Net Optics Optical Bypass Switch w_Heartbeat - Manual (Page 11)

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Optical Bypass Switch with Heartbeat
Unpacking and Inspection
Unpack the Optical Bypass Switch, power supplies, and cables provided.
Each Optical Bypass Switch is delivered with the following:
• 2 Power supplies
• 2 LC fiber cables (models
BPO-HBSX-LC
0,
BPO-HB-LX/SX
, and
BPO-
HBLX-SC/LC ) or 2 LC-to-SC cables (model BPO-HBSX-SC/LC )
• 1 DB-9 RS232 cable
• 1 Manual
You may have also purchased a panel for rack mounting the bypass switch and
an extended warranty. If any component is missing or damaged, contact Net
Optics Customer Service immediately.
Configuring the Bypass Switch
The Optical Bypass Switch allows you to set several configuration options and
to display configuration information. You can set:
The frequency of the heartbeat.
This defines the period of time that passes before the switch
considers the packet to have timed out. The default is 1 second.
The number of timeouts allowed.
This is the number of packets missed before the switch bypasses
the IPS (retry count). The default is 3 missed packets.
Port communication parameters .
You can turn Link Fault Detect and Bypass Detect on or off.
The default is LFD and Bypass Detect on.
A custom heartbeat packet .
You can input a custom heartbeat packet to suit special needs . The
default is the IPX packet shown on page 5.
Reset to factory defaults.
Use this option to quickly restore the original configuration.
For quick reference, you can display the configuration settings and heartbeat
packet .