User's Manual

Chapter 4 Basic Testing
Step 4: Starting the test
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Table 3 lists some common Action buttons.
Restarting a
test
To restart a test
– Select the Restart button.
The unit clears your test results, and then the test restarts.
Stopping a test
When you stop a test, test results immediately stop accumu-
lating, but remain on the display until you start the test again.
To stop a test
– Select the START/STOP button.
The test stops. To start the test again, you must press the
START/STOP button.
Table 3 Action buttons
Button Action
Laser On/Off
a
Turns the laser on or off when testing optical rates.
Insert Error/Anomaly Inserts an error (anomaly) into the transmitted traffic.
Insert Alarm/Defect Inserts an alarm (defect) into the transmitted traffic.
Start Traffic/Stop Traffic Starts or stops transmission of Ethernet, IP, TCP/UDP, or
GFP traffic over the circuit.
a. You can optionally configure optical standard Ethernet applications to automatically transmit traf-
fic after you turn the laser ON.
NOTE:
If you scheduled a timed test, the test stops automatically
after running for the duration you specified.