SUBSCRIBER LINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SLMS 160.

By the end of the 1970s a need had arisen for new and more modern equipment, preferably computerized, for remote measurements on subscriber lines. Development work was started on SLMS 16, which is merely a measurement system. In a few years this system will be in use throughout Norway. SLMS 16 has also been sold abroad and, particularly in the foreign markets, demands have been made for facilities for storing subscriber and line data, fault histories etc. These demands resulted in further development of a database for SLMS 16. The new system is designated SLMS 160. The author summarizes first the problems that are encountered with a traditional fault complaints service and the demands that should be made on a modern subscriber line management system. This is followed by a description of SLMS 160.