Software Increment Release Notes
================================

Increment ID:   ACN10N16
Date created:   Nov 18, 1999
CSR number:     XT93539  

Title: ANX - No Calling Party Present When Answering Incoming Call To Hunt Group


Detailed Description of Increment:  
----------------------------------
Intermittently, customers that are members of a Hunt Group
on the AccessNode Express attempt to answer an incoming call
and do not hear the calling party.  The end user's equipment is
connected to an ExpressLine line card (NTN502) in the
AccessNode Express.  The Hunt Group member will hear talk
battery only. The calling party will continue to hear ring-back going
on-hook.  Subsequent calls are not affected and the condition is
cleared when both parties go back on-hook.  The condition may
be described by the end user as 1-way transmission ,"Ring-No Answer",
or No-Way Transmission.  This increment corrects a message loss
condition that is the root cause of these call failures.

This condition occurs about 1 out of 25 call terminations.

System Configuration / Shelf Type Requirements:
-----------------------------------------------
ANX HDT


Increments Needed:
------------------
ACN01N16-ACN09N16


Loads Affected:
---------------
SP


Installation Instructions:
--------------------------
Download increment from the Web:
Either a) download the increment directly to the /iswd directory on the OPC.
       b) download the increment to tape and insert into the OPC tape drive.
Start up Incremental SW Del. from the Software Admin toolset on the OPC.

Deliver the increment:
  1) Select Deliver an Increment.

  2) Type y to verify your selection.

Verify the increment:
  1) From the ISD main menu, select Display Increments.

  2) Select Display to Screen.

  3) Verify the increment delivered have the correct Title
     and Description.  Also verify that their status is
     "READY TO APPLY".

     NOTE: If the increment is a Linecard only increment, the
     status will be "LOAD DELIVERED". 

  4) Press any key to return to the main menu.

Apply the increment:
  1) From the ISD main menu, select Apply an Increment.

  2) In the list, select the number next to the increment you delivered.

  3) Select on e of these options:
     1) Apply to ALL NEs (to set the increment fully into the system)
     2) Trial on one NE (to test the increment to ensure that it causes
        no problems)

     If you select option 2, a list of NEs in the span of control appears.
     From the list of NEs, select the number next to the one you want to
     test.  A confirmation screen appears.

  4) Type y to verify your selection.

  5) When the application is complete, press any key to scroll through
     the Summary screesn until you return to the main menu.
 
  6) From the main menu, select Display Increments.

  7) Select Display to Screen.

  8) Verify that the status next to each NE now reads "APPLIED"
     (or "TRIAL APPLIED" if you chose to run a test in step 3 above).

IF THE INCREMENT INVOLVES THE APU YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING STEP
Dump the image:
  1) From the ISD main menu, select Dump an APU Image.

  2) Select one of the valid load types that can be dumped.

  3) Select one of the valid NEs matching your previous parameters.

  4) Type y to verify your selection.

  5) When the image is complete, press any key to return to the main menu.


Test Instructions:
------------------
Set up hunt group where at least one member has a POTS line, and is
using a Express linecard. Place a call into the hunt group, and terminate
the call on a different hunt member then the one described. Place multiple
calls, each time holding the call up until all timeslots are used on the
ANX. One of the calls will be in a one-way transmission state.

Apply the patch, and observe that the above scenario can no longer be 
reproduced.