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80.07.00.xx (Release 07.00)

This release includes CAT v27.10 and PFV v27.10.

Features

• 400G PAM4 Optical: Enables easy validation of PTP and/or SyncE capabilities over 400G PAM4, including ITU-T G.8273.2 conformance testing of devices up to Class C, using the QSFP28-DD interface.

• 50G PAM4 Optical:  Quick and easy validation of PTP and/or SyncE capabilities over 50G PAM4, including ITU-T G.8273.2 conformance testing of devices up to Class C, using the SFP56 interface. Also supports FlexE Overhead Sync Test, enabling 50GbE FlexE interface for testing synchronization as per ITU-T G.8312.

Fixes and Improvements

• [PN-2611] Impairments preview of file does not display correctly

• [PN-2647] Recall of settings can cause PTP emulation app to be inaccessible

• [PN-2768] User Defined Impairment file not clearing

• Various improvements to the on-instrument Python module. Full details in CalnexRest.py v2.1.

80.06.00.

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22 (Release 06.00)

This release includes CAT v27.xx 00 and PFV v27.xx00.

Features

• 50G NRZ Optical: Quick and easy validation of PTP and/or SyncE capabilities over 50G NRZ in addition to 100G NRZ over 2 x 25G lanes using the QSFP28 interface.

• PTP P2P (Peer to Peer profiles):  Enables easy validation of Peer to Peer profiles such as IEEE 802.1AS(gPTP), C37.238 Power Profile and 61850-9-3 Utility Profile to higher accuracy and at higher line-rates.

• 1G/100M Electrical: Enhanced coverage for easy validation of PTP and/or SyncE capabilities of DUT over widely used systems that implement 1G/100M Electrical interfaces.

• 25MHz Wander Measurement: Allows high accuracy frequency measurement to satisfy test needs for 25MHz system clocks, including scenarios for clock recovery with impaired PTP and SyncE test inputs.

Fixes and Improvements

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• [PN-1819] ESMC rate incorrect when switching from 1Gb to 10Gb

• [PN-1854] Support for IPv6 with G.8275.2 profile

• [PN-1906] Support for non-identical VLAN settings on Port 1 and Port 2

• [PN-2126] Remove 'normal stability' G.8273.4 impairment patterns

• [PN-2143] SyncE Transient in Conformance test always sends EEC1 (i.e. doesn't support Option 2/EEC2)

• [PN-2175] & [PN-2179] Indication of loss of frequency signals in GUI LED and CAT

• [PN-2305] Grey out UTC offset field on Time Source page if the TOD reference input provides the offset

• [PN-2346] Corrected handling of IPv6 address bytes 4 & 5

• [PN-2372] G8265.1 Priority 1 and 2 default values Incorrect

• [PN-2420] 61850-9-3 Utility Profile Priority Values incorrect

• [PN-2433] Loading large noise patterns causes 'out of memory' errors and false 'POST' fail

• [PN-2447] System failures on high memory usage

80.05.00.33 (Release 05.00 Update 2)

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Features

• FlexE 100G: Allows a FlexE Overhead Sync Test, enabling 100GbE (4x25G) FlexE interface for testing synchronization as per ITU-T G.8312. PTP and/or SyncE testing capabilities of Paragon-neo can be extended with the same sub-ns precision to the testing of synchronization within the control overhead.

• E1 / T1 Wander Measurement: High Accuracy frequency measurement of E1 and T1 clock signals

• Samba access to the internal hard drive is now password protected: See this article for details.

Fixes and Improvements

• [PN-976] - Exception trying to update fitted transcievers (UTF-8 and database issue)

• [PN-1025] - Exception trying to update fitted transceivers: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: Operation on non-blocking socket would block

• [PN-1740] - 1 in 30 POST fails due to 10MHz mmcm unlocked

• [PN-1831] - Jitter limit services for SFP28 interface depend on wrong feature

• [PN-1856] - IPv6 Neighbour Discovery multicast link layer address is incorrect

• [PN-1857] - IPv6 Neighbour Discovery request handler incorrectly checks Dest MAC address

• [PN-1890] - Removing optic stops ESMC generation on the other port

• [PN-1897] - Add a warning / updated the quick help to explain the use of Slave multicast MAC address

• [PN-1941] - Neo commanded restart causes exception/error

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This release includes CAT v25.00 and PFV v25.00.

Features

• ESMC measurement in Jitter tolerance: Measure ESMC status changes from DUT during Jitter tolerance test

• Two PTP Masters: Enables testing of T-TSC performance in, for example, switchover conditions.

• IPv6 encapsulation for PTP: IPv6 encapsulation for generated and captured PTP packets

• PTP Time Error impairments: Test device conformance to a wide range of standards-based and user-defined impairment scenarios, including ‘replay’ of real-world time-error conditions

• HTTP File Management: enables upload/download of session files, log etc. without requiring Samba/SMB support on the network

• “Current User” indication: User can display a short text message in the UI to indicate that they are using the instrument, providing information to other users that may try to connect to that instrument.

• CAT: Cascaded Media Converter Masks: Specific testing to ITU-T G.8273.2 and G.8262.1/G.8262 with two devices acting as back-to-back media converters.

Fixes and Improvements

• [PN-30] - IEEE 802.3 Multi-lane timestamping

• [PN-704] - Allow cable compensation values up to 3000ns

• [PN-745] - Manual config of IP address interrupted by DHCP

• [PN-779] - Need to warn users that instrument will reboot when loading licence files

• [PN-849, 1356] - Match CDR settings to relevant test modes

• [PN-860] - Custom PFV rules file does not appear in Ruleset File drop down list

• [PN-864] - Using incorrect tar file resulted in a hard shutdown before connection to instrument restored.

• [PN-1017] - Debug Packet Capture Elapsed Time and Capture Stopping unclear for user

• [PN-1041] - Display optical power in dBm

• [PN-1044] - Enable Master and Slave tests when only one optic is fitted

• [PN-1050] - Bad packets can cause corruption of the capture

• [PN-1063] - Seed slave using ToD reference input in Master Test mode

• [PN-1106,1120] - Configurable log message interval for DEL-RESP messages

• [PN-1119] - Chrome webpage not updating latest selection on P-Neo GUI

• [PN-1177] - Modify capture filters to ignore transportSpecific field

• [PN-1490] - Add field to top of UI to allow a user to enter their name

• [PN-1498] - Add PTP Profile Drop Down selector for Default profile (1588-2008)

• [PN-1533] - SFP28 FEC Tx as per IEEE 802.3 2018 clause 90.7

• [PN-1700] - Quick Help for 1PPS and 1PPS Bal + ToD incorrectly states external references aren't supported

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This release includes CAT and PFV v24.10.

Features

• CCSA PTP Profile: Allows generation of PTP messages compliant to the CCSA profile

• CMCC 5G PTP Profile: Allows generation of PTP messages compliant to the CMCC 5G profile, including the Ultra-Precision Announce TLV supporting device performance to 5G enhanced accuracy levels

• PFV CMCC 5G Rules: Verify captured PTP messages are compliant to CMCC 5G profile, including the Ultra-Precision Announce TLV

• Debug Capture Improvements: Allows debug packet capture to be made in a wider range of failing conditions for better analysis of non-performing test environments

• Improved support for high power class QSFP28 modules
  

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