3.4.2. Using DCM for General Intel® NetStructure™ SS7 Board Configuration

Configure the Intel® NetStructure™ SS7 board using the Intel® Dialogic Configuration Manager (DCM) as follows:

1. From the Action menu in the main DCM dialog box, choose Add Device.
   The DCM - Add Hardware Wizard is displayed.
2. Select SS7 as the device from the Family scroll box.
3. Select Septel card in the Model scroll box.
4. Click Next.
   The DCM - Add Hardware Wizard prompts you for a name.
5. Enter a name for the Intel® NetStructure™ SS7 board. This is not used by the software but must be provided for proper operation of DCM. Then, click Next.
6. Set the parameters.
   • From the System tab, you must set the following parameters:
     • In the Value field for the ConfigDir parameter, enter the path to your config.txt file. This must be the same directory that the DataKinetics software uses to obtain its configuration. Leave all other fields at their default values.
     • ServiceModuleID defines the module ID used by the SS7 server. This must be one of the module IDs declared LOCAL in the system.txt file. Default value: 0x4d. See Section 3.2, System Environment Configuration (system.txt).
   • Optionally, set the following parameters:
     • Auto Links Activation controls the activation of SS7 MTP links. If set to its default value, None, the links must be activated using the MTPSL command (see Section 3.5, Starting an Intel® NetStructure™ SS7 Board System). Set to All to request the SS7 server to activate all the links during its startup
     • LogLevels controls the generation of SS7 server logging information. If set to All, the SS7 server will produce a log file that can be very useful in troubleshooting a system. See Chapter 6, Troubleshooting for more on this topic. The default value is All.
     • LogMaxLines restricts the maximum length of an SS7 server's log file. The default value is 20000.
     • AppModuleIDs defines the module IDs that the SS7 server can assign to applications. These must be declared LOCAL in the system.txt file. The format of the parameter is a space delimited list of module IDs. The default values are listed as 0x5d 0x6d.
     • GCTLOAD Control determines if the GCTLOAD program should run automatically at startup. If set to Yes, the SS7 server will try to start the GCTLOAD program automatically. In this case, it is necessary to add the -i option to the S7_MGT program in order to complete the startup sequence (see Section 3.2, System Environment Configuration (system.txt)) for more information). The default value is No.
       Note: This option should only be activated after you have adapted and fully tested your configuration since the GCTLOAD window, which provides very useful configuration debugging information, is no longer displayed when this option is selected.
     • GCTLOAD Path contains the path to the GCTLOAD program file. This field must be set if the GCTLOAD Control parameter is set to Yes.
       Note: This field can be left empty if the GCTLOAD program resides in the same directory as the config.txt file (ConfigDir option).
     • WatchDogMaxTime defines the maximum time that the SS7 server waits for keep-alive notifications from the call control library. This mechanism allows the SS7 server to detect when an application has crashed or has exited without proper shutdown, and then frees for reuse the module ID to which the application was assigned. The default value is 8 seconds.

   
   Note: During step-by-step debugging sessions, the maximum watchdog time may easily be exceeded, causing the SS7 server to stop routing messages to the application process. Therefore, during debugging sessions, you should set the WatchDogMaxTime parameter to a higher value than the default.

   When you have set all options to the desired values click the OK button.

7. If the Intel® NetStructure™ SS7 board is connected to the CT Bus and you have performed the procedures in Section 3.4.1, Using the Third Party Tech Option in DCM to Manage the CT Bus, the name you entered as a third party device identifier should appear in the DCM tree view under the ThirdPartyTech group.

   The Intel® NetStructure™ board can be set to act as a CT Bus master as follows:

   1. Under the TDM Bus group, double-click Bus-0 to open the Properties for Bus-0 dialog.
   2. On the TDM Bus Configuration tab, click on the Primary Master FRU (User Defined) parameter to populate the Parameter and Value fields.
   3. In the Value field, select the name of the third party device identifier and click the Apply button. The value you enter in this field must correspond with the setting in the config.txt file that are described in Section 3.3.1, TDM Bus Configuration of an Intel® NetStructure™ SS7 Board.
   4. Click OK to close the dialog.
   5. Exit DCM.

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