Intelligent Cross Connect System (ICS)
The Intelligent Cross Connect System (ICS) is a loop management product that enables network managers to remotely control copper pair infrastructures and achieve full non-blocking, any-to-any connectivity of electronic connections in the Automated Cross Connect Electronics (ACE) hardware. You decide where to place the ACE Hardware; in the central office, outside plant or customer premise locations. Eliminate the human resource cost and also reduce the cost per cross connect. All of this and the added bonus of advanced performance. An operator of a personal computer with ACE Pilot Software can make or change cross connections, of copper cable pair through the ICS server, from anywhere through the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) or the Internet Protocol (IP).

  • Transparent to the line - supports all services on twisted copper pair
  • True metallic cross connect is transparent to copper telephone
  • Keeps your people out of dangerous areas
  • No dispatch of personnel required to make or break a cross connect.
  • Allows 100% utilization
  • Fully complements MLT, with internal test bus
  • Eliminates the possibility of causing a secondary problem during a site visit to fix an initial problem
Features Benefits
Designed in 1000 pair modules Maximum cable flexibility
Each 1000 pair module is controlled by a single pair (two pair provided for redundancy) Promotes better human resource use
Remote power is NOT required - control pair carries all power and signaling required by the unit Facilitates testing and isolation of cable pair faults from remote maintenance centers
Unit only draws power when making or breaking cross-connects Maintains 100% accuracy of facility records
Mechanical latching relays ensure that existing cross-connects remain intact even if control pair is lost Eliminates idle assigned cross connects (cut thoughs)
 

The ICS system is an electronically controlled, remotely actuated metallic physical layer cross connect system for copper twisted pairs. A cross connect on the ICS is remotely actuated from the ACE Pilot software. This makes it unnecessary to send personnel to serving area interfaces (SAI), aerial closures(AC), pedestal points, building terminals (BT) and distribution frames (DF) to install or remove a cross connect. For this reason, the ICS system provides an exceptionally cost effective method of performing cross connects, particularly in unmanned locations, such as: controlled environmental vaults (CEV), HUTS and remote central offices.

The ICS system is ideal in areas where there are frequent changes to the network, such as: industrial parks, medical clinics, apartment complexes, retirement homes, marinas, local area networks (LAN) and other applications in which circuits are being changed frequently. The ICS system consists of the Pilot software and the ACE cross connect hardware. Costly manual cross connect tasks are automated through the intelligence of ICS software and the sophistication of ACE hardware. The ACE hardware is placed by the telephone service provider in the central office, outside plant or customer premise locations. ACE connections are controlled remotely, without the need for onsite manual cross connect activity.

 

CE Pilot Software

The ACE Pilot software maintains an 100% accurate inventory of cross connections for the all ICS equipment that it controls. The system communicates with the ICS via a modem over the public switched telephone network.  The following functions can be performed:
  • Determine and display the current cross-connects.
  • Assign (and unassign) input terminations to (or from) output terminations.
  • Provide test connections on input/output terminations.
The procedures for assigning a cross-connect from the software are designed to be simple and straight forward. These procedures are described in detail in the ICS User’s and Administrator’s manuals. The following is a brief summary of the options available to the operator.

ASSIGN: Make or break a cross connection immediately or at a specified time, mark a pair as cut through, mark an output pair as defective.

EXCEPTION: Mark an input pair as being defective, enter an explanation, view input connectivity.

MAINTENANCE: Attach a test condition to an input pair or temporarily break a cross connect for testing purposes.

REPORTS: Display or print connection reports on: assigned, exception, maintenance conditioned and spare pairs.

HELP: With the F1 function key, full featured help is always available to aid the operator.
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