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  • Page 1 NuBAR-1000 User Manual USM V1.5...

  • Page 2: Foreword

    Xtramus Technologies, if any, for damages relating to any allegedly defective product shall be limited to the actual price paid by the purchaser for such product. In no event will Xtramus Technologies be liable for costs of procurement...

  • Page 3: Revision History

    5.4.1.2 Default User Defined Function B: Packet Generation Test  For user defined Loopback Test, the duration is configured by rotary switch on the body of NuBAR-1000 only. Please refer to 5.4.1.4 Default User Defined Function D: Loopback Test ...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Foreword ............................1 REVISION HISTORY ........................2 Table of Contents .......................... 3 General Description of NuBAR-1000 ..................4 Appearance ..........................6 Front Side ........................6 Rear Side ........................6 Top Side and Bottom Side .................... 9 Left side ......................... 9 Right Side ........................

  • Page 5: General Description Of Nubar-1000

    Unique Asymmetric Loop Test of NuBAR-1000 is able to do customized speeds asymmetric transmission test that can verify the transmission quality of ADSL for ISP or Telecom Company.
  • Page 6 A pair of NuBAR-1000 that serve as Servant and Lord for Bi-directional or Loopback transmission test.  Mesh Loop function test that forward test streams to up to five NuBAR-1000 in mesh LAN  Internet connectivity test by accessing and down file from internet.

  • Page 7: Appearance

    2. Appearance 2.1 Front Side There is a model name of this device. 2.2 Rear Side Operation buttons and LED indicators are located here. Clear Key Status LED Run / Stop Key Tx Test Key Rotary Test Time Switch Rotary ID Switch Rotary Function Switch...
  • Page 8 Status LED Type Label Description System Power System is ready (Run) Blinking System is running the specified task Power is off Battery Battery is almost exhausted. Please connect USB cable to charge it. Test result CRC Error is found during the test Blinking Keep blinking if CRC error packets are received continually.
  • Page 9 16 function modes 16 scales 0~9: Pre-defined function 0~9, A~F A~E: Customized settings F: Control by PC via mini-USB port of NuBAR-1000. Rotary Function For detail, please refer to 3.1.1 Switch 2 sets Pair mapping control of NuBAR-1000 if there are...

  • Page 10: Top Side And Bottom Side

    Push once Clear Key Clear the test result for next test. When test is done, all LEDs keep the result of pervious test. Press this key to clear all test results, then operator is able to process next test. 2.3 Top Side and Bottom Side Ventilation hole, instruction label for rotary function key and Serial No.

  • Page 11: Right Side

    Power supply, battery charge, remote control and configuration or Firmware/FPGA upgrade of this machine Power Turn on or turn off the operation of NuBAR-1000. Switch Powered USB cable keep charging the battery of NuBAR-1000 even though the power switch is OFF.

  • Page 12: Function Of Rotary Switch And Buttons

    There are several 16 scales rotary switches, scales from 0 to 9, A to F for 16 functions. Rotary Switch Use ceramics screwdriver that comes with NuBAR-1000 package to rotate this switch for the function below: As the description at few sections above, the table is the general description of rotary switch...

  • Page 13: Rotary Function Switch

    LED of Servant is ON when this mode is activated. Servant Operation Layer2: Only excute Layer2 test.  Layer3: Set the source IP of servant NuBAR-1000.  VLAN / VID: Add VLAN tag and set VID value.  Short Packet Test Lord requests Servant for symmetrical and bi-directional Wirespeed short packets (64 bytes) test.
  • Page 14 Long Packet Test Same test as function 1 with long packets length (1518 bytes). Rotary function switch location Lord NuBAR-1000: 2  Servant NuBAR-1000: 0  Random Packet Same test as function 1 with random length packets (64~1518 Test bytes).
  • Page 15 There is no test result and termination for the test. Rotary function switch location NuBAR-1000: 7  Loopback Slave This mode is test for other non-NuBAR-1000 device (Packet (layer1) Generator). NuBAR-1000 resend incoming test frames from other non-NuBAR-1000 device to its received port.
  • Page 16 This mode is test for other non-NuBAR-1000 device (Packet (layer2) Generator). NuBAR-1000 resend incoming test frames from other non-NuBAR-1000 device to its received port with switched DA / SA (destination / source MAC address) and recalculated CRC. There is no test result and termination for the test.

  • Page 17: Id Rotary Switch

    0~9, A~F 0~9, A~F  NuBAR-1000 with the same ID, which the two ID rotary switches are identical the same, works as a pair (Lord and Servant)  If the mapping duration exceeds 20 seconds without successful connection, the connection procedure is suspended.

  • Page 18: Test Time Rotary Switch

    Input 12 in Decimal mode Then click Hexadecimal, then the answer is C. Rotate the switch to "0" "C" for duration of 12 seconds When user clicks Start / Run button to start the test, the NuBAR-1000 stops automatically for a moment...

  • Page 19: Button For Operation

    If it is configured to "0", the test keeps going continually, unless user press Stop button to stop the test. 3.2 Button for Operation There are 3 buttons for the operation of NuBAR-1000. When configuration via rotary switch is done, press these buttons to operate the function for the test.

  • Page 20: Procedure Of Operation

    To test the cable inside the building, connect two sides of the cable to a pair of NuBAR-1000. If the test is passed, it also performs well in real condition by real network device.

  • Page 21: For Network Infrastructure

    The application below applies to six locations of network infrastructure. 4.1.6 For Loopback Test The Loopback test for NuBAR-1000 can be divided into 2 kinds. One is the loopback test by a pair of NuBAR-1000 and the other is loopback test with other network device (packet generator).

  • Page 22: For Broadcast Test

     Select the same ID for a pair of NuBAR-1000 For a test that is work by a pair of NuBAR-1000, the ID number of the two NuBAR-1000 has to be the same. The default ID of NuBAR-1000 is "00". , means Lord accepts any reply from Servant if NuBAR-1000 is in Lord mode and Servant replies any request from Lord if NuBAR-1000 is in Servant mode.

  • Page 23: Start The Test Procedure

     Power ON both Lord and Servant NuBAR-1000 from power switch. Turn On Note: To fit the compact size of the NuBAR-1000, the power switch is tiny. To prevent damage of this switch, please slide the switch carefully or push it via the attached ceramic screwdriver.

  • Page 24: Test Result

    100Mbps connection; Slow blinking (1Hz): 10Mbps connection)  Start Test Press the Run / Stop button to start the test, (connect) is ON and wait for the stop automatically. 4.3 Test Result The result of the test is shown on the LED indicator instantly. Type Label Description...

  • Page 25: Remote Control From Usb Port

    3. Windows will prompt you that new USB device is found and it needs driver. Manual select the driver location at the folder ..\NuBAR-1000 driver which operator gets it from Xtramus. Follow the instruction of Windows to finish the installation.

  • Page 26: Installation Of Software Utility

    5.2 Installation of Software Utility Click to run the .EXE utility execution file provided by Xtramus to install the software. System shows Windows UI Description Welcome to install NuBAR-1000 Utility. Please click Next button to continue License Agreement for End User. Click I...
  • Page 27 Click Finish to close the installation procedure When Installation is done, start the program by clicking Start  All Programs  Xtramus  NuBAR-1000  NuBAR-WIN vx.xxxxx  NuBAR-WIN vx.xxxxx (x is version number) or at desktop, then main windows is shown.

  • Page 28: Operation Of Main Window

    For the detail of each block, please read the sections below. 5.3.1 Operation Menu Block in main window:  File sub-menu Program Files Xtramus  NuBAR-1000\ NuBAR-WIN vx.xxxxx\TestLog Menu Choice Usage Load default setting and clear all configurations that is done by Load Default Config users.
  • Page 29 Save Config  Packet Generation Test Save configuration file of Packet Generation Test. Default folder is located at C:\Program Files\Xtramus\NuBAR-1000\NuBAR-WIN Vx.xx...\Config\PGTest  Symmetric Loop Test Save configuration file of Symmetric Loop Test. Default folder is located at C:\Program Files\Xtramus\NuBAR-1000\NuBAR-WIN Vx.xx...\Config\SymLoopTest...
  • Page 30 Load Log logs is saved for test without PC. Open the saved logs that is loaded from NuBAR-1000 Open Log Clear the logs in the built-in memory of NuBAR-1000. System will prompt you before clearing the log. Clear Log Exit Exit and close this utility ...
  • Page 31 FPGA: (Field Programmable Gate Array) chip in NuBAR-1000 device Select file from folder and click download button.  Help sub-menu Menu Choice Usage About System information, such as Utility version and Hardware version of NuBAR-1000 device...

  • Page 32: Toolbar

    System The requirements for PC and Firmware/FPGA version for Requirements NuBAR-1000. Help Open user manual or other help information. 5.3.2 Toolbar Block in main window: Keys Usage E: Configuration Click it to Show System information at block and all illustration graph or configurable items at block.

  • Page 33: Windows Of Toolbar

    MAC, broadcast or the NuBAR-1000 itself. G: Symmetric Loop Test Configure symmetrical and bi-directional loop test. It has to work by a pair of NuBAR-1000. The test is suitable for LAN network test. H: Asymmetric Loop Test Configure asymmetric loop test.
  • Page 34 E3: System default function Function 0 to 9 is the same as the Rotary Function Switch on the body of NuBAR-1000, which is not configurable from PC. However, the illustration graph at right side let user knows how these functions work.
  • Page 35 User Defined Function E4: Five pre-defined customized settings that are operated by rotary function switch A~E. 5.4.1.1 Default User Defined Function A: P2P Test. Position E5: Default User Defined Function A: P2P Test. A: Title: Pre-defined title name, P2P Test. Users can change it by themselves. B: Test Type Customized test items that users can define by themselves.
  • Page 36 J: Criteria: Loss Packets: The count of packet loss allowed K: Layer2: NuBAR-1000 sends layer 2 packets to excute the test. L: IP: NuBAR-1000 sends IP packets to excute the Ethernet layer 3 test, user should set the Source IP, Destination IP, Gateway IP and Mask.
  • Page 37 O: Apply to NuBAR-1000: Apply these configurations to the NuBAR-1000 for offline test. Be sure that a NuBAR-1000 is connected by USB cable before this operation. Only NuBAR-1000 that acts as Lord mode is required to do this procedure. NuBAR-1000 in servant mode accepts control from Lord, so the test configuration will be passed to servant when test starts.
  • Page 38 H: Packet Count: Input a value for the packet generation procedure. When the packets counts generated reach the configured value here, the generation procedure stops. I: Test Time: Please configure test duration by the rotary switch on the body of NuBAR-1000 5.4.1.3 Default User Defined Function C: Web Access Position E7: Default User Defined Function C: Web Access A: Title: Pre-defined title name, Web Access.
  • Page 39 IP network. It is also used to self-test the network interface card of the computer, or as a speed test. It works by sending ICMP “echo request” packets to the target host and listening for ICMP “echo response” replies. When Ping Test is ticked: G: Domain Name: Default domain name is test.xtramus.com. User can input their own target domain for...
  • Page 40 H: IP Address: Select either one between Domain Name and IP Address for ping test. F: Web Download: Download specified test file from Xtramus test site in Internet When Web download is ticked: Size of test file is selectable.
  • Page 41 C: Remote Speed: Auto or force test speed and duplex mode that generates from remote side. Force mode includes 10Mbps full duplex only. D: Transfer Rate: The transmission throughput in Mbps E: Length: The length of test packet, from 64 bytes to 1518 bytes and random F: Payload: Contents in hexadecimal mode carried in Ethernet frame (packet).
  • Page 42 The configuration of transmission between Lord and Servant can be different that is quite useful for test on ADSL transmission. Locate servant NuBAR-1000 at the port of DSLAM in central office and take the lord NuBAR-1000 to do the on-site test.

  • Page 43: Packet Generation

    Click Configure parameter of Packet Generation Test. To operate this test mode, PC is required to connect the NuBAR-1000 and click the operation buttons on the screen to process the operation. A: Network Status: The connection status of this NuBAR-1000...
  • Page 44 M: IP: IP address in IP header of payload in Ethernet packet (frame) N: Destination IP: Destination IP address of the packet O: Source IP: Source IP address of the packet. It should be the IP address of this NuBAR-1000 itself. Q: Apply (button). Click it to take effect all configurations.

  • Page 45: Symmetric Loop Test

    Counts of received frames that are between 1024 and 1522 Rx 1024 -1522 Bytes Packet bytes length 5.4.3 Symmetric Loop Test Shortcut Key bar. Click Lord NuBAR-1000 negotiates with Servant NuBAR-1000 by the configuration below and do symmetric loop test.
  • Page 46 B: Several buttons for the mapping of remote Servant NuBAR-1000  Search (button): Click this one to search all NuBAR-1000 available in the Ethernet. NuBAR-1000 that is deployed under layer 2 (MAC address based) Ethernet structure should be found. ...
  • Page 47 A1: Transmit Counter from Servant NuBAR-1000 to Lord NuBAR-1000 in symmetric loop test.  Tx Rate: Transfer rate of ongoing test stream.  Tx Packet: Transmitted packet counts  Tx Byte: Transmitted data bytes. Y: Received Counter at Lord NuBAR-1000 that is transmitted from Servant NuBAR-1000 in symmetric loop test.

  • Page 48: Asymmetric Loop Test

    Click For the symmetrical loop test above, Lord and Servant send symmetrical test stream to each other for the test. For this asymmetric loop, the test stream and transfer rate between local Lord NuBAR-1000 and remote Servant NuBAR-1000 is different.
  • Page 49 G: Test Time (second): Test duration of a single test. H: Apply: Click to take effect the configuration B: Remote NuBAR-1000 It has the same configuration item as Local (Lord) NuBAR-1000, except Test Time. There is no Test Time for Remote NuBAR-1000. It synchronizes with Local NuBAR-1000.

  • Page 50: Maintenance

    For function improvement or solved bug, it may have new version of firmware or FPGA. Operator can upgrade this machine via mini-USB port. Before firmware/FPGA upgrade, install USB driver and utility software of NuBAR-1000 is required. Please refer to previous chapter 5 Remote Control from USB Port Mini-USB...

  • Page 51: Built-In Battery

    6.2.2 Charge and Operation Time of Battery Fully charge is required for a chargeable fresh new battery that is pre-installed in the NuBAR-1000. The charge and operation time is illustrated below ...

  • Page 52: Restriction Of Operation

    NuBAR-1000 is not designed for network products mass production line. It is a network debugging/troubleshooting device for network wiring or deployment. Using NuBAR-1000 for a long period of time will cause its aluminum case extremely hot, and might cause hardware malfunctions and burning sensations for the users.

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