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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Home Menu The Home menu can be accessed at anytime during operation by pressing the Home key on the rubber keypad. The screen is divided into three presentation areas: Left LEDs: Displays soft LEDs associated with Errors...
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide SONET Home Menu Setup Configure Interface, Measurement and General settings; Line rate, SONET Mapping, Framing, Pattern, Clock source and Offset options are also configured in this screen. Results View Summary, Analysis, Errors/Alarms, Histogram, Graph,...
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide SONET Setup Interface Menu Operating Mode: Normal, Transparent and Payload Through SONET Rate: Options are STS-1, OC-1, STS-3, OC-3, OC- 12, OC-48, OC-192 (referring to 51M, 155M, 622M, 2.5G and 9.953G respectively) Mapping: STS-192C, STS-48C, STS-12C, STS-3C, STS-1 and VT1.5 is available, VT-2 is optional.
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration 1. Connect to the test interface using the following: − Single-mode fiber patch cord to connect to a OC-x (SFP) or 10G (XFP) interface − BNC to connect to a DS3 or STS-3 interface 2.
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) To configure fields that require alpha or alpha- numeric entry, such as Frequency Offset and STS channel selection, a configuration keypad will appear when the applicable field is selected. 7. Configure the Structure for SONET mapping.
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 9. Configure the Pattern. Use the pattern drop down box to select the test pattern. PRBS, fixed words and 32 bit user defined patterns are available. INVERT: Inversion of PRBS polarity is also available. Inversion of fixed words is not permitted.
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Results 11. When the test is started, the screen automatically moves to the Results, Summary screen. − Results can be viewed by selecting the following tabs: Summary, Analysis, Errors/Alarms, Histogram, Graph, Signal, and Event Log Summary screen: Provides an overview of any alarms, errors or signal failures.
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Results (cont’d) Errors/Alarms screen: The soft LEDs on screen are arranged logically and depend on signal hierarchy, structure, payload and framing selected. The soft LEDs have a tri-color function. Green: No error or...
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SONET BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Results (cont’d) Signal screen: Tap the Signal tab for the Frequency/Level results. LEVEL – Loss of Signal (LOS) and Saturation (SAT) level for optical signals is shown graphically, including the level measurement in dBm FREQUENCY –...
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