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GIGATEST

1 Port Compact Sized Wirespeed Gigabit Ethernet Tester

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Page 1: ...GIGATEST 1 Port Compact Sized Wirespeed Gigabit Ethernet Tester ...

Page 2: ...ns Bi directional symmetric asymmetric loop test Layer 1 layer 2 or bert loopback test Specifications Built in battery characteristics General description of GIGATEST Led indicators Rotary function switch Operation buttons Operation of GIGATEST configuration switch 05 06 06 07 08 09 10 11 19 20 21 21 22 23 ...

Page 3: ...tons Application software Configuration Packet generation and receiving Symmetric loop test Asymmetric loop test Technical terms and application lord and servant Get IP Mesh loop Web access Bert loopback Loopback layer 1 or layer 2 24 25 25 26 27 27 29 30 32 34 34 35 35 36 ...

Page 4: ...37 37 38 38 38 39 Gigabit ethernet Crc error Packet loss Tx loss and Rx loss Broadcast Accessory kit ...

Page 5: ... find that the cables are either unable to reach the Wirespeed transmission or lots of error packets are received during data transmission GIGATEST is an ideal Ethernet tester for testing and troubleshooting potential problems of data transmission and bandwidth in the field GIGATEST works by pair with roles of Lord and Servant Without extra standby personnel at the other test site two GIGATEST neg...

Page 6: ...sion test in cable wiring phase or troubleshooting phase in the field Accessory USB power adapter USB 2 0 cable RJ45 cable Cleaning wipe Ceramics driver GIGATEST CD driver and user manual Key features Wirespeed gigabit packet generator and analyzer for bi directional symmetric and asymmetric transmission test Packet generation of short long and random length packet by on panel operation A pair of ...

Page 7: ...me switch or packet counts based test via configuration of utility software User defined packet loss criteria for loopback test to determine Pass Fail Asymmetric network Test such as ADSL without complicate settings Powerful software application for advanced configuration operation via USB cable Built in rechargeable battery Conduct tests on site without extra power source Key benefits Connect PC ...

Page 8: ...etric Asymmetric Wirespeed test or loopback test to measure the network Main applications Network Detecting in Research and Development On site test repair maintenance of network in telecommunication and cable wiring business Network wiring task and trouble shooting in office or building Asymmetric transmission test such as ADSL Test connection status of Internet Solution of Last mile test between...

Page 9: ...09 GIGATEST Lord GIGATEST Servant Bi direction Result Request Result Acknowledge To Find Servant Acknowledge Config Servant Acknowledge Traffic test Bi directional symmetric asymmetric loop test ...

Page 10: ...10 Layer 1 layer 2 or bert koopback test GIGATEST Lord GIGATEST Servant To Find Servant Acknowledge Config Servant Acknowledge Servant switch to the Loopback Mode ...

Page 11: ...cales rotary switch for different function modes Two sets of 16 scales rotary switch for ID control Two sets of 16 scales rotary switch in second for control of test duration One clear counter button Icon 000 One broadcast test packet button Icon t One Run Stop test button Icon Supported frame format Specifications Ethernet II frame IEEE 802 3 frame ...

Page 12: ...e device Customized in Mbps via configuration of utility software Asymmetric transfer rate by a pair of GIGATEST for ADSL test via configuration of utility software Packet length Short packet length 64 bytes by test button on the device Long packet length 1518 bytes by test button on the device Random packet length 64 128 256 512 768 1024 1518 bytes by test button ...

Page 13: ...ration of utility software Time based test 0 255 seconds by rotary switch on the device or 00 on two rotary switches for infinite time till stop button is pressed Input test time required via configuration of utility software Packet based test Customized by packets counts via configuration of utility software Generate specified VLAN ID tagged packet Generate specified Destination IP Source IP pack...

Page 14: ...w the result of test Test mode Bi directional Symmetric Loop Test from utility software Bi directional Asymmetric Loop Test from utility software Packet Generation Test from utility software User defined test modes from A E scales rotary switch Test mode A E can be changed randomly Provide pre defined template A P2P test B Packet Generation C Web Access D Loopback Test E ADSL 10M 20M for fast conf...

Page 15: ...ts 64 bytes length test with test result 2 Long Packet Same test as function 1 with long packets 1518 bytes length 3 Random Packet Same test as function 1 with random 64 1518 bytes length packets 4 BERT Loopback Lord send BERT pattern to Servant for Loopback test by swapping DA and SA 5 Mesh Loop Lord sends test packets to the 1st Servant then the 1st Servant forward packets to 2nd Servant It is r...

Page 16: ...ack mode as servant 9 Loopback layer2 Same as function 8 with swapped DA and SA and recalculated CRC A E Customized settings Customized settings configured by PC such as ADSL network test F PC control Control by PC via USB port LED indicator Power run Power and Test Running status Speed Connection Speed different blinking frequency shows different speeds able to identify 10Mbps 100Mbps and 1000Mbp...

Page 17: ...ed RX Data Receiving fast blinking indicates Wirespeed Pass Passed test result Loopback Loopback test in servant mode Servant Under Servant state Connect Connection status with other GIGATEST CRC Error CRC packet received TX_loss Packet loss at transmission side RX_loss Packet loss at receiving side Fail Failed test result ...

Page 18: ...4 Bytes Packet Rx 65 127 Bytes Packet Rx 128 255 Bytes Packet Rx 256 511 Bytes Packet Rx 512 1023 Bytes Packet Rx 1024 1522 Bytes Packet Hardware counter Software support GIGATEST GIGATEST 1 0 is a GUI graphic user interface application software for GIGATEST which is for controlling configuration counters data collecting and system upgrade of this machine Operating 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storag...

Page 19: ...de Built in battery characteristics Utilization Operation time of fresh battery 1000Mbps Gigabit ethernet 100Mbps Fast ethernet 10Mbps Ethernet mode Battery Charging time 100 10 100 10 100 10 100minutes 110minutes 200minutes 220minutes 180minutes 205minutes External Power Adapter 420 minutes if power is totally exhausted Charge device Charging time ...

Page 20: ...here are several LED indicators rotary switches operation buttons and one connection ports for convenient on site test 1 2 3 4 1 Rotary ID switches 2 Rotary function switch 3 LED indicators 4 Network UTP port 5 6 7 8 5 Rotary test time switches 6 Operation buttons 7 Power switch 8 Mini USB port ...

Page 21: ... CRC CRC error found Tx Loss Tx loss found Rx Loss Rx loss found Fail Test is fail Label Rotary function switch Scale Function Description 1 set 16 scales 0 9 A F 16 function modes 0 9 Pre defined function A E Customized settings F Control by PC via mini USB port of GIGATEST ID 2 sets 16 scales 0 9 A F Pair mapping control of GIGATEST if there are more then one pair of GIGATEST connected in the sa...

Page 22: ...el Operation buttons Three operation buttons for operation of rotary function switch Action Description Push once Run stop keypress it to start or stop the procedure configured in Rotary Function Switch Push once Tx Test key transmit 10 broadcast short packet by 2 different MAC address 000 Push once Clear Key clear the test result for next test t ...

Page 23: ...l from Lord 0 Short packet Tx Test key transmit 10 broadcast short packet by 2 different MAC address 2 Long packet Clear key clear the test result for next test 1 3 Random packet Same test as function 1 with random 64 1518 bytes length packets BERT loopback Lord send BERT pattern to Servant for Loopback test by swapping DA and SA 4 Mesh loop Lord sends test packets to the 1st Servant then the 1st ...

Page 24: ...as pair that is based on MAC address One GIGATEST uses 2 MAC address one is for Loopback layer2 Same as function 8 with swapped DA and SA and recalculated CRC Customized settings Customized settings configured by PC such as ADSL network test PC control Control by PC via USB port 9 A E F Broadcast packet Send 60 broadcast frames per second in incrementing frame length 7 Loopback layer1 Switch to la...

Page 25: ... when duration is time out If it is configured to 00 user has to press Stop button to stop the test Operation buttons Three operation keys for operation of rotary function switches Clear key 000 button When test is done all LEDs display the test result of pervious test task Press Clear key to reset all LED and get GIGATEST into ready mode for next test task Run Stop key button Press it to start th...

Page 26: ...rameter and the other MAC address is for the test packets Application software GIGATEST is a GUI graphic user interface application software for GIGATEST which is for controlling configuration counters data collecting and system upgrade of this machine Convenient USB port of GIGATEST can connect PC easily USB cable with mini USB connector comes with the package of this machine In addition to contr...

Page 27: ...generation patterns are not constrained to pre defined pattern of rotary function switch GIGATEST can generate packets with variety of Packet Length Transfer Rate Payload VLAN tag attached and IP packet with different test duration The receiving counter also able to identify common error packets such as CRC error Dribble error and other received packet counts including Total Broadcast Multicast Un...

Page 28: ...28 1 Link status 2 Test control button 3 Generation parameter 4 Generation receiving counter ...

Page 29: ...to the pre defined function operators can have their own settings for symmetrical loop test including configuration of transmission Speed and Mode Auto or Force 10Mbps Full Duplex Packet Length Transfer Rate and Test duration 1 Match pair 2 Local Tx counter 3 Local Rx counter 4 Loop parameter 5 Test control buttons 6 Remote Rx counter 7 Remote Tx counter ...

Page 30: ...ant send symmetrical test stream to each other for the test For this Asymmetric Loop Test here the configuration of transmission Speed and Mode Auto or Force 10Mbps Full Duplex Packet Length Transfer Rate Mbps can be configured different for Lord and Servant sides With different user defined Transfer Rate Mbps the transmission speeds of both directions traffic can be different ...

Page 31: ... 1 Match pair 2 Local Tx counter 3 Local Rx counter 4 Loop parameter 5 Test control buttons 6 Remote Rx counter 7 Remote Tx counter 8 Has independent transmission parameter for local and remoter GIGATEST ...

Page 32: ...st GIGATEST has to work by pair 2 sets at different locations between DUT NUT Device Network under test One of the GIGATEST acts as Lord that control the test procedure and the other one acts as Servant Two GIGATEST are all packet generators that do bi directional symmetric transmission test and also synchronizes the test result when test is done GIGATEST has test result of routing in two directio...

Page 33: ...r is unable to know which direction goes wrong if problem happens GIGATEST Lord GIGATEST Servant Bi direction Result Request Result Acknowledge To Find Servant Acknowledge Config Servant Acknowledge Traffic test ...

Page 34: ... OK GIGATEST is able to test the route to Internet by Web Access command that is described later Mesh loop GIGATEST Lord For general network test there are two nodes join the test GIGATEST is able to do the mesh loop test The Lord requests connection to any Servant in the network maximum 5 of GIGATEST Servant can join the test When test starts Lord sends test packets to the first Servant then the ...

Page 35: ...ut PC or notebook GIGATEST gets DHCP DNS transactions and downloads data via HTTP protocol for validating availability of Internet service BERT loopback Loopback test is the method to send out signal and quickly back to the same source entity to test the transmission and route problem of infrastructure This technique sends BERT Bit Error Rate Test patterns and counts any data integrity errors that...

Page 36: ...opback layer 1 or layer 2 At loopback mode GIGATEST resend incoming test frames from other non GIGATEST device to its received port Layer 1 loopback Filters out broadcast multicast and null DA destination address packets of incoming data streams and then resends the rest of incoming data streams back to the same connected port ...

Page 37: ...or 1 GigE is a term that transmits Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second GIGATEST is a Gigabit packets generator and network test equipment CRC error At the tail of a frame packet it keeps a checksum value to verify the integrity of the frame when it is received If the checksum value is not correct that can verify the correctness of the frame we call it CRC Error frame Poor network tra...

Page 38: ...sult after test Tx loss and Rx loss They are unique error counters of GIGATEST When bi directional symmetric asymmetric transmission is done by a pair of GIGATEST Tx Loss or Rx Loss at Lord or Servant indicates pack loss in different directions Broadcast Broadcasting refers to transmitting a packet that will be received conceptually by every device on the LAN GIGATEST can generate broadcast frames...

Page 39: ...avoiding situations mentioned above from happening as well as protecting GIGATEST Sometimes technicians need to use a ladder to climb up to high places for wiring on the ceiling or in high places Under these circumstances it would be convenient to have an accessory kit as this for holding and protecting GIGATEST Please refer to the picture on right side for more information regarding how to wear t...

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