Agilent 37718A Quick Start Guide

HP OmniBER 718/719

HP 37718A
HP 37719A
Quick Start
Guide

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HP Part No.
37718-90058

First edition, 12/98
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Quick Start Guide

HP OmniBER 718/719

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

Introducing the HP 37718A/19A Front Panel 7
Selecting Displays 8

Selecting Multiple or Single Windows 9
Moving Around Multiple Windows 10
Changing the Displayed Folder 11

Changing the Instrument Settings 12

Pop-up Menu Selection 13
Pop-Up Keypad 13

Making Selections with Pictorial & Graphic Displays 14

Transmitter Output SDH Payload Mapping 14

Using with a Monitor 15
Using the Other Front Panel Keys 16
Monitoring Status 18

Displaying Status History (Option 002 shown above) 18
General Alarm Indicators 19
PDH / DSn Alarm Indicators 19
SDH Alarm Indicators 19
SONET Alarm Indicators 20

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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 howtoselectdisplays 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

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RESULTS GRAPH OTHER

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Getting Started

Introducing the HP 37718A/19A Front Panel

Introducing the HP 37718A/19A Front
Panel

Front panel keys and a display provide the operator interface to the
HP 37718A/19A.

The display has two states, multiple (four), or a single window.
In the multiple window state, the active window is indicated by a

different color to the three inactive windows.

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