Test Functions
MaxTester 321
APS
Architecture (Linear switching mode) or
Bridge Request (Ring switching mode):
Bit 5 of the K2 byte. The default setting is 1+1 for Linear switching
mode and Short Path Request for Ring switching mode.
Operation Mode: Bits 6 through 8 of the K2 byte.
Bit 5
Architecture
(Linear mode)
Bridge Request
(Ring mode)
01+1
a
a. Default value.
Short Path
a
11:n Long Path
Bits 6 to 8 Linear mode Ring mode
000 Reserved
a
a. Default value.
Idle
a
001 Reserved Bridged
010 Reserved Bridged and Switched
011 Reserved Extra Traffic - Protection
100 Unidirectional Reserved
101 Bidirectional Reserved
110 RDI-L
b
/MS-RDI
c
b. Operation mode for SONET.
c. Operation mode for SDH.
RDI-L
b
/MS-RDI
c
111 AIS-L
b
/MS-AIS
c
AIS-L
b
/MS-AIS
c