Configuring monitor links

NA SS7 Monitor Software enables applications to configure the number of links, as well as the parameters associated with those links.

The following sample configuration file (MONcp1.cfg) is included with the NA SS7 Monitor Software and is located in \Program Files\Dialogic\tx\config\ for Windows and /opt/dialogic/tx/etc/ for UNIX:

# Monitoring general configuration section
RECV_LSSU          FALSE      # TRUE/FALSE - Send up LSSUs?
RECV_FISU          FALSE      # TRUE/FALSE - Send up FISUs?
MTP2HDR            FALSE      # TRUE/FALSE - Include MTP2 Header?
TIMER_TIND         5          # Max amount of time to wait before sending data inds
NUM_BUFS           500
SIZE_BUFS          1000

#
#---  Monitoring link parameters
LINK               0
LINK_TYPE          ANSI       # ANSI/ITU/ANSI_EXT/ITU_EXT
PORT_NUM           1
PORT_TYPE          TDM        # TDM
MAX_FRAME          272
NUM_BUFFERS        500
SIZE_BUFFERS       400
END

#
#---  Monitoring link parameters
LINK               1
LINK_TYPE          ANSI       # ANSI/ITU/ANSI_EXT/ITU_EXT
PORT_NUM           2
PORT_TYPE          TDM        # TDM
MAX_FRAME          272
NUM_BUFFERS        500
SIZE_BUFFERS       400
END

NA SS7 Monitor Software supports a configuration of 16 half-links on TX 4000/20 or TX 4000/20C boards, 32 half-links on TX 4000 or TX 4000C boards, and up to 128 half-links on TX 5000 Series boards. The maximum number of links allowed on a TX 5000 Series board is determined by the licensing options selected for the specific board. A half-link is the receive half of a full-duplex SS7 link. The application can pair two of these half-links into the two directions of one full-duplex link.

NA SS7 Monitor Software also supports high speed links (4 half-links). To support this feature, the TDM configuration file must be properly configured for high speed links by using an asterisk (*) for channel number. In the NA SS7 Monitor Software configuration, the application must set the link type to use extended sequence numbers using ANSI_EXT or ITU_EXT for the LINK_TYPE.

txcfg1.txt example for high speed links

#    PortNum    L|H|E|T|J   Trunk   Channel     Speed
port 1          t1          1       *
port 2          t1          2       *

MONcp1.cfg example for high speed links

#---  Monitoring link parameters
LINK               0
LINK_TYPE          ANSI_EXT   # ANSI/ITU/ANSI_EXT/ITU_EXT
PORT_NUM           1
PORT_TYPE          TDM        # TDM
MAX_FRAME          272
NUM_BUFFERS        500
SIZE_BUFFERS       400
END