EN50136-1 ATS Category Timing
Requirements
FlexC Implementation of ATS Category
Timing Requirements
ATS
Category
Default
Interfaces
Event
Timeout
Primary
Polling
Timeout
Backup ATP
Polling
Timeout
(Primary OK)
Backup ATP
Polling
Timeout
(Primary
Down)
Event
Timeout
Primary
Polling
Timeout
Backup
ATP Polling
Timeout
(Primary
OK)
Backup ATP
Polling
Timeout
(Primary
Down)
DP4 Cat 5
[Ethernet]
Cat 5
[Modem]
30 s 90 s 5 hr 90 s 30 s 90 s 4 hr 10 min 90 s
23.25 ATP Category Timings
The following table shows the settings applied for event timeouts, polling intervals (active and non-active)
and polling timeouts (active and non-active) for each ATP category. For the purpose of Ethernet, polling
interval and retry interval are identical. To reduce costs related to GPRS calls, the interval and retry
interval for GPRS paths differ, for example, Cat 3 [Modem] polls once every 25 minutes and thereafter it
polls every 60s for 5 minutes until it times out after 30 minutes. For a visual overview of the configured
polling interval, go to Status > FlexC > Network Log.
If an ATP is up and active and then goes down, it will remain on active polling rates for two more
polling cycles before converting to the ATP Down polling intervals.
Ethernet ATP
Categories
Polling when ATP Active Polling when ATP Non-active
Polling when ATP
Down
ATP
Category
Event
Timeout
Polling
Interval
Retry
Interval
Polling
Timeout
Polling
Interval
Retry
Interval
Polling
Timeout
Polling
Interval
Timeout
Cat 6
[Ethernet]
30 s 8 s 30 s 20s 8 s 30 s 20 s 30 s 30 s
Cat 5
[Ethernet]
30 s 10s 30 s 90s 10s 30 s 90 s 30 s 30 s
Cat 4
[Ethernet]
60 s 30 s 30 s 3 min 30 s 30 s 3 min 30 s 30 s
Cat 3
[Ethernet]
60 s 60 s 60 s 30 min 60 s 60 s 30 min 60 s 30 s
Cat 2A
[Ethernet]
2 min 2 min 2 min 4 hr 2 min 2 min 4 hr 2 min 30 s
Cat 2
[Ethernet]
2 min 2 min 2 min 24 hr 2 min 2 min 24 hr 2 min 30 s
Cat 1
[Ethernet]
2 min 2 min 2 min 30 days 2 min 2 min 30 days 2 min 30 s
Modem ATP Categories
Cat 5
[Modem]
30 s 10 s 30 s 90 s 4 hr 2 min 4hr 10 min 10 min 90 s
Cat 4A
[Modem]
60 s 60 s 60 s 3 min 4 hr 2 min 4 hr 10 min 30 min 90 s
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