IDEAL INDUSTRIES NaviTEK II, User Manual

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Page 3: ...9 Getting started 10 Modes of Operation 10 Cable 10 Ethernet 10 Ports 11 Setup 12 Setup menu descriptions 13 Supported SFP Transceivers 16 Tests General 17 Tests menu description Cable mode 18 Wiremap 18 Tone 21 Auto test 21 Tests menu description Ethernet mode 22 Blink 22 Loop 22 Netscan 22 Ping4 and Ping6 23 TRoute4 and TRoute6 23 802 1x Certificates 24 Statistics 25 Stats menu description 25 Jo...

Page 4: ...mplete unit in accordance with local environmental regulations When using NaviTEK II always take basic safety precautions to reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury to persons These include the following When connecting to the line special care must be taken as high voltages may be present on the line and there may be a danger of electrocution Avoid using the tester during an electrical ...

Page 5: ... its life contact your local IDEAL representative for service Power Module Recharging The power module can be fully recharged in three hours with the NaviTEK II switched ON or OFF To recharge the power module connect the supplied power adaptor to the DC inlet For convenience the power module may be removed from or left attached to the tester for charging The Power LED next to the DC inlet glows gr...

Page 6: ...remains ON indefinitely or set to switch the tester OFF after three 10 or 30 minutes of inactivity The backlight can be set to Always On or to dim to 50 brightness after three minutes of inactivity Note that when mains power is connected the display is always on full brightness and the tester remains ON indefinitely Master Reset In the unlikely event of a system lock up which prevents the tester f...

Page 7: ...tool Install the new insert to the socket using your fingers The NaviTEK II range offers three models The available functions are listed below The information throughout this publication details the functions available to NaviTEK II PRO Please check this table to confirm the functionality of your tester LAN testing over copper IPv4 IPv6 Advanced Wiremap PoE detection Tone Generator Ping test Trace...

Page 8: ...5 link LED 11 Cursor and ENTER keys 4 1 Optical port SFP 12 ON OFF button 5 1 Optical activity LED 13 2 Power module 6 1 Optical link LED 14 2 Charger LED 7 USB port 15 2 DC in connector 8 LCD color display 16 Autotest button 1 Fig 3 items 4 5 6 NaviTEK II PRO only 2 Fig 3 item 13 shows optional power module w w w v e m c o p l ...

Page 9: ...as a customer s name or a URL a QWERTY keyboard will be shown on the display Fig 5 All data is entered using the QWERTY keyboard Move the key that is highlighted on the keyboard using the tester s cursor keys ENTER selects the currently highlighted key which will now appear in the text window directly above the keyboard Key stroke errors are corrected using the backspace key Press the UP cursor ke...

Page 10: ...an active remote is connected it will be shown on screen and its identification number displayed For a full description of these options see Tests menu description Cable mode Fig 6 Ethernet Fig 7 When the tester is connected to a network device using either copper or fiber cable press the soft key DETECT F1 to display all options available from the Ethernet mode screen Fig 7 For a full description...

Page 11: ...work when it is switched ON it will automatically enter Cable mode and run a Wiremap test If the NaviTEK II is connected to an active network after it is switched ON press the soft key DETECT F1 to detect the network From the home screen press the soft key PORTS F2 highlight the required port and press ENTER Fig 8 Tick the check box to always see this screen at startup Testing over fiber is availa...

Page 12: ...efined settings and preferences of the NaviTEK II are set from the SETUP menu A map of the SETUP menu is shown at Fig 9 and a description of the available settings and preferences is found on pages 13 to 16 Fig 9 PLUS PRO Only PRO Only w w w v e m c o p l ...

Page 13: ...selected language Sets the power saving options the preferred units of length and the date and time formats Export or import setup information to from a USB stick Use this function when you wish to copy setup information from one tester to another Sets the current date and time Note that the date and time are recorded against test results and will appear on exported reports The internal clock is a...

Page 14: ...s stored in the v4 TARGET look up table or edit the currently displayed URL Maximum number of hops 2 to 100 Timeout Abort timeout for any hop 2 to 30 secs Use a short timeout to reduce test time or a long timeout to reach remote internet locations Protocol ICMP or UDP as required by your network Select Name Lookup if supported by your network If not required de select Name Lookup to reduce test ti...

Page 15: ...ime the NaviTEK II s Autotest button is pressed Select from Wiremap Ping4 Ping6 TRoute4 TRoute6 and Netscan Select this option to enter up to 10 IPv4 targets in a look up table The targets you save here can be quickly selected when running Ping4 and TRoute4 tests Select this option to enter up to 10 IPv6 targets in a look up table The targets you save here can be quickly selected when running Ping...

Page 16: ...abled the tester will not be able to connect to any network which uses 802 1x security With 802 1x enabled the tester will not be able to connect to any network which does not use 802 1x security Select the EAP method to suit your network configuration Extensible Authentication Protocol is an authentication framework It can provide 802 1x authentication by a number of different methods NaviTEK II ...

Page 17: ...low the clock in the information bar Indicates test has not been run and that the tester is ready Indicates test is in progress This symbol is also displayed while the tester is detecting a port Will be displayed if the test is aborted or when a test has been run and a fault detected or a network is unknown or unreachable Indicates a test has been run with no faults detected When a test is complet...

Page 18: ... will be run on the cable currently connected to the tester s RJ45 port The settings used for the test will be those that have been preset via the setup menu SETUP TESTS WIRETEST WIREMAP After the test has been run the display will show a graphical interpretation of the result Fig 15 and an indication of the distance to the fault or the length of the cable In addition a FAULT icon and a SAVE soft ...

Page 19: ...Fig 18 Fig 17 Fig 18 The wiremap tests may be run with no termination open or with an Active Remote termination When connected an image of an Active Remote will be shown on the display and its type identified After a test has been run the length of the cable is displayed range up to 100m 330ft With an open termination the possible faults detected are Fig 19 Open circuit by pair Fig 20 Short circui...

Page 20: ...mote shorts As with the result of the Crossover fault shown in Fig 15 and Fig 16 all wiremap test results are displayed as a graphic that includes the FAULT icon When the icon is selected the faults are presented as a list The indications that follow appear on the Active Remote device Flashing green LED Test Passed Flashing red LED Test Failed Amber LED DC voltage greater than 12 Volts detected ca...

Page 21: ...ayed on Press the soft key APPLY F2 for your changes to take effect Auto test NaviTEK II can be set up to run a predefined range of tests when the yellow Autotest button on the handset is pressed The range includes Wiremap Ping4 Ping6 TRoute4 TRoute6 and Netscan The range of tests is set from SETUP TESTS AUTOTEST by ticking the check boxes next to your choice Fig 28 Press the soft key APPLY F2 for...

Page 22: ...herefore LED color on supporting devices making it easier to identify the correct port Select the BLINK icon from the Tests screen the test is started and stopped with the soft key F1 which displays as RUN or STOP accordingly Loop Loop is to be used with an Ethernet traffic generator See Tests on page 14 for details of loopback types Netscan Fig 32 Netscan will report the number of IPv4 hosts and ...

Page 23: ...9999 Delay Round trip delay in ms between transmitting Ping and receiving response Displayed as Minimum Average and Maximum Fig 33 TRoute4 and TRoute6 Trace Route will display the route and measure transit delays of frames across an IP network Press the soft key SETUP F3 to enter the target or select one from the v4 or v6 TARGET look up table and to view or amend the test settings Select an indivi...

Page 24: ...RTY keyboard When you have entered the Username Password press OK to return to the 802 1x setup screen The tester s time and date must be correct before 802 1x will work Set the 802 1x field to Enable Select the required EAP Method from the drop down menu in the EAP Method field See Notes 1 to 4 below Scroll to the Certificate field and select the required certificate from the look up table Enter ...

Page 25: ...ows IP The F1 soft key is used to toggle between IPv4 and IPv6 data The IPv4 data listed is Info IP Assigned successfully or Listening or DHCP failed Also listed are IP Address Gateway Subnet Mask Primary Secondary DNS DHCP Server The IPv6 data listed is Info IP Assigned successfully or Listening or DHCP failed Also listed are IP Address Prefix 64 or 128 bit Link Address Gateway Primary Secondary ...

Page 26: ...D 100M HD 100M FD 1000M HD 1000M FD VLAN Detection data listed is Rx The VLAN I Ds of up to eight different VLANs detected in the received traffic Tx The VLAN I Ds of up to eight different VLANs detected in the transmitted traffic Only one level of VLAN is supported Therefore stacked VLANs QinQ cannot be detected Fig 37 802 1x Status data listed is Auth Not Started Auth Started Auth Completed Succ...

Page 27: ...ently active Job is indicated in the information bar shown at the top of the display Every time test results are saved they are saved to a Result which is assigned a sequential number In turn each Result is allocated to the currently active Job The structure in which Jobs Results and test results are stored is shown in Fig 38 Fig 38 Example of Job storage structure When creating a new Job you can ...

Page 28: ... Change the active Job In the example of a Job List screen shown at Fig 39 the active Job is Acme as indicated on the display s information bar To change the active Job scroll to the Job required e g My Job and press the soft key OPTIONS F2 the display will show the Options screen Fig 40 Highlight the ACTIVATE icon and press ENTER Fig 40 Options screen The display will show a dialogue stating MyJo...

Page 29: ...ve Job Amend any details of an existing Job Press the soft key APPLY F2 to save the changes Delete a Job and all its associated Results When DELETE is selected the dialogue Are you sure you want to delete Job will appear ONCE DELETED A JOB CANNOT BE RESTORED Selects the Job to be currently active All test results are saved to the active Job Full details of this function are described on page 28 Wh...

Page 30: ... a USB key into the NaviTEK II USB port From the home screen select the JOBS icon The display will show the Job List screen Highlight the Job required and press ENTER The display shows all Results contained within the Job Highlight the Result you require and press the soft key TO USB F3 The dialogue Result saved to USB appears Test results and statistics are now saved on the USB key and can be vie...

Page 31: ...fer Import export of config Class Host Connector type A USB type 1 1 Power Used for Battery charging Mains powering via adaptor Connector type 2 5mm pin power jack Polarity Centre pin positive Voltage 12v Current 2 amp Location Bottom of optional power module Not present in standard alkaline battery pack Controls ON OFF Push button Used for Power ON OFF Function Keys F1 to F3 Used for Screen defin...

Page 32: ...attery pack RJ45 Link LED Use ON indicates link UP Colour Green RJ45 Activity LED Use Flashing indicates link activity Colour Green Optical Link LED Use ON indicates Optical link UP Colour Green Optical Activity LED Use Flashing indicates Optical link activity Colour Green Ports RJ45 Setup Auto Negotiation Enabled Disabled Speed 10Mbps 100Mbps 1Gbps Mode Full Duplex Half Duplex MDI AUTO MDI MDIX M...

Page 33: ...ht Normal or Low Tests Ethernet Mode Ping4 Ping6 Trace Route4 Trace Route6 Hub Blink Netscan Loopback Auto Ping Trace Route Netscan Cable Mode Wiremap Tone Generator Auto Wiremap Service Detection Detected Services PoE 802 3af at Not Cisco pre standard ISDN S PBX Unknown Optical Supported SFPs The following SFP types are supported Use of other types of SFP is possible but correct operation is not ...

Page 34: ...ize 19 99 MAC Factory set VLAN Enabled Disabled VLAN ID 0 to 4094 VLAN Priority 0 to 7 802 1x Enabled Disabled EAP Method EAP MD5 EAP MSCHAPV2 EAP GTC EAP TLS EAP PEAP MD5 EAP PEAP MSCHAPV2 EAP PEAP GTC EAP PEAP TLS EAP TTLS MD5 EAP TTLS MSCHAPV2 EAP TTL GTC EAP TTLS TLS Username Password Certificate Import password Root CA certificate Tests Optical Tx Power µW using a specified SFP Rx Power µW us...

Page 35: ... Open circuit by pair Short circuit by pin Length of pair Metres Feet Set in System Setup Range 100m 330ft Tests Active Remote Termination I D Remote Indications on Remote Voltage Warning 10volts on any pins Pass Fail Faults Open circuit by pin Short circuit by pin Crossed pairs Split pairs Bridged shorts Remote shorts Length of pair Metres Feet Set in System Setup Range 100m 330ft Tone Generator ...

Page 36: ...merical 128bit HEX IP address Network Prefix 64 bit 128 bit Pingv4 Setup Target Numerical address URL Store up to 10 Count 1 to 999999 Pause 1 to 5 Sec Length 8 to 1000 bytes Results Info READY IN PROGRESS PASSED NO RESPONSE UNKNOWN HOST Tx Count 1 to 999999 Rx Count 1 to 999999 Delay ms Minimum Average Maximum Pingv6 Setup Target IPv6 address URL Store up to 10 Count 1 to 999999 Pause 1 to 5 Sec ...

Page 37: ...tev4 Setup Target Numerical address URL Max Hops 2 to 100 Timeout 2 to 30 sec Type ICMP UDP Results Info READY IN PROGRESS PASSED NO RESPONSE UNKNOWN HOST Hop Numerical address Delay ms t1 t2 t3 Trace Routev6 Setup Target Numerical address URL Max Hops 2 to 100 Timeout 2 to 30 sec Type UDP Results Info READY IN PROGRESS PASSED NO RESPONSE UNKNOWN HOST Hop Numerical address Delay ms t1 t2 t3 contin...

Page 38: ...C IP UDP All Traffic Yes No Blink Test Sequence Off 10 Off 100 Off 1000 Mb s RJ 45 Off On Optical Statistics IP Results IPv4 Enabled or Disabled info listening assigned DHCP failed DHCP or Static IPv4 Address IPv4 Netmask IPv4 Gateway IPv4 DNS1 IPv4 DNS2 IPv6 Enabled or Disabled info listening assigned DHCP failed Stateful DHCPv6 or Stateless or Static IPv6 Address IPv6 Network Prefix 64 bit or 12...

Page 39: ...ry LLDP CDP EDP Protocol MAC address Hostname address Port Name Max 10 hosts VLAN Detection 1 Level Tx Rx 802 1x Status Auth Not Started Auth Started Auth Completed Successfully Auth Failed Connected Successfully auth Port Status Unauthorised Authorised EAP Method Used Key Management Used LINK Results PORT PoE Voltage 0 60V PoE Pairs 12 36 or 45 78 Speed Duplex MDI MDIX Signal Level Polarity PARTN...

Page 40: ... 1 min 10 min 60 min Storage Configurations Internal storage Number of configurations 2 Current Factory settings Export Import Port USB Format xml Certificates 802 1x Max number 10 Results Internal storage Max Number of Jobs 5 Max Number of result sets per Job 50 Max total number of result sets 250 Export Port USB Format xml PC Viewer IE compatible browser System Setup Owner Details Name Company A...

Page 41: ...our 24 hour Software update Upgrade Via USB General Date Time Internal Clock Used for Timestamping results Autonomy Up to 1 day with battery removed Power Battery Supported Types Standard power module 4 x AA NiMH cells Alkaline battery pack with 4 AA cells Autonomy Up to 5 hours power module only Recharge time 3 hours Power module only Battery level Indication Full 2 3 1 3 Empty Physical Dimension...

Page 42: ...ued Environmental Temperature Operating 0 C to 40 C Storage 20 C to 70 C Relative Humidity Min 5 Max 90 non condensing Approvals EMC EN 55022 2006 A1 2007 EN55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 Safety IEC 60950 1 2005 A1 2009 EN 60950 1 2006 A1 2010 w w w v e m c o p l ...

Page 43: ...ol used in 802 1x MD5 Message Digest Algorithm MS CHAP v2 Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 GTC Generic Token Card TLS Transport Layer Security PEAP Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol TTLS Tunneled Transport Layered Security ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol IP Internet Protocol IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4 Static IP address assigned manually by the...

Page 44: ...rs NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation of signals in a cable expressed as a percentage of the speed of light in a vacuum Can be determined using cable manufacturers data or experimentally using a known cable length PoE Power over Ethernet QinQ Ethernet frame format that allows multiple VLAN headers to be inserted into a single frame RJ45 Registered Jack standard for a modular connector using 8 con...

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