Atec AM2-DE, AM2DX, AM2A, AM2P, AM2D User Manual

AM2 Niagara products feature a multiprocessor architec­ture, which guarantees that call volume is not affected by
the number of operating channels or the nature of the tests
that the user chooses to perform. Extensive use of high
speed microprocessors and Digital Signal Processors
(DSPs) make AM2 Niagara versatile, accurate and fast.
All tone detectors are based on DSPs. Never needing cali­bration, AM2 Niagara systems will last well into the next
generation of switching systems.

To maintain the maximum level of performance, function­ality and flexibility, every AM2 Niagara is powered by a
32-bit RISC processor, controlled via user defined scripts
and protocols and managed via FeatureCall, a Windows
based graphical user interface. In addition, every line or
channel in an AM2 Niagara is served by “local” DSPs to
identify call progress tones, detect digits and to verify the
voice path after a connection has been established. The
combination of these capabilities allows the user of AM2
Niagara to create the complex call testing applications neces­sary to develop and test today’s communication systems
and applications.

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Ameritec Corporation has been manufacturing Bulk Call
Generators for testing switches with analog, PCM, ISDN and
SS7 interfaces, as well as other telecommunications test
equipment, for over fifteen years. Ameritec test equipment is
used by major telecommunication equipment manufacturers,
telephone companies, network service providers and PTTs
worldwide. Ameritec is an independent test equipment
manufacturer, not owned or affiliated with any switch
manufacturers or service providers -- your assurance of
neutral and unbiased testing.

Portable Call Generators

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AM2-B ISDN BRI AM2-DX ISDN-PRI
AM2-P P-Phone (EBS) AM2-S7 SS7

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• Call Volume

• Delay to Answer

• Trunk & Station Simulation

• Prompt Response

• Simulate Callers

- Pulse, DTMF, MFR1
& MFR2 Signaling

- Secondary Tone
and digits

• Packet Loss (VoP)

• Round Trip Delay (VoP)

• ...(and more)

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AM2 Niagara w/FeatureCall

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Ameritec’s AM2 Niagara®family of products is
comprised of fully self-contained portable test
instruments designed to meet the rigid demands of
today’s telephony applications developer in both
laboratory and field applications. The AM2 Niagara,
simply put, makes telephone calls -- and lots of them!
Each AM2 Niagara unit allows interfacing to
different line types. One model interfaces to Analog
POTS lines, another to Analog P-Phones lines, others
to T1, E1, PRI, BRI, and SS7. The AM2 Niagara
allows users to develop a test environment with the
ability to test highly complex call scenarios.

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AM2-A Analog Call Generator
provides physical interfaces for
64 analog line and 160 total lines
with the AM2E-A Expansion unit.

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AM2-P P-Phone Call Generator
provides the physical interface
for 32 EBS lines.

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AM2-B Basic Rate ISDN
Call Generator provides physical
interfaces for 32 BRI/BRA
ISDN U-Interface (2B1Q) lines.

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AM2-D/De T1/E1 Digital Call
Generators provide physical interfaces
for four 1.544 Mbps T1 CAS trunks
or four 2.048 Mbps E1 CAS trunks.

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AM2-DX/DXe Primary Rate
ISDN Call Generators provide physical
interfaces for four 1.544 Mbps T1
CCS trunks or four 2.048 Mbps
E1 CCS trunks.

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AM2-S7/S7e SS7 Call Generators
provide physical interfaces for one to
four 1.544 Mbps T1 CCS trunks or

2.048 Mbps E1 CCS trunks and
supports up to eight SS7
signaling links.

AM2 Niagara units are ideally suited for testing complex, interactive
applications under high call loads on dozens of lines simultaneously in the field
or a dedicated lab environment.

Applications that previously were too costly to test automatically can be easily
automated with the AM2 Niagara.

Such test applications include:

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Central Office or PBX Switches and Networks

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Voice Over Packet (VoFR, VoIP) Systems

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Intelligent Network (IN) applications

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Voice Mail systems

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Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) systems and applications

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Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) systems

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Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems

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Paging systems

Each AM2 Niagara can simulate one to hundreds of telephony subscribers. The
actions of each simulated subscriber are independently controlled through
unique parameter fields defined in user programmed Call Scripts.

Scripts define calling patterns and can simulate practically any action a live
caller can perform. Scripts also simulate multiple subscribers allowing testing
of multiple-party calls such as conference calling.

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Signaling: All interface specific signaling functions supported through
Call Scripts and user programmable signaling protocols.

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Dialing: Multiple unlimited length dial strings, multiple dialing types,
including in-band end-to-end signaling (e.g. DTMF digits for interactive
applications).

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Digit decoding: Decode in-band DTMF or MF digits.

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Tone Send: Send pre-programmed single frequency tones.

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Tone Receive: Detect any single frequency tone.

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Path Verification: Comprehensive two-way verification of multiple party
voice and data path connections via in-band sequences, BERT patterns,
X.25 packet data, or packet drop detection (VoP).

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Voice Replay: Optional feature allowing replay of pre-recorded audio
samples on demand.

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ADSI: Optional feature permits the testing of caller ID functionality.

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Delays: Event-to-Event delay measurements, round trip delays (VoP).

Testing Your Applications

Test configurations can, via Ameritec’s FeatureCall

GUI, control up to 32 AM2 Niagara’s via an Ethernet

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TCP/IP LAN.

Through the use of user defined call scripts and line
protocols, users can tailor test scenarios to meet a
wide range of testing requirements. Whether the
testing demand is focused on development, production
testing, quality assurance or regression testing, the
AM2 Niagara family provides the flexibility to satisfy
your testing needs.

Introduction

Testing Applications

Models

Capabilities in Call Scripts include:

The AM2 Niagara has the flexibility to serve a wide range of telephony testing requirements including both
switch and network testing applications, in a captive lab or as a fully self-contained test tool. Whether your
application calls for a single interface, or for multiple physical interfaces, the AM2 Niagara family
provides a configuration that will meet or exceed your needs.

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FeatureCall™ - Graphical User Interface

Each AM2 Niagara comes with FeatureCall, a Windows based Graphical User Interface (GUI) that provides
control and management, via a personal computer, of one or more Ameritec Call Generators via a TCP/IP LAN
or a single RS232 port. FeatureCall provides the user with simple, easy to use tools that allow you to:

• Create a system of 1 to 32 AM2 Niagara Call
Generators also (Crescendo®, and AM2S Squirt™)

• Create and start a test case in five easy steps using the
FirstCall™ Test Case Wizard

• Using Test Case™ create batteries of tests that can be
set to start on a schedule that you define days, weeks,
or months in advance

• Create traffic profiles using TrafGen™

• Automatically load test cases into your
AM2 Niagara from a test library that you build
using the backup and restore function of FeatureCall

• See your test case results as they run via a Gauge field
that allows you to define the areas of the test that are
critical for you to monitor

• Create reports the way you like them using the
Statistic Logging and Report Generation capability of
FeatureCall

Create a test case in 5
simple steps

Manage your test cases with a
test case repository

Create reports that verify
your test results

View the way the test
is running

Make changes to the
test case as it runs

Create or modify your
call flow diagram
interactively

View script detail
fragment whenever
you wish

ScriptMate™ - Graphical Test Script Builder

Testing complex telephony applications requires you to develop many test
cases. Limited programmability or learning a programming language used to be
your choices - until ScriptMate! ScriptMate is a graphical tool that allows you
to develop sophisticated test scripts by simply drawing the test sequence!

AM2 Niagara Call Generators offer you the ultimate in flexibility by providing
powerful built-in test case scripting capabilities. This level of flexibility is what
gives the AM2 Niagara its power. ScriptMate is a tool that unlocks this power
with an intuitive, easy-to-use, graphical test script generation method.

ScriptMate is a companion program to FeatureCall and allows you to easily
develop call test scripts by dragging, dropping and interconnecting simple icons
to create a graphical Call Flow Diagram. With a single click of the mouse, the
Call Flow Diagram is converted into a complete Script source file that can be
loaded into your
AM2 Niagara using
FeatureCall.

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