Finisar Surveyor manual

Surveyor

User’s Guide

!Caution

Repeating frames using the transmission mode feature is a function implemented in software; there is a time gap of about 50ms between each transmission of the entire specification. Use Repeat Frames ‘n’ Times or Bursts where timing issues are critical when sending frames for these devices.

Ways of repeating frames can be used together. For example, assume the following two streams are defined:

Stream 1; packet gap=100msec, burst count=4, burst gap=4msec,

repeat frame 2 times

Stream 2; packet gap=200msec, no burst

The example results in the following:

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 100msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 100msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 100msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 104msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 100msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 100msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 100msec

Transmit Stream 1

Wait 104msec

Transmit Stream 2

Wait 200msec

If the transmission mode is set to continuous, the entire sequence above is repeated until the module is stopped.

The Repeat Stream field sets how many times to repeat the current stream. For example, if the Repeat Stream field is set to a value of 8, the current stream would be sent 8 times before the next stream in the Transmit Specification is sent.

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