Telephone test device and method of the same for optical cable television system

• US 5,774,524 A
• Filed: 07/29/1996
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. (SK Hynix Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
• Inventors: Yang, Jin-Hyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford N.
• Application Number:
  US08/681,714
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 379/1, 379/27, 379/28, 379/29, 379/30, 379/31, 379/32, 379/22, 379/24, 379/26, 348/6, 348/7, 348/12, 348/13, 348/192, 455/3.1, 455/6.1
• US Class Current: 379/1.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/30 for subscriber's lines , for the local loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal

Abstract

An improved telephone test device and a method of the same for an optical cable television which are capable of easily testing a telephone function of an optical cable television system by connecting to the subscriber'"'"'s line of the optical cable television system without using an additional switch system, which includes the steps of a first step for initializing a database, selecting a predetermined bus, Cept interface boards-10, and a hardware, executing a menu, and judging the inputted menu; a second step for performing an extended common control board assembly loop-back test routine when the extended common control board assembly is selected in the first step for testing the extended common control board assembly loop-back; a third step for performing Cept interface boards-10 loop-back test routine when the loop-back is selected in the first step for performing the Cept interface boards-10 loop-back; a fourth step for performing a common test routine when the common test is selected in the first step; a fifth step for performing a subscriber hook state detection routine for detecting the subscriber hook state when the hook state detection routine is selected in the first step; a sixth step for reading a line number when the writing routine is selected in the first step, reading a control data, and writing the control data on a corresponding line number; and a seventh step for ending a test routine when the end is selected in the first step.

Claims

1. A telephone test method for an optical cable television system, comprising the steps of:

a first step for initializing a database, selecting a predetermined bus, Cept interface boards-10, and a hardware, executing a menu, and judging the inputted menu;

a second step for performing an extended common control board assembly loop-back test routine when the extended common control board assembly is selected in the first step for testing the extended common control board assembly loop-back;

a third step for performing Cept interface boards-10 loop-back test routine when the loop-back is selected in the first step for performing the Cept interface boards-10 loop-back;

a fourth step for performing a common test routine when the common test is selected in the first step;

a fifth step for performing a subscriber hook state detection routine for detecting the subscriber hook state when the hook state detection routine is selected in the first step;

a sixth step for reading a line number when the writing routine is selected in the first step, reading a control data, and writing the control data on a corresponding line number; and

a seventh step for ending a test routine when the end is selected in the first step.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said second step includes the sub-steps of:

a first sub-step for setting a loop-back test mode;

a second sub-step for writing a data and for reading the data;

a third sub-step for comparing the data written in the second sub-step with the data read in the same;

a fourth sub-step for performing the routine from the second sub-step by judging as to whether the test is finished; and

a fifth sub-step for outputting a comparison result data of the third sub-step when the test is finished.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said third step includes the sub-steps of:

an eleventh sub-step for reading the Cept interface boards-10 or a line number and for delaying until a count data is obtained;

a twelfth sub-step for setting a loop-back test mode, writing a data, and reading the data;

a thirteenth sub-step for comparing the data written in the twelfth sub-step with the data read in the same;

a fourteenth sub-step for repeating the routines from the twelfth sub-step when the test is not finished after judging as to whether the test is finished or not; and

a fifteenth sub-step for outputting the comparison result data when the test is finished.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said fourth step includes the sub-steps of:

a twenty first sub-step for displaying the menu and for judging the selected menu;

a twenty second sub-step for performing a digital loop-back test when "1" is selected in the twenty first sub-step;

a twenty third sub-step for outputting the common data when "2" is selected in the twenty first sub-step;

a twenty fourth sub-step for changing the line number when "3" is selected in the twenty first sub-step;

a twenty fifth sub-step for performing the ring signal transmitting routine when "4" is selected in the twenty first sub-step;

a twenty sixth sub-step for connecting the communication line when "P" is selected in the twenty first sub-step; and

a twenty seventh sub-step for returning to the main menu when "Q" is selected in the twenty first sub-step.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said twenty fifth sub-step is directed to setting a line number to be tested, transmitting a ring signal to a corresponding line number, judging as to whether the test is finished, and repeating from the setting routine with respect to the line number to be tested until the test is finished.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said fifth step is directed to reading the hook state of each line, outputting the read hook state, judging as to whether the test is finished, and repeating from the hook state reading routine with respect to each state until the test is finished.

7. A telephone test device for an optical cable television system, comprising:

Cept interface boards-10 connected to an optical cable television for processing a subscriber signal;

an extended common control board assembly for relaying the signal of the Cept interface boards-10;

a peripheral processor hardware board assembly for connecting the extended common control board assembly and a personal computer, performing an ASIP function of a TDX-10, a TD bus communication with the Cept interface boards-10, and a control of the telephone function;

a Ceib clock generator board for supplying a clock signal; and

a power board unit for supplying an operation power.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein said Ceib clock generator board includes:

a clock generator for supplying a clock signal of 2.04 Mhz and 4.09 Mhz to the extended common control board assembly;

a frame synchronous generator for generating a frame synchronous signal of 8 Khz from the clock signal of 4.09 Mhz and then for supplying to the extended common control board assembly; and

a PCM transmitting/receiving data connector for connecting a transmitting/receiving PCM differential data.