Tmonitor
Tmonitor is the trade name for TelcoBridges' family of products for network monitoring (including GSM-R), lawful intercept, and real-time location-based services.
The following products are part of the Tmonitor product line:
- TM1000: A high-performance, non-intrusive voice and data traffic monitoring solution with support for TDM (T1/E1) and GSM networks
- TM3000: A high-performance, non-intrusive voice and data traffic monitoring and recording solution for TDM, GSM and ATM (OC3/STM-1) networks
In addition to the Tmonitor product line, the Tmedia product line can also be used for monitoring applications (though with lower density, but with added Voice analysis capability using DSPs and VoIP hardware):
Comparison of the Tmonitor family of products
| Models | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM1000 | TM3000 | E1/T1/J1 Tmedia | STM1/OC3 Tmedia | DS3 Tmedia | ||
| T1/E1 | 64 FDX / 128 HDX | - | 32 FDX / 64 HDX | - | - | |
| OC3 / STM-1 | - | 2 FDX / 4 HDX | - | 1 HDX | - | |
| DS3 | - | - | - | - | 3 HDX | |
| DSP / VoIP hardware to analyze audio | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| HDLC Controllers (HDX) | 512 | 1024 | 64 | 64 | 64 | |
| Network Support | TDM/GSM | |||||
| Protocol Support |
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Using Tmonitor or Tmedia with Toolpack
Starting with Toolpack 2.9, the Tmonitor TM3000 can be integrated in the Toolpack framework, which provides easy-to-use APIs to control monitoring, and also provides protocol analyzer classes.
For more information about integration of monitoring functionalities in Toolpack, please refer to the following documentation: Toolpack_monitoring
Other notes
- Monitoring using a TM1000 or a T1/E1/J1 TMedia unit requires the use of a TelcoBridges-designed monitoring patch panel for installations using T1/E1/J1 interfaces
