Setting the Pass/Fail Limits

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 You can use the Limits settings to set pass and fail limits for several measurements. With the Limits setting for a measurement set to Off, the measurement result is displayed in black in the Metrics portion of the screen.
Setting the limits On for your selected measurement can affect the way the result is displayed. If the measurement result falls within the bounds set by your limits settings, the numeric result is displayed in green, and "(P)" is displayed beside the result If the measurement result falls outside the bounds set by your limits settings, the numeric result is displayed in red, and "(F)" is displayed beside the result.
 In addition, the words "ALL PASS" (in green) or "FAILURE" (in red) are displayed in the bar at the bottom of the screen. This message refers to all limits which have been turned on. In other words, if one or more of the results for which limits have been set to On has failed, then the "FAILED" message is displayed; the "All PASS" message is displayed only if all measurements have passed their limits tests.
NOTE: No summary "All PASS" or "FAIL" messages are displayed if either of the Pilot Dominance or the Multipath Power limits are not being met.
NOTE: If the OTA PN Scanner is turned On, and either the Pilot Dominance Limit is not being met, or the Multipath Power Limit is not being met, all metrics will be displayed in gray text. This indicates that because either one, or both, of Pilot Dominance and Multipath Power have not met their specified limits, all the results being displayed are inaccurate to an unknown degree, and are therefore unreliable. Ensure that your signal meets the Pilot Dominance Limit and the Multipath Power Limit to ensure you collect accurate results.
Regardless of your limits settings, no indication of a pass or a fail for individual measurements is given if CDP and Metrics are turned Off (see "Metrics Provided by the 1xEV-DO Tx and Over Air Analyzer Measurement")
 Similarly, the "ALL PASS" or "FAILURE" messages are not displayed if CDP and Metrics are switched Off. The single exception to this rule is the Time Offset Limits (see below). If you have Time Offset Limits On, the "ALL PASS" or "FAILURE" messages are still displayed, even if CDP and Metrics are switched Off.
 To reduce display clutter with all the available limit settings, no limit lines are displayed on this screen.
 Frequency Error Limits: Sets the high and low Frequency Error limits for the channel. Any measured frequency error that is outside of the set limits will result in a failure indiction. The High limit is set by entering a positive number, and the Low limit is set by entering a negative number.
 Time Offset Limits: Sets the high and low time offset limits for the channel. Limits are set in microseconds. Any measured time offset value that is outside of the set limits will result in a failure indication.
 NOTE If you have Time Offset Limits On, the "ALL PASS" or "FAILURE" messages are still displayed, even if CDP and Metrics are switched Off.
On/Off Ratio Limits: This refers to the Idle On/Off Power Ratio, which is ratio of the Pilot + MAC Power to the Idle Data Power. The result is blanked out when none of the acquisition slots are idle, that is, when Idle Slots shows 0%. The number of slots over which the acquisition is made is determined by the Update Interval, which itself is determined by the Meas Time setting.
Estimated Pilot Rho Limits: Sets the lower limit for Pilot Rho (the upper limit is always 1.0, representing a perfect signal), and switches the Estimated Pilot Rho Limits On or Off. Any measured, estimated rho value that falls below the lower limit will result in a failure indication.
 Estimated MAC Rho Limits: Sets the lower limit for MAC Rho (the upper limit is always 1.0, representing a perfect signal), and switches the Estimated Pilot Rho Limits On or Off. Any measured, estimated rho value that falls below the lower limit will result in a failure indication.
 Max Inactive Ch Limits: This sets the high inactive channel power limits for MAC channels when you are testing CDP Type MAC 64 or CDP Type MAC 128, and for the Pilot channel when you are testing CDP Type Pilot.