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  • Page 1 Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 2 Printed in U.K. 11/00 Verification Manual. Agilent Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential The product is marked damages in connection...
  • Page 3 Quick Start Guide OmniBER 725...
  • Page 4 About This Book This Quick Start Guide demonstrates the basic operation of the OmniBER 725. It shows you how to select displays and use them to change the instrument settings. The Quick Start Guide includes the following sections: • Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel •...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Keyboard and Display Conventions ..... 4 Introduction ........5 Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel .

  • Page 6: Keyboard And Display Conventions

    Keyboard and Display Conventions Keyboard and Display Conventions The conventions used in this manual to illustrate instrument keys and display information are as follows: This is an example of a hardkey. Hardkeys (located to the right of the display) are TRANSMIT used to give access to different sets of instrument settings, or select dedicated instrument functions.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Agilent’s OmniBER Communications Performance Analyzer provides the test capability you need to verify the performance of today’s high-capacity transmission systems and networks. The main features of this instrument are: • Framed and unframed SDH/SONET BER testing up to 2.5 Gb/s (STM-16/OC- 48) with J1408 •...

  • Page 8: Introducing The Omniber Front Panel

    Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel External Monitor Connector In-lid Printer Display Connector Operates in either single or multiple window mode. Softkeys Cursor control keys Select instrument settings. The Move the display cursor from Pop-up menu keys values displayed on the softkeys one instrument setting to An alternative way to select...
  • Page 9 Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel RUN/STOP LOCAL Press this key to start a Press this key to change the instrument new test period or from Remote to Local control. The terminate the current test indicator above the key lights when the period.

  • Page 10: Monitoring Status Alarms

    Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel Monitoring Status Alarms The LED indicators provide information about the current status of the instrument’s receiver. If an alarm has occurred during the current test period, the HISTORY indicator lights up. The figure below shows the status indicators for the dual standard SDH/SONET option (Option 002).

  • Page 11: Introducing Smart Test

    Introducing Smart Test Introducing Smart Test The Smart Test feature simplifies instrument operation by: • Allowing the instrument to auto-configure on the incoming signal (Smart Setup). It will attempt to identify the signal structure. • Allowing you to quickly access the most commonly used instrument features (Smart Tests): •...
  • Page 12 Introducing Smart Test To run a Smart Test (Signal Quality - Frequency Measurement): 1 Ensure a valid signal is connected to one of the instrument’s Receive ports. 2 Press SMART TEST 3 Use the down cursor control keys to select Signal Quality. 4 Use the right cursor control keys to access the tests.

  • Page 13: Viewing Single Or Multiple Windows

    Viewing Single or Multiple Windows Viewing Single or Multiple Windows The instrument display can operate in either single or multiple window mode. A key at the bottom right of the display allows you to switch between modes. Multiple Window Operation In this mode, four windows of instrument settings appear simultaneously on the display.

  • Page 14: Single Window Operation

    Viewing Single or Multiple Windows Single Window Operation In this mode, only one window of instrument settings will appear on the display. The TRANSMITTER OUTPUT is shown in the figure below. To select another window, press either RECEIVE RESULTS GRAPH OTHER Press this key to select multiple windows.

  • Page 15: Changing Instrument Settings

    Changing Instrument Settings Changing Instrument Settings Instrument settings that can be changed are displayed using white text (the cursor marks the currently selected setting field). To change instrument settings: 1 Use the cursor control keys to move from one instrument setting to another. When you select a setting, the associated values are displayed on the softkey labels located at the bottom of the display.
  • Page 16 Changing Instrument Settings In some cases when you press , instead of a pop-up menu you get a pop-up alphanumeric keypad. Examples of settings associated with the keypad are: selecting user defined Path Trace messages (in the Overhead Setup screen of the Transmitter Output window), or assigning a name to a stored configuration (in the Stored Settings screen of the Other window).

  • Page 17: Viewing The Contents Of Folders

    Changing Instrument Settings Viewing the Contents of Folders The instrument settings in the Transmitter Output, Receiver Input, Results windows are contained in folders. The figure below shows the folders in the Transmitter Output window. To view the contents of the Test Function folder in the Transmitter Output Window: 1 Press TRANSMIT...

  • Page 18: Using The Pop-Up Application

    Using the Pop-up Application Using the Pop-up Application This symbol indicates that there is a pop-up application associated with the instrument setting. A pop-up application is used to simplified the setting up of complex instrument configurations. In a pop-up application, instrument settings are presented to you as a pictorial or graphic “map”...
  • Page 19 Using the Pop-up Application 2 Use the cursor control keys to select the Main Settings folder, then the MAPPING settings.
  • Page 20 Using the Pop-up Application Press to display the payload map. To change between AU/SPE-layer, TU/VT-layer: Use the left and right cursor control keys. To select the mapping you want: 5 Use the up and down cursor control keys. To select the new value: 6 Press Press to exit the pop-up application without making the change.

  • Page 21: Viewing Settings On An External Monitor

    Viewing Settings on an External Monitor Viewing Settings on an External Monitor For easier viewing, the instrument settings may be viewed on an external standard VGA monitor or projector. To view instrument settings on an external monitor: 1 Connect the external monitor to the instruments front panel external monitor connector marked VGA, see Introducing the OmniBER Front Panel on page 6.

  • Page 22: Status Alarms

    Status Alarms Status Alarms General Alarm Indicators The SIGNAL, FRAME, and PATTERN indicators are green if the signal is good, and red during an alarm condition. Green: Valid signal (level; data transitions) detected SIGNAL at input. Red: No data transitions detected at input. Green: Correct framing detected at all levels of the FRAME received signal (on the line signal plus all levels...

  • Page 23: Sdh Alarm Indicators

    Status Alarms SDH Alarm Indicators These are active when an SDH signal is received. Loss of Frame has been detected. FRAME LOSS Loss of pointer has been detected. Multiplexer Section AIS has been detected. MS-AIS Path AIS has been detected. AU-AIS The transmitter clock is not synchronized to the CLOCK LOSS...

  • Page 24: Sonet Alarm Indicators

    Status Alarms SONET Alarm Indicators These are active when an SONET signal is received. Loss of Frame or Severely Errored Frame has been FRAME LOSS detected. Status message on bottom of display states which has occurred. Loss of Pointer has been detected. Line AIS has been detected.
  • Page 25 Index AIS-V Alarm Indicator, 22 Folder Paper Feed key, 7 Alarm Indicator Selecting, 13 Pattern, 20 AIS-V, 22 Folders, 15 Pattern Alarm Indicator, 20 AU-AIS, 21 Frame, 20 Pictorial displays as a selection aid, 16 AU-LOP, 21 Functional Tests (Smart Test), 9 Pointer Adjust Indicator, 21, 22 Clock loss, 21 Pop-up Applications, 16...
  • Page 26 Index RDI-L, 22 RDI-P, 22 RDI-V, 22 Status Alarms, 19 Status Indicators, 8 Transmit key, 6 TU-AIS Alarm Indicator, 21 VGA external monitor connector, 6 viewing settings (external monitor), 19...
  • Page 27 Sales and Service Offices An up-to-date list of Agilent Offices is available through the Agilent Technologies Website at URL: http://www.agilent.com.
  • Page 28 In This Book This guide tells you about the front panel key functions, the indicators and the connectors. Printed in U.K. 11/00 J1409-90001...

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