Overview

TL1 Craft Interface is an user-friendly GUI tool that enables craft operators to easily manage the TL1 infrastructure. It helps lab technicians and field engineers to test, monitor, administer, and provision multiple TL1 agents. While the normal Telnet interface is too simple, this tool offers a sophisticated and productive environment.

This section explains the functionality available in the graphical interface and ways to interact with TL1 agents. The TL1 Craft Interface tool is built over AdventNet TL1 API and can manage TL1 devices from multiple equipment vendors.

Key Features

Following are the key features offered by the TL1 Craft Interface:

• Connectivity with multiple TL1 devices : Easily manage and monitor multiple TL1 devices simultaneously.

• Load pre-built TL1 commands : This will simplify the tedious task of dealing with various device-specific TL1 messages.

• Load pre-built message templates : Helps administrators to easily provision/configure a particular element in an NE such as, Equipment, Facility, Cross-connect etc. The message templates are XML-based definitions (Command Set) and are built using TL1 Message Builder.

• Automatic Message Rationalization : Allows craft operators to easily understand messages received from multiple TL1 devices. This is done by upgrading the received messages based on the TL1 message definitions.

• Bulk Message Support : Allows field engineers to run routine diagnostic tests. These tests can be carried out on-demand to isolate problems on a particular element within an NE.

• Multiple Transport Protocols : Allows craft operators to communicate with TL1 devices via, TCP, Telnet, or Serial transport. The tool also provides support for plug-in custom transport protocols.

• Session Logging : Allows administrators to generate and browse historic information of TL1 devices. Offers transaction-based logging as well as raw data logging.