Tester takes a remote look at Ethernet

An Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Feb 20, 2004

The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer is an Ethernet test module for remote testing and turn up of Ethernet services.

The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer is an Ethernet test module for remote testing and turn up of Ethernet services.

The new Packet Blazer Ethernet module, housed inside the IQS-500 intelligent test system, provides users with a high-end, rack-mountable 10/100/1000Mbit/s Ethernet test solution.

The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer, with a full suite of features comparable to its portable counterpart (FTB-8510), is ideal for remote testing applications.

With an IQS-8510 installed in a central office (CO), the portable FTB-8510 Packet Blazer can be carried to customer premises to provide a unique solution for Ethernet services turn-up and troubleshooting.

This master-remote Packet Blazer application allows a single technician to provision an end-to-end Ethernet circuit, minimising the time and cost of these critical tests.

Additional monitoring applications between COs can be accomplished with IQS-8510 Packet Blazer modules installed at multiple sites.

The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer is also well suited for laboratory and manufacturing environments.

Parallel device testing and traffic generation is easily accomplished with multiple IQS-8510 modules installed in an IQS-500 test system.

The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer features dual test ports, offering a high-density multi-port test system that can generate wire-speed traffic necessary to stress-test Ethernet devices.

The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer Ethernet test module will be showcased at booth 2213 during OFC 2004 next week at the Los Angeles Convention Centre.

"The IQS-8510 Packet Blazer can be combined with EXFO's wide assortment of test modules, enabling combined physical- and protocol-layer testing of datacom devices", said Benoit Fleury, EXFO's Vice-President of Protocol-Layer Product Management and Business Development.

"Integrated with other IQS modules, it also provides a complete, high-performance solution for testing access, metro, DWDM and Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) devices and systems".