
TC12 General Handbook
666/HB/43100/000 Page 5-1 Issue 9
5. SYSTEM FACILITIES
Each Instation can contain up to 4 racks of TC12 equipment. These can be either ITU racks for
communication or Digital Output racks for wallmap driving. An ITU rack can contain up to 4
modem boards, each of which contains 4 modems capable of driving a 2 or 4 wire telephone line.
Each telephone line supports one or more OTUs depending on the line configuration - see 5.1.4. A
transformer board can be included with each modem board, in the ITU rack, to allow the 4 modems
on a board to drive eight 2-wire radial telephone lines.
The Instation can also be set up to communicate with suitably equipped OTUs via direct RS232
serial links instead of telephone lines.
5.1 General System
5.1.1 Baud Rate
TC12 operates at 300, 600 and 1200 bits per second in full or half duplex mode.
Communications over telephone lines is in either two or four wire mode (full duplex may only be
used in 4-wire mode).
5.1.2 Modem Signal Levels
5.1.2.1 Transmit
The modem transmit signals can be set to the following levels at both the instation and outstation:
0dBm
-3dBm
-6dBm
-9dBm
-10dBm
-13dBm
-16dBm
5.1.2.2 Receive
The modem receive line levels are set up by switch settings on both the ITU and OTU. They can
be set so that the minimum signal level registered by the modem is either -33dBm, -39dBm or
-42dBm.
5.1.3 Connection to Leased Telephone Line
5.1.3.1 BT Lines for use with TC12 Systems
(a) For Point to Point circuits:-
Keyline 3, option 1 - Two wire presentation
Keyline 3, option 2 - Four wire presentation
Or
Analogue Standard ( Data) – Either Two or Four wire presentation
Keyline 3, option 3 - Two wire presentation, better quality
Keyline 3, option 4 - Four wire presentation, better quality
Or
Analogue Premier – Either Two or Four wire presentation
(b) For Multi point circuits:-
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