User's Manual

Chapter 2 Getting Started
Navigating the user interface
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You can collapse and expand an LED panel by tapping the
panel name (for example, SONET).
For descriptions of each of the LEDs, refer to the Test Results
chapter in the testing manual that shipped with your instru-
ment.
Current and
history LEDs
The round LEDs on the inside column provide the current
state of the key event; the square LEDs on the outside column
provide the historical state (in other words, the event occurred
in the past).
LED colors Green LEDs indicate an event occurred as expected, yellow
LEDs indicate that an event occurred that warrants additional
investigation, and red LEDs indicate that an error (anomaly)
or alarm (defect) has occurred.
LEDs for muxed
payloads
When testing muxed payloads, panels appear for each of the
payloads (in addition to the LEDs for the interface rate). For
example, if you are testing an E1 BERT payload carried in a
DS3 signal, a DS3 panel and a E1 panel appear.
10 Gigabit
Ethernet WAN
LEDs
When testing 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN circuits, a SONET or
SDH panel and an Ethernet panel appear.
Actions Panel After you select a test application (using the Test menu), an
Actions Panel appears at the bottom of the screen that
provides tabs with the buttons required to perform your test.
The buttons available vary depending on the test application
you select. For example, buttons may appear that allow you
to start and stop transmitting Ethernet traffic, start and stop a
local loopback, or, if you selected a SONET application, allow
you to specify error (anomaly), alarm (defect), and pointer
parameters for the test.