NetProbe 2000

User Manual
Ver 5.06.02 June 2016
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................................................................2
1. WARRANTY AND SOFTWARE .................................................................................................................................................. 13
2. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................................... 15
3. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16
4. DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1 EXTERNAL INTERFACES.................................................................................................................................................................. 17
4.1.1 Top Control Panel ............................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1.2 Test Interface Signal Panel ................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.1.3 Front Control Panel ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
4.2 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) ................................................................................................................................................ 20
4.3 OPERATORS REFERENCE ................................................................................................................................................................ 22
4.4 MAIN MENU .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.4 TEST RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
4.5 STANDARD ACCESSORIES............................................................................................................................................................... 29
4.6 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................................................................................... 29
5. E1 ANALYZER OPTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 31
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 5.1 TOP MENU ................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
5.2 SET UP ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.2.1 General Configuration Tab ................................................................................................................................................. 32
5.2.2 Automonitor Configuration Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 38
5.3 AUTO MONITOR ......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
5.4 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) .......................................................................................................................................................... 51
5.4.1 ALARM menu...................................................................................................................................................................... 55
5.4.2 G.821 ERROR menu ............................................................................................................................................................ 56
5.4.3 Live Traffic menu ................................................................................................................................................................ 57
5.5 PROPAGATION DELAY MEASUREMENT (PDL) ................................................................................................................................... 58
5.6 PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS (PSA) ....................................................................................................................................................... 60
5.6 DS0 TESTING ............................................................................................................................................................................. 61
6. T1 ANALYZER OPTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 62
6.1 TOP MENU ................................................................................................................................................................................ 62
6.2 SET UP ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
6.2.1 General Configuration Tab ................................................................................................................................................. 63
6.2.2 Automonitor Configuration Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 69
6.3 AUTO MONITOR ......................................................................................................................................................................... 73
6.4 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) .......................................................................................................................................................... 80
6.4.1 ALARM menu...................................................................................................................................................................... 84
6.4.2 G.821 ERROR menu ............................................................................................................................................................ 85
6.4.3 Live Traffic menu ................................................................................................................................................................ 86
6.5 PROPAGATION DELAY MEASUREMENT (PDL) ................................................................................................................................... 87
6.6 PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS (PSA) ....................................................................................................................................................... 89
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 6.7 DS0 TESTING ............................................................................................................................................................................. 90
7. T3 ANALYZER OPTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 91
7.1 TOP MENU ................................................................................................................................................................................ 91
7.2 SET UP ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 92
7.3 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) .......................................................................................................................................................... 96
7.3.1 ALARM menu.................................................................................................................................................................... 100
7.3.2 G.821 ERROR menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 101
7.3.3 Line menu ......................................................................................................................................................................... 102
8. E3 ANALYZER OPTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 103
8.1 TOP MENU .............................................................................................................................................................................. 103
8.2 SET UP .................................................................................................................................................................................... 104
8.3 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) ........................................................................................................................................................ 108
8.3.1 ALARM menu.................................................................................................................................................................... 112
8.3.2 G.821 ERROR menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 113
8.3.3 Line menu ......................................................................................................................................................................... 114
9. CO-DIR ANALYZER OPTION .................................................................................................................................................... 115
9.1 TOP MENU .............................................................................................................................................................................. 115
9.2 SET UP .................................................................................................................................................................................... 116
9.3 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) ....................................................................................................................................................... 118
9.3.1 G.821 ERROR menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 122
9.3.2 Frequency Measurement menu ....................................................................................................................................... 123
9.4 PROPAGATION DELAY MEASUREMENT (PDL) ................................................................................................................................. 124
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 10. DATACOM ANALYZER OPTION .......................................................................................................................................... 126
10.1 SETUP ................................................................................................................................................................................... 127
10.2 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) ....................................................................................................................................................... 132
10.2.1 G.821 ERROR menu...................................................................................................................................................... 136
10.2.2 Frequency Measurement menu ................................................................................................................................... 137
10.3 PROPAGATION DELAY MEASUREMENT (PDL) ................................................................................................................................. 138
11. IEEE C37.94 ANALYZER OPTION......................................................................................................................................... 140
11.1 IEEE C37.94 TELE-PROTECTION .................................................................................................................................................. 140
11.2 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 141
11.3 DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 141
11.4 SETUP ................................................................................................................................................................................... 142
11.5 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) ........................................................................................................................................................ 144
11.5.1 G.821 ERROR menu...................................................................................................................................................... 150
11.5.2 ALARM menu ............................................................................................................................................................... 151
11.5.3 Live Traffic menu.......................................................................................................................................................... 152
11.6 OPTICAL POWER ....................................................................................................................................................................... 153
11.6.1 Optical Power .............................................................................................................................................................. 153
11.6.2 SFP Info ........................................................................................................................................................................ 154
11.7 PROPAGATION DELAY TEST (PDL) ............................................................................................................................................... 155
11.8 C37.94 TEST RECORDS .............................................................................................................................................................. 158
12. GIGABIT BASIC ANALYZER OPTION ................................................................................................................................... 160
12.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 160

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 12.2 SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 161
12.2.1 SFP Identity ....................................................................................................................................................................... 161
12.2.2 PORT SETUP and PORT STATUS ................................................................................................................................... 162
12.2.3 Network Parameters .................................................................................................................................................... 162
12.3 WIREMAP ................................................................................................................................................................................ 163
12.3.1 Fundamentals .............................................................................................................................................................. 163
12.3.2 Accuracy....................................................................................................................................................................... 164
Cable Termination .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 164
Coupling Between Cable Pairs........................................................................................................................................................................ 164
12.4 LOOPBACK ............................................................................................................................................................................... 166
12.4.1 Filter ............................................................................................................................................................................. 167
12.4.2 Statistics ....................................................................................................................................................................... 168
12.4.3 Running loopback ........................................................................................................................................................ 169
12.5 MONITOR ................................................................................................................................................................................ 170
12.5.1 Filter ............................................................................................................................................................................. 171
12.5.2 Statistics ....................................................................................................................................................................... 174
12.5.3 Running Monitor .......................................................................................................................................................... 175
12.6 BIT ERROR TESTING (BERT) ........................................................................................................................................................ 176
12.6.1 Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................ 176
GENERAL menu .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 176
Rx traffic filtering............................................................................................................................................................................................ 183
TRAFFIC menu ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 185
ERROR INJECTION menu ................................................................................................................................................................................ 186
12.6.2 Testing Topologies ....................................................................................................................................................... 187
12.6.3 BERT Results................................................................................................................................................................. 188

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 12.7 RFC 2544 CONFORMANCE TESTING ............................................................................................................................................. 190
12.7.1 Fundamentals .............................................................................................................................................................. 190
12.7.2 Single NetProbe 2000 or Dual NetProbe 2000 Test Scenario....................................................................................... 192
12.7.3 RFC 2544 Setup ............................................................................................................................................................ 194
PROFILE Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 194
GENERAL Tab.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 195
THROUGHput Tab .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 199
LATENCY Tab .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 199
FRAME LOSS Tab ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 200
BURST (Back to Back) Tab .............................................................................................................................................................................. 200
12.7.4 Running a Test ............................................................................................................................................................. 201
12.7.5 RFC 2544 Results .......................................................................................................................................................... 203
12.7.6 RFC 2544 Test Records ................................................................................................................................................. 207
12.8 ETHERNET - IP TOOLS ............................................................................................................................................................... 209
12.8.1 Ethernet – PING ........................................................................................................................................................... 210
12.8.2 Ethernet - Trace Route ................................................................................................................................................. 212
12.8.3 Ethernet - Discover....................................................................................................................................................... 213
12.8.4 Ethernet - FTP .............................................................................................................................................................. 214
12.8.5 Ethernet - HTTP ............................................................................................................................................................ 216
13. GIGABIT ADVANCED ANALYZER OPTION ........................................................................................................................... 217
13.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 217
13.2 SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 218
13.3 TRAFFIC GENERATOR.................................................................................................................................................................. 218
13.3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 218

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 13.3.2 Traffic Generator Setup ............................................................................................................................................... 219
PROFILE Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 219
GENERAL Tab.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 220
TRAFFIC Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 221
13.3.3 Running the Traffic Generator ..................................................................................................................................... 223
13.3.4 Traffic Generator Results ............................................................................................................................................. 224
SUMMARY Tab ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 224
THROUGH Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 225
SEQUENCE Tab ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 226
LATENCY Tab .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 227
ALARMS Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 228
13.4 Y.1564 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 229
13.4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 229
13.4.2 Y.1564 Setup ................................................................................................................................................................ 230
PROFILE Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 230
GLOBAL Tab.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 231
GENERAL Tab.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 232
TRAFFIC Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 234
SAC Tab .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 235
RAMP Tab....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 236
13.4.3 Running a Test ............................................................................................................................................................. 237
13.4.4 Y.1564 Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 238
Overview of measurements ........................................................................................................................................................................... 238
Configuration Test Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................... 239
Performance Test Results .............................................................................................................................................................................. 241
ALARMS Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 242

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 13.5 IEEE 1588 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 243
13.5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 243
13.5.2 Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................ 245
PROFILE Tab ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 245
PTP Tab .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 246
Master/Slave Tab ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 248
Peer Tab ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 249
13.5.3 Results .......................................................................................................................................................................... 250
Status ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 250
Messages statistics ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 251
Errors.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 252
Message capturing ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 253
Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 254
Graphs ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 255
13.5.4 Running a test .............................................................................................................................................................. 256
14. ACQURING AN IP ADDRESS ............................................................................................................................................... 259
14.1 ENABLE ETH0............................................................................................................................................................................ 259
14.2 ENABLE ETH0 VLAN .................................................................................................................................................................. 263
14.3 ENABLE PPPOE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 264
15. IPTV ANALYZER OPTION.................................................................................................................................................... 266
15.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................... 266
15.2 ACQUIRING AN IP ADDRESS ......................................................................................................................................................... 267
15.3 SETUP ................................................................................................................................................................................... 268
15.4 MONITOR ................................................................................................................................................................................ 270
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 15.4.1 Detailed Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 272
15.5 STB EMULATION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 277
15.5.1 Build or Import Channel List......................................................................................................................................... 278
15.5.2 Running STB Emulation ................................................................................................................................................ 282
15.5.3 Detailed Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 284
15.6 CHANNELS SCAN ................................................................................................................................................................... 289
15.7 VOD ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 290
15.7.1 Build or Import Channel List......................................................................................................................................... 291
15.7.2 Running VoD test ......................................................................................................................................................... 292
15.7.3 Detailed Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 294
16. VOIP PHONE ANALYZER OPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 296
16.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................... 296
16.2 ACQUIRING AN IP ADDRESS ......................................................................................................................................................... 297
16.3 USER INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 298
16.3.1 Preferences .................................................................................................................................................................. 304
16.3.2 Registering at remote SIP server.................................................................................................................................. 309
16.3.3 Making a call ............................................................................................................................................................... 311
16.3.4 Answering a call ........................................................................................................................................................... 313
17. WIFI ANALYZER OPTION.................................................................................................................................................... 314
17.1 ACQUIRING AN IP ADDRESS ......................................................................................................................................................... 315
17.2 NETWORKS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 316
17.3 WIFI - IP TOOLS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 318
17.3.1 WiFi – PING .................................................................................................................................................................. 319
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 17.3.2 WiFi - Trace Route........................................................................................................................................................ 321
17.3.3 WiFi - Discover ............................................................................................................................................................. 322
17.3.4 WiFi - FTP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 323
17.3.5 WiFi - HTTP .................................................................................................................................................................. 325
18. IP TOOLS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 326
18.1 ACQUIRING AN IP ADDRESS ......................................................................................................................................................... 327
18.2 PING ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 328
18.3 TRACE ROUTE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 330
18.4 DISCOVER ................................................................................................................................................................................ 331
18.5 FTP ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 332
18.6 HTTP ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 334
19. REMOTE CONTROL ............................................................................................................................................................ 335
20. SOFTWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE ...................................................................................................................................... 337
21. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................................. 340
21.1 G.703 E1 ANALYZER OPTION...................................................................................................................................................... 340
21.2 DS1(T1) ANALYZER OPTION: ...................................................................................................................................................... 341
21.3 CO-DIR ANALYZER OPTION: ....................................................................................................................................................... 342
21.4 DATACOM ANALYZER OPTION:.................................................................................................................................................. 342
21.5 WIFI ANALYZER OPTION: ............................................................................................................................................................ 343
21.6 IEEE C37.94 ANALYZER OPTION: ................................................................................................................................................ 343
21.7 VOIP PHONE ANALYZER OPTION: ................................................................................................................................................. 343
21.8 E3 ANALYZER OPTION: ............................................................................................................................................................... 343
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 21.9 T3(DS3) ANALYZER OPTION: ...................................................................................................................................................... 344
21.10 GIGABIT BASIC ANALZER OPTION: ............................................................................................................................................ 346
21.11 GIGABIT ADV ANALYZER OPTION: ........................................................................................................................................... 347
21.12 IPTV ANALYZER OPTION: ....................................................................................................................................................... 348
21.13 GENERAL: ......................................................................................................................................................................... 349

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 1. Warranty and Software
Warranty Period: The warranty period for hardware, software and firmware is two years from the date of shipment to
the customer. The warranty period for battery pack, LCD, LCD touch panel, LCD protective cover, and accessories
(including but not limited to patch cords, AC adaptor, SFP, USB adaptors, carrying case, carrying pouch) is limited to one
(1) year.
Hardware Coverage: Net Research warrants hardware products against defects in materials and workmanship. During
the warranty period, Net Research will, at its sole discretion, either
• Repair the products
• Replace hardware which proves to be defective, provided that the customer returns the defective hardware to Net
Research, freight prepaid, along with a proof of purchase within thirty (30) days of the customer’s request.
Software Coverage: Net Research warrants software and firmware materials against defects in materials and
workmanship.
During the warranty period, Net Research will, at its sole discretion, either
• Replace the software and/or firmware which proves to be defective, provided the customer can offer a proof of
purchase within thirty (30) days of the customer’s request.
• Additionally, during the warranty period, Net Research will provide, without charge to the customer, all fixes,
patches and enhancements to the purchased software, firmware and software options. Net Research does not
warrant that all software or firmware defects will be corrected. New enhancements attached to a software option
require the option to be purchased (at the time of order or the time of upgrade) in order to benefit from such
enhancements.
Limitations: The warranty is only for the benefit of the customer and not for the benefit of any subsequent purchaser or
Licensee of any merchandise (hardware, software, firmware and/or accessories)
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 Revoking the warranty: Net Research offers no guarantee or warrant that the operation of the hardware, software or
firmware will be uninterrupted or error-free. The warranty will not apply in any of the following cases:
• Improper or inadequate maintenance by the customer
• Damage due to software installed by the customer on the unit without prior authorization (written) from Net
Research.
• Unauthorized alteration or misusage
• Damage occurred from operating the unit from outside of the environmental specifications for the product
• Improper installation by the customer

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 2. Important Safety Information

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 3. INTRODUCTION

The NETPROBE 2000 is a lightweight, battery-operated test set optimized for monitoring,
testing and troubleshooting Gigabit Ethernet, PDH(E1, E3) , DS1(T1), DS3(T3), Datacom,
CO-DIR, Wi-Fi, VoIP, IPTV, and IEEE C37.94 telecom services. Depending on the actual
configuration ordered, some of these interfaces will not be available in the tester.

This user manual describes the NETPROBE 2000 and provides instruction on how to set it
up and perform tests.

The NETPROBE 2000 test set is menu driven and operated from a touch panel Graphical
User Interface.

Test results are safely accumulated and stored in the nonvolatile memory.

The NETPROBE 2000 is powered by either an external 12VDC adapter or from the
rechargeable long life Lithium Ion Polymer battery. Depending on the number of applied
recharge cycles the battery does not need replacement for several years. Net Research
factory provides instructions how to reinstall the new battery as self service.

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 4. DESCRIPTION

4.1 External Interfaces

4.1.1 Top Control Panel

The diagram to the right shows a fully equipped

NetProbe 2000 with optional Gigabit and IEEE
C37.94 ports.

The standard features include the USB port and

Audio micro connector.

The optional datacom connector supports RS-232,

RS-530, RS-449, V-35 and X.21 interfaces with an
adaptor cable. It can also support the optional G.703
Co-dir interface with an adaptor cable.
Both the Datacom (NP2000-DCOM) and G.703 Co-Dir (NP2000-CODIR) options perform Bit Error Test via the DATACOM
connector. This connector acts also as a printer port to a RS-232 thermal printer, model DPU-40.

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 4.1.2 Test Interface Signal Panel

The Signal Panel is used for the PDH (T1, E1, T3, and E3) interface connectors. There are many possible configurations
available to accommodate these interfaces.

The NetProbe image below is configured with a RJ-45

connector for T1/E1 and COAX connectors for T3/E3.

Both RJ-45 (balanced 100/120 Ohm) and BNC (75 Ohm) or

Bantam ( unbalanced 100/120 Ohm) connectors carry
E1/T1 signal or when equipped, the G.703 64kbps Co-Dir.
Also, the E3 and T3 signals are available via the BNC
connectors.

The PDH interfaces along with their line impedance (75 Ohm, 100 Ohm, 120 Ohm) are all user-selectable.

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 4.1.3 Front Control Panel

The front Control Panel accommodates a 3.5” LCD touchscreen and

the 5- way navigation switch assembly.

The 4 arrows of navigation switch allow an alternate way to control

the cursor position and the OK button selects the item pointed by
the cursor on the LCD display.

Additionally, the OK button serves as a power ON/OFF button.

Pressing the OK button for at least 2 seconds turns power ON;
pressing it again for 3 seconds opens a menu that allows the user to
turn power OFF. Optional Power OFF is accomplished via the
Toolbar Soft Power button, which shuts down all processes and
powers down the tester.

Alternatively, hardware Power OFF can also be accomplished by

holding down the OK button for 60 seconds.

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 4.2 Graphical User Interface (GUI)

The LCD display is organized into sections:

• Application tree that shows the current

test location in the application
• Signal Status LED’s
• Signal Status history LED’s
• Measurement Results window that may
show the measurement results or a
summary status of the submenu
• Sub measurement results window such as
histogram or error injection menu
• Hot Buttons bar with:
o Go to arrows to previous or next
menu ( )
o Toolbar with housekeeping
functions listed below:
User Profiles and Config
Save/Export functions
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 Clock &Calendar setup
Screenshot tool allows taking a screen picture and saving it in a file. This feature is useful when a
temporary event displays on the screen
Battery status
Set Brightness, calibrate the touch screen, erase all tester data and change languages
LAN, WiFi and VNC configurations
Software version info and update tool
Soft Power OFF button
o Result button to enter the test log of saved test results
o HOME button to return to the top menu
o Pause button to pause the screen refresh
o Test Start/Stop button
• Signal and Alarm LED’s and History LED’s
History LED’s can be reset by tapping on any of the five buttons.

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 4.3 Operators reference

OPERATOR’S NAME SYMBOL DESCRIPTION

START Toggles between and . Activates test and storing test results in

STOP Toggles between and . Stops test and storing results in

RESTART Restarts test and clear current data without stopping transmission

PAUSE Pauses the current test until pressed again (where available)

TEST RESULT Enters test log with Results

HOME If test is not running ( stopped) GUI returns to the main menu

RETURN UP Returns to the higher level menu

GO TO NEXT MENU Switched to lower level menu

GO TO ALTERNATE
Goes to alternate submenu ( used optionally)
SUBMENU
RETURN TO
Returns to the alternate submenu ( used optionally)
ALTERNATE SUBMENU

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 4.4 Main Menu

Upon Power Up, the display starts with the main menu. Each available application has a
corresponding button and designated color.

Only installed applications are accessible and their buttons active.

Applications that are Not installed, have their buttons greyed out and are inactive.

The E1, T1 and Datacom Interfaces are powered up only when they are activated from
the main menu. This raises the NetProbe’s overall power consumption. Upon return to
the main menu, these interfaces are turned off, reducing the overall power
consumption.

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 4.4 Test Results

The Test Results menu shows a log of all results for the application currently in use. To view details, highlight the
desired test record and press to display various metric views including histograms. The actual display varies with the
test application that was applied. Press to go back to previous screens.

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 To export the desired test record press from the Test Results screen. Click on the appropriate tab to export by
USB, FTP or email. You can select to export the total results report in PDF or ASCII format by checking the TotalResults
(RAW) and/or TotalResults(PDF) checkboxes. You can also select to export a CSV file for each application metric by
checking the checkbox labeled Metric.

Export by USB
To export to USB, plug the mini-USB adaptor into the NetProbe connector labeled USB at the top of the unit and insert a
USB drive. Click on the USB tab and select a USB drive by clicking on the radio button and press the button.

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 Export by FTP
To export by FTP, connect a CAT5/6 Ethernet cable to the connector labled 10/100 LAN at the top of the unit. Click on
the FTP tab, enter the FTP login information and press the button.

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 Export by Email
To export by FTP, connect a CAT5/6 Ethernet network cable to the connector labeled 10/100 LAN at the top of the unit.
Click on the Email tab then click on the icon to configure your email parameters.

Finish by entering the send-to email address and subject and press the button,

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 To view a log of time-stamps and quantity of Errors and Alarms, choose the record of interest from the Test Results
screen, press and then press the Log button.

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 4.5 Standard Accessories
The NetProbe 2000 is provided with the following standard accessories:

• Carrying case with a shoulder strap and a pocket for cables

• Universal AC adapter, 100—240VAC, 12VDC, 1.5A, 50/60Hz, UL, CE, LPS with IEC connector power cord
• USB to mini-USB adapter
• Touchscreen Stylus
• User Manual on CD

4.6 Optional Accessories

Optional accessories include:

• SFP transceivers for C37.94 and Gigabit Ethernet options

• Fiber optic patch cord, duplex LC-ST for C37.94 option Note: Contact Net Research or
• CAT-6 Ethernet cable for Gigabit Ethernet option your local representative for
• Datacom DTE and DCE cables for : RS-232, RS-530,RS-449, V.35, X.21 the current list of available
• Miniature mono headset for VoIP, T1 and E1 options options.
• WiFi 2/5Ghz antenna for Wifi Option

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 5. E1 ANALYZER OPTION

5.1 Top Menu

The E1 Analyzer option starts up with the top menu shown to the right with buttons for
the following test functions:

AUTO MONITOR
BERT
DSO
PULSE SHAPE (analysis)
PDL (propagation delay test)
SETUP

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 5.2 Set Up

Use the Setup menu to configure the E1 transmitter and receiver parameters listed under the General tab. This menu
also allows you to define the Auto Monitor thresholds used to determine pass/fail results under the Automonitor tab .

5.2.1 General Configuration Tab

E1 Frame Type

• Unframed – all bits used for data

• CAS- Channel Associated Signaling
• CAS- Channel Associated Signaling with Signaling
• Common Channel Signaling (ISDN)
• Common Channel Signaling with CRC
• Auto – detect E1 signal, line code, frame type and BERT type
• (if any) automatically

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 E1 Pattern
OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-
21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS, All 0’s, All
1’s, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The
pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

Test Length (not shown)

Unlimited, 30 s, 1 min, 5 min,
10 min, 30 min, 1hr, 3 hr. 6 hr,
12 hr, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days,
user-defined.

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 E1 Transmitter Clock Source

• Internal - from TCXO 3ppm

• Recovered - from Receive Data Rx
• External – from 0-5V TTL clock source

E1 Line Termination Type

• Termination - 120 Ohm, 100 Ohm, 75 Ohm, Tx and Rx software switchable

• Bridge – Input Rx impedance > 1kOhm, intended for monitoring E1 line on
• the outside plant circuit.
• DSX Monitor – 120/100 0r 75 Ohm termination on DSX test point. Typically
• provides 20 dB of attenuation across a 100 Ohm resistive load.

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 E1 Line Loopback mode

• Local loop
• Remote Loop

E1 Line Code

• AMI Code
• HDB3 code

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 E1 Line Build Out Transmitter TX(LBO)

E1 Transmitter at 0 dB level or OFF

E1 Fractional Submenu Enable

To setup Fractional testing, click on

the checkbox labeled Fraction and press
the Edit button. Next, select desired
Timeslots for nx64kbps fractional E1
testing (where n =1 …15,17..31 for
CAS and n = 1…31 for CCS framing).

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 5.2.2 Automonitor Configuration Tab

Line Tab (Enable and Set Thresholds)

• Frequency (Hz)
• Signal Level (V)

Alarm Tab (Enable)

• LOS (Loss of Sync)
• OOF (Out of Frame)
• AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
• RAI (Remote Alarm Indicator)
• Multi-frame AIS
• MFRAI (Multi-frame RAI)

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 Errors Tab (Enable and Set Thresholds)
• Code
• Frame
• CRC
• FEBE

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 G.826 Tab (Enable)
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severe ES)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

G.826 Tab (Enable and Set Thresholds)

• EB (Errored Block)
• BBE (Background Block Error)

RFC1406 Tab (Enable)

• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

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 M.2100 Tab (Enable and Set Path Value)
This M.2100 Path Allocation value has a range M.2110 S1 and S2 Thresholds
from 0.5% to 63.5%, in 0.5% increments. Based • ES (Errored Seconds)
on this value, the S1 and S2 limits of the M.2110 • SES (Severed ES)
and M.2120 are preset accordingly. Set this M2120 S1 Thresholds
M.2100 Path value as required. • ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 5.3 Auto Monitor

Run the AUTO MONITOR application to automatically check the tested E1 signal for the following Parameter categories:
Line Errors, Alarms, Errors, G.826 analysis, RFC1406 analysis and M.2100 analysis. For each, the status is displayed along
with failure details. The indicators at the top display the current and historical state of SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR
events.

You can display additional sub-detail metrics for each category by clicking on a Parameter category name button. For
instance, click on the Line button to display detail metrics for Code errors, Frequency and more. See example below.

Tips:
Click in the histogram column to
display a histogram for the
corresponding metric.
Click a box under
SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR
to reset the history of that
event.
Green arrows at the bottom
may be used to display
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 To run the Auto Monitor test, connect the NetProbe 2000 E1 receiver to either a DSX MON jack or E1OUT for BRIDGE if
DSX MON jack is not available. Connect the E1 signal to the appropriate connector (RJ-45, COAX, Bantam) on the
NetProbe. The transmitter Tx is disabled by default.

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 Next, press button to start the AUTO MONITOR test.

Check the AUTO MON main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time SIGNAL and FRAME (with

Framed data) indicators at the top of the Tip:
screen are Green. Red indicates a problem. Click on a history indicator
If these indicators are red, check all circuit box or a Status box to reset
connections and E1 setup the corresponding event or
status.
• The history indicators below are gray. Red
indicates a problem. If an event
(SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERRROR) occurs,
the corresponding gray history area will
remain red until it is reset.
• STATUS boxes report OK. If not, check under
DETAILS, if available, or click on a Parameter
category name to display sub-detail metrics.
The OK/Fail thresholds are configured under
the Setup Automonitor tabs.

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 Each category and its sub-detail metrics are described below.

Line measurements
• Code Errors
• Frequency
• Signal Level
• Clock Slips
• Frame Slips

Alarms
• LOS (Loss of Sync)
• OOF (Out of Frame)
• AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
• RAI (Remote Alarm Indicator)
• Multi-frame AIS
• MFRAI (Multi-frame RAI)

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 Errors
• Code
• Frame
• CRC
• FEBE

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 G.826
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severe ES)
• ES Ratio %
• SES Ratio %
• AVS (Available Seconds)
• UAVS (Unavailable
G.826 Block
• EB (Errored Block)
• BBE (Background Block
Error)
• EBR (EB Ratio %)
• BBER BBE Ratio %)
• AVS (Available Seconds)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

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 RFC1406
• Total Seconds
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• AVS (Available Seconds)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

M.2100 Tab
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

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 M.2110 Tab
Limit 24 Hours
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• Status
Limit 7 days
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• Status
M.2120 Tab:
Limit 15 Minutes
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• Status
Limit 24Hours
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• Status

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 5.4 Bit Error Testing (BERT)

Run the BERT application to check the integrity of an E1 circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to end with another
test set. The indicators at the top display the current and historical state of SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR/PSYNC
events. The test results are reported as errors or error rates. Any events, including Alarms and G.821 metrics, are also
reported.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected with no inversion.

A default BERT test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns can

be selected from the list by scrolling left or right. Choices
include OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS,
All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

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 A typical loop around or point-to-point Bit Error Test setup is shown below. After the bantam, BNC or RJ-45 cable
connection is made, press to start the BERT test.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time SIGNAL, PSYNC and FRAME

(with Framed data) indicators at the top of
the screen are Green. Red indicates a Tip:
problem. If these indicators are red, should Click on any history indicator box
check all circuit connections and E1 setup. to reset all history indicators.
• The history indicators below are gray. Red
indicates a problem. If an event
(SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERRROR/PSYNC)
occurs, the corresponding gray history area
will remain red until it is reset.
• Error counters report 0 or at least are not
quickly incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections
and E1 setup.

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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.
Click on the thin gray bar to
Tip: hide it.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the bottom
starting BERT, click on can be used to display
the LGC button to force additional metrics, alarms and
and detect a single bit timeslot information.
error.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 5.4.1 ALARM menu

To access the Alarms menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history alarm status to determine which

alarms caused the LED to turn red.
• Force an alarm condition onto the E1 line by pressing an Alarm
Insertion button. Caution: The alarm insertion will be continuous until
pressed again.
o LOS (Loss of Signal)
o OOF (Out of Frame)
o AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
o RAI (Remote Alarm Indicator)
o MFAIS (Multi-frame All 1’s Indicator)
o MFRAI (Multi-frame RAI)
• To exit, press .

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 5.4.2 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the ALARM menu.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history ERROR

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
Tip:
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages.
Click in the Details or %
o EFS (Error Free Seconds)
columns to display a histogram
o ES (Errored Seconds)
for the corresponding metric.
o SES (Severe ES)
o AVS (Available Seconds)
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 5.4.3 Live Traffic menu

To access this menu, press from the G.821 ERROR menu.

Use this menu to view the binary and hexadecimal

value in each timeslot.

To exit, press .

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 5.5 Propagation Delay Measurement (PDL)

Run the Propagation Delay Measurement application to measure the round trip loopback delay around the E1 circuit
heck the integrity of an E1 circuit.

A typical loop around connection for measuring PDL is shown below. After the bantam, BNC or RJ-45 cable connection
is made, press to start the PDL measurement.

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 When the PDL measurement begins, the tester will first reset the displayed results and then calibrate. After a couple
seconds, the Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay values will display along with a histogram.

The Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay is measured and reported in milli-seconds (ms) and unit
intervals (ui’s). Press the button to reset the Min Delay and Max Delay values.

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 5.6 Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA)

Run the Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA) application to check if the E1 pulse shape complies with ITU-T G.703 specifications.

To plot and analyze the E1 pulse shape, first connect the E1 signal to be tested and select the appropriate Termination
from the E1 Setup menu. Press to start the PSA test.

If the pulse can be normalized it will plot inside the G.703 template. If
the pulse fits 100% inside the template, the test PASSED ( ). If any
part of the plot of the plot falls outside of the template, the test
FAILED ( ).

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 5.6 DS0 Testing

Run the DSO Testing application to measure the frequency and power of any received tones and monitor the ABCD bits
of a DSO sub channel. The application also allows you to listen to the audio in a timeslot using the supplied headset.

To run a DSO test, connect the E1 signal to be tested, select a timeslot number, select PCM Companding (u-Law/A-Law)
and press to start a DSO test.

DS0 testing includes:

• Listening to any of the 30 DS0 Voice Channels using the

supplied headset.
• Measuring the frequency of the received signal. Test
tones are typically 404Hz, 1004Hz, and 1804Hz.
• Measuring the power (dBm) of the received test tones.
If the reading is not available, N/A will display.
• Reading the ABCD bits for the selected timeslot.
• Transmitting signal 300-3404Hz, -40.0-3.0dBm.
• Configuring ABCD bits for the selected timeslot.

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 6. T1 ANALYZER OPTION

6.1 Top Menu

The T1 analyzer option starts up with the top menu shown to the right with buttons
for the following test functions:

AUTO MONITOR
BERT
DSO
PULSE SHAPE (analysis)
PDL (propagation delay test)
SETUP

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 6.2 Set Up

Use the Setup menu to configure the T1 transmitter and receiver parameters listed under the General configuration tab.
This menu also allows you to define the Auto Monitor thresholds used to determine pass/fail results under the
Automonitor tab .

6.2.1 General Configuration Tab

T1 Frame Type

• Unframed – all bits used for data

• ESF-S Extender Super Frame
• SFS
• SF-N

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 T1 Pattern
OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-
21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS, All 0’s, All
1’s, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The
pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

Test Length (not shown)

Unlimited, 30 s, 1 min, 5 min,
10 min, 30 min, 1hr, 3 hr. 6 hr,
12 hr, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days,
user-defined.

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 T1 Transmitter Clock Source

• Internal - from TCXO 3ppm

• Recovered - from Receive Data Rx
• External – from 0-5V TTL clock source

T1 Line Termination Type

• Termination - 120 Ohm, 100 Ohm, 75 Ohm, Tx and Rx software switchable

• Bridge – Input Rx impedance > 1kOhm, intended for monitoring T1 line on
• the outside plant circuit.
• DSX Monitor – 120/100 0r 75 Ohm termination on DSX test point. Typically
• provides 20 dB of attenuation across a 100 Ohm resistive load.

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 T1 Line Loopback Mode

• Local loop
• Remote Loop

T1 Line Code

• AMI Code
• HDB3 code

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 T1 Line Build Out Transmitter TX(LBO)

E1 Transmitter at 0 dB level or OFF

T1 Fractional Submenu Enable

To setup Fractional testing, click on

the checkbox labeled Fraction and press
the Edit button. Next, select desired
Timeslots for nx64kbps fractional T1
testing (where n =1 …24).

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 6.2.2 Automonitor Configuration Tab

Line Tab (Enable and Set Thresholds)

• Frequency (Hz)
• Signal Level (V)

Alarm Tab (Enable)

• LOS (Loss of Sync)
• OOF (Out of Frame)
• AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
• Yellow

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 Errors Tab (Enable and Set Thresholds)
• Code
• Frame
• CRC

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 G.826 Tab (Enable)
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severe ES)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

G.826 Tab (Enable and Set Thresholds)

• EB (Errored Block)
• BBE (Background Block Error)

RFC1406 Tab (Enable)

• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 6.3 Auto Monitor

Run the AUTO MONITOR application to automatically check the tested T1 signal for the following Parameter categories:
Line Errors, Alarms, Errors, G.826 analysis and RFC1406 analysis.. For each, the status is displayed along with failure
details. The indicators at the top display the current and historical state of SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR events.

You can display additional sub-detail metrics for each category by clicking on a Parameter category name button. For
instance, click on the Line button to display detail metrics for Code errors, Frequency and more. See example below.

Tips:
Click in the histogram column to
display a histogram for the
corresponding metric.
Click a box under
SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR
to reset the history of that
event.
Green arrows at the bottom
may be used to display
additional information for a
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 To run the Auto Monitor test, connect the NetProbe 2000 T1 receiver to either a DSX MON jack or E1OUT for BRIDGE if
DSX MON jack is not available. Connect the T1 signal to the appropriate connector (RJ-45, COAX, Bantam) on the
NetProbe. The transmitter Tx is disabled by default.

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 Next, press button to start the AUTO MONITOR test.

Check the AUTO MON main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time SIGNAL and FRAME (with

Framed data) indicators at the top of the Tip:
screen are Green. Red indicates a problem. Click on a history indicator
If these indicators are red, check all circuit box or a Status box to reset
connections and T1 setup the corresponding event or
status.
• The history indicators below are gray. Red
indicates a problem. If an event
(SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERRROR) occurs,
the corresponding gray history area will
remain red until it is reset.
• STATUS boxes report OK. If not, check under
DETAILS, if available, or click on a Parameter
category name to display sub-detail metrics.
The OK/Fail thresholds are configured under
the Setup Automonitor tabs.

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 Each category and its sub-detail metrics are described below.

Line measurements
• Code Errors
• Frequency
• Signal Level
• Clock Slips
• Frame Slips

Alarms
• LOS (Loss of Sync)
• OOF (Out of Frame)
• AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
• Yellow

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 Errors
• Code
• Frame
• CRC

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 G.826
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severe ES)
• ES Ratio %
• SES Ratio %
• AVS (Available Seconds)
• UAVS (Unavailable

G.826 Block
• EB (Errored Block)
• BBE (Background Block
Error)
• EBR (EB Ratio %)
• BBER BBE Ratio %)
• AVS (Available Seconds)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

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 RFC1406
• Total Seconds
• ES (Errored Seconds)
• SES (Severed ES)
• AVS (Available Seconds)
• UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)

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 6.4 Bit Error Testing (BERT)

Run the BERT application to check the integrity of an E1 circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to end with another
test set. The indicators at the top display the current and historical state of SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR/PSYNC
events. The test results are reported as errors or error rates. Any events, including Alarms and G.821 metrics, are also
reported.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected with no inversion.

A default BERT test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns can

be selected from the list by scrolling left or right. Choices
include OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS,
All 0’s, All 1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

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 A typical loop around or point-to-point Bit Error Test setup is shown below. After the bantam, BNC or RJ-45 cable
connection is made; press to start the BERT test.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time SIGNAL, PSYNC and FRAME

(with Framed data) indicators at the top of
the screen are Green. Red indicates a Tip:
problem. If these indicators are red, should Click on any history indicator box
check all circuit connections and T1 setup. to reset all history indicators.
• The history indicators below are gray. Red
indicates a problem. If an event
(SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERRROR/PSYNC)
occurs, the corresponding gray history area
will remain red until it is reset.
• Error counters report 0 or at least are not
quickly incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections
and T1 setup.

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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.
Click on the thin gray bar to
Tip: hide it.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the bottom
starting BERT, click on can be used to display
the LGC button to force additional metrics, alarms and
and detect a single bit timeslot information.
error.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 6.4.1 ALARM menu

To access the Alarms menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history alarm status to determine which alarms
caused the LED to turn red.
• Force an alarm condition onto the E1 line by pressing an Alarm Insertion
button. Caution: The alarm insertion will be continuous until pressed
again.
o LOS (Loss of Signal)
o OOF (Out of Frame)
o AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
o Yellow
• To exit, press .

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 6.4.2 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the ALARM menu.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history ERROR

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages.
Tip:
o EFS (Error Free Seconds)
Click in the Details or %
o ES (Errored Seconds)
columns to display a histogram
o SES (Severe ES)
for the corresponding metric.
o AVS (Available Seconds)
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 6.4.3 Live Traffic menu

To access this menu, press from the G.821 ERROR menu.

Use this menu to view the binary and hexadecimal

value in each channel.

To exit, press .

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 6.5 Propagation Delay Measurement (PDL)

Run the Propagation Delay Measurement application to measure the round trip loopback delay around the T1 circuit
heck the integrity of a T1 circuit.

A typical loop around connection for measuring PDL is shown below. After the bantam, BNC or RJ-45 cable connection
is made; press to start the PDL measurement.

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 When the PDL measurement begins, the tester will first reset the displayed results and then calibrate. After a couple
seconds, the Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay values will display along with a histogram.

The Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay is measured and reported in milli-seconds (ms) and unit
intervals (ui’s). Press the button to reset the Min Delay and Max Delay values.

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 6.6 Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA)

Run the Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA) application to check if the T1 pulse shape complies with ITU-T G.703 specifications.

To plot and analyze the T1 pulse shape, first connect the T1 signal to be tested and select the appropriate Termination
from the T1 Setup menu. Press to start the PSA test.

If the pulse can be normalized it will plot inside the G.703 template. If
the pulse fits 100% inside the template, the test PASSED ( ). If any
part of the plot of the plot falls outside of the template, the test
FAILED ( ).

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 6.7 DS0 Testing

Run the DSO Testing application to measure the frequency and power of any received tones and monitor the ABCD bits
of a DSO sub channel. The application also allows you to listen to the audio in a timeslot using the supplied headset.

To run a DSO test, connect the T1 signal to be tested, select a timeslot number, select PCM Companding (u-Law/A-Law)
and press to start a DSO test.

DS0 testing includes:

• Listening to any of the 24 DS0 Voice Channels using

the supplied headset.
• Measuring the frequency of the received signal. Test
tones are typically 404Hz, 1004Hz, and 1804Hz.
• Measuring the power (dBm) of the received test
tones. If the reading is not available, N/A will display.
• Reading the ABCD bits for the selected timeslot.
• Transmitting signal 300-3404Hz, -40.0-3.0dBm.
• Configuring ABCD bits for the selected timeslot.

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 7. T3 ANALYZER OPTION

7.1 Top Menu

The T3 analyzer option starts up with the top menu shown to the right. It
Includes the following test functions:

BERT
SETUP

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 7.2 Set Up

Use the Setup menu to configure the T3 transmitter and receiver parameters.

Each configuration parameter is described below:

Frame Pattern
OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-
21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS, All 0’s, All
• Unframed – all
1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The
bits used for
pattern can also be
data
configured in Setup.
• AMI Code
• C-Bit
Test Length (not shown)
• M-13
Unlimited, 30 s, 1 min, 5 min,
10 min, 30 min, 1hr, 3 hr. 6 hr,
12 hr, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days,
user-defined.
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 Clock Tx Termination

• Internal • Low
• Recovered • High
• External • DSX
• Off

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 Rx Termination Loopback

• DSX • Off
• Bridge • Local
• Remote

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 7.3 Bit Error Testing (BERT)
Run the BERT application to check the integrity of a T3 (DS3) circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to end with
another test set. The indicators at the top display the current and historical state of
SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR/PSYNC events. The test results are reported as errors or error rates. Any events,
including Alarms and G.821 metrics, are also reported.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected with no inversion.

A default BERT test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns can

be selected from the list by scrolling left or right. Choices
include OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS,
All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

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 A typical loop around or point-to-point Bit Error Test setup is shown below. After the COAX connection is made, press
button.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time SIGNAL, PSYNC and FRAME

(with Framed data) indicators at the top of
the screen are Green. Red indicates a Tip:
problem. If these indicators are red, should Click on any history indicator box
check all circuit connections and T3 setup. to reset all history indicators.
• The history indicators below are gray. Red
indicates a problem. If an event
(SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERRROR/PSYNC)
occurs, the corresponding gray history area
will remain red until it is reset.
• Error counters report 0 or at least are not
quickly incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections
and T3 setup.

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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.
Click on the thin gray bar to
Tip: hide it.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the bottom
starting BERT, click on can be used to display
the LGC button to force additional metrics, alarms and
and detect a single bit timeslot information.
error.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 7.3.1 ALARM menu

To access the Alarms menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history alarm status to determine which

alarms caused the LED to turn red.
• Force an alarm condition onto the T3 line by pressing an Alarm
Insertion button. Caution: The alarm insertion will be continuous until
pressed again.
o LOS (Loss of Signal)
o LOF (Loss of Frame)
o AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
o Yellow
o Idle
• To exit, press .

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 7.3.2 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the ALARM menu.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history ERROR

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages. Tip:
o EFS (Error Free Seconds) Click in the Details or
o ES (Errored Seconds) % columns to display a
o SES (Severe ES) histogram for the
o AVS (Available Seconds) corresponding metric.
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 7.3.3 Line menu

To access this menu, press from the G.821 Error menu.

Use this menu to:

Tip:
• Monitor line parameters. Click in the Details
o Frequency (Hz) column to display a
• Display a histogram histogram for the
frequency.
To exit, press .

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 8. E3 ANALYZER OPTION

8.1 Top Menu

The E3 analyzer option starts up with the top menu shown to the right. It
Includes the following test functions:

BERT
SETUP

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 8.2 Set Up

Use the Setup menu to configure the E3 transmitter and receiver parameters.
Each configuration parameter is described below:

Frame Pattern
OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-
21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS, All 0’s, All
• Unframed – all
1’s, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The
bits used for
pattern can also be
data
configured in Setup.
• AMI Code
• C-Bit
Test Length (not shown)
• M-13
Unlimited, 30 s, 1 min, 5 min,
10 min, 30 min, 1hr, 3 hr. 6 hr,
12 hr, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days,
user-defined.

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 Clock Tx Termination

• Internal • Low
• Recovered • High
• External • DSX
• Off

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 Rx Termination Loopback

• DSX • Off
• Bridge • Local
• Remote

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 8.3 Bit Error Testing (BERT)
Run the BERT application to check the integrity of an E3 circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to end with another
test set. The indicators at the top display the current and historical state of SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERROR/PSYNC
events. The test results are reported as errors or error rates. Any events, including Alarms and G.821 metrics, are also
reported.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected with no inversion.

A default BERT test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns can

be selected from the list by scrolling left or right. Choices
include OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS,
All 0’s, All 1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

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 A typical loop around or point-to-point Bit Error Test setup is shown below. After the COAX connection is made, press
button.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time SIGNAL, PSYNC and FRAME

(with Framed data) indicators at the top of
the screen are Green. Red indicates a Tip:
problem. If these indicators are red, should Click on any history indicator box
check all circuit connections and E3 setup. to reset all history indicators.
• The history indicators below are gray. Red
indicates a problem. If an event
(SIGNAL/FRAME/ALARM/ERRROR/PSYNC)
occurs, the corresponding gray history area
will remain red until it is reset.
• Error counters report 0 or at least are not
quickly incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections
and E3 setup.

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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.
Click on the thin gray bar to
Tip: hide it.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the bottom
starting BERT, click on can be used to display
the LGC button to force additional metrics, alarms and
and detect a single bit timeslot information.
error.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 8.3.1 ALARM menu

To access the Alarms menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history alarm status to determine which

alarms caused the LED to turn red.
• Force an alarm condition onto the T3 line by pressing an Alarm
Insertion button. Caution: The alarm insertion will be continuous until
pressed again.
o LOS (Loss of Signal)
o OOF (Out of Frame)
o AIS (All 1’s Alarm Indicator Signal)
o RAI (Remote AIS)
• To exit, press .

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 8.3.2 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the ALARM menu.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history ERROR

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages. Tip:
o EFS (Error Free Seconds) Click in the Details or
o ES (Errored Seconds) % columns to display a
o SES (Severe ES) histogram for the
o AVS (Available Seconds) corresponding metric.
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 8.3.3 Line menu

To access this menu, press from the G.821 Error menu.

Use this menu to:

Tip:
• Monitor line parameters. Click in the Details
o Frequency (Hz) column to display a
• Display a histogram histogram for frequency.

To exit, press .

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 9. Co-Dir ANALYZER OPTION

9.1 Top Menu

The CO-DIR analyzer option uses the NetProbe’s G.703 64kbps data interface to run Bit
Error and Propagation Delay tests. To access this option press the DATACOM button on the
main menu.

The Co-Dir application starts with the top menu shown to the right with buttons for the
following test functions:

BERT
PDL (propagation delay test)
SETUP

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 9.2 Set Up

Pull down the Interface drop down and select “Codir” as shown below. Use the Setup menu to configure the Co-Dir
Loopback parameter. All other are fixed.

Loopback

• Off
• Local
• Remote

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 9.3 Bit Error Testing (BERT)

Run the BERT application to check the integrity of a G.703 64kbps Co-Dir circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to
end with another test set. The indicator at the top displays the current and historical state of the patter sync. The test
results are reported as errors and error rates.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected.

A default BERT test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns can

be selected from the list by scrolling left or right. Choices
include OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS,
All 0’s, All 1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The pattern can also be
configured in Setup.

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 A typical loop around or point-to-point Bit Error Test setup is shown below. After the bantam or datacom adaptor cable
connection is made, press to start the BERT test.

Pattern Sync LED turns Green when

When errors are detected, the the transmitted pattern matches the
LOGIC (LGC) ERROR counter will received pattern.
increment.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time PAT SYNC is green. Red

indicates a problem. If these indicators are
red, you should check all circuit connections Tip:
and Co-Dir setup. Click on the history indicator box
• The history indicators are gray. Red to reset the history indicator.
indicates a problem. If a PAT SYNC event
occurs, the corresponding gray history area
will remain red until it is reset.
• Error counters and Pat Loss (pattern loss)
report 0 or at least are not quickly
incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections
and Co-Dir setup.

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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.
Click on the thin gray bar to
Tip: hide it.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the bottom
starting BERT, click on can be used to display
the LGC button to force additional G.821 metrics and
and detect a single bit Tx/RX frequency.
error.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 9.3.1 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history PAT SYNC

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages.
o EFS (Error Free Seconds) Tip:
o ES (Errored Seconds) Click in the Details or %
o SES (Severe ES) columns to display a histogram
o AVS (Available Seconds) for the corresponding metric.
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 9.3.2 Frequency Measurement menu

To access this menu, press from the G.821 ERROR menu.

Use this menu to view the real-time Tx and Rx

Frequency and to display a histogram. Example
shown has internal clock so no frequency values
are displayed.

To exit, press .

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 9.4 Propagation Delay Measurement (PDL)

Run the Propagation Delay Measurement application to measure the round trip loopback delay around the Co-Dir
circuit.

A typical loop around connection for measuring PDL is shown below. After the bantam or datacom adaptor cable
connection is made, press to start the PDL measurement.

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 When the PDL measurement begins, the tester will first reset the displayed results and then calibrate. After a couple
seconds, the Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay values will display along with a histogram.

The Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay is measured and reported in milli-seconds (ms) and unit
intervals (ui’s). Press the button to reset the Min Delay and Max Delay values.

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 10. DATACOM ANALYZER OPTION

The DATACOM analyzer option provides DTE and DCE testing on RS-232 (V.24), RS-530, RS-449, V.35 and X.21 circuits
using a proprietary datacom adaptor cable. To access this option press the DATACOM button on the main menu.
The Datacom application with the top menu shown to the right with buttons for the following test functions:

BERT
PDL (propagation delay test)
SETUP

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 10.1 SETUP

Use the Setup menu to configure the Datacom transmitter and receiver parameters.

Each configuration parameter is described below:

Interface Pattern
OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-
21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS, All 0’s, All
• RS-232
1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The
• RS-232 Async
pattern can also be
• RS-449 configured in Setup.
• RS-530
• V35 Test Length (not shown)
• X.21 Unlimited, 30 s, 1 min, 5 min,
• Codir 10 min, 30 min, 1hr, 3 hr. 6 hr,
12 hr, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days,
user-defined.

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 Bit Rate (bps) Synthesizer

• 300 • Enter bit rate

• 600
• 1200
• 2400
• 4800
• 9600
• 14400
• 19200
• 38400
• 48000
• 64000
• 57600
• 115200 Note: With RS-232 Async interface,
• Synthesizer the setup parameter Synthesizer is
replaced with Data Bits (Size).
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 Tx Clock Rx Clock

• Internal (rising edge) • Internal (rising edge)

• Internal (falling edge) • Internal falling edge)
• Recovered (rising edge) • Recovered (rising edge)
• Recovered (falling edge) • Recovered (falling edge)

Note: With RS-232 Async interface, the setup

parameters Tx Clock and Rx Clock are replaced
with Parity and Stop Bits.

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 Loopback Ex Mode

• Off • DTE
• Local • DCE
• Remote

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 10.2 Bit Error Testing (BERT)

Run the BERT application to check the integrity of a datacom circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to end with
another test set. The indicator at the top displays the current and historical state of the patter sync. The test results are
reported as errors and error rates.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected.

A default BERT test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns can

be selected from the list by scrolling left or right. Choices Note: With RS-232
include OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-23-1, QRSS, Async testing, Parity
All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The pattern can also be Errors and Error
configured in Setup. Rate are displayed.

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 A typical loop around or point-to-point Bit Error Test setup is shown below.

If the tested device is a DCE device, set EX Mode to DTE and use the DTE datacom cable. If the tested device is a DTE
device, set EX Mode to DCE and use the DCE datacom cable.

After the datacom cable connection is made, press to start the BERT test.

Pattern Sync LED turns Green when

When errors are detected, the the transmitted pattern matches the
LOGIC (LGC) ERROR counter will received pattern.
increment.

Note: With RS-232

Async testing, Parity
Errors and Error
Rate are displayed.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time PAT SYNC is green. Red indicates

a problem. If these indicators are red, you
should check all circuit connections, Datacom
Tip:
setup and Handshake signals (see below).
Click on the history indicator box
• The history indicators are gray. Red indicates a to reset the history indicator.
problem. If a PAT SYNC event occurs, the
corresponding gray history area will remain
red until it is reset.
• Error counters and Pat Loss (pattern loss)
report 0 or at least are not quickly
incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections,
Datacom setup and Handshake signals (see
below) .

Handshake Signals
If the tested circuits require handshake signals, you will need to click on the
appropriate box to toggle the value. For example with EX Mode = DTE, you will
need to set Handshake – Tx leads RTS and DTR to “1” and with EX Mode =DCE, you
will need to set Handshake – Tx leads CTS, DSR and DCD to “1”.
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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.
Click on the thin gray bar to
Tip: hide it.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the bottom
starting BERT, click on can be used to display
the LGC button to force additional G.821 metrics and
and detect a single bit Tx/RX frequency.
error.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 10.2.1 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history PAT SYNC

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages.
o EFS (Error Free Seconds) Tip:
o ES (Errored Seconds) Click in the Details or %
o SES (Severe ES) columns to display a histogram
o AVS (Available Seconds) for the corresponding metric.
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 10.2.2 Frequency Measurement menu

To access this menu, press from the G.821 ERROR menu.

Use this menu to view the real-time Tx and Rx

Frequency and to display a histogram. Example
shown has internal clock so no frequency values
are displayed.

To exit, press .

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 10.3 Propagation Delay Measurement (PDL)

Run the Propagation Delay Measurement application to measure the round trip loopback delay around the Datacom
circuit.

A typical loop around connection for measuring PDL is shown below. After the datacom adaptor cable connection is
made, press to start the PDL measurement.

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 When the PDL measurement begins, the tester will first reset the displayed results and then calibrate. After a couple
seconds, the Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay values will display along with a histogram.

The Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay is measured and reported in milli-seconds (ms) and unit
intervals (ui’s). Press the button to reset the Min Delay and Max Delay values.

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 11. IEEE C37.94 ANALYZER OPTION

11.1 IEEE C37.94 Tele-protection

Power Lines have redundancy. Relays switching the redundant lines

are controlled by multiplexers and tele-protection circuits. Fiber
optic lines are preferred over copper lines to connect this
equipment due to their immunity to electrical noise.

In a typical tele-protection telecom network using IEEE C37.94

optical links, error free operation is of extreme importance to
assure positive Power Relay closure/opening and reporting of this
status.

A tester is needed to verify optical power and bit error free

operation of the optical link between the data multiplexer and
teleportation equipment. In addition, data propagation delay
should be measured.
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 11.2 Introduction

The C37.94 option installed in the NetProbe 2000 is intended for monitoring, testing and troubleshooting of
IEEE C37.94 optical link. The option includes a SFP 850nm multimode optical transceiver. The SFP specification
is shown in the section Technical Specification of this manual.

11.3 Description
Upon Power Up the display starts with the main menu that is shared with all other
applications installed. Press the C97.34 button to initiate this application. Available options
are:

The Main Menu (to the right) provides access to 3 test menu’s and setup menu described in
details in subsequent sections:

• BERT
• PDL
• OPTICAL POWER
• Setup

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 11.4 SETUP

Configuring setup typically requires a few simple steps:

1. Choose setup configuration from the list of previously saved configs or leave
the default.
2. Choose a test of Unlimited, 30 s, 1 min, 5 min, 10 min, 30 min, 1hr, 3 hr. 6 hr, 12 hr, 1
day, 2 days, 3 days or user-defined.
3. Choose Data Rate as a multiple of nx64 kbps, where n=1…12 or change the
Receive Rate to Auto detect.
4. Select a test pattern for bit error testing.
5. Select patter inversion.
6. For normal operation, Loopback should be set to Off. For looped operation,
choose between Local Loop and Remote Loop.
7. Frame is fixed to C37.94.
8. Choose Transmit clock source from Internal or Recovered ( from received
optical signal)
9. If Internal Clock is selected there is an option to introduce offset in +/- 1ppm from -127ppm to +127ppm. This
clock if useful for stressing clock recovery circuits in customer equipment, as the standard clock deviation is
within +/- 50ppm.
10. Save this configuration if desired.
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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 11.5 Bit Error Testing (BERT)

Run the BERT application to check the integrity of an IEEE C37.94 datacom circuit. It can be run with a loopback or end to
end with another test set. The indicator at the top displays the current and historical state of the patter sync. The test
results are reported as errors and error rates.

Before you start transmitting with the button, you can easily select a test pattern. In the example below, a test
pattern of 2e15-1 is selected.

ANote: the selected

default BERTpattern will be transmitted
test pattern is 2-15-1. Other patterns
continuously even if the test is stopped, and
can
other measurements are running , like by scrolling left or right.
be selected from the list
Choices include
Optical Power menu. OFF, 63, 511, 2047, 2-15-1, 2-21-1, 2-
23-1, QRSS, All 0’s, All 1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:15, 1:31. The
pattern can also be configured in Setup. Note: the selected
pattern will be transmitted continuously even if the test is stopped, and
other measurements are running , like Optical Power menu.

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 There are three IEEE C37.94 testing connections:

1. End to end testing between two NetProbe 2000 testers.

2. Terminating teleprotection equipment that is looped.
3. Terminating the multiplexer equipment that is looped.

Each is illustrated below

End-to-End testing between

two NetProbe 2000 test sets,
terminating the teleprotection
circuit at each end, via the
optical link.

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 NetProbe is terminating the teleprotection
equipment which is looped, via the optical
link.

NetProbe is terminating the multiplexer

equipment which is looped, via the optical
link.

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 After the fiber optic connection is made, press to start the BERT test.

When errors are detected, the Pattern Sync LED turns Green when
LOGIC (LGC) ERROR counter will the transmitted pattern matches the
increment. received pattern.

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 Check the BERT main screen and observe the following:

• The real-time PSYNC LED is green. Red

indicates a problem. If these indicators are
red, you should check all circuit connections
Tip:
and C7.94 setup.
Click on the history indicator box
• The history indicators are gray. Red indicates a to reset the history indicator.
problem. If a PAT SYNC event occurs, the
corresponding gray history area will remain
red until it is reset.
• Error counters report 0 or at least are not
quickly incrementing. If these are quickly
incrementing, check all circuit connections,
cabling and C37.94 related equipment.
• Yellow alarm LED is gray.

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 Tip:
Click in the Errors or Rate
columns to display a
histogram for the
Tip: corresponding metric.
To verify that everything
is setup properly after Green arrows at the
starting BERT, click on bottom can be used to
the LGC button to force display additional G.821
and detect a single bit metrics, Alarms and
error. timeslot/channel values.

Optionally, a constant bit error rate can be injected using the RATE menu.
Select a rate from the pull down menu and press the corresponding
green button to begin the error RATE injection.

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 11.5.1 G.821 ERROR menu

To access this menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor the current and history PSYNC

status to determine the severity of the
errors that generated an ERROR indication.
• Monitor G.821 counters and percentages.
o EFS (Error Free Seconds) Tip:
o ES (Errored Seconds) Click in the Details or %
o SES (Severe ES) columns to display a histogram
o AVS (Available Seconds) for the corresponding metric.
o UAVS (Unavailable Seconds)
• Display a histogram

To exit, press .

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 11.5.2 ALARM menu

To access the Alarms menu, press from the main BERT screen.

Use this menu to:

• Monitor Loss Of Signal and Yellow Alarm occurrences.

• Force an alarm condition onto the C37.94 circuit by pressing an Alarm
Injection button. Caution: The alarm insertion will be continuous until
pressed again.
o LOS (Loss of Signal)
o Yellow (Yellow Alarm)
• To exit, press .

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 11.5.3 Live Traffic menu

To access this menu, press from the Alarm menu.

Framing
Use this menu to view the binary and hexadecimal
2 bytes
value in each timeslot(channel).

Each C37.94 frame has 32 bytes ( timeslots), numbered

on the Live Traffic screen from 0 to 31. Overhead6
bytes
Bytes 0-1 is Header
Bytes 2-7 is Overhead
Bytes 8-31 is Channel Data. Channel Data can be 1-12
User data
bytes long, eg. 1 byte corresponds to 64 kbps and 12 bytes
from 2 -24
to 720kbps. Each data bit is followed by complement bit,
bytes
therefore at 12 bytes the total number of used bytes in the
frame is 24 ( 8-31 timeslots).

To exit, press .

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 11.6 Optical Power

After the fiber optic connection is made, press to start measuring optical power. This application provide two types
of information: Optical Power and SFP Details.
Tip:
11.6.1 Optical Power Click in the Details columns to
display a histogram for the
Use this menu to measure the Tx and Rx optical power and corresponding metric.
transmission rate metrics listed below:

• Frequency (Hz)
• Tx Power (dBm)
• Rx Power (dBm)
• Temperature
• histogram of one above

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 11.6.2 SFP Info

To access this menu, press from the Optical Power menu.

Use this menu to display the SFP Details listed below:

• Vendor name
• Part #
• Serial #
• Wavelength
• LOS (Loss of Sync
• SFP presence
• SFP Tx Fault
• CDR Sync

To exit, press .

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 11.7 Propagation Delay Test (PDL)

Run the Propagation Delay Measurement application to measure the round trip loopback delay around the IEEE C37.94
circuit.

PDL has two operating modes which differ in precision and refreshing intervals.

• Continuous: data is sent continuously, measurement precision is 125 µs.

• Ping Mode: data is sent and the round trip delay measured once per
second.

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 Three typical loop around connections for measuring PDL are shown below. After the fiber optic connection is made,
press to start the PDL measurement.

NetProbe is terminating the NetProbe is terminating the

teleprotection equipment multiplexer equipment
which is looped, via the which is looped, via the
optical link. optical link.

End-to-End testing between

two NetProbe 2000 test sets,
terminating the teleprotection
circuit at each end, via the
optical link.

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 When the PDL measurement begins, the tester will first reset the displayed results and then calibrate. After a couple
seconds, the Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay values will display along with a histogram.

The Current Delay, Minimum Delay and Maximum Delay is measured and reported in milli-seconds (ms) and unit
intervals (ui’s). Press the button to reset the Min Delay and Max Delay values.

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 11.8 C37.94 Test Records
The Test Results menu shows a log of all tests.

To view detailed test results, click on the test result of interest, highlight it and press .
From the detailed results, press to display a histogram.

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 To export results, follow the brief easy steps below or see Section 4.4 Test Results for more details.

1. Connect a USB drive to the NetProbe 2000 using the supplied USB mini adaptor to export by USB. Connect a CAT
6 Ethernet network cable to the NetProbe 2000 to export by FTP or email.
2. Click on a session result to highlight it and press the button.
3. Click on the appropriate tab and enter all necessary information.
4. Select to export the total results report in PDF or ASCII format by checking the TotalResults (RAW) and/or
TotalResults(PDF) checkboxes. You can also select to export a CSV file for each application metric by checking
the checkbox labeled Metric.
5. Press the button to export the results

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 12. Gigabit Basic ANALYZER OPTION

12.1 Introduction

The Gigabit Basic analyzer option provides comprehensive performance testing on 10/100 Mbps and 1Gigabit Ethernet
networks. To access this option, press the Ethernet button on the main menu.
The Gigabit Basic application includes the following test functions:

BERT
RFC2544
Loopback
Monitor
Wire Map
IP Tools
PDL (propagation delay test)
SETUP

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 12.2 Setup

Press the SETUP button configure the Test Port, Network Setting and display SFP information.

12.2.1 SFP Identity

To identify the SFP device plugged into the tester SFP socket, press on the SFP tab.

The module information includes:

• SFP EXISTence
• SFP LOS (SFP Loss of Signal)
• Vendor name
• Part Number
• Serial Number
• Wavelength
• Tx optical power (dBm)
• Rx optical power (dBm)
• SFP temperature

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 12.2.2 PORT SETUP and PORT STATUS

Select PORT to setup:

• Transceiver Mode: optical or electrical
• Auto-Negotiations: enabled or disabled
• Speed: 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps or Auto
• Duplex: Full, Half, Auto

PORT STATUS shows:

• Link Status - Up or DOWN
• Speed (Mbps)
• Duplex – Half or Full
• Auto-negotiations in progress or completed

12.2.3 Network Parameters

NETWORK menu allows selection of:

• MAC Address
• IP Address
• Subnet Mask
• Default Gateway
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While not required by IEEE 802.3-2004, Ethernet cable diagnostics are commonly used nowadays. This feature is
considered very important by the majority of the PHY vendors.

The feature provides extensive network and cable operating and status information:
• Cable length of properly terminated cable
• Cable termination mismatch, including short and open states
• Identification of which cable pair (A, B, C, D) is improperly terminated
• Coupling between cable pairs.

If a link is established in 10BASE-T or 100BASE-T mode, the unused cable pairs 4-5
and 7-8 are not tested.

Due to the legacy 10BASE-T hardware constraints, the cable length cannot be
reliably determined when the cable is connected to a remote PHY in 10BASE-T Half-
Duplex mode.

12.3.1 Fundamentals
The feature uses the internal DSP of the PHY that can analyze input signal characteristics in order to detect the link
quality.
The WIREMAP software suite compares the signal received at the PHY device to the link partner transmit signal
(defined by the standard) to determine the characteristics of the specific CAT 5/6 cable.
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 12.3.2 Accuracy

When properly terminated, the WIREMAP reports the approximate cable length (in meters) for each of the
four cable pairs A, B, C, and D, the operation range being between 7 and 140 meters with 5-meter
accuracy.

Cable Termination
Proper termination of the CAT 5/6 cable requires 100-ohm differential impedance between the positive
and negative cable terminals. The IEEE 802.3 standard allows for a termination of as high as 115
Ohms or as low as 85 Ohms. If the termination falls outside of an accepted termination range, it will
be reported as anomalous by the WIREMAP cable diagnostics.

Open or shorted states on each of the cable pairs (A, B, C, D) are also recognized and their location
determined with 8-meter accuracy.

Coupling Between Cable Pairs

Shorted wires, improper termination, or high crosstalk resulting from an incorrect wire map can cause
anomalous coupling between cable pairs. All these conditions can prevent the PHY from establishing a
link at any speed.

The WIREMAP feature can correctly identify a cross-pair short location up to 100 meters with 10-
meter accuracy.

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 12.4 Loopback

The Loopback is a feature of NP2000 GigE-BAS option that allows looping Ethernet traffic back to the sender, on Layer 1,
Layer 2 and Layer 3 to run various round trip tests.

Loopback supports following modes:

• Layer 1 – equivalent of a hardwire cable loop. 100% of the Ethernet signal
is looped.
• Layer 2 – the incoming frames are re-transmitted after exchanging the
source and destination MAC address.
• Layer 3 – the incoming frames are re-transmitted after exchanging the
source and destination addresses at IP and MAC layer. If Layer 3 loopback
doesn’t find IP header in received frame, then swaps only MAC layer
addresses.

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 12.4.1 Filter

You may set filter for L2 by tapping the FILTER button. On displayed screen activate particular rule by checking it. Filter is
applicable for Layer 2 loop mode or higher and is bypassed after selecting Layer 1 loop mode.

• No broadcast – drop incoming broadcast frames (enabled by default).

• No multicast – drop incoming multicast frames (enabled by default).
• No Ethernet keep-alive – drop Ethernet diagnostic frames used in network equipment as mechanism to verify
whether a port is self-looped. In most cases you should keep this option checked.
• My MAC only – loop only frames that destination MAC address is equal to unit MAC address.

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 12.4.2 Statistics

Statistics tab reports information about inbound and outbound traffic. Screen provides following parameters:

• Frames – total number of received and transmitted frames.

• Short Frames – total number of frames received with an Ethernet frames size smaller than 64B.
• FPS – current Rx and Tx bandwidth in terms of fps (frames per second).
• CRC Error – number of received frames with invalid CRC.
• Broadcast – number of received frames with broadcast destination MAC
address
• Multicast – number of received frames with multicast destination MAC
address.
• Dropped – number of frames dropped by L2 filter.

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 12.4.3 Running loopback

To run loopback function, follow the steps below:

• Make cable connection. Typical loop connection is shown below.

• Depending on the traffic type that you want to loop back, configure suitable Loop Mode (Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer
3).
• For Layer 2 and Layer 3 mode configure
inbound traffic filter.
• Press to start looping the received
traffic.
• Use to reset measurement counters.
• To stop loop press .

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 12.5 Monitor

The Monitor is a useful tool for monitoring devices, services, ports or protocols in local area network. It provides
information about network traffic and bandwidth usage. It can monitor all network traffic or just a specific traffic
filtered out from network.

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 12.5.1 Filter

Traffic filter allows to monitor only specific traffic. To setup Rx filter tap
button and customize filter rules. The rules can be defined for
following layers: MAC, VLAN, MPLS, IP, L4(UDP, TCP).

• MAC – define source and destination MAC addresses.

• Mask – set bit mask to indicate which parts of MAC address are available for
examination. 1 means that the equivalent bit must mach, 0 means that the
equivalent bit doesn’t matter. For example, a mask FF:00:00:00:00:00 will examine
only first octet of MAC address, 80:00:00:00:00:00 – first bit, 00:00:00:00:00:01 –
last bit, FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF – all octets.
• Eth. Type – configure a filter for Ethernet type (0x0000-0xFFFF). Select item form
dropdown list or set own value. Check to activate.

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 • Stacked VLAN – available options are: Off, 1 tag, 2 tags. Select at least one
tag to enable VLAN filter.
• Type – select VLAN protocol identifier.
• CFI – set Canonical Format Indicator (1 for Ethernet).
• ID – set identifier (0-4095)
• Priority – set priority code (0-7).

• Stacked MPLS – available options are: Off, 1 tag, 2 tags. Select at least one
tag to enable MPLS filter.
• Label – set label number (0-65635).
• COS – set Class Of Service (0-7).
• TTL – Time To Live (0-255).

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 • IP – define source and destination IP address.
• MASK – set bit mask to indicate which parts of IP address are available for
examination. A 255 octet means that the equivalent octet in IP address must mach
exactly. 0 means that the equivalent octet doesn’t matter.
• Protocol – higher layer protocol (0-255).
• TOS – Type Of Service (0x00 – 0xFF).
• TTL – Time To Live (0-255).

To activate L4 filter select UDP or TCP protocol. Note that to enable L4 filter IP filter have to
be enabled first. The filter provides following rules:
• Port src. – set UDP/TCP source port value (0-65535).
• Port dst. – set UDP/TCP destination port value (0-65535).

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 12.5.2 Statistics

Statistics tab reports information about network traffic. Screen provides following parameters:

• Bandwidth – receive rate in terms of a percentage of line rate.

• Line Rate – line bit rate.
• L2 Rate – MAC layer receive bit rate.
• FPS – current receive bandwidth in terms of fps (frames per second).
• Frames – total number of received frames.
• Dropped – number of frames not matched by filer.

Use and buttons to switch between the Minimum, Maximum, Current and
Average values.

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 12.5.3 Running Monitor

To run monitor function, follow the steps below:

• Make cable connection. Use 10/100/1000 test port or SFP

test port with optical transceiver. To monitor network traffic
you can just connect to a mirrored switch port, hub or TAP device.
• If needed, configure inbound traffic filter ( ) and check Enable filter to activate it .
• Press to start monitoring received traffic.
• Use to reset measurement statistics.
• To stop monitor press .

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 12.6 Bit Error Testing (BERT)
This option supports bit error testing (BERT) over Ethernet Layer 1 Framed, Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4. Test can be
performed with fixed, pseudo random or user defined patterns.

12.6.1 Setup

The main BERT screen is divided between Setup and Results with a tab for each. When you first enter the BERT
application, the Setup tab is active. From this Setup you can save a BERT profile, configure general parameters, configure
test traffic and enable error injection.

GENERAL menu
Use the General menu to configure the Test Type and Pattern.

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 Patterns
Patter choices include: All 1’s, All 0’s, 1:1, 1:3, 2:2, 5:32, 215-1, 220-1, 223-1, 223-1.

Test Type
The selection for Test Type determines the ISO layer (Layer 1 – Layer 4) that you wish to carry the pattern data.

Layer 1 Framed – The selected BERT pattern is encapsulated with SOF, Preamble and CRC.

Layer 2 to Layer 4 – The selected BERT pattern is encapsulated with MAC (Media Access Control) address, in addition to
SOF, Preamble and CRC. This MAC address is a source address for all streams. The default MAC value should have been
previously preset in the Ethernet SETUP menu.

When testing on Layer 2-4, additional filtering parameters can be setup for a specific MAC, one to two VLAN tags, one to
two MPLS tags and a UDP PORT ID.

Layer 2 – supports up to (2) VLAN tags

Layer 3 – supports up to (2) VLAN tags and (2) MPLS tags
Layer 4 – supports up to (2) VLAN tags and (2) MPLS tags and a UDP port

Each is illustrated below.

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 Layer 2 without VLAN

Click in the
colored bar
to configure
the MAC

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 Layer 2 with VLAN

Click in the
colored bar to
configure the
MAC and VLANs

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 Layer 3 without MPLS (shown with 1 VLAN tag)

Click in the colored

bar to configure the
MAC VLANs and IP.

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 Layer 3 with MPLS (shown with 1 VLAN tag)

Click in the colored bar to

configure the MAC,
VLANs, IP and MPLS tags.

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 Layer 4 (shown with 1 VLAN tag and 1 MPLS tag)

Click in the colored bar to

configure the MAC,
VLANs, IP, MPLS tags and
UDP ports.

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 Rx traffic filtering

Enabling the filters applies the header settings to the received traffic. If the header settings of the incoming traffic match
the configured settings on the local unit, the traffic is considered test traffic, otherwise it is considered nontest traffic.

The traffic filter parse the headers of incoming packets and then applies all enabled
rules to determine if packet is considered as part of test traffic. Filtering of each packet
header can be enabled or disabled by corresponding checkbox. Use drop down menu
to customize header filter. See table below to get more details about all filtering rules.

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 Layer Filter Filtering rule
MAC src. Rx MAC source address == Tx MAC destination address
MAC MAC dst. Rx MAC destination address == Tx MAC source address
Eth. Type Rx Eth. Type == Tx Eth. Type
Type Rx VLAN Type == Tx VLAN Type
VLAN ID Rx ID == Tx ID
Priority Rx Priority == Tx Priority
Label Rx MPLS Label == Tx MPLS Label
MPLS
COS Rx MPLS COS == Tx MPLS COS
IP src. Rx IP source address == Tx IP destination address
IP dst. Rx IP destination address == Tx IP source address
IP TOS/DS Rx TOS/DS == Tx TOS/DS
Protocol Rx Protocol == Tx Protocol
Length Rx Total length == Tx Total length
Port src. Rx UDP source port == Tx UDP destination port
UDP Port dst. Rx UDP destination port == Tx UDP source port
Length Rx UDP Length == Tx UDP Length

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 TRAFFIC menu

• Select Frame Size. You can enter a value from 64 to 9600 by

clicking on an entry box.
• Select desired Bandwidth in % or Mbps
• Tx FPS shows frame rate (frames per second) value for desired
bandwidth.
• Enable packet time-stamping if you want measure packet delay
and jitter. Note that it should be used only if there is a loopback
device at the far end. Don’t use time-stamping when you are
using BERT devices at both ends.

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 ERROR INJECTION menu

• Select desired error

injection type: Code, Bit or
CRC
• Select Injection Flow type: Single,
Count or Rate. If Rate is chosen,
select a rate from the pulldown menu

Once running BERT, you will tap on the

syringe to start error Injection. If configured
for Single, each tap will inject a single error.
When error injection is active, the syringe
turns red.

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 12.6.2 Testing Topologies

There are two methods used to run BERT: End-to-End and Loopback. Each is illustrated below. Once the connections are
made, press the start button.

Loopback BERT Test End-to-End BERT Test

This test requires a hard loop or This test is preformed between (2)
NetProbe 2000 running loopback or a NetProbes. Each tester must use the
Reflector. same pattern.

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 12.6.3 BERT Results
Tip:
Click on RESULTS to display five tabs SUMMARY, RATES, ERRORS, ALARMS and DELAY. Click in the Current or Total Error
columns to display a histogram
for the corresponding metric.

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 Note that DELAY results are available when time-stamping is enabled. For more details see BERT TRAFFIC menu section.

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 12.7 RFC 2544 Conformance Testing
12.7.1 Fundamentals

The RFC 2544 conformance testing was introduced as a method to benchmark interconnected network devices. Because
of its ability to measure throughput, burstability, frame loss and latency, this methodology is also used to test Ethernet-
based networks and is now the de facto standard when benchmarking an Ethernet network. The test methodology
defines the different frame sizes to be tested (64,128, 256, 512, 1024, 1280 and 1518 bytes), the test time for each test
iteration (typically at least 60 or 120 seconds and the frame format (IP/UDP), etc.

The throughput test allows the technician to obtain the maximum rate at which none of the offered frames are dropped
by the device/system under test (DUT/SUT). This measurement translates the obtained rate into the available
bandwidth of the Ethernet virtual connection.

The latency test (for store-and-forward devices) refers to the time interval that begins when the last bit of the input
frame reaches the input port and ends when the first bit of the output frame is seen on the output port. It is the time
taken by a bit to go through the network and back. Latency variability can be a problem. With protocols like VoIP and
IPTV, a variable or long latency can cause degradation in voice and video quality.

The frame loss test calculates the percentage of frames that should have been forwarded by a network device under
steady state (constant) loads that were not forwarded due to lack of resources. This measurement can be used for

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 reporting the performance of a network device in an overloaded state, as it can be a useful indication of how a device
would perform under pathological network conditions such as broadcast storms.

The burstability or back-to-back test refers to the fixed length of frames that are presented at a rate such that there is
the minimum legal separation for a given medium between frames (maximum rate) over a short to medium period of
time, starting from an idle state. The test result provides the number of frames in the longest burst that the device or
network under test will handle without the loss of any frames.

The RFC 2544 methodology was created to assess different parameters found in service-level agreements. By providing
performance availability, transmission delay, link burstability and service integrity measurements, a carrier can certify
that the working
parameters of the
delivered Ethernet
circuit comply with the
contract.

Example of Throughput
test.

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 12.7.2 Single NetProbe 2000 or Dual NetProbe 2000 Test Scenario

The simplest RFC 2544 test scenario is to have a NetProbe 2000 send
the Framed Layer 1 RFC 2544 traffic to a hard loop. Most likely
though, you will want to test ISO layers 2-4 and for that scenario,
you will need a remote NetProbe 2000 running loop back at the
remote end. The remote NetProbe 2000 will swap MAC source and
destination addresses for Layer 2 testing and swap source and
destination IP addresses for Layer3 testing.

A more complex scenario is to test in each direction with two

NetProbe 2000s running back to back. With this back to back
approach, the two units perform an asymmetrical SLA
measurement, providing RFC 2544 results per direction. This scenario’s main strength is that it quickly pinpoints which
direction has not been configured properly or is at fault while providing performance metrics per direction.

The dual test-set approach also provides the capability to

segment the network and quickly pinpoint in which
direction issues occur. This is especially important where
bandwidth is different between the upstream and
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 downstream direction. In such a case, using a loopback tool will always yield the same results since the measurement
will be affected by the lowest throughput, and test results will not show that one direction has higher performance than
the other. The same scenario will occur if a network misconfiguration is present in only one direction of the service.
Depending on the error, the problem will not be identified with round-trip measurements only. This can results in
customer complaints and additional truck rolls. With the dual test set approach, both directions are independently
analyzed at the same time and pass/fail results are provided per direction, yielding the highest level of confidence in
service testing.

Currently, this scenario requires an operator at each but we will soon release new software that allows the local test to
retrieve remotes results and display them on the on the local unit. This will ensure that the entire test routine can be
completed by a single person in control of a single unit, providing shorter test time and reduced manpower. Also,
because the two units will not be synchronized exactly when the test starts, there will be a level of inaccuracy in the
latency measurements.

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 12.7.3 RFC 2544 Setup

The following settings have to be selected for an RFC 2544 test:

PROFILE Tab

Profile allows the user to save and load user-defined test configurations.
To save the current configuration data, tap the Save button and save or specify a
new profile name.

To load a specific profile which was saved previously, select its name from the
drop down menu. After selecting a new profile, the new configuration data will
be automatically loaded.

To delete a specific profile, select it from Current Profile drop down menu and
tap the Delete button. Note that you can’t remove the DEFAULT profile, but if
attempted, the factory default will be restored.

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 GENERAL Tab

• Select Test Level as Layer 1 Framed, Layer 2, Layer 3 or Layer 4)

• Select Test Frame size to be test as 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 1518 bytes.
You can also enter a value from 64 to 9600 by clicking on an entry box.
• Tap on MAC-IP-UDP boxes to set MAC addresses (Layer 2-4) and IP
addresses, TTL, TOS, Protocol, Source and Destination Ports (Layer 3-4).
Each is illustrated below:

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 Layer 2

Click in the
colored bar
to configure
the MAC.

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 Layer 3

Click in the
colored bar to
configure the
MAC and IP.

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 Layer 4

Click in the colored

bar to configure the
MAC, IP and UDP Port.

See Rx traffic filtering paragraph in 12.6.1 section to get details of incoming traffic filtering setup.

Now you will need to define RFC 2544 test parameters for the Throughput, Latency, Frame Loss and Burst tests. This
done by entering values (defined below) for the tabs labeled THROUGH, LATENCY, FRAME LOSS and BURST.

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 THROUGHput Tab
• Max Rate - Defines the rate so that the throughput test should begin with, in
terms of a percentage of line rate or in Mbps.
• Accuracy – Defines how precise the result must be. The accuracy is based on
line rate (% or Mbps).
• Test duration – Defines the duration (sec) to run each iterative test.
• Thresholds - Defines the threshold value in percentage of line rate or Mbps. If
determined throughput value for specific frame size is lower than the
threshold value, the test is declared as FAIL.

LATENCY Tab
• Maximum Rate – Defines latency test transmission rate in terms of a
percentage of line rate or Mbps. Select Copy from throughput box to use
throughput test result as desired transmission rate for latency test.
• Repetitions – Defines the number of time to run each iteration before taking
the average.
• Test duration – Defines the duration (sec) to run each iterative test.
• Latency Thresholds – Defines the maximum acceptable average latency (usec)
required for a test to pass.
• Jitter Threshold – Defines the maximum acceptable variability (usec) of
interpacket arrival required for a test to pass.

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 FRAME LOSS Tab
• Max Rate – Defines the rate so that the frame loss test should begin with, in
terms of a percentage of line rate or in Mbps.
• Step Size – Defines frame loss test step size. The step size is based on line rate
(% or Mbps).
• Test duration – Defines the duration (sec) to run each iterative test.
• Thresholds – Defines the threshold value in percentage of frame loss. If
determined frame loss value for specific frame size is greater that the
threshold value the test is declared as FAIL.

BURST (Back to Back) Tab

• Max Rate – Defines burst test transmission rate in terms of a percentage of line
rate or Mbps.
• Accuracy – Defines the number of frames to reduce in the burst for the next
iteration if the previous burst size fails.
• Repetitions – Defines the number of times to run each iterative test.
• Max Duration – Defines the duration (sec) to run each iterative test.
• Threshold – Defines the threshold value in percentage of maximum burst
length. If determined burst length value for specific frame size is lower than
threshold value the test is declared as FAIL.
• Use binary search – If enabled, the next transmission rate is one half of the
difference between the previous successful rate and the previous failed rate.

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 12.7.4 Running a Test

• Press and the screen will switch to the TEST tab and start running each
enabled test using the parameters configured in the Setup tab.
• Observe that the Status displays “Running” and that “In Progress…”
displays next to the active test. Tests that have not started yet display
“Not Started”
• indicates error and alarms status. Press it to get more details.
• Observe at the bottom of the screen, the details of each iterative test as it
runs, displaying the current frame size, rate, iteration and PASS/FAIL
status.

Icon Meaning
Result doesn’t meet thresholds
Result meets thresholds
Test in progress

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 Click on the alarm led
indicator to get details.

Alarm tip:
Icon Meaning Time – accumulated number of
No alarms are present during the test seconds that the alarm remained
At least one alarm was present the test raised.
At least one alarm is present during the test # – total number of times the
alarm event occurred.

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 12.7.5 RFC 2544 Results

Click on the RESULTS tab and then the appropriate test tab to view a table of results of each iterative test along with its
PASS/FAIL status. Each test type THROUGHput, LATENCY, FRAME LOSS and BURST is displayed below.

THROUGHput TEST
Tip:
To see graphical results, click on
the Graph tab and then select a
test type from the drop down.

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 LATENCY TEST
This tab displays the Latency test results for either Latency or Jitter by using the drop down menu.

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 FRAME LOSS TEST
This tab displays the Frame Loss test results. Use the Rate Step drop down menu to display results for a specific rate.

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 BURST TEST
This tab displays the BURST test results. Use the Rate Step drop down menu to display results for a specific rate.

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 12.7.6 RFC 2544 Test Records

The Test Results menu shows a log of all tests.

To view detailed test results, click on the test result of interest, highlight it and press .
From the detailed results, press to display specific results, log and graph.

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 To export results, follow the brief easy steps below or see Section 4.4 Test Results for more details.

1. Connect a USB drive to the NetProbe 2000 using the supplied USB mini adaptor to export by USB. Connect a CAT
6 Ethernet network cable to the NetProbe 2000 to export by FTP or email.
2. Click on a session result to highlight it and press the button.
3. Click on the appropriate tab and enter all necessary information.
4. Select to export the total results report in PDF or ASCII format by checking the TotalResults (RAW) and/or
TotalResults(PDF) checkboxes. You can also select to export a CSV file for each application metric by checking
the checkbox labeled Metric.
5. Press the button to export the results

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 12.8 Ethernet - IP TOOLS

The Ethernet option includes a set of diagnostic tools. With these tools you'll get an outside view of your network
response time and network topology, which allows you to track down network issues more easily.

The IP Tools include the following functions:

1. Ping
2. Trace Route
3. Discover
4. FTP
5. HTTP

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 12.8.1 Ethernet – PING

Ping is a diagnostic function used to test the reachability of a host device on an IP network and to measure the round-
trip time (latency) for messages sent from the NetProbe to the host device.

SETUP Tab

Use this tab to setup the following Ping parameters:

• URL or IP address
• Data Size
• Time To Live
• Delay
• Timeout
• Attempts number

Press the Ping button to start the test

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 RESULTS Tab

Use this tab to observe the PING results.

The table display a list of IP addresses along with their corresponding round-trip time (latency) and Time to Live (TTL)

Addional summary metrics include:

• Number of packets Sent

• Number of Packets Received
• Number of Packets Lost
• Round Trip Time (Current, Avg, Min, Max)

Press the STOP button to stop the test.

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 12.8.2 Ethernet - Trace Route

Trace Route is a diagnostic tool for displaying the routed path and measuring transit delays of packets across an IP
network. The history of the route is recorded as the round-trip times (latency) of the packets from the NetProbe to each
successive host (remote node) along the routed path. Traceroute can reveal network failures such as routing loops and
black holes and shows roughly where those failures exist.

Trace Route function set up includes:

• Destination url or IP address

• Max number of Hops
• Timeout

Press the Trace button to start the test and observe the round trip time (latency) and IP
address of each hop from the NetProbe to each successive node. Press the STOP button
to stop the test.

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 12.8.3 Ethernet - Discover

Discover scans and detects all network devices within a range of IP addresses. The range specified must be entered in
CIDR notation. CIDR notation is constructed from:

• IP address
• Prefix – number of leading ‘1’ in the routing prefix
mask

To run DISCOVER, follow the steps below:

1. Press the Discover button and the IP address and MAC

address of each device detected in your defined range
will display. When the Discover function reached the
end of the IP range, a green check appears.

2. Click on an IP address of interest and press the Details

button to get additional detail about a device.

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 12.8.4 Ethernet - FTP

FTP is used to check the status of an FTP server by measuring the time from to download a host file to the NetProbe or
upload file to a server.

To run FTP download test, follow the steps below:

1. Check Download radio button.

2. Select an FTP file for the test from the drop down or click in the Ftp file
entry block and enter an FTP address.
3. Enter User and Password in the entry blocks. If your FTP does not require
authentication leave it empty.
4. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a
green check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

When the test completes successively, the following measurements are displayed.

• Throughput (Current, Average)

• Data transfer rate
• Transfer Time

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 To run FTP upload test, follow the steps below:

1. Check Upload radio button.

2. Select an FTP remote server directory where test file will be uploaded.
3. Enter User and Password in the entry blocks. If your FTP does not require
authentication leave it empty.
4. Set upload Size.
5. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a
green check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

FTP upload test reports following measurements:

• Upload throughput (Current, Average)

• Data transfer size
• Transfer Time.

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 12.8.5 Ethernet - HTTP

HTTP is used to test and benchmark the performance of web applications, web servers. The HTTP test allow the
NetProbe to measure the time required to download a web page.

To run HTTP, follow the steps below:

1. Select a url or IP address for the test from the drop down or click in the Address
entry block and enter an FTP address.
2. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a green
check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

When the test completes successively, the following measurements are displayed.

• Throughput (Current, Average)

• Data transfer rate
• Transfer Time

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 13. Gigabit Advanced ANALYZER OPTION

13.1 Introduction

The Gigabit Advanced analyzer option adds to the Gigabit Basic analyzer option to provide comprehensive performance
testing on 10/100 Mbps and 1Gigabit Ethernet networks. To access this option, press the Ethernet button on the main
menu.
The Gigabit Advanced application combines the following test functions with the
Gigabit Basic test functions:

Traffic Generator
Y.1564
IEEE 1588

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 13.2 Setup

Press the SETUP button to configure the Test Port, Network Setting and display SFP information. See 12.2 Setup section.

13.3 Traffic Generator

13.3.1 Overview

Traffic Generator test generates up to 8 streams (also known as multi-streams). The stream properties are configured
independently for each stream. Test can be performed witch Layer 2, Layer 3, or Layer 4 configurations with up to 2
VLAN tags.

The Traffic Generator measures, simultaneously, the following parameters:

• Received Frames count

• Transmitted Frames count
• Out-Of-Sequence
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 • Round Trip Latency

13.3.2 Traffic Generator Setup

PROFILE Tab

Profile allows the user to save and load user-defined test configurations.
To save the current configuration data, tap the Save button and save or specify a
new profile name.

To load a specific profile which was saved previously, select its name from the
drop down menu. After selecting a new profile, the new configuration data will
be automatically loaded.

To delete a specific profile, select it from Current Profile drop down menu and
tap the Delete button. Note that you can’t remove the DEFAULT profile, but if
attempted, the factory default will be restored.

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 GENERAL Tab

Per stream setup:

• Enable Stream: Enables or disables the current stream. Press the

to copy the 1st stream to all other streams (2-8).
• Stream Layer: Selects the frame structure for the current stream. The choices
are: Layer 1 Framed, Layer 2 (MAC), Layer 3 (MAC/IP), Layer 4 (MAC/IP/UDP).
• VLAN: Defines the number of VLAN tags in frame header. The choices are: Off,
1 tag, 2 tags.
• Payload: Defines the payload of the frame in hexadecimal format.
• Header setup: Tap on the color bars at the bottom of the screen to configure
MAC, VLAN, MPLS and IP parameters. The choices change based on the Stream
Layer selected.

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 TRAFFIC Tab
Per stream setup:

• Frame Size: User defined from 64 bytes to 9600 bytes.

For Layer 1 Framed and Layer 2 you are able to set
frame size from 48 to 9600 bytes.
• Tx Rate: Utilized Line Rate (URL) %
• Tx FPS: Frame rate (frames per second) value for
desired Tx Rate.
• Total Tx Rate: Sum of all enabled stream’s Tx Rates
(can’t exceed 100%)
• Traffic Shape: Choices are: Constant, Burst, Ramp
• Period: Burst and Ramp shape parameter.
• Duty: Burst duty parameter.

Button Meaning
Stream disabled
Stream disabled and selected
Stream enabled
Stream enabled and selected

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 Traffic shaping types:

• Constant: The network traffic is generated in constant mode and the bandwidth of
the traffic generation can be set based on specified Tx Rate.

• Burst: The network traffic is generated in burst mode. The burst Period and Duty
Cycle are configurable. Period determines the burst pattern duration. Duty
parameter determines the burst duration within the burst period. The Tx Rate
parameter represents burst transmission rate.

• Ramp: The network traffic can be generated in ramp mode. Ramp transfers the
frames by incrementing successively the transmit rate up to the Tx Rate. Duration of
ramp is defined by Period parameter.

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 13.3.3 Running the Traffic Generator

• Load a profile. Make sure that at least one stream is enabled

• Connect a CAT6 Ethernet cable to the 10/100/1000 test port
and
ensure that the test port Active.
• Ensure that test port link Activelink is up.
• Press to run the Traffic Generator test. The RESULTS tab will be
automatically displayed.
• Observe results on the SUMMARY, THROUGH, SEQUENCE, LATENCY and
ALARMS tabs. Each is described below.

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 13.3.4 Traffic Generator Results

SUMMARY Tab

Click on this tab to display Frame count statistics for all enabled streams. Total
transmitted and received frames are reported.

• Tx: displays the number of transmitted frames by each stream

• Rx: displays the number of received framed by each stream

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 THROUGH Tab

Click on this tab to display the transmit and receive rates for each stream. You can
specify the values to be displayed as line rate (URL – Utilized Line Rate) or in
Frames per Second (fps). Use and buttons to switch between the Minimum,
Maximum, Current and Average latency values.

• Current: displays the average throughput value of last second

• Average: displays the average throughput value since the beginning of the
test
• Minimum: displays the minimum throughput value since the beginning of
the test
• Maximum: display the maximum throughput value since beginning of the
test

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 SEQUENCE Tab

Click on this tab to display Out of Sequence events. An Out-Of-Sequence is declared

when a frame is received with a sequence number smaller than a previously
received frame.

Per stream Out-Of-Sequence statistics:

• Count: displays total number of frames declared as Out-Of-Sequence
• Rate: displays total received frames to Out-Of-Sequence frames ratio
• Sec.: displays amount of time in seconds that Out-Of-Sequence events
occurred

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 LATENCY Tab

Click on this tab to display the round trip latency for all enabled streams. Use and
buttons to switch between Current/Average and Minimum/Maximum latency values.

• Current: displays the average latency value of last second

• Average: displays the average latency value since the beginning of the test
• Minimum: display the minimum latency value since the beginning of the test
• Maximum: displays the maximum latency value since the beginning of the test

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 ALARMS Tab

Click on this tab to display detected Alarms. The alarms are displayed with a green or
red background as described below; otherwise, they will be displayed with a gray
background. The error count, amount of time in seconds that alarm remained raised
during the test and total number of times the alarm event occurred are also displayed.

• LOS (Los Of Signal): indicates a loss of signal on the optical port

• Link Down: indicates that the Ethernet connection is down.
• CRC: displays total number of received frames with invalid CRC

LED Color Meaning

No error pending
At least one error present in last second

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 13.4 Y.1564

13.4.1 Overview

NetProbe 2000 Y.1564 test suite is fully compliant with ITU-T Y.1564 and offers an efficient method of qualifying and
troubleshooting Ethernet services. The NetProbe can perform two-way tests (round-trip) with a far-end loop device. Key
features of NetProbe 2000 Y.1564 are:

• Configurable services of up to 8 simultaneous flows including CIR, EIR, Traffic Policing and frame size
• Flexible Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 settings including MAC and IP addresses, VLAN settings, TTL, TOS and UDP
port number
• Traffic coloring (traffic classifying)
• Step load CIR test (up to 7 steps)
• Independent setting of Service Acceptance Criteria limits for each service
• Test verdict reporting with pass/fail indication based on Service Acceptance Criteria

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 13.4.2 Y.1564 Setup

PROFILE Tab

Profile allows the user to save and load user-defined test configurations.
To save the current configuration data, tap the Save button and save or specify a
new profile name.

To load a specific profile which was saved previously, select its name from the
drop down menu. After selecting a new profile, the new configuration data will
be automatically loaded.

To delete a specific profile, select it from Current Profile drop down menu and
tap the Delete button. Note that you can’t remove the DEFAULT profile, but if
attempted, the factory default will be restored.

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 GLOBAL Tab

Global setup for Y.1564 includes:

• Configuration Test: Enables configuration test

• Performance Test: Enables performance test. If enabled, set time in
HH:MM:SS format for the Service Performance test duration. Default
setting is 15 minutes.

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 GENERAL Tab

Tab includes per service setup:

• Enable Stream: Enables or disable current stream.

• Press the button to copy the 1st service setup to other services (2-8).
• Stream Layer: Selects the frame structure of current stream. The choices are: Layer
2 (MAC), Layer 3 (MAC/IP), Layer 4 (MAC/IP/UDP).
• VLAN: Defines the number of VLAN tags in frame header. The choices are: Off, 1 tag,
2 tags.
• Header setup: Tap on the color bars at the bottom of the screen to configure MAC,
VLAN, MPLS and IP parameters. The choices change based on the Stream Layer
selected.
• Coloring: Configures traffic coloring.

LED Color Meaning

Traffic coloring is on
Traffic coloring is off
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 Traffic coloring enables user to tell the network which of the frames should be marked as green frames (high priority
level) and which frames should be marked as yellow frames (low priority level). Color mode can be on or off, and set
independently for each service. Press button to open traffic coloring configuration menu for current service.

Traffic coloring menu includes:

• Color Method: Configure which field in the test traffic implements the color
mechanism. The choices are: IP DSCP, IP ECN, VLAN Priority, VLAN DEI. The
color markers must have different value for green and yellow traffic
corresponding to the same service.
• Tx Color: Define color marker value for green and yellow traffic
• Rx Color Acceptance: Configure Rx traffic color filter. Defines which of
received frames should be classified as green and which as yellow.
• Enable Coloring: Enables or disable traffic coloring for current service

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 TRAFFIC Tab

Display setup panel that enables user to define frame size and bandwidth profile for each service to be tested.

• Frame Size: Enter a value from 64 to 9600 Byte by clicking on the entry box.
• CIR (Committed Information Rate): Define CIR value
• Total Tx: Indicates the sum transmit rate (CIR) of all enabled services (can’t
exceed 100% of interface Utilized Line Rate)
• EIR (Excess Information Rate): Enables execution of EIR test as a part of
configuration test suite. If enabled, you need to define the EIR value.
• Traffic Policing: Enable execution of the policing test as a part of configuration
test suite. If network under test is not using any traffic administration
algorithm you may want to disable policing test.

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 SAC Tab

The Service Acceptance Criteria (SAC) parameters define the pass/fail verdict thresholds for service. The set of values
defines minimum requirements to ensure that the service meets witch Service Level Agreement. SAC parameters are
only guaranteed for traffic conforming to the CIR.

The following values comprise the Service Acceptance Criteria:

• Max FTD (Frame Transfer Delay): Determines the maximum delay that the
frames can take to travel from source to destination (round trip delay for looped
back frames) to still be compliant with the SLA.
• Max FD (Frame Delay Variation): Defines the maximum frame jitter allowed to
still be compliant with the SLA.
• Max Frame Loss: Defines the maximum ratio of lost frames to total transmited
frames allowed to still be compilant with the SLA.
• Min Availability: Defines the minimum percentage of service availability allowed
to still be compilant with SLA.

Enabling or disabling checkbox determines if coresponding parameter will be verified durring a test.

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 RAMP Tab

For each service, a step load test may be used to gradually reach the CIR. The RAMP tab allows the user to create
multiple CIR test steps.

RAMP configuration includes:

• CIR Steps: define number of steps to be tested in configuration CIR test

• Step Duration: determine test duration for each ramp step

Modify the step levels in terms of % of CIR by click-and-drag on a step.

Note: The EIR step and Traffic policing step are part of ramp graph as soon as they are
enabled on the TRAFFIC tab for corresponding service.

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 13.4.3 Running a Test

• Configure the setup or load a test profile form the PROFILE tab
under Setup.
• Make sure that at least one service is enabled.
• Connect a CAT6 Ethernet cable to the 10/100/1000 test port and
ensure that the test port Active.
• Press to run the Y.1564 test. The TEST tab containing the current test and services status will be
automatically displayed.
• Phase 1 – Service Configuration test: the services will be tested one by one.
• Phase 2 – Service Performance test: the services will be tested
simultaneously over defined period of time.

Icon Meaning
Fail status
Pass status
Running

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 13.4.4 Y.1564 Results

Overview of measurements

Use the scroll bar to see the following measurements from the Configuration Test.

• ULR: Utilized Line Rate is an average rate of frames including the minimum size interframe gap, the preamble,
the start of frame delimiter and the service frame bits starting with the MAC address and ending with the FSC.
• FTD: Frame Transfer Delay is the time a frame takes to transfer between two measurement points of a network
• FDV: Frame Delay Variation is the variation of the arrival of frames at the measurement point
• FLR: Frame Loss Rate is the ratio of total lost frames to the total frames transmitted
• AVAIL vs. UNAVAIL: a test flow is considered to be in one of two stated either Available or Unavailable. A test
flow is defined as Unavailable upon the commencement of a block of 10 consecutive SESETH (Severe Errored
Seconds Ethernet). A SESETH is defined as a second in which the FLR exceed a rate of 0.5 (50%). Once the SESETH
rate is exceeded, the test flow will remain in the Unavailable state until the commencement of a block of 10
consecutive non-SESETH.

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 Configuration Test Tab

Click on this tab to display the Service Configuration test results:

• Step Verdict
• Tx ULR (Tx Utilization Line Rate)
• Rx ULR (Rx Utilization Line Rate)
• Tx Frame Count
• Rx Frame Count
• Frame Loss Count
• FLR (Frame Loss Rate)
• FTD (Frame Transfer Delay)
• FDV (Frame Delay Variation)

Parameters that are verified against Service Acceptance Criteria (defined on the SAC tab) are displayed with a yellow
backlight. The Service Configuration test passes if all verified parameters for each step are found to be within
acceptable limits. The test is reported as fail if any of test steps are marked as FAIL.
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 The service configuration test is broken down into three steps. The steps are tested individually for all services and
evaluated as follows:

• CIR Test: The CIR test step is considered to pass if the computed performance metrics (FTD, FDV, FLR) are within
acceptable limits.
• EIR Test
o Non-color-aware services: The test is considered to pass if CIR*(1-FLR)<Rx ULR<= CIR+EIR.
o Color-aware services: The test is passed if FTD, FDV and FLR for green traffic are within acceptable limits.
• Traffic Policing Test
o Non-color-aware services: The test is considered to pass if CIR*(1-FLR)<Rx ULR<= CIR+EIR + 1%.
o Color-aware services: The test is passed if FTD, FDV and FLR for green traffic are within acceptable limits
and if the aggregated Rx ULR (green + yellow) meets following condition: CIR*(1-FLR)<Rx ULR<= CIR+EIR
+ 1%.

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 Performance Test Results

Click on this tab to display the Performance test

results:

• Rx ULR (Rx Utilization Rate)

• FTD (Frame Transfer Delay)
• FDV (Frame Delay Variation)
• Tx ULR
• FLR (Frame Loss Rate)
• Availability
• Unavailability seconds

Parameters that are verified against Service Acceptance Criteria (defined on SAC tab) are display with a yellow
backlight. The Service Performance test pass if all verified parameters are found to be within acceptable limits. If
any parameter exceeds limit, it becomes highlighted in red and test verdict is reported as FAIL.

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 ALARMS Tab

Click on this tab to display detected Alarms. The alarms are displayed with a green or red background as described
below; otherwise, they will be displayed with a gray background. The error count, amount of time in seconds that
alarm remained raised during the test and total number of times the alarm event occurred are also displayed.

• LOS (Los Of Signal): indicates a loss of signal on the optical port

• Link Down: indicates that the Ethernet connection is down.
• CRC: displays total number of received frames with invalid CRC

LED Color Meaning

No error pending
At least one error present in last second

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 13.5 IEEE 1588

13.5.1 Introduction

IEEE 1588 provides a standard protocol for synchronizing clocks connected via a multicast capable network such as
Ethernet. It defines a protocol known as the precision time protocol (PTP). The PTP protocol specifies how real-time PTP
clocks in the system synchronize with each other. These clocks are organized into a master-slave synchronization
hierarchy with the grandmaster clock denoted as the highest quality clock in the network. The PTP process consists of
two phases: establishing the master-slave hierarchy and synchronizing the clocks.

The Best Master Clock (BMC) algorithm automatically determines which clock is the highest quality clock within the
network. The BMCA allows a clock to automatically take over the duties of Grandmaster when the previous
Grandmaster gets disconnected, or for any reason is unable to continue as Grandmaster.

Slave clocks synchronize to the 1588 Grandmaster by using bidirectional multicast communication. All slave nodes
exchange timing messages with their master in the hierarchy and use timing information to adjust their clocks to the
Grandmaster.

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 NetProbe 2000 operates as IEEE1588v2 ordinary clock (single port device). It enables a user to verify connectivity and
synchronization of PTP networks. A single NetProbe 2000 can emulate a master or slave node. Key features of NetProbe
2000 running IEEE 1588 are:

• Hardware timestamping
• PTP over UDP and Ethernet support.
• End-to-end and peer-to-peer mechanism support.
• Timing metrics (offset from master, path delay, PDV, IPDV etc.)
• PTP messages statistics
• Graphs and histograms
• PTP messages capturing and decoding

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 13.5.2 Setup

PROFILE Tab

The Profile Tab allows the user to save and load user-defined test configurations.
To save the current configuration data, tap the Save button and save or specify a
new profile name.

To load a specific profile which was saved previously, select its name from the
drop down menu. After selecting a new profile, the new configuration data will
be automatically loaded.

To delete a specific profile, select it from Current Profile drop down menu and
tap the Delete button. Note that you can’t remove the DEFAULT profile, but if
attempted, the factory default will be restored.

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 PTP Tab

The PTP Tab allows a user to specify node configuration:

• PTP Mode: The following modes are supported:

o Master/Slave – device can act as either master or slave. It acts as
master unless there is a better master available in the network, in
which case the device become a slave.
o Slave only – device always acts as slave receiving timing from the
master clock.
o Master only – device act as master clock unless there is a better master
available in the network, in which case device goes to passive state.
• Transport Protocol: Selects type of transport protocol used for carrying PTP
messages. The following protocols are supported: Ethernet, UDP.
• Address Mode:
o Multicast – all PTP related communication is using reserved multicast addresses.
o Unicast – available only with UDP Master only or Slave only PTP mode. To run unicast mode, you have
to specify the IP address of the far end device. Use the Edit button to configure remote master IP
address (Slave only mode) or remote slave IP address (Master only mode).

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 • Delay Mechanism: Specifies the delay measurement mechanism:
o End-to-End – slaves determine the delay between them and the master over whole network path (end
to end).
o Peer-to-Peer – each device (master, slaves, switches) only determine the delay to their nearest
neighbor. Peer-to-Peer delay measurement mechanism is best in an engineered network, where all
switches (and routers if there are any) can be guaranteed to be 1588 capable.
• Domain: Specifies PTP clock domain number. Participating devices (master clock, slaves, switches) should be in
the same domain. Domain range is 0 – 127.
• Clock Quality: A set of parameters describing local clock quality. Best Master Clock Algorithm compares clock
quality of all mater capable devices and determines which device in the network is the active master. Clock
quality consist of:
o Class – describes clock class. Allowable value depends of current PTP Mode. Master/Slave: 128-254,
Slave only: 255, Master only: 0-127.
o Accuracy – configures clock accuracy to UTC. Allowable values are: 25ns, 100ns, 250ns, 1us, 2.5us, 10us,
25us, 10us, 250us, 1ms, 2.5ms, 10ms, 25ms, 100ms, 250ms, 1s, 10s, >10s, Unknown
o Priority 1 – configures clock priority 1. Range is 0 – 248 (0 is the highest).
o Priority 2 – configures clock priority 2. Range is 0 – 248 (0 is the highest).

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 Master/Slave Tab

The Master/Slave tab allows a user to specify the settings for PTP timing messages:

• Announce Interval: Defines transmission interval of Announce message in

master state.
• Sync Interval: Defines transmission interval of Sync message in master state.
• Delay Req Interval: Defines transmission interval of Delay_Req message
announced when in master state.

• Announce Timeout Intervals: Defines announce receipt timeout in terms of

announce intervals. When announce receipt timeout occurs, slave disqualifies
the current best master clock.
• Delay Req Interval: Defines the local value of Delay_Req transmission interval. Used as initial value, can
overwrite value announced by master.
• Ignore Master Delay Req Interval: When checked, slave overwrites Delay Req Interval announced by master
with the local value.

Note: Delay Req Interval setup is used only when the End-to-End delay mechanism is selected.

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 Peer Tab

Peer-to-peer delay measurement works locally, from every node to each of its
neighbors. For each pair of directly connected ports, each end periodically
measures the round-trip network delay between sending a Pdelay_Req message
and receiving in response a Pdelay_Resp message.

Before running IEEE1588 test with Peer-to-Peer mechanism you may configure time
interval between Pdelay_Req messages. Use the PDelay Req. Interval drop-down
list to select correct value. The default is 1 second.

Note: PDelay Req. Interval setup is used only when Peer-to-Peer delay mechanism is selected.

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 13.5.3 Results

Status

The Status screen displays the local node status and best master clock information. It includes following
parameters:

• PTP status: Informs about current node status. Node can have one of the following status: Initializing, Faulty,
Disabled, Listening, Master, Passive, Uncalibrated, Slave, Unknown.
• Local ID: Local clock identity, it base on Ethernet port MAC address.
• State Transactions: The number of PTP status changes.
• Clock Stability: Indicates clock synchronization stability. If has green color, the
local clock is considered to be stable.
• Best Master Info: The parameters of best master clock. If local device act as
master clock (PTP Status is Maser), it displays its own parameters.

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 Messages statistics

There are two types of message in the PTP protocol: event messages and general messages. Event messages are
time-critical and an accurate timestamp is generated both at transmission and receipt of the message. Sync,
Delay_Req, Pdelay_Req, Pdelay_Resp are event messages. General messages do not require timestamps but may
contain timestamps for their associated event message. Announce, Follow_Up, Delay_Resp,
PDelay_Resp_Follow_Up, Management, Signaling are general messages.

NetProbe2000 provides information for all transmitted

and received PTP messages in the current domain.
Rates of messages taking part in the synchronization
process are also reported.

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 Errors

NetProbe 2000 reports a list of the most common errors that may occur in the network. Information about errors
narrows down the troubleshooting steps you need to take. The screen provides the following parameters:

• Domain Mismatch: Compares the domain number in the header of received PTP message. If the domain number
is different, it increases the number of domain mismatch and received PTP
messages are ignored.
• Sequence Mismatch: The number of received messages with incorrect sequence
number.
• Version Mismatch: The number of received PTP messages with incorrect
protocol version number (other than v2).
• Message Format Error: The number of received frames with incorrect PTP
message format.
• Delay Mode Mismatch: This occurs when a received PTP message is not
applicable to the current delay mechanism.
• Announce Timeouts: The number of announcing timeouts events.

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 Message capturing

The IEEE1588 function can be used to capture and decode PTP messages. To capture a message, select the desired
message type from the drop-down list and click Capture. The Busy icon indicates that device is waiting for the
specified message. After receiving a first message of the desired type, the capturing process stops and the message
details are displayed. You can save the captured message and export it along with the test results (see section 4.4).
If scanning process doesn’t find the desired message, you can interrupt it by pressing Cancel button.

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 Statistics

When NetProbe2000 emulates slave node it provides the following list of metrics:

• Offset from master: The difference in time between slave and master.
• M to S Delay: The master to slave path delay.
• S to M Delay: The slave to master path delay.
• Mean Path Delay: The mean delay between master and slave.
• Round Trip Delay: The sum of M to S and S to M delay.
• Path Asymmetry: The difference between master to slave and slave to master
delay.
• Clock Drift: The difference of master and slave clock frequencies in ppm units.

• IPDV (Inter-Packet Delay Variation): The difference between the delays of the
current and the previous packets (RFC5481).
• PDV (Packet Delay Variation): The difference between the delays of the
current packet and the minimum packed delay observed in current test
interval (RFC5481).
• IPG (Inter-Packet Gap): The variation in arrival of a message.

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 Graphs

Each metric can be represented as plot over time or histogram. Plot displays the most recent metric data.
Histograms provide comprehensive and accurate view of exact metric distribution, thereby reducing analysis time.
Current histogram data can be cleared by pressing button.

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 13.5.4 Running a test

This section will show how to run simple IEEE1588 master/slave emulation test. Connect two NetProbes using Cat 6
Ethernet cable via 10/100/1000 test port (see pictures below). Alternatively, you can use the SFP transceivers and a
fiber patch cable. Go to Ethernet-SETUP and configure the Test Port. Make sure that link is up (see 12.2.2 section).
Next go to IEEE1588 application and follow the steps below:

SLAVE MASTER
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 Start by setting the default configuration on both devices.
We want the right side device to be a master, so increase
Priority 1 (lower value means higher priority).

Press the start button to run master/slave emulation.

Both devices are now in the Listening state. Best Master

Clock Algorithm compares clock quality of all devices
capable to be a master. The device with highest quality
clock will become a master.

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 There are only two devices in this PTP network. The
device on the right side has higher priority 1 parameter so
it becomes a Master.

The device on the left side becomes a slave (it doesn’t

have the best clock). It starts synchronizing to the master
clock. The Slave clock is considered to be unstable if the
Clock Stability LED is red.

When the Slave clock becomes stable, the

Clock Stability LED is green and the Offset
from the Master begins decreasing.

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 14. Acquring an IP ADDRESS

14.1 Enable eth0

Prior to running the IPTV, VoIP, IP Tools (Main screen) or Remote applications, the NetProbe must establish an IP
address via the LAN 10/100 LAN port with the network. This port can be found at the top of the unit.

The instruction steps to acquire an IP address depend on your application you wish to run. With the WiFi and Remote
applications, follow all the steps below.

When starting the IPTV, VoIP or IP Tools application, if an IP address has not yet been acquired you will see the message
“Please turn on network interface and set IP address” . Click OK and go to step#3 below. If an IP address has already
been acquired, the message will not display and the IPTV, VoIP and IP Tools applications are ready to run.

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 Steps to Acquire an IP Address
WiFi and Remote Applications - start here
1. Tap on the Toolbar icon at the bottom of the display.
2. Tap on the Globe toolbar icon.
IPTV, VoIP, IP Tools Applications - start here
3. For IPTV, VoIP, IP Tools and Remote Applications, enable eth0 by choosing Ethernet from the Interface
drop down list. For WiFi application, enable wlan0 by choosing WLAN from the drop down list.
4. Click on the Get IP button.

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 5. Configure to use a Static or Dynamic setting as described below. If using DHCP you will see a blue
progress bar during DHCP processing which will turn green when the settings are successfully leased
from the network DHCP server. Click OK twice.

Static IP Address: Dynamic IP Address:

The DHCP radio The DHCP radio
button should be button should be
Disabled. Enter Enabled. The client
proper Network will attempt to lease
Settings for IP, Subnet the IP, Subnet Mask
Mask and Gateway IP and Gateway IP
addresses and press addresses from the
OK. network DHCP
server.

If the progress bar turns red or if you get a message “DHCP acquisition timeout. Check connections and
retry”, the DHCP request has failed. Also, check the network connections and DHCP availability.

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 Success! Failed!
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 14.2 Enable eth0 VLAN

Prior to running the IPTV, VoIP, IP Tools (Main screen) or Remote applications over VLAN, go through following steps:

1. Tap on the Toolbar icon at the bottom of the display.

2. Tap on the Globe toolbar icon.
3. Pull down the Interface drop down and select Ethernet VLAN interface.
4. Click on the Get IP button.
5. Set VLAN ID number.
6. Configure to use a Static or Dynamic as
described in previous section.
7. Click OK twice to leave network manager.

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 14.3 Enable PPPoE

Prior to running the VoIP application over PPP, the NetProbe have to establish PPPoE connection. To establish PPPoE
session and acquire an IP address, go though the following steps:
1. Tap on the Toolbar icon at the bottom of the display.
2. Tap on the Globe toolbar icon.
3. Pull down the Interface drop down and select Ethernet PPPoE
interface.
4. Click on the Get IP button.
5. Set PPP credentials: Authentication, User, Password or select
previously saved configuration form Profile drop down list and
go to step 7.
6. Click Connect button and set name of your configuration.
7. You will see blue progress bar during authentication process which will turn green when the session is
successfully established.
8. If progress bar turns red, the PPP authentication process has failed. Check network connection and make
sure that PPP credentials are correct.

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 Processing Success! Failed!
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 15. IPTV ANALYZER OPTION

15.1 Overview

The IPTV application has three modes of operation:

1. Monitor – allows you to passively monitor and test IPTV multicast streams.
2. Set Top Box (STB) EMULATION - allows you to emulate a STB with simultaneous
IPTV multicast streams (up to 40 Mbit/s bandwidth, typically 5-6 SD streams or 1-2
HD streams).
3. CHANNELS SCAN - allows you to check the availability of multicast streams in a
network. The user can define a list of multicast streams that should be verified.
4. VoD - allows you to monitor ( VoD client emulation) and test IPTV video-on-
demand (VoD) streams.

Before running any of these modes, your NetProbe will need to acquire an IP address and check the Setup options.

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 15.2 Acquiring an IP Address

Prior to using the IPTV option, the NetProbe has to establish an IP address via the LAN 10/100 port with the network.
Reference Chapter – 14 Acquiring an IP Address. The example below uses DHCP.

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 15.3 SETUP

Configuring IPTV setup is simple.

1. Config: Choose a setup configuration from the list of previously saved

configs or leave the default.
2. Test Length: Select the duration for the test. Choices include 30 s, 1 min, 5
min, 10 min, 30 min, 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, User Def.
The default is Unlimited.
3. Test Time: If the Test Length is set to User Def, you can enter the test
time as hr:min:s.
4. IGMP Latency: Enter a value for the period of time (in milliseconds) for
the CHANNEL SCAN to send an IGMP JOIN request for each channel on
the CHANNEL LIST.
5. Save this configuration if desired.

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 Saving the SETUP
The buttons labeled Delete Config and Save Config allow you to delete and save any configuration file currently shown in
the Config window. If the config is not saved, it will retain the last config used.

To save a config, press the Save Config button.

You can save as Default or you

can enter a new name for the
current configuration. To save,
press the enter button.
When you return the Setup
menu, you will see any new
configs created in the Config
drop down.

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 15.4 Monitor
The Monitor function allows you to passively monitor and analyze IPTV multi-cast channels that are received at the
NetProbe 2000 10/100 LAN port. If your network segment transmits IPTV streams on every switch port, you can just
connect to a mirrored switch port and monitor. Otherwise, you will need a hub, TAP device or Pass-Thru option to
monitor data between the modem/router and STB.

If your NetProbe is equipped with the Pass Thru option, you can monitor and analyze IPTV multi-cast channels that are
tapped between the NetProbe 2000 10/100 LAN port and 10/100 test port. Connect one 10/100 port to the
modem/router and the other 10/100 port to the STB.

Press on the button to start the Monitor application. Wait until available channels display. Select channels to test by
clicking on the appropriate checkboxes and press the Start button to start passive monitoring.

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 The Live tab displays when passive monitoring is started and displays a list of connected streams. This is known as the
Live screen.

Click on the “+” to expand the tree with information about PID numbers inside the stream
such as:

• PID type(table like PAT/PMT/… and audio/video data)

• PID number
• bandwidth for each PID respectively.
• Total bandwidth for all connected channels (Note: if the total bandwidth exceeds
40mbps the excess channels will be
disconnected.)

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 15.4.1 Detailed Results

To see detailed results, the user should click on a specific node of the stream tree on the LIVE screen and then click on
the STATISTICS tab. For each PID and also for whole stream, detailed metrics and status information are presented on
three tabs labeled Stream Info (Basic, Advanced), QoS, Transport (Packets,TR101290 P1, TR101290 P2).

Stream Info Tab

Basic subtab provides information about the STREAM or PID within the STREAM including:
• Multicast address
• Description
• Resolution
• PID Number (if applicable)
• Bitrate
• Scrambled
• MOS (current, min, max)
• GOP Length (current, min, max)
• GOP Type

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 Advanced subtab provides additional details such as:
• IP source & destination address
• Udp source & destination address
• Encapsulation
• IGMP Join time
• TTL
• DSCP
• ECN

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 QoS Tab
Provides Quality of Service parameters such as:
• Delay Factor
• Media total Loss Rate
• Jitter
• Max Jitter
• Interarrival Time
• Transport Quality Index

Transport Tab
Provides information about the STREAM packet statistics including:

Packets subtab

• Packet size (bytes)

• Packet Loss (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Out of Sequence (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Discarded (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Received (Total and % ratio)
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 TR101290 P1 subtab provides information about the TR101290 Priority 1 stream
metrics including:
TS Sync Loss, Sync Byte Error, PAT Error, PAT 2 Error, Continuity, Error, PMT Error,
PMT 2 Error, PID Error

TR101290 P2 subtab provides information about the TR101290 Priority 2 stream

metrics including:
Transport Error, CRC Error, PCR Error, PCR Repetition Error, PCR Discontinuity
Error, PCR Accuracy Error, PTS Error, CAT Error.

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 Graphs Tab
Provides two histograms that display metric values in real time. You can use it to
observer correlation between any two metrics.

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 15.5 STB Emulation

In the STB EMULATION mode, the NetProbe connects as the end-device to emulate a Set-Top Box (sending an IGMP
join). The application supports UDP/ MPEG-2 TS & UDP/RTP/MPEG-2 TS network protocols stacks.

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 15.5.1 Build or Import Channel List

Prior to starting STB emulation, your NetProbe needs a Channel List. This list includes the channel numbers and IP
addresses that will be used for testing. The list can be entered manually or imported via the NetProbe’s USB port.

Press the Channels tab to display the channel list management menu. Use this menu to enter channels manually, import
a channel list via the NetProbe’s USB port or to edit an existing Channel List.

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 To add channels:

1. Click on the Add icon.

2. Enter the Channel Name, Multicast
Address and press Add.

To edit channels:

1. Select a channel on the Channels

List to edit by clicking on it.
2. Click on the Edit icon.
3. Edit the Channel Name and Address.

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 To add passive channels to list:

1. Click on scan icon.

2. Wait until available channels
display.
3. Select channels to test by clicking
appropriate checkboxes and press
Add button to add channels to list.

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 To import channels:

1. Insert USB disk into the mini-USB

adaptor.
2. Click on the Import List button.
3. Choose the list to import.
4. The file should be of the format:
1;225.1.1.1;TVP1

Request Connections
Once you load the Channel List, the status for each channel will display as Disconnected.
Click on the Connect/Disconnect button to toggle it between Connected and
Disconnected state. This indicates that when you start STB emulation, you are going to
request to connect to this channel. You can actually request to Connect to multiple
channels simultaneously depending on the bandwidth used. We recommend not
exceeding 40Mbps.

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 15.5.2 Running STB Emulation

1. Prior to running STB emulation, your Channel List must be loaded and you must choose which channels you wish
to Connect. See previous section Build or Import Channel List.
2. Press on the button to start the emulation test.
3. Wait until the list of connected channels appears.

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 The example screen above displays a list of connected streams. Click on the “+” to expand the tree with information
about PID numbers inside the stream such as:

• PID type(table like PAT/PMT/… and audio/video data)

• PID number
• bandwidth for each PID respectively.
• Total bandwidth for all connected channels (Note: if the total bandwidth
exceeds 40mbps the excess channels will be disconnected.)

At any time during the test, channel the Connected/Disconnected status on the Channel List can be manually changed.

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 15.5.3 Detailed Results

To see detailed results, the user should click on a specific node of the stream tree on the LIVE screen and then click on
the STATISTICS tab. For each PID and also for whole stream, detailed metrics and status information are presented on
three tabs labeled Stream Info (Basic,Advanced), QoS, Transport (Packets,TR101290 P1, TR101290 P2), Graphs.

Stream Info Tab

Basic subtab provides information about the STREAM or PID within the STREAM including:
• Multicast address
• Description
• Resolution
• PID Number (if applicable)
• Bitrate
• Scrambled
• MOS (current, min, max)
• GOP Length (current, min, max)
• GOP Type

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 Advanced subtab provides additional details such as:
• IP source & destination address
• UDP source & destination address
• Encapsulation
• IGMP Join time
• TTL
• DSCP
• ECN

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 QoS Tab
Provides Quality of Service parameters such as:
• Delay Factor
• Media total Loss Rate
• Jitter
• Max Jitter
• Interarrival Time
• Transport Quality Index

Transport Tab
Provides information about the STREAM packet statistics including:

Packets subtab

• Packet Size (bytes)

• Packet Loss (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Out of Sequence (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Discarded (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Received (Total and % ratio)
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 TR101290 P1 subtab provides information about the TR101290 Priority 1 stream
metrics including:
TS Sync Loss, Sync Byte Error, PAT Error, PAT 2 Error, Continuity, Error, PMT Error,
PMT 2 Error, PID Error

TR101290 P2 subtab provides information about the TR101290 Priority 2 stream

metrics including:
Transport Error, CRC Error, PCR Error, PCR Repetition Error, PCR Discontinuity Error,
PCR Accuracy Error, PTS Error, CAT Error.

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 Graphs Tab
Provides two histograms that display metric values in real time. You can use it to
observer correlation between any two metrics.

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 15.6 CHANNELS SCAN

Channels SCAN function allows you to connect as the end-device, to emulate Set-Top Box,
and check availability of channels (streams) in an IPTV network from a loaded Channel List.

Prior to running Channels Scan, a valid Channel List must be loaded. See previous section
Build or Import Channel List.

Press on the button to start the Channels Scan. The

test stops for the duration of the IGMP delay time defined
in the SETUP and checks if the channel connects,
displaying it on the list with a green check mark if
successful.

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 15.7 VoD

Video-on-Demand (VoD )is based on Unicast technology. In order to communicate with the VoD network infrastructure,
subscribers need to support real-time streaming protocol (RTSP). RTSP is the most common network protocol used to
transport video over IP networks. It is a stateful protocol to establish and control media sessions between a media
server and client viewer. The transmission of audio/video stream is handled by the real-time transport protocol RTP.

Netprobe VoD connects as end-device to on-demand RTSP streaming server and emulates a client. The application
measure media streams parameters and offers efficient method of qualifying and troubleshooting VoD services.

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 15.7.1 Build or Import Channel List

Prior to starting VoD test, your NetProbe needs a Channel List. This list includes the channel names and rtsp URL
addresses that will be used for testing. The list can be entered manually or imported via the NetProbe’s USB port. See
15.5.1 section to get information about handling Channel List.

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 15.7.2 Running VoD test

1. Prior to running VoD test, your Channel List must be loaded and you must choose which channels you wish to
Connect. See previous section Build or Import Channel List.
2. Press on the button to start the emulation test.
3. Wait until the list of connected channels appears.

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 The example screen above displays a list of connected streams. Click on the “+” to expand the tree with information
about elementary streams inside the VoD stream. Following parameters are provided:

• Elementary stream type (audio/video)

• Bandwidth for each elementary stream and whole stream respectively.
• Total bandwidth for all connected channels

At any time during the test, channel the Connected/Disconnected status on the Channel List can be manually changed.

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 15.7.3 Detailed Results

To see detailed results, the user should click on a specific node of the stream tree on the LIVE screen and then click on
the STATISTICS tab. For each elementary stream and also for whole stream detailed metrics and status information are
presented on two tabs labeled Stream Info (Basic, Advanced), and Transport . STATISTICS tab provides following
information about the stream.

Stream Info Tab

Basic subtab provides information about the Vod stream or elementary stream
including:
• Stream URI or elementary stream track
• Bitrate [kb/s]
• Stream type (audio/video)
• MOS (current, minimum and maximum value) – available only for elementary
streams.

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 Advanced subtab provides additional details such as:
• IP source & destination address
• RTSP source & destination port
• RTCP source & destination port
• RTP source & destination port
• Encapsulation

Transport Tab
Provides information about the STREAM packet statistics including:
• Packet Loss (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Out of Sequence (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Duplicated (Total and % ratio)
• Packet Received (Total and % ratio)

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 16. VoIP PHONE ANALYZER OPTION

16.1 Overview

The VoIP Phone analyzer option provides the following functions:

1. Call placement
2. Call answering
3. Call Log
4. Call Details
5. SIP Flow

The IP Phone requires terminating the NetProbe LAN 10/100 port on the STB or Gateway port.
Before running the VoIP Phone application, your NetProbe will need to acquire an IP address.

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 16.2 Acquiring an IP Address

Prior to using the VoIP application, the NetProbe has to establish an IP address via the LAN 10/100 port with the
network. Reference Chapter – 14 Acquiring an IP Address. The example below uses DHCP.

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 16.3 User Interface

Contacts Tab

Use this tab to store and recall a SIP address. A sip address is in the form: sip:user@domain. You can also add a display
name that is used only for your information. To recall a SIP address, select it by clicking on contact list. The address you
have selected will display in the SIP-URL/Number entry area. Just press to call the contact.

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 To manage the contact list, use the following buttons:

- add new account

- edit selected account

- remove selected account

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 Keypad Tab

Use this tab to enter the number you wish to call. By using the keypad the
corresponding character will be inserted into the SIP-URL/Number entry area. The
following keys can be used to edit the number:

- move cursor to the left

- move cursor to the right

- delete character

During a call, the keypad can be used for DTMF ("Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency") input. DTMF tones are actually being sent
when you press 0-9, A-D, * or # button.

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 Call Log Tab

Use this tab to view the number of calls you've dialed, received or missed. A list of recent call is displayed. Type of calls
are identified by the following icons:

- incoming calls

- outgoing calls

To call back a sip number stored in the call log, select it by tapping a record on the Call
log list. The sip number you want to call will be inserted into the SIP-URL/Number entry
area. To initiate a call, press button.

To manage the call log, use following buttons:

- remove selected call from call log

- show call detail information

- show SIP flow if available

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 To see the call detail of a particular call, click on the call of interest and click button. The call detail page is displayed.
And includes such call information as:

o Date and time

o Status: Success, Aborted, Missed, Declined
o Direction: Outgoing, Incoming
o From (caller)
o To (call recipient)
o Duration (mm:ss format)
o Call quality: good, average, poor, very poor, too bad
o MOS: 0.0-5.0

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 To display the SIP flow for a particular call, click on the call of interest and click button. To create the SIP flow,
NetProbe 2000 decode VoIP packets and then converts the hexadecimal bytes into useful pneumonics that make it easy
for a user to follow the setup and teardown processes of a VoIP call. SIP flow is not available for encrypted calls (TLS).

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 16.3.1 Preferences

To configure preferences, click on the button that is localized on Contacts, Keypad and Call log tab. The preference
window is not accessible during a phone call. Preferences are divided into four groups: Network, Multimedia, Accounts,
Codecs.

Network Tab

Send DTMFs as SIP Info - determines which technique should be used for carrying the
DTMF information. If option is checked, the DTMF information is actually represented
numerically and not by tone. If option is unchecked (by default), then tones are
transported using the Real Time Protocol (RTP RCF2833).

SIP protocol and port – defines the protocol and port that is used for SIP traffic. You can
select three protocols: UDP, TCP, TLS. Default port numbers are 5060 (UDP, TCP) and
5061 (TLS)

Audio RTP/UDP port – defines the port number used by the RTP protocol for audio.
Default value is 7078.

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 Direct connection to the internet – use this option for making calls in local network or using proxy to route your calls. If
you find yourself in a private network behind a NAT/firewall and if you do not use SIP provider to route your calls, you
may need to use one of the following NAT traversal options.

Behind NAT/Firewall(specify gateway IP) – specify manually the IP address of your NAT router in Public IP address entry
area.

Behind NAT/Firewall(use to STUN to resolve) – use STUN server as an intermediary to resolve the public IP of your NAT
router. Enter the IP address of the STUN server in STUN server entry area.

Behind NAT/Firewall(use to ICE) – use ICE protocol. Enter the IP address of the STUN server in STUN server entry area.

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 Multimedia Tab

Ring sound – you can choose what sound is used as ring tone. Click Play button to
preview chosen sound.

Volume – adjust the audio volume.

Enable echo cancellation – check this option to use echo cancelation. Echo cancellation
provides that the person on the other end will not hear an echo. If you don't wish to
hear an echo then the person on the other end of the call also needs to select an echo
cancellation for their device.

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 Accounts Tab

Default identity – it is used when you don’t want to use a SIP proxy account. By using this
identity you can make calls in the same network.

o Display name – your name that others can see

o Username – SIP username
o SIP address – generated full SIP local address

Proxy account list contains your SIP address for calling outside your network, across
Internet. You can manage the list by using edit buttons ( ).To add a new proxy
account, press button and enter at least three things provided by VoIP operator during
signup process:

o Sip identity – sip address in the form: sip:my_username@my_sip_prowider

o Proxy address – proxy provider domain
o Password – account authentication password

Erase all passwords – use this button to clear all authentication data. All stored passwords
for proxy accounts will be erased.

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 Codecs tab

IP Phone supports several codecs for the transmission of voice data. You can choose your preferred codecs form the list.
Use buttons on the bottom of the codec list to put them in an order of preference. You can decide to use or not use a
codec buy changing its status with the enable/disable buttons. Following codes are supported:

o GSM
o PMCA - G.711 µ-Law
o PCMU - G.711 A-Law
o G729
o G726 40/32/24/16 kbit/s

Upload speed limit is the maximum bandwidth you have available for outgoing data.
Default value ∞ mean unlimited bandwidth. Specific allocations of bandwidth may
exclude the use of codecs that require more bandwidth than the setting chosen.

Download speed limit is the maximum bandwidth you have available for incoming data.
Default value ∞ mean unlimited bandwidth. Specific allocations of bandwidth may
exclude the use of codecs that require more bandwidth than the setting chosen.

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 16.3.2 Registering at remote SIP server

To use the IP Phone, it doesn’t need to be registered to a proxy. You can make call to another device in your local
network by entering its hostname or IP address (ex. sip:[email protected]). This also works on the public internet
provided that both ends have public IP addresses or appropriate firewall rules. On the public internet, because of
dynamic IP addresses and firewalls, direct calls may not be possible so there is possibility you may need to register to a
proxy. To register a SIP proxy account, go though the following steps:

o Select your proxy account from drop down list of accounts. Notice that, the first item in the list is your
local default identity and you can’t register it.

o Press to start registration process.

o If required, enter the proxy account password in prompt.

o Wait for the registration process to end. If registration is successful, the icon is displayed next to
proxy account. indicates the registration process failed.

o To unregister press button and wait for the unregistartion process to end.

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 The registration process flow is presented in the snap shots below:

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 16.3.3 Making a call

To start a VoIP, just follow the steps below:

o Enter the SIP address into the SIP-URL/Number prompt (tap on entry area to display the keyboard or
click on to select an address from the dropdown list of recently used addresses). Alternatively, view
your saved contacts on the Contacts Tab and navigate to a chosen item. The address should have a
format like sip:username@host for direct local calls or sip:username@sipserver for proxied calls.

o Click on button to start call and wait to the other end to pick up the phone.

o The Keypad tab can be used to enter DTMF codes.

o Use button to pause the call and to resume.

o If you want mute local microphone use button.

o Once you wish to end the call, click button.

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 The call making process flow is presented in the snap shots below:

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 16.3.4 Answering a call

When you receive a call, the application will switch to the Call Tab and the caller’s number or name is displayed. You also
hear a ring sound on your headset. Once you have noticed an incoming call, do one of the following:

o Press button to pick up the phone and start talking.

o If you don’t want to accept this call, click to refuse.

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 17. WiFi ANALYZER OPTION
The WiFi analyzer option provides comprehensive test and verification of WiFi
Networks with the following functions:

• search for WiFi 802.11b/g/n networks

• search for access points within selected WiFi network
• display the type of the network and signal strength
• connect to a network & access point to verify Ping, web and IP address
connections

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 17.1 Acquiring an IP Address

Prior to using the WiFi application, the NetProbe has to establish an IP address via the integrated WiFi radio with the
WiFi network. Reference Chapter – 14 Acquiring an IP Address. The example below uses DHCP.

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 17.2 Networks
The WiFi Networks function provides a comprehensive tool to discover the presence of WiFi networks. When you
press the Networks button, the NetProbe begins immediately sniffing for 802.11 b/g/n WiFi- networks. Discovered
networks are listed along with the following information:

• Encryption type as color coded below:

No encryption WEP key WPA2-PSK WPA-PSK

• Number of access points

• Signal power in bars and dB.

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 Testing a Network

To test a network, follow the steps below

1. Click on the network name to highlight it. If the selected network has one access point, press the Connect
button. If the selected Network has multiple access points, press the Details button to see the list and the
press the Connect button for the desired access point.
2. You can now perform more detailed IP testing. Reference Section 17.3 IP Tools.

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 17.3 WiFi - IP TOOLS

The WiFi option includes a set of diagnostic tools. With these tools you'll get an outside view of your network response
time and network topology, which allows you to track down network issues more easily.

The IP Tools include the following functions:

1. Ping
2. Trace Route
3. Discover
4. FTP
5. HTTP

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 17.3.1 WiFi – PING

Ping is a diagnostic function used to test the reachability of a host device on an IP network and to measure the round-
trip time (latency) for messages sent from the NetProbe to the host device.

SETUP Tab

Use this tab to setup the following Ping parameters:

• URL or IP address
• Data Size
• Time To Live
• Delay
• Timeout
• Attempts number

Press the Ping button to start the test

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 RESULTS Tab

Use this tab to observe the PING results.

The table display a list of IP addresses along with their corresponding round-trip time (latency) and Time to Live (TTL)

Addional summary metrics include:

• Number of packets Sent

• Number of Packets Received
• Number of Packets Lost
• Round Trip Time (Current, Avg, Min, Max)

Press the STOP button to stop the test.

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 17.3.2 WiFi - Trace Route

Trace Route is a diagnostic tool for displaying the routed path and measuring transit delays of packets across an IP
network. The history of the route is recorded as the round-trip times (latency) of the packets from the NetProbe to each
successive host (remote node) along the routed path. Traceroute can reveal network failures such as routing loops and
black holes and shows roughly where those failures exist.

Trace Route function set up includes:

• Destination url or IP address

• Max number of Hops
• Timeout

Press the Trace button to start the test and observe the round trip time (latency) and IP
address of each hop from the NetProbe to each successive node. Press the STOP button
to stop the test.

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 17.3.3 WiFi - Discover

Discover scans and detects all network devices within a range of IP addresses. The range specified must be entered in
CIDR notation. CIDR notation is constructed from:

• IP address
• Prefix – number of leading ‘1’ in the routing prefix mask

To run DISCOVER, follow the steps below:

1. Press the Discover button and the IP address and MAC

address of each device detected in your defined range
will display. When the Discover function reached the
end of the IP range, a green check appears.

2. Click on an IP address of interest and press the Details

button to get additional detail about a device.

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 17.3.4 WiFi - FTP

FTP is used to check the status of an FTP server by measuring the time from to download a host file to the NetProbe or
upload file to a server.

To run FTP download test, follow the steps below:

1. Check Download radio button.

2. Select an FTP file for the test from the drop down or click in the Ftp file
entry block and enter an FTP address.
3. Enter User and Password in the entry blocks. If your FTP does not require
authentication leave it empty.
4. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a
green check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

When the test completes successively, the following measurements are displayed.

• Throughput Current and Average

• Data transfer rate
• Transfer Time

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 To run FTP upload test, follow the steps below:

1. Check Upload radio button.

2. Select an FTP remote server directory where test file will be uploaded.
3. Enter User and Password in the entry blocks. If your FTP does not require
authentication leave it empty.
4. Set upload Size.
5. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a green
check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

FTP upload test reports following measurements:

• Upload throughput Current and Average

• Data transfer size
• Transfer Time.

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 17.3.5 WiFi - HTTP

HTTP is used to test and benchmark the performance of web applications, web servers. The HTTP test allow the
NetProbe to measure the time required to download a web page.

To run HTTP, follow the steps below:

1. Select a url or IP address for the test from the drop down or click in the Address
entry block and enter an FTP address.
2. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a green
check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

When the test completes successively, the following measurements are displayed.

• Throughput Current and Average

• Data transfer rate
• Transfer Time

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 18. IP TOOLS
The IP TOOLS application is available as a standard feature on the NetProbe 2000. With these tools you'll get an outside
view of your network response time and network topology, which allows you to track down network issues more easily.

The IP Tools include the following functions:

• Ping
• Trace Route
• Discover
• FTP
• HTTP

The IP Tools requires terminating the NetProbe LAN 10/100 port to a network switch or
router port. Before running the IP Tools application, your NetProbe will need to acquire
an IP address.

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 18.1 Acquiring an IP Address

Prior to using the IP Tools application, the NetProbe has to establish an IP address via the network. Reference Chapter –
14 Acquiring an IP Address. The example below uses DHCP.

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 18.2 PING

Ping is a diagnostic function used to test the reachability of a host device on an IP network and to measure the round-
trip time (latency) for messages sent from the NetProbe to the host device.

SETUP Tab

Use this tab to setup the following Ping parameters:

• URL or IP address
• Data Size
• Time To Live
• Delay
• Timeout
• Attempts number

Press the Ping button to start the test

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 RESULTS Tab

Use this tab to observe the PING results.

The table display a list of IP addresses along with their corresponding round-trip time (latency) and Time to Live (TTL)

Addional summary metrics include:

• Number of packets Sent

• Number of Packets Received
• Number of Packets Lost
• Round Trip Time (Current, Avg, Min, Max)

Press the STOP button to stop the test.

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 18.3 Trace Route

Trace Route is a diagnostic tool for displaying the routed path and measuring transit delays of packets across an IP
network. The history of the route is recorded as the round-trip times (latency) of the packets from the NetProbe to each
successive host (remote node) along the routed path. Traceroute can reveal network failures such as routing loops and
black holes and shows roughly where those failures exist.

Trace Route function set up includes:

• Destination url or IP address

• Max number of Hops
• Timeout

Press the Trace button to start the test and observe the round trip time (latency) and IP
address of each hop from the NetProbe to each successive node. Press the STOP button
to stop the test.

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 18.4 Discover

Discover scans and detects all network devices within a range of IP addresses. The range specified must be entered in
CIDR notation. CIDR notation is constructed from:

• IP address
• Prefix – number of leading ‘1’ in the routing prefix mask

To run DISCOVER, follow the steps below:

1. Press the Discover button and the IP address and MAC

address of each device detected in your defined range
will display. When the Discover function reached the
end of the IP range, a green check appears.

2. Click on an IP address of interest and press the Details

button to get additional detail about a device.

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 18.5 FTP

FTP is used to check the status of an FTP server by measuring the time from to download a host file to the NetProbe or
upload file to a server.

FTP Download Test

To run a FTP download test, follow the steps below:

1. Check Download radio button.

2. Select an FTP file for the test from the drop down or click in the Ftp file entry
block and enter an FTP address.
3. Enter User and Password in the entry blocks. If your FTP does not require
authentication leave it empty.
4. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a
green check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

When the test completes successively, the following measurements are displayed.

• Throughput Current and Average

• Data transfer rate
• Transfer Time
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 FTP Upload Test
To run a FTP upload test, follow the steps below:

1. Check Upload radio button.

2. Select an FTP remote server directory where test file will be uploaded.
3. Enter User and Password in the entry blocks. If your FTP does not require
authentication leave it empty.
4. Set upload Size.
5. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a
green check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

FTP upload test reports following measurements:

• Upload throughput Current and Average

• Data transfer size
• Transfer Time.

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 18.6 HTTP

HTTP is used to test and benchmark the performance of web applications, web servers. The HTTP test allow the
NetProbe to measure the time required to download a web page.

To run HTTP, follow the steps below:

1. Select a url or IP address for the test from the drop down or click in the Address
entry block and enter an FTP address.
2. Press the Start button, observe the progress bar. Success is indicated by a green
check and a failure is indicated by the red bar.

When the test completes successively, the following measurements are displayed.

• Throughput Current and Average

• Data transfer rate
• Transfer Time

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 19. Remote Control
The NetProbe 2000 has an integrated VNC server and can be controlled from a VNC Client application. Remote Control
uses the Ethernet 10/100Base-T LAN or WiFi interface. Use this function to operate your NetProbe over any internet
connection.

Follow the steps below to start Remote Control on the NetProbe:

1. Tap on the Toolbar icon at the bottom of the display.

2. Tap on the Globe toolbar icon.
3. Turn either eth0 or wlan0 ON (green).
4. Get IP Address. Reference Chapter 14 – Acquiring an IP Address. Note this
IP address and Port Number as it will be require by the VNC client.
5. Select VNC local for remote for remote control within the same LAN or
VNC global for an outside network.
6. The default ID (password for the Client) is 1234. To change it, click on it
and select another number from the available list.

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 Follow the steps below to establish a VNC Client:

1. Install free, open source VNC from this location:

http://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/
2. Run the VNC client. The Client logon window is shown below.

3. Enter the Server name or IP address and enter OK.

4. Enter the password in the authentication window.

5. The VNC application should be connected to the NetProbe now. Tap .

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 20. Software Update procedure
Updating NetProbe 2000 software is easy and can be completed in about 5 minutes.

To update NetProbe 2000 Software, follow the steps below:

1. Download the software update file (about 120 Mbytes) from provided link and copy it to a USB pen
drive. The update utility will require at least 500Mbytes of spare space for unpacking.
2. Insert the USB pen drive into the supplied mini-USB adaptor and connect
the adaptor to the NetProbe.
3. Tap on the Toolbar icon at the bottom of the display.
4. Tap on the Lifesaver icon.
5. Tap on the Software Tab and Press the button. Press
Yes to the warning message to close current applications. If no USB is
detected the message “No USB Disc found!” displays.

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 6. The NetProbe displays the folders found on the USB drive. Navigate the directory tree to find the
software update file and click on it to highlight it.
7. Press the button. The progress indicator displays the update status process. The entire process
should complete in less than a minute.

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 8. Press the OK button to the warning message that the NetProbe will reboot. Wait until the main menu
displays before you unplug the USB adaptor and USB pen drive.
9. The update is complete. If however, your NetProbe was not successfully updated, please contact Net
Research Corporation via email at [email protected] or via telephone at 1-703-270-0004. We will need
your serial number and brief description of the issue.

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 21. Technical Specifications
ALARM/STATUS LED's with history:
Signal/Loss of Signal: green/red/off
Frame Sync/Loss of Frame: green/red/off
21.1 G.703 E1 Analyzer Option Alarm: red, combines the following alarms:
LOS - loss of signal
E1 RECEIVER: OOF - out of frame
Impedance: 120 or 75 Ohm AIS - E1 AIS alarm detected
Connectors: BNC and RJ-45 RAI - remote Alarm detected
Input Frequency: 2,048,000 Hz +/-300 ppm MFAIS - multiframe AIS alarm detected
Sensitivity: TERM +3 to -39 dBDSX, MFRAI - red, multiframe remote alarm detected
Bridged 0 to -30 dBDSX Error: red, on whenever any error is present
DSX 0 to -26 dB resistive loss from nominal DSX level Psync: green, pattern sync/pattern loss – green/off when sync is lost
Input Jitter Tolerance: Exceeds CCITT G.823 (No pattern sync)

E1 TRANSMITTER: E1 AUTO MONITOR:

Impedance: 120 or 75 Ohms software switchable with BNC and RJ-48 Line: Code Error- bipolar violation of HDB3 or AMI
connectors Frequency: Range 2200- 1800 hz, Resolution 1Hz, accuracy 5 ppm
Output Level: 0+/-0.5 dBDSX Signal Level: +3 to -40 dbDSX,( 0.06 to 8.5 Vp-p )
Output Clock: Internal oscillator 2,048 kHz+/- 5 ppm Clock Slips: +/- between E1 input and internal or external E1 clock
External, 3000 Ohm TTL, SMA Frame Slips: clock slips /256
Recovered from input signal Alarms: LOS, OOF, AIS, RAI, MFAIS, MFRAI
Errors: Code, Frame, CRC, FEBE
E1 GENERAL: G.826: ES, SES, ES RATIO, SES RATIO, AVS, UAVS,
2048 kbs E1 Interface: Per CCITT G.703, G.704 RFC 1406: total sec, ES, SES, AVS, UAVS
Framing Modes: Auto, Unframed, CAS, CCS, CAS & CRC4, CCS& M.2100: ES, SES, UAVS
CRC4
Line Coding: HDB3, AMI E1 BERT (BIT ERROR TEST) FUNCTIONS:
PCM Companding Law: u or A ITU-T G.703, G.704 E1
Input/Output Connectors: BNC (or BANTAM), RJ-45 Patterns: 2n-1, n =7,9,10,15,20,23, QRSS, All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7,
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 1:15,1:31, Multipattern, Bridgetap, Inverted
Error Measurements: Logic Errors, Rate, ERS, 21.2 DS1(T1) Analyzer Option:
BPVErrors, Rate, ERS
Frame Errors,Rate, ERS T1 RECEIVER:
CRCErrors, Rate, ERS Impedance: 100 or 75 Ohm
E-bit Errors,Rate, ERS Connectors: BANTAM and RJ-45
G.821: EFS, ERS, SES, AVS, UAVS Input Frequency: 1,5444,000 Hz +/-300 ppm
Error Injection: types -Logic, BPV(Code),Frame,CRC Sensitivity: TERM +3 to -34 dbDSX,
rate - Single, Continuous Rate 10-1 to 10-9 Bridged 0 to –30 dBDSX
Send Alarms: emulate LOS, OOF, AIS and Yellow(remote) alarms. DSX 0 to -26 dB resistive loss from nominal DSX level
Alarm: red LED monitors the following alarms: Input Jitter Tolerance: Exceeds CCITT G.823
LOS - loss of signal T1 TRANSMITTER:
OOF - out of frame
Impedance: 100 Ohms software switchable with BNC and RJ-48
AIS - E1 AIS alarm detected
connectors
RAI - remote Alarm detected
Output Level: 0+/-0.5 dBDSX, 6V p-p
LOOPBACKS: Output Clock: Internal oscillator 1,544 kHz+/- 5 ppm
Remote Loopback, enables also through mode for line code and errors External, 3000 Ohm TTL, SMA
transparency Recovered from input signal
Local Loopback T1 GENERAL:
FRACTIONAL E1: DS1 (T1 Interface): Per CCITT G.703, G.704
Fractional N x 56/64 kb, n=1,.. ,31 access for Auto Monitor or BERT Framing Modes:Auto,Unframed, ESF, D4, SFS, SF-N, SLC-96Line
tests. Coding: B8ZS, AMI
PCM Companding Law: u or A
NP2000-PSA - Pulse Shape Analysis: Input/Output Connectors: BANTAM and RJ-45
samples and analyzesE1pulse shape on the G.703 mask, ddisplays or ALARM/STATUS LED's with history:
prints screen of the plot. Signal/Loss of Signal: green/red/off
Frame Sync/Loss of Frame: green/red/off
NP-2000-PDL - Round trip propagation delay: Alarm: red, combines the following alarms:
Range: 0-2 sec LOS - loss of signal
Resolution: 1 msec OOF - out of frame
AIS - E1 AIS alarm detected
RAI - remote Alarm detected
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 Yellow - remote alarm detected RAI - remote Alarm detected
Error: red, on whenever any error is present
Psync: green, pattern sync/pattern loss – green/off when sync is lost LOOPBACKS:
(No pattern sync) Remote Looback, enables also through mode for line code and errors
transparency
T1 AUTO MONITOR: Local Loopback
Line: Code Error- bipolar violation of B8ZS or AMI
Frequency: Range 2200- 1800 hz, Resolution 1Hz, accuracy 5 ppm FRACTIONAL T1:
standard Fractional N x 56/64 kb, n=1,.. ,24 access for Auto Monitor or BERT
Signal Level: +3 to –34 dBDSX,( 0.06 to 8.5 Vp-p ) tests.
Clock Slips: +/- between T1 input and internal or external T1 clock
Frame Slips: clock slips /193
NP2000-T1PSA - Pulse Shape AnalysisOption:
Alarms: LOS, OOF, AIS, Yellow samples and analyzes T1 pulse shape on the CB.119 mask, displays
or prints the plot.
Errors: Code, Frame, CRC
G.826: ES, SES, ES RATIO, SES RATIO, AVS, UAVS, NP-2000-T1PDL - Round trip propagation delay:
RFC 1406: total sec, ES, SES, AVS, UAVS Range: 0-2 sec
T1 BERT (BIT ERROR TEST) FUNCTIONS: Resolution: 1 msec
CB-119
Patterns: 2n-1, n=7,9,10,15,20,23, QRSS, All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7,
1:15,1:31, Multipattern, Bridgetap, Inverted
Error Measurements: Logic Errors, Rate, ERS, 21.3 CO-DIR Analyzer Option:
BPV Errors, Rate, ERS
Frame Errors,Rate, ERS G.703 Co-dir 64 kb/s
CRC Errors, Rate, ERS Connector: Bantam
G.821: EFS, ERS, SES, AVS, UAVS Impedance:100 Ohms
Error Injection: types -Logic, BPV(Code), Frame,CRC BERT, PDL
rate - Single, Continuous Rate 10-1 to 10-9
Send Alarms:emulate LOS, OOF, AIS and Yellow(remote) alarms
Alarm: red LED monitors the following alarms:
LOS - loss of signal 21.4 DATACOM Analyzer Option:
OOF - out of frame
AIS - T1 AIS alarm detected INTERFACES: V.24/RS-232, V.35, RS-530, via Hirose ST60-36 pin
connector ( cables are ordered separately)
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 DATA RATE:
nx56/64kb/s, n=1 to 24 (32), variable frequency synthesizer 300 hz 21.6 IEEE C37.94 Analyzer Option:
– 8 Mhz Based on IEEE C37.94 –2002.
RS-232 - 300b/s to 115kb/s Connector: ST
V.35,V.36,RS-530-300b/s to 8 Mb/s Test Rate: nx64kb/s, n =1 to 12
BERT test:
Test Pattern: PRBS, fixed
Patterns: 2n-1, n=7,9,10,15,20,23, QRSS, All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7, Error injection
1:15,1:31, Multipattern, Bridgetap, Inverted Transmit Clock: internal, recovered
Error Measurements: Logic Errors, rate,
Transmitter: 830 +/- 40nm multimode
ERS, rate Receiver: -32 dBm to –11 dBm
ES, rate Measurements: errors, error rate, G.821, alarm, frequency, view data
Pattern Loss, Character errors
traffic, propagation delay, optical power.
Optical Power: Rx in dB
Propagation Delay Loop test

21.5 WiFi Analyzer Option:

Radio interface: 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth. 2.4Ghz and 5 Ghz
ranges. 21.7 VoIP Phone Analyzer Option:
List networks: signal level, security/encryption, # of APs in network, Originate and terminate SIP calls with headset, call log, SIP flow, MOS
SSID name, type of network score.
List & locate access points: channel, signal level, AP name or MAC
address, SSID name, security/encryption,type of network
AP authorization status and details
Connections test: associate with AP, request IP, Ping
Channel usage
21.8 E3 Analyzer Option:
Client details: signal level, AP MAC and name , channel, SID, type Framing Modes: Auto, Unframed, ITU-T G.751
Line Coding: HDB3
Locate clients Input/Output Connectors: BNC
Requires external twist on antenna
WiFi IP Tools: Ping, Trace, Discovery, FTP, HTTP E3 RECEIVER:
Impedance: 75 Ohms
Sensitivity: -33dB or 1200 feet (360m) of cable
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 Signal level to declare Loss of Signal: -35 dB Summary Errored Seconds
Signal Level to clear loss of signal: -15 dB Summary Error Free Seconds
G.821 errors and %: EFS, ERS, SES, AVS, UAVS
E3 TRANSMITTER: Error Injection:
Impedance: 75 Ohms Logic: Rate Continuous, Single
Output Pulse: Nominal 0.8 Vpk (+/- 5%) conforms to ITU G.703 Bipolar Violations: Rate Continuous, Single
External Clock Input: 75 Ohms, BNC connector Frame: Rate Continuous, Single
Frequency Range: Send Alarms: AIS, RAI, LOS, LOF
Input: 34,380 +/-500 ppm
Output: 34.380+/- 5 ppm standard LOOPBACKS:
Transmit clock: Internal, 5ppm Remote Loopback, Local Loopback
External TTL
Recovered

E3 GENERAL:
Alarm Indicator: Red LED (Alarm: AIS, Remote Alarm Indicator RAI)
21.9 T3(DS3) Analyzer Option:
Status Indicators : Framing Modes: Unframed, Framed M13 & C-bit
Signal – Green LED ON when signal present and LED OFF when Line Coding: B3ZS
signal lost. Input/Output Connectors: BNC
Frame Sync – Green LED ON when E3 frame is synchronized and
LED OFF when E3 is Out Of Frame, T3 RECEIVER:
Pattern Sync: Green LED ON when Bert pattern is synchronized and Impedance: 75 Ohms
LED OFF when sync is lost (No pattern sync) Sensitivity:
Error Indicator: summary for any type of error occurance DSX: 0 to 26 dB resistive loss or 6 dB cable loss from nominal DSX
Loss of Power Status: Low Battery Voltage Flashes on the screen leve
when 5 minutes or about of charge remains. LOW: 0 to 20 dB resistive loss or 6 dB cable loss from nominal LOW
level
BERT: Jitter Tolerance: Exceeds TR- TSY – 000499 category II equipment
Patterns: 2n-1, n=7,9,10,15,20,21, 23, QRSS ,All Zero, All Ones, 1:3, requirements
1:7, 1:15,1:31,
Measurements: T3 TRANSMITTER:
Logic Errors and Rate Impedance: 75 Ohms
Frame Errors and Rate Output Pulse
Bipolar Violations and Rate
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 HIGH: Nominal 1.2 Vpk conforms to ITU G.703&ANSI T.102 Bipolar Violations Rate Continuous, Single
DSX: Nominal 0.6 Vpk con forms to ITU G.703&ANSI T.102 Frame Rate Continuous, Single
External Clock Input: 75 Ohms, BNC connector P- Parity Rate Continuous, Single
Frequency Range: C- bit Rate Continuous, Single
Input: 44.736 +/-500 ppm FEBE Rate Continuous, Single
Output: 44.736+/- 5 ppm standard Send Alarms: AIS (in three different formats), Remote, Idle, LOS, LOF

T3 GENERAL: LOOPBACKS:
DS3 LED Indicators: Remote Loop back (allows through mode)
Alarm Indicator: Red LED (Alarm AIS(Blue, in 3 different Local Loop back
formats),Idle, Remote Alarm(FEA or X- bit))
Status Indicators :
Signal – Green LED ON when signal present and LED OFF when
signal lost.
Frame Sync – Green LED ON when DS3 frame is synchronized and
LED OFF when DS3 is Out Of Frame,
Pattern Sync – Green LED ON when Bert pattern is synchronized and
LED OFF when sync is lost( No pattern sync)
Loss of Power Status: Low Battery Voltage Flashes on the screen
when 5 minutes or about of charge remains.

BERT:
Patterns: 2n-1, n =7,9,10,15,20,21,23, QRSS , All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:3, 1:7,
1:15,1:31,
Measurements: Logic Errors, Rate, ERS
Frame Errors, Rate, ERS
Bipolar Violations, Rate, ERS
P-Bit Parity Errors,
CP Parity Errors, Rate, ERS
Far End Block Errors(FEBE), Rate, ERS
G.821 errors and %: EFS, ERS, SES, AVS, UAVS
Error Injection
Logic: Rate Continuous, Single

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 Receiver
– Wavelength: 1270 nm to 1570 nm
– Signal: -24 dBm to -3 dBm max
21.10 Gigabit Basic Analzer Option: Wiremap:
Electrical Gigabit Interface: Open, short, crosstalk, length, impedance
10/100/1000Base-T, RJ-45 Loopback:
Optical Gigabit Interface: Manual, Layer 1,2,3
SFP Duplex LC, field removable BERT:
Optical Power Measurement - Tx and Rx Single-ended test with loopback on the remote end
SFP device ID and status End-to-end testing with two sets
NP2000-ETH-BsSx Layers: 1 ,2, 3, 4
1000Base-SX Test Patterns: All 0’s, All 1’s, 1:1, 1:3, 2:2, 5:32, 215-1, 220-1, 223-1, 231-
Transmitter 1, user defined
– Wavelength: 850 nm multi-mode Frame size: 64-9600B
– Power: -9.5 dBm to -4 dBm Error Injection: Code, Bit, CRC, Single, Rate 10-1 to 10-8
Receiver Measurements:
– Wavelength: 770 nm to 860 nm start time, test duration,
– Signal: -21 dBm to 0 dBm max Tx and Rx Line rate, Frame Cout, Bits Count, Bytes Count,
NP2000-ETH-BsLx Tx and Rx Data Rates Current, Min, Max , Average, Tx and Rx
1000Base-LX Frame/sec Current, Min, Max Average
Transmitter Rx Errors Current and Total ( Bit, BER, Code Rate, CRC, CRC Rate,
– Wavelength: 1310 nm single-mode Collisions, Histograms of any)
– Power: -9.5 dBm to -4 dBm Alarms LOS, Link Down/time, Sync/time
Receiver Service Disruption (last, Min, Max, Average, Total, Times)
– Wavelength: 1270 nm to 1600 nm Delay, Jitter
– Signal: -25.5 dBm to -3 dBm max
NP2000-ETH-BsZx RFC 2544 Compliance:
SA580-1550 (1000Base-ZX) Layers: 1,2,3,4
Transmitter Frames size: 64,128,256,512,1024,1518 bytes or user definied
– Wavelength: 1550 nm single-mode Throughout
– Power: +3 dBm to -2 dBm Latency + Jitter
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 Frame Loss Traffic Generation:
Burst ( back to back) Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3, Layer 4 traffic
Single tester mode Configurable source and destination MAC address
Measurements: Configurable 802.1q VLAN tag and 802.1p priority
Throughput: Frame size, Throughput %, Status Stacked VLAN: none, 1, 2 (Q-in-Q)
Latency: Frame size, Rate %, Latency us, Jitter us, Status Configurable MPLS tags (up to 2 tags)
Frame Loss: Frame size, Frame Loss%, Status Configurable source and destination IP address (IPv4)
Burst: Frame size, Frame count, Status Configurable IP header fields (ToS, TTL, Protocol, and Frame Offset)
Graphs for all for QoS verification testing
Up to 8 traffic flows (MAC address, IP address, VLAN tag, MPLS tag)
Test Patterns: user defined
Frame sizes: length 48 to 1518 bytes or Jumbo frame (up to 9600B)
21.11 Gigabit ADV Analyzer Option: Frame rate 0% to 100% bandwidth utilization with steps of 0.01%
Traffic shaping: Constant, ramp, or burst
Requires Gigabit Basic Analyzer option.
IEEE1588:
Loopback: Mode: Master/Slave, Master only, Slave only
Automatic or manual, layer 1,2,3 Transport: Ethernet, UDP
Delay mechanism: End-to-End, Peer-to-Peer
BERT: Master Info: IP, Clock ID, Clock Class, Priority 1, Priority 2
Adds VLAN Q-Q ( up to 2 tags), MPLS ( up to 2 tags) Measurements: Offset from Master, M to S Delay, S to M delay, Mean
Path Delay, Round Trip Delay, Path Asymmetry, Clock Drift
Y.1564 Compliance:
Metrics: Sync (IPDV, PDV, IPG), Delay Req (IPDV, PDV, IPG)
Service Configuration and Service Preformance tests per ITU-T
Errors: Domain Mismatch, Sequence Mismatch, Version Mismatch,
Y.1564 standard.
Message Format Error, Delay Mode Error
Up to 8 simultanous tests
Messages: General and Event, Count, Rate, Captture and decode
Traffic layers: 2,3,4
Results view: graphs, histograms, tables
Independently configurable for each stream: bandwidth profile
parameters (CIR, EIR, Traffic policing, Color Mode), Service
Acceptance Criteria (FDT, FDV, Frame Loss, Availability)
Traffic coloring: VLAN Priority, VLAN DIE, IP DSCP, IP ECN
Detailed measurements(ULR, FTD, FDV, FLR, AVAIL) for each stream
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 Transport Metrics:
TR101290 Priority 1
21.12 IPTV Analyzer Option: TSYNC Loss
Sync Byte Error Count
Interface: 10/100-Base T PAT Error Count
PAT2 Error Count
Encapsulation supported: MPEG2-TS/UDP, MPEG2-TS/RTP/UDP Continuity Error Count
PMT Error Count
Modes of Connection: Termination and monitor PNT2 Error Count
Max # of streams tested: up to 40 mbps total bandwidth (average 3 PID Error Count
terminate or 3 monitor) TR101290 Priority 2
Test Results: Save/export to USB Transport Error Count
Channel List: import/export from/to USB CRC Error Count
Autolog to NET-xTVMS when connected PCR Error Count
PCR Repetition Error Count
STB Emulation: IGMP Multicast join&leave, IGMPv.2, IGMPv.3, Quick PCR Discontinuity Error Count
Channel Scan (autotest) PCR Accuracy Error Count
PTS Error Count
Stream Information: CAT Error Count
Stream Presence TR101290 Priority 3
Video Bit Rate kbps Packet Loss
Audio Bit Rate kbps Number of Packets lost
Video codec Number of Packets Out Of Sequence
Audio codec Number of Packets Duplicated
Resolution Packet Loss Ratio in %
Description Jitter
Encapsulation protocol PCR Jitter
IGMP Join time
Total Bandwidth usage
SPTS tree with all PIDs
GOP Type
GOP Length
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 Battery weight: 250g
Environmental:
21.13 GENERAL: Operating Temperature: 00C to 500C
Test Results: Operating Humidity: 5% to 90% non condensing
Storage: Internal microSD 4 GB card, Storage: -100C to 700C
External: USB flash
Format: SQL Dbase, Date and time started, time stopped
Levels: Summary Log of all test, Details per test, Histogram from
selected record
Output: Display, Export to USB Flash, Print to serial printer.

Technical specification:
WAN Interfaces: E1, T1, V.35, RS-232, RS-530, RS-449, 64kb Co-dir,
Ethernet Interfaces: LAN 10/100 Base-T
USB: master , mini USB connector
Microphone and earphones (headset): mini USB connector.
Wi-Fi Interface: Optional 802.11 b/g/n & Bluetooth for measurement
and IP access.
Rechargeable Battery Pack: Li Ion battery pack, 7.2V, 4800 mAh, 4-8
hours operating time.
External Power: AC/DC power converter outputs 12VDC at 2A, 110-
240 VAC, 50-60 Hz.
Enclosure: Ruggedized ABS with rubber shell.
Display: 3.5” TFT LCD, with 320x240 resolution, white backlight,
touchscreen.
5-way touchpad: up, down, left, right, OK/power button
Dimensions: 100mm wide, 210mm tall, 42mm deep.
Weight: 0.75 kg(1.65lbs) without battery.

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Net Research Corporation Net Research sp. z o.o.
1901 Association Drive Ul.Zakatek 6B/15
Suite 202 30-076 Krakow, Poland
Reston, Virginia 20191, USA Tel: +48 794-909-962
Tel: +001 703-270-0004 [email protected]
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