e6474a 14.1 nixt getting started training
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E6474A Wireless Network Optimization Platform
NiXT Drivetest &Next Generation Receiver (NGR)
Product Training
Agenda
1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
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Network Independent Receiver functionality:
•Multi-Technology•Multi-Band
•Uplink and downlink•Integral GPS & USB Hub
Post Processing•Analysis Reports•Flexible export•Open interface
All Key Wireless Technologies :
•LTE•WiMAX
•UMTS/HSPA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE
•CDMA/cdma2000/1xEVDO•iDEN
Data testing:•Client-Server Data
Test•Application Data
Test•FTP/HTTP/Email/
SMS•Video Telephony•Video Streaming
MoS
Platform features include:•Flexible user configurable GUI
•Database logging and Playback•Alerts/alarms
•Flexible time chart•Map-X Mapping
•Protocol message decode•Link phone & receiver
Phones Support:•Broad Spectrum of Phones
Agilent E6474A Drive Test
Voice Quality•Up to 4 Phones•Mobile & Office
•VoIP testing
Module 1 – Project & File Mode – ”Welcome”
Module 1 – Project & File Mode – ”Demo Files”
Module 1 – Project & File Mode – “Project or File Mode?”
Agenda
1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Module 1 – Project Mode or File Mode
File Select New (File Mode) or Project Manager (Project Mode)To switch between modes, Choose Close or Exit, then select the other mode
Data collected in File Mode is only visible in File ModeData collected in Project Mode is only visible in Project Mode
(Files can NOT be opened in Projects nor Project drives as Files)
Module 1 – Project & File Mode – “Project Manager”
New project
Clone Project – Makes a local copy of a project’s layout, views and hardware without any drives.
Save As Template - Makes a copy of a project’s layout, views and hardware without any drives and allows new projects to be created from it. Links all child projects to the template and deletes them when template is deleted.
Set As Active - Makes a project Active
Import Project - Reads an exported project into NiXT
Export Project - Makes a copy of a project’s layout, views and hardware. Optionally allows export of selected drives. Use for sharing complete projects between computers.
Import SD5 – Reads a Nitro (pre v 10.x NiXT) drive into NiXT
Template List – Shows available Templates
Module 1 – Project Functions
Module 1 – Project & File Mode – “Project Manager”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Open a previous drive in project mode”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Open a previous drive in file mode”
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Module 2 – Tour of UI – “Menus and Panels”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “View Menu”Common Views
Formatted views that allow data items to be dragged and dropped for display
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “View Menu”Device Views
Pre-configured views for specific hardware
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “View Menu”System Panels
Views that contain system information and functions
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “System Panels”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Properties Item System Panel”
NiXT NGR 14.1 Product TrainingAgilent Restricted
October 2008
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Hardware System Panel”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Data Item System Panel”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Sequencer System Panel”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Docking and Pinning”
Module 2 – Tour of UI - “Toolbars”
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Hardware Management Main Menu
Right mouse click on Hardware to access the menu
Can also be accessed through: Menu Items->Configuration
Module 3 – Adding Hardware - “Menus”
Right mouse click on ‘HARDWARE’ then ‘ADD DEVICE’Select device from the list and click ‘OK’
Allows configuration without hardware being attached to the system
Module 3 – Adding Hardware - “Manual Method”
Typical Hardware Panel after devices has been added
Next step: Configure phone and receiver device properties and add measurements for the receiver
Module 3 – Adding Hardware - “Hardware Panel”
For Phone Devices: Highlight Trace in the Hardware Panel. In the properties click arrow down and select COM port for the Trace.
Repeat for Dialup
If required click on the next field to add or remove log mask items. The log masks are technology specific and may have multiple configurable tabs.
UMTS Log Mask
Module 3 – Adding Hardware - “Device Properties”
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Add and edit tests as before (right-click)
Select a test to display test properties
Module 4 – Sequencer- “Creating and Editing”
Module 4 – Sequencer- “Simple Voice Call”
Module 4 – Sequencer- “Simple Voice Call Sequence”
Module 4 – Sequencer- “Simple Voice Call Sequence”
Use the parallel test option to branch your tests
Module 4 – Sequencer- “Advanced Editing”
Module 4 – Sequencer- “Advanced Editing”
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Module 5 – Data Items - “Expanded List for UE”
Module 5 – Data Items - “Expanded List based on Sequencer”
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Common Views
Designed to accept data from multiple devices
Set of default common views are supplied with the application
Additional Common Views can be created in Design Mode
Module 6 – Views - “Supplied Views”
Device Views
Set of default Device Views are supplied with the application
Each Device view contain data items from particular device
Additional Device views can be created in Design Mode
Module 6 – Views - “Supplied Views”
Property page available for any selected and configurable view
Two type of properties: View’s Background
Data Items
Float and lock the properties page for an easy access and configuration
Module 6 – Views - “Configuring”
To access properties for a Bar Chart based view, mouse click on the view background
Move the mouse over the Properties panel then ‘pin’ it down in the work space
Configuring Bar Chart Module 6 – Views - “Configuring”
Configuring Tabular History
Module 6 – Views - “Configuring”
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
From the Menu select VIEW-> COMMON VIEWS->MAP
Module 7 – Maps - “Loading and Configuring”
To load the street map layer, click on OPEN icon
Supported formats are TAB,
GST, and MWS.
Module 7 – Maps - “Loading and Configuring”
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Drag and drop measurement(s) from Data Items Panel to the map
Module 7 – Maps - “Loading and Configuring”
Default map properties
Module 7 – Maps - “Loading and Configuring”
Module 7 – Maps - “Loading and Configuring”
Area 1 – Color Theme and Vector Data control
Area 2 - This area provides the controls for managing the map layers.
Area 3 - This area displays the map layers that have been loaded.
Area 4 - This area lets you control the attributes and display options for the selected layer from area 3.
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Licenses Required
In order to access the indoor mode, the user needs two (2) licenses:
1. MapX Mapping or MapX Mapping Upgrade license
2. In-door Mapping license
Users should see an indoor property in the mapping control:
Available only in projects created using Nixt 11.0 or greater
New a project
An indoor navigator is inserted into the project
Turn on indoor mapping mode
This will turn on the navigator and disable any other GPS present in the hardware view
Display the indoor mode toolbar
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Setting up the mapping control to operate in indoor mode
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Creating a map layer for the floor plan
Click on the button to launch the Floor Plan Creation dialog
This process need only be done once
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Setting up of anchor point
Click on the button
Cursor changes to a cross sign
Click the desired spots on the map to anchor your starting position
Once a point is anchored, it will be marked with a
Do take note that anchoring a point will cause the map to erase any existing data on the map
Logging can begin once the above mentioned steps is completed
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Logging Session
For logging to start, it must satisfy 2 criteria:
The indoor navigator is turn on
An anchor point is set
Failure to do so, Nixt will prompt an error message:
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Logging Session
Start walking to the next position In coming measurements are cached Click on the next position and the position marker will be updated to
this position Using these two positions, Nixt will do an interpolation of positions and
plot any in coming measurements using these interpolated positions. Interpolated positions are created in interval of 1 sec (Threshold 1 sec) This process is repeated until the logging session ends. Any in coming measurement that are not plotted during the duration of the
last clicked position to the end of the logging session will be flushed into the last clicked position.
Cell sites are supported.
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Logging Session
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Playback Session
Playback is exactly the same as that of outdoor mode
Feature such as zooming and panning still applies
Plotting of measurements is point by point
Cell sites are supported.
Module 7 – Indoor Mapping - Things to take note
During logging, each measurement are cached in circular buffer size of 2000
During playback interpolation applies to both outdoor and indoor mode
Exporting of project is the same as that of outdoor. Maps will not be exported
Offset value between outdoor and indoor is different. For indoor, it is 2m while outdoor is 15m
Agenda1. Project & File Mode2. Tour of UI3. Add Hardware4. Sequencer 5. Tour of Data Items6. Views7. Mapping8. Collecting Data
Play
Pause
Stop
Step back
Step forward
Speed play
Live mode
Log mode
Slider playback position
Module 8 – Collecting Data - “Live and Log Modes”
Play
Pause
Stop
Step back
Step forward
Speed play
Live mode
Log mode
Slider playback position
Relative/Absolute mode
Module 8 – Collecting Data - “Playback Data”
Double-click on message
Line shows point message was clicked
Module 8 – Collecting Data - “Click and Sync”
Agilent E6474A Support Services
Technical Support – Post-sales support offered by Agilent Technologiesfor the E6474A Wireless Network Optimization Platform: • Telephone/Email:
• Coverage Hours: Monday through Friday from 6am – 6pm (MST)• All support inquiries assigned a case number and logged/tracked to resolution• Email: Monitored by worldwide support team• Typical response time < 4hrs• Typical resolution times: 75% of inquiries closed < 1 day • Extended hours support available upon request (restrictions apply)
• Internet: • Secure ftp server for data transfers• Key Accounts = Customers can submit & track support cases (Status of any logged case + reporting capability)
• Customer Toll free #: +1 (800) 829-4444 (IVR)
• Canada #: +1-877-894-4414 • LAR #: +1 (800) 643-9441
• Mexico #: 001-800-216-4873
• In-County contacts: www.agilent.com/comms/contactus
• email: [email protected]
• Drive-test Product Information: www.agilent.com/find/networks
• E6474A Specific: http://www.agilent.com/find/e6474a
Methods to contact Agilent Drive-test
Technical Support Team
Processes for Agilent Hardware Repair & Calibration• To repair receivers, phones, direct-connect hubs, and
GPS/DR accessories – Contact Agilent Repair, Calibration, & Other Services using http://www.agilent.com/comms/contactus
• To replace accessories (phone cables, batteries, hardware keys)- use http://www.parts.agilent.com/