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High Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) Testing
The growth in popularity of fractional T3 and E3 frame relay service, especially among Internet service providers
(ISPs), many CSU/DSUs are now providing a HSSI interface to the customer, providing access to these high-speed links.
In addition, both switch and router manufacturers are providing HSSI access, to allow customers to seamlessly access
these fractional T3 and E3 links. The FIREBERD 6000 provides HSSI transmission testing and frame relay test capability
for high-speed links and accommodates turn-up testing for these applications and more.
Highlights
• Perform Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT) on out-of-service high-speed links
• Characterize the latency of your network
• Isolate network components using local data terminating equipment (DTE), local line (LA), and remote line (LB)
loopbacks
• Perform frame relay testing with a load rate up to 8Mb/s on a line rate from 56kb/s to 52Mb/s (requires Option
6010/6011)
• Emulate high-speed DTE equipment
Data Communications Testing
With the FIREBERD 6000, you can test an array of interface standards, including RS-232/V.24, EIA-530, V.35/306,
X.21, RS-449/422/423, and MIL-188C at speeds up to 15 Mb/s. The V.35/306/RS-449/X.21 Module fully supports end-
to-end and loopback testing, with built-in remote and local loopback modes.
The Recovered Clock Option operates with DTE/DCE interfaces at rates of 520 kb/s or less and allows the
FIREBERD 6000 to recover timing (and proceed with data analysis) by extracting a clock from the receiver data. This
provides a powerful method of differentiating timing problems from transmission problems.
Highlights
• Supports all standard loopback, clock recovery, and clock/data inversion tests
• Provides comprehensive BERT capability
• Identifies and compensates for improper received inverted data with built-in data inversion detection and
correction
• Supports balanced and unbalanced modes
• Allows complete flow-control troubleshooting, with user-controllable signaling leads (CTS, RTS, DTR, and DSR),
LED status indicators, and CTS-RTS delay measurement
• Features software-selectable DTE and DCE emulation and six different operating modes with the V.35/306/
RS-449/X.21 Module