Ber Test (Test Time- Approximately 20 Minutes) - HP 37718A Installation And Verification Manual

Installation
Self Tests

BER Test (test time- approximately 20 minutes)

These tests perform extensive test of the SDH/SONET Electrical and Optical
Transmit/Receive sections. Note this test is run as part of ALL TESTS with the
exception of Subtest 83, DCC port test.
Subtest Test Function
1 STM-16 MUX/DEMUX Internal Loopback
2-4 STM-0e Pulse Shape
5-8 Basic STM-0o Tx/Rx Test
7-8 Basic STM-1e Tx/Rx Test
9-10 Basic STM-1o Tx/Rx Test
11-12 Basic STM-4o Tx/Rx Test
13-14 Basic STM-16o Tx/Rx Test
15-17 STM-4o Frequency Measurement
18 STM-16o Frequency Measurement
19-20 Clock Reference Source
21-22 Optical Power Measurement
23 Overhead Byte Defaults [part 1]
24 Overhead Byte Defaults [part 2]
25 STM16o J0 Path Trace Message
26 J1 Path Trace Message
27 J2 Path Trace Message
28-35 SDH Error Add[RATE]/Detection
36-44 SDH Single Error Add/Detection
45 STM-16o Entire Frame Error Add/Detect
46 A1A2 Frame Error Add
47-49 PDH Payload Error Add[RATE]/Detection
50-52 PDH Payload Single Error Add/Detection
53-67 Alarm Generation/Detection
68-69 OOF Alarm Generation/Detection
5-4