EXFO FTB-8100 Series Transport Blazer for FTB-200 - Manual (Page 207)

SONET Tabs
SONET/SDH Application 195
HOP TX (SONET)
Alarm Generation
Allows Continuous alarm generation method.
Type
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AIS-P (Alarm Indication Signal - Path): Generates an all-ones pattern
over H1, H2, H3, and SPE.
³
RDI-P (Remote Defect Indication - Path): Generates a “100” pattern for
bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte.
³
ERDI-PSD (Enhanced RDI - Path Server Defect): Generates a “101”
pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte.
³
ERDI-PCD (Enhanced RDI - Path Connectivity Defect): Generates a
“110” pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte.
³
ERDI-PPD (Enhanced RDI - Path Payload Defect): Generates a “010”
pattern for bits 5, 6 and 7 of the G1 byte.
³
LOM (Loss Of Multiframe): Generates a wrong H4 byte multiframe
indicator sequence.
³
LOP-P (Loss Of Pointer - Path): Generates a non-valid pointer.
³
PDI-P (Payload Defect Indication - Path): For VT-structured STS-1 SPE,
generates a VT-structured STS-1 SPE with payload defect. For
non-VT-structured STS-1 or STS-Nc SPE, generates a payload defect by
inserting the hexadecimal FC code in the C2 byte.
³
UNEQ-P (Unequipped - Path): Generates an all-zeros pattern over POH
and SPE.
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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.