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PLANT CUSTOMER OPERATIONS REFERENCE GUIDE

Module: Assignment Section: Cable Pair Maintenance

Issue Date: 07/17/08 Page: 1

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................................................................1

CABLE PAIR MAINTENANCE.............................................................................................................................2

ACCESSING GENERAL PLANT MENU .........................................................................................................................2ACCESSING CABLE PAIR RECORDS MAINTENANCE ...................................................................................................3RECORD SELECTION SCREEN ....................................................................................................................................4

CABLE PAIR MAINTENANCE SCREEN............................................................................................................5

COLUMNS ................................................................................................................................................................5TO VIEW ..................................................................................................................................................................8

ACCESSING RECORD EDIT SCREEN ..........................................................................................................................9RECORD EDIT SCREEN ...........................................................................................................................................10MEMO ACTION SELECTION.....................................................................................................................................11MEMO OPTION .......................................................................................................................................................12MEMO TEMPLATE ..................................................................................................................................................13DELETING CABLE PAIR...........................................................................................................................................14DISPLAYING CABLE RECORD INFORMATION ...........................................................................................................15RECORD DISPLAY SCREEN .....................................................................................................................................16LINE CARD DISPLAY ..............................................................................................................................................17PAIR MAINTENANCE...............................................................................................................................................18SEARCH FORVACANT PAIRS .................................................................................................................................19

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Cable Pair Maintenance

Accessing

general plant

menu

Type option 11 in System Main Menu to access General Plant Menu.

Continued on next page

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Cable Pair Maintenance, Continued

Accessing cable

pair records

maintenance

Type option 21 to access Cable Pair Records Maintenance screen.


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Cable Pair Maintenance, Continued

Record

selection screenCable and pair entries run horizontally.

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Cable Pair Maintenance Screen

Columns The following table provides column descriptions for Cable Pair Records

Maintenance screen.

Column Description

Opt Line to enter options.

Cable/Carr Cable or carrier

Pair Cable pair

S Status of cable pair.

Indicator Description

B Bad- used only for irreparable pairs.

C Carrier

D Disconnected- without LEN

H Held/Reserved

I In service

M Maintenance- used for reclaimable pairs

P Party Line

R Receive

V Vacant

W Wired Thru- with LENX Transmit


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Cable Pair Maintenance Screen, Continued

Columns (continued)

Column Description

L Pairs reserved for cable throw.


T Displayed for each affected pair when

reserved for cable throw. Cable throw

indicates pair or pairs held for cuts by

facility technician.

NOTE: Pairs designated with T are not

assignable unless a facility

technician grants permission.

H Displays H88 loads, indicating pair or

pairs are loaded. (AZ DPI uses this to

reserve facilities for marketing.)

NOTE: Cable loading is only recorded in

CA DPI and loaded pairs are not

compatible w/some services (i.e.lines on AMLs, Meridian sets.

etc.).


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Columns (continued)

Column Description

PT Information relating to Cable Pairs.


P Previous Status of cable pair service order

or trouble ticket is pending. Previous

status code can be any shown in "S"

column.T Transactionaffecting Line Card to

attached pair.

L - Line card is active with no pending

transactions.

S - Service order is pending on this

pair.

T - Trouble ticket is pending on this

pair.

LCTYP Line Card attached to working pair. .

Phone

Number

Telephone number assigned to cable pair.

Street

Address

Address of service assigned to cable pair.


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To view Press F11 to view the following:

Field Description

Connect to

Pair

Displays next cable pair in subscriber's network.

When displaying cross-connected main (feeder) cable pair,

this column displays the distribution cable and pair.

System only displays cables looking toward subscriber.

NOTE: A distribution cable does not display cable and pair

feeding it.

CO

Equipment

Displays central office line equipment associated to cable pair.

Terminal

ID

Displays terminal feeding this service address.

Comments/

Notes

For special notes or messages concerning a specific cable pair.

NOTE: When AML is used in CA line assignment, it is

necessary to press CMD8 (Override) to build a

second cable pair. (AMLs are not used in AZassignment).

Result: This is completed from Cable network screen in Line

Card Maintenance and both pairs must be noted in

comment field to show carrier and physical pair.


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Cable Pair Records Maintenance, Continued

Accessing

Record Edit

screen

Type option 2 to access Record Edit screen.


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Record Edit

screenPress F5 to enter permanent memo.


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Memo action

selectionPress F2 to open action selection window (add, change, delete, insert before).


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Memo option

Step Action

1 Press F2 to open memo template selection window.

2 Determine which memo option fits description of memo and

select.

3 Press ENTER.

NOTE: A pop up message will display if another user has accessed the same

memo screen.


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Memo template The following is a sample *NONE memo template.


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Deleting cable

pairType Option 4 to delete cable pair.


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Displaying

cable record

information

Type option 5 to display cable record information.


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Record Display

screenCable record information now displays.

Note: This is inquiry only. No change can be made.


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Line Card

displayType option 7 to display line card information.

NOTE: Line Card Inquiry only. No change can be made. This function is

for cable pairs on existing line cards.


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Pair

maintenance

Step Action

1 Type option 8 to display Pair Memo Maintenance.

2 Press F2 to add/change/delete/insert.


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Search for

Vacant PairsPress F14 to view vacant cable pairs

Result: Facilities with a status other than I (In Service) will display.

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