OneExpert CATV Software Release Notes

ONX-610 / ONX-620 / ONX-630

Version 3.6.9
Oct 4, 2017
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Table of Contents
OneExpert CATV Software Release Notes ..................................................................................................... 1
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 2
Release Management ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Significant Feature Enhancements added in 3.6.9 ........................................................................................... 4
Significant Bugs Fixed in 3.6.9: ...................................................................................................................... 6
Known Limitations .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Channel Plan Build Limitations ............................................................................................................ 8
Quick Check Expert ................................................................................................................................ 8
Mobile Sync App Support ....................................................................................................................... 8
Other Items....................................................................................................................................................... 8
Options ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
SW Option Descriptions .......................................................................................................................... 9
HW Option Descriptions ....................................................................................................................... 11
Upgrade Management for Releases 1.0 and 2.1 ............................................................................................ 12
Caution against Downgrade ........................................................................................................................... 12
Contact Information ....................................................................................................................................... 13

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Release Management
This beta release is currently available in the StrataSync stage server. This release applies to all
OneExpert CATV DOCSIS 3.0 and DOCSIS 3.1 meters. This release primarily adds new
features, Quick Check Expert, Home TDR and support for the new Mobile Sync App. These new
features are generally intended to support both network maintenance technicians and home
installers. This release also has additional new features and bug fixes that improve the general
user experience. It is ok to upgrade to this release from any previous released version. There is
no need to upgrade to an interim release version as part of the upgrade.

Main Package Version: 3.6.9

Original Build File Name: ONXCBL.003.006.009.oxu
MD5 sum: 19409dcd3fb55700a48c23241c265d91
It currently includes the following sub-package version numbers:
• Base: 4.13.9
• Cable: 3.6.9
• DOCSIS Cable Modem 3385: 1.4.542
• DOCSIS Cable Modem 3390: 1.5.588
• FPGA: 7.8.5

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Significant Feature Enhancements added in 3.6.9

The following feature enhancements have been added since the last official release (3.4.17) and
are included in this firmware:

• CATV Settings
o Added Ingress Span High frequency configuration item to Ingress Measurement
Settings. This setting for the span will apply to Ingress Scan, Ingress Expert and
OneCheck applications.

• OneCheck
o Ingress Scan trace now has both Max Hold and Average traces plotted on the
graph.
o dB/div selection and auto-reference have been added to Channel View widget.
The setting will also be used in StrataSync reports.

• Channel Check/Expert
o dB/div selection has been added to Channel View widget. The setting will also be
used in StrataSync reports.

• DOCSIS Check/Expert
o dB/div selection has been added to Channel View widget. The setting will also be
used in StrataSync reports.

• Spectrum
o Measurement time as been improved significantly for some versions of hardware.
o Updated the spectrum measurement to be able to run below the diplexer cutoff
frequency depending on the selected diplexer.

• Quick Check
o Added dB/div selection and auto-reference to Channel View widget SK2 Display
button.
o Updated the forward carrier configuration to allow the user to configure carriers
below the diplexer cutoff frequency depending on the selected diplexer.

• TDR – new feature, beta ready

o Drop check mode of operation
o Cable Length mode of operation
o Home TDR mode of operation

• Forward Sweep
o Added bandwidth selection (6 or 8 MHz) to Configure -> Sweep Config to allow
for accurately measuring SC QAM digital carriers in forward alignment.
o Updated the forward alignment carrier configuration to allow the user to configure
carriers below the diplexer cutoff frequency depending on the selected diplexer.

• RSG Loopback
o Added dB/div selection

• Quick Check Expert – beta ready

o Quick Check mode of operation

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o Full Scan mode of operation

• Full Sweep Coax – SmartID

o Added locate IDs and Coax Check apps for SmartID tests in the MoCA band

• Mobile Sync – new feature, beta ready (Contact your SSO or Marketing representative to
obtain an install app for your iOS or Android device)
o Sync meter info via mobile device to StrataSync
o Sync meter test data via mobile device to StrataSync
o Sync meter config data via mobile device to StrataSync
o Connect to meter via Bluetooth on iOS
o Connect to meter via Bluetooth on Android

• ISDB-T Expert
o File Save and sync to StrataSync is now supported.

• Misc. Items
o Improved app launch time by up to 0.3 - 3 seconds depending on the app.
o Channel Plan build has been improved to more accurately identify Analog and
CW channels.
o Giteki mark and Japanese WiFi certification data are now not available in File
Browser -> documents -> Japan_Giteki_mark.pdf
o WiFi upgrade files are now available for fixing WiFi region and country codes.
Contact TAC or your SSO if you need to change your WiFi region and country
codes.
o Added System Settings -> Home Screen configuration that allows you to hide
categories on the home screen.
o Added support for Switzerland country code in System Settings -> International
Settings.
o Incompatible Channel Plan warning has been removed.
o WiFi Advisor support has been updated to support channel wizard.

New features may be protected by the new options. Please contact your marketing, sales or
engineering representative to coordinate the deployment of these new options to your meter.

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Significant Bugs Fixed in 3.6.9:

The following bugs have been fixed since the last official release (3.4.17) and are included in this
firmware:
• CATV Settings
o Fixed a bug that prevented restore defaults from working on all configuration
items.

• OneCheck
o Session Expert Ingress Scan horizontal axis now correctly draws to the correct
max frequency based on the Ingress Span configuration.
o OneCheck reports now differentiate between Downstream measurement section
and DOCSIS Downstream measurement section.
o Upstream and Downstream Throughput URLs are displayed when running a
Throughput test.
o Ingress Scan graph y-axis minimum has been updated so that Ingress Scan plots
are visible in the graph.
o Fixed a bug that caused 7 MHz wide PAL channel audio 2 to be flagged as off-
air-ingress.

• Channel Check/Expert
o Fixed a bug that caused ICFR calculation to be wrong on SC QAM channels due
to internal filter band roll-off at channel edges.
o C/N measurement on NTSC/PAL Channels accuracy has been improved to meet
spec.

• DOCSIS Check/Expert
o Throughput bug associated with *.tif file has been fixed.
o Upstream and Downstream Throughput URLs are now displayed when running a
Throughput test.
o Fixed a bug that caused packet loss to stay at 0% when the RF cable was
detached.

• Quick Check
o Fixed a bug that caused bad levels to be reported if signal was attached during
AGC process.

• Ingress Expert
o Fixed a bug that caused SNR to be reported incorrectly if Ingress Span
configuration was set to 204 MHz.

• Reverse Sweep
o Fixed a bug that caused ONX to have difficulty logging in while sweeping in noisy
environments (noise floor leading into SDA5500 or SDA5510 is greater than -20
dBmV)
o Fixed a bug that caused reverse alignment deltas to be incorrect if user selected
units are dBuV or dBm.

• RSG Loopback
o Fixed a bug that prevented normalization from ever working on some meters.

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o Fixed a bug that caused DOCSIS upstream transmit to fail after running RSG
Loopback TX, Loopback or Normalization.

• StrataSync
o Last Sync Time is now displayed when entering the mode.
o Last Sync Time is now displayed correctly if System Settings Date/Time DST
check box is enabled.

• Misc. Bug Fixes

o Bug that caused NCTA channel 15 (and others) to be duplicated and/or
mislabeled has been fixed.
o Bug that caused all OFDM channels to be named “OFDM” instead of OFDM
followed by a number has been fixed.
o Erroneous warning about meter being over temperature and near automatic
shutdown has been removed.
o Fixed a bug that could cause AGC to be constantly active in Spectrum and Quick
Check modes at certain levels.
o Ability to set date and time has been disabled if NTP is enabled.

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Known Limitations

Channel Plan Build Limitations

• Digital Channels with bandwidth less than 6 MHz are not detected.
• DAB+ channels are not detected.

Quick Check Expert

• File save of full scan files to a different or new work order ID is not supported. File save to
the existing work order is supported.

Mobile Sync App Support

• This application is in beta.

Other Items
• This is an official release. Please report all issues to TAC or your sales/customer
representative.
• New functionality is protected by the various new options. Please contact your marketing,
or sales representative to coordinate the deployment of these new options to your meter.

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Options
Options will typically be deployed to a meter at manufacturing, but we also have the ability to
deploy options after manufacturing from StrataSync. Please contact your sales support
representative for assistance with option deployment.

SW Option Descriptions

The ONX currently supports the following software options:

1. ONX-610 – identifies the meter as an ONX-610 (available only at manufacturing)
o Enables 16x4 DOCSIS
o Enables lower triplexer selection only.
2. ONX-620 – identifies the meter as an ONX-620 (available only at manufacturing)
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ ONX BLUETOOTH SW OPT
§ ONX MOBILE SW OPT
§ ONX DOCSIS 32x8 BONDING
o Enables multiple triplexer frequency selections, low, high or AUTO depending on
HW variant.
3. ONX-630 – identifies the meter as a sweep capable ONX-630 (available only at
manufacturing)
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ VoIP
§ IPX PACKAGE
§ TSX PACKAGE
§ NTX PACKAGE
§ ONX BLUETOOTH SW OPT
§ ONX MOBILE SW OPT
§ ONX DOCSIS 32x8 BONDING
§ ONX DOCSIS 3.1 OFDM
§ INGRESS EXPERT
§ RSG LOOPBACK
o Enables multiple triplexer frequency selections, low, high or AUTO depending on
HW variant.
4. ONX BLUETOOTH SW OPT – enables Bluetooth communication. This allows Bluetooth
pairing with an iPad for remote UI viewing and also for Bluetooth enabled SmartIDs.
5. ONX MOBILE SW OPT – enables remote communication with an iPad or other mobile
devices that are running our ONX-CATV application for remote interface viewing.
6. VOIP MOS – enables the MOS section of testing for VoIP tests in Ethernet test mode.
7. ONX IP VIDEO SW OPT – enables IP Video tests from within the Ethernet test
application.
8. ONX TRUESPEED SW OPT – enables TrueSpeed testing from within the Ethernet test
application.
9. VoIP – enables VoIP tests from within the Ethernet Test app.
10. IPX PACKAGE – enables service layer tests over DOCSIS. This includes Throughput,
Packet Quality, Ping and Trace Route.
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ VoIP
11. TSX PACKAGE – enables all IPX-Package capabilities plus advanced RF
troubleshooting measurements. For a complete list, please reference marketing material.
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ VoIP

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§ IPX PACKAGE
12. ONX DOCSIS 32x8 BONDING – enables up to 32x8 bonding in DOCSIS, excluding
OFDM channels.
13. ONX DOCSIS 3.1 OFDM – enables DOCSIS 3.1 OFDM testing and connection
capabilities.
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ ONX DOCSIS 32x8 BONDING
14. ONX FORWARD SWEEP – enables forward sweep testing on sweep hardware capable
meters (ONX-630)
15. ONX REVERSE SWEEP – enables reverse sweep testing on sweep hardware capable
meters (ONX-630)
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ REVERSE ALIGNMENT
16. ONX MoCA – enables MoCA testing on MoCA hardware capable meters (reserved for
future software capabilities).
17. NTX PACKAGE – enables network expert test modes (e.g. Channel Expert) in the CATV
Network application group.
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ VoIP
§ IPX PACKAGE
§ TSX PACKAGE
§ INGRESS EXPERT
§ RSG LOOPBACK
18. SWX PACKAGE – enables all sweep test modes (e.g. Forward Sweep) in the CATV
Network application group on sweep hardware capable.
o When deployed, this option also enables the following SW options:
§ VoIP
§ IPX PACKAGE
§ TSX PACKAGE
§ NTX PACKAGE
§ ONX FORWARD SWEEP
§ ONX REVERSE SWEEP
§ SWEEPLESS SWEEP
§ REVERSE ALIGNMENT
§ INGRESS EXPERT
§ RSG LOOPBACK
19. SWEEPLESS SWEEP – enables sweepless sweep mode.
20. REVERSE ALIGNMENT – enables reverse alignment on sweep hardware capable
meters (ONX-630).
21. INGRESS EXPERT– enables Ingress Expert.
22. RSG LOOPBACK – enables RSG Loopback App (Return Signal Generator with TX, RX
and Loopback capabilities)
23. ONX DOCSIS – enables all DOCSIS functionality on the meter. This option is displayed
only if it is not enabled.
24. RSG TX – enables RSG TX App (Return Signal Generator with TX only mode of
operation).
25. HOME TDR – enables the TDR App in the CATV application group.

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HW Option Descriptions

The ONX currently reports the following HW options to StrataSync. Hardware options are used to
help identify the hardware capabilities of the ONX.

1. DOCSIS 3.0 HW capable – this option identifies that the ONX has the hardware
necessary to accomplish a DOCSIS 3.0 connection. ONX that report this option do not
have the hardware necessary to perform a DOCSIS 3.1 OFDM connection.
2. DOCSIS 3.1 HW capable – this option identifies that the ONX has the hardware
necessary to perform a DOCSIS 3.1 OFDM connection.
3. Low Diplexer – this option specifies the low triplexer frequency range (e.g. 42 – 1002
MHz.)
4. High Diplexer – this option specifies the high triplexer frequency range (e.g. 85 – 1002
MHz).
5. INGRESS SCAN RANGE 4-110 MHz – This option specifies that the port 2 ingress scan
has the range 4 – 110 MHz
6. INGRESS SCAN RANGE 4-204 MHz – This option specifies that the port 2 ingress scan
has the range 4 – 204 MHz.
7. Sweep Capable – This option identifies that the ONX has the hardware necessary to
perform forward and reverse sweep measurements.
8. DOCSIS 3.0 Euro BPI+ Certs – This option indicates that DOCSIS 3.0 Euro BPI+ Certs
have been successfully deployed to the ONX.
9. MoCA 2.0 Bonding Capability – This option indicates that the ONX has the hardware
necessary to perform MoCA 2.0 bonding.
10. MoCA 2.0 Capability – This option indicates that the ONX has the hardware necessary
to perform MoCA 2.0 (bonding not supported).
11. WiFi Country – This option reports the two letter WiFi country code that the meter is
currently configured to use.
12. WiFi Region – This option reports the configured WiFi region (FCC/IC or ETSI).
13. Port 2 Clamping – This option indicates the presence of a clamping diode on port 2.

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Upgrade Management for Releases 1.0 and 2.1

Please use the following procedure when updating the firmware on your OneExpert CATV if it is
running any version prior to 2.0.655. This procedure can be used for newer releases also.

1. On the OneExpert CATV meter:

a. Power on your meter, connect it to power and/or make sure it has greater than 50%
battery.
b. Open the Network application that is under the System group at the bottom of the
page.
i. Do not open the Ethernet application. If you do, please reboot and start over.
(1.0.0 and 1.0.1 only)
c. Verify that you have a valid IP address. You may have to press the "Ethernet" button
(soft key 2) at the bottom of the screen to enable the network connection.
i. If your IP address starts with 192.168.0.*, you may have difficulties with
downloading the file. We recommend either of the following:
1. Reconfigure the modem/router to use anything but 192.168.0.*
2. Perform upgrade via USB with no cable attached to either Ethernet
port. If you perform the upgrade via USB, be sure to cancel the
upgrade in StrataSync or it will attempt to upgrade your meter again
on next sync.
d. Once you have a valid IP address, press the home button.
2. On StrataSync:
a. Deploy the desired SW update to your meter from StrataSync.
3. On the OneExpert CATV:
a. Open the StrataSync application that is under the System group at the bottom of the
page.
b. Start a Sync, the meter should prompt you to "Click OK to accept the update", accept
the update and allow the meter to upgrade.
i. If the meter does not prompt you to “Click OK to accept the upgrade”,
redeploy the upgrade from StrataSync and Sync again.
c. The ONX will automatically power off when the upgrade completes successfully.

Caution against Downgrade

The OneExpert CATV applications will not work if you downgrade from this release to any version
prior to 2.2.86. Appropriate use of StrataSync generally prevents downgrading the meter. If you
downgrade the OneExpert CATV and it doesn’t work as desired, please upgrade it back to this
release or later to restore normal operation. We recommend that you not downgrade your
OneExpert CATV.

If your meter has the DOCSIS 3.1 HW capable and the Port 2 Clamping hardware options, then
attempts to downgrade to versions to earlier than 3.4.8 or 3.4.11 will probably fail. Your meter will
be unusable until you re-upgrade to this release or newer. It will likely require two attempts to
successfully upgrade your meter back to this release should you decide to disregard this warning.

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Contact Information
For help, please consult the User’s Guide or contact Viavi Support

USA +1-844-GO-VIAVI or +1-844-468-4284

Outside the US +1-855-275-5378
Email CATVSupport@viavisolutions.com
Company Website www.viavisolutions.com
Support Website www.viavisolutions.com/support

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