User's Manual Part 1
Table Of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Product Overview
- 2.1 Introduction to the workflow interface
- 2.2 Product overview
- 2.3 General product handling and operation
- 2.3.1 Protection from water and dust ingress
- 2.3.2 Important battery charging note
- 2.3.3 Powering on/off
- 2.3.4 Attaching the strap
- 2.3.5 About the touchscreen display
- 2.3.6 Selecting the active interface
- 2.3.7 Running a function or test
- 2.3.8 Repeating a function or test
- 2.3.9 Screen title bar buttons/icons
- 2.3.10 Capturing a screen image (screenshot)
- 2.3.11 Stopping a test
- 2.3.12 Saving results
- 2.3.13 Maximum test duration for continuous tests
- 2.3.14 Interpreting results
- 2.4 Handling the MoCA/RF module
- 2.5 Remote control of the unit
- 2.6 Licensed feature details
- 2.7 Maintenance
- 2.8 FTP information
- 2.9 Technical support
- 3: Wi-Fi Testing Menu
- 4: 10/100/1G Testing Menu
- 5: System Menu
- 5.1 Record Manager
- 5.2 Admin Port
- 5.3 Set Date and Time
- 5.4 Version Info
- 5.5 Battery Status
- 5.6 Video
- 5.7 Cal Touchscreen
- 5.8 Licensed Options
- 5.9 Update Firmware
- 5.10 System/Module Settings
- 5.10.1 System/Module Settings > Base Unit
- 5.10.2 System/Module Settings > RF Video Module
- 5.10.3 System/Module Settings > ADSL/VDSL2 Module
- 5.10.4 System/Module Settings > Combined Module Default
- 5.10.5 System/Module Settings > MoCA Module
- 5.10.6 System/Module Settings > DOCSIS Module
- 5.10.7 System/Module Settings > CSM Module
- 5.10.8 System/Module Settings > MoCA-RF Module
- 5.10.9 System/Module Settings > Wi-Fi
- 5.11 Signature Capture
- 5.12 Language Selection
- 5.13 Help and Support
- 5.14 System Information
- 5.15 Wizard GUI
Tech-X Flex
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(NG2) Tech-X Flex User Guide - Firmware v06.50
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Intro
Overview
Wi-Fi
Ethernet
System
IP/Video
MoCA
RF
Specs
7.2 Overview of testing capabilities and setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
7.2.1 Testing scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
7.3 Join MoCA Network (Single-ended testing details). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7.3.1 Join MoCA network setup parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Single-ended testing setup for STB troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Single-ended testing setup for router troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
7.3.2 MoCA Network Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Bandwidth page (MoCA Network Statistics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
MoCA Statistics page (MoCA Network Statistics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Node Stats page (MoCA Network Statistics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
7.3.3 IP Network Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
7.3.4 IP Testing options over MoCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
7.3.5 IP Video Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
7.4 Join MoCA Network In-Line (Bridging and passive testing). . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
7.4.1 Join MoCA Network In-Line setup parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
7.4.2 Bridge setup and operational details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Where to place the unit for bridging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Bridging a cable with multiple networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
7.4.3 Passive video testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
7.4.4 In-line MoCA statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
7.4.5 About MoCA and 10/100/1G interface bridging (ECB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
7.5 MoCA Quick Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
7.5.1 Testing flow and results (MoCA Quick Test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
7.5.2 About intentional test delays (MoCA Quick Test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
7.6 System menu settings/controls (for MoCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
7.6.1 Vendor MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
7.6.2 Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
View/Edit Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
Download Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
7.7 MoCA overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
7.7.1 About MoCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
7.7.2 Example physical MoCA network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
7.7.3 Other MoCA network examples/scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
7.7.4 MoCA functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
MoCA physical layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
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