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PowerSync Analyzer Reference Manual
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5.5. PSE Conformance Tests – Classification Processes ..................................................................................................89
5.6. PSE Conformance Tests – PD Power-up Processes ...................................................................................................90
5.7. PSE Conformance Tests – AC MPS Processes............................................................................................................93
5.8. PSE Conformance Tests – DC MPS Processes............................................................................................................95
5.9. PSE Conformance Tests – Power-Down Characteristics ............................................................................................96
5.10. The PSE Conformance Standard Spreadsheet Report ................................................................................................97
5.11. Enabling the PSE Conformance Test Suite ..................................................................................................................98
6. PSE Multi-Port Test Suite............................................................................................................... 99
6.1. PSE Multi-Port Test Suite Overview ..............................................................................................................................99
6.2. Global PSE Description Parameters..............................................................................................................................99
6.3. Global PD Description Parameters ..............................................................................................................................100
6.4. Multi-Port Test Suite Universal Inputs and Outputs ..................................................................................................100
6.5. PSE Multi-Port Tests – PSE Power-Up ........................................................................................................................101
6.6. PSE Multi-Port Tests – PSE Capacity Tests................................................................................................................102
6.7. PSE Multi-Port Tests – PSE Stress Tests....................................................................................................................103
6.8. PSE Multi-Port Tests – PSE Port Isolation Tests........................................................................................................104
6.9. PSE Multi-Port Tests – PSE Port Disconnect Shut-Down Tests ...............................................................................104
6.10. PSE Multi-Port Tests – PSE Port Overload Shut-Down Tests...................................................................................106
6.11. The PSE Multi-Port Standard Spreadsheet Report ....................................................................................................107
6.12. Enabling the PSE Multi-Port Test Suite in the PowerSync Analyzer........................................................................109
7. High Power PSE Testing with the PSA-1200 ............................................................................. 111
7.1. Hardware and Software Requirements........................................................................................................................111
7.2. PSE Conformance Testing – High Power PSE’s ........................................................................................................112
7.3. PSE Conformance Test Reporting...............................................................................................................................112
7.4. PSA Interactive Conformance Test Menus .................................................................................................................114
7.5. Sequencing PSE Conformance Tests from PowerShell ............................................................................................114
7.6. PSA Interactive and High Power Testing ....................................................................................................................115
7.7. PowerShell Extensions for High Power PSE Testing ................................................................................................117
8. Specialized Scripting with the PSA1200 .................................................................................... 121
8.1. Optimizing Test Speed for High Volume, High Coverage Testing............................................................................121
8.1.1. Rapid Port Replication....................................................................................................................................... 121
8.1.2. Customizing Test Methods to Specific PSE Behaviors...................................................................................... 122
8.1.3. Time-Interlacing of Tests Across Ports.............................................................................................................. 125
8.1.4. Multi-Chassis Testing in Parallel ....................................................................................................................... 129
8.2. Intra-Port Interaction Testing .......................................................................................................................................130
8.3. Merging the PowerShell API into TCL and Wish Shells.............................................................................................133
8.3.1. Initial Connection Dialog Control – PowerShell Tcl ......................................................................................... 134
8.3.2. Initial Connection Dialog Control – PowerShell Wish (and PSA Interactive)................................................... 134
8.4. Managing PowerShell from External Applications Including TCL............................................................................134
8.4.1. Invoking PowerShell and PowerShell Scripts from an Outside Program or Process ......................................... 134
8.4.2. Invoking a PowerShell TCL With Remote Command Processing..................................................................... 137
8.4.3. Returning Test and Measurement Results to Host Applications ....................................................................... 138
8.4.4. Automatically Terminating PowerShell TCL Upon Script Execution ............................................................... 139
8.5. Integrated Power-over-Ethernet and Packet Transmission Testing ........................................................................139
9. PoE Service Analyzer Application .............................................................................................. 141
9.1. PoE Service Access Tests............................................................................................................................................141