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52071568

Users Manual

DataScout 10G & 10Gx

Version 11

Summary of Contents for Greenlee Communications DataScout 10G

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Page 5: ...ing Started 15 Battery Information 15 Calibration 15 Warranty 16 Buttons Icons 17 User Interface 17 Power on off 17 Touch screen 17 Unlocking the screen 18 User Settings 18 Navigation Buttons 18 Indic...

Page 6: ...estination MAC address 28 Quick Test 29 View Quick Test Results 30 Results displayed 30 Viewing Multiple Quick Test Results 31 RFC 2544 Testing 31 Throughput Test 32 Frame Loss 33 Latency 33 Jitter 33...

Page 7: ...elf loop 44 Loopback Commands 44 NIU5 Smart Jack 44 Loop Up 44 Loop Down 44 BERT Bit Error Rate Test 44 Test Pattern Selection 44 Stopping a BERT 45 BERT results 45 Send Errors 46 Clear Errors Elapsed...

Page 8: ...IMS Interfaces 57 Test Interface Connections 57 Impedance Selection 58 Signaling Mode Selection 58 Station LS 59 Station GS 59 Station DID 59 Station DID WINK 59 CO LS 59 CO GS 59 CO Signaling E M I V...

Page 9: ...Wire Noise Measurements 67 Impulse Noise 68 Dropouts Gain Phase Hits Amplitude Jitter Phase Jitter 68 Amplitude Phase Jitter 70 Return Loss RL Tx Complex Tones 70 23 Tone Test 71 23 Tone Results Disp...

Page 10: ...2 List of Common Problems 82 DDS and DataCom 85 DDS 4 Wire Connections 85 Test Interface Connections 86 DDS 4 Wire Configuration 86 Receive Loopbacks 86 CSU Loopback 87 DSU Loopback 87 V 54 Loopback 8...

Page 11: ...ections 94 Composite Clock and T1 Selection 94 CC Bridge and TERM Mode 95 CC Tip to Ring Tip to Ref Selection 95 Testing Single and Multi Channel CC Circuits 95 Test Interval 96 CC Amplitude Measureme...

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Page 13: ...tions in this user manual regarding proper con nection to the circuit under test Please note that this test device is not designed to warn you if connection to input volt age or current exceeds the ma...

Page 14: ...tery It contains no user serviceable parts Use this product only in the manner described in this manual If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer the protection provided b...

Page 15: ...pproved by the party responsible for compli ance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Les changements ou modifications non express ment approuv s par la partie responsable de la co...

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Page 17: ...ace selections will de crease the battery life by approx 30 per interface The Ethernet 10G interfaces con sume the most power and thus you should expect typically around 2 3 hours of testing on batter...

Page 18: ...written authorization Warranty is void if 1 The warranty sticker has been tampered with or removed indicating unauthorized access 2 The equipment has been altered 3 The equipment has not been serviced...

Page 19: ...t de pending on the state of the battery and if the AC charger is plugged into the unit Touch screen Unlike your smart phone which may utilize capacitive touch screen technology the DataScout 10G uses...

Page 20: ...t use the reset or default option available in the settings menu All user settings and test applications will be deleted which will require a return to the factory for reload Navigation Buttons From l...

Page 21: ...off Low Battery A red battery with an X when lit indicates the battery charge status is critically low If this occurs the test set should be immediately plugged into power to continue testing Battery...

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Page 23: ...ay not have all of the ports installed on your unit Ethernet 10 100 Copper Fast Ethernet 100 Fiber SFP Dual Gigabit Ethernet 1000 Copper Dual Gigabit Ethernet 1000 Fiber Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber...

Page 24: ...B for charging external products or accessories LCD Display The test set is equipped with a bright 7 color tablet LCD enabling test results web pages documents and office applications to be easily vie...

Page 25: ...ds of events in internal memory Tap the menu button and then Log Re sults Select the Alarm Event Slips or BERT error then hit OK Note the log will cap ture any alarm or event and place in a DS1 or DS3...

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Page 27: ...ity documenting network availability and mean time to repair values which are easily verified Today Ethernet performance criteria are more difficult to prove and demonstrating performance availability...

Page 28: ...status can also be found on the display when green there is valid LINK Along with LINK status the test unit highlights in bright white if there is Copper or Fiber signal detected and when there is a v...

Page 29: ...ngth and speed device Once speed is selected insert the SFP with gold fin gers up into the Fiber Port A or Port B Make sure you hear or feel a click to insure the SFP is securely inserted into the SFP...

Page 30: ...back to the sender In a full duplex FDX transmission both the sending and receiving systems communicate with each other simultaneously both de vices can send and receive data at the same time This me...

Page 31: ...dress or to quickly check packets are being received The quick test is typically used in a Loopback or end to end test Loopback Mode End to End Select test mode by pressing the Menu key and select Loo...

Page 32: ...statistics and results for the select ed test You can run multiple quick tests and view results with the most recent being displayed first 1of 5 for example Results displayed Test Duration in seconds...

Page 33: ...e receivers Ethernet Frames Dropped Number of frames dropped due to DataScout 10G MAC error or FIFO overflow Number of Frames received Undersized Number of Frames received with length less than 64 byt...

Page 34: ...2 1522 bytes VLAN 9 87 Mbps 0 13 Mbps 810 100 Mbps System Frame Size Data Throughput Preamble IGP Frames sec 64 bytes 76 19 Mbps 23 81 Mbps 148 809 128 bytes 86 49 Mbps 13 51 Mbps 85 459 256 bytes 92...

Page 35: ...ns You must run two tests at same frame size to measure Jitter and should be done at the maximum frame rate as this is where the most variation packet delay will occur Back to Back Also know as Burst...

Page 36: ...of trials or number of times you want to run the selected test The default is 1 time Throughput Frame loss currently sup ports only 1 test iteration Tap on the Duration window and enter the time in S...

Page 37: ...button Use the NEXT and PREV buttons to view the step number of the par ticular selected tests You can also view the results in graph form by selecting the View Graph button You must have 2 or more fr...

Page 38: ...five additional buttons and no RFC 2544 or Quick test selection in the Port B screen along with Port B Statistics displayed in real time and updated every seconds Use your finger to swipe up down to g...

Page 39: ...ON OFF default This mode when On green will receive ANY MAC address and packets and send them to the Tx port if loopback is ON When promiscuous mode is off only if it receives Port B MAC address will...

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Page 41: ...tions and results are identical regardless of port selections Test Interface Connections To connect the test interface to the device under test you must select the proper patch cable depending on whic...

Page 42: ...xed pattern with a high 1 s density is received the test set will not be able to auto detect B8ZS coding A BERT pattern such as QRSS or 3in24 etc must be received in order to properly detect B8ZS codi...

Page 43: ...adecimal equivalent to the binary bit 1 8 value To exit DS0 Freq Level PCM Voice tap on DS0 channel and select OFF DS0 Data This option is used for DS0 BERTS and TX RX DDS control code To activate sel...

Page 44: ...ntly exists If the alarm has occurred in the past and is no longer occurring alarm history they will be highlighted in yellow Pressing the CLEAR button will clear all alarm and event in dicators and c...

Page 45: ...CPE Adtran HDSL ARM Places HDSL T1 elements into diagnostic mode for detection of loopbacks You must send ARM before sending Adtran loopbacks HTUR Loops HTUR towards the Network HTUC Local HTUC towar...

Page 46: ...loopback towards the network Self loop Loops the TX to the RX port internally used for training and factory tests Loopback Commands LOOP Up sends the selected loop up command LOOP Down sends the sele...

Page 47: ...ttern used for DDS and DTE DCE testing 2in8 Two 1 s in 8 bits Used for stress testing AMI B8ZS lines 1in16 Violates 1 s density but stresses clock recovery circuitry D5D5 Intelligent Smart Line Repeat...

Page 48: ...e To clear Errors and History simply tap on the CLEAR button Note that the elapsed time gets reset and all accumulated errors alarms and events also get cleared If there are no Alarms or Events you wi...

Page 49: ...or AMI and 7 for B8ZS Active alarms and events cannot be cleared until the condition itself goes away For the example above LOS inverse video will not be cleared until valid DS1 pulses are received To...

Page 50: ...select the second test interface tap on the DS1 A button and select DS1 B Any tests or con figuration changes on DS1 B does not affect the DS1 A side they are two completely independent test interfac...

Page 51: ...the same time You can select DS1 A or B and cycle through DS3 GUI without affecting your tests Test Interface Connections To connect the test interface to the device under test you must select the pr...

Page 52: ...Select the desired test mode Monitor TERM DS1 Drop etc by tapping on the DS3 Monitor and selecting the desired mode DS3 Monitor Select this mode if monitoring at a DSX 20db point or monitor port of a...

Page 53: ...st set receive recovers the DS3 signal and passes it to the transmit circuitry framing and signal format is regenerated DS3 Thru Mode No GEN Select this mode for intrusive through mode testing with fr...

Page 54: ...ttern is automatically started upon loop up To loop down a DS3 device simply press the Loop Down button Note the Loopback button is removed in Monitor modes Transmit FEAC Codes The FEAC code screen di...

Page 55: ...one of the following Bits default view the number of bits in error BER view the bit error rate bits in error total bits since the start of the test ES Errored Seconds displays the number of seconds i...

Page 56: ...nge to SEC which is the duration in seconds the alarm was present Select the Count pull down menu above the event log to change the count to BER EFS SES EFS or SES To clear history tap the CLEAR butto...

Page 57: ...the bottom of the screen The frequency is displayed in Hz and the level is displayed in Vpk The test set validates the incoming DS3 signal pulses and displays Possible STS 1 Signal if the user has acc...

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Page 59: ...nging dial tone DTMF DP MF and voice tones To select 2 Wire TIMS from power up press the Sig TIMS button the test set will per form a self test after which the TIMS main menu will be displayed To acce...

Page 60: ...plus 100 T1 and 135 DDS To change receive and transmit impedances tap on the impedance pull down menu and select the de sired impedance The RCV and XMT are always the same impedance Some features are...

Page 61: ...INK s reverses the TIP RING polarity and then waits for incoming digits Tap on the Timing button to view Wink timing measurements CO LS This mode emulates a CO Loop Start circuit and generates 48Vdc b...

Page 62: ...ng voltage current digit decode frequency level noise noise with tone and displays the state of the far end In CO DID Wink mode the test set uses a 20ma holding circuit for off hook conditions In CO D...

Page 63: ...r and the power reflected from a discontinuity and is displayed in dB Return Loss is typically used to measure the im pedance match between the circuit under test and a selected termination of 600 900...

Page 64: ...ent 4 Wire mode offers more noise filters for voice wide band modes Capturing DTMF DP MF Digits and Timing Upon detection of valid digits the test set displays them real time under the voltage display...

Page 65: ...t button turns off the transmit Tx frequency generator and presents a quiet TERM Sweep Users selectable start stop and step frequencies is supported To start a sweep test press the Sweep button The fr...

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Page 67: ...and use the RJ11 jack or single bantam jack Some feature are enabled or disabled based on impedance and 2 4 Wire selection i e 600 900 1200 are voiceband impedances and will enable voiceband test feat...

Page 68: ...t a specific frequency tap on the frequency box right of TX use the keyboard to enter the desired frequency then press Done To change the TX level use the up down arrow or enter the desired level by h...

Page 69: ...requencies Press the Tone 1 button and enter the desired frequency then press DONE Note that the text on Tone 1 changes to your entered frequency repeat for Tone 2 3 and 4 buttons To recall a stored t...

Page 70: ...se the threshold pull down to set the Low 29 to 84 threshold The Mid and High levels are set based on the Low threshold setting The test set counts to 9999 and displays OLF if the counter is greater t...

Page 71: ...se hits threshold use pull down menu from 5 45 degrees in 5 degree steps 3 Tap on the Dropouts Gain Phase hits button located under the 4 wire button the green indicator tells the user that the Dropou...

Page 72: ...rments If the cir cuit is a digital PCM you do not want the amplitude to be greater than 3dBm as the digital PCM will clip the sign wave Amplitude Jitter is displayed is peak 0 1 100 and Phase Jitter...

Page 73: ...n Off 23 Tone Results Display To view 23 tone results tap on the View 23 tone button Use the Dialog buttons to view the desired results Receive level is displayed in dBm from 0dB to 50dBm The followin...

Page 74: ...urrent digit decodes frequency level and displays the state of the far end The default mode is DTMF DP digit decode To decode MF digits tap the receive DTMF DP text to toggle to MF digit detection In...

Page 75: ...string To go Off Hook Seize the circuit tap Dial from the DI AL screen or tap On hook the test set draws loop current and outputs the digits CO DID Wink Emulates a CO DID Wink circuit The test set gen...

Page 76: ...by selecting 4 Wire Signaling under the 2 4 Wire pull down menu upper left Use the LoopStart DID pull down to select SS The test set is now ready to receive SS digits on the 4 Wire RX port and will be...

Page 77: ...l The RX is the input and TX is the output of the DataScout 10G test system Power on and configure the test set first before connecting the PRI circuit under test To test a PRI circuit connect bantam...

Page 78: ...s will not detect B8ZS as there needs to be 8 zero s in a row to detect B8ZS Also look at the frequency and level and make sure they are within specification Please refer to DS1 testing section for mo...

Page 79: ...testing the PBX CPE side to isolate any network problems Note When connecting to the Network Select TE When connecting to CPE select NT mode Select Clocking NW Clock is Network Looped typically used...

Page 80: ...the main menu press Home select Sig TIMS applica tion WAIT for the TIMS to power up time will be displayed tap the 4 wire mode up per left followed by ISDN B Channel Tap the Home key followed by the...

Page 81: ...g up button If there are more than one calls simply select the call by ID to disconnect The call ID is 2 99 for VOICE calls 122 180 for DATA calls and 181 250 for Audio calls Use the status screen to...

Page 82: ...rogress messages Once the test set has successfully connected the data call you can select a BERT pat tern 2047 511 ALT 1 s from the BERT pull down menu 2047 most common The test set will display SYNC...

Page 83: ...swer the incoming calls tap the Answer button only visible when call is pending on the top of the screen You should see Connected on the status window If the incoming call is a VOICE call connect a bu...

Page 84: ...CONNECTED calls through the BERT screen or through the Butt set interface Q 931 Decodes Status Window The middle screen Call Progress Message logs all link status call progress and Q 931 decode messag...

Page 85: ...Users Manual DataScout 10G 10Gx 83 Misconfigured Switch Type National ISDN 2 is the most common Incorrect B Channel Mapping...

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Page 87: ...greater than 10dB as the adaptor adds loss to the monitor circuit This is adapter provides features most DDS test sets do not have and allows you to monitor DDS circuits as you would a T1 circuit DDS...

Page 88: ...the patch cord to the test device or network device first DDS 4 Wire Configuration Select the desired data rate by tapping on the 56K Primary Mode default and most command data rate and select 64k 56K...

Page 89: ...consecutive non DSU loopback codes the DSU loopback is removed V 54 Loopback The test set detects the latching V 54 loopback pattern and loops it s receive back to transmit The Misc Status Message lin...

Page 90: ...the screen along with sealing current detected on No Loop Current In a 4 Wire DDS circuit there must be sealing current BERT Bit Error Rate Test and Display To send a straight away BERT or BERT to a...

Page 91: ...Percent Error Free Seconds displays the current ratio of EFS to to tal test seconds SES Severely Errored Seconds the total number of seconds with an error rate 1 0e 3 SES Percent Severely Errored Sec...

Page 92: ...es Interface Type DTE DCE RS232 Unbalanced Male DB25 Female DB25 V 35 Balanced Male V 35 Female V 35 X 21 Balanced Male DB15 Female DB15 RS449 Balanced Male DB37 Female DB37 RS530 Balanced Male DB25 F...

Page 93: ...eros 3in24 Three ones in 24 bits used to stress AMI lines 1 7 1in8 Used for stress testing AMI B8ZS lines All 1 s All data content is 1 s 1111 In unframed mode this will be interpreted as AIS All 0 s...

Page 94: ...put and is useful in seeing what type of data is being received To the right of RX TX bit display is Async Errors only displayed and updated in Async mode Auto Mode If this option was purchased press...

Page 95: ...ctive This is completely eliminated with the high speed processing of the test set RITS sys tem as the test processor has been trained to synchronize on these mixed signal inputs resulting in accurate...

Page 96: ...testing and the termination type if using the optical ports There is no specific order of connection required You can connect the patch cord to the test device or network device first Composite Clock...

Page 97: ...cted CC Tip to Ring Tip to Ref Selection To test the phase from Tip to Ring default the Tip to Ring button would be displayed To test the Tip side of a Single or Multi Channel and compare to the Tip o...

Page 98: ...to test Note that the results are displayed to the right of the respective channel number Test Interval Press the Set Interval button to change the test analysis duration of each channel The interval...

Page 99: ...y detect the incoming signal type and automat ically change the test set configuration i e if the incoming signal is T1 the system will auto switch to T1 The T1 interface should look like the display...

Page 100: ...r investigate the cause of failure on channel 05 select 05 from the channel selection menu Test Off button below press the Home or Back key then press DS1 DS3 By monitoring the T1 A display you can de...

Page 101: ...tone select the tone duration from pull down menu and select ID Tone OFF DVM Mode To select DVM mode for measuring DC voltage across a pair from the Composite Clock T1 pull down menu upper left select...

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Page 103: ...0 91 kg 2 0 lbs minimum 1 36 kg 3 0 lbs maximum ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temperature 10 C to 55 C 14 F to 131 F Operating Humidity 0 to 93 RH non condensing Storage Temperature 20 C to 70 C 4 F to 158...

Page 104: ...5mm output jack Microphone 2 5mm input jack RECORD STORAGE Internal 4GB flash Detail Levels Summary Log of all tests Details per test Output Display Export to USB ANDROID APPLICATIONS MobiSuite Office...

Page 105: ...ackets Rcvd MULTICAST Packets Rcvd BROADCAST Packets Rcvd UNICAST Packets Sent MULTICAST Packets Sent BROADCAST Packets Sent Ethernet Frames Dropped Total Octets Received Total Packets Received Number...

Page 106: ...t BROADCAST Packets Sent Ethernet Frames Dropped Total Octets Received Total Packets Received Number of Frames Re ceived in each size range Undersized Oversized 64 octets 65 127 octets 128 255 octets...

Page 107: ...T Pub 62411 DS1 RECEIVER Modes Monitor Term Bridged Emulate CSU NIU FT1 Drop Insert Framing Auto ESF SF SF D4 SLC96 Unframed Line Code B8ZS AMI DS1 RECEIVER Clock Receive 1 544MHz 300ppm recovered Li...

Page 108: ...IOR Payload Line Network Local Self DS0 TESTING DST SW V Interface RJ11 900 2 16uF nominal impedance Emulation CO Station PBX Modes LS GS DID imm DID Wink E M imm E M wink DS0 to 2 wire Drop 2600 feet...

Page 109: ...23 1 2 20 1 2 15 1 QRSS 1 1 1010 1100 1111 3in24 Results Errors Reported BIT BER ES EFS EFS SES SES ERROR INJECTION Errors Logic F Bit BPV C Bit P Bit ExZero s LOOPBACK Modes Local self line Stuff bit...

Page 110: ...ISDN 2 default DMS100 5ESS 4ESS Euro ISDN VN6 1TR6 QSIG NTT KDD Country Codes USA Canada default Euro ISDN France Germany Japan Hong Kong Korea Call Support Voice Data Simultaneous Termination 23 cha...

Page 111: ...lts BER ES EFS EFS SES SES Error Injection Bit RECEIVED BYTE DECODE Display Binary and hex Invalid BPV DATACOM DS10 HW DCOM Available on all DS10G Analyzers GENERAL Interfaces RS232 V 35 X 21 DB15 RS4...

Page 112: ...Level Measurements 13 to 60dBm 0 5dBm to 500KHz 500KHz to 2MHz 1dB FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT Voiceband 50Hz to 16KHz 1Hz Wideband 16KHz to 2MHz 1Hz NOISE MEASUREMENT Range 92 to 10 dBrn for all filters 1...

Page 113: ...10 dBm Measure 0 30dB 1dB VOICEBAND FIXED TONES Frequencies 404Hz 1004Hz 2804Hz 2713Hz 1804Hz 3204Hz 1913Hz 2413Hz Accuracy 1Hz BROADBAND FIXED TONES Frequencies 28K 40K 48K 82K 96K 196K 392K 1024K A...

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