PROCEDURE TO TRACE N7 LINK: 1. Identify the settings of N7 links to be traced. E.g: timeslot #, port #. 2. Set p the !

12"# e$ ipment: Start the !12"# e$ ipment% ens re that the !12"# soft&are started. 'he follo&ing &indo& &ill appear.

(indo& 1: !12"# soft&are main &indo& )*ata +lo& ,eas rement Scenario .lick on the So rce b tton in the /0nline Scenario1 pipeline. (1). 'he &indo& belo& &ill be opened.

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0n this &indo&, config re the N7 link setting to be traced according to its config ration. i. In [2], select Monitoring Pair ii. In [3], select the port to be sed for trace. In this case, select port 3 4 5 )pair- and place the trace cable into port 3 4 5. iii. In [4], select the protocol stack to be sed. +or N7 link, the protocol stack file is alc05.stk. i6. In [5], select the layer 2 method to be sed. +or N7 link, select 7*2.. 6. In [6], select the timeslot n mber in the E1 link &here the N7 timeslot is located. 6i. (hen all settings ha6e been config red, click on b tton Apply current setting to selected LL / LL pair. In [7]. If more than one N7 link are to be traced at the same time, click on b tton !tart "r#ation o$ n#% LL & LL 'air( marked as [)]. 'hen repeat the abo6e proced re b t change the timeslot n mber in step 6. If the N7s to be traced are located in different E1, repeat all of the abo6e steps b t ens re to se different monitoring pair port [3]. (hen all settings ha6e been completed, click on "*o+#( b tton to ret rn to the main &indo&.

8. 0n the main &indo&, config re the recording file to specify &here the logfile &ill be sa6ed. 9efer to the &indo& belo&:

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(indo& 8: ,ain &indo& after config ring link so rce .lick on the 9ecording +ile b tton :1";. 'he recording file setting &indo& &ill appear, as follo&s:

(indo& <: 9ecording +ile .onfig ration In the recording file config ration &indo&, config re yo r logfile according to the desired settings. (hen finished, click on o,( b tton to ret rn to the main &indo&.

<. 0n the main &indo&, click on the s&itch b ttons [--] to change it from O..( to ON(. 'his &ill start the trace. #. 'he trace can be follo&ed by 6ie&ing it from the //onitor( b tton [-2]. =. 'o stop the trace, click on the s&itch b tton [--]again to change it from 0N to 0++. 7. (hen trace session has been completed, close the trace file by clicking on the close b tton [-3] on /recording file1 b tton. 3fter this, the created logfile can be processed or transferred to another machine. >. EN*