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10001810-E6701A Tutorial LAN Connection

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Rev. 1.2; Feb. 14, 2002

Appendix A: Installing a WAP Gateway into a PC ................................................................ 27

Infinite WAPLite Gateway (by Captaris Inc.) ...................................................................................27

Appendix B: Troubleshooting ................................................................................................... 28

Appendix C. Glossary ................................................................................................................ 32

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Page 1: ...Copyright 2002 Agilent Technologies 10001810 E6701A Tutorial LAN Connection All Rights Reserved Page 1 of 32 Rev 1 2 Feb 14 2002 Agilent E6701A GPRS Lab Application Tutorial Connection Using a LAN Cable ...

Page 2: ...Verify PC Settings 14 Verify that Your Device Will Perform an Attach 15 Set Up Your Wireless Device 15 Set WAPlite Gateway Address in Your Device 16 E6701A Features Using a Direct Connection Between the PC and Test Set 18 Product Feature Screen Image Capture 18 Product Feature Protocol Logging 18 View the log data on the PC 19 Save the Log to the PC 19 View the saved log 20 Log Data Using the Test...

Page 3: ...10001810 E6701A Tutorial LAN Connection All Rights Reserved Page 3 of 32 Rev 1 2 Feb 14 2002 Appendix A Installing a WAP Gateway into a PC 27 Infinite WAPLite Gateway by Captaris Inc 27 Appendix B Troubleshooting 28 Appendix C Glossary 32 ...

Page 4: ...arametric and signaling design requirements The Agilent 8960 Test Set the industry standard for testing cellular handsets now accommodates many requirements of GPRS wireless appliance R D engineers The platform s new E6701A software retains the measurement and call processing capability of the E1964A GPRS Mobile Test Application which establishes a vital link between design and manufacturing The a...

Page 5: ...cluded in this tutorial Wireless Device GPRS phone or other wireless appliance This tutorial was written using a Motorola Timeport 260 Series GPRS Mobile Phone with RF cable battery battery charger SIM Card Subscriber Identity Module Use a card appropriate for your device Personal Computer PC Windows PC PC Hardware Ethernet LAN port PC Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows NT Version 4 ...

Page 6: ...hnologies 10001810 E6701A Tutorial LAN Connection All Rights Reserved Page 6 of 32 Rev 1 2 Feb 14 2002 Use an appropriate cable that attaches from your wireless device to the test set s RF IN OUT port Normal LAN Cable Quantity 2 ...

Page 7: ...t phone Examples are provided in the instructions for setting up this phone You may need to make different settings when using your own wireless devices Hardware Connections Figure 1 PC Connected to Test Set via a LAN DUT RF Test Port Device Under Test with Test SIM card installed RF IN OUT Front Panel LAN PORT Rear Panel E5515B C Test Set with E6701A LA Personal Computer with Internet Explorer We...

Page 8: ...__ DUT IP address ___________________________ The DUT Address must be on the same subnet as the test set address PC IP address ___________________________ Subnet Mask ___________________________ Network Gateway address ___________________________ Test Set Setup 1 Turn on the test set or press the blue SHIFT key then the green Preset key to reset it 2 Press the SYSTEM CONFIG key This displays the S...

Page 9: ...ormat example 2002 11 5 November 5 2002 3 Press the knob 4 Edit the date then press the knob to set it 5 Scroll down and set the Time in hh mm 24 hour format example 17 46 5 46 PM as you did for the Date 6 Press the Close Menu F6 key Set the RF In Out Amplitude Offset Set this amplitude to compensate for the device s RF test cable if necessary 1 Press RF IN OUT Amptd Offset F5 key 2 Press RF IN OU...

Page 10: ... your normal Password 3 Log in to Windows if needed 4 Wait until the initial Windows wallpaper and icons appear 5 Turn off any running applications 6 Open the Control Panel 7 Choose the Internet Options icon a Select the Connections tab b Select the LAN Settings box c In the Automatic configuration section both Automatically detect settings and Use automatic configuration script must NOT be checke...

Page 11: ...xy server Enter your normal network proxy server usually can be found by opening Internet Explorer and selecting Tools Internet Options Connections LAN Settings You may also need to try web proxy and port 8088 7 Select OK then OK again to exit the Internet Options menu 8 Choose the Network icon 9 Select the Configuration tab 10 In the scroll box labeled The following network components are install...

Page 12: ...sually can be found by opening Internet Explorer and selecting Tools Internet Options Connections LAN Settings You may also need to try web proxy and port 8088 3 Select OK then OK again to exit the Internet Options menu Windows 2000 and Static Address 1 Turn on your PC 2 Log in to your Network with your normal Password 3 Log in to Windows if needed 4 Wait until the initial Windows wallpaper and ic...

Page 13: ...P address If your PC was already connected to the network you must determine your PC s IP Address 1 For Windows 98 go to Windows Start then Programs then choose the MS DOS Prompt icon For Windows 2000 go to Windows Start then Programs then Accessories then choose the Command Prompt icon 2 On the MS DOS command line enter ipconfig Displayed results will vary depending upon your PC s configuration I...

Page 14: ...k Offline or Try Again choose the Try Again box If the PC tries to access a homepage press the Stop icon 1 In the browser s Address field enter the Test Set s LAN IP address from Test Set s LAN IP Address from the Test Set Setup section above then press Enter Use the format http 111 222 333 222 as shown in the example below If you get a message saying Work Offline or Try Again choose the Try Again...

Page 15: ...w Options d The phone should display Change Band e Press OK to View Options f Scroll to Change to 900 1800 g To choose the option press OK to Select 1 4 If the phone still doesn t show service look in Appendix B Troubleshooting Set Up Your Wireless Device These example instructions were written for a Motorola Timeport 260 Series GPRS Mobile Phone Other devices will require similar setups Note Chec...

Page 16: ...evice 1 On the WAP Settings menu scroll to 2 Primary Port 2 Press the OK key to Edit 3 Under Enter Port edit the number to 9201 This is the default value and should already be in the data field 4 Press the OK key when finished Set Data Bearer to GPRS This is based on the example of the Motorola Timeport phone Set this as needed for your device 1 Press the C key to return to the profile1 menu 2 On ...

Page 17: ... symbol menus to enter all of the characters Be patient Press the Menu key to switch among alpha NUM and SYM key sets While on a SYM set press the OK SYM key to select among SYM1 SYM2 SYM3 and SYM4 character sets 6 Press the OK key 7 Exit the device s browser Motorola Example Press the lowest button on the left side of the phone to exit the phone s browser The upper buttons are the volume controls...

Page 18: ...the upper right corner of the window Product Feature Protocol Logging The E6701A GPRS Lab Application enables the Test Set to log GPRS protocol messages The log results are displayed in a web page format You control which messages are logged by choosing observation points Here are some important points about the log data You are using the PC to access this data but the data is captured by the test...

Page 19: ... and return to the main logging page 10 Select the Start Logging icon 11 Turn on power to the phone to perform a switch on and attach Motorola Timeport Example The phone should indicate service signal strength bars in the upper left corner of the display within about 1 minute It should also indicate the numbers 001 01 in the center of the display this is the default test network number stored in t...

Page 20: ...y a web page You can scroll through this data and use the hyperlinks just like on the original web page 5 Close this Internet Explorer window Go back to Windows Explorer 6 To look at just the message details open the folder Good Stuff1_files Double click to open the logpage_files sub folder then double click on the logdtl htm file Internet Explorer will start and display a web page that contains t...

Page 21: ...On the Control left column of softkeys press the More key until you see 2 of 2 3 Press the Ping F3 key Pinging the DUT the phone or wireless device Note You can log a DUT Ping because the data travels through the RF link Set the Observation Point to IP start logging then perform the ping below 1 Press the Ping Setup F1 key again 2 In the Ping Setup table set the Device to Ping to DUT 3 Because it ...

Page 22: ...e only captures data that passes over the RF link 1 Press the Ping Setup F1 key 2 In the Ping Setup table set the Device to Ping to Alternate 3 In the Ping Setup table scroll to Alternate Ping Address and press the knob 4 Under Value enter the PC s LAN IP Address Do not enter leading zeros 5 Press the knob 6 Press Start Ping F3 key It may take a moment for the PC to respond A correct response look...

Page 23: ...et addresses that you enter into the phone s browser and will act as a go between the phone and the Internet This tutorial uses the WAPlite Proxy Gateway To run the Infinite WAPlite Proxy Gateway software on your PC 1 On your PC choose Start Programs 2 Choose the WAPLite directory 3 Select WAPLite A window will appear with multiple tabs 4 In the WAPLite window select the Options tab a If your LAN ...

Page 24: ...C 4 Note the 3 sections of the display Downlink power will flash a result each time the Test Set transmits to the phone Counters track data packets and RACH s Error Reports continuously indicate the quality of the wireless appliance links 5 On the device s display look at the downloaded image Motorola Timeport Example Use the scroll up down key to read the text If you get a web server error press ...

Page 25: ...on the screen 6 If you get a web server error press the phone s OK button to go back to see the image and quickly scroll to see the text The WAPLite data download to the device may not always be seamless 7 On the PC note that the Infinite WAPLite window shows one Active User and now lists some Requests Processed To log the IP datagrams while you browse the WAPLite gateway with the phone During a l...

Page 26: ... offset its transmission timing 1 On the Test Set on the Call Setup screen on the Call Parms right column 2 Press the More key until you see 4 of 4 3 Press the Connection Parameters F7 key 4 Scroll in Connection Parameters table to Timing Advance The default value is 0 the range is 0 to 63 The User Settable Uplink Flag USF can be set In a real network this variable allows the multiplexing of sever...

Page 27: ...ll a 30 day free trial of the Infinite WAPLite Gateway program onto your PC follow these instructions To download the WAPlite software 1 Connect your PC to the Internet 2 On the Internet go to http www infinite com library libindex html This gives you a list of software available for download from Infinite 3 Scroll down to the WAPLite section 4 Under the Keyword column click on WAPLITE to access t...

Page 28: ... default IMSI is 001012345678901 1 7 3 If this message is received it is not possible to make a data connection unless a SIM with the default IMSI value is installed in the wireless device 1 8 If you experience problems establishing a data connection specifically with the BLER Data Conn Type 1 8 1 Try changing the setting of the LLC Frame Check Sequence from Valid to Corrupt Go to the Call Setup S...

Page 29: ... 4 2 The mobile likely does not have the PACKET_TIMESLOT_RECONFIGURE message implemented 4 2 1 This message is used to change MSTXL channel Band Coding Scheme Multislot configuration and offset P0 4 2 2 The solution when using the PACKET_TIMESLOT_RECONFIGURE message is to stop the data connection before changing parameters then restart the data connection 4 3 Alternatively you can change the messa...

Page 30: ...red Check this whenever you turn on the phone 9 When checking the IPCONFIG of your PC multiple non zero IP addresses display 9 1 Use the WINIPCFG utility program to help you troubleshoot 9 1 1 Choose Windows Start 9 1 2 Select Run 9 1 3 Enter winipcfg then select OK 9 1 4 Select the Release All button to release the addresses 9 1 5 Select the Renew All button to re enable the active IP address 9 2...

Page 31: ... 32 Rev 1 2 Feb 14 2002 10 2 2 On the System Configuration screen enter a valid address into the Default Gateway field 10 3 To permanently fix the problem 10 3 1 Upgrade the Test Set firmware to a later revision 10 3 2 This firmware can be obtained from the Agilent website at www agilent com find 8960support ...

Page 32: ...ocol L1 Layer One defines PDCH physical channel defines logical channels such as PDTCH and PACCH and defines coding schemes CS1 to CS4 LAB Laboratory where research and development work is done LAN Local Area Network LLC Logical Link Control air interface independent discriminates between data and control signalling MAC Medium Access Control mediates access across multiple mobiles MS Mobile Statio...

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