C-DOT

INTRODUCTION:
 C-DOT-Center for Development of Telemetics
 C-DOT is developd in India in 1984 by Dr.Sam Petroda,Head Quartrs at
Bangalor.
 The Main Objective of C-DOT is to design and develop digital exchanges
suitable for Indian environment.

C-DOT DSS FAMILY

The C-DOT is having 4 types of Exchanges.
1) C-DOT 128 RAX.
2) C-DOT 256 RAX.
3) C-DOT SBM.
4) C-DOT MBM.

All the above 4 types of switching systems are called as DIGITAL

SWITCHING SYSTEM(DSS) FAMILY.

C-DOT 128 RAX:-

 It is the FRIST generation of C-DOT DSS Family.
 It is smallest Exchange started to cater the rural areas.
 It has 128 terminations and it contains 1 frame.
 It is Rural automatic Exchange.

C-DOT 256 RAX:-

 It is the SECOND generation of C-DOT DSS Family.
 It is the DOUBLE the size of C-DOT 128 RAX also serves Rural Areas.
 It has 256 terminations and it contains 2 frame.
 It is now replaced by C-DOT AN-RAX(Access Network Rural Automatic
Exchange.

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FIG: 256P RAX CARD FRAME CONFIGURATION

C-DOT SBM:-
 It is the THIRD generation of C-DOT DSS Family.
 It is the DOUBLE the size of C-DOT 256 RAX and also serves Rural Areas and
Small Urban Areas.
 It has a total of 2024 terminations and it contains 10 frames, Base Module (BM)
have 488 terminations and LM1 have 768 terminations and LM2 have768
terminations.

 It is controlled by Input-output processor(IOP) Module.

 It now replaced by C-DOT RBM’s(Remote Base Modules).

ATU(TIC2) ATU(TIC1) ATU(TIC6)

 ATU(TIC3) ATU(TIC5) ATU(TIC7)
ATU(TIC4) ATU(TIC9) ATU(TIC8)
ATU(TIC10) ATU(TIC13) ATU(TIC14)
ATU(TIC11) BPU ATU(TIC15)
ATU(TIC12) TSU ATU(TIC16)

LM1 BM LM2
FIG: Single Base Module with TIC concentration.
C-DOT MBM:-
 It is the FOURTH generation of C-DOT DSS Family.
 C-DOT MAX is two types.
1. MAX-L (Main Automatic Exchange –Large)which supports a maximum
Of 16 BM’s.
2. MAX-XL (Main Automatic Exchange –Extra Large)which supports
A maximum of 16 BM’s.
 It is controlled by Input-output processor(IOP) Module.
 In MBM ,IOP’s are connected to AP.
 In MBM, ADP’s are connected to AP.

BASIC GROWTH/BUILDING MODULES:-

C-DOT DSS MAX exchanges can be configured using four basic modules
1) Administrative Module
2) Input Output Module
3) Base Module
4) Central Module

BASE MODULE (BM):-

Base Module (BM) is the basic building block of C-DOT DSS MAX. It interfaces the
subscribers, trunks and special circuits. The subscribers may be individual or grouped
PBX lines, analog or digital lines. The trunks may be Two Wire Physical, E&M Four
Wire, E&M Two Wire, Digital CAS or CCS.

1. Analog Terminal Unit - to interface analog lines/trunks, and providing special

circuits as conference, announcements and terminal tester.
2. Digital Terminal Unit - for interfacing digital trunks i.e. 2Mbps E-1/PCM Links.
3. #7 Signalling Unit Module - to support SS7 protocol handlers and some call
processing functions for CCS7 calls.
 4. ISDN Terminal Unit - to support termination of BRI/PRI interfaces
andimplementation of lower layers of DSS1 signalling protocol.
5. Time Switch Unit - for voice and message switching and provision of service
Circuits.
6. Base Processor Unit - for control message communication and call
processing functions.

TERMINAL UNIT-1
(TU-1)
TERMINAL UNIT-2
(TU-2)
TERMINAL UNIT-3
(TU-3)
TERMINAL UNIT-4
(TU-4)
BASE PROCESSOR UNIT
(BPU)
TIME SWITCH UNIT
(TSU)
FIG: BASE MODULE (BM) CONFIGURATION

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FIG: ANALOG TERMINAL UNIT (ATU) CONFIGURATION
ADMINISTRATIVE MODULE:-
 Aministrative module (AM) consist of Administrative processor(APC).
 It Communicates with Base processors via the central message
switch
 It supports the Input output module for providing man-machine
Interface.
 It also supports the Alarm display panel for the audio visual
indication of faults in the system

INPUT-OUTPUT MODULE:-
 Input-output module (IOM) consist of input-output processor (IOP).
 Input-output processor is a general purpose computer with UNIX
Operating system.
 It is used as a front end processor in C-DOT switch.
 In MBM(multi base module) IOP connected to AP(administrative
processor) in CM –RACK.
 In MBM alarm display panel connected to AP.

CENTRAL MODULE:-
 Central module is responsible for communication between base
Module and administrative module,clock distribution and network
Synchronization for these functions,central module has a space
Switch ,space switch controller and central message switch.
 CM provides connectivity to 16 BMs if it is CM-L and 32 BMs if it is
CM-XL
 Each BM interfaces with CM via two 512 channel parallel buses as
BUS-0 and BUS-1 each operating at 4 mbps.

BUS TERMINATION UNIT

(BTU0)
SPACE SWITCH UNIT
(SSU0)
SPACE SWITCH UNIT
(SSU1)
BUS TERMINATION UNIT
(BTU1)
SPACE SWITCH CONTROLLER UNIT
(SSCU)
HIGH POWER ADMINISRATIVE UNIT
(HPU)& AM

FIG: CENTAL MODULE

ALARM DISPLAY PANEL:-

 Alarm display panel (ADP) is a micro processor based hardware unit which is attached
to the
BP in SBM configuration or AP in MBM configuration.
 It is a three card implementation.
 A matrix of LED’s is provided to indicate the maintenance status of the witch units and
their
 Level of initialization.

SUM BM:-
 Signalling unit module(SUM) BM is used for signalling.
 The calls which are going through TAX are routed through this SUM BM.
 Any one of the ATU or DTU in a BM can be replaced by sum frame to support CCS7
Signalling.

VIRTUAL UNIT BASE MODULE(VU BM):-

 VU BM is used to interface AN-RAX’s.
 It use’s DTU’s (Digital terminal unit).
 In VU BM DTS(Digital terminal synchronization) cards are used to interface AN-
RAX’s.
 VU BM consist BPU & TSU frames.

VU FRAME
DIGITAL TERMINAL UNIT
(DTU)
DTU
DTU
BASE PROCESSOR UNIT
(BPU)
TIME SWITCH UNIT
(TSU)
FIG:VU BM

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FIG: DIGITAL TERMINAL UNIT (DTU) CONFIGURATION

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