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FC811/VFC811 : 8 port fiber-cut switch

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Installation & Operating Guide

Echola

Systems L.L.C

1161 Ringwood Ct, Ste 100
San Jose, CA-95131
Phone: 408 321 9663
Fax: 408 321 9663
http://www.echola.com/optical

Summary of Contents for FC811

Page 1: ...________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Installation Operating Guide Echola Systems L L C 1161 Ringwood Ct Ste 100 San...

Page 2: ...single fibers or 4 duplex fibers Tx Rx combo to simulate fiber cut scenarios Connecting test equipment to FC811 Suppose if you want to simulate fiber cut scenario between 2 optical devices Duplex Fibe...

Page 3: ...tion ring testing may require 2 FC811 ports while 4F BLSR might require 4 ports Configuring FC811 FC811 provides a serial RS232 and an Ethernet 10 100 port connectivity for management Serial port is o...

Page 4: ...s configured from a PC or a Laptop using Ethernet or serial port you can then connect FC811 to your network and access it using telnet or ssh Configuring Dynamic IP If you have a DHCP server running o...

Page 5: ...2 0 and above osctl S 192 168 1 200 Version Info The following command shows hardware and software versions and serial number of the switch osctl v Other Administrative commands Most of other administ...

Page 6: ...server to receive FC811 s events osctl S syslog_server_ip For details refer to installation section as these are explained in that section In order to switch ON or OFF particular a port or ports or a...

Page 7: ...t with c option as explained in Group Management section osctl p 2 off t 120 switch port 2 to OFF after 120 secs delayed switching osctl p 2 off T 120 switch port 2 to OFF gradually with in 120 millis...

Page 8: ...lls you which ports are part of a group All Ports Status Port Port Status 1 off 2 off 3 off 4 off 5 on 6 on 7 on 8 on Group Status Group Name Port Status gp1 off Group s Port Details GroupName gp1 Por...

Page 9: ...osctl l port_group in_port For example osctl c gp1 1 3 4 creates group named gp1 with ports 1 3 and 4 The double quotes around space separated port numbers are required Note that when you create a gr...

Page 10: ...10 delete all groups in the database...

Page 11: ...s IP address in URL address bar of the web browser The web interface is included in software version 2 2 and above The first page you will see is the management page where you control all ports Follow...

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Page 13: ...enu and then Update button to switch corresponding port to ON or OFF Setup page Setup page allows you to change Hostname Static IP address configuration and Dynamic IP DHCP Initially it shows the curr...

Page 14: ...pts from Windows For windows based systems you can install windows free community version of ActiveTcl from Activestate http www activestate com activetcl downloads The expect is not available yet for...

Page 15: ...15 and package commands as mentioned in the script All comments inside provide more info on what the script is doing...

Page 16: ...e password and other parameters modify these to reflect your setup set hostname 192 168 2 20 set username osctl set password osctl set prompt osctl set port lindex argv 1 set status lindex argv 2 set...

Page 17: ...check status expect re prompt Issue osctl command to check status send commandstatus r Discard echoed command we need only the status expect commandstatus r Discard unwanted prompt as well expect re...

Page 18: ...18 Terminate telnet send exit r...

Page 19: ...status on off REQUEST IPADDR xmlapi setstatus php port PORT status STAT print REQUEST REQUEST n req HTTP Request new GET REQUEST req header Cookie test quest res ua request req check status REQUEST IP...

Page 20: ...works normal All the group information is stored in a hidden XML database file If for some reason this file is corrupted the system will recover from this error by trying to copy the backup database...

Page 21: ...Typical 0 8 Max without connectors Switching Time ms 10 Crosstalk dB 80 Repeatability dB 0 1 Optical Specification for VFC Series SM Connectivity 16 duplex LC connectors Data rate Any data rate Physi...

Page 22: ...ny technical questions and need help you can send email to support echola com or call us at 408 321 9663 ext 2 You can also download latest documents and software from our website www echola com optic...