Paragon-neo: How do I load impairment files if they're not already on the instrument?
- Billy Marshall
- Neil Jackson
Paragon-neo includes a number of preinstalled impairment files relevant to ITU-T recommendations. How do I load patterns that are not already there?
The impairment files are stored on the internal filesystem in the instrument, access them using the instructions below.
First, access the Paragon-neo file system using Web UI File Management, or the Samba Share (click the links for full instructions if required).
Then, use the instructions in the relevant section below to add the impairment files and load them for use.
After the files are transferred and the impairment file is being loaded for use, if prompted, ensure that the packet rate is set to the nominal packet rate of the file (e.g. 16 pps). Calnex provided patterns will have the packet rate included in the filename.
Adding impairments using Samba share
Navigate to the \calnex100g\Patterns\Impairments folder on the instrument and drag/drop the required files to be used as impairments.
Once copied, they will be available for selection in the User Defined menu of the PTP Impairments:
Access using Web UI File Management
Navigate to the Patterns\Impairments folder
then click the icon indicated above to open the Upload dialogue page:
Click the Choose Files button, then use the resulting File Explorer window to navigate to the folder containing the files you want to use as impairments then select those files of interest (use shift-click or control-click to select multiple files), e.g.
Click Open and confirm that the displayed number of files matches the selected number
then click Upload to load the files onto Paragon-neo.
These will now be available for selection by pressing Load from the User Defined screen from the PTP Impairments Pattern menu.