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CAT / PFV: Releases

CAT / PFV: Releases

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CAT v35.5

Integrated with Paragon-neo R14.00.16, and also available as a standalone release.

New Features

  • [CAT-8154] - Addition of file history and bookmark features within the Open File dialog.

  • [CAT-8954] - Enhanced Grid View, select, copy, and paste data from data tables.

  • [CAT-8862] - Default 1.5μs/1.1μs network limit threshold for 2Way Time Error is now disabled for all non-relevant instrument (i.e. non-Sentinel) captures.

  • [CAT-8704] - Addition of ITU-T G.8271.1 Amendment 3 Section 7.3.2 MTIE mask.

  • [CAT-8943] - Reports whether G.703 pulse width compliance of 1PPS signal was enabled for Paragon-neo captures.

  • [CAT-8895] - Enforcement of Peer Delay exchange ‘Option B’ in 802.1AS Testing

  • [CAT-8812] - PTP Data GM Clock Class metric now reported for each combination of of capture port and direction of Announce message.

  • [CAT-8856] - G.8271.1 High Accuracy Time Transfer conformance for PTP

  • [CAT-8896] - Now returns ‘MetricFullName’ key which holds the value of the name displayed on the CAT metric chart.

  • [CAT-8966] - 1PPS cable compensation (set in the Paragon-neo GUI) is now reported in CAT.

Fixes and Improvements

  • [CAT-8940] - Missing table data from Noise Transfer metrics in refactored reports

  • [CAT-8634] - Incorrect display of inserted leap second timecode (23:59:60)

  • [CAT-8937] - filecommander/download Service fails when target file is Locked

  • [CAT-9048] - Sentinel ESMC Quality Not Displaying Correctly

  • [CAT-9028] - "Format Error" displayed for NMEA 1pps+ToD measurements

  • [CAT-9054] - Mask renamed but no alias added for backwards compatibility

  • [MULTIPLE] - Improvements to behaviour of interfaces and tools.

PFV v35.5

Integrated with Paragon-neo R14.00.16, and also available as a standalone release.

New Features

  • [CAT-8154] - Addition of file history and bookmark features within the Open File dialog.

  • [PFV-1277] - Enhanced Grid View, select, copy, and paste data from data tables.

  • [PFV-1331]- Enforcement of Peer Delay exchange ‘Option B’ in 802.1AS, identifies and highlights if the incorrect “Option A” messages are detected if applying 802.1AS ruleset.

  • [PFV-193] - Validates timestamp represents a positive time with respect to the epoch as per IEEE1588 (2008 & 2019) Section 5.3.3.

  • [PFV-1341] PTP Version continuity check against ClockIdentity

Fixes and Improvements

  • [PFV-1357] - Changes to G.8275.1 rules files to include 2 * Message interval tests for PTP 2.0 in addition to PTP 2.1 messages

  • [PFV-1352] - PTP summary panel not reflecting test status color coding

  • [PFV-1348] - ESMC decision on validity of ExtendedTlv rules is not checking against the correct type

  • [PFV-1338] - Expanded stats view changes overall panel background from green to red and states FAIL

CAT v35.00

Only available as integrated software on Paragon-neo-S R3 (80.13.70.34).

All features and fixes in this release were carried over into V35.5 as above.

PFVv35.00

Only available as integrated software on Paragon-neo-S R3 (80.13.70.34).

All features and fixes in this release were carried over into V35.5 as above.

CAT v34.30

Integrated with Paragon-neo R13.00.44, and also available as a standalone release.

Features:

  • [CAT-8397] - Support for Measured Link Delay for P2P Boundary Clock

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-8881] - Rx SyncE QL not showing in CAT report

  • [CAT-8899] - Toggling collapsible metric reverts test environment to 'CAT Default'

  • [CAT-8907] - Missing 'Cable Delays' section in Instrument Test Configuration

  • [CAT-8908][CAT-8910] - Sentinel/Sentry report improvements

PFV v34.30

Integrated with Paragon-neo R13.00.44, and also available as a standalone release.

Features:

No new features.

Defect Fixes:

  • [PFV-1327] - ToD and ESMC protocol data incorrectly shows a statistics result

  • [PFV-1326] - Corrected spelling in Export option

CAT v34.20

Integrated with Paragon-neo R 13.01.08 and bundled with Paragon-X 10.43.42 (30X Update).

Support for new licensing mechanism. All features and fixes as per v34.30 (above).

PFV v34.20

Integrated with Paragon-neo R 13.01.08 and bundled with Paragon-X 10.43.42 (30X Update).

Support for new licensing mechanism. All features and fixes as per v34.30 (above).

CAT v34.00

Integrated with Paragon-neo R 13.00.40, and also available as a standalone release.

Note that the “Remote Live” feature of the standalone release is compatible with Paragon-neo release R12 and later, including all NeoS releases. To use the “Remote Live” feature with Paragon-neo R11, use CAT v31.50.

Features:

  • [CAT-7719][CAT-8138] - New CAT Report summary and optical module details

  • [CAT-8089] - Test Environments for G.8262/.1 conformance test results

  • [CAT-7292] - Added metric for G.8273.2 Clause 7.4.1.4 long-term transient

  • [CAT-8361] - Added Test Environments for G.8273.2 Relative Time Error

  • [CAT-8316] - Added Test Environments for O-RU and O-DU SyncE+PTP stimulus

  • [CAT-8367] - Update of O-RAN WG4 CONF masks for LLS-C2 (CONFv11)

  • [CAT-8186] - Added PRTC Test Environments

  • [CAT-7247] - Allow packet selection for individual rTE measurement flows

  • [CAT-8392] - Allow filtering of TIE data. Note 10Hz filtering is applied by default

  • [CAT-8368] - New metrics for G.871.1/CCSA Announce Message Delay Test

  • [CAT-8479] - Paragon Neo ‘Jitter Lock’ Status LED now included in the CAT ‘Port Events’ Metric

  • [CAT-8118] - Chart to/from Data Grid point selection

  • [CAT-8511] - Enhanced chart point selection

  • [CAT-8519] - Collapsible Metrics

  • [CAT-8547] - ‘Custom Settings’ feature integration with Test Environment

  • [CAT-8609] - Chart single mode ‘zoom box’ behaviour

  • CAT-8698 GM Clock Class metric now provides separate plots for different instrument captures

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7719] - Improve performance of PortEvents graphs with very large captures

  • [CAT-8559] - User can save report fields

  • [CAT-8804] - Unused field in Sentinel report

  • [CAT-8666] - Data Analysis Range units was incorrectly assuming ‘ns’

  • [CAT-6918] - Live Transparent Clock test behaviour with Filtered Time error metric

  • [CAT-7870] - MTIE metric calculations employ threading strategy

  • [CAT-8621] - Cannot select metric data point

  • [CAT-8492] - Constant Time Error statistic on Avg Time Error (cTE)

  • [MULTIPLE] - Script Recorder improvements

  • [CAT-8749] - ‘Remote Live’ Authorisation failing first time

  • [CAT-5770] - Jitter Metric display improvements (improved error display)

  • [CAT-8123] - Settings files are now written to a ‘CustomSettings’ folder

  • [CAT-5721] - Trace Export – Data To Export display issue

  • [CAT-8491] - Data Export of ToD data generated an invalid filename

  • [MULTIPLE] - Many improvements to GUI display, behaviour and operation

PFV v34.00

Integrated with Paragon-neo R13.00.40, and also available as a standalone release.

Note that the “Remote Live” feature of the standalone release is compatible with Paragon-neo releases R12 and later. To use the “Remote Live” feature with Paragon-neo R11, use PFV v31.50.

Features:

  • [PFV-1224] - NMEA ToD Message Decoding and Testing

  • [PFV-960] - ‘Live Mode’ PCAP Data Capture Analysis

  • [PFV-1191] - Data Grid Export from ‘Application’ Menu

  • [PFV-1160] Multiple ‘Path Trace’ TLV decoding

  • [PFV-1300] - PFV Version included in the report

  • [PFV-1260] - ‘Clear’ button added to report generation

Defect Fixes:

  • [MULTIPLE] - Many improvements to GUI display, behaviour and operation

  • [PFV-1232] - ESMC analysis will only show Extended QL TLV columns if relevant

CAT v33.00

Integrated with Paragon-neo R12, and also available as a standalone release.

Note that the “Remote Live” feature of the standalone release is compatible with Paragon-neo R12 only. To use the “Remote Live” feature with Paragon-neo R11, use CAT v31.50.

Features:

  • [CAT-7932] - Automatically apply Test Environments for all Conformance Tests

  • [CAT-7482] - Include Data Analysis Range in the Report

  • [CAT-7574] - Add pk-pk metric to dTE-L

  • [CAT-7703] - Add export nominal packet rate option to CAT PDV Export

  • [CAT-7774] - Show summary table of changes for clockClass plot in single view mode

  • [CAT-7829] - Add user configurable threshold limits to CAT DTE screens

  • [CAT-7921] - C37.238: add percentage of pass/fail

  • [CAT-8043] - Add instrument software version to the CAT report

  • [CAT-7977] - Add Data Analysis Range function to CAT for TC measurements

  • [CAT-8087] - Improve "Missing Messages" and "Clock Detect" fields in PDF report

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7717] - Improve performance of PortEvents graphs with very large captures

  • [CAT-7953] - Orphaned Standalone WebServer process

  • [CAT-7789] - Noise Transfer mask displays incorrectly

  • [CAT-8076] - Improved indication of 'No Follow-Up Messages Exist' error in Time-Aware-Bridge test mode

  • [CAT-8096] - Marker coordinates are still in units of elapsed time when date/time axis is selected

  • [CAT-8121] - No Zoom to Range button in Stacked mode display

  • [CAT-8178] - Neo CAT displaying "not to standard" during wander transfer test

  • [CAT-8238] - CAT help describes G.8262 jitter limits but tests limits are for G.8261

PFV v33.00

Integrated with Paragon-neo R12, and also available as a standalone release.

Note that the “Remote Live” feature of the standalone release is compatible with Paragon-neo R12 only. To use the “Remote Live” feature with Paragon-neo R11, use PFV v31.50.

Features:

  • [PFV-869] - Implement 'soft' fail indication for messages that fall outside of the 90% tolerance for inter-message pass percentage

  • [PFV-275] - horizontal scroll to highlighted error field

  • [PFV-949] - Implement visibility mechanism for individual messages that fall outside inter message pass % tolerance

  • [PFV-1089] - Display original timestamps in seconds/nanoseconds

  • [PFV-1118] - Improved indication for captures where "Maximum errors have been reached"

  • [PFV-1134] - Mechanism to override display text for PFV field names at a rules file level

  • [PFV-1162] - Add units for 'Arrival time' and 'Inter message time'

Defect Fixes:

  • [PFV-574] - Error when ToD capture doesn't contain all messages

  • [PFV-776] - Loading incorrect rules file displays wrong rules file name

  • [PFV-1035] - Improved stopping of live captures and immediately restarting

  • [PFV-1093] - Tooltip does not show immediately in Standalone

  • [PFV-1108] - Jumps to end of capture when filtering is changed

  • [PFV-1131] - Sync Uncertain flag is not decoded in Announce message FlagField

  • [PFV-1154] - When optional path trace TLV is visible, last column is too narrow

  • [PFV-1237] - Open File Dialog contains references to *.xml

CAT v32.10 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo-S R1 11.70.14)

  • Initial CAT release for Paragon-neo-S.

  • Includes all functionality up to CAT 31.2 plus Paragon-neo-S support.

PFV v32.10 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo-S R1 11.70.14)

  • Initial PFV release for Paragon-neo-S.

  • Includes all functionality up to PFV plus Paragon-neo-S support.

CAT v31.50 (standalone release)

Features:

  • [CAT-7418] P-X Enhanced Automotive Metrics

  • [CAT-7425] Add Offset statistic to TE metrics

  • [CAT-7782] Update EULA in the CAT installer

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7807] Generate report with noise transfer content crashes IPC comms

  • [CAT-7809] Spurious error returned for export via remote control

  • [CAT-7838] Inconsistent capitalisation for GM Clock Class

  • [CAT-7747] Remote Control from PX GUI does not work (T1/T4 not valid Slot names)

PFV v31.50 (standalone release)

  • As per PFV v31.00

CAT v31.2 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo R11 Update 2)

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-8093] Uncoupling start and stop generation affects TC TE result

PFV v31.2 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo R11 Update 2)

  • As per PFV v31.1

CAT v31.1 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo R11 Update 1)

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7807] CAT Noise Transfer test report generation fix

PFV v31.1 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo R11 Update 1)

  • As per PFV v31.00

CAT v31.00 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo R11)

Features:

  • [CAT-7399] Add ability to "remove offset" for TE measurements

  • [CAT-7228] Concurrently load captures from different instrument types

  • [CAT-7690] Updated to latest O-RAN WG4.CONF 3.3.3 Masks

  • [CAT-7342] Remote Live CAT for Paragon Neo

  • [CAT-7398] TE measurements fixed offset removal to give visibility of outliers

  • [CAT-7393] Change M-clock/S-clock terminology as per IEEE 1588

  • [CAT-7394] Include rTE metrics for a Class C clock as per 7.1.4 of G.8273.2 in auto-selected metrics

  • [CAT-7396] Metric for gmClockClass for PTP captures

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7239] Zero 1PPS does not get applied to derived metrics

  • [CAT-7370] Export Absolute Paragon Replay Files from CAT

  • [CAT-7407] 1PPS DTE MTIE Does not set Require Recalculation state set True in live mode

  • [CAT-7490] Make SyncE Transient masks movable

  • [CAT-7494] WebApp "Failed to obtain a socket for IPC comms" to CAT process

  • [CAT-7679] API: IndexOutOfRangeException for mask selection Sync-E wander transfer table

PFV v31.00 (only available integrated with Paragon-neo R11)

Features:

  • [PFV-179] Add filtering of messages based on various criteria

  • [PFV-893] Allow open of multiple files when select open file button

  • [PFV-925] Use arrow keys to navigate PFV table

  • [PFV-984] Add support for PORT_COMMUNICATION_AVAILABILITY TLV display

  • [PFV-997] Update overall pass status panel for PTP metric to include indication of statistic tests

Defect Fixes:

  • [PFV-1032] Misleading API error message for report/prepare

  • [PFV-975] Default to PTP tab when loading ToD file

CAT v30.00 (standalone release)

Features:

  • [CAT-7295] Standards Update: Add G.8271.1 rev HA-TT Test Environments

  • [CAT-7275] Standards Update: G.8271.1 rev - High Accuracy Network Limits

  • [CAT-7278] Standards Update: G.8273.2 Class C short term transient

  • [CAT-7277] Standards Update: G.8273.2 - dTEH - new Test Environment

  • [CAT-7272] Standards Update: G.8273.2 variable temp mask

  • [CAT-7273] Standards Update: Noise Transfer for Class C Clocks

  • [CAT-7041] ORAN RU Testing

  • [CAT-7143] ORAN DU conformance testing

  • [CAT-7099] Detection and presentation of Sentinel and Sentry measurements

  • [CAT-7043] Full Support For Sentinel Virtual Channels

  • [CAT-7049] “Zoom box" to show position when charts are zoomed in

  • [CAT-7152] Display custom latency values in reports

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7185] Setting a Data Analysis Range doesn't affect 1PPS calculated metrics

  • [CAT-7337] Export options missing for P2P capture types

  • [CAT-7158] G.8273.2 Noise Transfer SyncE to PTP metric name is missing the Class C & D clause

PFV v30.00 (standalone release)

Features:

  • [PFV-855] Validate IPv4 and IPv6 UDP Checksums

  • [PFV-934] Allow testing of Correction Field (encoded and decoded)

  • [PFV-155] Improved support for PCAP and PCAPNG files

Defect Fixes:

  • [PFV-905] Unwanted jump to end of the capture whenever a setting is changed

  • [PFV-936] G8275.1 rule for Del_Req message rate was slightly too tight

CAT v29.20

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7168] Timeout error when saving trace as image

  • [CAT-7160] CSRO Delta for Reverse Sync showing Insufficient Data

PFV v29.20

Defect Fixes:

  • [PFV-818] PFV sometimes stops displaying data

CAT v29.10

Features:

As per CAT v29.00, plus:

  • [CAT-5596] Pass Fail on Peak to Peak Values

  • [CAT-6682] Support all Sentinel physical channels (up to 32)

  • [CAT-6705] Support Reverse Sync measurements

  • [CAT-6850] Add file association for CDF files in CAT installer

  • [CAT-6878] Implement G.8271.1 fronthaul network mask

  • [CAT-7118] Add metric help screen for Subordinate Time Error

Defect Fixes:

As per CAT v29.00 release, plus:

  • [CAT-7125] "Fwd Latency" requires consistent meaning for both "Cable Delay" & "Measured Link Delay”

  • [CAT-7129] Report generation "Preparing Images" timing out

PFV v29.10

  • As per PFV v29.00

CAT v29.00

On-instrument Paragon-Neo release.

Features:

  • [CAT-6599] Added G8262.1 Wander Level 1 mask

  • [CAT-6826] 1PPS vs PTP Relative Time Error

  • [CAT-6892] Added Std Dev to Metric on Jitter

  • [CAT-6901] Selection of masks & limits by DUT/Network type (Test Environments)

  • [CAT-6928] Display 2Way Time Error from Impairment Files

  • [CAT-6964] Update Metrics Help for Peer-to-Peer metrics

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-6886] A second click in the page-down bar does not page table results down

  • [CAT-6921] Dynamic Time Error, Resolution slider not working correctly

  • [CAT-6994] Metric Selection box does not fit longest metric names

  • [CAT-7064] PTP Decoded Version displaying incorrectly in some languages

PFV v29.00

On-instrument Paragon-Neo release.

Features:

  • [PFV-788] Implement message count rule

  • [PFV-805] Create HTTP/TCL method for querying loaded files

  • [PFV-843] Automatically load appropriate rules file based on profile of PTP capture

  • [PFV-862] SMPTE Profile support

Defect Fixes:

  • [CAT-7064] PTP Decoded Version displaying incorrectly in some languages

  • [CAT-7009] Error opening PCAP file in European culture

  • [PFV-727] Dragging a column does not always move it to the desired location.

  • [PFV-766] Single arrow keys jump an inconsistent number of packets

CAT v28.10

Features

  • [CAT-6636] Support for G.8273.4 APTS/PTS holdover/transient metrics (dTE Unfiltered)

  • [CAT-6718] PTP Relative Time Error support

  • [CAT-6451] Support 25MHz Clock Wander Measurement

  • [CAT-6441] 802.1AS P-Neo Support

  • [CAT-6276] PktTIE Measurement: Increase Frequency Offset resolution

  • [CAT-6713] Digitally Signed Installer

Defect Fixes

  • [CAT-6002] Opening conflicting files from remote control causes GUI prompt

  • [CAT-6206] CloseAll button is occasionally not disabled when opening multiple files

  • [CAT-5955] Paragonset Cat Show hangs with CAT window blank

  • [CAT-5670] api/cat/measurement/DelayReq/D/TIMEERROR/- gives Argument Error

  • [CAT-6583] Starvation mode warning message should not only apply to live mode

  • [CAT-6675] Packet FFO field on Reports has missing text (special characters)

  • [CAT-6787] Peak-Peak statistic is different for Del-Req PDV and PktTIE compared to T4 TE

  • [CAT-6809] Pk-pk Limit Threshold for Time Error Can't be Set Using Paragon-X API

  • [CAT-6751] Mask Fail incorrectly changes to Mask Pass upon application of analysis range

PFV v28.10

Features

  • [PFV-785] 1588-2019 message rate checking:

    • Mean Inter Message Interval

    • Inter Message Interval Pass Percentage

    • Maximum Inter Message Time Check

  • [PFV-638] Provides counts for average message rates based on type, port and direction

  • [PFV-798] When navigating to next error, errored packet is in the middle of screen

  • [CAT-6713] Digitally Signed Installer

  • [PFV-669] 802.1AS - Display TLVs

Defect Fixes

  • [PFV-431] .clxz files don't load correctly

  • [PFV-536] paragonset PFV Show occasionally hangs

  • [PFV-641] Command isloaded returns error if file is not loaded

  • [PFV-758] TCL: Successful file export is reported as an error

  • [PFV-821] Malformed packets always set to Sync type

CAT v27.10

Defect Fixes

  • [CAT-6739] "Duplicate Key" error with duplicated Delay Responses

  • [CAT-6646] Intermittent spike in plot live mode (display issue only, capture data is fine)

PFV v27.10

Defect Fixes

  • [PFV-799] gmClockIdentity display reversed in PFV (rules check is OK)

CAT v27.00

Features

  • [CAT-6638] Add masks for G.8273.4

  • [CAT-6598] Threshold limits set to 167ns to be added

  • [CAT-6513] Add TCL command to control Live Mode participation

  • [CAT-6512] HTTP commands to control Live Mode participation

  • [CAT-6503] Reports: New page for each metric

  • [CAT-6491] Improve DTE LF live mode performance

  • [CAT-6473] Restrict Number of samples processed in Live Mode

  • [CAT-6408] Improved 1PPS / ToD Performance

  • [CAT-6292] GET /api/cat/chart checks that ImageScale is provided

  • [CAT-6528] Improved plot colours in report

Defect Fixes

  • [CAT-6625] Live mode behaviour T1 time error update lags way behind T4 and 2 Way plots when sequence errors happen