User's Manual
Table of Contents
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CTS 710 SONET Test Set User Manual
Mapping a Tributary Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only) 3–72. . . 
Mapping a Tributary with VT1.5 Floating Async Payload 
Mapping 3–72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Test Pattern 3–75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting Overhead Bytes 3–77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
How to Edit an Overhead Byte 3–77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Editing the V5 Byte 3–80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Bytes You Cannot Edit 3–81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Editing the J1 Path Trace Byte 3–82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Adding DCC and User Channel Overhead Bytes 3–84. . . . . . . . 
Setting Tributary Signal Transmit Parameters 3–89. . . . . . . . . . 
Steps for Setting Parameters 3–89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Transmit Rate 3–90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Independent Transmit and Receive Settings 3–90. . . . . . . . . . . . 
Coupling Transmit and Receive Settings 3–90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Transmit Clock 3–92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Line Clock Offset 3–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Transmit Line Code 3–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Specifying the Framing 3–94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Specifying the Test Pattern 3–96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting SONET Receive Parameters 3–99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Steps for Setting Parameters 3–99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Receive Rate 3–100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Independent Receive and Transmit Settings 3–101. . . . . . . . . . . . 
Coupling Receive and Transmit Settings 3–101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Receive Level 3–103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Signal Structure 3–103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Specifying Which STS to Test 3–104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Mapping 3–104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Demultiplexing a DS1 from a DS3 Mapped in a SONET Signal
(Add/Drop/Test Option Only) 3–107. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Demapping a Tributary Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only) 3–110. 
Dropping a Tributary Signal 3–111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Test Pattern 3–113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Unequipped Payload Mapping 3–114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Checking Received Optical Power or Received Peak Voltage 3–114. 
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CTS 710 SONET Test Set User Manual
Mapping a Tributary Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only) 3–72. . . 
Mapping a Tributary with VT1.5 Floating Async Payload 
Mapping 3–72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Test Pattern 3–75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting Overhead Bytes 3–77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
How to Edit an Overhead Byte 3–77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Editing the V5 Byte 3–80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Bytes You Cannot Edit 3–81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Editing the J1 Path Trace Byte 3–82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Adding DCC and User Channel Overhead Bytes 3–84. . . . . . . . 
Setting Tributary Signal Transmit Parameters 3–89. . . . . . . . . . 
Steps for Setting Parameters 3–89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Transmit Rate 3–90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Independent Transmit and Receive Settings 3–90. . . . . . . . . . . . 
Coupling Transmit and Receive Settings 3–90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Transmit Clock 3–92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Line Clock Offset 3–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Transmit Line Code 3–93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Specifying the Framing 3–94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Specifying the Test Pattern 3–96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting SONET Receive Parameters 3–99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Steps for Setting Parameters 3–99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Receive Rate 3–100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Independent Receive and Transmit Settings 3–101. . . . . . . . . . . . 
Coupling Receive and Transmit Settings 3–101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Receive Level 3–103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Signal Structure 3–103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Specifying Which STS to Test 3–104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Mapping 3–104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Demultiplexing a DS1 from a DS3 Mapped in a SONET Signal
(Add/Drop/Test Option Only) 3–107. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Demapping a Tributary Signal (Add/Drop/Test Option Only) 3–110. 
Dropping a Tributary Signal 3–111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Setting the Test Pattern 3–113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Unequipped Payload Mapping 3–114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Checking Received Optical Power or Received Peak Voltage 3–114. 










