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PowerSync Analyzer Reference Manual
March 9, 2010 Sifos Technologies page 114
7.4. PSA Interactive Conformance Test Menus
With PSA Software version 3.4, the
PSE Tests
Menu under the PSE Conformance group has been modified to include
a PSE Power Output option selection. When
Power Range 30W
is selected, a message box (
Figure 7.5
) will appear
prompting the user to connect the PSE Port Combiners described above in Figures 7.1 and 7.2.
Once High Power mode is
set, the Slot-Port selection
area reduces to just one
single test
Port
per
Slot
(or
per test blade in the PSA).
Additionally, the six new
tests required for high
power PSE testing are
installed in the PSE Test
selection area in place of
their 802.3af counterpart
tests.
In the
30W
(high power)
mode, all PSE
Conformance Tests run
only on Port 1 that now
represents both test ports of
a single PSA test blade.
Any PSE Conformance
Test can be run exactly as it is for 802.3af (
15.4W
) mode testing. Just as before, the
Show Traces
check button will
cause any signal traces utilized by any of the tests to be displayed during the course of testing.
The PSE Conformance Test Sequencer menu also adds the PSE Power mode selection capability where users choose
between Type-1 (
15.4W
) and 802.3at Type-2 (
30W
). Just as with the PSE Tests menu, the
30W
selection will prompt
for PSA Port Combiner
connections with a message box.
It will also disable all Port 2 check
buttons and only enable selection
of Port 1 on each test Slot. The
six PSE Conformance Tests that
are specific to High Power testing
are installed in the Conformance
Tests selection area in place of
their 802.3af counterpart tests.
The
CHECK CONNECTs
function will work just as it would
with Type-1 PSE’s as it will
verify both Port 1 and 2 are
connected to each PSE port via
the Port Combiner.
7.5. Sequencing PSE Conformance Tests from PowerShell
The PowerShell command
sequence
enables users to sequence PSE Conformance Tests from PowerShell. A new
-hp
argument is added to specify that testing is to be run on a High Power PSE using the Port Combiner configuration.
All other arguments associated with
sequence
are as described in Section 4.13 previously. In place of the
-hp
argument, a user may specify any of the high power tests in a
-t
argument test list by it’s actual name (e.g.
pwrup_inrush_2
). However, the
-hp
argument is always required if the spreadsheet report is to apply modified test
limits appropriate to High Power PSE’s.
Figure 7.5
. PSE Tests Menu for PSA Interactive 3.3
Figure 7.6
PSE Conformance Test Sequencer for PSA Interactive 3.3