HP auroraTempo, User Manual

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Physical Testing
Resetting BER Test Results
You can reset the counters to zero while a BER Test is
running.
• Press F6
Reset Results
(or press MENU and select
Reset Results
). The counters are reset.
Injecting Bit Errors
aurora Tempo lets you inject bit errors into the line during a BER
Test.
Injecting Single Bit Errors
Bit errors are sometimes called BERT errors or logic errors.
• Press F2
Inject Bit Error
while a BER Test is running to
inject a single bit error into the transmitted data
stream.
Injecting Multiple Bit Errors
You can automatically inject multiple bit errors at a set rate
into the transmitted data stream while a BER Test is running.
To do this :
• Choose F3
Start Bit Errors
to display a sub-menu of
error rates.
• Highlight a rate at which to inject errors. Press ENTER
to save and exit the sub-menu and start injecting errors
at the specified rate.
• To stop automatically injecting errors, choose F3
Stop
Bit Errors
.