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TTC T-Berd 310 Communications Analyzer 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:16:20 PM

The Acterna T-BERD 310 Communications Analyzer - the industry’s landmark for optical test equipment - stands alone in its legacy ofpro viding reliable, high-quality test results in the central office, mobile telephone switching office, laboratory, and manufacturing plant. Approved by more service providers than any other SONET tester, this all-in-one optical test instrument is the model of flexibility, testing power, and accuracy.

The T-BERD 310 can be ordered with all testing options: ATM, SONET, DS3, DS1/DS0 or it can be configured to meet specific network testing requirements. Then, as technology and networks change, T-BERD 310 customers can quickly upgrade their test instrument by ordering additional functionality that meets new test requirements. In addition, these options can by installed in the field without affecting any of the T-BERD 310’s existing features. For example, ifa customer uses the T-BERD 310 to verify DS3 circuits now, ATM, SONET, ORL, and DS1/DS0 test options can be added as needed, protecting past, present, and future investment.

Features

  • SONET, DWDM, optical media testing, ATM, DS3 and DS1/DS0 testing power in one package
  • Advanced error insertion
  • Complete pulse shape analysis
  • Jitter measurements

 

TDM: Time Division Multiplex and Multiplexer 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4:59:02 PM

Time Division Multiplex (TDM) is a technique of transmitting multiple digitized data, voice, and video signals simultaneously over one communication media by interleaving pulses representing bits from different channels or time slots. The basic channel bandwidth in the telecommunication is DS0, which channel width of 64kbps.

The Public-Switched Telephony Network (PSTN) is based on the TDM technologies and often called a TDM access network. Telephony switches support TDM in a few formats: DS0, T1/E1 TDM and BRI TDM. E1 TDM provides a 2.048Mbps communications link divided into 32 time slots of 64kbps each. T1 TDM provides a 1.544Mbps communication link divided into 24 time slots of 64kbps each and an 8kbps channel for synchronisation and maintenance. E1 and T1 TDM were first used by telephone companies for the transport of digitised voice, but since there is no difference between digitized voice and other kinds of data E1 and T1 TDM are now also used for wide area network links. BRI TDM support is provided by a switch Basic Rate Interface which can be used for Basic Rate ISDN and as a data channel for one or more static PPP links. The Basic Rate Interface has 2 time slots of 64kbps. TDMA is also used in the cellular network for mobile wireless communications.

Time Division Multiplexer is a device using the TDM techniques to combine several slower speed data streams into a single high speed data stream. Data from multiple sources is broken into portions (bits or bit groups) and these portions are transmitted in a defined sequence. Each of the input data streams then becomes a time slice in the output stream. The transmission order must be maintained so that the input streams can be reassembled at the destination. Typically, the same device can also perform the reverse process with the same TDM techniques: de-compose the high speed data streams into multiple low speed data stream, a process call de-multiplexing. Therefore, it is very often a Time Division Multiplexer and Demultiplexer are in the same box.

ExamDiff 

Saturday, September 26, 2009 6:06:28 PM

ExamDiff is a freeware Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista tool for visual file comparison. It is quick and very simple to use, and has a number of convenient features that many users have been asking for a long time from a file comparison tool.

ExamDiff is a part of a suite of products that includes FtpVC, an FTP-based Version Control System that allows joint software development remotely over the Internet.

The current released version is 1.8 (April 25, 2008). Version 1.8 introduces an Autopick feature to remember matching file pairs, Windows Vista support, and other additions.

  • There is no need to specify both filenames: just enter a directory name for one of the files to be compared. ExamDiff will try to use an entered filename with a specified directory name.
  • Remembers a user-specified number of last compared first and second files. This allows quick selection of the two files the user wishes to compare.
  • Autopick feature in Compare dialog that remembers matching file pairs.
  • Automatically detects file changes and prompts the user to re-compare files.
  • One push re-compare function which attempts to leave the viewer's focus in the same place as before the re-compare.
  • Drag and drop support for dropping one or two files into the program's window (e.g. from Windows Explorer).
  • Easy editing of the first and second files. ExamDiff will spawn any editor (configurable by the user) with the first or second file, and line number option (available for editors that support this, through ExamDiff variables: $FILE (first or second file name), $CURFIFF (number of line at which the current difference starts), and $CARET (number of line where the caret is located).
  • Saves the file differences in a standard UNIX DIFF file.
  • Easy navigation through the differences via "Previous Difference"/ "Current difference"/ "Next Difference" buttons and hot keys or via a drop-down list box of all the differences
  • Allows the copying of text from the comparison panes via drag and drop, a hot key, or a right button pop up.
  • Simple "Search" command to search for strings in the comparison panes. It also remembers a user specified number of most recent searches.
  • Customizable text and background colors, font, tab size, and "Show Differences Only" option as well as options to "Ignore white spaces in lines", "Ignore changes in amount of white spaces in lines", "Ignore case",  "Treat files as text files", "Ignore leading white space in lines" and "Ignore trailing white space in lines" for comparison.
  • Fully customizable file extension filter. For example, the user can choose only .c and .cpp files or any other files  he/she chooses to be displayed.
  • Tooltips which include file properties (when the mouse cursor is placed over the pane title bars), difference number (when the cursor is over the yellow triangle marking the current difference), and etc.
  • Adjustable pane splitter with smooth synchronized scrolling. Allows easy toggling between horizontal and vertical splitter orientation as well as splitter centering and panes hiding.
  • Using Software Explorer 

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:58:49 PM
    Using Software Explorer
    You can also investigate and disable startup programs using Windows Defender’s Software Explorer. Click the Start button, type Defender in the Start Search box and press [Enter]. When you see the Windows Defender Home page, click the Tools link on the menu. Once you see the Tools and Settings page you’ll find the Software Explorer link in the second column under the Tools heading. Once you click that link, you’ll see the Software Explorer.

    As you can see, the Startup Programs category contains a list of programs and provides a detailed description of the currently selected program. To disable any program, you first click on the Show For All Users button and deal appropriately with the UAC that pops up. Once you do, you’ll see that the Remove and Disable buttons are activated. You can then click the Disable button, which will display a confirmation dialog box. To remove a program from memory and reclaim the RAM, you’ll need to restart your system.

    When the system restarts, you’ll receive a pop-up message in the notification area that tells you that Vista is currently blocking some startup programs. This warning will display only momentarily, but serves as a reminder that you have disabled some startup programs each time the system is restarted.

    Using System Configuration 

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:57:28 PM
    Using System Configuration
     
    You can investigate and disable startup programs using System Configuration. Open the Control Panel, click the System and Maintenance category, click the Administrative Tools subcategory, and then click the System Configuration icon. When you do, you’ll encounter a UAC and will need to respond accordingly.When the System Configuration dialog box appears, select the Startup tab, as shown in Figure C. As you can see, the Startup tab provides a straightforward listing of the programs that automatically start up on your system. You can disable a startup program by clearing the adjacent text box. As you can see, the Startup tab makes it easy to keep track of those programs that you have disabled by recording the date and time they were disabled. When you click OK, you’ll be prompted to restart the system to activate your changes.

    Using Reliability and Performance Monitor 

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:56:33 PM

    Using Reliability and Performance Monitor

    You can also investigate startup programs using the Reliability and Performance Monitor. Open the Control Panel, click the System and Maintenance category, and then click the Performance Information and Tools subcategory. Then under the Tasks panel, select the Advanced Tools and click the Generate a System Health Report icon. When you do, you’ll encounter a UAC and will need to respond accordingly.

    When the Reliability and Performance Monitor window opens, the utility will begin compiling its report, which will take about 2-3 minutes. Once the report is compiled, expand the Software Configuration section and scroll down to the Startup Programs section

    Using Clip 

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:53:23 PM
    If you need to copy output from a command and paste it into a Windows program, such as Notepad, while working at the command prompt, chances are you’ll try to use the Mark and Copy commands on the command prompt’s Edit menu. A better way to get information from a command prompt and onto the Clipboard is the Clip.exe command line tool.
    Clip.exe comes with Windows Server 2003, but it also works in Windows XP Professional. Simply copy Clip.exe from the Windows\System32 directory on a Windows Server 2003 system, and then paste it into the Windows\System32 directory on a Windows XP system. (If you don’t have access to Windows Server 2003, you can download a copy of Clip.exe from Daniel Petri’s IT Knowledgebase site.)
     
    Once you have a copy of Clip.exe on your Windows XP system, using it is as easy as appending the pipe and the clip command (| clip) to the end of your command line. For example, you can use this command to copy the directory listing to the clipboard (Dir | clip), or you can use it to collect, copy, and paste the results of the Ipconfig command (Ipconfig /all | clip).
    Note: This tip applies only to Windows XP Professional

    Using WMIC 

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:48:32 PM
    Using WMIC
    You can investigate startup programs using a specially configured WMIC (Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line) command. WMIC is built into the Windows operating system and allows you to tap into a wide variety of application systems, hardware components, and operating system subsystems.
     
    Using WMIC command, you can easily create a very nice HTML-based report of those programs that automatically start up on your system. You can then print the report to have on hand as you investigate whether you can safely eliminate any of those programs. To create the report, open a Command Prompt window and type the following command:
    wmic startup get /format:hform > startupreport.htm. When you do, the report will be created in a matter of moments. To access the file, just type the following:startupreport.htm
    You’ll then see a report displayed in Internet Explorer

    How to manually remove programs from the Add or Remove Programs tool 

    Friday, March 13, 2009 12:51:02 PM

    The Currently installed programs list in the Add or Remove Programs tool lists all of the Windows-compatible programs that have an uninstall program or feature. Occasionally, a program may not be removed completely, and the registry key that is used to display the program in the Currently installed programs list remains. In this situation, you may need to manually remove the program from the Currently installed programs list in Add or Remove Programs. To do this, follow these steps.

    Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    322756  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
    Click Start, and then click Run.
    In the Open box, type regedt32, and then click OK.
    In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
    In the left pane, click the Uninstall registry key, and then click Export on the File menu.
    In the Export Registry File dialog box that appears, click Desktop in the Save in list, type uninstall in the File name box, and then click Save.
    Each key listed under Uninstall in the left pane of Registry Editor represents a program that is displayed in the Currently installed programs list of the Add or Remove Programs tool. To determine which program that each key represents, click the key, and then view the following values in the details pane on the right:
    DisplayName: The value data for the DisplayName key is the name that is listed in Add or Remove Programs.

    -and-

    UninstallString: The value data for the UninstallString key is the program that is used to uninstall the program.
    After you identify the registry key that represents the program that you removed but which is still displayed in the Currently installed programs list of Add or Remove Programs, right-click the key in the left pane of the Registry Editor window, and then click Delete.

    Click Yes in response to the "Are you sure you want to delete this key and all of its subkeys?" message.
    On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.
    Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

    In the Currently installed programs list, verify that the program whose registry key you deleted is no longer listed.
    Do one of the following:
    If the program list is not correct in Add or Remove Programs, double-click the Uninstall.reg file that you saved to your desktop in step 5 to restore the original list of programs in the registry.

    -or-
    If the program list is correct in Add or Remove Programs, right-click the Uninstall.reg file on your desktop, and then click Delete.

    Robocopy 

    Friday, February 20, 2009 3:06:19 PM

    Copy all files with a date before 01/01/2009
    robocopy *.* t:\recordings f:\final_before /COPYALL /S /LOG+:filem1.txt /MOVE /MINAGE:20090101

    Copy all files with a date after 12/31/2008
    robocopy *.* t:\recordings f:\final_after /COPYALL /S /LOG+:filem2.txt /MOVE /MAXAGE:20081231

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