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News Release from: setcom | Subject: S-CAT 5010
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 October 2005
Engineering tester speeds terminal
development
The S-CAT 5010 is an engineering tester providing all the functionality required to efficiently develop innovative mobile terminal applications.
Available now from setcom, the S-CAT 5010 is a hardware-independent modular R and D tool for the development, testing and debugging of mobile terminal applications Based on the GCF/PTCRB-validated S-CAT 5020 platform, the 5010 is a one-box-solution facilitating the development and implementation of individual test scenarios during the engineering design phase of new mobile terminal applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compared with conventional solutions which use a live test network, the S-CAT 5010 provides significant time savings and is much more cost-effective.
Setcom's comprehensive applications tester S-CAT 5010 is a turnkey solution for mobile terminal applications testing on a proven and reliable HP server platform under a Unix-based operating system.
Whereas its bigger sister, the GCF/PTCRB-validated S-CAT 5020, comes with all test cases mandated by GCF and PTCRB and has been designed as a conformance test tool for test houses, S-CAT 5010 is an engineering tester providing all functionality to efficiently develop innovative mobile terminal applications.
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R and D tester offers wide compatability
The S-CAT 6000 seamlessly integrates with a wide range of external equipment, enabling testing over RF bearers such as GSM/GPRS, EGPRS, WCDMA, UMA/GAN, CDMA 2000, LTE and TD-SCDMA
Both S-CAT 5010 and S-CAT 5020 provide all test-related tools on a single unit that is ready-to-operate out of the box.
S-CAT 5010 is independent of any core network.
Standard interfaces allow for integration with RF test units and with private or public networks.
Interoperability is achieved by means of software drivers, tailor-made to the specific needs of customers.
"Thanks to its open concept", said Peter Lund, setcom's President Worldwide Sales, "S-CAT 5010 provides total freedom of installation and literally can be located anywhere in a LAN environment".
"S-CAT 5010 works completely independent of the physical layer and can be connected to any form of mobile terminal, regardless whether it is real or a software-only simulation".
All test options of the S-CAT 5020 will be made available for product development on the S-CAT 5010, including MMS (multimedia message service), IMPS (instant messaging and presence service), PoC (push-to-talk over cellular) and DRM (digital rights management).
Additional tools like video telephony (VT), streaming, browsing, data management synchronisation and email (POP3 and Push) are under development and will be released in the near future.
Robert E Johnson, Vice-President Sales in setcom group's US subsidiary, stated: "Engineers designing wireless terminal applications and related enabling technologies will see a significant time-saving and a heavy cost-reduction when comparing S-CAT 5010 to the alternative of building up a costly network infrastructure, especially when testing applications under conditions like handover between 2G and 3G networks".
One or several users can work on S-CAT 5010, either using its standard graphical user interface (GUI) or the remote GUI software, an OS-independent stand-alone application available for Windows/Unix/Mac environments.
S-CAT 5010 also features setcom's programming interface.
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