| Gfast/DSL specifications | |
| DSL chipset | Broadcom 63138 |
| ADSL1/2/2+ standards compliance | ITU-T G.992.5 (ADSL2+ including annex A, B, J, and M); ITU-T G.992.3 (ADSL2 including annex A, B, J and L); ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT including annex A and B); ITU-T G.994.1; ATIS/ANSI T1.413 issue 2; IEEE 802.3ah (PTM); ITU-T G.998.1, 2 (ATM, Ethernet bonding); ITU-T G.998.4 (G.INP); ITU-T G.992.5 (INP amendment); DT 1 TR 112 U-R |
| VDSL2 standards compliance | ITU-T G.993.2 annex A, B, Q, Y; profiles 8a/b/c/d, 12a/b, 17a, 30a, 35b; band plan 997, 998, US0; IEEE 802.3ah (PTM); ITU-T G.998.2 (Ethernet bonding); ITU-T G.998.4 (G.INP); ITU-T G.993.5 (G.vector); DT 1 TR 112 U-R2 (U-RV) |
| Gfast standards | ITU-T G.9700, G.9701 |
| DSL parameters | Maximum attainable bit rates; actual achieved bit rates; actual bonded achieved rates; latency mode: fast, interleaved; data modes: ATM, PTM; capacity (%); SNR margin; output power; attenuation; bits/tone; Hlog/tone (attenuation/tone); QLN/tone; SNR/tone; ALN/tone; interleave depth; interleave delay; trellis coding; bit swapping; INP value; PhyR, G.INP state, performance counters; vectoring state, performance counters; LOS, FEC, CRC, HEC, SES; LATN per band; SATN per band; EWL; kl0 and kl0 per band; vendor code, revision |
| Multiplay testing specifications | |
| Test interfaces | Gfast; VDSL2; ADSL1/2/2+; Ethernet 10/100/1000 BT |
| Encapsulation methods | RFC 2684/Bridged Ethernet/IPoE (IPv4 and IPv6); IPoA (RFC 1577); PPPoE (RFC 2516); PPPoA/LLC and PPPoA/VC-MUX (RFC 2364) |
| Operating modes | DSL terminate; DSL to Ethernet pass through; Ethernet terminate; Ethernet to Ethernet bridged pass through |
| Login format | User name and password using PAP/CHAP |
| Connectivity support | IPv4 and IPv6 LAN/WAN status; IPv4 and IPv6 DNS, gateway; IPv4 DHCP client/server, DHCP vendor class; IPv6 DHCP client; NAT; VLAN ID, VLAN tagging; VPI/VCI; IP release; multi-VLAN support |
| Throughput test | Methods supported: Speedtest by Ookla, iPerf3; address: auto-configured for Speedtest, URL or IPv4 address for iPerf3; direction: upload and/or download; Speedtest results displayed: download and upload speed in Mbit/s, ping in milliseconds (ms), host, location, country and sponsor; iPerf results displayed: download and upload speed in kbit/s |
| Ping test | Ping destination: gateway, IPv4 or IPv6 address or URL; number of pings: 1 to 99; packet size: 32 to 1200 bytes (32 is default); timeout period: 1 to 10 s; results displayed: packets sent/received and average round-trip delay (ms) |
| Traceroute test | Traceroute destination: gateway, IPv4 address or URL; timeout period: 1 to 10 s (default 1 s); packet size: 32 bytes; number of hops: 1 to 32 (default 30); results displayed: IPv4 address of hop and round-trip time in ms |
| FTP test | Address: IPv4 address or URL; direction: upload and/or download; results displayed: time, kB transferred, bit rate in kbit/s |
| HTTP test | Address: URL; direction: download; simultaneous download sessions: 1 to 4; results displayed: kB transferred, bit rate in kbit/s |
| WiFi scanning (option) | 2.4 GHz support; view channel number, SSID, MAC address, RSSI value; sort by channel number or RSSI value |
| Web browser | Address: IPv4 address or URL; bookmarks: user-definable |
| VoIP testing (software option) | Protocol support: SIP (IPv4); codecs: G.711 μ-Law, G.711 A-Law; interface support: ADSL1/2/2+, VDSL2, Gfast, Ethernet; parameters/functionality: test duration timer; MOS (current, average); R-Factor (current, average); latency (current, average, maximum); jitter (current, average, maximum); packets (lost, total) |
| IPTV testing (software option) | Supported video standards: MPEG2, MPEG4 part 2 and 10 (H.264/AVC), Mediaroom/WM9/VC1; operating modes: DSL terminate and Ethernet terminate; parameters/functionality: IGMP version 2 and 3 (IPv4) join/leave requests with STB emulation; automatic tests to join/leave and analyze up to 5 simultaneous streams; programmable channel list for storage of commonly used channels; bandwidth usage per channel; IGMP (IPv4) packet and rate information per line and channel; multicast RTP/UDP IP stream support; key IP video QoS parameters (packet loss, zap time, PID statistics); graphical results; transport |
| Copper specifications | |
| Transmitter characteristics | |
| Frequency range (200 Hz to 20 kHz) | Frequency resolution 1 Hz steps; frequency uncertainty (accuracy) ± (50 ppm + 1 Hz); level range (dBm) –20 to 10 at 600 Ω; level resolution 0.1 dB; level uncertainty (accuracy) ±1 dB; impedance (Ω) 600 |
| Frequency range (20 kHz to 2.2 MHz) | Frequency resolution 1 kHz steps; frequency uncertainty (accuracy) ±(50 ppm + 100 Hz); level range (dBm) –20 to 10 at 100 Ω; level resolution 0.1 dB; level uncertainty (accuracy) ±1 dB; impedance (Ω) 100, 120, 135, 150 |
| Frequency range (2.2 MHz to 30 MHz) | Frequency resolution 1 kHz steps; frequency uncertainty (accuracy) ± (50 ppm + 100 Hz); level range (dBm) –20 to 0 at 100 Ω; level resolution 0.1 dB; level uncertainty (accuracy) ±1 dB; impedance (Ω) 100, 120, 135, 150 |
| Receiver characteristics | |
| Reception frequency range | 200 Hz to 20 kHz; 20 kHz to 35 MHz |
| Frequency uncertainty range (accuracy) | ±(50 ppm + 1 digit) for 20 kHz to 30 MHz |
| VF reception level range (dBm) | –90 to 15 at 600 Ω |
| VF level uncertainty (accuracy) | 200 Hz to 20 kHz: –90 dBm to –50 dBm, ±2 dB; –50 dBm to 15 dBm, ±1 dB |
| WB reception level range (dBm) | –90 to 15 at 100 Ω and 135 Ω |
| WB level uncertainty (accuracy) | 20 kHz to 2.2 MHz: –90 dBm to –50 dBm, ±2 dB; –50 dBm to 15 dBm, ±1 dB; 2.2 MHz to 30 MHz: –90 dBm to –50 dBm, ±2 dB; –50 dBm to 15 dBm, ±1 dB |
| Impedance (Ω) | 100, 120, 135, 150, 600 |
| POTS dialer | |
| DTMF | 0 – 9, #, * |
| Phonebook | 25 entries |
| Digital multimeter (DMM) | |
| Test type | Snapshot and continuous |
| Impedance selection (for voltage measurement) | 100 kΩ, 1 MΩ |
| DC voltage | Range 0 to 400 V; resolution 0.1 V for 0 to 99.9 V, 1 V for 100 V to 400 V; uncertainty (accuracy) ± (|1 %| + 0.5 VDC) |
| AC voltage | Range 0 to 280 Vrms; resolution 0.1 V for 0 to 99.9 V, 1 V for 100 V to 280 V; uncertainty (accuracy) ± (1 % + 0.5 VAC) |
| Isolation resistance (stress/leakage) | Range 0 to 1 GΩ, auto-ranging; 1 kΩ to 99 MΩ and 100 MΩ to 999 MΩ; uncertainty (accuracy) three digits ± (2 % + 1 digit) and ± (5 % + 1 digit) |
| Resistance | Range 0 to 100 MΩ; 0 to 999 Ω and 1 kΩ to 100 MΩ; uncertainty (accuracy) three digits ± (1 % + 5 Ω) and ± (2 % + 1 digit) |
| Capacitance | Range 0.1 nF to 2 μF; four digits; uncertainty (accuracy) ± (2 % + 50 pF) |
| DC current | Range 0 to 110 mA; resolution 0.1 mA; uncertainty (accuracy) ± (|2 %| + 1 mA) |
| AC current | Range 0 to 110 mA; resolution 0.1 mA; uncertainty (accuracy) ± (|2 %| + 1 mA)d |
| Station ground | Range 0 to 1 MΩ; 0 to 999 Ω and 1 kΩ to 1 MΩ; uncertainty (accuracy) up to three digits ± (1 % + 3 Ω) and ± (2 % + 1 digit) |
| Isolation resistance (stress/leakage) source | 50 to 500 VDC (current safely limited to 2 mA) |
| Soak timer (s) | 1 to 60 |
| VF noise measurement | |
| Frequency range | 200 Hz to 20 kHz |
| Level range (dBm) | –90 to 20 |
| Resolution (dB) | 0.1 |
| Uncertainty (accuracy) | –90 dBm to –50 dBm, ±2 dB; –50 dBm to 20 dBm, ±1 dB |
| Filters (ITU) | None, psophometric, P-notched, 3.4 kHz, D-filter, 15 kHz |
| Filters (ANSI) | None, C-message, C-notched, 3.4 kHz, D-filter, 15 kHz |
| Impedance (Ω) | 600 |
| VF impulse noise | |
| Low threshold (dBm) | –40 to 0, in 1 dB steps |
| Mid threshold | Low threshold plus separation |
| High threshold | Mid threshold plus separation |
| Separation (dB) | 1 to 6, in 1 dB steps |
| Dead time (ms) | 125 |
| Filters | None, 3 kHz flat, C-message, psophometric, notched and D filter (IEEE 743-1995) |
| Counter | Maximum 999 for each threshold |
| Timer | Maximum 100 hours |
| Power influence (noise to ground) | |
| Noise range (dBm) | –60 to 10 |
| Uncertainty (accuracy) | –60 dBm to –50 dBm ± 2 dB; –50 dBm to 10 dBm ± 1 dB |
| VF longitudinal balance | |
| Frequency (Hz) | 1004 |
| Level range (dB) | 0 to 100 |
| Level uncertainty (accuracy) (dB) | ±1 |
| Impedance (Ω) | 600 |
| Time-domain reflectometer (TDR) | |
| Modes | Automatic, Manual, Peak, Xtalk (Crosstalk), Differential |
| Distance range (m) | 0 to 6700 (0 ft up to 22 000 ft) |
| Pulse width | 15 ns to 20 μs |
| Amplitude | 7.5 V p-p on cable, 9 V p-p open circuit |
| Velocity of propagation (VOP) | 0.400 to 0.999 |
| Distance uncertainty (accuracy) (m) | ±(0.5 m + 1 % × distance)d |
| Units | Meters and feet |
| Load coil detection | |
| Count | Up to 5 |
| Plot (kHz) | Up to 10 |
| Distance range (m) | Up to 8000 (up to 27 000 ft) |
| Near-end crosstalk (NEXT) | |
| Frequency range | 10 kHz to 30 MHz |
| Level range (dB) | 0 to 90 |
| Level resolution (dB) | 0.1 |
| Level uncertainty (accuracy) | 2.2 MHz: ±2.0 dB, from 0 to 90 dB; 8 MHz: ±2.0 dB, from 0 to 80 dB; 12 MHz: ±2.0 dB, from 0 to 75 dB; 17.6 MHz: ±3.0 dB, from 0 to 75 dB; 30 MHz: ±3.0 dB, from 0 to 68 dB |
| Terminations (Ω) | 100, 120, 135, 150 |
| Return loss | |
| Test type | Single, sweep |
| Frequency range | 20 kHz to 2.2 MHz |
| Dynamic range (dB) | 0 to 40 |
| Resolution (dB) | 0.1 |
| Uncertainty (accuracy) (dB) | ±0.5, for dynamic range 0 to 20 |
| Horizontal scale | 4.3125 kHz to 2.2 MHz, in 4.3125 kHz steps |
| Vertical scale (dB) | 0 to 50 |
| Power spectral density (PSD) | |
| Test type | Continuous with peak-hold |
| Termination | Bridging (Hi-Z), 100, 120, 135, 150 Ω |
| Vertical scale | 15 dBm/Hz to –140 dBm/Hz or 20 dBm to –90 dBm |
| Horizontal scale | 4.3125 kHz to 17 MHz, in 4.3125 kHz steps or 8.625 kHz to 35 MHz, in 8.625 kHz steps |
| Noise filters | None or E, F, G, ADSL2+, VDSL2-8, VDSL2-12, VDSL2-17, VDSL2-30 and VDSL2-35b |
| Wideband impulse noise | |
| Threshold | –50 dBm (40 dBrn) to 0 dBm (90 dBrn) in 1 dB steps |
| Termination | Bridging (Hi-Z), 100, 120, 135, 150 Ω |
| Counter maximum | 65 000 000 |
| Test duration (h) | Maximum 100 |
| Uncertainty (accuracy) (dB) | ±2 |
| Noise filters | None or E, F, G, ADSL2+, VDSL2-8, VDSL2-12, VDSL2-17 and VDSL2-30 |
| Wideband longitudinal balance | |
| Level scale (dB) | 0 up to 100 |
| Level range uncertainty (accuracy) | 2.2 MHz: ±2.0 dB, from 0 to 55 dB; 8 MHz: ±2.0 dB, from 0 to 45 dB; 12 MHz: ±3.0 dB, from 0 to 45 dB; 17.6 MHz: ±3.0 dB, from 0 to 40 dB |
| Level resolution (dB) | 0.1 |
| Frequency scale | ADSL/2+: 8.6 kHz to 2.2 MHz, in 8.6 kHz steps; VDSL2-8: 17.25 kHz to 8 MHz, in 17.25 kHz steps; VDSL2-12: 17.25 kHz to 12 MHz, in 17.25 kHz steps; VDSL2-17: 34.5 kHz to 17.6 MHz, in 34.5 kHz steps |
| Frequency uncertainty (accuracy) | ±(50 ppm + 1 digit) |
| Single-ended frequency response (attenuation) | |
| Distance range (m) | 100 m to 5000 m (300 ft to 16000 ft) |
| Frequency range (Hz) | 4.3 kHz to 35 MHz |
| Frequency uncertainty (accuracy) | ±(50 ppm + 1 digit) for 20 kHz to 30 MHz |
| Level uncertainty (accuracy) | ±2.0 dB typical for 2.2 MHz and 8 MHz ranges; ±3.0 dB for VDSL2-12 and VDSL2-17; ±4.0 dB for VDSL2-30 ranges |
| Resolution (dB) | 0.1 |
| Horizontal scale (MHz) | ADSL2+ = 2.208; VDSL2-8, VDSL2-12 = 12; VDSL2-17 = 17.66; VDSL2-30 = 30; VDSL2-35 = 35 |
| Vertical scale (dB) | 0 to +100 |
| Resistive fault location (RFL) | |
| Test type | Single pair (two wire), separate good pair (four wire) and Küpfmüller (K-test) |
| Fault detection (MΩ) | 0 to 20 for single faults; up to a total fault resistance of 30 for K-test double faults only |
| Resolution | Three digits |
| Loop resistance (kΩ) | 10 maximum |
| Multiple cable sections | Five (includes gauge and temperature setting) |
| Fault location (resistance) | Total resistance, near-end to fault resistance, fault to strap resistance (three significant digits, least significant digit 0.1 Ω) |
| Fault location (distance) | Total length, distance to fault, distance from fault to strap (three significant digits, least significant digit 1 m) |
| Single fault uncertainty (accuracy) | ±(0.1 Ω + 1 % RTS) |
| K-test uncertainty (accuracy) | ±(1 Ω + 1 % RTS)e |
| Stressed balance | |
| Level range (dBrnC) | 0 to 82 |
| Resolution (dBrnC) | 0.1 |
| Longitudinal excitation | 135 VDC (0 dBm, ±1 dB reproducibility) |
| a. Subject to change without notice. b. Typical, at 23 °C ± 3 °C, on batteries, with no type B USB connection. c. Specifications based on 24 AWG (PE 0.5 mm) cabling. d. Specification based on 1 kft 24 AWG cabling. Range depends on cable type and condition. e. For double faults only. | |
| Display | |
| Type | Touchscreen TFT LCD with backlight |
| Size | 152 mm (6 in) diagonal |
| Resolution | 800 x 480 resolution, WVGA |
| Test connections | |
| DSL/Gfast | RJ11 for Gfast/ADSL2+/VDSL2 |
| Copper/DSL test leads | Five-color banana connector for T/A, R/B, G, T1/A1, R1/B1 and for Gfast/ADSL2+/VDSL2 |
| Ethernet WAN | RJ45 for Ethernet 10/100/1000 WAN |
| Ethernet LAN | RJ45 for Ethernet 10/100/1000 LAN |
| Results management | |
| Internal memory | > 2 GB internal memory |
| File export | Single and bulk file export to USB memory devices; FTP upload |
| Environmental conditions | |
| Temperature (operating) | 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F) |
| Temperature (storage) | –20 °C to 60 °C (–4 °F to 140 °F) |
| Relative humidity | 5 % to 95 %, non-condensing |
| Shock | 1 m (39 in) drop per GR-196-CORE |
| Altitude | 3000 m (9842 ft) |
| Power | |
| Input power | 12 VDC, 4.16 A, 48 W via 90-264 VAC adapter or 12 VDC, 5 A, vehicle adapter |
| Battery | Internal rechargeable lithium polymer, with battery state and level indication, adjustable auto-power down. Standard battery is 10 000 mAh; extended battery is 20 000 mAh |
| Safety and protection | |
| Safety | CE and CSA marked |
| Water/dust ingress | Designed to comply with IP54 |
| Differential voltage protection | 354 VRMS or 1000 VDC max |
| Common mode voltage protection | 354 VRMS or 1000 VDC |
| Voltage detection | > 20 V will trigger alarm message |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Size (H x W x D) | 254 mm x 124 mm x 62 mm (10 in x 4 7/8 in x 2 7/16 in) |
| Weight (with battery) | 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) |
| Other | |
| Self-test | Routine on power-up |
| Connectivity | USB 2.0 client ports (2); USB type B host port (1); optional WiFi support |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish |