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PowerSync Analyzer Reference Manual
March 9, 2010 Sifos Technologies page 8
Section 5
provides an overview of the PowerSync Analyzer’s
PSE Conformance Test Suite
for 802.3af PSE’s. The
PSE Conformance Test Suite consists of a library of fully automated tests that will measure and report upon many of
the PSE parameters specified in the IEEE 802.3af standard and the emerging IEEE 802.3at standard. These tests have
been designed to adapt to a wide array of PSE design implementations and device technologies including certain
equipment that simultaneously supports “legacy” or other non-standard, complimentary modes of powered device
detection. PSE Conformance Tests can be automatically sequenced across many PSE ports to automatically produce
comprehensive statistics and pass/fail analysis. The PSE Conformance Test Suite is purchased as an option or an
upgrade for each PSA instrument.
Section 6
provides an overview of the PowerSync Analyzer’s unique
PSE Multi-Port Test Suite
. Multi-Port tests are
generally designed to operate simultaneously on all (up to 192) PSE ports to assess PSE system characteristics such as
power capacity, power management behaviors, port interactions and interdependencies, and timing behaviors governed
by PSE firmware decisions. As with the PSE Conformance Tests, Multi-Port tests are fully automated and will
automatically produce comprehensive reports that clearly identify trouble spots or performance anomalies. Multi-Port
testing is complemented by virtually unlimited user control over characteristics of emulated Powered Devices (PD’s)
during the course of testing. The PSE Multi-Port Test Suite is purchased as an option or an upgrade for each PSA
instrument.
Section 7
introduces and describes capabilities for testing
High Power PSE
(e.g. 30 Watt) ports using PSA-1200 test
blades. These capabilities span across PSA Interactive, PowerShell, and the PSE Conformance Test Suite. Users
testing “pre-IEEE standard 802.3at” equipment can use their PSA product for extensive prototype testing immediately
given versoin 3.1 and later releases of PSA software.
Section 8
will tie together other sections of this manual to address certain specialized challenges such as test throughput
optimization
, intra-port PSE testing, actuating PowerShell from
remote programs
or TCL shells, and blending PoE
tests with existing or new packet transmission test libraries and scripts.
Finally,
Section 9
introduces the
PoE Service Analyzer
application. This innovative new test and reporting
application are aimed at fully automated testing of PoE service at the PD interface point. The PoE Service Analyzer
combined with any PSA instrument (PSA-100, PSA-1200, PSA-2400) offers the most comprehensive analysis available
for assessing integrity and interoperability of PoE service to a PD connection point.