Tektronix 071-0855-05 user manual Signal Monitor Menus, Receiver Transport Overhead

Operating Basics: User Interface

Signal Monitor Menus

When Signal Monitor is selected from the Navigation window, icons for all loaded Receiver modules are displayed. The Signal Monitor menu provides separate configuration control over each receiver by these individual icons.

If an Rx icon is clicked, the Receiver signal monitor menu is displayed. This menu contains four separate menu screens; each selected by a tab. These tabs, Transport Overhead, Path Overhead, K1,K2 Decode, and Payload, each display an aspect of the Signal Monitor function.

Receiver – Transport Overhead

The transport overhead menu, as shown in Figure 2-33, displays the current activity of the transport overhead as monitored by the selected receiver. The Section Trace (J0) and the S1 Synchronization Status provide additional information received.

Figure 2-33: Signal Monitor – Transport Overhead

The Transport Overhead section displays the overhead for the selected STM-1/STS-3. The information presented on the screen is constantly updated. To suspend the update, click the Pause Update button. The button will change to a Resume Update button and will say “PAUSED” beside it, as shown in Figure 2-34. The display will not be updated again until the Resume Update button is clicked.

NOTE: Pausing the update only suspends the local display updates, the OTS9100 is still capturing data.

NOTE: The title at the top of the menu reflects the overhead in the mode of the selected receiver, not the notation selected through the options menu.

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