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Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
Release 9.3.10, Part Number 78-11603-01 Rev. D0, July 2001
Chapter 14 Connecting Cables
Alarm Output Connections
Figure 14-6 Looping Ports 1 and 2 for BME on OC-12 Backcard
Alarm Output Connections
Dry contact relay closures are available for forwarding BPX switch alarms to a user office alarm
system. Separate visual and audible alarm outputs are available for both major as well as minor alarm
outputs.
These outputs are available from a DB15 connector on the LM-ASM faceplate (see Figure 14-7). Refer
to Chapter 31, BPX Switch Cabling Summary, for a list of the pinouts for this connector. Use
switchboard cable for running these connections.
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PORT 2
XMTR
PORT 2
RCVR
Attenuators
PORT 1
RCVR
PORT 1
XMTR