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Line oh tx/rx (sonet), Line overhead – EXFO FTB-8100 Series Transport Blazer for FTB-200 User Manual

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FTB-8100 Series Transport Blazer

Line OH TX/RX (SONET)

Line OH TX/RX (SONET)

The Line OH TX allows changing the line overhead information to be
transmitted while the Line OH RX allows verification of the line overhead
information received.

Press Main, Test, SONET, Line, and OH TX/RX.

Line Overhead

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Timeslot: Select the timeslot number that will be used for the test.

Choices are 1 to 3, 12, 48, or 192 depending on the OC-N interface
selected. The default setting is 1.

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Binary: Allows either displaying all overhead values in binary (when
the Binary check box is selected) or hexadecimal (when the Binary
check box is cleared). This Binary check box is cleared by default.

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H1 and H2: Pointer

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H3: Pointer Action

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B2: BIP-8

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K1 and K2: Automatic Protection Switching (APS)

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D4 through D12: Data Communications Channel (DCC)