HP 37717C
Communications
Performance Analyzer
Quick Start
Guide
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First edition, 03/98
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Quick Start Guide
HP 37717C Communications
Performance Analyzer
About This Book
The Quick Start Guide demonstrates the basic operation of the instrument.
This guide tells you how to select the displays that you want and how to use them to modify
the instrument functions.
This guide also tells you about the front panel key functions, the indicators and the
connectors.
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Contents
Introduction to the 37717C Front Panel 7
Selecting Displays 8
Selecting Multiple or Single Windows 9
Moving Around Multiple Windows 10
Selecting the Graph or Other Display in Multiple Windows 11
Changing the Displayed Folder 13
Changing the Instrument Settings 14
Modifying Displays with Pop-up Menus 16
Making Selections using Pictorial and Graphic Displays. 20
Using with a Monitor 24
Using the Other Front Panel Keys 25
Monitoring Status 27
Displaying Status History 27
General Alarm Indicators 28
PDH / DSn Alarm Indicators 28
ATM Alarm Indicators 28
Jitter Alarm Indicators 28
SDH Alarm Indicators 29
SONET Alarm Indicators (Option 120) 29
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Contents
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Getting Started
This chapter shows you how to select and
change displays
Getting Started
Getting Started shows you how to select displays and use them to change
the instrument settings. Getting started includes the following:
• How to select single or multiple windows
• How to obtain the required display using the display select keys,
TRANSMIT RECEIVE
• How to modify the display information, using and
and the display softkeys or pop-up menus
• How to use the other front panel keys
• How to interpret the front panel status indicators
• How to connect to external equipment
; ; ; ;
RESULTS GRAPH OTHER
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Getting Started
Introduction to the 37717C Front Panel
Introduction to the 37717C Front Panel
Received signal
Select display
TRANSMIT
RECEIVE
RESULTS
GRAPH
OTHER
Start/ stop test
RUN/
STOP
and alarm condition
LOS
PATTERN LOSS
ERRORS
AIS
FRAME LOSS
M/F LOSS
REMOTE ALARM
REMOTE M/F ALARM
VP ALARM
VC ALARM
LOSS OF CELL SYNC
SELECTED CELL NOT RX
JITTER UNLOCK
JITTER HITS
PDH/DSn
ATM
FRAME LOSS
LOSS OF POINTER
MS-AIS
AU-AIS
CLOCK LOSS
MS-RDI
HP-RDI
TU-AIS
LP-RDI
POINTER ADJUST
HISTORY
SHOW
HISTORY
SDH/SONET
RESET
HISTORY
Manual printer/
logging controls
PRINT
Control
pop up menu
SET
CANCEL
Move cursor
PAPER
FEED NOW
The operator interface is provided by the display and the front panel
keys.
The display may be multiple windows or a single window.
When the display is multiple windows, the "active" window is indicated
with a color which is different from the color of the three "inactive"
windows.
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Getting Started
Selecting Displays
Selecting Displays
A multiple window display is available. The displayed pages are:
Transmitter Output, Receiver Input, Results and either Graph or Other
(Function).
TRANSMIT
RECEIVE
RESULTS
GRAPH
OTHER
Allows control of the settings associated with the generated signal.
Allows control of the settings associated with the received signal.
Allows control of the test timing and graph storage and displays the
selected measurement results.
Allows management of the stored graphical results.
Allows control of Stored Settings, Settings Control, Floppy Disk,
Logging, Remote Control, Time & Date, Miscellaneous (Keyboard Lock,
Beep on Received Error, Suspend Test on Signal Loss), Option and
Option Enable, Calibration, Autosetup and Color Control.
A list of Options fitted is also displayed.
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Getting Started
Selecting Displays
Selecting Multiple or Single Windows
To select single window, use the display keys ;;
RESULTS GRAPH OTHER
then press .
Most examples in this manual use SINGLE window. To return to
multiple windows, press .
Example: To obtain a single window transmit display, Use to
make the transmit window active.
;
SINGLE WINDOW
and , to select the display required and
MULTIPLE WINDOW
TRANSMIT RECEIVE
TRANSMIT
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Getting Started
Selecting Displays
Use to obtain a
SINGLE WINDOW
single transmit window display
To change the page displayed in
the single window, press the page
key for the page required (e.g.
RECEIVE, RESULTS, GRAPH or
OTHER) .
When returning to multiple
windows, the current single
window display will become the
active display within the multiple
windows.
Moving Around Multiple Windows
To move the cursor to another of the displayed windows, press the
display selection key for that window.
Example: The cursor is in the TRANSMITTER OUTPUT window at the
top left of the display.
.
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