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PSA / PVA Installation Guide 

 
 

Copyright © 2009-2019 Sifos Technologies, Inc., All Rights Reserved 

 

 
 

 

Sifos Technologies 

 

PowerSync & PhyView Analyzers

 

 

PSA-3000 

PSA-3002 

PSA-3248 

PVA-3048 

PSA-3402 

PVA-3000 

PVA-3002 

PSL-3000 

PSL-3224 

PSL-3024 

PDA-LLDP 

 

       

 

 

Installation Guide 

 

 
 
 
 

December 4, 2019 

 

            

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for PDA-LLDP

Page 1: ...ht 2009 2019 Sifos Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Sifos Technologies PowerSync PhyView Analyzers PSA 3000 PSA 3002 PSA 3248 PVA 3048 PSA 3402 PVA 3000 PVA 3002 PSL 3000 PSL 3224 PSL 3024 PDA LLDP Installation Guide December 4 2019 ...

Page 2: ...n any manner by any third party Defective Product under warranty shall be at Sifos discretion repaired or replaced or a credit issued for an amount equal to the price paid for such Product provided that a such Product is returned to Sifos Technologies after first obtaining a return authorization number and shipping instructions freight prepaid to Sifos location in the United States b Recipient pro...

Page 3: ...4 Powering Up PSA 3002 and PVA 3002 Instruments 11 3 5 5 IP Address Set Up via Console Port 11 3 5 6 IP Address Set Up via PowerShell Tcl or Wish 14 3 5 7 DHCP Address Option 14 3 5 8 IP Address Factory Default Restoration 14 3 5 9 Connecting the Ethernet Port 14 3 6 Software Installation Initial Connection 15 3 6 1 Installing PSA Software onto Microsoft Windows 15 3 6 2 Tcl Tk Installation Proble...

Page 4: ...rmware File to the Instrument 22 4 2 2 Step 2 Upgrading Test Port Firmware 23 4 3 Upgrading PSA 3000 PVA 3000 Test Port Firmware in a PSA 1200 Chassis 23 4 3 1 Upgrade Procedure 23 5 PSA 3000 PSL 3000 Software Version History 25 5 1 Current PSA 3000 PSL 3000 Firmware Versions 25 6 PVA 3000 Software Version History 26 6 1 Current PVA 3000 Firmware Versions 26 ...

Page 5: ...e refers to the Save submenu selection under the file menu 1 5 PSA Chassis Configurations Model Description PSA 3000 A chassis that can host up to 12 PSA 3202 PVA 3102 and or PSA 3102 test blades PSL 3000 A chassis that can host up to 12 PSL 3202 PVA 3102 and or PSL 3102 test blades PSA 3248 A package of two PSA 3000 chassis hosting a total of 24 PSA 3202 test blades i e 48 test ports PSA 3048 A p...

Page 6: ... and PhyView test instruments are exclusively controlled using the 10 100BaseT control port A low level proprietary protocol is utilized by PowerShell PSA host based software to communicate with PowerSync PhyView test instruments There is no support for a text based CLI e g telnet on the 10 100BaseT control port PowerShell PSA is the only CLI interface to the test instrument 2 2 Applications DUT C...

Page 7: ...nt or fixtures PVA test blades can share a PSA 3000 or PSL 3000 chassis with any of the PoE test blades described above In fact PVA test blades can be used in tandem with PoE PSA test blades to assess physical layer performance characteristics on powered PSE ports 2 2 3 Connecting Ethernet Ports to PVA 3102 Test Ports Each test blade has one pair of RJ 45 sockets per test port Test port 1 and test...

Page 8: ...ree 2 2 4 Certifications Emissions FCC Part 15 Class A Meets EN55011 VCCI AS NZS 3548 ICES 001 Safety CSA Listed CSA22 2 No 61010 Meets EN61010 1 All except PSA 3402 Meets EN61010 12 PSA 3402 European Commission Low Voltage Directive 2014 35 EU Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2014 30 EU CE Marking Directive 93 68 EEC FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the...

Page 9: ...ost Computer Considerations As is typical of most LAN controlled instruments the PowerSync and PhyView instruments generally utilize fixed IP Addresses and therefore should only be used on a private LAN network PC s and workstations that will control these instruments should have capability to reside on this private LAN using either a fixed IP Address or a carefully administered address provisioni...

Page 10: ...RVICE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL THE PSA SHOULD BE POWERED DOWN AND DISCONNECTED FROM AC LINE VOLTAGES WHEN ANY OF THE CARD SLOTS ARE UNPOPULATED OR UNCOVERED BY A BLANK FACEPLATE AND WHEN INSTALLING OR REMOVING CARDS OR FACEPLATES THE REMOVEABLE TEST CARDS MAY EXCEED SAFE HANDLING TEMPERATURES WHEN OPERATING UNDER HEAVY CURRENT LOADS CARDS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ALLOWED TO COOL BEFORE RE...

Page 11: ...in the back of the chassis The test ports should all flash their LED s for about 2 seconds and the PSA controller should then flash its LED indicators briefly At this point the instrument is available for all testing operations NOTE Use of a modular power supply other than the AC adapter furnished by Sifos is not recommended and may have adverse consequences to either the test instrument and or to...

Page 12: ...to the Internet it can automatically search the internet to obtain and install the appropriate FTDI driver and install it see Figure 4 Clicking status will show this process and indicate when completed Note The PSA 3402 driver will not be available If the host PC does not have the FTDI driver and or is not connected to the Internet the driver may be loaded from the either a Sifos directory locatio...

Page 13: ...on name when prompted In the connection dialog enter the COM x port for Connect using see Figure7 This is the RS 232 serial or virtual COM port in the host PC In the Port Settings dialog select the following parameters Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow Control Hardware With HyperTerminal set up and running as described above hit the ENTER key on the Keyboard The followi...

Page 14: ... Chassis Based Instruments and PSA 3402 Compact PSA Chassis based instruments with USB console interfaces on the controller blade also include a recessed pushbutton IP Reset that can be used to restore the factory default IP address of 192 168 221 105 To restore the factory default IP address press the recessed button for up to 30 seconds until the LAN LED blinks rapidly then wait until the LAN LE...

Page 15: ...PWR LED is lit whenever the instrument is powered on 3 6 Software Installation Initial Connection 3 6 1 Installing PSA Software onto Microsoft Windows Put the PSA PVA PSL Installation CD in the drive and wait for the installation wizard to open up The PSA software installer PSA_Installer_ exe should automatically run as shown in Figure 8 1 Click Install If Tcl Tk 8 6 is not installed a Tcl Tk 8 6 ...

Page 16: ...rent version will still be installed to replace that older version Generally all program files associated with PSA Software are placed in either c Program Files x86 Sifos PSA3000 or c Program Files Sifos PSA3000 while data files and user modifiable files are placed in accordance with Section 2 4 of the instrument s Technical Reference Manual 5 Upon completion the notification of Figure 12 will app...

Page 17: ...PSA software as follows 1 Put the PowerSync CD in the drive 2 Establish read write permissions for the usr local directory path 3 Copy the files psa_installer sh and Sifos_PSA_Archive_5_ _ tar where _ _ is the PSA version number from the directory Linux Installation Files to the user s HOME bin directory path 4 If running the PSE Conformance Test Suite a second tar archive Sifos_PSA_2P_CTS_5 _ _ t...

Page 18: ...Sync Programmable Load after the software is installed is 192 168 221 105 If this is not the address configured in the PSA and if PowerShell Tcl has not yet been used to connect to the PSA the following procedure will train PSA Software as to where the PSA is located on the LAN 1 Connect the instrument to the local network and turn it on 2 Open PowerShell Tcl and respond N or NO at the initial use...

Page 19: ...e local network In order for PSA software to work with the RackPack PSA it must learn the address of both PSA chassis before controlling either one This one time procedure is easily done using PowerShell Tcl The procedure is as follows 1 Set up each RackPack PSA chassis to a unique IP address 2 Connect and power up both chassis on the local network 3 Open PowerShell Tcl and enter N or NO to the in...

Page 20: ...tions assume that a new firmware file has been copied to the temp directory on the host PC A different subdirectory path may be substituted depending on where the firmware file is placed To update the controller firmware 6 Turn on the power to the instrument 7 Open a PowerShell Tcl or PowerShell Wish console and connect to the instrument to be updated 8 Issue the following PowerShell command using...

Page 21: ...to the screen If a Fail occurs repeat the previous procedure If you are unable to successfully load the firmware contact Sifos Support for assistance 12 Hit ENTER in HyperTerminal and verify the IP Address Select menu item 1 and re enter the IP Address see IP Address Setup above if necessary When the IP Address is correct close HyperTerminal disconnect the serial cable and cycle power to the instr...

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Page 23: ...memory Finally the PSA 1200 controller should ideally be configured with current version firmware ver 1 67 or later prior to performing test port firmware updates See the PSA 1200 Installation Guide for instructions to update the PSA 1200 controller blade firmware The firmware for a test port will be furnished in file whose name includes the model number and version such as PSx 3102v0329_hw8 hex v...

Page 24: ... with the operation of PowerShell or the PSA 1200 Chassis during this period of time Do NOT cycle power to the PSA 1200 Chassis The following example upgrades a hardware version 6 PSA 3102 test port in slot 3 port 1 PSA 4 1 psa_update_fw 3 1 file c psx 3102v032a_hw1 6 hex PSA_CHASSIS_ADDRESS 192 168 221 105 Confirm download file psa firmware pseat 2 psx 3102v0316 hex to PSA YES NO YES Transferring...

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