Albedo ETHER10.GENIUS

Ether10.Genius is a portable IP/Ethernet/PTP/T1/E1 measurement instrument. Thanks to battery power (up to 24 hours of operation on batteries), a lightweight (1.2 kg) and rugged design, the tester is ideally suited for both field and laboratory work. The device enables Ethernet/IP network measurements up to 10 Gb/s, additionally supporting Sync-E/PTP master/slave emulation. The device further features PDH/T1/E1/E0 and IEEE C37.94 interfaces. The device operating modes enable measurement of network quality and performance parameters. Additionally, the tester offers PTP/SyncE emulation and analysis, Freq./Phase measurement, PDV metrics, TIE/MTIE/TDEV and TE analysis/generation. The built-in Rubidium clock delivers accuracy at the nsec level.

SyncE and PTP measurement
Lightweight design, long battery life
Dual SFP/SFP+ ports
Symmetric and asymmetric RFC-2544 tests
Rubidium clock option

Ether10.Genius is a portable, multi-technology Ethernet/IP network tester with throughput up to 10 Gb/s, manufactured by ALBEDO Telecom of Barcelona. In a single 1.2 kg enclosure it combines quality and performance testing of 10GbE/GbE links with full emulation and analysis of SyncE and PTP (IEEE 1588) synchronization, as well as E1/T1, Datacom and IEEE C37.94 interfaces. The optional built-in GPS-disciplined rubidium clock provides a time reference accurate to the level of single nanoseconds — also in the field, without an external reference.

Applications

Commissioning and acceptance of Ethernet/IP 1G/10G links — automatic RFC 2544 (symmetric and asymmetric) and Y.1564 (eSAM) tests
SyncE and PTP/IEEE 1588 synchronization measurements in mobile and transport networks — TE, cTE/dTE, PDV metrics, ITU-T G.826x/G.827x masks
IEEE C37.94 teleprotection testing in the power industry (power plants, HV substations)
E1/T1 path diagnostics — BER, jitter/wander, pulse masks, G.821/G.826/M.2100 analysis
One-way delay (OWD) measurement with GPS/GLONASS reference
Field and laboratory operation — battery power, IP54 enclosure

Key parameters

Parameter	Value
Parameter	Value
Test ports	2 × SFP/SFP+ and 2 × RJ-45 (Ethernet); RJ-45 120 Ω / BNC 75 Ω (E1/T1), Datacom DTE/DCE, C37.94
Ethernet throughput	10 Mb/s – 10 Gb/s (including 10GBASE-SR/LR/ER, 1000BASE-T/SX/LX, 100BASE-TX)
Automatic tests	RFC 2544, Y.1564 (eSAM) — one-way and two-way mode
Synchronization	PTP IEEE 1588-2008 emulation/analysis (master/slave), SyncE with ESMC/SSM/QL
Clock measurements	TIE/MTIE/TDEV, TE and max\|TE\|, cTE/dTE, PDV metrics (FPC/FPR/FPP)
Internal clock	OCXO ±0.1 ppm; rubidium option ±5·10⁻¹¹; with GPS: ±20 ns relative to UTC (1σ, after 24 h)
Battery operating time	up to 24 h (E1/T1), up to 11 h (GbE), up to 6.5 h (10GbE)
Dimensions and weight	223 × 144 × 65 mm, 1.2 kg; IP54; operation -10…+50 °C

Nanosecond-accuracy synchronization

A distinguishing feature of the Ether10.Genius is a laboratory-class synchronization measurement path in a portable device. The built-in GNSS receiver (GPS/GLONASS) disciplines the rubidium clock, which allows measuring time error (TE) and its constant and dynamic components (cTE/dTE) directly on site, and in hold-over mode maintaining ±100 ns accuracy for 2 hours after loss of the GPS signal. The tester generates and analyzes wander (TIE/MTIE/TDEV) according to ITU-T masks for SyncE and PTP, supports 2048/1544 kHz, 10 MHz and 1 pps reference inputs/outputs, and a clock monitor mode. This is the full set of functions needed for synchronization acceptance of LTE/TDD base stations and power systems.

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