Actelis Networks ABA 2.0 LP SR Manual

Instructions Guide
Broad Band Accelerator (BBA) 3.0
Calculator Use Guide
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Revision No. A04
Feb 2016

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About
This Calculator Instructions Guide describes how to use BBA 3.0 Placement Calculator.
The Actelis Broadband Amplifier (BBA)
product line improves ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+
and VDSL2 rate and reach performance by
using advanced noise filtering and signal
amplification. The BBA is easily deployed
over legacy copper pairs and is Line
Powered from a POTS switch, consuming
only minimal power.
The BBA is installed between the DSLAM unit and the CPE unit and is compatible with any
standards-compliant ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+/VDSL2 DSLAM unit and CPE equipment.
The following table lists the various types of BBAs included as part of the Actelis BBA product line:
Name Actelis P/N Applicable for Comment
ABA 2.0 LP SR 503RG3086 ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ Previously known as BBA LP SR
ABA 2.0 LP ER 503RG3088 ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ Previously known as BBA LP SR
ABA 3.0 LP SR 503RG3110 ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+
VBA 3.0 LP ER 503RG3104 VDSL2
Single slot, dual slot and multi slot BBA enclosures are available and can be equipped with Actelis
BBA cards. Each BBA card can amplify up to two DSL lines.
510K31000
510K31200
510K60055
Single Slot
Dual Slot
Multi Slot
ABA 2.0 LP SR Yes Yes Yes
ABA 2.0 LP ER Yes Yes Yes
ABA 3.0 LP SR Yes Yes Yes
VBA 3.0 LP ER No Yes Yes
Actelis BBA Flash tool (PN 503RG4080) can be optionally used for diagnosis and troubleshooting
of BBA installations.
BBA
Enclosure
DSLAM
CPE

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Preface Material
This Calculator Instructions Guide describes how to use BBA 3.0 Placement Calculator.
Copyright, Patents, Warranties and Disclaimers
Copyright © 2016 Actelis Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All specifications are subject to
change without notice.
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Networks, Inc., 47800 Westinghouse Drive, Fremont, CA 94539, USA.
Disclaimer of Warranties and limitation of Liabilities
Actelis Networks, Inc. (hereafter referred to as Actelis Networks, Inc. or Actelis Networks), makes
no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Further, in no event, shall
Actelis Networks be liable for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising
from the use of the BBA Single and Dual Slot Enclosure, cards and modules, accessories kits, this
manual or any related materials.
Actelis Networks reserves the right to revise this publication from time to time and to make
changes in the content hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revisions or
changes.
Trademarks
Actelis, Actelis Networks, BBA, VBA, ABA and related logos and icons are the registered
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their respective owners.
Patents
The products described in this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 7,110,528; 7,706,526;
7,587,042 and other U.S. patents, foreign patents, and/or pending applications.

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Sales, Service and Training Information
Please contact your local sales representative, service representative or distributor directly for any
help needed. For additional information concerning warranty, sales, service, repair, installation,
documentation, training or distributor locations, use one of the following:
•Internet: Visit the Actelis Networks World Wide Web site at
http://www.actelis.com
•Email: [e-mail] for technical support.
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•Belgium: (0) 800 71180
•Denmark: 80 887 771
•France: (0) 800 918 450
•Germany: (0) 800 1833504
•Netherlands: (0) 800 0225982
•UK: (0) 800 9179049
•USA: [phone] or [phone]
For all other inquiries, call +1 866 ACTELIS ([phone]) or [phone].
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Contents
About...........................................................................................................................2
Preface Material ..........................................................................................................3
Copyright, Patents, Warranties and Disclaimers.......................................................3
1HOW TO USE THE DATA ....................................................................................6
2GENERAL VIEW...................................................................................................6
3INSTRUCTIONS ...................................................................................................7
4Contacts.............................................................................................................14

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1 HOW TO USE
This "how to use" instructions are for ABA SR 3.0 model placement calculator, allowing to
estimate the achievable ABA SR 3.0 performance when placed in different distance between
DSLAM and CPE.
For BBA SR /ER 2.0 model Calculator (Excel tool) "how to use" instructions are available in
another document available on the Actelis website.
2 GENERAL VIEW
General Setting
EWL Sum Pane
Comment Pane
Environmental Data
Copper loop Data
Operational Pane
Output Pane

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3 INSTRUCTIONS
Step1: Connecting to the Calculator
From Web Browser window, press on the link to access the calculator.
The application is opened as appeared on the general view above.
Step2: Using General Setting area
•Product Line : Choose BBA from Product Line drop-box selection (do not select SHDSL
or DMT)
•Region setting: Localize the region (North American, CALA, European, or Asia Pacific).
Selection automatically adjusts input/output data presentation in environmental, EWL
and other panes respectively.
•Units :Select units (US/metric) for presentation of temperature, distances and other
measurements
•Optional Reset : Anytime required, use Reset button to clear and start over input data
setting
•Optional EWL pane and Comment panes, if required can be enabled for additional
information and input area (by default these areas are omitted).

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Step3: Using Comment area
•Circuit Description is 256 characters limited field to be used for short description. This
information will be available in PDF report, if Calculation Results will be exported (by
Generate Report operation).
•Circuit Comment is an unlimited in size field to provide any additional information
required. This information will be available in PDF report, if Calculation Results will be
exported (by Generate Report operation).
•Effective Working Length (EWL) Pane is automatically updated upon
Environmental/Copper loop data setting specified. EWL is representing loop length per
26 AWG cable located underground and at 700F. For more details please refer to “Stage
5”.
Step 4: Using Environmental data area
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•BBA type: Select specific BBA type. Currently only ABA 3.0 is supported.
•Noise Margin (NM) Required: Provide Noise Margin in dB as required per link.
oSame Noise margin will be used for both US and DS directions.
oDefault Value is 6dB.
oSupported range is 0-31dB
•Current (without Amplifier) performance (Optional): You can optionally provide
Current DSL link performance for Downstream and Upstream. Using “Current info“ the
calculator can offer a higher level of accuracy in predicting the performance with the BBA

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as it can more effectively mitigate variability between loops due to specific copper
characteristics, interference levels as well as DSLAM and CPE equipment used.
oIf current rates entered by the user are out of the allowed range (i.e. Too high
or too low), the calculator will alert the user and will use accordingly the Max or
the Min rate values accepted. Acceptable rate is calculated per scenario in
accordance with the entered NM and the entered loop EWL.
oDS rate entered should be higher than the US rate.
•Temperature : Select environmental temperature
oThe user can select between 2 values – 700or 1200F (200or 500 C)
oDefault Values are – 700C / 200C
•Kft or Km conversion to nF (Optional): Provide the primary line constant C, in nF
per distance. Default values used are - 5.24nF/Kft and 50nF/km.
Step 5: Using Copper Loop data area
•Loop: Up to 10 segments/sections can be set per copper loop.
Cable characteristics, including length, cable type, and coating, should be specified.
•Range: Range can be provided per segment in either kft or km (based on the unit
selected at the top of the general settings and applicable for all settings).

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The loop Span, i.e. the distance between the DSLAM and the DSL modem (CPE) is the
sum of the ranges enter per each section.
Min and Max loop span are per ABA 3.0 Specification – See table below.
•Cable Type: Select specific cable type using drop box selector, with available values for
AWG26, AWG 24, AWG 22, AWG 19 or diameter (in mm) PE04, PE05, PE06, PE08
depends on Region selected in the general setting pane.
•Cable Plant: Indicate if the cable used per segment is Aerial, Buried, or Underground
(default)
•Coating: Indicate cable coating - Pulp or PIC (default).
Note: The EWL pane can be enabled to present the Effective Working Length of the
Span in Kft of 26 AWG. EWL depends on the range/span entered and cable type and
coating as well as Environmental Conditions – Temp. For example 12 kft of AWG19 is
equal to EWL=4.8kft (of 26 AWG) which is unsupported as can be seen from the table
above as this loop is too short.
•If unsupported range is specified, EWL area value will be marked in red.
Calculation results will be provided with the error, as shown on the example below:
An Error message would be presented
Or
Min Loop Span (kft) Max Loop Span (kft)
26 AWG 5.5 20.0 Represents EWL
24 AWG 7.3 26.7
22 AWG 9.2 33.3
19 AWG 13.8 50.0
ABA 3.0 LP SR

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Step 6: Getting calculated results
•Choose format of Placement Graph by radio-buttons as below
oSelect DS (Downstream only), US (Upstream only) or both (DS and US)
oSelect Kft or Ohm
•Each time format selections are changed, use “Create Placement Graph” button to run
the calculator
•Calculation results appear according with selected format (in example above, in kft for
both DS/US).
•The Placement graph shows the performance of the DSL line with and without
amplification and per various placements (distance from the DSLAM) along the loop
length as specified by the user.
•Blue color is used for DS presentation, Green color for US presentation
•The Full line represents the estimated performance with the Actelis amplifier;
•The Dotted line represents the performance without the Actelis amplifier.
oIf no current performance information was provided by the user the “No BBA”
performance line would be estimated by the calculator.
oIf the user entered ‘current performance’ rates (and it is within the expected
range) the current performance as entered by the user would be presented.

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oIf the user entered ‘current performance’ rates and it is outside the expected
range, a note would appear below the graph and the “No BBA” performance
line would be estimated by the calculator.
oExample - If the entered performance was higher and outside the acceptable
range the
•In case ‘both’ (DS and US) option is selected, a 2 Y-axis chart is provided to
accommodate the variance in scale between the DS and the US.
The Left Y-axis represents the DS rate and the Right Y-axis represents the US rate.
US Y axis
DS Y axis

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Additional Options:
Save Link Input Parameters
(Optional) – BBA Link input
parameter (left-hand side) can be
saved to be used in the future to
represent changes in the link and
then recalculate the expected
performance with no need to re-
enter all parameters.
To enable – Click “Save Setting”
The data would be saved as a “txt”
file. After saving the data, the input
file can be opened, viewed or
modified. The File can be uploaded
back to the system using “Get
Setting” see below).
Load Input File - “Get Settings” (Optional) - After "Get Settings" is clicked, all input data
appears on the left side and the user can update the data, if required, and re-calculate the
throughput
Generate Report button to save HTML report in PDF format

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4 Contacts
Warranty, Sales, Service and Training Information
Please contact your local sales representative, service representative or distributor directly for any
help needed. For additional information concerning warranty, sales, service, repair, installation,
documentation, training or distributor locations, use one of the following:
WWW
Visit the Actelis Networks web site at www.actelis.com
E-mail
[e-mail]
Customer Support
Contact Actelis Networks Customer Support directly at one of the following numbers:
•Belgium: (0) 800 71180
•Denmark: 80 887 771
•France: (0) 800 918 450
•Germany: (0) 800 183 3504
•Netherlands: (0) 800 022 5982
•UK: (0) 800 917 9049
•USA: [phone] or [phone]
For all other inquiries please call: +1 866 ACTELIS ([phone]) or [phone] or
contact by mail: Actelis Networks Corporate Headquarters, 47800 Westinghouse Drive, Fremont,
CA 94539.