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DS3 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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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide DS3 Menu Allows the user to set up the DS3 interfaces and associated test parameters prior to running a test. DS3 Home Menu Setup – configure Interface, Measurement and General settings; Framing, Line...
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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration 1. Connect to the DS3 test interface using the BNC connectors 2. Power on the unit 3. From the DS3 Home menu, tap on the Setup menu 4. Configure the Measurements and General settings...
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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) To configure fields that require alpha or alpha- n u m e r i c e nt r y, s u c h as Frequency Offset, a configuration keypad will appear when the applicable field is selected.
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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Configuration (cont’d) 8. 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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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Results 10. 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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DS3 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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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Results (cont’d) Signal screen: Tap the Signal tab to bring up the Frequency and Level results. FREQUENCY – the received signal frequency and offset is measured and displayed. − 45M current: Indicates the frequency of the input signal −...
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DS3 BERT VePAL TX300 Quick Reference Guide Results (cont’d) Event Log screen: Tap the Event Log tab to display a listing of the Error and Alarm events recorded during a test. EVENTS – presented in chronological sequence - number, type of event, start time and duration, duration (alarms) and ratio/count (errors) are displayed.
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