Upgrade Debuts For CMA 3000 Field Tester

July 10, 2008

Instrument company Anritsu, Copenhagen, Denmark, has developed a new SDH STM-1/-4/-16 test option for the CMA 3000 field tester. The new SDH option allows active testing with one transmitter and one receiver, and also simultaneous bi-directional ...

Paul Whytock

Instrument company Anritsu, Copenhagen, Denmark, has developed a new SDH STM-1/-4/-16 test option for the CMA 3000 field tester.

The new SDH option allows active testing with one transmitter and one receiver, and also simultaneous bi-directional monitoring of SDH lines with two receivers up to STM-16 speeds. With this, operators and equipment manufacturers can now test and measure access network-communication lines based on SDH transmission.

Further options support testing of Ethernet, VoIP, E3, and V-series interface lines. Because of the tester's bidirectional monitoring capability, users can verify that both sides of the SDH line are working properly at rates up to STM-16.

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Paul Whytock is European Editor for Microwaves & RF and European Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Design. He reports on the latest news and technology developments in Europe for his US readers while providing his European engineering audience with global news coverage from the electronics sector. Trained originally as a design engineer with Ford Motor Co., Whytock holds an HNC in mechanical, electrical, and production engineering.