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1. Note In this manual any reference to PrimeSwitch refers to the PrimeSwitch 100 Series product line unless specified differently 10003137 00 Rev 1 Contents v Contents Introduction About this user guide 1 2 Audience 1 2 Using this guide 1 3 Overview 1 4 Filtering 1 4 Buffering 1 4 Display 1 5 Basic Rate access 1 5 Installation Installing PAP 2 2 Local 2 2 Remote via ADLM 2 2 Remote via modem 2 3 Connecting PAP to an ISDN interface module 2 4 BRMN BRMT and early IPMN and IPMT 2 4 Later IPMN and IPMT 2 4 QBRM and DTM 2 4 Connecting PAP to a PC 2 5 Software installation 2 7 Starting PAP 2 8 The PAP screen Screen display 3 2 Display colors 3 4 Status line 3 5 Layer 1 status line 3 7 Primary Rate 3 7 Basic Rate 3 7 Examples 3 9 Layer 1 status change 3 9 Layer 2 frame 3 9 Layer 3 message 3 10 ltem sources 3 10 vi Contents Commands Entering commands 4 2 Keys 4 3 Commands 4 4 10003137 00 Rev 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction 1 2 About this user guide About this user guide 9 OOO 8 Audience This user guide describes the Protocol Analyzer Package PAP It covers the installation and operation of the PrimeSwitch 100 Series Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN PAP PAP is available for both Primary Rate and Basic Rate in a number of protocol variations The PrimeSwitch PAPTS14 is an ISDN Primary Rate monitor conforming to Austel Spe2. layer 2 and layer 3 as follows e System messages are information from other system modules They can be on or off but are generally not of concern to users e Layer 1 status change messages can be on or off e Layer 2 is filtered on frame type for example SABME and RR They can be on off enabled for all except a defined list or enabled for a defined list only e Layer 3 is filtered on message type for example SETUP and RELease They can be on off enabled for all except a defined list or enabled for a defined list only You create a filter with the MakeF command and display the current filter with the ShowF command see Chapter 4 Commands for more information You can store several filters on disk but only one filter can be enabled at a time After passing through the filter messages are stored in the internal first in first out FIFO buffer Messages are also written to disk if you have enabled capturing The full contents of each traffic item are stored irrespective of the current decoding and display settings When the display is paused traffic continues to be written to the buffer Items in the buffer are numbered sequentially from zero until the buffer is full then from zero again This number appears alongside the message when it is displayed Use the Save command to write the contents of the buffer to disk see Chapter 4 Commands for more information The buffer is dynamically allocated from the PC s
3. Up Page Down and arrow keys to scroll through the list then type a choice from the list To cancel the command prompt press Esc 10003137 00 Rev 1 Commands 4 3 Keys Key functions are shown below Function keys Context all Function executes command Up arrow T monitoring pauses display paused display or list scrolls up one line Down arrow paused display or list scrolls down one line end of paused display continues display PgUp monitoring pauses display paused display or list scrolls up one screen PgDn paused display or list scrolls down one screen end of paused display continues display Home paused display goes to start of display End paused display goes to end of display Enter command prompt executes command Spacebar command prompt executes command Esc command prompt cancels command Help window closes window 4 4 Commands Commands This section describes the available commands You should note that not all commands are available in every analyser state You can display a complete list of the commands available in the current state using the MORE key Capt Toggles capture to disk If capture is OFF you must supply a filename for the capture file This should be a legal DOS filename for example CAPTURED OUT All transmitted and received messages are stored in this f
4. be used each time the program starts 10003137 00 Rev 1 The PAP screen 3 1 The PAP screen 3 2 Screen display Screen display NET i1195 PLAY LOG 86 089881 MED E2 L3 Status line 188 NETWORK 12 83 17 36 18 88 0931 SETUP C Ref 883 Org Bearer Capability 96 98 3 Channel Identification Al 83 6 Progress Indicator 82 81 Calling Party Number 21 AZ Called Party Number 1 1 33 36 34 38 30 36 32 6114 USER 12 03 17 36 10 00 8 COMplete C Ref 8852232 Display ause 3 6139 USER 12 83 17 37 48 88 0931 SETUP C Ref 8883 Org window Bearer Capability 96 98 AS Channel Identification 1 AS Keypad 28 41 4F 43 33 2A 30 31 23 Calling Party Number AL 32 33 36 34 30 30 35 35 Called Party Number 1 81 38 39 33 38 39 37 37 132 NETWORK 12 03 17 37 48 88 0931 CALL PROCeeding C Ref 88 Dest Ghannel Identification AY 83 1E 6134 NETWORK 12 83 17 37 48 88 0931 DISConnect C Ref 8 Dest Layer 1 Hetwk User y li Invalid Captured Data status line play Captured File to Playback gt cap link2204 Command play Captured File to Playback gt a temp window Fi F2 F3 F4 F5 F F F8 FF Fis HELP Short Foe Figure 7 Screen display for Primary Rate Access The PAP screen an example of which is shown in Figure 7 contains the following elements Status line displays the status of the PrimeSwitch including operation state link status level of layer 2 and layer 3 decoding and other informati
5. capture file the sequence in the file is played back and the status line indicates PLAY in field 1 The first page is displayed and you can view subsequent lines by using the Page Up Page Down and arrow keys The L2 L3 Long Med and Short commands control the display level Playback is ended at the end of the file or when you press STOP Port Selects which COM port to use Choose 1 or 2 If you have a PC with two COM ports you can monitor two different PrimeSwitch modules at the same time in this case select BOTH as the value This value is saved for use the next time the software is opened Print Prints a file of transactions that has been captured on disk You can print the file to a disk file by selecting Disk rather than Printer as the print destination Messages are decoded and displayed according to the current settings of the L2 L3 Long Med and Short commands The print file is standard ASCII text Quit Exits from PAP and returns to the MS DOS prompt Save Saves the current contents of the PAP internal buffers to a disk file The file is in the same format as a Capture file and can be read using the Play command Short Selects short display of layer 3 Disassembly of messages is restricted to type only SHORT is displayed on the status line 4 8 Commands ShowF If filtering is enabled the current filter settings are shown Speed Selects which data rate to use The value can be 2400 4800 9600
6. is identified by a SAPI and a TEI The SAPI defines which part of the bit within a terminal is talking and can have three different values 0 LAPD link for ISDN calls 16 LAPB link for X 25 calls 63 management bit which manages TEIs The TEI is a unique address for a particular ISDN connection assigned to a terminal The analyzer displays two types of TEI Fixed set physically on a terminal usually by DIP switches or non volatile storage You must ensure that each fixed TEI terminal has a unique address if two terminals have the same address neither will work Automatic worked out dynamically by negotiation between network and terminal The TEI and SAPI combine to make a physical address that is encoded into layer 2 frames Layer 3 refers to this combination by a CES This is a number between 0 and 255 which at any time uniquely identifies a particular SAPI TEI combination 1 6 Overview Figure 1 shows the relationship between CES SAPI and TEL Layer 3 refers to a link by the CES CES 0 255 Layer 2 translates to SAPI TEI address physically encoded in the layer 2 frame 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 SAPI C R EAO TEI EA 1 Layer 1 transmits to NT or TE Figure 1 CES SAPI and TEI 10003137 00 Rev 1 Installation 2 1 Installation 2 2 Installing PAP Installing PAP PAP can be used to monitor traffic on either a local or a remote PrimeSwitch Local To monitor local t
7. memory The default is to use Extended or Expanded memory if it is available and to use up all but 80 Kbytes of conventional memory if the Extended or Expanded memory is not available 10003137 00 Rev 1 Introduction 1 5 This default can be overridden from the command line as follows PAPXXXX REAL forces the PAP software to use conventional memory and will not operate if insufficient conventional memory is available PAPXXXX VIRTUAL forces the PAP software to use Extended or Expanded memory and will not operate if memory is not available These overrides should not be used unless problems are experienced with the default The size of the buffer therefore depends on the amount of memory RAM available in the computer and the amount used by other programs The buffer size is displayed on the startup screen Multiply this by four to determine the number of traffic items that can be stored Display Traffic is displayed on the screen according to the current settings of layer 2 and layer 3 decoding and display L2 L3 Long Med and Short commands You can pause the display to examine messages and scroll the display backwards and forwards See Chapter 4 Commands for more information Basic Rate interface To understand the information displayed by the Basic Rate PAP you must understand Service Access Point Identifiers SAPIs Terminal Endpoint Identifiers TEIs and Connection Endpoint Suffices CESs A data link connection
8. or 19200 This value is saved for use the next time the software is opened State Displays a list of states and their values Stop Terminates the current activity as shown in the table below Monitor mode Returns to stopped state Playing back File closed returns to stopped state Tele Displays a list of teleservice types and their values 10003137 00 Rev 1
9. Layer 1 10003137 00 Rev 1 The PAP screen 3 5 Status line The following diagram is a sample status line with each field numbered Fields are described in detail below PAUSE COM1 LOC 7 B 01 00001 LONG E2 CAPT 241 1 1 Operation state STOP MON PLAY PAUSE 2 Communication port COMI COM2 3 Local or remote or bit rate LOC REM 2400 4800 9600 19 2 4 Not used 5 B Channel B XX 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 stopped monitoring playing back captured file display paused using COMI port using COM2 port monitoring the local PrimeSwitch monitoring a remote PrimeSwitch data rate is 2400 bit s data rate is 4800 bit s data rate is 9600 bit s data rate is 19 2 kbit s B channel set to XX 3 6 Status line 6 Call reference OXXXX DXXXX 7 Layer 3 decode 8 Layer enable SHORT MED LONG L2 E2 L3 L2 L3 E2 L3 HEX 9 Capture and filter status FILT CAPT CA FI 10 CES BRI only C XXX call reference originating Basic Rate OXX call reference destination Basic Rate DXX display message type only display message type and information elements display message type information elements and full decode of information elements alarms displayed layers 2 and 3 suppressed layer 2 displayed in full layer 3 suppressed only Exception Conditions are shown on layer 2 layer 3 suppressed This displays SABME UA DISC REJ FRMR and RNR f
10. Med Selects medium display of layer 3 The display includes Message Type Information Elements and the contents of Information Elements in hexadecimal but not the interpretation of the element contents MED is displayed on the status line Mnem Displays a list of message mnemonics and their values Mon Monitors traffic in both directions MON appears on the status line Some PrimeSwitch modules have multiple ports You can choose to have one or more of these ports monitored For single port modules for example the IPM or BRM leave this set to its default value which is port 1 For multiple port modules for example the DTM or OBRM enter 1 2 3 or 4 or multiples such as 13 to monitor ports 1 and 3 1234 to monitor all 4 ports and so on MSDOS Loads a copy of the MS DOS command processor The MS DOS promptis displayed and you can run most DOS commands There is only a limited amount of memory available so you may find that larger programs do not run To return to the analyser type Exit and press Enter 10003137 00 Rev 1 Commands 4 7 Pause Suspends the display of information during monitoring Pressing the up arrow 1 or Page Up key also pauses the display While the display is paused information received by PAP is buffered and captured to disk Press Cont to continue display Play Plays back a file that has been created using the Capt or Save commands When you supply the filename of a legal
11. PRIMESWITCH 100 500 PAP USER GUIDE Q Document Number Issued Restricted Rights Legend 10003137 00 Rev 1 March 1998 NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES INC N E T PROVIDES THIS DOCUMENT AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE This document constitutes the sole Specifications referred to in N E T s Product Warranty for the products or services described herein N E T s Product Warranty is subject to all the conditions restrictions and limitations contained herein and in the applicable contract N E T has made reasonable efforts to verify that the information in this document is accurate but N E T reserves the right to correct typographical errors or technical inaccuracies N E T assumes no responsibility for any use of the use of the information contained in this document or for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties that may result Networking products cannot be tested in all possible uses configurations or implementations and interoperability with other products cannot be guaranteed The customer is solely responsible for verifying the suitability of N E T s products for use in its network Local market variations may apply This document is subject to change by N E T without notice as additional information is incorporated by N E T or as changes are made by N E
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13. ale to built in P AP port 2 6 Connecting PAP to a PC 2 Configure the ADLM V 24 as follows Remote Remote and local AT call control Bit rate Parity Stop bits Number of bits 10003137 00 Rev 1 Installation 2 7 Software installation The PAP software is installed as part of the PrimeSwitch Manager NCS Net Center Software installation process To install individual versions 1 Createa directory for the PAP software Type MD PAP lt Enter gt 2 Change to this directory Type CD PAP lt Enter gt 3 Insert the PAP disk PM NCS Disk 3 into the floppy drive and change to the PAP subdirectory Type CD A PAP lt Enter gt 4 Expand the required file Type expand A PAPTS14 EXE lt Enter gt expand A PAPTS13 EXE lt Enter gt expand A PAPETSI EXE lt Enter gt expand A PAPETSIB EXE lt Enter gt expand A PAPDASS2 EXE lt Enter gt 000099 expand A PAPDPNSS EXE lt Enter gt 2 8 Starting PAP Starting PAP To start the program 1 Either e from Program Manager double click on the icon or e from MS DOS change to the PAP directory and type one of the following PAPTS14 lt Enter gt PAPTS13 lt Enter gt PAPETSI lt Enter gt PAPETSIB lt Enter gt PAPDASS2 lt Enter gt PAPDPNSS lt Enter gt VOOVOG To change the COM port or baud rate settings use the Port and or Rate commands see Chapter 4 Commands Changes are saved when the program exits and will
14. cification TS14 The PrimeSwitch PAPTS13 is an ISDN Basic Rate monitor conforming to Austel Specification TS13 The PrimeSwitch PAPETSI is an ISDN Primary Rate monitor conforming to the ETSI ISDN Specification The PrimeSwitch PAPETSIB is an ISDN Basic Rate monitor conforming to the ETSI ISDN Specification The PrimeSwitch PAPDASS2 is an ISDN Primary Rate monitor conforming to British Telecom Specification BTNR190 The PrimeSwitch PAPDPNSS is a PABX signaling monitor conforming to British Telecom Specification BINR188 This user guide is intended for people with a general knowledge of personal computers and a good understanding of ISDN particularly layer 2 and layer 3 signaling protocols 10003137 00 Rev 1 Introduction 1 3 ees Using this guide The guide contains the following sections Overview describes how PAP processes network traffic The PAP screen describes the main screen and illustrates how PAP displays messages Commands describes how to control PAP with function keys and typed commands Installation describes how to install PAP and connect PAP to a PC Technical assistance information If there is a problem using the N E T products call the N E T Technical Assistance Center TAC for assistance The toll free number for the United States is 1 800 800 4638 The contact number for the UK and other European countries is 44 1293 600703 Customers outside the United States and Europe may use the following
15. ect Press Esc or Q to return to normal operation Displays a list of Information Elements and their values Changes the display of layer 2 protocol activity The display level as indicated on the top line has four settings no display of layer 2 E2 only exception conditions are shown RR and INFRO frames are suppressed L2 full display of layer 2 HEX display in hexadecimal All layer 2 activity is buffered captured at all times regardless of this setting Changes the display of layer 3 protocol activity The display level as indicated on the top line has two settings no display of layer 3 L3 display of layer 3 All layer 3 activity is buffered captured at all times regardless of this setting Selects long display of layer 3 The display includes Message Type each Information Element and the full interpretation of each octet within the Information Elements LONG appears on the status line 4 6 Commands MakeF Creates a filter You must supply a name and then answer a series of yes no questions to define the filter You can choose whether to select All Only the listed ones or all Except the listed ones If you select Only or Except you can enter a list of Frame Types or Message Types When the list contains all of your selections press Enter on a blank line to finish You can enable the filter immediately The filter is stored in a disk file named NAME FLT where NAME is the name you give to the filter
16. ile Files can be played back using the Play command All messages that pass through the Filter see Filt are stored regardless of the settings of L2 L3 and LONG MEDium and SHORT To end capture either press Capt again or press Stop If the disk fills up capture terminates When capture is ON CAPT is displayed in field 9 Cause Displays a list of causes and their values Cont Continues display after the display has been paused to examine data The display can also be continued using the down arrow 4 or Page Down keys to move past the end of the display Dial Dials a remote number before monitoring starts Requires an AT modem or a QDLM or ADLM Filt Enables or disables a filter If a filter is not enabled you must supply the name of filter that you want to use to select messages for display If a filter is enabled it is removed and all messages are displayed The status line indicates FILT when filtering is enabled in the Filter Capture field If both filtering and capturing are on CA FI is displayed You must define a filter before you can use the Filt command see Maker Hang Disconnects a remote monitoring call 10003137 00 Rev 1 Commands 4 5 Help Info L2 L3 Long Displays information relevant to the currently selected command or operation To get more help press C to display a list of commands or T to display a list of topics Move the pointer with the cursor keys and press Enter to sel
17. on For Basic Rate access the current CES is displayed at the far right of the status line See Status line later in this chapter Display displays traffic sent and received and lists the contents of the window message pool and other information When the program starts it shows a block diagram with credits software version connection information and buffer size Use the cursor keys to scroll through a display that is longer than the window See Keys in Chapter 4 Commands Layer 1 status displays the network and user layer 1 states These are only updated line during monitoring See Layer 1 status line later in this chapter Command displays entered commands See Commands in Chapter 4 window Commands Command displays function key definitions of commands Available commands line depend on the current operation Help window temporary window displayed over the rest of the screen not shown 10003137 00 Rev 1 The PAP screen 3 3 The Basic Rate screen differs from the Primary Rate screen in the following ways the Call Reference Indicator has two digits not four e the current CES indicator is at the far right of the status line e there is a different set of layer 1 state indicators e the startup display shows different connection ports 3 4 Display colors Display colors On a color monitor traffic is displayed in the following colors Green Network side layers 2 and 3 Purple User side layers 2 and 3 Yellow
18. on the PrimeSwitch PAP Module panel to the 10 way header located just above the RJ 45 socket on the ISDN interface module The red conductor of the ribbon cable must be on the top Place the panel into the vacant slot and tighten the screws located on the top and bottom of the panel Later IPMN and IPMT These modules have a 9 way socket on the front panel to connect to PAP QBRM and DTM The QBRM and DTM have a 9 way socket on the front panel to connect to PAP This PAP connection services all 4 interfaces 10003137 00 Rev 1 Connecting PAP to a PC Installation 2 5 Connect the PrimeSwitch PAP protection device to a parallel port of the PC To monitor local traffic 1 Connect COMI or COM2 on the PC to the 25 way D type connector on the PrimeSwitch PAP panel using a straight through cable constructed according to Figure 5 2 3 7 2 3 DB 25 Female to PC 7 DB 25 Male to PAP V 24 port OR 3 2 5 DB 9 Male to built in P AP por t Figure 5 Local cable construction To monitor remote traffic 1 Connect the PC to an ADLM V 24 port on the local PrimeSwitch using a cable constructed according to Figure 6 2 3 3 7 2 DB 25 Male to ADLM V 24 port Figure 6 Remote cable construction 7 DB 25 Female to PAP port OR 2 3 5 DB 9 M
19. over the page 3 8 Layer 1 status line Network side deactivated pending deactivation pending activation activated User side deactivated synchronized activation request activated 10003137 00 Rev 1 The PAP screen 3 9 Examples PAP displays layer 1 layer 2 and layer 3 traffic as shown in the examples below Layer 1 status change 001 USER Jan 03 06 14 10 G821 INFO Layer 1 Status Line 00 001 number of traffic item in the buffer USER source of item Jan 03 date and time of item G821 ITU T layer 1 protocol recommendation 00 status change type for values see Layer 1 status line Layer 2 frame 030 USER Jan 03 06 14 11 0921 INFO CRO PFO Ns 11 Nr 59 Len 13 030 position of traffic item in the buffer note that this differs from layers 1 and 3 USER source of item Jan 03 date and time of item 0921 ITU T layer 2 protocol recommendation INFO frame type CRO Command Response bit setting PFO Poll Final bit setting Ns 11 sending sequence number Nr 59 receiving sequence number Len 13 length of frame 00 01 hexadecimal contents of frame including layer 3 message Layer 2 frames can be displayed in alphanumeric or hexadecimal format For details see the L2 command in Chapter 4 Commands 3 10 Examples Layer 3 message 031 USER Jan 03 06 14 11 0931 INFOrmation C Ref 00016 Org 031 number of traffic item in the buffer USER source of i
20. raffic connect the PC to the PrimeSwitch PAP connector as in the following diagram PrimeSwitch Figure 2 Local connection Remote via ADLM To monitor remote traffic a V 24 ADLM must be installed in both the local and remote PrimeSwitches Connect the PAP connector to an ADLM V 24 port on the remote PrimeSwitch and connect the PC to an ADLM V 24 port on a local PrimeSwitch as in Figure 3 Remote PrimeSwitch Figure 3 Remote connection 10003137 00 Rev 1 Installation 2 3 Remote via modem You can also use a modem to monitor traffic on remote PrimeSwitches as shown in Figure 4 Pol e Sn u a Modem d Analog Network PAP er PrimeSwitch Modem Figure 4 Local connection via modem 2 4 Connecting PAP to an ISDN interface module Connecting PAP to an ISDN interface module BRMN BRMT and early IPMN and IPMT You must place the PrimeSwitch PAP Module panel in the slot immediately to the right of the ISDN interface module that you want to monitor with the connector located at the top If necessary rearrange the modules in the PrimeSwitch to clear the slot on the right hand side of the ISDN interface module Note that you must update the configuration of the PrimeSwitch to reflect the new arrangement of modules Connect the 10 way IDC connector
21. rames but suppresses RR and INFO frames layer 3 displayed layer 2 suppressed layers 2 and 3 displayed in full default layer 2 exception conditions and layer 3 displayed all messages displayed in hex traffic not filtered or captured traffic filtered all traffic captured to disk traffic filtered before capture CES of active data link 10003137 00 Rev 1 The PAP screen 3 7 ___ _ _ _ _ gt FCF gt rr i ma Layer 1 status line Layer 1 status indicators are decoded from the value at the end of the displayed line which is the sum of the individual hexadecimal values shown in the tables below For example simultaneous Primary Rate SYNC 08 and SES 02 errors are displayed as Layer 1 Status Change 0A The left half of the layer 1 status line displays network side indicators the right half displays user side indicators There are different indicators for Primary Rate and Basic Rate Primary Rate Netwk ES SES DM SYNC REM AIS User SES The indicators are the same for both network and user sides as shown below Indicator Description normal operation Errored Second Severely Errored Second Degraded Minute frame synchronisation lost remote alarm Alarm Indication Signal binary ones Basic Rate Netwk Activated User Activated The indicators are different for user and network sides as shown in the tables
22. tem Jan 03 date and time of item 0931 ITU T layer 3 protocol recommendation INFOrmation message type C Ref 0001e call reference number unique for duration of call Org originating or destination side of call The first line of a layer 3 message always has the same format although the amount of information displayed depends on the level of decoding see Long Med and Short commands in Chapter 4 Commands Item sources When monitoring one ISDN interface from one COM port the default the item source is either USER or NETWORK If monitoring one ISDN interface from two COM ports the source is either USER n or NETWORK n where n 1 or 2 for COM1 or COM2 If monitoring multiple ISDN interfaces from one COM port the source is either USER Pm or NET Pm where m 1 to 4 for the ISDN interface If monitoring multiple ISDN interfaces from two COM ports the source is either U n Pm or Nn Pm where n 1 or 2 for COM1 or COM2 and m 1 to 4 for the ISDN interface 10003137 00 Rev 1 Commands 4 1 Commands 4 2 Entering commands Entering commands To enter a command e press a Function key or e type the command name and press Enter or the space bar Some commands prompt for a yes no response Type y or Y and press Enter for yes n or any other key for no Some commands prompt with a list of choices Type the first letter of a word to select that option Some commands display a list Use the Page
23. toll number 703 724 7999 TAC personnel are available by telephone 24 hours a day 7 days a week Warranty and contract customers receive first consideration in the scheduling of technical resources Before contacting TAC for help review and verify the provisions contained in your warranty or contract Depending on those provisions there may be a charge for service When authorized TAC Engineers can diagnose most network problems remotely using dial up connections When a service technician is required TAC will dispatch the nearest N E T or third party service engineer 1 4 Overview Overview Filtering Buffering The PrimeSwitch ISDN Protocol Analyzer Package PAP monitors and displays layer 1 layer 2 and layer 3 protocol activity on a PrimeSwitch ISDN interface PAP uses COM ports on the PC to transfer information to and from a PrimeSwitch ISDN module PAP can monitor multiple ISDN interfaces on PrimeSwitch 100 Series modules which have more than one for example the DTM or QBRM and can use either COMI COM2 or BOTH at the same time on the PC When PAP is operating all traffic entering the analyzer system either from the ISDN or from a captured file is filtered buffered and displayed When you enable a filter every message passing through the analyzer passes through the filter Traffic that is selected by the filter enters the buffer Traffic that is not selected is lost Filters select or reject system layer 1
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