HP auroraTempo User Manual page 62

aurora Tempo - User Guide
Specifying the length of the test
• Highlight Duration and press the RIGHT arrow key to
display a sub-menu.
• Enter the length of the test in seconds. Enter 0 to
perform a continuous BER test. Press ENTER to save
this value and exit the sub-menu.
Setting the resynchronization level
You can set the threshold at which aurora
automatically resynchronize to the received Bert pattern.
This threshold is expressed as a percentage of errors within a
100 millisecond time period.
• Choose Sync. threshold to display a sub-menu and
select the appropriate percentage of errors.
Specifying a pass/fail measure
You can set the criterion which establishes whether a BER
Test passes or fails. To do this :
• Select Pass Measure to display a sub-menu of different
measures.
• Choose the measure which will be used to determine if
the BER Test passes or fails.
Setting a BERT pass threshold
In addition to setting a pass/fail measure, you can also set a
pass/fail threshold for a BER Test :
• Select Pass-threshold to display a sub-menu of
thresholds.
• Choose the appropriate threshold. For example, select
1 in 10ˆ2 to set the threshold as 1 in 10
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