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Important safety instructions

How to use this guide

What you should know

Documentation conventions

Manual set

Related publications

What is the MAX?

What items are included in your package?

Checking the MAX base unit

Checking other package contents

Checking the expansion cards

Digital modem card

Host/6 card

ISDN BRI Network interface and terminal interface cards

Multiband inverse multiplexing card

Series56 digital modem card

V.110 card

PIFSA-16 card

IDSL card

DRAM card

PCMCIA flash card

Interfaces

Interfaces on the base unit

POWER

CONTROL

LAN UTP

PCMCIA

DRAM

SERIAL V.35 DTE Port

WAN (1 to 4)

ALARM

Interfaces on expansion cards

AIM/BONDING

PALMTOP

ISDN BRI

IDSL

Planning the hardware installation

What you need before you start

Guidelines for installing digital modems

Guidelines for installing MAX units in a rack

Inserting an expansion card

Setting up the hardware

Connecting to input power

Connecting to the LAN

Connecting the MAX to the T1 Line

Connecting the MAX to the E1 Line

Interpreting the MAX LEDs

MAX back panel

Starting up the MAX

Quickstart for T1 MAX units

Setting up your hardware

Overview of T1 line configuration

Gathering configuration information

T1 line information

Connection profile information

Ethernet profile information

Using the MAX VT-100 interface

Configuring the MAX

Configuring the T1/PRI lines

Configuring the Ethernet profile

Configuring the Answer profile

Creating Connection profiles

Testing the connections

Testing the LAN connection

Testing the T1/PRI line

Testing the WAN connection

Where to go next

Quickstart for E1 MAX units

Setting up your hardware

Overview of E1 line configuration

Gathering configuration information

E1 line information

Connection profile information

Ethernet profile information

Using the MAX VT-100 interface

Configuring the MAX

Configuring the E1/PRI lines

Configuring the Ethernet profile

Configuring the Answer profile

Creating Connection profiles

Testing the connections

Testing the LAN connection

Testing the E1/PRI line

Testing the WAN connection

Where to go next

Using the configuration menus

The main edit menu

Making a menu or status window active

Opening menus and profiles

Opening edit fields

Setting enumerated parameters

Saving your changes

Using the Palmtop Controller

About MAX passwords

Special display characters and keys

Understanding menu numbers

Provisioning the switch for T1 access

Provisioning the switch for T1 PRI access

What you need from your E1/PRI service provider

Supported WAN switched services

Provisioning the switch for ISDN BRI access

Information required from the ISDN BRI provider

SPIDs for AT&T 5ESS switches

SPIDs for Northern Telecom DMS-100 switches

General specifications

Battery

Power requirements

Environmental requirements

Alarm relay operating specifications

User interface specifications

Control port and cabling pinouts for the Control Monitor and MIF

Pinouts for the Palmtop Controller

Palmtop port cabling pinouts for a Control Monitor

Ethernet interface specifications

Required equipment

10Base-T

100Base-T

T1/PRI interface specifications

T1/PRI CSU requirements

T1/PRI cable specifications

T1/PRI crossover cable: RJ48C/RJ48C

T1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ48C/RJ48C

T1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ48C/DA-15

T1/PRI crossover cable: RJ48C/DA

T1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ48C/Bantam

T1 RJ48C-Loopback plug

T1/PRI WAN ports

WAN switched services available to the MAX

E1/PRI interface specifications

E1/PRI cable specifications

E1/PRI crossover cable: RJ48C/RJ48C

E1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ48C/RJ48C

E1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ48C/DA-15

E1/PRI crossover cable: RJ48C/DA

E1/PRI straight-through cable: RJ48C/Bantam

E1/PRI straight-through cable: MAX 6000 BNC to RJ-48C

E1/PRI WAN ports

ISDN BRI interface specifications

For the Net/BRI module

For the Host/BRI module

Serial host interface specifications

V.35 cabling

V.35/V.25 bis cable to Cisco

V.35 cable to generic serial host

V.35/RS-366 cable to generic serial host

V.35/RS-366 cable to CLI

V.35/RS-366 cable to PictureTel

RS-366 cabling

RS-449 / RS-366 / DB-37 cable to Video Telecom

RS-449/RS-366 cable to generic serial host

RS-449 cable to generic serial host

X.21 cabling

X.21 cable to generic serial host

Cable length requirements

Serial WAN cabling specifications

V.35 cable to WAN

RS-449 cable to WAN

IDSL specifications

Features

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