Appendix D: Specifications
CTS 710 SONET Test Set User Manual
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Table D–2: Option 22 DS1/DS3/VT1.5 Capabilities (Cont.)
Characteristic Description
Periodic pointer adjustment
– continuous pattern
– continuous pattern
– continuous pattern with cancellation of one
pointer
– continuous pattern with added pointer
Pointer Direction Positive or Negative
Initialization Period On or Off
Thirty second burst of 1 pointer per second in the
same direction as the selected test.
Cool Down Period On or Off
This will last at least 60 seconds.
Measurements
DS1 Error Count, Error Rate and
Error seconds for
Frame Bit
CRC-6 (ESF only)
Pattern Bit
DS3 Error Count, Error Rate and
Error seconds for
Frame Bit
P Parity Bit (M13 framing only)
C Parity Bit (C-Bit parity only)
Pattern Bit
VT1.5 Error Count, Error Rate and
Error seconds for
VT BIP-2
VT FEBE
DS1 Alarm and Failure Seconds for AIS
Yellow
Loss of Pattern Sync
Loss of Frame
Loss of Signal
DS3 Alarm and Failure Seconds for AIS (DS3 Blue)
Yellow (DS3 FERF)
Idle
Loss of Pattern Sync
Loss of Frame
Loss of Signal
VT1.5 Alarm and Failure Seconds for VT AIS
VT FERF
VT Loss of Pointer
VT Loss of Multiframe
Appendix D: Specifications
CTS 710 SONET Test Set User Manual
D–15
Table D–2: Option 22 DS1/DS3/VT1.5 Capabilities (Cont.)
Characteristic Description
Periodic pointer adjustment
– continuous pattern
– continuous pattern
– continuous pattern with cancellation of one
pointer
– continuous pattern with added pointer
Pointer Direction Positive or Negative
Initialization Period On or Off
Thirty second burst of 1 pointer per second in the
same direction as the selected test.
Cool Down Period On or Off
This will last at least 60 seconds.
Measurements
DS1 Error Count, Error Rate and
Error seconds for
Frame Bit
CRC-6 (ESF only)
Pattern Bit
DS3 Error Count, Error Rate and
Error seconds for
Frame Bit
P Parity Bit (M13 framing only)
C Parity Bit (C-Bit parity only)
Pattern Bit
VT1.5 Error Count, Error Rate and
Error seconds for
VT BIP-2
VT FEBE
DS1 Alarm and Failure Seconds for AIS
Yellow
Loss of Pattern Sync
Loss of Frame
Loss of Signal
DS3 Alarm and Failure Seconds for AIS (DS3 Blue)
Yellow (DS3 FERF)
Idle
Loss of Pattern Sync
Loss of Frame
Loss of Signal
VT1.5 Alarm and Failure Seconds for VT AIS
VT FERF
VT Loss of Pointer
VT Loss of Multiframe