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Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution with 802.11p, DSRC and ITS-G5 Installation & User Guide...
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227.7103-5 (c), as applicable in any Do not proceed beyond a WARNING technical data. notice until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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The Mains wiring and connectors shall be compatible with the connector CAUTION used in the premise electrical system. Failure, to ensure adequate earth grounding by not using the correct components may cause product damage, and serious injury. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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This product is designed for use in Installation Category II and Pollution CAUTION Degree 2 environment. Use the Keysight supplied power cord or one with the same or better electrical NOTE rating. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
OmniAir Conformity The Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution with 802.11p, DSRC and ITS-G5 is an OmniAir certified test equipment provider. For more information, see the URL below: https://omniair.org/certified-products/keysight-v2x-test-solution/ Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
During the warranty period, Keysight Technologies will, at its option, either repair or replace products that prove to be defective. For warranty service or repair, this product must be returned to a service facility designated by Keysight Technologies.
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Introduction Overview Welcome to the Installation and User Guide for the Keysight E6953A DSRC V2X Test Solution. This guide provides the basic steps for getting started as well as provides additional helpful information. This guide covers the installation of the...
2 M9420A/21A VXT Vector Transceiver Getting Started Guide https://www.keysight.com/main/ redirector.jspx?action=ref&cname=EDITORIAL&ckey=2674468&lc=eng&cc= GB&nfr=-32487.1180858.00 3 KS8400A Test Automation Platform Developer's System https://www.keysight.com/en/pd-2747943-pn-KS8400A/ test-automation-platform-developers-system?cc=US&lc=eng 4 TAP Training: Introduction to using TAP https://www.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/ TAP_Training_1_GUI_Lab.pdf 5 OmniAir Test Specifications https://github.com/certificationoperatingcouncil/COC_TestSpecs Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide Installation Hardware Installation Hardware Functionality PXIe V2X Transceiver Card (E9653-35200) Software Installation Software Components Compatibility Test System Time Synchronization Licensing...
Allows Test System to perform testing for IEEE802.11p, IEEE1609.2/3/4 PXI Switch card (M9155C) and SAEJ2945/1 automatically. PXI Frequency Reference (M9300A) Provides reference signals (10MHz or 100MHz) the M9421A VXT Standard System Cabling Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Installation Below is the complete setup for standard system cabling for Keysight E6953A V2X test solution. Figure 2-2 Standard system cabling for Keysight E6953A V2X test solution Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
Once the certificate files are unzipped, create the certificate using the commands below. As an example, the RSU certificate will be created below: – cd rsu – mkdir output – certadm add - binary rse - 0/trustedcerts/pca Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Commands for creating the certificate for Transceiver card are follows: Use the following commands after unzipping the OBU certificate files. NOTE – cd obu – mkdir output – certadm add - binary obu/[file name that located in obu directory]/ trustedcert/pca Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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It is possible to check what files were created from the above command by using the ls output command. The acf certificate files for OBU needs to be copied to the appropriate directory as below: /root/wave/7.4.27/aerolink/certificates Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
Installation Software Installation The SW components required for the E6953A V2X test solution are installed separately. Please install the components in the following order: 1 Install the VXT SW M9420A/21A VXT Vector Transceiver WLAN Measurement application. Installation steps can be found in the...
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Installation The Tap Plugin Manager can be used to either install or view the status of each of the plugin components. Figure 2-3 TAP Plugin Manager Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
Keysight IO Libraries 17.2.20828.2 Only the versions of the SW components shown here have been tested as a NOTE complete system. Changes to individual components may cause unexpected results and is not recommended. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
1 Check time accuracy against atomic time. Launch the browser and go to https://time.is. The website will give the accuracy of your system time as shown below: Figure 2-4 Accurate time shown on Time.is Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Figure 2-5 Time sync command prompt 3 After the above command, restart the test system and check your time against https://time.is again. The time is then synchronized and testing can proceed. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
– KS83204B-1FP/1TP V2X OmniAir DSRC Protocol (1609.2/3/4, J2945/1) test suite – KS83205B-1FP/1TP V2X TCI Interface support The license status of the TAP Plugins can be seen using the TAP Plugin manager: Figure 2-6 License status in TAP Plugin Manager Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide User Guide Introduction Test Step Selection Global Settings Test Step Settings Test Plan Cable Loss Calibration...
The V2X Test Solution test steps are enabled by the V2X Tap Plugin and allow the selection of the following test cases to either be run individually, as a group or as part of the test plan. Figure 3-1 Adding a new step Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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To select a test step either double click or click the Add button. This will make the test step available to configure its settings and run either individually or as part of a group of tests. Figure 3-2 Common parameters and settings for all test steps Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
Use the +/- keys to add a VXT instrument. Configure the VISA Address. This is typically TCPIP0::127.0.0.1::hislip1::INSTR. The hislip number can be found on the VXT SW application under the System > IOConfig > SCPI LAN menu. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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The VISA I/O timeout is the value used to timeout SCPI interactions. In the event a measurement is configured to take 50 seconds (500 bursts at 100 mS intervals) then this timeout must be set accordingly. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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User Guide Figure 3-5 Setting the timeout accordingly Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Figure 3-6 Adding a DSRC instrument Optionally, a Keysight M9155C RF Switch can be added into the system to allow for dynamic switching of the Receive and Transmit paths. This is particularly useful if the Tx/Rx paths are configured with different attenuation settings. When...
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Receive and Transmit paths The VISA address of this instrument can be selected using the dropdown list. Use the Keysight Connection Expert Utility to best identify the switch to use. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
User Guide DUTs (Device Under Test) DUTs can be added in a similar manner (Settings->Bench->DUTs) as Instruments in the previous section. Figure 3-8 DUT settings Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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– TCI V2X DUT If the V2XTCI Tap Plugin is licensed and loaded then the selection of a TCI capable DUT is possible. This generic DUT control mechanism allows V2X configuration of devices from multiple manufacturers. The following TCI settings are available Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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– IP Address (Ipv4) - This field sets the Ipv4 address of the IUT. The test system TCI interface uses this value to communicate with the DUT. – TCP Port - This field sets the UDP port number for TCI communication. Default value is “13001”. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Settings->V2X panel. Figure 3-11 The V2X settings panel This V2X settings panel also contains the common SA (Spectrum Analyzer) save screen control which is applicable to all 802.11p V2X Transmitter test steps. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
VXT ports (RFIn, RFOut or RFHD) to "Port 2" which is the Antenna port on the DUT in use. A choice of either a Direct connection or Via the RF switch is Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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VXT on a per port basis. This means that different compensation can be applied to RFIn, RFOut and RFHD and these settings will only be applied when the port is selected. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
Each of the Test Steps have a number of configurable parameters as shown below. Note that not all setting parameters are applicable to every test case e.g. Channel number applies to all test cases. Figure 3-14 Step Settings Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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If the PXI Switch (M9155C) is present in the system, then it will be shown instead of the VXT RF Input/Output field and the Test Step will dynamically route the RF path accordingly. Figure 3-15 Step Settings with PXI Switch (M9155C) present Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
160 to 190 in even numbers. Choose any value in this range other than the Channel Number (Valid) as your invalid channel number. Figure 3-16 Step Settings with Channel Number (Invalid) Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
V2X OmniAir 80211p Single Channel Data Rate.TapPlan V2X OmniAir 80211p.TapPlan V2X OmniAir DSRC 16092.TapPlan V2X OmniAir DSRC 16093.TapPlan V2X OmniAir DSRC 16094.TapPlan V2X OmniAir DSRC 29451.TapPlan V2X OmniAir DSRC 29451 Restart.TapPlan Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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802.11p test steps in V2X OmniAir 80211p Abbreviated Test Plan Each of the Test Steps e.g. TP-80211-TXT-PHY-BV-01 (Spectrum Mask) is executed within a Channel/Data Rate loop so it will "run" many times using the channel and data rate settings. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
A Cable Calibration test step is included in the V2X Utilities to measure the cables loss in the system. These measured values are not automatically applied to the Cable Loss table (Figure 3-21) but can be manually added. Figure 3-18 Cable Calibration test step Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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– Path 2 (used for Transmitter testing): – VXT RFHD -> RF Switch -> VXT RFIN DSRC Waveform generated from the RFHD port and channel power is Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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4.351232529 dB loss and the “V2X DUT” to VXT RFIN loss was measured as 4.664007664 dB loss. These values should be added into the Cable Loss table. Figure 3-21 Cable Loss table Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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User Guide Re-run the Cable Calibration test for the results as shown below: Figure 3-22 Cable Calibration test re-run results Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Tx Power Accuracy If needed this test can be re-run across all the frequency range (channels 172 -184) and additional entries can be made into the Cable Loss table (Figure 3-21). Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide Results Result Viewer 802.11p Test Result 1609.2/3/4 and SAEJ2945/1 Test Result Test Report Generation...
Results), but not the Session Log file name (Settings > Engine)). Additionally, Windows environment variables can be used (enclosed by % symbols): SessionLogs/SessionLog %USERNAME% %SESSIONNAME% .txt Figure 4-1 Set the File Path the results content will be saved to Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
For each Receiver test the user can also enable a capture of the Spectrum Analyzer screen. Figure 4-2 Enable screen capture of the Spectrum Analyzer screen Figure 4-3 Screen capture of the results Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
1609.2/3/4 and SAEJ2945/1 Test Result Detail step results for each Protocol test (1609.2/3/4 and J2945/1) are shown in the Log Panel. Figure 4-4 Detail step results are shown in Log Panel Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
As shown in the previous sections of this guide, TAP provides the capability to save all test results in a CSV format. Keysight provides, as part of the V2XFramework plugin bundle, a report generation utility which parses the CSV file(s) content and creates an overall test report document in Microsoft Word format.
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The “Generate” button will not be available until all the fields have been entered with valid data. Please note that the report file extension must be a .docx Figure 4-7 V2X Report Generation Utility with data Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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After generating the report, a pop up is generated to inform the user that the process is complete. This may take a few minutes to complete, depending on the size of the CSV files. Figure 4-8 Confirmation pop up Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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This appears in the generated test report as: Figure 4-9 Generated test report The overall result of the test case is logical, therefore if any of the child test step result fails, the overall test will also fail. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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Spectrum analyzer screen shot The CSV file of 802.11p PHY Transmitter test contains the Windows directory path that links to the saved SA image. This image will be included in the test report document. Keysight E6953A V2X Test Solution Installation & User Guide...
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