Need info on E&M signaling

Just remember that E and M stand for recEive and transMit. The M lead does something and the E lead listens for something to happen.

hmm, I learned E for Ear and M for Mouth as a way to remember

Ear = Receive, Mouth = Transmit

I am aware that E receives and M transmits. But how will u guys explain the circuit with respect to type II. I have shown the type II connected in a back-to-back configuration, and hence uses cross cable to connect two signaling units.

And do you guys mean that always the M lead on one end will be connected to the E lead on the other and Vice versa.

Could you guys refer some sites where they have good documentation on the different type of E&M and the different E&M signaling protocols. I searched thru google, but found info where M lead on one end will be connected to M lead on the other end. With this I came up with a circuit diagram as above.

Thanks in advance, Regards Sandeep

The E lead from the Signaling Unit is connected to the E of the Trunk Unit, same with M leads. The thing is, the Signaling Unit is configured as a "Line" interface and the Trunk Unit is a "drop" interface.

Type II and Type IV E&M, if I remember right, can be connected back to back with a crossover cable, but the others cannot. An applique unit, which does signaling crossover, can be used to accomplish back-to-back operation of Signaling Units.

I suppose it would be loads of fun for me to use google's advanced web search to find good documentation on E&M signaling, but I worked with that crap for 40 years and have retired. Which is to say that 1) I don't really want waste my time remembering trivia about E&M signaling, and 2) if I did that

*you* would be robbed of the opportunity to learn all that trivia that I am so happy to be forgetting as fast as I can!

Learn how to use it well. Change the "results" to 100 instead of 10. Then try searching on something like "e&m type signaling tutorial". That looks simple, but it is a bit more complicated than it appears. The "&" between E&M means that the search will return for any whitespace or punctuation, or none, between the E and the M. You could use E.M too! The reason for putting the word "type" in there is because that is likely to trigger on sites that say something about the various types of E&M Signaling, rather than just mentioning one of them. The "tutorial" is the same thing, though if you don't find anything with that search you'll want to try it again without that word.

Another good possibility is to see if any local library has an old copy of "Note On The Network", which was a Bell publication that came out periodically for years (the name may change a little though, and for example later versions were "Notes on the BOC Network" or something like that. Whatever, it has some great little diagrams and a very good discussion of E&M signaling. The 1979/1980 edition was the best of them all...

"sandeep" wrote in news:1160919834.859487.324080 @f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

Sandeep.

Your graphic that illustrates a back to back analog E&M signaling layout for a Type II E&M interface is correct.

An incoming Off Hook from the West direction will provide a contact closure between the E & SG leads of the Signaling unit.

The -48VDC SB battery supply from the intervonnected Signalling unit in the East direction will then flow over the E/SG contacat closure towards the West Signaing unit on it's M lead.

A signaling transition from East direction to the West replicates the above.

Advantages of Type II signaling, both signaling device power supplies can remain electrically isolated from each other. As opposed to Type I, where in even today's Special Service intallation practice calls for a common bus to link the Trunk & Line signaling unit power supplies.

Type I E&M units require the use of a Pulse Link Repeater (PLR) to inter- connect two Type I E&M signaling (Line) devices. The Type II design you show is easy, and simple to maintain. You would be hard pressed to locate a PLR these days, most being bay mounted equipment. Tellabs & Wescom once sold 400 type mounted PLR's in the analog's heyday during the 1980's.

Today there are current circuit designs that use DX (DX-2 E&M Lead extension) signaling units in a back to back configuration. eliminating external signaling leads where a back to back channel bank design exists. I had on not too long ago on a Automatic Ringdown circuit (PLAR).

All the above & SONET too...

Bill