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List of Contents
Performing an SDH Alarm Scan ......................................... 112
Performing a SONET Alarm Scan ...................................... 113
Tandem Connection Monitoring
Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM)............................. 116
What is a Tandem Connection?........................................ 116
TCM Test Capability in OmniBER.................................. 116
Setting up the Transmitter for TCM Operation................... 117
Setting up TCM Access Point Identifier (APId) messages 118
Adding TCM errors ............................................................. 120
Adding TCM Alarms .......................................................... 121
Setting up the Receiver for TCM operation ........................ 122
Detecting TCM APId messages .......................................... 123
Viewing TCM Errors and Alarms ....................................... 125
Tandem Connection Terminating Equipment (TCTE) Testing 127
TCTE Source Testing....................................................... 127
TCTE Sink/Source Testing .............................................. 132
Storing, Logging and Printing
Saving Graphics Results to Instrument Store...................... 134
Recalling Stored Graph Results .......................................... 135
Viewing the Bar Graph Display .......................................... 137
Viewing the Graphic Error and Alarm Summaries ............. 139
Logging Graph Displays ..................................................... 141
Logging Results................................................................... 143
Logging on Demand............................................................ 146
Logging Results to Parallel (Centronics) Printer ................ 148
Logging Results to GPIB Printer......................................... 149
Logging Results to Internal Printer ..................................... 150
Logging Results to RS-232-C Printer ................................. 151
Logging Data to Disk .......................................................... 152
Printing Results from Disk .................................................. 153
PC Instructions ................................................................. 153
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