
LCD Menus and Displays
ST112 SONET Transmission Test Set
3–23
generate an incremental change in pointer value. Changing the pointer value incrementally will
not generate a NDF (new data flag) in the V1 and V2 bytes.
Alarm Generation Menus, Transmitter
Figure 3–26 Alarm Generation Menus, Transmitter
The transmitter ALARM key is used to select one of the following alarm menus shown in Figure
3–26: LOSS OF SIGNAL (LOS), ERRORED FRAME, LINE RDI (FERF), LINE AIS, PATH
AIS, PATH-RDI, LOSS OF SPE POINTER, OUT OF RANGE SPE POINTER, VT PATH AIS,
VT PATH-RDI, and LOSS OF VT POINTER. The alarm conditions are defined in the Bellcore
GR-253-CORE standard.
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LOSS OF SIGNAL: can be set to occur for a specified amount of time and will be injected
each time that the ENTER key is pressed. Use the left and right arrow keys to move the
cursor, and the INC and DEC keys to increase or decrease the LOS time from 1 to 150
microseconds. Moving the cursor to any of the three digits (100 in this example) and holding
the INC or DEC key will cause the numerical value to scroll. Releasing the INC or DEC key,
or reaching the limit, will stop the scroll.
Each of the other alarm menus have the following parameters (The alarm
Loss of the SPE
Pointer
only has the OFF and CONT (continuous) conditions):
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OFF: The alarm is disabled.
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CONT: Turns the alarm condition on continuously, generating a hard failure. Use the right
arrow key to move the cursor to CONT and the enter key to activate the alarm. Then use the
left arrow key to move the cursor back to OFF and the enter key to turn the alarm off. Using
the alarm key to leave the menu will not turn the alarm off. Additional alarms can be
activated at the same time, simulating multiple failures.
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