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Calnex Paragon-X

Calnex Paragon-X Ethernet Synchronization Tester and Network Emulator up to 10GbE

One-box tester for PTP, SyncE, NTP, CES and Ethernet OAM with network emulation at rates up to 10GbE.

Master/slave emulation
Emulate up to two 1588 masters with full parametric control and Time Error/PDV/protocol anomaly impairment functions. Each master can have up to 8 attached slaves.
Standards supported
ITU-T G.826x/7x, MEF-18, IEEE/IEC 61850-9-3, IEEE C 37 238, IEEE 802.1AS
Measurement accuracy
5 ns
Datasheet

Overview

The Calnex Paragon-X is a single-box tester for Ethernet synchronization at rates up to 10 Gb/s. It tests SyncE, PTP (IEEE 1588) and NTP synchronization mechanisms as well as E1/T1 sync interfaces and Ethernet OAM, covering jitter and wander through to the accuracy of recovered Time of Day, phase (1 pps) and frequency (MTIE/TDEV).

PTP master and slave emulation, with optional SyncE support, allows controlled protocol and timing tests without additional network equipment. Time Error and PDV profiles can be generated and edited, and PDV captured from live networks can be replayed in the lab.

The Paragon-X also provides Ethernet network emulation with integrated traffic filtering, allowing up to eight CoS/QoS levels to be impaired independently at up to 10GbE for testing real-time services such as video and VoIP.

Key Features

  • Calnex Analysis Tool (CAT) for evaluating Time Error, MTIE and TDEV against ITU-T masks
  • PTP Field Verifier (PFV) analysis of PTP protocol conformance to standards-based or user-defined profiles
  • Tests SyncE, PTP, NTP, CES, E1/T1 sync interfaces and Ethernet OAM up to 10GbE
  • Emulation of up to two PTP masters, each with up to 8 attached slaves
  • Capture and replay of PDV stress profiles from live networks
  • Time Error and PDV profiles with custom editing
  • ESMC (SSM) message generation and decode to G.8264
  • Ethernet network emulation with eight independently impaired CoS/QoS levels
  • Fully scriptable via TCL, Perl and Python

Specifications

PTP
Master/slave emulation Emulate up to two 1588 masters with full parametric control and Time Error/PDV/protocol anomaly impairment functions. Each master can have up to 8 attached slaves.
Option 25x
Standards supported ITU-T G.826x/7x, MEF-18, IEEE/IEC 61850-9-3, IEEE C 37 238, IEEE 802.1AS
Measurement accuracy 5 ns
SyncE
Jitter/wander measurement To ITU-T G.8262 and O.174 – jitter/wander generation, wander transfer, jitter/wander tolerance, phase transient
Options 213, 207, 208, 223
Measurement accuracy 1 ns
NTP and CES
NTP packet sync rates Any packet rate
Option 404
NTP protocols NTP (up to v4)
Option 404
CES packet sync rates T1, E1, T3, E3 or Any
Option 202
CES protocols SAToP, CESoPSN, TDMoIP
Option 202
Time of Day
ToD emulation Generate ToD messages to CCSA, NMEA and ITU-T standards
Option 230
Measurement accuracy 1 ns
Option 230
Network Emulation
Impairment profiles 4, 8 or 16 Profiles (optional)
Select at time of purchase; options 708, 709, 710
Maximum delay 8 seconds at 1 G (100 M: 80 s, 10 G: 0.8 s)
Fixed delay 6 μs to 10 s
Switch simulation Independently set: Latency, Buffer Depth (1 byte to 256 kbytes), Bandwidth (0% to 100%)
General
Physical interfaces 100 M Electrical (RJ45), 100 M Optical – SGMII; 1 G Electrical (RJ45), 1 G Optical – SFP; 10 G Optical (if option 111 fitted) – XFP or SFP+ (LAN-PHY)
100 M Optical SGMII: PTP PDV, NTP, CES, Services
External reference inputs 64 kHz, 2.048 MHz, 10 MHz; T1 BITS clock; E1 MTS, SyncE
Internal reference Stratum-3, ±4.6 ppm
PC control interface Any standard PC or laptop running Windows 8 or 10. RJ45 LAN connection to instrument
Memory Internal (2 Gb) or External (via USB)
Remote control Scripting via TCL, Perl and Python
Voltage 85 - 246 VAC, 100 - 240 VAC (Nominal) @ 50/60 Hz
GPS antenna, receiver and Rb reference PRS/Stratum 1 (GPS-locked): typical 1x10-12; Outputs: 10 MHz, 1 pps
Option 132

Specifications are taken from the manufacturer's documentation. See the datasheet for complete and current values.

Applications

  • Master, slave, boundary and transparent clock testing
  • ITU-T and MEF-18 test cases
  • Ethernet OAM verification to Y.1731, 802.1ag and 802.3ah
  • Video and VoIP service testing
  • SLA verification
  • Mobile subscriber networks

Options & Accessories

Option Description
Option 25x 1588 Master/Slave Emulation
Option 250/253 End-to-End PTP features — Automatic configuration for e.g., ITU-T Phase Profile, 2-Way Time Error metrics
Option 252/253 Peer-to-Peer PTP features — Automatic configuration for e.g., IEEE 802.1AS gPTP, Turnaround Time and Rate Ratio metrics
Option 301 Ethernet OAM
Option 404 NTP
Option 202 CES
Option 230 Advanced Time of Day
Option 205 Wander Measurement on Other Frequencies — For E1/T1/2 MHz Wander measurement including TIE/MTIE/TDEV and ITU-T Masks
Option 206 Phase and Time Measurement — For 1 pps Time Error measurement relative to 1 pps reference
Option 111 10 G Optical interface — XFP or SFP+ (LAN-PHY)
Option 132 GPS Antenna, Receiver and Rb Ref.

Documents & Resources

Calnex Paragon-X Data Sheet
datasheet · PDF