Today we delivered the first fully automated test station for testing MOST150 Pigtail products. All necessary components have been developed for testing by MCD. These are specially developed (master + slave) transmitter and receiver modules with MOST150 protocol and diagnosis of all relevant parameters such as hardware bus lock, error and status pins, and query of the error frames. The modules are connected to the PC via USB and can be configured and operated as a tool in the test software TestManager CE.
Two pigtails are simultaneously tested for the following functions:
- Transmitting and receiving optical power
- Closing of the Most-rings
- Testing for bus lock and reading of error frames
- Transmission of the complete MOST150 Framing Protocol
- Testing the transmission for activation of the-3dB reduction in the DUT
- Possibility for adjustment of the optical fiber ring using optical power meter, variable attenuators and offset compensation
Components:
- Automatic PLC controlled module for handling of the DUT
- Industrial PC with test software TestManager CE and an additional tool for communication with the PLC (via control unit MIO1616) and the master and slave MOST150
- An optical ring contains 1 master (transmitter), a slave (receiver) with DUT (pigtail) and a light power meter
For more information, visit the project page.
