4-17900-A2-GB20-00 March 1998System Terminal Interface4Connecting a System TerminalYou can connect a system terminal directly or through a modem to the MTU-Mfront panel. The system terminal must be a VT100-compatible terminal or a PCrunning emulation software.The system terminal provides a menu-driven interface to the MTU-M card thatallows you to: Monitor the status of HDSL and SDSL nest card termination units (xTUs)configured as central site/office (CO)(xTU-Cs) Monitor the status of associated customer premises (CP) termination units(xTU-R) Perform loopback testing on xTU-C/R pairs Change MTU-M operational and network parameters Reset the unitNOTE:The MTU-M monitors only those nest card termination units configured ascentral office/site (CO) (xTU-C). The status of an xTU-C’s associated CPconfigured unit (xTU-R) is monitored through the xTU-C.
