HP Broadband Service Analyzer User Manual

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Broadband Service Analyzer

Setting Up the

25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod

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Manual Name: Setting Up the 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod
Manual Part Number: E5129-90001
Product Model Number: HP E5129A

Visit the Broadband Service Analyzer web site at http://www.hp.com/go/atmanalyzer

Edition Printing Date Application Version

1 October 1997 A.02.0

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Contents

Guide to the Broadband Service Analyzer Documentation..........................iv

About the 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod ................................................................1

Online Help ..................................................................................................... 2

To Access User Online Help...................................................................... 2

Front Panel at a Glance ................................................................................. 3

Cable and Line Connector Details ................................................................. 4

Connector Cable Configurations ............................................................... 5

To Set Up the Interface Pod...........................................................................6

To Insert the Interface Pod ....................................................................... 7

To Remove the Interface Pod................................................................... 8

To Connect to the System Under Test ..................................................... 8

Automatic Configuration Parameters ..................................................... 10

To Manually Configure the Interface Pod .............................................. 11

What to Do Next ...........................................................................................12

Standards and Specifications........................................................................ 13

Communications Standards .................................................................... 13

Physical Specifications ............................................................................ 13

Environmental Specifications................................................................. 14

Guide to the HP E5200A Broadband Service Analyzer Documentation

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Guide to the HP E5200A Broadband Service
Analyzer Documentation

The HP E5200A Broadband Service Analyzer comes with a comprehensive set
of paper and online documentation. Use the following table to determine
which documents you should use.

What is it? What does it do? Who is it for?

User’s Guide • contains instructions on how to set

up and install the analyzer

• provides an outline of the most
common functions

• provides an outline of the most
common system administration
functions

• lists electrical, mechanical, and
environmental specifications

all users

Application
Guide

contains information on installing and
starting the application, along with an
overview of the application.

all users

Online Help four volumes–User, Macro, UPE

Compatibility, and Test help–contain
information about, and instructions
for using, the analyzer

all users

Quick Reference provides a quick overview of the

analyzer's main features and functions

all users

Setting Up the
Interface Pod
guides

a series of guides that provide
descriptions of, and instructions for
installing, individual interface pods

all users will refer
to at least one of
these guides

Worldwide
Support card

provides information about support,
service, and warranty

all users

Release Notice provides information not available

when this guide was printed

all users

1

About the 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod

About the 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod

Overview The HP E5129A 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod is a self-contained, plug-in

module. You use it in conjunction with the HP E5200A Broadband Service
Analyzer to test and analyze a system under test (SUT).

The interface pod generates and analyzes ATM cell streams in a 25.6 Mb/s
4B5B format, in accordance with A TM Forum ATM 25.6 Mb/s over Twisted
Pair Cable, af-phy-004.000.

Hot swap and
automatic
configuration

Use the “hot swap” feature to insert and remove the interface pod while
the analyzer’s power is switched on. The analyzer automatically detects
the insertion of the interface pod and configures itself accordingly.
Immediately after you connect the interface pod to the SUT, the analyzer
automatically configures the receive and transmit parameters according to
the signal it receives.

Operating modes The interface pod has three operating modes: full duplex, internal

transmit loopback, and receive loopback.

Components The interface pod is shipped with

• a Calibration Certificate

• a set of three connecting cables

• this Set Up guide

Application The HP E5129A 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod requires an E5200A base unit

with Application Version number A.02.0 or greater.

Passive monitoring The 25.6 Mb/s Interface Pod has one connector only. To use the interface

pod to perform passive monitoring or bi-directional monitoring, you need
to obtain a special four-port junction box. See the application notes that
come with the interface pod for more details, or visit our web site:

www.hp.com/go/atmanalyzer

Online Help

2

Online Help

The Online Help provides all the information you need to use the analyzer.
Refer to the HP Broadband Service Analyzer User’s Guide for information
on the Monitor/Simulate help. Refer to theApplication Guide for the B-ISDN
UNI Signaling Tests for information on the B-ISDN UNI Signaling Test help.

The Online Help contains a Reference section. Use the Reference section to
find information about framing formats, alarms, errors, and measurements.

To Access User Online Help

There are four ways to access information in the User Online Help.

• Click the Help button that appears on most screens and windows to
display information about that screen or window.

• From the main screen Help menu, select User to display the User Contents
screen.

• Press F1. If the cursor is in an input field, you see help for that field;
otherwise you see the User Help Contents screen.

3

Front Panel at a Glance

Front Panel at a Glance

Access

(green LED) Lights each time the interface pod is accessed by the
network.

Signal

(yellow LED) Lights when a valid signal is present at the input connector.

I/O Concentrator

(UTP) Accepts an electrical signal from and provides a signal to the SUT.