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NuDOG-MPT 

User’s Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V 1.0.0 

August 29, 2007 

Summary of Contents for Network Device NuDOG-MPT

Page 1: ...NuDOG MPT User s Manual V 1 0 0 August 29 2007 ...

Page 2: ...y of their respective owners Warranty Xtramus Technologies warrants to recipient that hardware which it supplies with this document will be free from significant defects in materials and workmanship for a period of twelve 12 months from the date of delivery under normal use and conditions Defective Product under warranty shall be at Xtramus Technologies discretion repaired or replaced To the exten...

Page 3: ...ion 4 3 2 Interface Description 5 3 2 1 Result Status 5 3 2 2 Enforcement Buttons 5 3 2 3 Model Name 6 3 2 4 Configurations of Task 6 3 2 5 Time 7 3 2 6 Iteration Setting 7 3 2 7 Memo 7 3 2 8 Counter Window 8 3 2 9 Task Table 8 3 2 10 LED Panel 9 4 Function Setting 9 4 1 New Model 9 4 1 1 Configuration Setup 10 4 1 2 Task Setting 10 4 1 3 Task Ping 16 4 1 4 Environment Setting 17 4 2 Load Model 19...

Page 4: ...enient tool to apply on NuDOG for batch tests 1 1 Specifications Item Description Platform NuDOG Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP Pre built Tx Rx Forwarding Flow Control Broadcast Filter CRC Error Ping Report Test report in text format Configuration Text file and GUI 1 2 Function Description Pre built tests in the program include Forwarding Flow Control Broadcast Filter CRC Er...

Page 5: ...st CRC_10H CRC_10F CRC_100H CRC_100F Ping Test Ping A B Ping B A Ping A N Ping B N 2 Software Installation and Uninstallation 2 1 Installation Double click NuDOG MPT_setup exe Start NuDOG MPT installation Click Next to continue next step Read License Agreement carefully before selecting to accept all terms and then click Next for next step ...

Page 6: ...ly Click Finish to exit the Wizard 2 2 Uninstallation If applications do not work properly it may be necessary to uninstall them Or before updating a new version of the software the previous version must be uninstalled first There are two ways to uninstall NuDOG MPT Start Menu or Control Panel Start Menu Click on Windows Start menu Programs Xtramus NuDOG NuDOG MPT Uninstall NuDOG MPT Control Panel...

Page 7: ...table below Menu Choice Usage Modify Model Open a dialog to modify configurations of an existing model New Model Create configuration of a new model Exit Exit NuDOG MPT window The choices for the View Menu are described in the table below Menu Choice Usage Show Current Log Open the log file of the last test Show Current Config Open the configuration file of the loaded model Show Current Folder Ope...

Page 8: ...ace Description 3 2 1 Result Status The LED indicators of Result Status in the main window are described in the table below Item Description Pass Frame Loss Frame Exceed Receives Error CRC Error Checksum Error Alignment Error Dribble Error Oversize Frame and Undersize Frame Frame Loss and Receives Error Frames Frame Exceed and Receive Error Frames 3 2 2 Enforcement Buttons The control buttons in t...

Page 9: ...rogram First click button to open an ini file Click button to run the test 3 2 3 Model Name Go to Setting menu and click New Model to bring out the window below Input a name to create a new model than click OK button to exit 3 2 4 Configurations of Task Showing information of current parameters for Frame test including server address frame length frame count frame gap and for Ping test including d...

Page 10: ...current time what time the test starts and finishes and the total time the test takes 3 2 6 Iteration Setting Input the total number of times the test to be run including total loop loop for current pass time and fail time 3 2 7 Memo Memo box on the upper right corner shows step by step as each process carries out ...

Page 11: ...is table shows detailed transmit and receive counters and any error for Port A and Port B during every task 3 2 9 Task Table The lower middle table shows which Task selected to be tested and for each test loop every relative task with Start what time to start the test End what time to end the ...

Page 12: ...ed 3 2 10 LED Panel LED panel on the lower right shows every task result Gray light means frame is not chosen to be tested or not tested yet green light means frame tests pass red light means frame tests fail 4 Function Setting 4 1 New Model Go to Toolbar to select Setting New Model Create and type in a new model name and then click OK to bring out the Window below ...

Page 13: ...le Tasks refers to which task s selected to be tested Task Setting contains two parts The upper half is Test Scenarios and Task Selected The lower half covers 3 tabs Transmit transmitting parameters Media Type and Learning and Other 4 1 2 Task Setting 4 1 2 1 Test Scenarios All pre built tests total of 16 are provided in this test scenario Click mouse on any desired test s and use or button to add...

Page 14: ...sen to be tested in order Click the desired test and then click Up button or Down button to arrange the selected tasks in order Click Reset button to clear all tasks selected When the settings complete make sure to click Apply button to enable all the settings and then click Save button to save settings and go to the next step 4 1 2 3 Transmit ...

Page 15: ...time in this task Set up frame gap in bit time for the task In order to send packets every certain period of time choose ON for duration Assign the number of seconds to determine the interval to send packets Assign time limit in seconds for every transmission These four additional settings help to enforce advanced frame functions Transmit by Sequence refers to transmit frames one by one Enable X T...

Page 16: ...tay with the default Assign duration in seconds to wait for media type being changed The time may vary with DUT type There are three types for link status OFF is to run the tasks without checking the link status ON is to check if the link status is normal and then run the tasks ON Alarm means to check if the link status is normal and an error window as below would appear if not ...

Page 17: ...ng check the box of Enable LED Check Reminder to activate the four default settings A message window will pop up every time before test to inquire about LED indicators being accurate 4 1 2 5 Learning and Other Select Learning and Other tab to set up Learning parameters and VLAN Tag setting ...

Page 18: ... Gap and Tx Pkt Timeout for sending learning packets before task Halt on Error determines whether the test should be carried on or stopped when an error occurs Allow Frame Loss determines the number of frame loss allowed to establish test criterion In VALN Setting check the box of Enable VLAN Tag to enables to set up VLAN Tag as the four listed items ...

Page 19: ...ions are available from Port A to Port B from Port B to Port A or from Port A or B to a connected switch or a network device 4 1 3 1 VLAN Setting Check the box of Enable VLAN Tag to activate and input the numbers 4 1 3 2 IP Addresses SubMask and Gateway Set up Port A and Port B s IP addresses Port A s DIP B is the same as Port B s SIP B and so is Port A s SIP A as Port B s DIP A ...

Page 20: ...ing Prefix refers to put a header default Report in a log filename Time stamp indicates the time recorded for saving the log file Serial number is the initial sequence number of a DUT and Bar code is the barcode of a DUT After the configuration settings are applied and saved the tasks can be started A window will pop up as below if Serial Number is chosen in Suffix Input a number 0 9 999 999 999 a...

Page 21: ...Input the bar code of the DUT in blank and click OK to exit Assign the number of seconds to wait before checking the link status Assign the number of seconds to wait to check with the result When modify the settings through this dialog and save new settings The new configurations will not be applied until clicking the Reload button ...

Page 22: ...com XTRAMUS TECHNOLOGIES File name config is usually set as default for a new file name Remember to save the config file after renewing a model 4 2 Load Model Load the model corresponding to DUT before test Click the Open button to open a ini file ...

Page 23: ...del After loading a model Click Setting on the top menu and choose Modify Model Its main purpose is to bring out existing configuration files to choose and to modify previous frame settings As the same with New Model there are two sections in Configuration Setup Environment and Tasks ...

Page 24: ...nd DETAIL Summary shows all information including model name version start time use and end time and all the tasks performed In Detail it shows every task name time used setting parameters including frame count frame gap frame length loss and pause control or count direction source IP and destination IP for Ping result performance test and link check and final result status including port Tx frame...

Page 25: ...es xtramus com Http www Xtramus com XTRAMUS TECHNOLOGIES Show Current Config is to open a notepad for the current configuration file ini of a loaded model to show its environment and detailed parameters of each task ...

Page 26: ... same model Click Open button to bring out the window for the list of log files Task results are directly footnoted in file names 5 Testing After all the settings and configurations are modified click Start button in the middle on the main window for the program to run tasks If all the tasks complete and pass the window of PASS will pop up as follows ...

Page 27: ...24 E Mail sales xtramus com Http www Xtramus com XTRAMUS TECHNOLOGIES However if any of the tasks fails then the window of FAIL will pop up ...

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