[comp.dcom.sys.cisco] just what IS a serial line "carrier transition" anyway?

dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (09/12/90)

While I'm trying to get to the bottom of this 56kb line problem, I am
wondering just what a "carrier transition" is on a DDS circuit and how
I could get 2000 of them in the space of 2 seconds or so.  I don't
see anything quite like a "carrier detect" on the V35 pinouts.
Is there some sort of pin flapping on a HDLC chip?

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Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu

leinwand@cisco.com (Allan Leinwand) (09/13/90)

In-Reply-To: <3986@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>; from "Steve Dyer" at Sep 11, 90 10:19 pm
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>While I'm trying to get to the bottom of this 56kb line problem, I am
>wondering just what a "carrier transition" is on a DDS circuit and how
>I could get 2000 of them in the space of 2 seconds or so.

A carrier transition is a when the carrier signal on a serial interface
changes state.  This can include going from down -> up and from up -> down.
If you have gotten 2000 in a second or so, you most likely have a
extremely bad data circuit.

This can be caused by your CSU/DSU or the circuit itself.  I would swap the 
CSU/DSU, the cable between it and the cisco and even tell your circuit 
provider about the problem.  A good test may be to put your CSU/DSU in local 
loop and see if you can ping yourself out the bad interface.  This can 
eliminate the CSU/DSU and the cable as part of the problem.

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Thanks,

Allan Leinwand
cisco Systems
leinwand@cisco.com
(415) 688-7653

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