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PVA-3000 PhyView® Analyzer

Comprehensive 10/100/1000 PHY Testing Made Easy

The PVA-3000 PhyView Analyzer from Sifos Technologies is designed to bridge the wide coverage gap between comprehensive Ethernet twisted pair PHY compliance testing and simple packet verification testing. The PVA-3000 introduces an innovative multi-port capability dedicated to 10/100/1000BaseT physical layer characterisation under controlled impairments including line loss, ingress noise, jittered or offset timing, and even Power-over-Ethernet. The PVA-3000 tests Ethernet switches and routers, discrete LAN interfaces, link transmission components, and network service integrity at any 10/100/1000Base-T interface.

 

Presented by our manufacturer..

See the PhyView Analyzer Video Presentation  47 min.

See a 24-Port Gigabit Switch Test Demonstration   14 min.

 

Associated with the PVA-3000 is the

PHY Performance Test Suite

Comprehensive 10/100/1000 Interface Testing Simplified

Ethernet interface testing has never been easier than the PHY Performance Test Suite for the PhyView Analyzer.  This group of fully automated tests can be automatically sequenced across up to 24 10/100/1000BaseT ports to produce colorful and graphical reports of interface performance.   Sequencing and reporting is accomplished with just a few mouse clicks in PVA Interactive software or with a single command in PowerShell PSA. Unlike traditional packet testing, PhyView Performance Tests clearly and independently characterize transmitter, receiver, and physical interfaceperformance in quantitative terms that predict link performance over the full range of possible applications.

See a video demonstration of the PHY Performance Test Suite testing a 24-Port gigabit switch here!

See the  PHY Performance Test Suite Video Demonstration  14 min.

 

Key Features

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  • 0/100/1000 Physical Layer Testing Simplified
    Just Plug…..Run…..Evaluate
  • No Scopes, No Fixtures, No Probes, No Test Modes, No Cable Spools!
    Test   Any 10/100/1000 Interface, Anywhere
  • Faster and More Informative Alternative to Packet Testing
    Answer  What’s Wrong, How Wrong, and Where?
  • Fully Automated PHY Performance Test Suite for LAN Interface Analysis
    Fully Automated 10/100/1000Base-T Interface Analysis
                Fully Automated PSE DC Unbalance Analysis
  • Fully Automated Multi-Port PHY Qualification
    Transmitter Performance Qualification
                  Receiver Performance Qualification 
  • Innovative New Measurements on 10/100/1000 Transmitted Signals
  • Accelerated Receiver Testing with Versatile Physical Impairments
  • Externally Accessible Impairments – Combine with Packet Analyzers
  • Sifos PSA-3000 and PSA-1200 Chassis Compatible
  • Compact, Portable 2-Port PVA-3002 – Same Testing Features

 

PVA-3000 Metering & Impairment

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  • Transmission Parameters
    o        Wideband Signal Power
    o        Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Residual Distortion)
    o        Power Spectral Distortion
    o        Pair Timing Skew
  • Port Parameters
    o       Wideband Return Loss
    o       Wideband Crosstalk
  • Receiver Measurements
    o        Link Stability
    o        MAC Frame Count / Packet Flow
  • Receiver Impairments
    o       Worst Case 802.3 Line Insertion Loss
    o       Programmable Ingress Noise
    o       Programmable Frequency Offset
    o       Programmable Transmit Jitter
    o       Line Mismatch
  • Link-Up & Auto-Negotiation Information
    o       Auto-Negotiation Advertisement
    o    Forced Auto-Negotiation Modeso    1000Base-T Auto-Neg Timing Parameters

PVA Interactive Graphical User Interface Software

Get productive quickly with the PhyView Analyzer using PVA Interactive software (for Microsoft Windows). Configure test ports, configure impairments, control link-up conditions, and assess link stability with simple menu selections. Meters such as Rx Power, SNR, Power Spectral Distortion, Wideband Return Loss, and Wideband Crosstalk are readily configured to produce single or multi-pair information in a single mouse click. Full access to the PhyView Performance Test Suite with one-button test sequencing is supported under the automated test menu. MAC packet definition and transmission as well as packet counting are supported along with fully automated, one-button test port calibration sequences.

 

Powershell PSA Script Automation Software

pva-meter-menuEvery feature of each PVA-3000 test port is directly accessible and programmable using the Tcl/Tk-based PowerShell PSA interactive scripting environment. Issue interactive commands and queries, sequence tests and calibrations, or generate custom test programs using high level API commands and utilities built into this productive script development environment.

 

PVS-VeriPhy Automated Multi-Port 10/100/1000BaseT Qualification

pva_veriphy-reportThe PhyView Analyzer is provided with an flexible and fully automated test application for evaluating 1 to 6 10/100/1000Base-T ports at a time with a test throughput of as little as 75 seconds per port tested! Accessible from PowerShell PSA, the pva_veriphy program offers effortless defect coverage of transmitters and receivers and is readily sequenced to test groups of 4 or 6 ports per test cycle.

Each port tested is evaluated for:

  • Link Stability & SNR
    o        10Base-T Link Stability with 802.3 Worst Case Insertion Los
    o        100Base-Tx Link Stability with 802.3 Worst Case Insertion Loss
    o        1000Base-T Link Stability with 802.3 Worst Case Insertion Loss
    o        100Base-Tx Tx Pair SNR
    o        1000Base-T Single Pair SNR
    o        Link Stablity Summary:  GOOD | MARGINAL | FAIL
  • Transmission Performance
    o        100Base-Tx Tx Pair Vpk-pk
    o        1000Base-T Single-Pair Vpk-pk
    o        100Base-Tx Single-Pair 50KHz & 62MHz Power Spectral Distortion
    o        1000Base-T Single-Pair 50KHz & 62MHz Power Spectral Distortion
    o        1000Base-T Single-Pair Wideband Return Loss
    o        Transmit Performance Summary:  GOOD | MARGINAL | FAIL
  • Receiver Performance
    o        Maximum Rate Link Stability with 802.3 Worst Case Insertion Loss, Alien Crosstalk, and Jitter
    o        Receiver Performance Summary:  GOOD | MARGINAL | FAIL

The pva_veriphy test provides user controls for link rates tested, link failure action, reporting modes, and summary categorisation criteria for each test.

Please see the following information and sample reports

 

 

 

View Sample pva_veriphy Test Reports