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Introduction to the Frame Generator
The SONET/SDH Frame Generator (referred to as the Frame
Generator) is a software application for generating SONET and SDH
frames for ParBERT.
What the Frame Generator Does
The Frame Generator allows one or more structured patterns (also
known as frames) to be specified and generated for SONET testing by
ParBERT. It provides you with a graphical user interface (GUI) for
entering basic frame patterns, and lets you modify (manually) the
resulting frame files.
how to use the frame generator.
Installing the Software
The Frame Generator is part of the ParBERT installation. If you would
like to install the Frame Generator on another computer (for example,
to generate and edit frame files on a laptop), use the normal ParBERT
installation CD, and select only the Frame Generator installation.
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Introduction to the Frame Generator
Installing the Software
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Using the Frame Generator
This topic provides a short overview of what you have to do to
generate frames for use in ParBERT.
The following figure provides an overview of the workflow.
Define files to be
generated
Set up pattern in GUI
Generateframefile
Generateframefile
Edit framefile
and segment files
Generate segment
files
Import segment files
intoParBERT
Figure 1 SONET Workflow
The following steps have to be performed to generate SONET frames
for ParBERT:
1. If not all files are needed, the files to be generated can be selected.
The dialog box for this is opened over File -> Generation Setting.
By default, all files are selected.
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Using the Frame Generator
Generating Frame Files
2. The settings for the frames to be generated are made on the GUI.
the Frame Generator.
3. The selected files are generated by selecting the File Save Menu
button.
This opens the Save as dialog box, where you can select the file
name and path for the files to be generated.
4. Import the files into ParBERT.
information.
In case the frames have to be modified, the following must be done:
5. The frame files are edited. Any text editor can be used for this (that
can handle the size), such as WordPad.
“Editing Frame Files” on page 9 provides notes about what should
be considered when editing frame files.
6. The segment files are generated from the frame files by selecting
File -> Convert Frame(s).
This generates the necessary segment files for the ParBERT
analyzer and generator.
You can then import these files to ParBERT.
Generating Frame Files
The GUI provides various fields for configuring the patterns. See
“Graphical User Interface Reference” on page 23 for information
about the various GUI elements.
Here you can find information about SONET frames, and how the
various frame sections are manipulated.
When you have made your settings, select File -> Save as, click File
Save Menu, or click the Save File button. This opens up the Save As
dialog box, where you can select the file path and name.
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Importing Frames into ParBERT
Using the Frame Generator
Importing Frames into ParBERT
When the frames have been generated, they have to be imported to
ParBERT, where SONET tests can then be carried out.
Editing Frame Files
The Frame Generator allows one or more structured patterns (or
frames) to be specified and generated. The pattern is written into a
frame file and/or segment file. The segment file can be imported into
the ParBERT.
The following is an example of the start of an *.hfm file.
#Col.
#
Rows of OC-3
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
Rows of ignore_flags
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C1.1
C1.2
C1.3
f6
f6
f6
0 ff 6a
0 55 6a
0 aa 6a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 60
0 60
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C2.1
C2.2
C2.3
28
28
28
0 aa
0 55
0 f0
a
a
a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 60
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C3.1
C3.2
C3.3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 df
1
0
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C4.1
C4.2
C4.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C5.1
C5.2
C5.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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0
0
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0
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0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C6.1
C6.2
C6.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Editing Frame Files
C7.2
C7.3
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C8.1
C8.2
C8.3
0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
These files can be edited by any editor as text file. For better
recognition of the relevant lines, each line begins with a counter with
the format C<column>.<sts-nr>.
Please note the following when you edit frame files:
• It is recommended only to edit patterns that have not been
scrambled. Otherwise, the changed bytes have to be scrambled
manually.
• “#” comments out a line (you can add any number of comment
lines).
• Do not edit parity bytes. When frame files are converted, all parity
bytes are recalculated. Any changes you made to parity bytes are
lost.
• The synchronizing pattern in row 3, column 1 to 6 may be edited.
However, there may be problems if this pattern is not unique within
the frame.
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Selecting the Files to be Generated
Using the Frame Generator
Selecting the Files to be
Generated
You can optionally select the files to be generated. By default, all files
are generated. You can change this selection in a dialog box that opens
when you select File -> Generation Setting.
Figure 2 File generation dialog box
You can select from the following files:
• Frame Files (*.hfm)
These files are in an human-readable intermediate format that can
only be interpreted by the SONET tool.
• Analyzer Files (*_ana.seg)
These files are imported into ParBERT for the analyzer.
• Generator Files (*_gen.seg)
These files are imported into ParBERT for the generator.
• B Bytes Files (*.bbs)
These files are for information only about the generated parity bytes
(B1 to B3 bytes).
Automatic Production If you are not going to edit the frame files, you have to select Analyzer
File and Generator File.
Manual Production If you are going to edit the frame files, you only have to select Frame
File.
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Using the Frame Generator
Converting Frame Files
Converting Frame Files
Once the frame files have been generated (and edited), they must be
converted to segment files for use by ParBERT.
This is done by the following:
• Selecting File -> Convert Frame(s).
• Clicking the Convert Frames button.
These both open the Open dialog box, where you can select the *.htm
file to be converted.
After you have entered a file name and clicked Open, the following
dialog box should appear:
Figure 3 Convert Files dialog box
The Scrambler should be set to On, the Segment width can be
adjusted.
The text in the dialog box indicates which files will be generated. If
files that you need are not listed (for example, if you need to generate
segment files for the analyzer, but these are not shown), or if an error
message appears, check the settings in the Generation Settings dialog
These files will be generated and overwritten without any further
notice. If you want to save the files under different names, you have to
click Change instead of OK.
This opens the Open dialog box, where you can enter a different file
name for each file to be generated. After you have changed or accepted
all file names, the files are converted.
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How the Frame Generator Works
The following sections provide detailed specifications of the following:
• How the Frame Generator generates frames
This is described in the following section.
• Coded Mark Inversion (CMI) coding
• Synchronizing pattern
How Frames are Generated
The Frame Generator generates frames based on the settings made in
the GUI. The following figure shows the different components of a
frame.
Section/RSoverhead
Administrative unit pointer(s)
Line/MSoverhead
Transport Overhead
Payload
Figure 4 SONET Frame Structure
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How Frames are Generated
See the following sections for more information:
This section describes how the section overhead is generated.
This section describes how the line overhead and multiplexer
overhead are generated.
This section describes how the path overhead is generated.
The section describes how the payload is generated.
BIP Coding
The SONET specification calls for Bit Interleaved Parity (BIP) of error
monitoring. For the monitored section of signal, an error code is
defined so that all there is an even number of 1s in the X bits, counting
the monitored section and the error code. This is illustrated in the
following figure.
X bits
Error code
of frame
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Even number
of 1s
Figure 5 BIP-8 coding
To ensure that the signal is correctly transferred, the error code byte
of one frame is stored in a byte of the next frame. The receiver
compares the calculated parity with the byte stored in the next frame
to determine if the frame arrived correctly.
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How Frames are Generated
How the Frame Generator Works
Payload Details
The payload choices are:
All 1s, all 0s, alternate 1s and 0s, various PRBS options, a binary file
and a pattern editor.
It is important to consider the possible lengths of the PRBS with
respect to the supported frame sizes. The following table shows the
payload sizes generated at various rates:
Table 1 Rates and payload sizes
Rate
Payload size
STS-768
STS-192
STS-48
STS-12
STS-3
4.755.456 bits
1.188.864 bits
297.216 bits
74.304 bits
18.576 bits
The PRBS have the following lengths and polynomials:
Table 2 PRBS lengths and polynomials
PRBS
Length
Polynomial
PRBS 5
PRBS 7
PRBS 9
PRBS 11
PRBS 15
PRBS 20
PRBS 23
PRBS 31
31 bits
x5 + x4 + x2 + x1 + x0
x7 + x6 + x0, inverted
x9 + x5 + x0
x11 + x9 + 1, not inverted as CCITT 0.152
x15 + x14 + 1, inverted, as CCITT 0.151
x20 + x17 +1, not inverted as CCITT 0.151
x23 + x18 +1, inverted, as CCITT 0.151
X31 + X28 + x0
127 bits
511 bits
2,047 bits
32,767 bitsa
1,048,575 bitsb
8 388,607 bitsc
2,147,483,657
bitsc
a
Fits within an STS-48 frame.
Fits within an STS-192 frame.
b
c
Exceeds the STS-768 frame size, but is included to provide some longer runs.
The PRBS generators are initialized to all ones. The ones are shifted to
the left by the number of bits expressed by the order of the polynomial
(for example, PRBS 7: 0xffffffff << 7).
The PRBS runs continuously and bulk-fills all payload bytes.
The payload fill starts at channel 1, row 1, column 5.
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How Frames are Generated
NOTE Please pay attention to the following when defining the payload fill.
• This is a bulk fill of the payload space, not a fill of each individual
payload channel.
• Since this is a repeating frame, there is a discontinuity of the PRBS
at the boundary between the last payload byte and the first payload
byte in the next transmitted frame if the number of generated
frames is not a multiple of the PRBS length (for example, 27– 1
frames are needed to create a continuous PRBS 7 payload).
• The fill start address of the PRBS payload is channel 1, row 1,
column 5, which corresponds to a pointer with the address of
522Dec
.
• When a binary file is selected as payload, there will be a chance that
the synchronizing pattern for the ParBERT appears also within the
payload. If so, the ParBERT will not be able to synchronize.
SONET Path Overhead and SDH HP
Overhead Details
This section describes how the path overhead is handled (and
manipulated) with the application.
B3 Byte
General A path error monitoring function is implemented in the SONET
specification. This function is incorporated as BIP-8 code, which is
details about BIP-8 coding.
The path error monitoring code of a frame is calculated from the path
overhead and payload of the previous frame (and includes the frame’s
B3 byte).
Single B3 Error When a BIP (B3) error is selected, a single B3 error per frame is
generated.
To generate a B3 error (in channel one only), one bit in a selected
payload byte is complimented (that is, it is XORed with 0000 0100).
The selected payload byte is the byte positioned to the right of the B3
byte, located at channel 1, row 6, column 5. The B3 byte itself remains
unchanged.
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G1 Path Status Byte
The G1 path status byte is affected by the following alarms:
• L-AIS / MS-AIS
• HP-REI
• L-RDI / MS-RDI
Depending on which alarm is selected, the G1 path status byte is
affected as follows:
• No errors: 0000 0000
• AIS on: xxxx 0111
• HP-REI: 0001 0000
All Other Path Overhead
All other path overhead bytes will contain 0000 0000prior to
scrambling.
SONET Line Overhead and SDH MS
Overhead Details
Pointer Bytes
All H1 bytes will be set to “not new data” and contain offset zero
(0110 0000).
All H2 bytes will contain offset zero (0000 0000).
All H3 bytes are undefined when there are no pointer negative
justifications; (pointer increment and decrement are not available), H3
will be used to allow a fixed B2 value, see “Single B2 Error” on
page 18 below.
K2 Byte
The K2 byte is only set for the first frame.
It is affected by the following alarms:
• L-AIS / MS-AIS
• L-RDI / MS-RDI
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How Frames are Generated
Depending on which alarm is selected, the K2 byte is set as follows:
• No errors: 0000 0000
• AIS on: 0000 0111
• RDI on: 0000 0110
For the alarm condition, no other action is taken concerning any
payload or other overhead bytes, these are all unchanged from the
normal (no errors) state.
The K2 bytes in all other frames are unused and are set to 0000 0000
.
B2 Bytes
General A path error monitoring function is implemented in the SONET
specification. This function is incorporated as BIP-8 code, which is
details about BIP-8 coding.
The path error monitoring code of a frame is computed over all bits of
the previous STM-N frame, except for the first three rows of SOH, and
is placed in the B2 bytes of the current frame before scrambling.
Single B2 Error You can specify a single B2 error per frame.
To generate a B2 error (in channel one only), bit 3 in the pointer H3
byte is complimented.
The B2 byte itself remains unchanged.
All Other Line Overhead
All other line overhead bytes contain 0000 0000prior to scrambling.
SONET Section Overhead and SDH RS
Overhead Details
B1 Byte
General A section error monitoring function is implemented in the SONET
specification. This function is incorporated as BIP-8 code, which is
details about BIP-8 coding.
The section error monitoring code of a frame is computed over all bits
of the previous STM-N frame after scrambling, and is placed in the B1
byte of the current frame before scrambling.
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How the Frame Generator Works
Single B1 Error The user can specify a single B1 error per frame.
To generate a B1 error (for channel 1 only), one 1 of a selected byte is
complimented (the byte is XORed with 0000 0001).
The selected byte is located at channel 1 (SONET) or channel 1-a
(SDH), row 3, column 1. This byte is unused by the signal.
The B1 byte itself remains unchanged.
Framing
A complete framing pattern (3, 12, 48, 192, 768 x F6 + 3, 12, 48, 192,
768 x 28) is generated.
Out Of Frame (OOF)
Out Of Frame is generated by inverting the first A1 byte (F6 becomes
09), and the first A2 byte (28 becomes D7).
J0/Z0 Section Trace/Growth Bytes
For SONET, the STS-768 ID J0 byte will always be 1.
For SDH, the STM-256 ID J0 bytes will be numbers 1, 2, 3 to 0.
For SDH, the undefined Z0 bytes will be set to AA(1010 1010) (the
physical sequence will be: 1, 2, 3, 4, ... 255, 0, AA, AA, ... AA, AA).
Similar numbering applies to all other frames.
All Other Section Overhead
All other section overhead bytes will contain 0000 0000prior to
scrambling, except the D1, D2 and D3 bytes, which are used for
synchronizing.
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CMI Coding
CMI Coding
CMI coding is a method of converting binary data into an electrical
signal. Bits with the value are given bipolar levels (alternating
positive/negative voltages). Bits with the value are represented by
1
0
two voltage levels, a negative then positive level, within the same time
span normally used for one digit. This type of code maintains the
signal at the digital clock rate, improving signal synchronization.
For example: Binary 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
is converted to: 01 11 00 01 11 01 00 11
NOTE When CMI coding is used, the frequency of the ParBERT has to be
doubled.
NOTE There are a few combinations of settings where the generated
synchronizing pattern is not unique (for example, segment width 8,
STS 48 and STS 192). This can be a problem with very regular CMI
pattern but should not appear with other widths.
Synchronizing Pattern
ParBERT needs a synchronizing pattern of 48 bits per channel (where
segment width = 1). This pattern is inserted in the D1, D2 and D3 bytes
of the section overhead as long as needed.
Lower rates are restricted to lower segment widths (see table below).
The following patterns are used:
• For scrambled and non-scrambled frames:
Five fixed bytes: 0xff 0x55 0xaa 0xaa 0x55
Followed by one counter byte: 0xf0 0xe1, ... 0x0f
,
The complete pattern would be, for example:
0xff 0x55 0xaa 0xaa 0x55 0xf0
• For CMI-coded frames (doubled frequency): 0xf5 0xaa 0x5f
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Synchronizing Pattern
How the Frame Generator Works
When inserting a binary payload, you have to make sure that this
pattern (with scrambling) is not used within the payload.
The following table shows how the payload size is determined by the
segment width and the different rates.
Table 3 Possible Combinations of Rate and Segment Width
STM-1 /
STS-3
STM-4 /
STS-12
STM-16 /
STS-48
STM-64 /
STS-192
STM256 /
STS-768
Segment widtha
1
48 Bits
96 Bits
192 Bits
384 Bits
576 Bits
768 Bits
72 Bits
48 Bits
48 Bits
48 Bits
48 Bits
2
96 Bits
96 Bits
96 Bits
96 Bits
4
192 Bits
384 Bits
576 Bits
768 Bits
288 Bits
192 Bits
384 Bits
576 Bits
768 Bits
1152 Bits
192 Bits
384 Bits
576 Bits
768 Bits
4608 Bits
192 Bits
384 Bits
576 Bits
768 Bits
18432 Bits
8
12
16
D1-D3 (in Bits)
a
Note: The areas in gray are unavailable combinations.
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Synchronizing Pattern
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Graphical User Interface Reference
The Frame Generator’s Graphical User Interface (GUI) is relatively
simple; the following is a short description of the GUI elements, tool
bar and menus.
Menus
Tool bar
Settings area
Status bar
Figure 6 SONET GUI
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Graphical User Interface Reference
Settings Area
Settings Area
NOTE Some elements of the setting area are invisible if you select CID for
Mode. The invisible elements are not available for CID.
The following is a list of the elements of the settings area:
• Mode
Defines the following modes.
– Normal specifies a single frame of a SONET/SDH signal.
– CID specifies a Consecutive Identical Digit pattern.
• Format
Defines the frame format to be generated; can either be SONET,
SONET-C, or SDH.
• Scrambler
Determines whether or not the payload is scrambled. The SONET /
SDH 27 PRBS standard is used for scrambling.
• CMI
Defines whether or not the frame is coded in the Coded Mark
Inversion format, which means doubled frequency.
If you select CMI, make sure you double the frequency on the
ParBERT.
• Frame(s)
Determines how many patterns are to be generated in the frame
file.
– Single specifies one pattern.
– Multiple lets you select the number of patterns to be generated.
NOTE
When setting up the frame files, please keep the ParBERT memory
restrictions in mind. The available memory depends on the data
generator/analyzer modules installed and on the port frequency.
For example, a ParBERT 43G system equipped with eight E4861B
modules and running at a data rate above 42.67 Gbit/s can have a
memory capacity of 16 Mbit per channel.
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Settings Area
Graphical User Interface Reference
• Rate
The rate available depends on the selected Format. The following
rates are available:
SONET (-C)
SDH
STS-768 (39.81312 Gb/s) STM-256
STS-192 (9.95328 Gb/s) STM-64
STS-48 (2.48832 Gb/s)
STS-12 (622.08 Mb/s)
STS-3 (155.52 Mb/s)
STM-16
STM-4
STM-1
• Payload
This field defines how the payload is generated. You have the
following choices:
– All 0s
– All 1s
– Alternate 1, 0
– Various PRBS settings
– Edit pattern
This opens the Pattern Editor, which allows you to enter a
pattern (see following description).
– From file
This opens up a dialog box, where you can select the file to be
used as payload.
This must be a binary file.
• Segment width
Lets you define the segment width used. This has to match
multiplexer type used.
• Pattern Editor
Allows you to define a pattern (
0s and 1s) for the payload to be
generated. The bits entered are repeated to fill up the payload.
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Settings Area
• Errors
Allows you to specify errors that are to be generated in the first
frame.
SONET (-C)
SDH
S-BIP (B1)
L-BIP (B2)
P-BIP (B3)
None
RS-BIP (B1)
MS-BIP (B2)
HP-BIP (B3)
None
• Alarms
Allows you to specify alarms that are to be generated in the
patterns.
SONET (-C)
SDH
OOF
OOF
L-AIS
L-FERF
P-FEBE
None
MS-AIS
MS-RDI
HP-REI
None
• Mask Analyzer B Bytes
When you select this option, the B bytes (error monitoring bytes) for
the analyzer are masked.
• File Save Menu button
Opens the File Save dialog box, where you can select a file name and
path for the frame files to be generated. See “Generating Frame
Files” on page 8 for more information.
• Exit button
Closes the application.
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Menus
Graphical User Interface Reference
Menus
The Frame Generator contains the following menus, which enable you
to save files and change appearances of the application:
• File menu
• View menu
• Help menu
These are described in the following sections.
File Menu
The File menu contains the following elements:
• Save as ...
Opens the File Save dialog box, where you can select a file name
and path for the frame files to be generated. See “Generating Frame
Files” on page 8 for more information.
• Convert Frames
Opens the Open dialog box, where you can select files that are to be
converted into frames that can be imported into ParBERT. See
“Converting Frame Files” on page 12 for more information.
• Exit
Closes the application.
• Generation Setting
Opens up a dialog box that lets you select which files are to be
generated. You can select any combination of the following:
– Frame Files
– Analyzer Files
– Generator Files
– B Bytes Files
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Graphical User Interface Reference
Tool Bar
View Menu
The View menu contains the following elements:
• Tool Bar
Shows/hides the tool bar.
• Status Bar
Shows/hides the status bar.
Help Menu
The Help menu contains the following elements:
• about_frame_gen
Opens up a message box that informs you about the version number.
• Help
Opens the Online Help.
Tool Bar
The tool bar provides you quick access to most important Frame
Generator functions. The following tools are available:
Opens the Save as ... dialog box, where you can select the
name and path of the files to be saved. See “Generating
Frame Files” on page 8 for more information.
Opens the Open dialog box, where you can select the
previously generated files to be converted. See
“Converting Frame Files” on page 12 for more
information.
Opens a message box that informs you about the version of
the software.
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Status Bar
Graphical User Interface Reference
Status Bar
The status bar at the bottom of the GUI provides information about the
status of the application. It also provides “pop-up” type tips for the
menus and tools (when the mouse moves over a tool, for example, the
status bar shows what the tool does).
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Index
Index
B
M
B1
Menus
byte 18
error 19
File 27
Help 28
overview 27
View 28
B2
byte 18
error 18
O
B3
byte 16
error 16
P
C
F
PRBS
lengths 15
polynomials 15
Frame
S
generation 13
Frame Generator
functionality 5
introduction 5
using 7
workflow 7
Frames
conversion 12
editing 9
generating 8
G
T
W
GUI
overview 23
Workflow 7
Z
H
J
K
L
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