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ANITE S-CORE APPLICATION TESTING
GETTING STARTED GUIDE
22ND MAY 2017
000-015-480 ISSUE 5

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© Keysight Technologies 2012-2017
Customer support
It is our goal to provide you with excellent Customer Support. To request assistance with any
aspect of your Anite test system, please create a Help Desk Request (HDR) using the Anite Help
Desk. For other queries, please email [email protected].
To access the Anite Help Desk, and to download the latest software releases, please log in to
myKeysight. On the myKeysight home page, in the Quick Links box, click the link for the Anite Help
Desk, or click Keysight Software Manager for software downloads.
Document history
The following table lists the main changes to issues of this document.
Issue
Date
Summary of Changes
2.0
Feb 2016
Updated for GUI version 3.185 and above.
3.0
May 2016
Updated for WLAN Test Accelerator setup instructions.
4.0
Sep 2016
Minor updates.
5.0
May 2017
Added section VZW IMS registration test case information and S-
CORE GUI configuration for single cell.

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CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Scope ....................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Related documents..................................................................................... 5
2S-CORE TEST SYSTEM OVERVIEW........................................................................ 6
2.1 S-CORE Connect ........................................................................................ 6
Front View ................................................................................................... 6
S-CORE rear view ......................................................................................... 8
2.2 TP-Link Router ......................................................................................... 10
2.3 Anite WLAN Test Accelerator...................................................................... 11
2.4 Test System PC system requirements ......................................................... 12
3GETTING STARTED........................................................................................... 13
3.1 Connecting the S-CORE Test System .......................................................... 13
3.1.1 TP-Link Router Setup ........................................................................ 14
3.1.2 WLAN Test Accelerator Setup............................................................. 15
3.2 Protecting against malware attacks ............................................................ 16
3.3 Installing The S-CORE GUI ........................................................................ 16
3.4 Updating software packages ...................................................................... 17
3.5 Installing the S-CORE External RF Controller ............................................... 18
4START TESTING USING S-CORE......................................................................... 20
5CONTROLLING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE GUI ............................. 25
5.1 Switch ON/OFF RAT .................................................................................. 26
5.2 RF sub-system setup ................................................................................ 26
5.2.1 GERAN-RAT ..................................................................................... 27
5.2.2 LTE-FDD ......................................................................................... 29
5.2.3 WCDMA-RAT.................................................................................... 34
6VZW IMS REGISTRATION & RETRY MULTICELL TEST CASES .................................. 36
6.1 Backup LTE cell settings from single cell RF stack ......................................... 36
6.2 Installing multicell RF stack package........................................................... 36
6.3 Configuring S-Core GUI for multicell ........................................................... 38
6.4 Limitations for multicell RF stack ................................................................ 40
6.5 RF connection for multicell test cases ......................................................... 40
6.6 Configuring S-CORE GUI for single cell........................................................ 40
7RADIO LAYER LOGGING .................................................................................... 42
7.1 Starting radio layer tracing........................................................................ 42
7.2 Enabling automatic RF tracing.................................................................... 43

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7.3 Dispaying RF logs..................................................................................... 43
7.4 Collecting Service Logs ............................................................................. 44
APP A APPENDIX ............................................................................................... 45
A1 S-CORE Monitor GUI................................................................................. 45
A2 Changing TP-Link Router IP Address ........................................................... 46
APP B GLOSSARY .............................................................................................. 47
Table 1 Front view panel .................................................................................... 6
Table 2 Rear view panel ..................................................................................... 8
Table 3 TP-Link Router panel ............................................................................ 10
Table 4 Anite WLAN Test Accelerator panels........................................................ 11
Table 5 Test System PC requirements ................................................................ 12
Table 6 GERAN settings.................................................................................... 28
Table 7 IMS PDN settings ................................................................................. 29
Table 8 LTE-FDD settings ................................................................................. 30
Table 9 PDN1 settings ...................................................................................... 31
Table 10 PDN2 –PDN4 settings........................................................................... 33
Table 11 SIM & Security settings......................................................................... 34
Table 12 WCDMA settings................................................................................... 35

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1INTRODUCTION
Anite S-CORE Application Testing offers LTE-IMS device application testing for Wi-Fi offload, VoLTE,
RCS, Voice over Wi-Fi and other application and IMS based services.
The S-CORE is a stand-alone test platform with an integrated LTE-IMS radio and network
subsystem and it includes an application test suite, a rich and fully-featured user interface and a
wide portfolio of test case packages, enabling rapid operator acceptance and device certification.
1.1 Scope
This guide is designed to help you set up your S-CORE test platform and start running its test plan
packages as quickly as possible.
1.2 Related documents
For more information about the S-CORE product, refer to the Anite S-CORE Operating Manual.

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2S-CORE TEST SYSTEM OVERVIEW
This section describes the units in the S-CORE test system.
Caution: Please refer to the Safety Instructions section in the Anite S-CORE Application Testing:
Operating Guide before starting to connect the S-CORE.
2.1 S-CORE Connect
Front View
Table 1 Front view panel
LED Indicators
1. Session Active LED Indicator
LED green –indicates that a session has been
established with an external connection. The LED will be
green as long as the session remains connected.
LED off –indicates that no session has been established
with the test system.
LED orange —indicates that a session has been
established with the test system and the session is
locked.
2. Status LED Indicator
LED green –indicates that the test system is in the
ready state and has no errors in the queue.
LED orange –indicates that the error/event queue is
not empty.
LED red –indicates a serious fault in the test system.
3. Streaming port 1B LED Indicator
LED orange –indicates that the test system is in

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LED Indicators
4. Streaming port 1A LED Indicator
duplex (bi-directional).
LED red –indicates that the test system is in output-
only.
LED green –indicates that test system is in input-only.
5. RF port 1B LED Indicator
6. RF port 1A LED Indicator
Others
7. Two USB Ports
Reserved for field service use.
8. Power Button with LED Indicator
Power on/off switch:
LED off –indicates that the test system has no power.
LED red –indicates that the test system is in standby
mode.
LED blinking green –indicates that the test system is
booting.
LED green –indicates that the test system is on. Please
wait few seconds before starting the S-CORE GUI.
Streaming Ports
9. Streaming Port 1B
Provides uni-directional output RF connection to the
DUT.
10. Streaming Port 1A
RF Ports
11. RF Port 1B –VSG/VSA Port
Provides input/output RF connection to DUT GSM, W-
CDMA, LTE technologies and GPRS.
12. RF Port 1A –VSG/VSA Port

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S-CORE rear view
Table 2 Rear view panel
Cell Sync Ports
13. Cell Sync Port In
For synchronisation of multiple S-CORE boxes.
14. Cell Sync Port Out
Trigger Ports I/O
15. Trigger 2 I/O
Provides connection for signal trigger input and signal
trigger output.
16. Trigger 1 I/O
LAN Ports
17. LAN Port 1
RJ-45 connection type for connecting S-CORE test
system with the TP-Link Router or WLAN Test
Accelerator.
Others
18. Status LEDs
Display which Radio Access Technologies are currently
installed and being used.
19. Test Station Interconnect
For connecting multiple S-CORE test systems.
Trigger Ports I/O
20. Trigger 1 I/O
Provides connection for trigger input #1
21. Trigger 2 I/O
Provides connection for trigger input #2
22. Trigger 3 I/O
Provides connection for marker output #1

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Cell Sync Ports
23. Trigger 4 I/O
Provides connection for marker output #2
LAN Ports
24. LAN Port 2
RJ-45 connection type for connecting S-CORE test
system with the TP-Link Router or WLAN Test
Accelerator.
Others
25. Two USB Ports
Used for connecting to the external devices
26. VGA Video Output
Video output for connecting monitor with S-CORE.
10MHz Reference Connectors
27. 10MHz Reference Output
Provides 10MHz reference output connection.
28. 10MHz Reference Input
Provides 10MHz reference input connection.
Power Ports
29. Power Switch
AC on/off switch.
30. Power Input
Used for connecting to the AC main power.
Others
31. Serial Number
S-CORE Serial Number.