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NCI – 465 WMU HANDHELD

USER MANUAL

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Page 1: ...NCI 465 WMU HANDHELD USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...mware Version 5 2 9 8 ii Firmware Version 5 2 9 8 REVISION LEVEL CHANGE NOTICE DATE 5 2 8 3 Original 5 2 8 release March 24 2011 5 2 9 8 Updated to current release October 17 2011 Copyright 2011 NCI T...

Page 3: ...itional Test Result Information 13 4 Performing an Automatic Test on the Subscriber Line DSLAM EMULATION 14 4 1 Automatic Test Process Flow 14 4 1 1 Additional Test Result Information 16 5 Performing...

Page 4: ...40 5 9 Retest Function 41 6 NCI 465 Setup Menu 42 6 1 Initial Setup Screen 42 6 2 Test Mode and Contrast Setup 43 6 3 Units Gauge and Language Setup 44 6 4 Reviewing Date and Time 45 6 5 Checking and...

Page 5: ...in Display Area for additional information Displays Pass Fail or Marginal line condition BLINKING indicates TEST IN PROCESS GREEN Indicates Test OK relative to the KEY and internal thresholds associat...

Page 6: ...erformed automatically on power up ERRORS ERR Depress this key to display more details on Threshold Errors from the line test DOUBLE ENDED LINE TEST DELT Depress this key to perform a DELT test SEE SE...

Page 7: ...2 Layout Top View The Following views depict a top view layout of the connectors on the NCI 465 1 3 Layout Bottom and Rear View The Following views depict a bottom and rear view layout of the NCI 465...

Page 8: ...65 Firmware Version 5 2 9 8 4 1 4 Accessories The Following views depict the accessories for the NCI 465 Automotive Power Adapter 100 240 VAC Power Adapter 100 240 VAC Power Cord User s Manual on USB...

Page 9: ...ils on performing these test functions on the unit If the unit is fully discharged and you attempt to turn the unit on there may be some unexpected responses from flashing LED s to nothing appearing t...

Page 10: ...placed with blocks A period of 5 minutes is required to get a minimum charge in the batteries to enable the system to run The Yellow power LED will be on solid at this point Once this time period has...

Page 11: ...press OK to continue testing Alphanumeric characters are supported press the right arrow key to enter Alphanumeric input mode Press the down and up arrow to move between CID ORDER and TECHID fields P...

Page 12: ...Turning the unit off To turn the unit off press and hold the power key you will see a message Powering Down in 3 2 1 seconds at which point the unit will write any transient data to memory and power...

Page 13: ...ght Arrow Keys select the type of service profile being tested In the example above HSIA 1 5M service is selected NOTE SELECTING THE SERVICE TYPE WILL SELECT A SPECIFIC SET OF THRESHOLD SETTINGS IN OR...

Page 14: ...ion Loop attenuation and loop length as shown below Depress the Up Arrow key to display the previous page In addition to the above test results the unit will automatically authenticate into the BRAS a...

Page 15: ...E in order to take corrective action NOTE a Failure will be denoted with an to indicate which parameter was not within specifications The following screen shows a good test and the additional informat...

Page 16: ...reen will be displayed Depress the Enter Key to perform the Speed Test Depress the Down Arrow to display the IP address given to the unit from the DHCP server An example response is shown below To rel...

Page 17: ...rective action NOTE a Failure will be denoted with an to indicate which parameter was not within specifications By depressing the 1 Key after the automatic test is complete as shown below will give th...

Page 18: ...riber s line is performed upon connecting the RJ11 test clips to the subscriber s line and powering up the unit The tests performed as part of this automatic process is as follows 1 DSL Test 4 Key 2 D...

Page 19: ...formed In the example the test is being performed at the Central Office frame NOTE SELECTING THE LOCATION WHERE THE TEST IS BEING PERFORMED WILL SELECT A SPECIFIC SET OF THRESHOLD SETTINGS IN ORDER TO...

Page 20: ...garding the test process performed in Section 3 1 view the keypad for any FAILED indicators If any indicators are RED Depress the associated KEY to review the FAILURE in order to take corrective actio...

Page 21: ...mple shown below the line status was an OSP2 VER CODE and by depressing the Down Arrow Key additional information is provided for corrective action Ver Code TOK All thresholds pass Ver Code OSP2 Actio...

Page 22: ...ections outline the manual testing functions provide with the unit 5 1 Manual Test DMM The DMM Key when depressed performs many function other than the basic DMM measurement testing These functions in...

Page 23: ...n lead is connected to a ground Power up the unit and depress the DMM Key The following screen will be displayed If the pair is a non working pair the following screen will be displayed Depress the Ri...

Page 24: ...s 873 is 873 ohms 1 21 is 1210 ohms 14 1 is 14100 ohms If resistance is in Megohms then an M will follow the reading 10M is greater than 10 Megohms Press the right arrow key to see the next set of res...

Page 25: ...the down arrow key to enter the Tone functions of the meter You may send Trace tone or 1004 Hz tone at 0 0 dBm Press the left arrow button to cycle between the two tones Press the right arrow button...

Page 26: ...llowing screen will be displayed NOTE In order to program in Quietline and ANI numbers the unit must be connected to a working telephone line 5 1 2 1 Programming Quiet line Test Numbers If the pair is...

Page 27: ...rs you have Press the down arrow key to program in ANI test numbers 5 1 2 2 Programming ANI Test Numbers This screen is where you access your ANI test numbers three numbers may be stored Pressing the...

Page 28: ...Hz tone The up arrow key ANI returns you to the ANI screen Pressing the right arrow key Send will start sending the requested tone you will see a status message Press the ESC key to return to the Send...

Page 29: ...r in service Press the right arrow key Test to initiate the test to the number displayed You may press the left arrow key List to display other pre programmed test numbers See Section Programming Quie...

Page 30: ...ositive current flow indicates Tip Ring reversal of test leads Longitudinal Balance is 75dB Press the right arrow key to proceed to the next set of results Power Influence Circuit Noise Balance Press...

Page 31: ...r does not have dial tone the following screen will be displayed to allow you to manual perform a DMM test to aid in troubleshooting the problem Depress the Right Arrow to initiate the DMM test If the...

Page 32: ...lowing status screens will be displayed indicating the status during the testing process PROGRESS STATUS MESSAGES NOTE If dialing the ANI number from a List as explained in Step 6 Then the following s...

Page 33: ...oint Perform the following steps to initiate a SELT test on a line under test Connect the test leads to the pair under test and the ground lead to a good ground Press the SELT key You now select the l...

Page 34: ...est is real time and will update the display until canceled The timer in the upper left corner shows the updates to the screen refreshing approximately every 5 seconds Pressing the right arrow key wil...

Page 35: ...n performing the DELT test to the customer premises the NCI 465 is configured as a DSLAM Perform the following steps to initiate a DELT test on a line under test Connect the test clips to the pair to...

Page 36: ...he enter key to start the test or retest the ping tests The ping test will take a bit of time depending on if the ping sites are available Once complete you will have results similar to these Pressing...

Page 37: ...The following screen will be displayed once the tests are complete The above screen shows the IP address assigned to the NCI 465 by the DHCP server and that the Ethernet cable connected to the NCI 46...

Page 38: ...short between the 1 2 conductor or 3 6 conductor Cross indicates a short between one of the conductors 1 2 with one of the conductors 3 6 In future a message to indicate this is a cross over cable wi...

Page 39: ...as LINKED The third is with the cable connected to the outer port and the other end connected to the middle port of the NCI 465 This method is known as LOOPED 5 6 1 Open Cable Test Connect the cable...

Page 40: ...Connect the end you wish to test from to the outer port of the NCI 465 Press the ETH 8 key to start the test The following screen will be displayed once the tests are complete Here we see the assigne...

Page 41: ...the down arrow key will provide Performance Statistics 5 6 3 Looped Cable Test Looped cable test is when both ends of the cable are connected to the NCI 465 test set Use both Ethernet ports of the tes...

Page 42: ...a DHCP server Press the down arrow key to see the results of the testing Expected test results are Pass you may see Fail SNR Low indicating a failed SNR test Press the down arrow key to see traffic re...

Page 43: ...ending upon the number of packets you use to test and the number of nodes the test may take 1 to 2 minutes to 20 minutes It is suggested to start with 1K packets for trouble shooting and 100K packets...

Page 44: ...tter Depress the 9 key Press the Down Arrow Key to display the Coax start screen Depress the Right Arrow Key to start the coax test Results The below results are displayed The distance to each splitte...

Page 45: ...NCI 465 Firmware Version 5 2 9 8 41 5 9 Retest Function The user can perform a RETEST function from sub menus within a primary test key Coax Length Term 4 100ft Open Quality Pass Retest...

Page 46: ...lly charged unit will have the Yellow light on the power button extinguished when plugged into a power source To determine if your power source if functioning and you suspect the unit is fully charged...

Page 47: ...ess the right or left arrow to change between Bridge and Router Not implemented yet Press the down arrow key to adjust the Contrast level The cursor will flash on the arrow in the Contrast line Press...

Page 48: ...t the units gauge and language settings With the cursor flashing on the right arrow key of the Units line you may select between feet and meters Gauge is set to 26AWG it is not selectable at this time...

Page 49: ...te and time values along with the time zone setting for the unit Pressing the Update key will cause unit to attempt to update the time via the Internet For this to succeed you must have Internet conne...

Page 50: ...ged into a power source Although the firmware update process is very robust if the unit ran out of battery power at a critical point in the update process the unit could be rendered unusable requiring...

Page 51: ...as an LDP server on a corporate Intranet then when you request firmware updates you must ensure that the unit has access to the corporate Intranet not the Internet Update check failed indicates that y...

Page 52: ...tep 4 of 10 Extract Passed Updating handheld Step 5 of 10 Build VDSL profiles Updating handheld Step 6 of 10 Build ADSL profiles Updating handheld Step 7 of 10 Start PIC screen will be blank for 2 min...

Page 53: ...re uploaded to the LDP server then deleted from the unit The number of tests a unit can save depends upon the type of tests performed A simple DMM test uses much less memory then full xDSL tests with...

Page 54: ...see Notes If there are a large number of tests to upload and you disconnect from the process the remaining tests are stored on the NCI 465 until the next upload attempt You will not lose any test res...

Page 55: ...th your unit The customer number comes pre assigned for your company MAC address is displayed as 6 pairs of hexadecimal numbers The serial number is the serial number of the DSL board inside the unit...

Page 56: ...pproximately six hours to complete Steps to perform testing the charging system and battery pack 1 Fully charge battery plug in unit and wait until Yellow charge light goes out 2 Remove unit from char...

Page 57: ...down arrow key once more 13 This will bring you to the charge test screen 14 Press the Start button 15 You will see a Running please wait message 16 Charge test will take 3 5 hours to complete 17 Onc...

Page 58: ...line and during the subsequent testing process battery is found then the line condition has changed and not open C If when testing an active line that had dial tone and subsequent testing detects a l...

Page 59: ...ice 1 Ensure the test cord is inserted correctly into the unit slide the metal retaining clip up push the test cord into the NCI 465 and slide the metal retaining clip down retest 2 Try a different te...

Page 60: ...st cord is inserted correctly into the unit slide the metal retaining clip up push the test cord into the NCI 465 and slide the metal retaining clip down retest 2 Try a different test cord from a co w...

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