Test controls – EXFO FTB-8500 Series for FTB-200 User Manual
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Introducing the Smart User Interface
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FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE
Global Test Status and Controls
Note: The history and current alarm/error status are monitored once the test is
started.
Verdict: Gives the verdict, PASS (green background) or FAIL (red
background) of the test according to the defined threshold settings.
Verdict is only displayed with EtherSAM, RFC 2544, and BERT tests. For
RFC 2544 and BERT tests, at least one of the Enable criteria check
boxes must be selected. Refer to EtherSAM Tabs on page 279 or to
Expert Mode Tabs on page 323 (RFC 2544 and BERT tests) for more
information.
The test timer indicates the time elapsed since the beginning of the
test. The test timer format is day hour:minute:second.
Test Controls
Button
Description
Start: Starts the test. Start is available when the test is created and not running.
Stop
a
: Stops the test.
H. Reset
a
: Resets the history (H) alarm and error LEDs.
Reset
a
: Resets counters (seconds, count, and rate), test timer and both history
(H) and current (C) LEDs for the entire test case. Also resets the logger.
Report (FTB-200 v2): Generates a report of the current test and allows to view
saved reports. See Test Report Generation on page 46 for more information.
Summary: Gives access to the alarm summary, test summary, and logger tabs.
Refer to Summary Tabs on page 109 for more information.
Setup: Gives access to the Test Setup window to create the test by selecting
and configuring each node of the test path. Refer to Introducing the Test Setup
on page 63 for more information.
Favorites
b
: Provides access to 10 default or customer defined test case
configurations. See Favorites on page 44 for more information.