Agilent Technologies 81250 User manual

Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator

User’s Guide

2Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002

Important Notice

Manual Part Number

5988-5231EN

Revision

Revision 5.0, November 2002

Printed in Germany

Agilent Technologies

Herrenberger Straße 130

D-71034 Böblingen

Germany

Authors: t3 medien GmbH

Warranty

The material contained in this document is

provided "as is," and is subject to being changed,

without notice, in future editions. Further, to the

maximum extent permitted by applicable law,

Agilent disclaims all warranties, either express or

implied, with regard to this manual and any

information contained herein, including but not

limited to the implied warranties of

merchantability and fitness for a particular

purpose. Agilent shall not be liable for errors or

for incidental or consequential damages in

connection with the furnishing, use, or

performance of this document or of any

information contained herein. Should Agilent and

the user have a separate written agreement with

warranty terms covering the material in this

document that conflict with these terms, the

warranty terms in the separate agreement shall

control.

Technology Licenses

The hardware and/or software described in this

document are furnished under a license and may

be used or copied only in accordance with the

terms of such license.

Restricted Rights Legend

If software is for use in the performance of a U.S.

Government prime contract or subcontract,

Software is delivered and licensed as

"Commercial computer software" as defined in

DFAR 252.227-7014 (June 1995), or as a

"commercial item" as defined in FAR 2.101(a) or

as "Restricted computer software" as defined in

FAR 52.227-19 (June 1987) or any equivalent

agency regulation or contract clause. Use,

duplication or disclosure of Software is subject to

Agilent Technologies' standard commercial

license terms, and non-DOD Departments and

Agencies of the U.S. Government will receive no

greater than Restricted Rights as defined in FAR

52.227-19(c)(1-2) (June 1987). U.S. Government

users will receive no greater than Limited Rights

as defined in FAR 52.227-14 (June 1987) or DFAR

252.227-7015 (b)(2) (November 1995), as

applicable in any technical data.

Safety Notices

CAUTION

A CAUTION notice denotes a hazard. It calls

attention to an operating procedure, practice, or

the like that, if not correctly performed or adhered

to, could result in damage to the product or loss

of important data. Do not proceed beyond a

CAUTION notice until the indicated conditions

are fully understood and met.

WARNING

A WARNING notice denotes a hazard. It calls

attention to an operating procedure, practice, or

the like that, if not correctly performed or adhered

to, could result in personal injury or death. Do not

proceed beyond a WARNING notice until the

indicated conditions are fully understood and

met.

Trademarks

Windows NT ® and MS Windows ® are U.S.

registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002 3

Contents

Introduction to the Frame Generator 5

What the Frame Generator Does 5

Installing the Software 5

Using the Frame Generator 7

Generating Frame Files 8

Importing Frames into ParBERT 9

Editing Frame Files 9

Selecting the Files to be Generated 11

Converting Frame Files 12

How the Frame Generator Works 13

How Frames are Generated 13

BIP Coding 14

Payload Details 15

SONET Path Overhead and SDH HP Overhead Details 16

SONET Line Overhead and SDH MS Overhead Details 17

SONET Section Overhead and SDH RS Overhead Details 18

CMI Coding 20

Synchronizing Pattern 20

Graphical User Interface Reference 23

Settings Area 24

Menus 27

File Menu 27

View Menu 28

Help Menu 28

Tool Bar 28

Status Bar 29

Contents

4Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002

Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002 5

Introduction to the Frame Generator

The SONET/SDH Frame Generator (referred to as the Frame

Generator) is a software application for generating SONET and SDH

frames for Par ERT.

What the Frame Generator Does

The Frame Generator allows one or more structured patterns (also

known as frames) to be specified and generated for SONET testing by

Par ERT. It provides you with a graphical user interface (GUI) for

entering basic frame patterns, and lets you modify (manually) the

resulting frame files.

See “Using the Frame Generator” on page 7 for more information on

how to use the frame generator.

Installing the Software

The Frame Generator is part of the Par ERT installation. If you would

like to install the Frame Generator on another computer (for example,

to generate and edit frame files on a laptop), use the normal Par ERT

installation CD, and select only the Frame Generator installation.

Introduction to the Frame Generator Installing the Software

6Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002

Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002 7

Using the Frame Generator

This topic provides a short overview of what you have to do to

generate frames for use in Par ERT.

The following figure provides an overview of the workflow.

Figure 1 SONET Workflow

The following steps have to be performed to generate SONET frames

for Par ERT:

1. If not all files are needed, the files to be generated can be selected.

The dialog box for this is opened over File -> Generation Setting.

y default, all files are selected.

See “Selecting the Files to be Generated” on page 11 for details.

Set up pattern in GUI

Generate frame file

Edit frame file

Generate frame file

and segment files

Generate segment

files

Import segment files

into ParBERT

Define files to be

generated

Using the Frame Generator Generating Frame Files

8Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002

2. The settings for the frames to be generated are made on the GUI.

See “How Frames are Generated” on page 13 for information about

the Frame Generator.

3. The selected files are generated by selecting the File Save Menu

button

This opens the Save as dialog box, where you can select the file

name and path for the files to be generated.

See “Generating Frame Files” on page 8 for details.

4. Import the files into Par ERT.

See “Importing Frames into ParBERT” on page 9 for more

information.

In case the frames have to be modified, the following must be done:

5. The frame files are edited. Any text editor can be used for this (that

can handle the size), such as WordPad.

“Editing Frame Files” on page 9 provides notes about what should

be considered when editing frame files.

6. The segment files are generated from the frame files by selecting

File -> Convert Frame(s).

This generates the necessary segment files for the Par ERT

analyzer and generator.

See “Converting Frame Files” on page 12 for more information.

You can then import these files to Par ERT.

Generating Frame Files

The GUI provides various fields for configuring the patterns. See

“Graphical User Interface Reference” on page 23 for information

about the various GUI elements.

It is recommended to read “How Frames are Generated” on page 13.

Here you can find information about SONET frames, and how the

various frame sections are manipulated.

When you have made your settings, select File -> Save as, click File

Save Menu, or click the Save File button. This opens up the Save As

dialog box, where you can select the file path and name.

Importing Frames into ParBERT Using the Frame Generator

Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002 9

Importing Frames into ParBERT

When the frames have been generated, they have to be imported to

Par ERT, where SONET tests can then be carried out.

Editing Frame Files

The Frame Generator allows one or more structured patterns (or

frames) to be specified and generated. The pattern is written into a

frame file and/or segment file. The segment file can be imported into

the Par ERT.

The following is an example of the start of an *.hfm file.

#Col. Rows of OC-3 Rows of ignore_flags

# R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C1.1 f6 0 ff 6a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C1.2 f6 0 55 6a 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C1.3 f6 0 aa 6a 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C2.1 28 0 aa a 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C2.2 28 0 55 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C2.3 28 0 f0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C3.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C3.2 1 df 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C3.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C4.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C4.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C4.3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C5.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C6.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Using the Frame Generator Editing Frame Files

10 Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator, November 2002

C7.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C7.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------

C8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C8.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C8.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

These files can be edited by any editor as text file. For better

recognition of the relevant lines, each line begins with a counter with

the format C<column>.<sts-nr>.

Please note the following when you edit frame files:

• It is recommended only to edit patterns that have not been

scrambled. Otherwise, the changed bytes have to be scrambled

manually.

• “#” comments out a line (you can add any number of comment

lines).

• Do not edit parity bytes. When frame files are converted, all parity

bytes are recalculated. Any changes you made to parity bytes are

lost.

• The synchronizing pattern in row 3, column 1 to 6 may be edited.

However, there may be problems if this pattern is not unique within

the frame.

Other manuals for 81250

Table of contents

Other Agilent Technologies Test Equipment manuals

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 54522A User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 54810A User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Infiniium 80000 Series User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 1153A Troubleshooting guide

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies E4406A VSA Series Manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Medalist x6000 Specifications

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 86100A How to use

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 93000 SOC Series Installation guide

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Infiniium DCA Manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 5000 Series User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies PHD-4 User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 2000 X-Series User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 16047A Operation manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 6000 Series User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 11644A Series Manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 81250 User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series Manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 16452A Operation manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Infinium DCA 86100A User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Infiniium 90000 A User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X- Series Setup guide

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 5530 User manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 3000 Series Manual

Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies 1000A Series User manual

Popular Test Equipment manuals by other brands

SMART

SMART KANAAD SBT XTREME 3G Series user manual

Vernier

Vernier Go Direct Voltage manual

Lifeloc

Lifeloc R.A.D.A.R. quick start guide

Fluke

Fluke T5-600 Service information

Mercury

Mercury TSL01 user manual

MAHA

MAHA MBT Series Original operating instructions

Fuji Electric

Fuji Electric P-61 instruction manual

ETC

ETC SealerAtor user manual

Skyfine

Skyfine ETHYWAY V2 user manual

Appion

Appion G5 Twin Operation manual

PCB Piezotronics

PCB Piezotronics 8159-0112A Installation and operating manual

BW Technologies

BW Technologies MicroDock II user manual

Sun Nuclear

Sun Nuclear 1027 user guide

Biomark

Biomark HPR LITE READER user manual

Hioki

Hioki 3169-20 instruction manual

Ashcroft

Ashcroft ATE-100 operating manual

Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz RTA4000 user manual

Ritmix

Ritmix RAT-701 user manual