Hitachi Energy
NP Usage
Purpose
Shows details on a selected TE from the Transport Entities table, including the usage of TEs that have a specific multiplex structure.
As an example, for E1 signals that are multiplexing 64 kbit/s timeslots, being cross connected as logical P12 layer signals, the number of used timeslots is shown.
For sections between two NEs of type Foreign Object, the “Show NP Usage” is grayed out in the section table of the Section Management dialog.
Dialog image
Usage of <TE Application name>
The NP Usage dialog can also be opened from a selected section in the “Section Management” dialog. A sample dialog image is shown below.
Usage of <TE Application name> for a section
Informational content
Lists all components of the selected TE. Shows information related to structure, usage, layer, TPs, and further information of the selected TE. The usage information is shown as n / m, where n is the number of used structure elements, and m is the maximum number of structure elements of the next lower layer.
Controls (buttons, menu items, etc.)
 
? Help
Calls the help viewer and opens this page.
Close
Closes the dialog.