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Digital Trunk Status Utility: trunkmon

Options	Description
`-b` board	Specifies the AG board to monitor. Default = 0.
`-?`	Help.

Description

Displays the status of all trunks connected to the specified board. trunkmon continuously monitors the status of the trunks and updates the display if the data changes. When an alarm transition occurs, trunkmon will beep.

Procedure

To run trunkmon for AG board number 0, enter:
trunkmon
Output similar to the following will be displayed: Digital Trunk Monitor Natural MicroSystems Ver 1.0 Sep 21 1998 (Press F3 or ESC to exit) BOARD # 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- Board start time: Wed Sep 21 14:02:46 1998 Trunk 0 Trunk 1 Trunk 2 Trunk 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Alarm NO_FRM NO_FRM NONE NONE Remote alarm NONE NONE NONE NONE Errored seconds: 59 59 21 59 Failed seconds: 56 56 57 57 Code Violations: 0 0 2 7 Slips: 0 0 2 7 Frame sync: No Sgnl No Sgnl OK OK
trunkmon displays the following for T1 and E1 trunks:

trunkmon Display

Description

Alarm (T1)
RED
BLUE
NONE

red alarm or loss of frame
blue alarm or AIS alarm
no alarm

Alarm (E1)
AIS
NO_FRM
16 AIS
NONE

all ones alarm
loss of frame
all one's in timeslot 16
no alarm

Remote Alarm (T1)
YELLOW
NONE

remote loss of frame
no alarm

Remote Alarm (E1)
FAULT
NO_SMF
NONE

remote loss of frame
remote loss of signaling multiframe
no alarm

Errored seconds

one second intervals containing one or more errors

Failed seconds

T1 trunks: one second intervals which were preceded by 10 consecutive Failed seconds
E1 trunks: one second intervals where loss of signal occurred, out-of-frame occurred, or excessive bit error rate was detected.

Code Violations

line code violations

Slips

slips accumulator

Frame sync
OK
NoSignl
No Frm
No MF
NoCRCF
??????

proper frame sync to the trunk
loss of signal
loss of frame
loss of signaling multiframe
no CRC frame sync
unknown framing error

`Digital Trunk Monitor Natural MicroSystems Ver 1.0 Sep 21 1998` `(Press F3 or ESC to exit)`
`BOARD # 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- Board start time: Wed Sep 21 14:02:46 1998`
	`Trunk 0`	`Trunk 1`	`Trunk 2`	`Trunk 3`
`----------------------------------------------------------`
`Alarm`	`NO_FRM`	`NO_FRM`	`NONE`	`NONE`
`Remote alarm`	`NONE`	`NONE`	`NONE`	`NONE`
`Errored seconds:`	`59`	`59`	`21`	`59`
`Failed seconds:`	`56`	`56`	`57`	`57`
`Code Violations:`	`0`	`0`	`2`	`7`
`Slips:`	`0`	`0`	`2`	`7`
`Frame sync:`	`No Sgnl`	`No Sgnl`	`OK`	`OK`

trunkmon Display	Description
Alarm (T1) `RED` `BLUE` `NONE`	red alarm or loss of frame blue alarm or AIS alarm no alarm
Alarm (E1) `AIS` `NO_FRM` `16 AIS` `NONE`	all ones alarm loss of frame all one's in timeslot 16 no alarm
Remote Alarm (T1) `YELLOW` `NONE`	remote loss of frame no alarm
Remote Alarm (E1) `FAULT` `NO_SMF` `NONE`	remote loss of frame remote loss of signaling multiframe no alarm
Errored seconds	one second intervals containing one or more errors
Failed seconds	T1 trunks: one second intervals which were preceded by 10 consecutive Failed seconds E1 trunks: one second intervals where loss of signal occurred, out-of-frame occurred, or excessive bit error rate was detected.
Code Violations	line code violations
Slips	slips accumulator
Frame sync `OK` `NoSignl` `No Frm` `No MF` `NoCRCF` `??????`	proper frame sync to the trunk loss of signal loss of frame loss of signaling multiframe no CRC frame sync unknown framing error

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Digital Trunk Status Utility: trunkmon

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