General hardware specifications

This topic describes the following types of hardware specifications:

Physical

Feature

Specification

Form factor

Standard 6U CompactPCI board per PICMG 2.0

PCI bus

33/66 MHz, 32-bit master/target or slave
5.0 V or 3.3 V signaling compatible slot

T1/E1 input/output

Eight T1/E1 interfaces with RJ-48T connectors on the rear I/O transition board

Ethernet input/output

Two 10/100Base-T Ethernet interfaces with RJ-45 connecters through a rear I/O transition board or through a PICMG 2.16 backplane

Board weight

Main board: 0.75 lb (0.36 kg)
Rear I/O transition board: 0.55 lb (0.24 kg)


Connectivity

Feature

Description

Ethernet connectivity

Through a rear I/O transition board or a PICMG 2.16 backplane - Two 10/100Base-T Ethernet interfaces with RJ-45 connectors for connecting to either a network of other SIGTRAN devices or for connecting to a redundant mate board.

PSTN network connectivity

Through a rear I/O transition board

Intra-chassis connectivity

H.110 bus. Lucent Ambassador T8105 with 512 half duplex or 256 full duplex timeslots


Software environment

Feature

Description

Development environment

Natural Access
NaturalAccess Signaling Software

Operating system

Windows
UNIX


Host interface

Feature

Specification

Electrical

CompactPCI bus designed to CompactPCI Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0

Mechanical

Designed to CompactPCI Specification PICMG 2.0 for 6U style boards

Bus speed

DC to 66 MHz

Maximum number of boards per chassis

16

Maximum number of SS7 links per board

32 per TX 4000C board
16 per TX 4000/20C board

I/O

PCI bus master/slave with DMA

Plug and play

Compatible (Windows only)


H.100 compliant interface

Environment

Feature

Description

Operating temperature

0 to 50 degrees C

Storage temperature

-20 to 70 degrees C

Humidity

5 to 80%, non-condensing


Power requirements

State

Requirements

TX 4000C

10.00 mA maximum @ 12.0 V
1.25 A maximum      @ 5.0 V
6.00 A maximum      @ 3.3 V