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Chapter 1
Introduction
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Usage
- This document describes installation, configuration, and operation of the SS7 Message Transfer Part (MTP) and optional ISDN User Part (ISUP), Telephone User Part (TUP), Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP), and Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) software for the TX Series Communication Processors under the Windows NT, UnixWare, and Solaris operating systems.
1.1 Overview
- The SS7 distribution CD-ROM contains the TX Series Base/Device Driver and the SS7 software packages. This CD-ROM contains a variety of software components which facilitate the development of sophisticated SS7-based systems and applications.
- The following components are installed with the TX Series Base/Device Driver:
- The TX Series tdmcfg utility for configuring the characteristics of T1/E1
channels and assigning T1/E1 and/or MVIP bus channels to SS7 ports.
- The cplot utility for downloading executable code and configuration data
onto the board.
- The TX Series cpk/os operating system and related executables which are
downloaded to the TX Series board at boot time.
- The txalarm utility which collects alarms from the TX Series board(s),
displays them on a console screen, and optionally copies them to a disk file.
This utility is also distributed in source form as a guide for developers
integrating the TX Series board alarms into their own alarm monitoring
systems.
- Each of the SS7 software packages contains some or all of the following components.
- Application program interfaces (APIs) - header files and libraries - for
developing SS7-based applications. Separate APIs are typically provided
for signaling applications (e.g., call processing applications, transaction
processing applications) and management applications (e.g., configuration,
control, monitoring, and statistics).
- Sample applications illustrating use of the APIs.
- A configuration utility for downloading configuration information from a
text file on the host disk to the protocol layer task running on the TX Series
board. Configuration utilities are also provided in source form as an
example of management API usage for configuration.
- Sample configuration files for ANSI and/or ITU-T configurations.
- A management utility for controlling, monitoring, and collecting statistics
on the that SS7 protocol layer. Like the configuration utilities, the
management utilities are also provided in source form to illustrate use of the
management APIs.
1.2 Usage
- Use of the SS7 software requires the following steps.
- Install the SS7 Software Release.
- If you use T1/E1 or MVIP Bus channels as the physical SS7 links, configure which streams/timeslots will carry the SS7 links.
- Set up your SS7 MTP layer 3 configuration and, optionally, SCCP, TCAP, ISUP, and/or TUP configurations.
- Download the TX Series board with the appropriate software and configurations.
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