Generating Automatic Protection Switch (Aps) Messages - Agilent Technologies OmniBER 718 SDH User Manual

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Generating Automatic Protection Switch (APS) Messages

Generating Automatic Protection Switch (APS)
Messages
Description You can program the K1 and K2 bytes to exercise the APS functions for both
LINEAR (IUT-T G.783) and RING (ITU-T G.841) topologies.
The APS Message types are:-
• PASSIVE
• ACTIVE
The following table shows the APS message type availability.
TX
SDH
SDH
SDH
SDH
GENERAL 1 Set up the SDH transmit interface and payload required. See "Setting SDH
HOWTO:
Transmit Interface " page 29.
2 Choose the TOPOLOGY required.
3 Follow the appropriate HOWTO, listed in the following pages.
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RX TOPOLOGY
PDH/DSn LINEAR
PDH/DSn RING
SDH LINEAR
SDH RING
APS Message Types
PASSIVE
PASSIVE
PASSIVE or ACTIVE
PASSIVE
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