DataFire RAS PTE Line Summary

This screen provides the following:

Note: Some new PortAssist Manager features and enhancements are not supported by older drivers and firmware. These features appear greyed out or "Unavailable" appears. In order to benefit from the new features and enhancements, you need to update your drivers to the latest version available from Digi International for your product. For further assistance in obtaining the latest drivers for supported products, go to:

http://www.portassist.com 

Fields

Field

Description

Line Status Possible values are O.K., red alarm, yellow alarm, or blue alarm. See About Alarms below for information on alarms.
Line Type Displays the protocol for the line. Possible line types are PRI, Channelized T1, and E1
Configuration Detail Link to line-level configuration information. Choose Configuration Detail to display the configuration for the line.

 

Fields

Field

Description

Channel Channel number. Possible values are 1-23 for PRI, 1-24 for Channelized T1 , or 1-30 for E1.
State Possible values are Idle, Inbound, Outbound, Busied Out, Inbound/Delayed Busy Out, and Outbound/Delayed Busy Out.

Idle means that nothing is happening on the channel at the moment.

Inbound means that the remote side initiated the connection. 

Outbound means that this system initiated the connection.

Busied Out means that a channel is in the busied out state.  

Inbound/Delayed Busy Out means that a channel with an inbound connection is in a delayed busy out condition. That is, when the connection ends the channel will be put in a busy out state. 

Outbound/Delayed Busy Out means that a channel with an outbound connection is in a delayed busy out condition.

Mode Possible values are B channel or Modem
Connect Time Duration of the current connection in days, hours, minutes and seconds
Data Rate (Tx and Rx) Data rate, both incoming and outgoing for this channel, expressed in bits-per-second.
Byte Count (Tx and Rx) Byte count, both incoming and outgoing for this channel.

Note: The Tx and Rx byte counts are not cleared on the ISDN B Channel calls with every new connection. The byte counts are accumulative until the adapter is reset.

Error count Number of block errors (for modem connections) or CRC errors (for B channel connections) on this channel since the connection was established
Hang Up If this field is active, choose Hang Up. A dialog box appears. If you choose OK, the call (or connection) will be terminated. If you choose Cancel, nothing will happen.
Busy Out/Clear Note: This field does not appear for the E1 line type.

Busy out means that the channel has been configured to not accept incoming calls. You use busy out to take a channel that is not working out of commission. When you do this, you can continue to use your adapter though it is only partially functioning. 

Choose Busy Out to busy out a channel (that is, to make it unusable) and Clear to clear a busy out condition on a channel (make it ready to handle calls again).

 

About Alarms

Alarm Type

Description

Red Means loss-of-signal or out-of-frame condition. Ensure that the cable is plugged in and configured properly. Also ensure that the driver is configured for the line encoding used by the telephone company. If you cannot correct the problem, call the telephone company.

Yellow

Usually means that the telephone company is testing the line. If this condition persists, call the telephone company.

This alarm may also indicate that the driver's long-haul/short-haul configuration is wrong. Have the telephone company confirm the distance to the nearest repeater and then ensure that the driver's configuration is correct.
Blue Means that the telephone company is testing the line. If this condition persists, call the telephone company.