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>Michael Lum wrote: I> will add AT_SS7PC. > >Does anyone have any suggestions for PC formatting ? > > >From the packet-mtp3.c dissector I will take the following: > >ANSI/CHINESE ITU x-y-z where each of x, y and z are 8 bit values. > > I>TU MTP3 Q.704 does not seem to indicate a format for the PC other >than being a 14 bit value. However, I have seen it represented as >a-b-c where a and c are 3 bits and b is 8 bits. > > >Our engineers prefer the 14 or 24 bit decimal value as opposed to >any formatting because then there is no ambiguity about the value. > >I have also seen: > > > 8.8.8 for 24-bit point codes > 3-8-3 for 14-bit > >I.e. the '.' versus '-' was supposed to indicate 24 versus 14 bit. > >Anybody else have input ? > >I have a fairly strong preference for the "8-8-8" for ANSI PC's and a similar--but less strong--preference for Chinese ITU. (In fact I'd like to, at some point, find a way for M3UA to display its point codes like this > instead of just decimal.) > >I've also contemplated adding a way to display ITU PCs as 3-8-3 so it would be cool if this were available as a preference.
I’d prefere the ITU PC as a decimal number perhaps with the Network indicator ( NI ) in front as the point code is a plain number and this is how it’s normaly presented in the exchanges GUI:s. e.g in a national network NI=2 it would look like PC 2-382.
Best regards Anders Broman
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