ZL50023GAC ZARLINK [Zarlink Semiconductor Inc], ZL50023GAC Datasheet - Page 32

• Manufacturer Part Number: ZL50023GAC
• Description: Enhanced 4 K Digital Switch
• Manufacturer: ZARLINK [Zarlink Semiconductor Inc]

Multiple connection memory locations can be programmed for BER tests such that the BER patterns can be
transmitted for multiple consecutive output channels. If consecutive input channels are not selected, the BER
receiver will not compare the bit patterns correctly. The number of output channels which the BER pattern occupies
has to be the same as the number of channels defined in the BER Length Register (BRLR) which defines how
many BER channels are to be monitored by the BER receiver.
For each input stream, there is a set of registers for the BER test. The registers are as follows:
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For normal BER operation, CMM (bit 0) must be 1 in the Connection Memory Low (CM_L). PCC1 - 0 (bits 2 - 1) in
the Connection Memory Low must be programmed to “10” to enable the per-stream based BER transmitters. For
each stream, the length (or total number of channels) of BER testing can be as long as one whole frame, but the
channels MUST be consecutive. Upon completion of programming the connection memory, the corresponding BER
receiver can be started by setting ST[n]SBER (bit 0) in the BRCR to high. There must be at least 2 frames (250 µs)
between completion of connection memory programming and starting the BER receiver before the BER receiver
can correctly identify BER errors. A 16-bit BER counter is used to count the number of bit errors.
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The ZL50023 provides per-channel code translation to be used to adapt pulse code modulation (PCM) voice or
data traffic between networks which use different encoding laws. Code translation is valid in both Connection Mode
and Message Mode.
In order to use this feature, the Connection Memory High (CM_H) entry for the output channel must be
programmed. V/D (bit 4) defines if the traffic in the channel is voice or data. Setting ICL1 - 0 (bits 3 - 2) programs the
input coding law and OCL1 - 0 (bits 1- 0) programs the output coding law as shown in Table 10.
The different code options are:
For voice coding options, the ITU-T G.711 A-law and ITU-T G.711 µ-law are the standard rules for encoding. A-law
without Alternate Bit Inversion (ABI) is an alternative code that does not invert the even bits (6, 4, 2, 0). µ-law
BER Receiver Control Register (BRCR) - ST[n]CBER (bit 1) is used to clear the Bit Receiver Error Register
(BRER). ST[n]SBER (bit 0) is used to enable the per-stream BER receiver.
BER Receiver Start Register (BRSR) - ST[n]BRS7 - 0 (bit 7 - 0) defines the input channel from which the
BER sequence will start to be compared.
BER Receiver Length Register (BRLR) - ST[n]BL8 - 0 (bit 8 - 0) define how many channels the sequence
will last. Depending on the data rate being used, the BER test can last for a maximum of 32, 64, 128 or 256
channels at the data rates of 2.048, 4.096, 8.192 or 16.384 Mbps, respectively. The minimum length of the
BER test is a single channel. The user must take care to program the correct channel length for the BER test
so that the channel length does not exceed the total number of channels available in the stream.
BER Receiver Error Register (BRER) - This read-only register contains the number of counted errors. When
the error count reaches 0xFFFF, the BER counter will stop updating so that it will not overflow. ST[n]CBER
(bit 1) in the BER Receiver Control Register is used to reset the BRER register.
Input Coding
(ICL1- 0)
PCM A-law/µ-law Translation
00
01
10
11
Table 10 - Input and Output Voice and Data Coding
Output Coding
(OCL1 - 0)
00
01
10
11
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ZL50023
ITU-T G.711 A-law
ITU-T G.711 µ-law
A-law without Alternate Bit
Inversion (ABI)
µ-law without Magnitude
Inversion (MI)
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Voice Coding
(V/D bit = 0)
No code
Alternate Bit Inversion (ABI)
Inverted Alternate Bit
Inversion (ABI)
All bits inverted
Data Coding
(V/D bit = 1)
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