BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal

This describes the BSC local maintenance terminal, which is a component of the LMT software. It adopts GUI to operate and maintain the BSC6000, configure data for the BSC6000, and provide detailed online help for the system.

Interface

Figure 1 shows the main interface of the BSC6000 local maintenance terminal.

Figure 1 BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal window

Title Bar

The title bar shows the title of the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal window.

Menu Bar

Table 1 lists the menu items and their functions.

**Table 1** Menu items and functions
Menu Item	Function
System	Managing the BSC, setting system parameters, and querying and configuring the time zone and the daylight saving time
BSC Maintenance	Maintaining devices, transmission, signaling, resources, licenses, and logs; and querying software information
BTS Maintenance	Maintaining the BTS software, querying BTS board information, maintaining channel status, performing handover, and maintaining the sites, cells, TRXs, and boards
Configuration	Importing and exporting network optimization data and network planning data, setting cell parameters in batches, backing up and browsing data, loading, restoring, and refreshing data, checking data consistency, exporting device archive files and measurement object formatted file, and collecting information about the DTRU configuration and the loading board configuration control switch by BM subrack, interface board, site, or cell
Alarm Maintenance	Querying alarms, managing alarm box, maintaining alarm logs, and setting alarms
Window	Displaying and switching different windows
Help	Providing help information about the BSS system and querying the server version and software information

Toolbar

Figure 2 shows the toolbar of the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.

Figure 2 Toolbar

Table 2 describes the icons in the toolbar.

**Table 2** Icons in the toolbar
Icon	Meaning	Description
	Login	Click this button to log in to the LMT again. You can also choose System > Login.
	Lock system	Click this button to lock the LMT to prevent operations that are performed by unauthorized users. You can also choose System > Lock System.
	Logout	Click this button to log out of the LMT (the LMT can be operated in offline mode). You can also choose System > Logout.
	BSC management	Click this button to manage the specified BSC. You can also choose System > BSC Management.
	System configuration	Click this button to set the autolock time, location code, cell identification code, route area display mode, and quantity of history data files. You can also choose System > System Configuration.
	Start MML client	Start the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal.
	Navigation tree	Click this button to display the navigation tree.
	Progress window	Click this button to query data loading progress. The data loading progress consists of file transmission progress, BSC loading progress, BTS loading progress, BTS activation progress, and BTS log loading progress.
	Browse alarm	Click this button to browse the alarm information. You can also choose Alarm Maintenance > Browse Alarm.
	Query history alarms	Click this button to query history alarms. You can also choose Alarm Maintenance > Query History Alarm.
	Stop alarm sound	Click this button to stop the alarm sound of the alarm box. You can also choose Alarm Maintenance > Stop Alarm Sound.
	Refresh LMT data	Click this button to refresh the data saved in the LMT to synchronize it with the configuration data in the server. You can also choose Setting > Refresh LMT data. NOTE: This icon is used to refresh configuration data only.
	Browse configuration data	Click this button to browse the data of entities such as the BSC, BTS, cell, TRX, and channels.
	Help	Click this button to find help information. You can also choose Help > Help.
	Exit	Click this button to exit from the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal. You can also choose System > Exit.

Navigation tree

The Navigation Tree has two tab pages, as described in Table 3.

**Table 3** Navigation tree
Tab Page	Function
Management Tree	Displaying all the sites, cells, and TRXs in the BSC and providing query, management, and browsing of the objects
Trace & Monitor	Providing CS-domain and PS-domain interfaces and signaling link tracing, CPU/DSP usage, bit error rate, port bit error rate, cell performance, GPRS flow, utilization rate of Abis HDLC transmission resources, and DSP service resource monitoring and browsing in offline mode

Right-click the root node BSC6000. A shortcut menu is displayed, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3 Navigation Tree dialog box

Table 4 describes the operations listed in the navigation tree.

**Table 4** Operations in the navigation tree
Operation	Operation Type	Description
Configuring the BSC attributes, system clock, BSS local switching, SS7 signaling point, PCU, subrack communication link, semipermanent link, subrack-OSP mapping, and remote main subrack, and board E1 connection, and adding BSC cabinets	Data configuration	For details of functions of data configuration on the LMT, see the BSC Initial Configuration.
Maintaining transmission and signaling and maintaining user resources	Operation and maintenance	For details, see Maintaining Transmission and Signaling and Maintaining BSC User Resources.
Expanding nodes, collapsing nodes, and searching sites and cells	Navigation tree operation	Select Expand to expand nodes to view sites, cells, and TRXs. Select Collapse to collapse nodes to enter the default display state. Select Search Site and Cell to search the site or cell to be viewed.

BSC Panel

The panel of the BSC6000 has two tabs. On the Management Tree tab page, select an object, and the BSC panel displays the corresponding tab page. By default, the system displays the BSC Device Panel tab page, as shown in Figure 4.

When the root node BSC6000, 2G External Cells, or 3G External Cells is clicked, the BSC Device Panel tab page is displayed by default.

Figure 4 BSC Device Panel dialog box

When a site or a TRX is clicked, the BSC panel is displayed, as shown in Figure 5. By default, the Site Device Panel tab page is displayed.

Figure 5 Site Device Panel tab page

When a cell is clicked, the BSC panel is displayed, as shown in Figure 6. By default, the Cell Attributes tab page is displayed.

Figure 6 Cell Attributes tab page

When a configured 2G or 3G external cell is clicked, the BSC panel is displayed, as shown in Figure 7. By default, Extern Cell Attributes tab page is displayed.

Figure 7 External Cell Attributes tab page

Figure 8 BSC Attributes tab page

Table 5 describes the functions available from the BSC panel tab pages.

**Table 5** Functions of the BSC panel tab pages
Tab Page	Main Function
BSC device panel	This tab page displays the configuration information about the BSC6000. You can double-click a board to view the board attributes or right-click a board to display the configuration and maintenance shortcut menu.
Site device panel	This tab page displays the configuration information about the site. You can double-click a board to view the board attributes or right-click a board to display the configuration and maintenance shortcut menus.
Cell attributes	In this tab page, you can browse the attributes of a cell.
External cell attributes	In this tab page, you can browse the attributes of an external cell.
BSC attributes	In this tab page, you can browse the BSC information. Figure 8 shows the BSC Attributes tab page.

Table 6 describes the functions of the BSC panel tab pages.

**Table 6** Functions of the BSC panel tab pages
Icon	BSC Device Panel	BTS Device Panel
	-	The BTS board that can function without the power supply.
	The BSC board is unavailable in the subrack.	The BTS board is unavailable in the subrack.
	The type of the board in the BSC subrack is inconsistent with the type of the board configured on the LMT.	The board is configured in the BTS subrack. However, the LMT is not configured with the board.
	-	The board is manually set to be unavailable.
	The BSC board is faulty. NOTE: If the GOMU board is red, it indicates that the COMU board is out of position or the Daemon is not started.	The board is unavailable by default, which is caused by the link block or license block. The BTS board is faulty.
	The BSC board is normal.	The BTS board is normal.
	The BSC standby board is normal.	The BTS standby board is normal.
	-	The BTS standby board reports a critical alarm.
	-	The BTS standby board reports a major alarm.
	-	The BTS standby board reports a minor alarm.
	The server does nor report the state of the board.	-
	The LMT is not configured with the board.	-

Status bar

Displaying the login of users.
Displaying the login status.
Displaying the server time.
The status bar indicates whether the existing data in the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal is consistent with that in the server. If they are inconsistent, click the "Refresh LMT data" button to synchronize the data.

Help

Table 7 lists the contents and accessing methods of BSC6000 Help System.

**Table 7** BSC help system
Content	Accessing Method
BSC Hardware Description BSC LMT User Guide BSC Initial Configuration Guide BSS Alarm Reference BSC Counter Reference BSC Configuration Parameter Reference	In the main interface of the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal: Press F1 to display the help information about the active window. Click or choose Help > Help to display all the help information.

Other Buttons

Table 8 lists other buttons that may appear during the OM.

**Table 8** Other buttons
Button	Meaning
	Moving the selected items to the status bar on the right
	Moving all the items to the status bar on the right
	Moving the selected items to the status bar on the left
	Moving all the items to the status bar on the left
	Moving the selected items to the status bar below
	Moving all the items to the status bar below
	Moving the selected items to the status bar above
	Moving all the items to the status bar above