EXFO FTB-8100 Series Transport Blazer for FTB-200 - Manual (Page 349)

BERT Tabs
SONET/SDH Application 337
Pattern TX
Error Injection
Allows selection and configuration of a manual or automated pattern error
that will be generated.
Type: The only available type of pattern error is Bit Error.
Amount: Select the amount of error to be generated. Choices are 1 through
50. The default setting is 1.
Send button: Press Send to manually generate the pattern error according
to the pattern error type and the amount.
Rate: Press the Rate field to select the rate for the selected pattern error.
The rate must be within the minimum and maximum values specified.
Continuous: Generates the selected error to its theoretical maximum
when the Continuous check box is selected while the On/Off button is
enabled (On). The Continuous check box is cleared by default.
On/Off button: The On/Off button is used to activate/deactivate the
selected automated pattern 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.
Note: Manual and Automated error injection can run simultaneously.