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Telecom ConformanceTCA 8200 Telecom Conformance Analyzer Provides fully automated compliance, pre-compliance, development and production testing solution for Analog PSTN, Acoustic, xDSL, VoIP, SIP, T1, E1 and ISDN PRI interfaces. Covers most major international network access standards. One box approvals solution for Analog PSTN, Acoustic, xDSL, VoIP, SIP, T1, E1 and ISDN PRI interfaces
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Compliance testing to world’s major standards TCA 8200 provides compliance testing solution according to the world’s major network access standards, covering many types of telecom equipment ranging from handset telephones to digital switches, PBXs and VoIP gateways. In the past, approval of terminal equipment meant using a test lab with expert test engineers and tens of non-automated or semi-automated expensive test instruments and setups. Such process usually took weeks. With TCA 8200 you can complete the tests and the documentation required by the standards and agencies in a matter of hours without a need for in-depth knowledge of the standards. Due to recent liberalization of regulation processes in Europe, the USA and other countries manufacturers can now perform in-house testing and declare compliance or apply for approval of a regulatory agency. Having an in-house compliance testing solution from early design stages can significantly reduce time-to-market. Test labs can benefit also from the ability to provide fast and cost-effective testing services for a broad range of the interfaces and standards covered by the instrument, its expandability and its extensive management features. Fully automated testing TCA 8200 comes with test suites ready for testing according to the supported standards. The tests can be performed in a fully automatic manner one by one or in a sequence. No user interaction is required except for setting of the equipment under test in response to prompts appearing on the screen. Completely unattended testing is possible for equipment that can be remotely controlled with ASCII commands. Any user-defined commands or built-in AT commands can be used for automatic remote control of the equipment over RS-232 or TCP/IP Ethernet. Reports in MS Word format with test results and all the information required for a test project are generated automatically. Deciding what standard’s tests are applicable for a particular product can be sometimes a complicated task. Predefined and user-defined criteria for selection of the required tests simplify this task. The tests are automatically selected by answering Yes/No questions about the functionality supported by the product. Powerful Display and Analysis features Test results are displayed continuously on graphs and table, together with current test status and verdict, key test parameters, user prompts, current test point and measured values. Time and frequency domain measurements with minimum, maximum and average statistics are provided. In each test, you can set which results will appear on the display and in the test report, set limits, number of plots per graph, style and color of each plot, select Log or Linear axis, set axis scale or select auto-scaling, select which test parameters will appear in the test report, rename test results, add comments and environment conditions description to test results. Measured results can be analyzed by using markers, delta markers, zoom in/out, max/min peak search, scroll and pan graph features. Further analysis is possible by copy/pasting the results to the preinstalled MS Excel.
Manual operation Besides fully automated testing capability, TCA 8200 provides on-the-fly control of test parameters, “manual” tuning and stepping, which is important for development and debugging testing. Test execution can be paused/resumed, automatically swept or manually stepped through multiple test ranges. Also a test can be run once or continuously, at multiple test points or at a single test point (e.g. frequency).
Lab in a box TCA 8200 is not just a test instrument. It is also a highly integrated system of tools and features for performing and supporting tasks required in a test lab such as: Definition and management of test specs and test plans with customized user prompts, remote EUT control commands, and automatic tests selection criteria. Running and management of test projects. Integral client information database linked to test projects. Generation and management of test reports. Built-in calibration tests. · Backup and restore of all data and restore of the factory data. · Emergency recovery of all software and factory data from image disk supplied with the system. · Quality assurance issues have been thoroughly addressed: Test reports are ISO/IEC 17025 compatible. Tests, test suites, projects, reports are uniquely identified. Changes to test definitions are recorded.
Versatility and ease of use TCA 8200 features familiar Windows user interface. Test suites, test projects, tests, reports and other data and tools are presented in Windows Explorer-like tree/list views. Intuitive Open, New, Delete, Save, Properties data operations are implemented through double-click, menus, toolbar icons, and right mouse button context-sensitive pop-up menus. In addition to built-in tests, users can easily create new custom tests by setting results format, test parameters, ranges, limits, EUT remote control commands, user prompts and test execution sequence. No programming or scripting is required. Both system and user tests are grouped in test suites. New test suites for new standards or for user specifications can be created. Test suites are used to access, set and run tests, and serve as templates for new suites and projects. Project provides tools to run and manage tests, store and document test results. Project is created from one or multiple test suites, inheriting all their definitions. · Details of the product under test. · Test specification - group of tests with test definition, created from one or more test suites. You can modify the test specification in the project. You can also save the project test specification as a test suite, so it can be used as a template in other projects and suites. · Project and tests status and verdict. · Test results are saved for each test execution in the project. You can select which results will be included in the test report. You can generate test reports in MS Word format for each test suite included in the project. You can open, print and delete test reports from the project. You can include MS Word documents in a test suite or in a project to document unsupported tests or to include additional information in a test report. On-line help and support TCA 8200 features a comprehensive context-sensitive on-line help with examples and step-by-step guidance. The TCA 8200 user interface accommodates both novice and advanced user’s needs. Step-by-step wizards are provided together with straightforward shortcut operations. Remote configuration, user guidance and training can be provided over internet through remote operation of the TCA 8200. Interoperability TCA 8200 includes all common PC interfaces: USB, parallel, RS-232 and Ethernet, which allows test reports and results printing to any Windows compatible local or network printer. TCA 8200 can be transparently operated from a remote PC over LAN and internet by using the Windows Remote Assistance feature. Low cost of ownership TCA 8200 comes with a price significantly lower than the total cost of equipment and systems it can replace such as a digital oscilloscope, spectrum and network analyzers, digital transmission and jitter analyzer, line and cable simulators, power supplies, protocol, frame, signaling analyzers, various test bridges and a PC. Achieving automation requires further investment in integration and software development or buying expensive third-party solutions. Due to the instrument’s modular design you can order and pay for the test options that you need. You can order separately Analog PSTN, E1, T1, Analog PSTN + DSL, Analog PSTN + Acoustics or E1 + ISDN PRI test options. The instrument can be upgraded later for any additional options. Testing capabilities can be easily extended to cover new standards by defining new user test suites using the GUI or obtaining updates from Hermon Laboratories. Analog PSTN interface testing The Analog PSTN tests cover the requirements for terminal (CE) and network (CO) equipment including electrical AC, DC and timing characteristics in on-hook, off-hook states and during the transition between those states, various functional and simulation tests.
CO, CE PBX and line simulation Extensive analog PSTN network simulation features found in standalone line simulators coupled with line states and dialed number recording provide invaluable tool for functional tests. Different CO’s and networks can be simulated by predefined and user-set call progress scenarios with programmable conditions, valid/invalid numbers definition, delays, dialing timeouts, connection to second auxiliary channel, progress tones and ring signals. Acoustic testing Acoustic tests are required to verify that speech performance of handset telephones is adequate to ensure compatibility with the PSTN and other telephones. The speech performance is assessed by measuring transmission characteristics at various combinations of transmission paths: The handset is placed in a test head which provides the reference standard positions from the built-in ear and mouth simulators. The receiving and sending sensitivity, noise, distortion, loudness, linearity, instability, echo return loss and side tone tests are performed according to procedures and specifications defined in ITU-T P.64, P.79 and ETSI TBR 38. Digital T1 and E1 interfaces testing The digital tests cover layer 1 electrical characteristics of input and output ports, digital, combined analog and digital transmission and functional characteristics of framed and unframed T1 and E1 interfaces. In addition to test results shown on graphs and table, line monitor indicators display current error and alarm status of the TCA T1 or E1 receiver. Jitter measurement tests feature amplitude auto-ranging and display of the measured jitter modulation waveform versus time. Pulse shape tests provide simultaneous measurements of all positive and negative pulses, and space characteristics with automatic mask fittings and scaling, and user-defined masks. Frame analysis tests provide the most powerful features for simulation and analysis of 2.048 Mbps CCS & CRC structure. In the heart of the frame analysis tests lies the Test Procedure definition which contains a sequence of test cases. Each test case includes a user-defined transmit data pattern of variable length and the expected receive events criteria. Predefined error, alarm or data patterns are provided. You can also set any bit in framing and each data timeslot. You can define a series of expected receive events such as CRC error, frame error, RAI, FEBE and AIS conditions with start time, duration repetitions limits for each event. When a frame analysis test is run the test cases sequence is executed. The data patterns are transmitted; the received events are recorded with single frame resolution and compared to the expected events criteria with automatic verdict setting. Predefined frame analysis tests such as TBR 4 9.4 Frame structure and 9.5 Operational functions tests are provided. CAS simulation and analysis coupled with built-in database of signals and signaling states provide powerful testing capability of virtually any E1/T1 CAS protocol. The L23 option provides full layer 2 and 3 testing of 2.048 Mbps ISDN PRI in accordance with TBR 4. The tests include a user-defined series of TTCN test cases defined in TBR 4. TTCN is a programming–like language that describes protocol simulation, analysis, and verdict criteria test procedure. When the layer 2 or 3 tests are run the test cases are executed one-by-one with automatically-set verdicts and recording of transmit and receive layer 2, 3 messages.
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