3.0 Registers
CN8330
3.2 Status Registers
DS3/E3 Framer with 52 Mbps HDLC Controller
3.2 Status Registers
There are six Status Registers: five for DS3/E3 status and one to indicate the version number of the IC. Also
included is a shadow register for the DS3/E3 maintenance status to latch status indications until read. The
contents of these registers are described here and summarized in the Register Summary at the end of this
section. The status signals are contained in latches and are applied to the controller data bus on the appropriate
read command from the controller. The active state of all bits in the Status Registers is high.
0x10—DS3/E3 Maintenance Status Register (SR00)
The DS3/E3 Maintenance Status Register contains the major DS3/E3 maintenance indicators. Alarm detection
details can be found in Alarm Detection in the Receiver Operation section of the Functional Description
chapter.
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6
5
4
3
2
1
0
ReFrm
FrmtID1
FrmtID0
IdleDet
YelDet
AISDet
OOFAlm
LOSAlm
ReFrm
Reframe In Progress—Set while the framing circuit is searching for a valid framing pattern in
either DS3 or E3 modes.
FrmtID1,0
Format Identification—Identifies the incoming format based on the contents of the application
ID channel contained in the first C-bit of subframe 1. This bit pair will be set to 00 to indicate
M13 format, 01 to indicate C-bit parity format, and 10 to indicate Syntran format. In E3 mode,
these bits are meaningless and should be ignored.
IdleDet
Idle Code Detect—Set if there is valid framing and parity, the three C-bits in subframe 3 are
zero, both X-bits are equal, and the payload contains a 1100... pattern starting with an 11 after
each overhead bit in DS3 mode. This bit will be low in E3 mode since there is no defined E3
idle signal.
YelDet
AISDet
Yellow Alarm Detect—Set for one M-frame interval when both X-bits are low in the previous
M-frame in DS3 mode. This bit is set when the received A-bit is high in E3 mode. This bit will
not go active if LOSAlm, OOFAlm, or AISDet are active.
Alarm Indication Signal Detect—Set if there is valid framing and parity, all C-bits are 0, both
X-bits are equal, and the payload contains a 1010... pattern starting with a one after each
overhead bit in DS3 mode. This bit is set when an unframed all-ones signal is received in E3
mode.
OOFAlm
LOSAlm
Out of Frame Alarm—Set when any 3 out of 16 consecutive F framing bits are in error or
when 2 out of 3 consecutive M frames have errors in the M bit positions in DS3 mode. This bit
is set when four consecutive FAS errors have been received in E3 mode. This condition will
initiate a reframe.
Loss-Of-Signal Alarm—Indicates that the received signal prior to B3ZS/HDB3 decoding has
been low for 175 ± 75 clock cycles. This indicates that the DS3/E3 line signal has been lost.
This signal is set as soon as the loss-of-signal condition is detected and is cleared when at least
33 percent (25 percent in E3 mode) one's density is achieved for 175 ± 75 clock cycles
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