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Tektronix CTS 710 User Manual (410 pages)

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Warranty
3
Table of Contents
5
List of Figures
13
General Safety Summary
21
Injury Precautions
21
Product Damage Precautions
22
Safety Terms and Symbols
23
Certifications and Compliances
24
Preface
25
How this Manual Is Organized
25
Conventions
25
User Defined
25
Related Manuals
26
Using the CTS 710 Reference
27
Figure I: Placing the Reference for Easy Viewing
27
Contacting Tektronix
28
Getting Started
29
Product Description
31
Accessories
32
Standard Accessories
32
Optional Accessories
32
First Time Operation
33
Installing the Accessory Pouch
33
Figure 1-1: Installing the Accessory Pouch
34
Figure 1-2: Inserting the Pouch under the Front Panel Trim
35
Figure 1-3: Location of the D-Ring on the Accessory Pouch
36
Setting up the CTS 710
37
Figure 1-4: Rear-Panel Controls and Connectors Used in Setup
38
Table 1-1: Fuse and Fuse Cap Part Numbers
38
Turning on the CTS 710
39
Table 1-2: Power Requirements
39
Turning off the CTS 710
40
Figure 1-5: ON/STBY Button
40
Operating Basics
41
Functional Overview
43
Front-Panel Controls, Indicators, and Connectors
44
Figure 2-1: Controls Located Around the Display
44
Figure 2-2: Front-Panel Controls, Indicators, and Connectors
45
Rear-Panel Controls and Connectors
46
Front-Panel Status Lights
46
Figure 2-3: Rear-Panel Controls and Connectors
46
Figure 2-4: Status Lights (with Option 22 Installed)
47
Reading the Display
48
Figure 2-5: Major Areas of the Display
48
Figure 2-6: Specific Elements of the Display
49
Table 2-1: Icons that Appear in the Display
50
The Basic Menu Structure
51
What Is a Menu
51
Figure 2-7: the Five Menus
51
Figure 2-8: Menus and Pages
52
Selecting Menus
53
Selecting Pages
53
Figure 2-9: Menu Select Buttons
53
Displaying Help
54
Figure 2-10: How to Display a Page
54
Connecting Signals
55
Figure 2-11: Help Dialog Box
55
Connecting Optical Signals
56
Connecting SONET Electrical Signals
57
Connecting DS1/DS3 Electrical Signals
57
Initiating Autoscan
57
Changing Parameters
57
Selecting Parameters
58
Selecting from Lists
58
Figure 2-12: Selecting a Parameter
58
Changing Decimal Numbers
59
Figure 2-13: Selecting Choices from a List
59
Figure 2-14: Selecting USER DEFINED
60
Figure 2-15: Entering a Numeric Value
61
Changing Binary Numbers
62
Figure 2-16: Selecting a Byte for Editing
62
Entering Text
63
Figure 2-17: Editing a Byte
63
Figure 2-18: Selecting a Text String for Editing
64
Working with the Disk Drive
65
Reading Files on Disk
66
Table 2-2: CTS 710 Disk File Types
66
Tutorial
69
Before Turning on the CTS 710
69
Setting Transmit Parameters
70
Setting Receive Parameters
72
Setting the Test Time
73
Test Setups
73
Test Control
73
Where Test Results Are Displayed
74
Test Summary
75
Begin the Test
75
Inserting Errors
76
Adjusting Pointers
78
User Defined
81
Viewing Transport Overhead
82
Editing the Transport Overhead
83
Viewing Test Results
85
Reference
89
Basic Test Procedures
91
Setting up the CTS 710
91
Network Continuity Checking
92
Transmission Signal Quality Testing
94
Measuring Bit Error Rate
94
Save Results
95
Testing Mapping and Demapping
96
Fault Tolerance Checking
98
Response to Errors and Alarms
98
Table 3-1: LTE Responses to Errors and Alarms
99
Response to Pointer Movements
103
Response to Line Frequency Offset
106
Performance Monitoring
108
Setting Test Control Parameters
113
Setting the Test Time Duration
113
Setting a Unique Test Time Duration
114
Setting the History Resolution
116
Table 3-2: Test Duration Limits
116
Starting and Stopping a Test
117
Making Changes While Running a Test
118
Actions You Cannot Perform While Running a Test
118
Table 3-3: Actions You Cannot Perform While a Test
119
Working with Test Setups
121
Saving and Recalling Instrument Setups
121
Saving Instrument Setups
122
Recalling Instrument Setups
124
Recalling the Default Factory Setup
125
Deleting Instrument Setups from Disk
126
Pass/Fail Tests
127
Parameters of a Pass/Fail Test
127
Fail if Conditions
128
Table 3-4: Fail if Conditions of a Pass/Fail Test
129
Creating a Pass/Fail Test
134
User Defined
137
Running a Pass/Fail Test
139
Changing an Existing Pass/Fail Test
141
Deleting a Pass/Fail Test from Disk
143
Checking Signal Status
145
Viewing Signal Structure
145
Viewing the Payload (Add/Drop/Test Option Only)
146
Determining the Payload Pattern and Framing (Add/Drop/Test Option Only)
147
Printing the Autoscan Dialog Box
148
Viewing the Signal State
148
Table 3-5: Green Status Lights
149
Signal Present
149
Table 3-6: Red and Yellow Status Lights
150
Extended Status
151
Setting the Beeper
151
Misc. Settings
151
Setting SONET Transmit Parameters
153
Steps for Setting Parameters
153
Setting the Transmit Rate
154
Independent Transmit and Receive Settings
154
Coupling Transmit and Receive Settings
155
Through Mode
157
Setting the Transmit Clock
158
Setting the Transmit Level
159
Setting the Signal Structure
159
Specifying the STS to Test
160
Setting the Payload Mapping
161
Unequipped Payload Mapping
162
Mapping a Tributary Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only)
162
Mapping a Tributary with VT1.5 Floating Async Payload Mapping
162
Setting the Test Pattern
165
Setting Overhead Bytes
167
How to Edit an Overhead Byte
167
Editing the V5 Byte
170
Bytes You Cannot Edit
171
Table 3-7: Choices for Bits 5, 6, and 7 of the V5 Byte
171
Table 3-8: Overhead Bytes that Cannot be Edited
171
Editing the J1 Path Trace Byte
172
Table 3-9: Bytes You Cannot Edit Due to Parameter
172
Adding DCC and User Channel Overhead Bytes
174
Setting Tributary Signal Transmit Parameters
179
Steps for Setting Parameters
179
Setting the Transmit Rate
180
Independent Transmit and Receive Settings
180
Coupling Transmit and Receive Settings
180
Setting the Transmit Clock
182
Setting the Line Clock Offset
183
Setting the Transmit Line Code
183
Specifying the Framing
184
Table 3-10: Tributary Rate Line Codes
184
Specifying the Test Pattern
186
Setting SONET Receive Parameters
189
Steps for Setting Parameters
189
Setting the Receive Rate
190
Independent Receive and Transmit Settings
191
Coupling Receive and Transmit Settings
191
Setting the Receive Level
193
Setting the Signal Structure
193
Specifying Which STS to Test
194
Setting the Mapping
194
Demultiplexing a DS1 from a DS3 Mapped in a SONET Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only)
197
Demapping a Tributary Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only)
200
Dropping a Tributary Signal
201
Setting the Test Pattern
203
Unequipped Payload Mapping
204
Checking Received Optical Power or Received Peak Voltage
204
Signal Status
204
Viewing Overhead Bytes
205
Viewing Transport Overhead Bytes
205
Viewing Path Overhead Bytes
206
Displaying the J1 Path Trace Message
206
Displaying the V5 Byte
207
Dropping DCC and User Channel Overhead Bytes
207
Controlling the Display Update
210
Setting Tributary Receive Parameters
211
Steps for Setting Parameters
211
Setting the Receive Rate
212
Independent Receive and Transmit Settings
213
Coupling Receive and Transmit Settings
213
Setting the Receive Level
214
Setting the Framing
214
Specifying the Test Pattern
215
Demultiplexing a DS1 from a DS3 Signal
217
Setting Alarms and Inserting Errors
221
Simulating Error Conditions
221
Specifying the Error to Insert
222
Inserting Errors
223
User Defined
223
Table 3-11: Maximum Error Rates for SONET Signals
224
Table 3-12: Maximum Error Rates for Tributary Signals
224
Setting Alarms
225
Simulating Transmit Failures
228
Setting Pointers and Changing Timing
231
Setting Pointers
231
Manual Pointer Control
232
Continuous Pointer Movement
237
Changing Timing
239
Generating Pointer Sequences
241
Table 3-13: Pointer Sequences Generated
243
Table 3-14: Availability of Pointer Sequences
245
Starting Pointer Sequences
246
Table 3-15: Status Lines for Pointer Sequences
250
Testing Automatic Protection Switching
251
Setting the APS Mode
251
Aps Commands
251
Setting the K1 Byte
252
Table 3-16: Choices for Bits 1-4 of the K1 Byte When
253
Setting the K2 Byte
256
Table 3-18: Choices for Bits 5-8 of the K1 Byte
256
Table 3-19: Choices for Bits 1-4 of the K2 Byte
258
Transmitting the K1 and K2 Bytes
260
Viewing the Network Response to APS Commands
262
Viewing Results
263
Viewing a Summary of Results
263
Viewing Detailed Results
264
Displaying an Overview of Test Results
265
Displaying an Analysis of Test Results
267
Viewing Measurement Histories
271
Types of Graphs
272
Elements of the History Graph Display
276
Graph Name
276
History Resolution
276
Power out Indicator
277
Cursor
277
Cursor Position
277
Measurement Results at Cursor Position
277
Zooming History Graphs
278
Panning History Graphs
280
Changing the Displayed History Graph
280
Displaying Mini-Graphs
281
Saving and Recalling Results
282
Saving Test Results to Disk
282
Save Results
282
Recalling Test Results from Disk
284
Deleting Test Results from Disk
285
Recalling Test Results from Memory
286
Printing Results
286
Printing Main Results or Error Analysis
286
Printing History Graphs
288
Changing Instrument Settings
289
Viewing the Instrument Configuration
289
Setting the Display Brightness
290
Misc. Settings
290
Turning the Beeper on and off
291
Setting the Date
292
Setting the Time
292
Changing the Printer Setup
293
Specifying the Printer or File Type
294
Setting RS-232 Parameters
294
Setting the Print User & Company Text
296
Setting Remote Control Parameters
296
Setting the GPIB Address
297
Setting RS-232 Parameters
298
Running Instrument Self Tests
300
Running the Power up Self Test
301
Appendices
303
Appendix A: Menu Maps
305
TEST CONTROL Page
305
RECALL INSTRUMENT SETUPS Page
305
RECALL PASS/FAIL TESTS Page
306
SAVE INSTRUMENT SETUPS Page
306
SAVE PASS/FAIL TESTS Page
307
TRANSMIT SETTINGS Page (1 of 2)
308
TRANSMIT SETTINGS Page (2 of 2)
309
ERRORS & ALARMS Page (1 of 4)
310
ERRORS & ALARMS Page (2 of 4)
311
ERRORS & ALARMS Page (3 of 4)
312
ERRORS & ALARMS Page (4 of 4)
313
POINTERS & TIMING Page (1 of 3)
314
POINTERS & TIMING Page (2 of 3)
315
POINTERS & TIMING Page (3 of 3)
316
APS COMMANDS Page (1 of 3)
317
APS COMMANDS Page (2 of 3)
318
APS COMMANDS Page (3 of 3)
319
TRANSPORT OVERHEAD Page
320
PATH OVERHEAD Page
321
RECEIVE SETTINGS Page (1 of 2)
322
RECEIVE SETTINGS Page (2 of 2)
323
SIGNAL STATUS Page
324
TRANSPORT OVERHEAD Page
324
PATH OVERHEAD Page
325
TEST SUMMARY Page
325
MAIN RESULTS Page
326
ERROR ANALYSIS Page
326
HISTORY GRAPHS Page
327
SAVE RESULTS Page
328
RECALL RESULTS Page
328
MISC SETTINGS Page
328
PRINTER SETUP Page
329
REMOTE CONTROL Page
330
INSTR CONFIG Page
331
SELF TEST Page
331
Appendix B: Status and Error Messages
333
Status Messages
333
Error Messages
335
Appendix C: Default Factory Settings
341
Appendix D: Specifications
343
Appendix E: Incoming Inspection Test
363
Loop-Back Connection
364
How to Proceed
365
System Self Test with External Loop-Back
365
SONET Signals
366
Tributary Signals (Add/Drop/Test Option Only
368
Appendix F: Example Disk Contents
371
Instrument Setups
371
Test Results
371
Pass/Fail Tests
371
Appendix G: Rear-Panel Connectors
373
VGA Video Output
373
GPIB Port
373
External Clock Input
373
External Clock Input
376
Calibration Signal Output
376
Overhead Add/Drop Port
377
BITS Timing Reference Input
379
Appendix H: Changing Optical Port Connectors
381
Cleaning the Optical Ports
381
Changing the Optical Port Connectors
382
Appendix I: Packing for Shipment
385
Glossary and Index
387
Transmit Settings
398
Remote Control
398
Save Results
400
User Defined
409
Test Control
409

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