Application > Measurement

4.10 Application > Measurement

Selecting Measurement from the Application folder will launch the Gen-eral screen (shown in Fig. 4.72) as default.

4.10.1 General

The General tab screen contains the basic setup of the measurement.

The contents of this screen will depend on installed options and selected interfaces.

Fig. 4.72 The General screen of the Application folder.

Type Use the Type field menu to select the measurement type. Available measurement types will depend on the selected interface. See next page for details.

Statistics generates a measurement that summarises counters and sta-tus flags on an interval basis. The field to the right is used for defining the interval length i.e. the resolution of the measurement.

Log generates a measurement that contains time-stamps and various events e.g. errors, changes in alarm status etc.

Start Key Action Use the Start Key Action field menu to select Immediate to let the meas-urement start right away the (START) button on the front of the CMA 3000 is pressed. Alternatively, select Start at to choose a delayed start. This will enable the adjacent menu field shown in Fig. 4.73, used for setting the time of the delayed start.

Fig. 4.73 Delayed start setup menu.

To setup, press a field e.g. the month in the date line - and correct it by pressing the [up arrow] or [down arrow].

Stop Function Press the Stop Function field menu and select from the launched drop-down menu.

If Manual Stop is selected, the measurement will stop immediately when the (STOP) button is pressed on the front of the CMA 3000.

Selecting Stop at will enable the adjacent field menu, from where you set the stop time. This menu is similar to the start menu shown in Fig. 4.73.

When selecting Duration the adjacent field menu will turn into the setup type shown in Fig. 4.74. In this menu, it is possible to key in a duration time. A duration time is the time span in where the measurement will run.

Fig. 4.74 Duration setup menu.

• The first part of the menu, sets the number of days (whole numbers).

• The second part of the menu, sets the hours : minutes : seconds.

Memory Allocation Press the Memory Allocation field and select from the launched drop-down menu where to allocate and how to store the measurement.

Selecting Continuous will store the measurement(s) continuously in a row, meaning that when memory is full the oldest data will be overwritten by new ones.

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Selecting Use all storage will stop the measurement when all storage in the CMA 3000 is used, meaning that other measurements will be over-written as the running measurement expands.

The selected labels will appear in top of the result displays.

Estimated Meas-urement Duration

This field contains the estimated time in days, hours, minutes, and sec-onds, before the whole memory will be filled out, in connection with start of a measurement. The estimated value is dependend on the current in-terface and selections concerning this inin-terface.

During an ongoing measurement the estimate will be recalculated periodicly. This means that the estimate will be better and better. The es-timate can be seen on the status line during a measurement.

Performance Pa-rameters

From the Performance Parameters field various parameters are present dependent on the measurement type.

The G.821 (expired revision) is not recommended for normal use, as it is included for backward compatibility only.

Edit Pressing the [Edit] softkey opens the Performance parameters setup.

From this setup select either G.826 or M.2100.

Evaluation Setup Press the Evaluation Setup softkey [RxA / RxB] and select type of re-ceiver interface from the Interface drop-down menu.

Fig. 4.75 Evaluation Item menu.

HR% = Hypotetical Reference allocation in per cent.

BIS = Special limits for Bringing Into Service.

Evaluation Type Select Count or Ratio

Evaluation Item The content in this drop-down menu is depending on the selected inter-face.

Pass and Fail Lim-its

Press the first field menu of the Pass and Fail Limits and key in the pass limit value on the launched numeric key pad. Acceptable values are be-tween 0 and 10000.

To set the fail limit value, press the adjacent field menu to open a numeric key pad for this purpose. Acceptable values are between 0 and 10000.

HR% Press the HR% field and use the launched numeric key pad to setup the HR% parameters. Acceptable values are between 0.00 and 100.00.

4.10.2 Signaling

Selecting the Signaling tab will launch the screen shown in Fig. 4.76.

Fig. 4.76 Part of the Signaling screen.

Signaling Recep-tion

Press the Signaling Reception field menu and select from the launched drop-down menu. Choose between the following possibilities:

Selecting Off, will take no reception into account. Normal CCS or In-verted CCS will choose the CCS or an inIn-verted CCS signal, respective-ly.

From the adjacent drop-down menu, the settings: 16x16 kbps, 4x64 kbps and 8-64 kbps is available.

CCS Protocol Select the relevant CCS protocol (option) from the drop-down menu list.

Demo Records From this drop-down menu Demo Records may be available.

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4.10.3 Filters (Log Measurement)

Pressing the Filters tab will open a setup screen as shown in Fig. 4.77.

The screen content will depend on whether ‘Log’ or ‘Statistics’ are select-ed in the ‘General’ folder.

Fig. 4.77 Log Filter screen.

Alarms Press the first Alarms field menu to open a drop-down menu from where you select the alarm parameters to be presented in the Log filter(s). Pos-sible selections are:

Press the second Alarms field menu to open a drop-down menu from where you select the alarm types.

Errors Press the first Errors field menu to open a drop-down menu from where you select the error parameters to be presented in the Log filter(s). Pos-sible selections are:

All All alarms will be logged.

None No alarms will be logged.

= The specified alarm will be logged.

< > The specified alarm will not be logged.

All All errors will be logged.

None No errors will be logged.

= The specified error will be logged.

< > The specified error will not be logged.

Press the second Errors field menu to open a drop-down menu from where you select the errors type.

C-Bits Press the C-Bits field menu and select from the launched drop-down menu. Possible selections are (Abis only):

Sa-Bits Press the Sa-Bits field menu and select from the launched drop-down menu.

Select All to log all Sa-Bits, or None if no Sa-Bits need to be logged.

Other settings Protocol specific.

Clear Log Filter Press the [Clear Log Filter RxA] softkey at the end of the screen to clear all settings made to the filter.

All All C-Bits will be logged.

None No C-Bits will be logged.

< > TAF The specified will not be logged.

< > SID, TAF The specified will not be logged.

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4.10.4 Filters (Statistics Measurement)

Select Statistics Filters tab to launch the screen shown in Fig. 4.78.

The screen content will depend on whether ‘Log’ or ‘Statistics’ are select-ed in the ‘General’ folder.

Fig. 4.78 The Statistics Filters setup screen.

Please observe that the contents of the Type, Selector and Counts 1..8 depends on the elected CCS protocol.

Type Press Type field menu and select from the launched drop-down menu.

Selector Press Selector field to set the SAPI value.

Counts 1..8 Press the Counts fields and select from drop-down menu. The presenta-tions here will depend on the protocol.

Fig. 4.79 Example of a ‘Counts’ drop-down menu.

Clear Filter Press the [Clear Filter RxA/DCE] softkey at the end of the screen to clear all settings made to the filter.