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* C O S M O S *
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*************** C O P Y R I G H T 1 9 8 4 D O C T O R W H O ***************
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COSMOS SERIES PART 1 - THE MANUAL
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MAY 1, 1984:
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IN THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES WE WILL DEAL WITH COSMOS, THE BELL SWITCHING
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COMPUTER, HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO USE IT TO YOUR OWN BENEFIT.
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FIRST IN THE SERIES IS PART OF THE ACTUAL COSMOS MANUAL. IT IS NOT THE WHOLE
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THING, BUT THE BEST PART..IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IT IS A
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VALUABLE REFERENCE MANUAL.
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NOTE: THIS IS IN 80 COLUMNS AND LOWER CASE.
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BELL ISSUE: OPA-1Y632-01
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ISSUE 2, JANUARY 1983
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5. PERMANENT ASSEMBLIES
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5.1 Create a Permanent Assembly (CAY)
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Transaction CAY associates a group of facilities as an assembly. Permanent
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Assemblies may be created from facilities which have spare (SF), reserved (RS),
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avaliable (AV), miscellaneous (MS), official (OF), trunk injector (TJ), test
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(TS) or working (WK) status. Facilities that have an excluded (EX), left-in
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(LI) or unknown (UK) status, may not be part of a Permanent Assembly.
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When a Permanent Assembly is created, the status of non- working facilities
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will be changed to reserved and will be assigned an assembly code will be
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assigned to the facilities.
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Although Permanent Assemblies may be created using a combination of working
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facilities and spare facilities, service orders that are issued against such
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assemblies are blocked. Therefore, it is recommended that Permanent Assemblies
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using a combination of working and spare facilities not be created.
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In an operational wire center, if an assembly is to be made permanent in
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COSMOS, an assembly catagory (AC) of "PERM" must be specified on the CAY input.
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In a data conversion wire center, Permanent Assemblies are assumed, so the input
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of "AC PERM" is not required.
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System generated codes identify Permanent Assemblies on output by one
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alphabetic character. All alphabetic characters are randomly assigned except S,
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T, and Z. When associated with a facility, these alphabetic characters
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indicate:
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S = Suspended Cricuit
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T = Reserved for TIRKS (Trunk Inventoried Record Keeping System)
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Z = Assembled facilities that have been suspended. More than one group of
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assembled facilities may show the same assembly code tag. This does not imply
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that all facilities with the same tag are assembled to each other; they must
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also be in the same circuit to be assembled to each other. Each code may be
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used more than once.
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When a Permanent Assembly is deleted, the assembly code tag is removed from
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the facilities. Non-working facilities will return to a spare status.
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Equivalent working facilities will retain their present status.
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Permanent Assemblies can be created from any combination of the following
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facilities:
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Telephone Number (TN)
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Line Equipment (OE)
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Cable Pair (CP)
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Tie Pair (TP)
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Bridge Lifter (BL)
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Trunk (TK)
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Concentrator (CON)
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Message register (MR)
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Special Equipment (SE)
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Automatically Assigned Relays - Advanced (AR), Sleeve- Connect (SC), Tens
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Block Auxiliary (TBA), and Tens Block Screening (TBS) types
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Non-Inventoried Relays (RLY)
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Terminal (TER)
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X-Number (XN)
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Private Lines (PL)
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Transimission Equpitment (TRE)
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At least one inventoried facility, PL or TER must be entered into the assembly
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before any SEs, non-inventoried TKs, or CONs.
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* When a working relay, (both inventoried and non- inventoried) which os part
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of a Permanent Assembly is disconnected, COSMOS does not presently have the
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capability of updating the relay files and table to reflect this disconnect.
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Coordination between the LAc and the FCC (Frame Control Center) is required to
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establish Permanent Assemblies on both spare and working facilities.
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The following examples illustrate various functions of transactions CAY
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(Create an Assembly) and ISH (Circuit Inquiry).
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Example 1: Create a Permanent Assembly associating a spare CP and SE with
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voice repeater information.
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EL% CAY
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I CP 2-1010/TP TM03-606/SE VR-330(F04001)/AC PERM
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**CAY COMPLETED
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Example 2: An inquiry (ISH) on the above assembly.
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The inquiry shows that the alphabetic (permanent) assembly code is assigned to
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each facility that is part of the assembly. Also note that the tie pair and
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points have been populated.
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EL% ISH
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H CP 2-1010
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CP 2-1010
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ST RS AY M DATE 01-18-83
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LOC WF02005
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TP TM03-0606
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ST RS AY M DATE 01-18-83
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LOC F02005
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LOC F04001
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FROM FAC CP 2-1010 TO FAC SE VR-330
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SE VR-330
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ST RS AY M
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LOC F04001
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**ISH COMPLETED
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Example 3: An ISH on a working circuit without an assembly.
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EL% ISH
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H CP 2-1010
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SE VR-330
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ST WK
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LOC F04001
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TP TM03-0606
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83
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LOC F02005
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LOC F04001
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FROM FAC CP 2-1010 TO FAC SE VR-330
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CP 2-1010
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83 RZ 13
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LOC WF02005
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OE 000-026-015
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ST WK DATE -1-18-83 CS IFR US 1FR FEA TNNL
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LOC WF02007
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TO TM01-0741
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83
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LOC F02007
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LOC F04001
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FROM FAC OE 000-026-015 TO FAC SE VR-330
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TN 833-7328
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83 TYPE X
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**ISH COMPLETED
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Example 4: Create a Permanent Assembly associating a working CP, TP and SE
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from the circuit in Example 3.
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EL% CAY
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I CP 2-1010/TP TM03-606/SE VR-330/AC PERM
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**CAY COMPLETED
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Example 5: An ISH of the circuit.
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The inquiry identifies the Permanent Assembly linking the CP, TP and SE. This
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information will remain linked even after the circuit is disconnected.
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EL%
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H CP 2-1010
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SE VR-330
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ST WK AY G
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LOC F04001
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TP TM03-0606
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ST WK AY G DATE 01-18-83
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LOC F02005
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LOC F04001
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FROM FAC CP 2-1010 TO FAC SE VR-330
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CP 2-1010
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ST WK AY G DATE 01-18-83 RZ 13
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LOC WF02005
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OE 000-026-015
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83 CS 1FR US 1FR FEA TNNL
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LOC WF02007
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TP TM01-0741
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83
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LOC F02007
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LOC F04001
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FROM FAC OE 000-026-015 TO FAC SE VR-330
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TN 833-7428
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ST WK DATE 01-18-83 TYPE X
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**ISH COMPLETED
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5.2 Modify a Permanent Assembly
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Transaction MAY is used to modify a Permanent Assembly (in instances when a
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service order is being changed, etc. ). The assembly to be modified must be
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identified by an inventoried facility (other than AR, SC, TBA), a PL or a TER on
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the H- line. Facilities to be added are entered on I-Lines. Facilities to be
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deleted are entered on 0-Lines. The input of assembly category (AC) PERM is not
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requied on the H-line input for MAY. The Permanent Assembly tag will be removed
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from the outgoing facility and transferred to the incoming facility at the
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completion of the MAY transaction.
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When MAY is completed, the outgoing facility (s) that had a reserved status
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will be changed to "spare" status. If the outgoing facility is presently
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working, the status will remain the same.
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Incoming facilities that are spare will be changed to a "reserved" status.
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Incoming facilities that are working will retain that status.
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The following examples illustrate various functions of transactions MAY
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(Modify an Assembly) and ISH.
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Example 6: An inquiry (ISH) of a Permanent Assembly.
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TA% ISH
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H CP 2-1365
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CP 2-1365
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ST RS AY G DATE 01-20-83
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LOC F02006
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TP TM01-1151
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ST RS AY G DATE 01-20-83
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LOC F02005
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LOC F04001
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TRE DLXREG0401 RR104,06-037
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ST RS AY G DATE 01-20-83
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LOC F04001
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**ISH COMPLETED
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Example 7: Modify a Permanent Assembly changing the transmission equipment.
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TA% MAY
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H CP 2-1365
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_O TRE RR104.06-037
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_I TRE RR104.06-038
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OUT: TRE DLXREG0401 RR104.06-037
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IN: TRE RR104.06-038
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**MAY COMPLETED
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Example 8: An inquiry (ISH) on the modified assembly.
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The inquiry shows that TRE RR104.06-038 has become part of the assAS TRANSMITTED IN THE MIDBAND
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OR SUPERBAND MODE, HE WAS UP SHIT CREEK, BECAUSE HE HAD NO WAY TO GET THE SIGNAL
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DOWN TO A FREQUENCY HIS TV OR VCR COULD RECIEVE. BUT IF HE HOOKED UP HIS LITTLE
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RADIO SHACK CONVERTER, PRESTO! HE WAS SET.
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2. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE CLEAR AN IMPORTANT POINT. CABLE CONVERTERS DO
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!NOT! UNSCRAMBLE A SCRAMBLED SIGNAL, THEY MERELY MOVE IT TO A FREQUENCY THE
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TV/UNSCRAMBLER/VCR/WHATEVER CAN GET A HOLD OF IT. THERE IS LOTS OF SPACE BET-
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WEEN CHANNELS 13 AND 14-IT IS THE DIV- IDING LINE BETWEEN VHF AND UHF. THERE
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ARE PLACES IN THERE YOUR TV JUST CAN'T GET TO.
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3. HERE COMES ANOTHER POINT: THOSE OF YOU WITH 'CABLE READY' TVS THINK
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YOU'RE HOME FREE NOW, EH? NO. WHILE A CABLE READY TV WILL LET YOU VIEW ANY MID
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AND SUPERBAND CHANNELS THAT YOU MAY UNKNOWINGLY RECIEVE, THE SCRAMBLED ONES ARE
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STILL SCRAMBLED. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED NOW? AN UNSCRAMBLER, OF COURSE.
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***************************************
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4. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN YOUR BOXES
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THAT YOU RENT FROM THE CABLE CO. THUS: ----- IF YOU HAVE BOTHERED TO PAY EXTRA
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FOR ANY SCRAMBLED CHANNELS, YOU ARE GIVEN AN UNSCRAMBLER AND CONVERTER BY THE
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CABLE CO. FOR WHICH YOU GLADLY PAY RENT IN ADDITION TO YOUR CABLE FEE. THIS IS
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USUALLY A BROWN BOX THAT COMES IN SEVERAL STYLES, EXPOUNDED UPON BELOW:
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DIGITAL WITH REMOTE: A SMALL BOX UPON YOUR TV, WITH A DIGITAL DISPLAY OF THE
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CHANNEL YOU ARE WATCHING. YOU HAVE A TRUSTY REMOTE, AND ZAP AWAY AT WILL.
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KNOB STYLE: A BOX OR NON-WIRELESS REM- OTE WITH A LARGE KNOB ON IT. IT, OF
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COURSE, SELECTS WHAT CHANNEL YOU ARE WATCHING.
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SWITCHBOARD STYLE: A 9" X 5" (OR SO) BOARD WITH SEVERAL 3 POSITION VERTIC-
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ALLY MOVING SWITCHES. WHAT THE HELL DO THESE DO? YOU'LL NEVER GUESS.
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THE KIND WITHOUT ANY SWITCHES: (NOW HOW WILL I OPERATE MY DIGITAL WATCH?)
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THIS IS CALLED A BLOCK CONVERTER. MORE ON THESE LATER.
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WHAT IS GOING ON: AHHH, THE GOOD PART. WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THIS: NOW
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MATTER WHAT SYSTEM YOU HAVE (EXCEPT FOR THE LAST- IGNORE THAT FOR NOW.) IN SOME
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WAY YOU SELECT A CHANNEL. THE CABLE CONVERTER RUNS OFF, FINDS THIS CHAN- NEL,
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AND YANKS IT DOWN TO CHANNEL 3 (OR 2, OR 4, WHATEVER YOUR CABLE CO. USES.)
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WHERE YOUR TV IS WAITING FOR IT. (YES, THATS WHY YOU PUT YOUR TV ON THE SAME
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CHANNEL AND CHANGE CHANNELS WITH THE KNOB, REMOTE, OR WHATEVER.) NOW, IF IT'S A
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SCRAMBLED CHANNEL, AND YO ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECIEVE IT, THE SIGNAL IS REROUTED
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THROUGH A SMALL UN- SCRAMBLER. (A NOTE: CABLE SCRAMBLING METHODS ARE PIDDLY
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LITTLE HINDRANCES; FOR A REAL BITCH OF A SCRAMBLER SEE THE SSAVI SYSTEM,
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EXPLAINED IN PART 2.) THE SIGNAL IS AGAIN SPAT OUT AT CHANNEL 3, AND YOUR TV
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GLOWS HAPPILY AWAY, DIS- PLAYING YOUR MID OR SUPERBAND CHANNEL.
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5. AT THIS POINT, A QUESTION MAY BY NUDGING AROUND YOUR TEMPORAL LOBES NOW.
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SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF " HOW DO I GET CABLE TV WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT,
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DAMMIT??" WELL, HERE WE GO. YOU LOOK UP THAT PLACE I MENTIONED IN PART II.
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(ADDRESS & PHONE# AT END) JUST FORK OVER YOUR $30 (OR SOMEONE ELSE'S CREDIT
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CARD) AND GET ONE OF THESE NIFTY LITTLE UNSCRAMBLERS. NOW, MIND YOU, THE CABLE
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CO. WANTS IT'S (YOUR?) MONEY MORE THAN YOU THINK, AND WILL BE RATHER UPSET IF
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THEY FIND YOU DOING ANY OF THIS SHIT, SO TAKE CARE. HERE'S HOW TO HOOK UP YOUR
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UN- SCRAMBLER:
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FIRST, ADJUST THE U |