NBase-T Ethernet Compliance Testing Instruction Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Software Installation and Setup ............................................................................................................ 2
Oscilloscope Requirements .................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Other Required Equipment ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Install QualiPHY Application ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Activate Components in MAUI ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Set Up the QualiPHY Application ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
Set Up Remote Control (optional) ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Starting NBase-T Test Sessions ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
NBase-T Oscilloscope Testing ............................................................................................................ 11
Required Equipment ............................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Required Test Modes ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Deskew ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Oscilloscope Test Setup ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
NBase-T Oscilloscope Test Configurations ....................................................................................................................................... 16
NBase-T Oscilloscope Tests ................................................................................................................................................................ 17
NBase-T Oscilloscope Test Variables ................................................................................................................................................. 31
NBase-T Oscilloscope Test Limit Sets ............................................................................................................................................... 32
Using QualiPHY .................................................................................................................................. 33
QualiPHY Test Process ......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Generating Reports ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Customizing QualiPHY .......................................................................................................................................................................... 35
X-Replay Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 38
Appendix A: Connecting to a T3AFG ................................................................................................... 39
Supported Models .................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Connecting to the AFG .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Table of Figures
Figure 1. Oscilloscope display after the Transmitter Clock Frequency test. ............................................................................... 17
Figure 2. Transmitter Clock Frequency Results ................................................................................................................................ 18
Figure 3. Oscilloscope display after Transmitter PSD and Power Level Test ............................................................................. 19
Figure 4. Transmitter Power Level and PSD results. ....................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 5. Oscilloscope display after the Droop test. ........................................................................................................................ 21
Figure 6. Droop+ and Droop- results. .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Figure 7: Connection diagram for Transmitter Nonlinear Distortion test when using a disturber. ......................................... 24
Figure 8: Oscilloscope after Transmitter Nonlinear Distortion test. ............................................................................................. 25
Figure 9. Oscilloscope display after the Transmitter Timing Jitter Master test. ........................................................................ 26
Figure 10. Transmitter Timing Jitter Master results. ....................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 11. Oscilloscope display after the Transmitter Timing Jitter Slave test. ......................................................................... 28
Figure 12. Transmitter Timing Jitter Slave results. .......................................................................................................................... 29
Figure 13. MDI Return Loss results. .................................................................................................................................................... 30
Figure 14. QualiPHY report summary and detail pages. ................................................................................................................. 34