Frontline Test System™ SerialBERT® Async for Windows® 9x/NT Manual Technical Support Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. PO Box 7507 Charlottesville, VA 22906-7507 USA Voice: (804) 984-4500 Fax: (804) 984-4505 Email: [email protected] Web: www.fte.com FTP: ftp.fte.com Frontline is located in the Eastern time zone of the USA, usually five hours behind London, England. 1 Packing List * This Setup and Quick Start Guide * License Envelope with Product Registration Card and software System Requirements * PC with Windows 95 OSR2 (version 950b), Windows 98 or Windows NT loaded and a Pentium processor or higher * 16 MB of RAM (32 recommended for NT) * 5 MB free hard disk space * One serial port or internal modem * SerialBERT supports COM1 through COM64 * Maximum data rate supported is dependent on PC processor speed Copyright © 2000 Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. All rights reserved. You may not reproduce, transmit, or store on magnetic media any part of this publication in any way without prior written authorization of Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. Frontline Test System is a trademark of Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. SerialBERT and Serialtest are registered trademarks of Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. 2 Table of Contents Introduction to Frontline Test System 6 Installing the Software......................................................................................6 Starting SerialBERT ...........................................................................................6 Choose your COM port ................................................................................6 Quick Start Guide.............................................................................................7 Product Installation and Port Setup 9 Hardware Settings ...........................................................................................9 Choosing Product and Com Port .....................................................................9 Serial Port Info button .........................................................................9 Installing and Uninstalling Products.................................................................9 Changing Icon Names ...................................................................................10 Moving Add-on Products................................................................................10 Control Window 11 Control Window Toolbar ................................................................................11 Minimizing Windows ......................................................................................12 Test Setup 13 Test Setup Window........................................................................................13 Test Length..............................................................................................13 Phone Number ........................................................................................14 Pattern and User Pattern.........................................................................14 Block Size................................................................................................14 Log File....................................................................................................14 I/O Configuration - Baud, Parity, etc. 15 Set I/O Configuration Window.................................................................15 Operating Mode.......................................................................................16 Setting Baud, Parity, Word Length and Stop Bits ...................................16 Defining Your Own Baud ..................................................................16 High Speed Baud Rates ...................................................................16 Flow Control......................................................................................16 Names .....................................................................................................16 Bit Order ..................................................................................................17 Duplex .....................................................................................................17 Opening and Saving Configurations ..............................................................17 Saving A Configuration to File.................................................................17 Opening a Saved Configuration ..............................................................18 Running a Test 19 How to Start and Stop a Test.........................................................................19 Manual and Automatic Error Insertion.....................................................19 Statistics Window 20 Reading the Statistics Window ......................................................................20 The Statistics Toolbar ....................................................................................22 Viewing Control Signal Changes 23 Breakout Box Window....................................................................................23 3 Reading the Breakout Box Window.........................................................23 The Breakout Box Toolbar ......................................................................23 Breakout Box Options .............................................................................24 Modem Operations 25 Sending Commands to a Modem ..................................................................25 Modem Progress Window..............................................................................25 Terminal .........................................................................................................26 Modem Command Settings ...........................................................................26 Advanced Modem Settings............................................................................27 Loading and Saving Modem Configurations..................................................28 Modem Strings Sent For Each Command.....................................................29 Reviewing Data 31 Review Events ...............................................................................................31 List of All Event Symbols.........................................................................31 Obtaining Information on Events.............................................................31 Switching Character or Number Sets......................................................32 Mixed Sides .............................................................................................32 Font Size .................................................................................................32 Event Numbering.....................................................................................33 Saving Your Data...........................................................................................33 Saving the Entire Capture Buffer.............................................................33 Saving a Portion of a Capture File or Buffer ...........................................33 Searching.......................................................................................................34 Searching for Errors ................................................................................34 Control Signal Searching.........................................................................35 Search by Pattern....................................................................................37 Searching By Time ..................................................................................38 Go To Event ............................................................................................39 Side Restriction .......................................................................................39 Live Events.....................................................................................................40 The Live Events Toolbar .........................................................................41 Capture Options.............................................................................................41 Reviewing Control Signals 43 Signal Display Window ..................................................................................43 Reading the Signal Display .....................................................................43 The Signal Display Toolbar .....................................................................44 Signal Display Options......................................................................45 Printing 46 Review Events Printing ..................................................................................46 Print Preview..................................................................................................46 Troubleshooting Printing Problems................................................................46 Export 47 Export Fields ..................................................................................................47 Export Filter Out.............................................................................................48 Export Templates...........................................................................................48 Other Export Options .....................................................................................48 Export Header File .........................................................................................49