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Liberator "Q"
Quad-Port ISDN T1/E1 PRI mux, sharer, switch or concentrator |
Stand-alone ISDN 4-port PRI ISDN switch and sharing unit. Ideal for sharing network PRIs between multiple devices and for switching between devices for resiliency purposes.
Very flexible with no restrictions on routing ISDN channels or timeslots between any port or channel - completely non-blocking and without restrictions.
Telecoms approvals for connection to carrier networks, as well as the appropriate Safety and Emissions approvals.
Highly featured, intelligent, with many routing and ISDN parameters - yet easy to use via the intuitive Manager.
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| Liberator "Q" Documentation - Prices from £1,700 / $2,300 / €2,000* |
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Datasheet |
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Comparison document |
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Ordering information |
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Quote form |
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FAQs |
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Manual - register to download this information |
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DbManager Comparison |
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Liberator "Q" product and DbManager Movie |
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Liberator "C" - Quad-Port ISDN T1/E1 PRI mux,
sharer, switch or concentrator |
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Liberator "TDM" |
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Features |
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Supports 4 ISDN PRIs |
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T1 ISDN or E1 ISDN user selectable |
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User-switchable NT/TE interfaces
(connects to a network and local
equipment)
Support for Fractional PRIs
Any timeslot to any timeslot
connectivity - non blocking
AC or DC PSU options
Clocking hierarchy
Support for contention or
overbooking
Local Call Progress Tone generation
Overlap and en-block dialling
supported
Optional sophisticated number manipulation/conversion/LCR
Automatic Primary, Secondary,
Tertiary routing of calls on
unavailable and busy
ISDN Layer 2 and Layer 3 message
capture and log for analysis
Easy and intuitive to configure via
GUI management package
Very attractive pricing
Approved (Telecoms, Emissions,
Safety)
RoHS compliant for Europe |
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Overview |
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Liberator “Q” (Quad) is a non-blocking 4-port PRI ISDN cross-connect switch with
advanced routing and conversion options. |
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Using flexible Routing Profiles, individual
“B” channels or timeslots can be switched
to any PRI within the unit. Call routing
decisions can be performed on DDI/DID
(dialled number), CLI, sub-address, call
type (voice, data etc), originating port - or
any combination.
Timeslots within a single PRI or across
multiple PRIs can be grouped in any
combination to provide Hunt Groups.
If destinations are Unavailable, Busy or not
answered Secondary and Tertiary Routing
Profiles can be used, making the Liberator
“Q” ideal for hot-standby and resiliency
applications. Calls can be routed to
alternate destinations, numbers or PRI ports
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Contention or over-booking is supported if required.
Liberator “Q” optionally provides a great deal of flexibility for number manipulation.
Different combinations of numbers can be selected, for example the leading digits,
those in the middle or at the end of a number range, and these can be modified in
many ways; replacing digits, exchanging them or adding extra ones as needed.
This can be used for least-cost routing, call re-direction, hiding the destination
number, resilience purposes, part of a PABX migration to different numbering plans
and many other applications. Number barring is also provided. |
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If BRI ports are needed see the Liberator “S” |
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The PRI ports themselves can be connected
to the network or to local devices and
support either ETSI E1 PRI or ANSI T1 PRI
(as well as some other variants such as the
Hong Kong PRI).
DbManager is a high-quality intuitive GUI
that connects to and manages/monitors
Liberator “Q”; several versions are available
in addition to the free DbLite supplied.
All Patapsco products are designed and
manufactured to the highest standards and
all are approved. |
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Operation |
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ISDN Services |
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Signaling is carried/converted between ports.
Supplementary Services from the network are passed transparently
to local devices.
Sub-addressing handling and routing is supported, as is the ability
to route on Bearer Capability (call type).
CLIs can be locally generated. |
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Full version of
DbManager
showing all
management
windows
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image of unit to
which the
DbManager has
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Configuration/Management |
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Liberator “Q” is configured and managed by Patapsco’s
DbManager. See separate Tech Sheets and movie.
DbManager is an intuitive GUI which supports multiple real-time
workstations and is the common platform for all Patapsco products.
Configuration/management sessions can be established remotely
via an ISDN call, through its local Ethernet/LAN ports or through
its serial RJ12 port. SNMP Traps & Alarms are optionally supported
and a call analysis tool is available.
DbLite is supplied FoC with each unit. See DB Manager
Comparison Chart |
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Ports, inter-connectivity and routing |
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Ports, Channels and Groups |
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Liberator “Q” employs a simple system where PRI ports or individual
‘B’ channels can be allocated to one or more customer-named
“Groups”.
These Groups form the basis of all configurations, making it fast,
simple and intuitive to your applications. As an example you can
refer to a Group of 8 timeslots as ‘Video 1’ and subsequently use
this term on all routing parameters.
‘Hunt Groups’ or ‘rotaries’ are as easy to establish. |
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Call Routing |
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Calls can be routed on the number dialled, the sub-address, CLI,
Call Type, originating port, time-of-day or a combination of the
above. Whatever your routing requirements; Liberator can help. |
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Cross-Connection |
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Any ‘B’ channel can be connected to any other within Liberator
without constraints (unless some are programmed).
Any port can be barred from calling any other port or number.
Any call can be routed to a Group of ports or ‘hunt-group’.
Multiple ports can be configured to accept calls dialling to a range
of numbers and the calls can be routed to a Group in a variety of
ways (sequential, always the lowest available port etc).
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Redirection on ‘Busy’ or ‘Unavailable’ |
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Incoming calls can be automatically rerouted to alternate preprogrammed
destinations if the main number is Busy or
Unavailable, or after a set time (1-20 seconds). This gives the
ability to automatically switch to backup or standby device for
resilience purposes.
Liberator supports Secondary and Tertiary destination or Routing
Profiles.
If a call cannot be established Liberator can automatically reroute
to any other channel or PRI without the end user having to take any
action and without any user visibility or impact. |
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Channel Reservation and Scheduling |
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This features has the ability to change and structure profiles in an
efficient way and to vary them if your routing or capacity
requirements change during the day or week.
Time-of day
A Group can reserve a number of channels based on the time-of day.
A Group can also be configured to have a Minimum and
Maximum number of destination channels available and reserved
for the Group’s use.
This facility gives flexibility when allocating network access to
different devices, allowing each to have a reserved minimum
capacity available for immediate use. Setting the Maximum
capacity means the ISDN devices can share and contend for the
remaining ‘B’ channels yet any device cannot take an unfair
proportion.
The Maximum and Minimum access rates can be varied based on
day and time. Up to eight different profile schedules can be
configured per Group. If any schedules overlap, a warning is
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Least-Cost-Routing |
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A number of options are available to assist with selecting the best
route.
Calls beginning or ending with particular numbers can be routed to
a specific Group or ‘B’ channel. Additional Ports can be configured
as secondary/tertiary destinations should the preferred Port(s) be
busy or unavailable.
See also the section above on ‘Redirection’ when a route or
destination is unavailable.
Liberator has the ability to convert or translate any incoming or
outgoing number into any other number, to add/remove leading,
middle and trailing digits. See “Number Translation” below. |
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Number Translation or Conversion (optional) |
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Any incoming dialled number can be converted by Liberator and
presented on any ISDN interface. For example an incoming call to
12345 may be converted to 98765 because the original
extension at 12345 has moved onto a VoIP gateway on a different
ISDN PRI and the user now has a different DDI number.
Liberator can convert/add/delete leading digits, digits in the
middle of numbers and/or trailing digits. It can also manipulate subaddresses
and CLIs.
All of this flexibility is not required by all, but if you should need it, it
is easy to use and configure. |
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Tone Generation |
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Liberator normally passes the tones transparently between ISDN
points but this is not always possible in all instances. Examples of
such instances are some least-cost routing applications, if there is no
network at all, or in certain other circumstances where routing
decisions need to be taken only once the digits are dialled. In these
instances, Liberator can be configured to generate dial, ring, busy,
N/U tones. |
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CLI Generation |
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Liberator is able to generate a CLI field. The number of the CLI can
be programmed for individual ports or calling numbers. |
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General |
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Software-selectable clock source using any PRI interface or Internal
Clock.
Auto-switchover to secondary/tertiary clocks on clock loss.
Internal clock accurate to +/- 10ppm. |
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Clocking |
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Software-selectable clock source using any PRI interface or Internal
Clock.
Auto-switchover to secondary/tertiary clocks on clock loss.
Internal clock accurate to +/- 10ppm. |
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Real-Time Clock |
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Internal battery-backed real-time clock for Event Log time-stamps and
debugging purposes. |
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Events |
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Up to 5000 Events are held within the Liberator in NV RAM on a
FIFO basis Events include all call information such as port dialling,
number dialled, subaddress, time of call and time of call clear-down,
time of incoming call and to which port and if there is a CLI
attached, time of clear-down and which ‘end’ cleared.
Events can be reported automatically to the DbManager or other
tools via an ISDN call, the local Console port or across the LAN.
This can be on a timed schedule or when the Event Log reaches
90%.
Once Events are successfully reported to the DbManager the log is
cleared. DbManager can also access the logs and download them
when required. DbManager writes all Events and Alarms to a flat
.csv file in real-time and this file can be manipulated by external tools
to format and extract information,, for example for billing. |
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Routing and Prioritisation Summary Windows |
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A choice of easy-to understand summary windows display the
routing configurations. These include a complete display of all
routing profiles, their order of priority, names, numbers, ports etc.
These windows are particularly useful in more complicated
configurations with multiple network ISDNs, multiple local
ports/devices and perhaps re-direction facilities. |
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Diagnostics |
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Liberator provides excellent diagnostic and debug tools with visibility
of all routing decisions taken across the unit and all messages from
attached devices.
Patapsco have available a conversion program that can convert
raw ISDN Layer 2 and 3 messages into more comprehendible
English. |
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Approvals |
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The Liberator “Q” benefits from a wide range of approvals for
connection to ISDN services. See Section 5.8. All Patapsco
equipment is RoHS compliant. |
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Configuration |
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Held in non-volatile RAM (retained during power-off ) and
downloadable to/from the DbManager. Configuration files can be
saved to a file on a PC. |
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Software |
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New versions of software can be remotely uploaded to Liberator via
the DbManager. This is loaded to an off-line sector of FLASH and a
confirmation check-sum given. The operator can switch software
banks at any time and revert to the original software at any time. If
the Liberator is unable to run from the new software, it will revert to
the original. |
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Specification |
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Interfaces |
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PRI/E1/T1 - 1, 2, 3 or 4 PRI ports.
Marked as ‘PRI21’ ‘PRI22’ ‘PRI23’ and ‘PRI24’
By default PRI21 and PRI23 are configured for TE ISDN stack
(user-side); PRI22 and PRI24 for NT (network-side)
The default configurations can be changed by the user but
crossed cables are necessary
Interfaces PRI21 - PRI22 and PRI22 – PRI24 are protected against
power failure by relays which provide a metallic path in the event
of failure. |
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E1
RJ45 120Ohm balanced (E1)
G.704 HDB3 encoded
Auto-detect CRC4 or non- CRC4 framing (Multiframe or
Doubleframe)
Support of non-switched E1 and Fractional E1 services
ISDN PRI ETSI Q.931/921, ETSI-DSS1, ETSI 300-011,
ETSI300-125, ETSI 300-102, approved to TBR4
A-Law and µ-Law tones |
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T1
RJ45 100Ohm balanced T1
ESF or D4 Framing selectable
B8ZS or AMI Line code selectable
NI-2, DMS-100, AT&T 5ESS Switch selectable
AT&T TR-62411 and ANSI T1.403 Compliant
Hong Kong variant available
A-Law and μ-Law tones |
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Control Ports
RJ11 Marked ‘Cmd’
Asynchronous 8 data, 1 stop bit no parity 19.2kbps to
115kbps
Password protected
Dry contact alarm relay
Ethernet RJ45 Marked ‘LAN’ 10baseT or 100baseT
Password protected |
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LEDs |
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PRI x 4
Each PRI has 2 associated LEDs
Upper LED - fl=synchronising to Layer 1; solid=Layer 2
established
Lower LED - fl=call establishing; solid=at least 1 call in place
LAN ACT x 1
Activity on the LAN
LAN 100 x 1
Off=LAN running at 10baseT; on=LAN running at 100baseT |
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Relays |
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Interfaces pairs PRI21 and PRI22 and PRI23 and PRI 24 are Power-
Failure Relay protected.
Interfaces will be connected together using relays in the event of
power failure. This forms a metallic path between the two ports |
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Power |
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1. Mains AC
Internal switch-mode supply IEC connector
Voltage range 95-240VAC autosensing
Input frequency 47-63Hz
Max current consumption 200mA @ 230VAC
2. Power – DC
-48VDC nominal
-33VDC to -75VDC
0.35A max
4mm Terminal Block
MTBF – 1,790,000 hrs
3. Power - DC
-24VDC nominal
-18VDC to -75VDC
0.55A max
4mm Terminal Block
MTBF – 800,000 hrs |
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Environment |
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Operating 0 – 55 °C
Humidity 10-90% non-condensing
Natural convection cooling |
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Physical |
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292mm wide x 200mm deep x 44mm high
Metal chassis, front and rear panels
Weight is 1.1Kgs 2.4lb
Optional 19’ rack-mounting kit |
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Maintenance |
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There are no serviceable parts or maintenance required.
The battery used for the real-time clock and some NV RAM elements
has a 10 year (typical) life-time. |
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Approvals |
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All approvals completed in UK
Accredited laboratory - reports available |
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1. Telecomms
TBR12/TBR13
TBR4:1995, 1997 Amendment
TIA/E1A-IS/968
TNA117
AS-ACIF-S006/S016
CS-03 Canada
TIA-968-A USA
2. EMC
EN55022:1998
EN55024:1998
A12001
EN61000-3-
2/3:1995
AS/NZS
CISPR22:2000
3. Safety
IEC60950-1:2007
ACS/NZS60950:2000
AS/NZS3260:1993
ACA TS001:1997
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