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Alarm generation – EXFO FTB-8100 Series Transport Blazer for FTB-200 User Manual

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SONET Tabs

SONET/SDH Application

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Line TX (SONET)

For Manual method:

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Amount: Select the amount of manual error to be generated. Choices
are 1 through 50. The default setting is 1.

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Send button: Press Send to manually generate error(s) according to
the Error Type and the Amount of Errors selected.

For Rate method:

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Rate: Select the injection rate for the selected error. The rate must be
within the minimum and maximum values specified.

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Continuous: Generates the selected error to its theoretical maximum
rate when the Continuous check box is selected. The Continuous
check box is cleared by default.

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On/Off button: The On/Off button is used to activate/deactivate the
selected error at the rate specified or at its theoretical maximum rate
when the Continuous check box is selected. This setting is disabled
(Off) by default.

Alarm Generation

Allows Continuous alarm generation method.

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Type

AIS-L (Alarm Indication Signal - Line): Generates a SONET signal that
contains a valid Section Overthead (SOH) and an all-ones pattern on
the SPE.

RDI-L (Remote Defect Indication - Line): Generates a “110” pattern for
the bits 6, 7 and 8 of the K2 byte.

The default setting is AIS-L

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On/Off button: The On/Off button is used to activate/deactivate the
selected alarm. This setting is disabled (Off) by default.