ISDN terminal having diagnostic function

• US 5,150,402 A
• Filed: 09/11/1991
• Issued: 09/22/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamada, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHREYER, STAFFORD
• Application Number:
  US07/757,805
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 379/28, 379/93, 379/90, 379/442, 379/102, 379/105
• US Class Current: 379/93.06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/245 for ISDN systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/301 Circuit arrangements at the subscriber's side of the line
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0428 Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/045 Selection or connection testing arrangements

Abstract

An ISDN terminal adapter having a diagnostic function includes a terminal adapter section, an S/T pointer interface section, a D channel control section, a sub-address identifying section, and a remote monitor section. The terminal adapter section has a data rate converting function for communication with a terminal of a distant station connected to an ISDN. The S/T point interface section converts an output signal from the terminal adapter section into a protocol of the ISDN. The D channel control section receives D channel information from the distant station through the S/T point interface section and extracts a sub-address from the D channel information. The sub-address identifying section determines whether the sub-address of the D channel information input from the D channel control section coincides with a predetermined code. The remote monitor section sets a remote monitor state in response to a control signal generated in accordance with the determination result from the sub-address identifying section.

Claims

1. An ISDN terminal adapter having a diagnostic function, comprising:

a terminal adapter section having a data rate converting function for communication with an office terminal of a distant station connected to an ISDN;

an S/T point interface section for converting an output signal from said terminal adapter section into protocol of said ISDN;

a D channel control section for receiving D channel information from the distant station through said S/T point interface section and extracting a sub-address from the D channel information;

a sub-address identifying section for determining whether the sub-address of the D channel information input from said D channel control section coincides with a predetermined code; and

a remote monitor section for setting a remote monitor state in response to a control signal generated in accordance with the determination result from said sub-address identifying section.

2. An adapter according to claim 1, wherein said distant station terminal is connected to said ISDN through a distant station terminal adapter having the same function as that of said ISDN terminal adapter.

3. An adapter according to claim 1, wherein said remote monitor section sets the remote monitor state and subsequently performs reading and changing operations of option setting information in accordance with an option setting command input through said S/T point interface section and said terminal adapter section.