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Selecting Test Features - SONET Operation
Generating Overhead Sequences
Generating Overhead Sequences
Description
You may insert a sequence of patterns into a functional group of overhead bytes for
testing or troubleshooting purposes.
HOW TO:
1
Set up the SONET transmit interface and payload required. See “Setting Transmit
Interface” page 60.
2
Select
, SONET, SEQUENCES as shown above.
3
Choose the type of sequence required.
SINGLE RUN - runs the sequence once and then stops.
REPEAT RUN - runs the sequence repeatedly until STOPPED is chosen.
4
Choose the overhead type as required.
SOH- Section Overhead
LOH- Line Overhead
POH - Path Overhead
5
Choose the byte or bytes of overhead required.
6
Set up the required number of data patterns and the number of frames in which
each data pattern should appear.
Your sequence is derived from up to 5 blocks of hexadecimal data. Each block
can be transmitted in up to 64,000 frames.
The data and the number of frames are set using
.
TEST FUNCTION
DECREASE DIGIT
INCREASE DIGIT
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