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Users Manual
DataScout 10G & 10Gx
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Users Manual
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Last Revision Date: November 9, 2015
Version: 10.07
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Copyright............................................................................................................................i
Table of Contents............................................................................................................. iii
Safety Information...........................................................................................................11
Overview.........................................................................................................................11
Shock Hazard..............................................................................................................11
Eye Protection.............................................................................................................11
Laser Safety................................................................................................................11
Battery Safety..............................................................................................................12
FCC/IC Notifications....................................................................................................12
Getting Started................................................................................................................15
Battery Information..........................................................................................................15
Calibration.......................................................................................................................15
Warranty..........................................................................................................................16
Buttons & Icons...............................................................................................................17
User Interface..................................................................................................................17
Power on/off................................................................................................................17
Touch screen...............................................................................................................17
Unlocking the screen...................................................................................................18
User Settings...............................................................................................................18
Navigation Buttons ......................................................................................................18
Indicator Lights............................................................................................................19
Power Indicator........................................................................................................19
Low Battery..............................................................................................................19
Battery Charging......................................................................................................19
Interfaces ........................................................................................................................21
Test Interfaces.................................................................................................................21
Charge, Wi-Fi & Remote Management Interfaces ...........................................................22
LCD Display....................................................................................................................22
Portrait & Landscape Modes .......................................................................................22
Proper Care.................................................................................................................22
LCD settings................................................................................................................23
Results (Test/Capture) Retrieval .....................................................................................23

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Ethernet Testing..............................................................................................................25
Overview.........................................................................................................................25
Test Interfaces.................................................................................................................25
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................26
Link Active Indicators.......................................................................................................26
Port Configuration ...........................................................................................................26
Port A & B Selection....................................................................................................26
Copper, Fiber & Speed Selection ................................................................................27
Optical Power & Laser On/Off......................................................................................27
Auto-Negotiate ............................................................................................................28
Full and Half Duplex ................................................................................................28
Flow Control ............................................................................................................28
Destination MAC address............................................................................................28
Quick Test.......................................................................................................................29
View Quick Test Results..............................................................................................30
Results displayed:....................................................................................................30
Viewing Multiple Quick Test Results............................................................................31
RFC-2544 Testing...........................................................................................................31
Throughput Test..........................................................................................................32
Frame Loss .................................................................................................................33
Latency........................................................................................................................33
Jitter ............................................................................................................................33
Back-to-Back...............................................................................................................33
Starting a RFC-2544 Test............................................................................................33
RFC-2544 Test Results...................................................................................................35
PDF View ....................................................................................................................35
Port B Configuration........................................................................................................36
Through Mode.............................................................................................................36
Configuration...............................................................................................................37
Ping and Trace Route Test..............................................................................................37
DS1 Testing ....................................................................................................................39
Overview.........................................................................................................................39
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................39
DS1 Configuration...........................................................................................................39
DS1 Auto Configuration...............................................................................................40
DS1 Mode Selection....................................................................................................40

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Clock Settings .............................................................................................................41
DS1 Framing Selection................................................................................................42
Framing Status Indicators........................................................................................42
Line Code Selection........................................................................................................42
Reception of Valid B8ZS Code Words.........................................................................42
Excessive Jitter monitor...............................................................................................42
Loopback.........................................................................................................................42
PairGain HDSL............................................................................................................43
Adtran HDSL...............................................................................................................43
Smart Repeaters .........................................................................................................43
In-band & FDL.............................................................................................................43
User & Self-loop ..........................................................................................................44
Loopback Commands......................................................................................................44
NIU5 Smart Jack .........................................................................................................44
Loop Up...................................................................................................................44
Loop Down ..............................................................................................................44
BERT (Bit Error Rate Test)..............................................................................................44
Test Pattern Selection .................................................................................................44
Stopping a BERT.........................................................................................................45
BERT results...............................................................................................................45
Send Errors.................................................................................................................46
Clear Errors & Elapsed-Time.......................................................................................46
Alarms & Events..........................................................................................................46
Frequency, Level and Slips .........................................................................................47
DS1-B Test Interface.......................................................................................................48
DS3 Testing ....................................................................................................................49
Test Interface..................................................................................................................49
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................49
DS3 Main Menu...............................................................................................................50
Configuration...................................................................................................................50
Mode Selection............................................................................................................50
Clocking ......................................................................................................................51
Framing Selection........................................................................................................51
DS3 Receive Framing .................................................................................................51
DS3 Line Code............................................................................................................51
Loopback.........................................................................................................................52

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Local Loopbacks..........................................................................................................52
Transmit FEAC Codes.................................................................................................52
BERT (Bit Error Rate Test)..............................................................................................52
BERT Default ..............................................................................................................53
BERT Results..............................................................................................................53
Error Injection..................................................................................................................53
Clear Errors & Elapsed-Time.......................................................................................54
Alarms & Events..............................................................................................................54
Alarms & Events Current.............................................................................................54
Alarms & Events History..............................................................................................54
DS3 Signal: Frequency & Level.......................................................................................55
Signaling .........................................................................................................................57
Signaling-TIMS Interfaces...............................................................................................57
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................57
Impedance Selection...................................................................................................58
Signaling Mode Selection............................................................................................58
Station LS................................................................................................................59
Station GS...............................................................................................................59
Station DID..............................................................................................................59
Station DID WINK....................................................................................................59
CO LS......................................................................................................................59
CO GS.....................................................................................................................59
CO (Signaling) E&M I-V...........................................................................................59
CO DID IMMEDIATE...............................................................................................60
CO DID WINK..........................................................................................................60
SELECTIVE SIGNALING (SS1/SS4) 2&3 Digit........................................................60
Return Loss (RL) –Tx Complex Tones........................................................................61
Measurements.................................................................................................................61
Voltage & Current........................................................................................................61
RX Frequency & Level.................................................................................................62
TX Frequency & Level.................................................................................................62
Noise...........................................................................................................................62
Capturing DTMF/DP & MF Digits and Timing ..............................................................62
Ringing & Dial Tone.....................................................................................................62
Dialing.........................................................................................................................62
Quick Tones................................................................................................................63

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Quiet Termination........................................................................................................63
Sweep.........................................................................................................................63
Tone 1-4 Buttons.........................................................................................................63
Speaker Adjust............................................................................................................63
4-Wire TIMS....................................................................................................................65
Terminations................................................................................................................65
4-Wire TIMS Wideband ...............................................................................................66
Measurements.............................................................................................................66
Transmit & Receive .................................................................................................66
Sweep Button..........................................................................................................66
Quick Tones................................................................................................................66
Quiet Termination........................................................................................................67
Level Zero Button........................................................................................................67
Tone 1-4 Buttons.........................................................................................................67
Speaker Adjust............................................................................................................67
4-Wire Noise Measurements...........................................................................................67
Impulse Noise..............................................................................................................68
Dropouts, Gain & Phase Hits Amplitude Jitter & Phase Jitter.......................................68
Amplitude & Phase Jitter .............................................................................................70
Return Loss (RL) –Tx Complex Tones........................................................................70
23-Tone Test...............................................................................................................71
23-Tone Results Display..........................................................................................71
4-Wire Signaling Mode Selection.................................................................................71
Station DID..............................................................................................................72
Station DID-wink......................................................................................................72
CO (Signaling).........................................................................................................72
PBX (TRUNK) E&M I-V............................................................................................73
CO DID....................................................................................................................73
CO DID-Wink...........................................................................................................73
SELECTIVE SIGNALING (SS1, SS4) 2&3 Digit.......................................................73
Transmit SS digits: ......................................................................................................74
Receive SS digits: .......................................................................................................74
Menu Functions...............................................................................................................74
PRI ISDN.........................................................................................................................75
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................75
Initial Layer-1 Test.......................................................................................................76

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E1............................................................................................................................76
PRI Configuration............................................................................................................76
Emulation Mode...........................................................................................................77
PRI “Link Active” Layer’s 1 & 2 ....................................................................................78
Placing a VOICE or Audio Call ....................................................................................78
Hang Up......................................................................................................................79
Placing a Data Call......................................................................................................80
BERT.......................................................................................................................80
Receiving a Call.......................................................................................................81
Terminate Call.........................................................................................................81
Multiple B-Channel Calls .............................................................................................82
Q.931 Decodes & Status Window................................................................................82
Protocol Decode Messages.....................................................................................82
Clear CALL Status & BERT.........................................................................................82
List of Common Problems...............................................................................................82
DDS and DataCom..........................................................................................................85
DDS 4-Wire Connections ................................................................................................85
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................86
DDS 4-Wire Configuration...............................................................................................86
Receive Loopbacks.........................................................................................................86
CSU Loopback............................................................................................................87
DSU Loopback............................................................................................................87
V.54 Loopback ............................................................................................................87
Local Loopbacks .............................................................................................................87
TX Control Codes............................................................................................................88
RX Level and Sealing Current Detection .........................................................................88
BERT - Bit Error Rate Test and Display...........................................................................88
Bit Error Insertion.........................................................................................................89
CLEAR Errors..............................................................................................................89
Receive Byte and Control Code Decode .....................................................................89
Datacomm Testing..........................................................................................................90
Datacomm Testing (Option).........................................................................................90
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................90
DTE BERT Testing......................................................................................................91
BERT SYNC................................................................................................................91
DCE BERT..................................................................................................................91

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Byte Encoder Display..................................................................................................92
Auto Mode...................................................................................................................92
Other Features................................................................................................................92
Up/Down buttons.....................................................................................................92
Invert button.............................................................................................................92
Bi-Directional loopback button .................................................................................92
RITS................................................................................................................................93
Rapid Intelligent Timing System ......................................................................................93
Test Interface..................................................................................................................93
Test Interface Connections..............................................................................................94
Composite Clock and T1 Selection..............................................................................94
CC Bridge and TERM Mode........................................................................................95
CC Tip to Ring/ Tip to Ref Selection............................................................................95
Testing Single and Multi-Channel CC Circuits.................................................................95
Test Interval.................................................................................................................96
CC Amplitude Measurements......................................................................................96
T1 (DS1) Timing Testing & TSG Threshold.....................................................................96
TSG Threshold............................................................................................................97
T1 Single Test.............................................................................................................97
T1 Multi-Channel.............................................................................................................98
Set Test Time Interval .................................................................................................98
ID Tone ...........................................................................................................................98
DVM Mode......................................................................................................................99
Specifications................................................................................................................101
Standard Features.........................................................................................................101
Controller Options .........................................................................................................102
Test Interface Options...................................................................................................103

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Safety Information
Overview
Hazards exist in every workplace in many different forms: sharp edges, falling objects,
flying sparks, chemicals, noise and a myriad of other potentially dangerous situations.
Controlling hazards at their source is the best way to protect you from accidents. While
the test set is designed to be a safe and reliable tool, the environment in which you
perform work in may expose you to hazards.
Shock Hazard
While this test device does not produce or emit harmful sources of electrical voltage or
current, network elements and circuitry you are testing may. Always follow your estab-
lished safety practices and the instructions in this user manual regarding proper con-
nection to the circuit under test.
Please note that this test device is not designed to warn you if connection to input volt-
age or current exceeds the maximum allowed by the test interfaces installed in this
unit. Exceeding maximum values may result in damage and not be covered under
warranty.
Eye Protection
Wear eye protection when using this device.
Failure to observe this precaution may result in injury.
Laser Safety
Never look into laser transceivers (SFP/SFP+).
Failure to observe this precaution may result in eye damage.
Optical small form-factor pluggable (SFP/SFP+) transceivers use laser radiation to
generate communication signals. Always keep the optical transmit and receive ports
covered whenever the optical patch cord is not plugged in and turn the laser off prior to
connecting or disconnecting fiber optic patch cords.

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Overview
Battery Safety
Failure to observe these precautions may
result in injury or property damage.
Do not allow anything to contact the battery terminals.
►Do not immerse batteries in liquid. Liquid may cre-
ate a short circuit and damage the battery. If bat-
teries are immersed, contact your service center
for proper handling.
►Do not place the battery into a pocket, tool pouch,
or tool box with conductive objects. Conductive ob-
jects may create a short circuit and damage the
battery.
►Do not place a battery on moist ground or grass.
Moisture may create a short circuit and damage the
battery.
►Do not store the battery at more than 122 °F
(50 °C) or less than –4 °F (–20 °C). Damage to the battery can result.
►Do not use another manufacturer’s charger. Other manufacturers’ chargers may
overcharge and damage the battery.
►Do not attempt to open the battery. It contains no user-serviceable parts
►Use this product only in the manner described in this manual. If the equipment is
used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer, the protection provided by the
equipment may be impaired.
FCC/IC Notifications
The following notifications apply for models DataScout 10G and DataScout 10Gx when
802.11 and/or Bluetooth radio interfaces are installed:
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules and Industry Canada RSS stand-
ards. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Cet appareil est conforme à la partie 15 des normes FCC RSS Règles et Industrie
Canada. Son fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes : ( 1 ) Ce
dispositif ne peut causer des interférences nuisibles , et (2 ) cet appareil doit accepter
toute interférence reçue, y compris les interférences qui peuvent provoquer un
fonctionnement indésirable .

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Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compli-
ance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Les changements ou modifications non expressément approuvés par la partie
responsable de la conformité pourraient annuler l'autorité de l'utilisateur à utiliser
l'équipement .

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Getting Started
Upon receipt of your test set perform a visual inspection, accessories and power sup-
ply. If any item is missing appears damaged please contact your local Greenlee
Communications representative or our customer support team using one of these
methods:
Phone:
Phone: [phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
Mail:
Greenlee Communications
1390 Aspen Way
Vista, CA 92081
Battery Information
The test set can be powered from its internal rechargeable battery pack or from the
provided universal 100-240VAC wall mount charger. Battery life will depend on the
active test interface selection but on average a single test interface supports approxi-
mately 6-8 hours of continuous operation. Multiple test interface selections will de-
crease the battery life by approx. 30% per interface. The Ethernet 10G interfaces con-
sume the most power and thus you should expect typically around 2-3 hours of testing
on batteries when using this interface.
Before using the test set for the first time you will need to charge the battery for approx-
imately 8 hours to achieve a full charge. A yellow graphic battery charge icon located
to the left of the display indicates the batteries are charging. This indicator is independ-
ent of the power state (On/Off) of the test set. The ON/OFF power button is located on
the upper left above the display.
Calibration
The test set uses state-of-the-art components with high precision allowing longer than
typical recommended calibration periods (3 years vs. 1 year compared to competitive
models). To guarantee calibration is performed properly and within specifications the
calibration must be performed at authorized Greenlee Communications service centers
only.

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Warranty
Warranty
The test set is warranted for a period of at least one year from the date of shipment
against defects in material and workmanship. This warranty applies to the original
equipment purchaser and is non-transferable without express written authorization.
Warranty is void if:
1) The warranty sticker has been tampered with or removed - indicating unauthorized
access
2) The equipment has been altered
3) The equipment has not been serviced by a Greenlee Communications authorized
service and repair center
4) The equipment is installed or operated in any manner other than those specifically
described in the instructions and operating literature.
No other warranty is expressed or implied.

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Buttons & Icons
User Interface
Power on/off
To power ON the test set, press and hold the power button for two seconds or until
the green power indicator lights. Once powered on, the unit takes less than 25 se-
conds to display the home screen.
To Power OFF press and hold the power button for four seconds or until the green
power indicator turns off. Note that the yellow charge Icon may or may not be lit de-
pending on the state of the battery and if the AC charger is plugged into the unit.
Touch screen
Unlike your smart phone which may utilize capacitive touch screen technology, the
DataScout 10G uses industrial grades resistive touch technology. Resistive touch
screens require pressing or sliding your finger in a deliberate medium force action
when interacting with the touch screen. If you slide or press lightly like you would a
smart phone the unit may not respond. This is a design feature and not a limitation.
Additionally, advanced touch screen features such as pinch, flick and zoom are not
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User Interface
Unlocking the screen
Slide the unlock button from bottom to top to unlock the unit. You are now at the
home screen. Press a test Icon for the particular tests you would like to perform or use
your finger and slide from left to right or right to left to view additional screens.
User Settings
To adjust various user settings such as LCD brightness or data and time press the all
applications menu icon located middle right of LCD followed by the settings icon.
Alternately from the home screen you can also press the menu icon followed by set-
tings.
Using your finger or a stylus scroll down to the setting you wish to change then press
the setting. The only settings recommend for changing is the Display and Date & Time
located at the bottom of the menu.
Important: Do not use the reset or default option available in the settings menu.
All user settings and test applications will be deleted which will require a return
to the factory for reload.
Navigation Buttons
From left to right the navigations buttons are BACK, HOME, MENU, and POWER.
BACK will take you to the previous screen. Press and hold to view recently ac-
cessed apps.
HOME quickly returns you to the home screen from whatever application or screen
you are in. This is the screen with the test applications. Press and hold to view re-
cent accessed apps
MENU when on the home screen displays a menu for changing wallpaper, search,
and other settings. Within a test application pressing the menu button enables and
disables test options. Additionally pressing and holding the menu button in a test appli-
cation displays the keyboard. Press and hold the menu button to close the keyboard.
POWER turns on/off the test set. Press and hold two seconds to turn on or press
and hold for four seconds to turn off.