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):

• E1/T1/J1 Tmedia
• STM1/OC3 Tmedia
• DS3 Tmedia

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	Raw SS7(MTP2) PPP Frame relay X.25 or proprietary HDLC

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