PVA-3000 Reference Manual
December 2, 2019 Sifos Technologies
5.5. Standard PHY Performance Test Report ................................................................................................. 115
5.5.1. Basic Capabilities Test Results.............................................................................................................. 116
5.5.2. Transmitter and Interface Test Results .................................................................................................. 116
5.5.3. Receiver Test Results ........................................................................................................................... 119
5.5.4. Configuring the Test Report Location .................................................................................................... 120
5.5.5. Standard Test Report Built-In Reference Documentation ...................................................................... 120
5.6. PSE DC Magnetic Unbalance Testing ...................................................................................................... 120
5.6.1. The DC Unbalance Impairment ............................................................................................................. 121
5.6.2. IEEE 802.3 DC Unbalance Requirements ............................................................................................. 121
5.6.3. DC Unbalance Analysis with the PhyView Analyzer .............................................................................. 122
5.7. PSE DC Magnetic Unbalance Reporting .................................................................................................. 123
6. Specialized Scripting & Automation with the PVA-3000 ........................................... 125
6.1. Multiple Port Configuration and Operation ............................................................................................. 125
6.1.1. Broadcast Test Port Configuration ......................................................................................................... 125
6.1.2. Event Triggered, Multi-Port Measurements ............................................................................................ 126
6.1.3. Multi-Port Packet Transmission and Analysis ........................................................................................ 127
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6.2. Merging the PowerShell PSA API into TCL and Wish Shells.................................................................. 128
6.2.1. Initial Connection Dialog Control – PowerShell Tcl ................................................................................ 128
6.2.2. Initial Connection Dialog Control – PowerShell Wish (and PSA Interactive) ........................................... 129
6.2.3. Tcl Version Compatibility ....................................................................................................................... 129
6.3. Managing PowerShell from External Applications ................................................................................. 129
6.3.1. API Library ............................................................................................................................................ 129
6.3.2. TCP Socket Server ................................................................................................................................ 130
6.3.3. Mailbox File Method .............................................................................................................................. 131
6.3.4. Batch Mode Methods............................................................................................................................. 131
6.4. pva_veriphy Automated Test Application for the PhyView Analyzer .................................................... 131
6.4.1. pva_veriphy Tests ................................................................................................................................. 132
6.4.2. pva_veriphy Reporting ........................................................................................................................... 133
6.4.3. Managing Test Limits and Link Delay Tolerances in pva_veriphy .......................................................... 134