EXFO FTB-8500 Series for FTB-500 - Manual (Page 57)

Introducing the Smart User Interface
Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application 43
Global Test Status and Controls
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Current status: Indicates the current alarm/error status of the test. A
grey background indicates that the test is not running (--), a green
background indicates that there is no alarm/error (NO ALARM), while
a red background indicates that at least one alarm/error condition has
occurred in the last second (ALARM).
Note: The history and current alarm/error status are monitored once the test is
started.
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Verdict: Gives the verdict, PASS (green background) or FAIL (red
background) of the test according to the defined threshold settings.
Verdict is only displayed with EtherSAM, RFC 2544, and BERT tests. For
RFC 2544 and BERT tests, at least one of the Enable criteria check
boxes must be selected. Refer to EtherSAM Tabs on page 323 or to
Expert Mode Tabs on page 423 (RFC 2544 and BERT tests) for more
information.
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The test timer indicates the time elapsed since the beginning of the
test. The test timer format is day hour:minute:second.
Test Controls
Button Description
Start: Starts the test. Start is available when the test is created and not running.
Stop
a
: Stops the test.
H. Reset
a
: Resets the history (H) alarm and error LEDs.
Reset
a
: Resets counters (seconds, count, and rate), test timer and both history
(H) and current (C) LEDs for the entire test case. Also resets the logger.
Report
b
: Generates a report of the current test. See Test Report Generation on
page 48 for more information.
New
b
: Clears the current test. A user’s confirmation is required before clearing
the test.