1.408 AT&T: TR54016, TR62411 ITU: G.703, G.704, G.706, G.736, G.775, G.823, G.932, I.431, O.151, Q.161 ITU-T: Recommendation I.432-03/93 B-ISDN User-Network Interface-Physical Layer Spec ETSI: ETS 300 011, ETS 300 166, ETS 300 233, CTR12, CRT4 Japanese: JTG.703, JTI.431, JJ-20.11 (CMI Coding Only)
Bert Pattern Generation	Pseudorandom patterns: (63) 2^6-1, (511) 2^9-1, (2047) 2^11-1, (32767) 2^15-1, (1048575) 2^20-1, (8388607) 2^23-1, QRSS. Hardware Compliant: T1 In-Band Loop Code Generation and Detection Fixed patterns: All Ones, All Zeros, 1:1, 1:7, 3 in 24, User Defined 24- Bits Hardware Compliant: User pattern of up to 32 bits in length International, National & Extra Bits: User Defined (E1)
Alarm Insertion	Blue, Yellow, Remote, Distant Multiframe, Bit 7 Zero Suppression D4 Yellow: 1 in S bit of frame 12 AIS-CI Code, ESF-RAI CI Code Receive Carrier Loss: 0's for 2047 or 255 bits (For E1 only)
Error Insertion	BPV, Bit Error, Frame Error, CRC Errors, Burst Frames, Fixed Error Rate, Random Error Rate, auto logic from 10-2 to 10-9 for selectable 56K or 64Kps channels.
Drop and Insert	Any contiguous set of digital timeslots and/or audio input
Facility Data Link	T1 ESF Mode: Transmit/Receive Messages, Bit-Oriented Messages, and Files.
Zero Suppression	B7 Stuffing, Transparent, & B8ZS (T1)
Signaling	Robbed-Bit or Clear Channel
Frequency Offset	E1: +/- 615Hz

Receive
Input Impedance	100 ohms for Terminate and Monitor (T1) 120 ohms for Terminate and Monitor (E1) > 1K ohms for Bridge
Terminations	Terminate, Monitor, Bridge
T1 Input Frequency	1.544MHz +/- 20KHz
E1 Input Frequency	2.048Mhz +/- 20KHz
Frequency Measurement	+/- 1ppm
Error Detection	Frame Error, CRC Error, BPV Error, Logic Error, Frame Alignment Error Hardware Compliant: * 10 or 24 bits for sync time * 2/4, 2/5, or 2/6 frame bit in error frame select * Frame error bit corruption for 1 or 3 frame bits * E-Bit Error * Line Code Violation
Alarm Detection	T1 - D4 Yellow Alarm, ESF Yellow Alarm Yellow Alarm (B2 Suppressed-2nd MSB) Yellow Alarm (S-Bit) Yellow Alarm (00FF in FDL) Blue Alarm (Framed or Unframed All Ones) E1 - Remote Alarm Distant MultiFrame Alarm Signaling All Ones Unframed All Ones Hardware Compliant: J1 Yellow Alarm
Intrinsic Jitter	Jitter Tolerance: Meets AT&T TR 62411 (Dec. 90) and ITU-T G.823 Jitter Transfer: Meets AT&T TR 62411 (Dec. 90)
Input Range	T1: Terminate: 0 to 36dB (Long Haul), 0 to 15dB (Limited Long Haul), DSX Monitor: 20dB, 26dB, 32dB Bridge E1: Terminate, 0 to 43dB (Long Haul), 0 to 13dB (Short Haul), DSX Monitor: 20dB, 26dB, 32dB Bridge

Display and Logging
BERT	Bit Errors, Bit Error Rate, Error Seconds, Error Free Seconds, %EFS, Severely Error Seconds, % SES, Degraded Minutes, %Dmin, Loss Pattern Sync Count, Loss of Sync Seconds, Available Seconds, %Available Seconds, Unavailable Seconds, Bipolar Violations, BPV Rate, BPV Seconds, BPV Free Seconds, Frame Errors, FE Rate, FE Seconds, FE Free Seconds, with Detailed logging into disk file.
Alarms	Resync In Progress, Loss of Signal, Blue Alarm, Change of Frame Alignment, Bipolar Violation, Frame Error, Carrier Loss, Yellow Alarm, Out of Frame Events Counter, Error Super frame Counter, Bipolar Violations, Remote Alarm, Distant Multiframe Alarm, Signaling All Ones, CAS Multiframe Error, CRC4 Error.

VF Audio, Drop and Insert
Transmit	Signal Level Measurement Accuracy: 0.0dBm +/- 0.1dBm Range: -7.2 dB to +18.2 dB selectable gain in 0.1 dB steps Output Impedance: 135, 150, 600, 900 Ohms
Receive	Audio Monitoring: Built-in Speaker Audio Insertion: Selected DS0 replaced with inserted audio from VF Input -Range: 18.0 dB to +7.3 dB selectable gain in 0.1 dB step. Volume Control: User specified software controller Input Impedance: Software selectable 135, 150, 600, 900 Ohms for Intrusive Testing. High Impedance (>50K Ohms) for Non-Intrusive Testing Provision for external Microphone (Mic/HS) on VF ports connection
Sampling Rates	8 KHz, 16 kHz
Datawidth (bits)	Supports 8, 16, 20, 24, 32 Bit Data
VF Tx Gains	Supports -12 dB to +59 dB in 0.5dB Steps Gain (0.1 dB steps can also be accommodated)
VF Rx Gains	Supports -63.5 dB to +9 dB in 0.5dB Steps Attenuation (0.1 dB steps can also be accommodated)
Connectors	(4) 3.5 mm Balanced (Stereo) or Unbalanced (Mono) Audio Jacks (TX & RX)

Computer Requirement
	Pentium IV or higher with MS-Windows® XP, 7 or 8 with PCIe expansion slots (3.3V or 5.0V)

Physical Dimensions
Dimensions	6.7 inches x 4.4 inches

* Specifications subject to change without notice.

Loopback

Cross-port Through Loopback

This mode is similar to the standard Outward Loopback except that the signal received on Card 1 (Port 1) is transmitted out onto Card 2 (Port 2). Likewise the signal received on Card 2 (Port 2) is transmitted out onto Card 1 (Port 1). This feature allows monitoring T1/E1 lines in-line while still being protected from loss of power to the board. This mode is effected entirely thru relays and eliminates complex cabling.

Cross-port Transmit Mode Loopback

In this mode, the data that would normally be transmitted on Card 1 (Port 1) is diverted and transmitted on Card 2 (Port 2) and the data that would normally be transmitted on Card 2 (Port 2) is diverted and transmitted on Card 1 (Port 1). The receive paths are completely unaffected. This mode is particularly useful for Drop and Insert and Error Injection applications in which the board analyzes and may insert traffic running between two pieces of T1/E1 equipment. This feature also eliminates complex cabling.

Basic Applications

Optional Applications

Resources

Please Note: The XX in the Item No. refers to the hardware platform, listed at the bottom of the Buyer's Guide, which the software will be running on. Therefore, XX can either be ETA or EEA (Octal/Quad Boards), PTA or PEA (tProbe Units), UTA or UEA (USB Units), HUT or HUE (Universal Cards), and HDT or HDE (HD cards) depending upon the hardware.

Brochures
Dual T1E1 Express (PCIe) - Brochure
Frequency Calibration Procedure User Guide
GL Product Lists

Presentations
T1E1 Quad/Octal Port Analyzer Presentation
Dual T1E1 Express (PCIe) Analysis and Emulation Boards Presentation
Basic Software (tProbe™ and USB Analyzer) Presentation

Application Notes
Backhaul Network Testing Solutions
VF Drop and Insert Capabilities

Webinars

TDM TEst Solutions