System Release 6.1 cPCI for Windows Release Guide — May 2006 18
New Features
System Release 6.1 cPCI for Windows provides the following new feature on HDSI
products. This feature is new since System Release 6.0 cPCI Feature Pack 1 for
Windows.
Station Interface Alarms
This feature provides notification of problems with the communication link between a
board and its associated Station Interface Box (SIB). The MSI API sends a station
interface alarm to the application when a station interface goes offline, so that the
application can stop sending calls to the station interfaces that are no longer in
service. The MSI API can also notify the application when the problem is corrected;
that is, when the station interface goes on-line. Example: If power to the SIB is lost or
if any communication links between the board and the SIB are accidentally
disconnected (e.g., cable is disconnected), the MSI API can notify the application by
sending it an alarm event. See the MSI API Library Reference and the MSI API
Programming Guide for details.
Asynchronous Routing with ms_listenEx( ) and ms_unlistenEx( )
In addition to the functionality provided by ms_listen( ) and ms_unlisten( ), the new
ms_listenEx( ) and ms_unlistenEx( ) routing functions provide asynchronous
routing through the mode parameter. The MSEV_LISTEN and MSEV_UNLISTEN
events are also added to indicate the successful completion of the asynchronous
routing operations, and the MSEV_LISTEN_FAIL and MSEV_UNLISTEN_FAIL
events to indicate failure of the asynchronous routing operations. See the MSI API
Library Reference for details
3.6 New Intel NetStructure SS7 Products and SIUs
Intel NetStructure
®
SS7 boards provide on-board support for SS7 common channel
signaling protocols with a number of digital line interfaces (E1/T1/J1) and a H.100 or
H.110 PCM highway that supports connection to a wide range of voice, data, and fax
boards. System Release 6.1 cPCI for Windows supports the following SS7 boards:
SS7HDCS8
The SS7HDCS8 is a high-density, multi-port, SS7 signaling interface CompactPCI*
board that supports up to 32 SS7 links and provides eight software-selectable T1/E1
interfaces.
SS7HDCD16
The SS7HDCD16 is a high-density, multi-port, SS7 signaling interface CompactPCI*
board that supports up to 64 SS7 links and provides 16 software-selectable T1/E1
interfaces.
SS7HDCQ16
The SS7HDCQ16 is a high-density, multi-port, SS7 signaling interface CompactPCI*
board that supports up to 128 SS7 links and provides 16 software-selectable T1/E1
interfaces.
