Verilink TS 2000 (880-502215-001) Product Manual - Manual (Page 8)

2 Test System 2000 Release Notes
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AS2000 Release 1.5 Features Release Notes
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ASCII Terminal Operation Manual
About TS2000 Test System 2000 (TS2000) is a purely software product that emulates a
standalone hardware communications analyzer test set. TS2000 uses an
existing AS2000 NCC or TAC module as a test engine by supplementing
the module’s firmware with TS2000 test code downloaded into the CSU
chip onboard RAM.
TS2000 provides a color graphical user interface (GUI) that runs in
Microsoft Windows on a PC attached to the host AS2000 module via a
COM port. The PC can also be connected to an AS2000 node via a
modem-to-modem link.
The TS2000 GUI provides a simulated real-time display of test modes,
patterns, and results, alarm conditions, and loopback status. TS2000 can
run tests unattended. Afterwards you can retrieve the logged results from
the GUI.
TS2000 works with Access Manager 2000 (AM2000), which supports
TS2000 while running in background.
Using the TS2000 GUI, the installer downloads firmware test code
provided with the software into the RAM of an AS2000 NCC 2020 or
TAC 2010 module. The operator can revert the AS2000 element back to
CSU mode through the GUI. TS2000 also reverts to CSU mode when a
timed test is completed. The code remains in the RAM of the module for
running TS2000 whenever required.
Currently, user data must be taken offline while TS000 is active in the
AS2000 node. TS2000 monitors the circuit between the AS2000 node in
which it resides and the far end node, or between the test node. TS2000
performs only test functions. It can, however, set up and take down
loopbacks in the far end node.
Figure 1 illustrates an example network configuration using TS2000
installed on a local PC.