This is because most vendors still believes that T1 circuits are provision as D4/AMI..:-) Digital Link Encore csu/dsu by default has it setup as ESF/B8ZS.
I'm evaluating the new cisco 2524 with internal CSU/DSU, and it looks like the default is ESF/B8ZS on this box too. Maybe there's hope for the vendors catching up with reality on this front afterall.
I haven't touched a 2524 yet. Is the DSU options set on the command line?
Anyone have experience mixing different vendor CSU/DSUs and getting things like remote loopback to work?
In-band and out-of-band lookpback codes should work fine. The differences I've seen are with in-band codes. Some CSUs need to see the loop-up code unframed, and some will respond to the loop-up code framed. Rememeber that you can't send an out-of-band loop-up code unless (a) you're ESF framed, and (b) the CSU is optioned to acknowledge any o-o-b request. An Out-Of-Band code is also known as an ESF code. The loop-up or loop- down requests are sent in the 4kbps ESF channel instead of the actual data channel/path. Also remember that CSU and NIU (Network Interface Units) codes are different. Make sure you're sending a CSU code. An NIU code is technically called a Facility-2 code (FAC-2). Since one mfgr's unit can't be configured to send a framed or unframed loop-up/down (it doesn't tell you), you're at their mercy. Same if you want to send an in-band or out-of-band code. With a test set, though, I've never run across a CSU or NIU that I couldn't loop up or down. You can virtually set a test set to do _anything_. rob. p.s...I have the data sheet scanned in. I'm gonna html it.