EXFO FTB-8500 Series for FTB-500 - Manual (Page 218)

Stream Generation Tabs
204 FTB-8500 Series and FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE
Overview
For BERT and RFC 2544 tests on FTB-8120NGE,
FTB-8130NGE, FTB-8525, and FTB-8535
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Stream - Enable: For BERT, allows enabling the stream. The stream will
be generated only when the test is started. Enable Stream is not
available for RFC 2544 test.
Note: The stream can be enabled/disabled even when the test is started and
running. A stream cannot be enabled if its MAC address is not valid, it can
be either not resolved or wrongly entered.
Note: Frame Configuration parameters are only available for edition when the
Stream - Enable check box is cleared.
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Frame Configuration
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TX Rate: For RFC 2544, indicates the stream rate. For BERT, allows
the selection of the stream rate.
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Unit choices are %, bps, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps, Bps, KBps, MBps,
GBps, fps, and IFG. The default setting is %.
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Payload: For RFC 2544, allows the selection of the test pattern that
will be repeated inside the entire data payload. Choices are 00 to
FF. The default setting is CC.
Binary: The pattern will automatically be converted in binary or in
hexadecimal when enabling/disabling Binary.
Note: Network, and Transport are not available with RFC 2544 test. Only data
link frame size is available with BERT - Framed Layer 1 test.