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ContentsSwissQual...QualiPoc

3Getting Started 7825476277 01

Contents1 Introduction............................................................................................ 5

1.1 Service Tests................................................................................................................. 51.2 Related Documents.......................................................................................................5

2 Using QualiPoc.......................................................................................62.1 QualiPoc Workspace.................................................................................................... 6

2.1.1 Menus............................................................................................................................. 72.1.1.1 Main Menu...................................................................................................................... 72.1.1.2 Actions Menu.................................................................................................................. 8

2.1.2 Cell Info Banner.............................................................................................................. 92.2 QualiPoc Settings......................................................................................................... 92.3 Creating and Running a Measurement Job.............................................................. 10

2.3.1 Stopping a Measurement Job....................................................................................... 172.3.2 Loading a Measurement Job.........................................................................................172.3.3 Battery Level and Disk Space Considerations.............................................................. 17

2.4 Managing Measurement Results............................................................................... 192.4.1 iBwave Mobile Planner..................................................................................................20

2.4.1.1 Importing an iBwave Floor Plan Into QualiPoc..............................................................202.4.1.2 Exporting Survey Data From QualiPoc to iBwave Mobile Planner................................22

2.5 Updating QualiPoc Android....................................................................................... 23

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IntroductionSwissQual...QualiPoc


1 IntroductionQualiPoc Android has been designed for handheld radio network optimization andquality assessment. This software supports a variety of devices and technologiesincluding GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA and LTE. Due to the ease ofuse, you can use QualiPoc to collect data and voice services statistics.QualiPoc fully supports Android motions and gestures as well as touch and double-tap-ping.

1.1 Service TestsQualiPoc Android includes the following test functionality: CALL: Uses the Call2anynumber test to set up a speech call connection to a num-

ber that automatically responds. Uses the Speech MOC test to measure intrusivespeech quality (MOS) on speech call connection to a responding station. Theanswering station job could be used to answer calls for a MOC DL job.

DATA: Sets up a PS data connection to an access point name. This functionalityincludes FTP UL/DL, HTTP Browser, HTTP Transfer GET/PUT, Ping, Email andCapacity DL testing.

MESSAGE: Test SMS and MMS functionality Multi-Data, Multi-Mix, Multi-RAB, and Parallel: Execute data and call tests

sequentially or in parallel.You can also execute multi-RAB tests in random order.

Idle Monitoring: Allows you to monitor and to store RF parameters during normaluse of the phone when QualiPoc is idle.

1.2 Related Documents Manual - QualiPoc Android.pdf Manual - QualiPoc Freerider II.pdf Manual - QualiPoc Freerider III.pdf Manual - QualiPoc Remote Control.pdf Manual - NetQual - NQView.pdf

Service Tests

Using QualiPocSwissQual...QualiPoc


2 Using QualiPocThe following section provides an overview on how to use QualiPoc. For more informa-tion, see the Manual - QualiPoc Android.pdf document.

2.1 QualiPoc Workspace

Fig. 2-1: Main workspace

The main QualiPoc workspace consists of the following elements: Cell information banner at the top of the screen Action bar at the top of the screen with the following items:

Actions menu Main menu

Side menu that contains the monitors for your measurements, for example, the"Status" monitor

Context menu that contains commands that are specific to the screen or Quali-Poc monitor you are in

Fig. 2-2: Customize monitor

For more information on the menus, see chapter 2.1.1, "Menus", on page 7.For a description of the available monitors see theManual - QualiPoc Android.pdf document.

QualiPoc Workspace



To view detailed information of a parameter on a monitor, for example, "MaxTx-Power" or "RSSI", touch the parameter.

Fig. 2-3: LTE monitor and detailed information

2.1.1 MenusThis section describes the menus that are available in QualiPoc.

2.1.1.1 Main Menu

The main QualiPoc commands are available through the menu icon at the top of thescreen as well as the physical menu button of the QualiPoc device .

Fig. 2-4: Main menu

QualiPoc Workspace



Table 2-1: Description of the items on the Main menuItem Description

"Jobs" Create and run measurement jobs

"Start last job" Runs the last job that you configured

"Results" Manage or replay measurement results

"Settings" Configure basic QualiPoc settings, such as "Operational Mode".

"Help" Contains instructional videos

"About" Opens a screen where you can view information about QualiPoc or update QualiPoc

"Exit" Quits the application

2.1.1.2 Actions Menu

You can access the Actions men with the down arrow at the top of the screen.

Fig. 2-5: Tools menu

The toolbar allows you to quickly perform the following actions when you monitor atest.Table 2-2: Description of the icons on the QualiPoc main toolbarIcon Name Description

"Forcing" Enables static forcingThis option is disabled when a measurement job is running.To configure forcing in a measurement job, see chapter 2.3,"Creating and Running a Measurement Job", on page 10.

"Freeze" Freezes the monitors until you touch the icon again.

"Screenshot" Captures the screen and saves the image to the SD card in*.PNG format.

QualiPoc Workspace



Icon Name Description

"Add text marker" Adds a text marker to the measurement file.This option is only available during a live measurement, that is,"Recording" mode.

"Add photo Marker" Captures a photograph with the phone camera and saves thephotograph on the SD card in the QualiPoc/Results folder.If you are in recording or testing mode, the photo marker isadded to the MF file.Not supported in Freerider mode.

2.1.2 Cell Info BannerThe Cell Info banner is at the top of the screen and displays the values that you select.

Fig. 2-6: Cell Info banner

2.2 QualiPoc SettingsYou can use the menus on your smartphone to easily configure QualiPoc Android.

To access the "QualiPoc Settings" screen, touch the menu icon at the top of thescreen and touch "Settings".

QualiPoc Settings



Fig. 2-7: QualiPoc settings

For a detailed description of the "QualiPoc Settings", see theManual - QualiPoc Android.pdf document.

2.3 Creating and Running a Measurement JobThis section describes how to quickly configure and run a QualiPoc measurement job.

To create and run a measurement job1. Touch the main menu , touch "Jobs", touch "New job" and touch "Add job".

Note: If the screen already contains a job, touch the drawer icon , touch the"Add job" icon, enter a name for the job, and touch "OK".

Fig. 2-8: Add job

If the phone contains jobs that you created with a QualiPoc version older than 15.0,QualiPoc prompts you to migrate the job files to the new version. To access thisoption again, touch the drawer icon , touch the context menu for the "All jobfolder" screen, and touch "Import legacy jobs".

Creating and Running a Measurement Job



Fig. 2-9: Migrate old jobs

2. On the "Select job type" screen, touch a job group, and then touch a job.

Fig. 2-10: Select job type

3. Touch and specify the basic settings for the job, for example, the name of the"Host".




Forcing, APN and PCAP capture options (Time settings as well as for Speech Double Ended jobs

Press for advanced job settings

Quick job settings

Expand / Collapse test / job list

Opens list ofexisting jobs

Fig. 2-11: Job settings

Tip: To undo your recent changes, touch the main menu , and touch "Revert job".

This option reverts the job settings to the last time that you started QualiPoc.

Fig. 2-12: Job editor menu

To remove the job, touch the main menu , and touch "Reset job".4. Specify additional job settings.

Touch the name of the job, for example, "HTTP Browser".




Fig. 2-13: Additional settings

To configure the "Network", "Technology", "Band", and "Advanced" forcingoptions, touch the "Forcing" icon .

Fig. 2-14: Applying forcing

To select an access point for the job, touch the "Access points" icon .

Fig. 2-15: Access points

To enable packet capture for the measurement, touch the "Packet Capture"icon .




Fig. 2-16: Packet capture settings

When you enable this option, the icon turns green. To specify the window timings, touch the "Window Timings" icon .

Fig. 2-17: Window Timings




5.

Fig. 2-18: Advanced Job settings

(Optional) To configure an advanced job, touch the main menu , and touch"Advanced mode". "Scheduling": Scheduling options for the job

Fig. 2-19: Scheduling options in advanced mode

"Single job": Generates one measurement file for the entire job "Job sequence": Specify "Forcing", "APN", and "PCAP capture" options for

each job in the sequence.A "Job sequence" generates a measurement file for each execution of each jobin the sequence.

Note: figure 2-18 contains the context menu that is only available in "Advancedmode".




6. (Optional): Assign a name to the job and job file. To assign a name to the job, touch and hold the name of the job, touch the

context menu , and touch "Rename".

Fig. 2-20: Rename job

To change the name of the job file in the QualiPoc/Jobs folder, touch thedrawer icon at the bottom of the screen, touch the context menu for the job

, and touch "Rename."

Fig. 2-21: Rename job file

7. To start the job, touch the "Start" icon at the top of screen.




2.3.1 Stopping a Measurement Job

To stop a job, touch the main menu and then touch "Stop job".

2.3.2 Loading a Measurement Job

To load an existing measurement job, touch the drawer icon , touch a job in thelist, for example, "FTP DL", and touch the drawer again.

Fig. 2-22: Load FTP DL Job

2.3.3 Battery Level and Disk Space ConsiderationsThe following conditions prevent a measurement job from starting on the phone: Battery level < 10% < 150 MB of free space on SD cardThe following conditions cause a running job to stop: Battery level < 5% < 100 MB of free space on SD card




If the phone is connected to the charger with a USB cable, the battery might not chargefast enough to compensate for the power consumption of tests that use HS and LTEtechnologies. In such a scenario, the phone can suddenly turn off when the batterylevel drops below 5% despite being connected to a charger.You can view the battery level and free space warnings on the "Log" tab.

Fig. 2-23: Low battery level and low storage warnings on the Log tab

You can view low battery and low disk space alert messages on the "Alerts andActions" tab in NQView . You can also find information about task failed starts and run-ning task aborts on the "Log messages" and "System log" tabs.

Fig. 2-24: Alerts and actions tab in NQView




2.4 Managing Measurement ResultsThe "Results" screen allows you to compress, to upload, and to delete measurementfiles and crash dumps.

To manage measurement results To manage measurement results, touch the menu icon , and then touch

"Results". To sort the list of results touch the overflow menu icon .

Fig. 2-25: Results options

To delete results, touch and hold a result in the list, and then touch the deleteicon .You can touch more than one result.

To upload a measurement file, touch and hold the results file, touch the over-flow menu icon , and then touch "Upload".

Managing Measurement Results



Fig. 2-26: Main results menu

The files are uploaded to the server that you specify.For a description on how to configure QualiPOc to automatically upload measurementfiles to a server, see the Manual - QualiPoc Android.pdf document.

2.4.1 iBwave Mobile PlannerYou can share QualiPoc measurement results with the iBwave Mobile Planner.

2.4.1.1 Importing an iBwave Floor Plan Into QualiPoc

To share an iBwave Mobile Planner project with QualiPoc1. Create a project in iBwave Mobile Planner.

Add a layout plan, that is, a floor plan.




Fig. 2-27: iBwave Mobile Planner

Add a floor to the plan. Add another building. Customize your project.Note: You can also open an existing project with the Download icon .

2. Touch the share icon to export the project.3. In QualiPoc, load the iBwave *.ibwc file.

a) On the "Layers" menu, click "Import new iBwave project".b) Locate the *.ibwc file and touch "Select".Note: For a floor plan with multiple floors, you can separate the floors.




2.4.1.2 Exporting Survey Data From QualiPoc to iBwave Mobile Planner

You can only export survey data that you added to an iBwave *.ibwc file that youimported into QualiPoc.

To export survey data from QualiPoc to iBwave Mobile Planner1. Start a job and open the "Map" monitor.2. Touch the context menu and enable "Manual location mode".3. Tap the map to add waypoints to your route.4. Export the measurement data.

a) Stop the job, touch the main menu , and touch "Results".b) Touch and hold the measurement file, touch the context menu , and touch

"Export survey data".c) Touch an iBwave export option.

Fig. 2-28: Export survey data

The "Generic Survey Data" option produces a *.zip file.5.

Fig. 2-29: Export ibwc




Fig. 2-30: Import ibwc file in iBwave Mobile Planner

2.5 Updating QualiPoc AndroidYou can update QualiPoc through a network connection, that is, mobile or a Wi-Fi net-work, or you can use a USB connection to update the software.For a description on how to update QualiPoc through a USB connection, see theManual - QualiPOc Android.pdf document.

To update QualiPoc Android through a mobile or Wi-Fi network1. Touch the menu icon at the top of the screen and touch "About > Update".

Note: The "Update" command is also in "QualiPoc Settings".2. Touch "Update now", touch a version in the list, and then touch "OK".

Fig. 2-31: Over-the-air update

Note: If you do not have the "Update" option, contact our support center.

Updating QualiPoc Android



Please consult the Customer Support Center.pdf document for the bestmethod to contact us.

If you cannot run the application, go to the system settings of the phone, touch "Secur-ity", and then enable the "Unknown Sources" option.

Updating QualiPoc Android

Contents1 Introduction1.1 Service Tests1.2 Related Documents

2 Using QualiPoc2.1 QualiPoc Workspace2.1.1 Menus2.1.1.1 Main Menu2.1.1.2 Actions Menu

2.1.2 Cell Info Banner

2.2 QualiPoc Settings2.3 Creating and Running a Measurement Job2.3.1 Stopping a Measurement Job2.3.2 Loading a Measurement Job2.3.3 Battery Level and Disk Space Considerations

2.4 Managing Measurement Results2.4.1 iBwave Mobile Planner2.4.1.1 Importing an iBwave Floor Plan Into QualiPoc2.4.1.2 Exporting Survey Data From QualiPoc to iBwave Mobile Planner

2.5 Updating QualiPoc Android