EXFO Power Blazer 88200NGE, User Manual

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Test Results
Power Blazer
457
Alarms/Errors Overview
Section/Line / RS/MS
Alarms

LOF-S
(Loss Of Frame - Section) - SONET
RS-LOF (Regeneration Section - Loss Of Frame) - SDH
RX
: A SEF (SONET)/RS-OOF (SDH) defect on the incoming optical
signal persists for at least 3 milliseconds.
TX
: Generates non-valid framing bytes (A1 and A2).

SEF (Severely Errored Framing) - SONET.
RS-OOF
(Regeneration Section - Out-Of-Frame) - SDH.
RX : A minimum of four consecutive errored framing patterns are
received.
TX : Generates four consecutive errored framing patterns.

TIM-S
(Trace Identifier Mismatch - Section) - SONET
RS-TIM (Regeneration Section - Trace Identifier Mismatch) - SDH
RX
: The received J0 Trace doesn’t match the expected message value.
Only available when Enable TIM-S/RS-TIM check box is selected (refer
to
Traces (SONET/SDH)
on page 374).

AIS-L (Alarm Indication Signal - Line) - SONET
MS-AIS
(Multiplex Section - Alarm Indication Signal) - SDH
RX : Bits 6, 7 and 8 of the K2 byte contain the “111” pattern in five
consecutive frames.
TX : Generates a SONET/SDH signal that contains a valid Section
Overhead (SOH) / Regenerator Section Overthead (RSOH) and an
all-ones pattern on the SPE.