Direct access test unit for central office
First Claim
1. A direct access test unit to be connected in a telephone office for testing subscriber lines in response to commands from a remote telephone facility comprising:
- a first access port coupled to an access line circuit by way of which said remote telephone facility communicates with said telephone office in the course of testing subscriber lines;
a second access port, coupled to a test trunk circuit, by way of which a subscriber line is placed in a prescribed electrical test condition by said test unit in accordance with a prescribed test to be conducted on said subscriber line circuit; and
subscriber line test means, coupled to said first and second access ports, and responsive to a command supplied from said remote telephone facility via said access line circuit to said first access port, representative of a command to conduct a test of the subscriber line circuit to which said remote telephone facility is connected, for placing said subscriber line circuit in a prescribed electrical test condition via said second access port in accordance with a prescribed test of said subscriber line circuit.
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Abstract
A direct access test unit for enabling a craftsperson at a telephone facility remote with respect to a central office to test subscriber lines comprises a first access port coupled to an access line circuit, by way of which the remote telephone facility communicates with the telephone office in the course of testing subscriber lines, and a second access port coupled to a test trunk circuit by way of which a subscriber line is to be tested by the test unit. Coupled between the first and second access ports is a processor-controlled subscriber line test/interface arrangement which is responsive to (tone) dial signals, generated by the remote telephone facility, and representative of a command to conduct a test of a selected one of a plurality of subscriber line circuits that are accessible by the test unit from the second access port, including the line circuit to which said remote telephone facility is connected, for accessing the subscriber line circuit via the second access port and conducting tests of the subscriber line circuit by way of the test trunk circuit. Stored within the memory of the processor which controls the operation of the test unit are voice message menus, each in a respectively different language (e.g. English, Spanish) the contents of which are controllably accessed and synthesized for transmission to the craftsperson via the first access port. The voice messages include instructions for guiding the craftsperson in the course of carrying out a test of a selected subscriber line.
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1. A direct access test unit to be connected in a telephone office for testing subscriber lines in response to commands from a remote telephone facility comprising:
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a first access port coupled to an access line circuit by way of which said remote telephone facility communicates with said telephone office in the course of testing subscriber lines; a second access port, coupled to a test trunk circuit, by way of which a subscriber line is placed in a prescribed electrical test condition by said test unit in accordance with a prescribed test to be conducted on said subscriber line circuit; and subscriber line test means, coupled to said first and second access ports, and responsive to a command supplied from said remote telephone facility via said access line circuit to said first access port, representative of a command to conduct a test of the subscriber line circuit to which said remote telephone facility is connected, for placing said subscriber line circuit in a prescribed electrical test condition via said second access port in accordance with a prescribed test of said subscriber line circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A direct access test unit to be connected in a telephone office for testing subscriber lines in response to commands from a remote telephone facility comprising:
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a first access port coupled to an access line circuit by way of which said remote telephone facility communicates with said telephone office in the course of testing subscriber lines; a second access port coupled to a test trunk circuit by way of which a subscriber line is placed in a prescribed electrical test condition by said test unit in accordance with a prescribed test to be conducted on said subscriber line circuit; and subscriber line test means, coupled to said first and second access ports and responsive to a command supplied from said remote telephone facility via said access line circuit to said first access port, representative of a command to conduct a test of a selected one of a plurality of subscriber line circuits that are accessible by said test unit from said second access port, including the line circuit to which said remote telephone facility is connected, for placing said subscriber line circuit in a prescribed electrical test condition via said second access port in accordance with a prescribed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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