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General Information
Specifications
Option A3R
OUT and IN ports
(used for transmit)
Type: Electrical: To ITU-T G.703.
Connectors: BNC, 75 Ω, unbalanced.
(Small Siemens 75 Ω unbalanced
option available.)
Rate: 155.52 Mb/s. 51.84 Mb/s.
Line code: 155.52 Mb/s: CMI. 51.84
Mb/s: B3ZS.
Output level: 155.52 Mb/s: ±0.5 V
±10%. 51.84 Mb/s: Output level is user
configurable.
STM-0 X CON: 530 mV peak nominal.
STM-0 HI: 1.1 V peak nominal.
STM-0 LOW: 350m V peak
nominal.
Error output: B3 error output pulse on
receipt of STM-0 and STM-1 signals.
TTL pulse termination 75 Ω or 10 kΩ.
Simultaneous STM-1e/STM-1e
and STM-1o: When used in
conjunction with the appropriate optical
interfaces, transmit STM-1 electrical
output signal simultaneously with
optical output signal.
Transmitter
Clock timing: Internal: All rates.
Recovered: From SDH input (CMI or
NRZ electrical or optical).
Ext MTS: 64 kb/s conforming to ITU-T
G.703, 2 Mb/s conforming to ITUT-
G.811. BNC, 75 Ω, unbalanced or
Siemens (3-pin), 120 Ω, balanced.
(Siemens (3-pin) connector is present
on option A3R. Option 120 replaces
this connector with a Bantam
connector).
Error Generation
Error type Single Rate 10
-N
Other
Frame A1A2 * N in 4 frame words (STM-1 Only)
B1 * 4 - 9 STM-1 Only
B2 * 3 - 9 STM-1 Only
B3 * 4 - 9
Path FEBE * 4 - 9
VC-3 Path BIP * 3 - 9
VC-3 Path FEBE * 3 - 9
V5 BIP-2 * 3 - 9
V5 FEBE * 4 - 9
Payload Bit * 3 - 9