504 TimeProvider 5000 User’s Guide 098-00028-000 Revision F – May, 2012
Appendix F PTP Probe Option
Controlling the Probe With TimeMonitor PDV
Title Enter title for packet delay data file.
Help The Help drop-down box is used to access the Help file (this file), and
get the revision level of the Symmetricom TimeMonitor PDV software.
All the information about the Help Menu is in this section and can be
read by clicking on one of the subjects below to jump to a topic directly.
Information about other menus can be read by selecting the menu
item in the left pane and jumping to the selected topic directly. You can
also click on the (<=Back) Help button to move to the most recently
viewed topic.
HELP: Opens the HELP file. This file is not context sensitive.
Opening the Help file will always initially display the Help with the first
topic, "Introduction", in view.
README: This file contains important information about the
Symmetricom TimeMonitor Measurement Software. The topics
covered are either not found in other documentation or are judged to
be important enough to warrant restatement.
ABOUT: Displays the Version and Revision number and other
information about the Symmetricom TimeMonitor PDV Software.
SETUP: Selecting this menu item brings up a dialog box which can be
used to adjust the maximum number of samples for analysis. The
default is 1,000,000 samples. If the number of points in the file
exceeds the maximum, the set of data is decimated to a value equal or
lower than the maximum points setting.
Hint Provides command hints when manually entering CLI commands.
TDEV
ZTIE
Use these radio buttons to select the type of analysis to be performed,
either packetTDEV or packetZTIE.
Analyze Use this button to initiate analysis of the current file.
Clear Click this button to clear the CLI command info from the Main Display
field (see Item 29).
Send Click this button to send the CLI command from the Command field
(see Item 26) to the Probe.
Table F-2. Descriptions of TimeMonitor PDV GUI
Main Screen (Continued)
Item Label Description