Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210) in AT&T West

BAT file to automate the techreadout entry into the DMT tool

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:56:51 EDT

d_l : deblin 's DMT tool is a very useful diagnostic, but saving the techreadout files from a Speedstream modem or a Motorola 2210 modem repeatedly when tracking an interference problem through time can be a nuisance. Also there can be a bit of a delay with the several set-up steps required to manually run the DMT tool when you are trying to capture an "instantaneous" snapshot of a transient line problem. The curlgrab_dmt BAT file can automatically query your modem for the techreadout file, run the DMT tool, and then archive both the techreadout file that was used and the plotted DMT results page with a time stamp. The batch file uses commands available in WinXP, Win2000 and Vista. It will not run properly under a Win9x operating system. Anyone using still those can still use the DMT tool manually.

The BAT file needs the curl binary, a 270 KB-sized file, to do the heavy lifting of querying the modem for the techreadout file and then uploading it to the DMT tool. Various compiled curl binaries can be found here: »curl.haxx.se/download.html. The Windows 2000/WinXP generic 7.18.0 binary without SSL isn't the latest version, but it works perfectly for this use and is smaller in size than the newer versions: »curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.18.···sspi.zip .

1) Download the zipped file and unzip it to a curl folder that you make. The unzipping process will make a sub-folder containing various extra files within your curl folder. Copy the curl binary from the sub-folder to your main curl folder. At this point you can delete the sub-folder and all its contents if you wish as only the curl binary is needed.

2) Download and unzip the curlgrab_dmt ZIP file to your curl folder.

3) Run the curlgrab_dmt batch file. The first time it is run it will ask you if you want to send your techreadouts to DSLReports anonymously or as a registered user. If you want the latter option, you must enter your DSLReports user ID and password to be remembered by cookies in curlgrab_dmt. There is no simple way to obscure the entry of your password in a BAT file program so if password security is important to you, then don't allow anyone to look over you shoulder during the entry. Immediately after entering your password, the screen will be cleared. Your ID and password are then stored in Netscape cookie format which also is a standard for other browsers. If you ever wish to change the program back to anonymous or to be a registered user, delete the dslr_cookies.txt file in your curl folder and re-run curlgrab_dmt.

This section is to be implemented once the newest DMT tool beta is moved to DSLReports.

4) Also the first time you run curlgrab_dmt, it will make two sub-folders in your curl directory, plot_archive and techreadout_archive, where time-stamped copies of your files are archived.

5) On the first run, the batch program will check your network for one of the default modem IPs. If you have changed your modem IP to a non-standard IP, it will ask you for the new IP to use. At this time the batch program and the DMT tool only works with the two types of modems, the Speedstream 5100b/4100/4100b-series and the Motorola 2210. Each time curlgrab_dmt successfully accesses a modem, that IP will be retained in the IP.txt file in your curl folder as the program's default IP for the next run of the batch file.

6) If you want ready access to the curlgrab_dmt batch file, you can right-click on the program in the folder and send a shortcut copy to your desktop. This desktop shortcut can then give you a DMT plot of your current line conditions in 10-15 seconds.

[att=1]

curlgrab_dmt···beta.zip 1,472 bytes

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sat, 24 May 2008 14:02:52 EDT

wayjac : Have you ever done a nid test?
How do I check modem stats, synch rates & speeds at the NID

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sat, 24 May 2008 10:12:33 EDT

bral : Just installed the 2210 yesterday. Interestingly, upgrading to this from a [much] older Speedstream model made for a big jump in performance. Previously I was closer to 384/256. (I'm quite distant from the nearest CO.)

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Wed, 21 May 2008 10:42:24 EDT

sideband : I presume you were asking me. This is for my last post. I don't have the earlier one. I never check the email account in the readout so you have to contact me through this site.

TechReadout.htm.zip 5,055 bytes

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Tue, 20 May 2008 22:53:43 EDT

deblin : Thanks for testing!

Would you mind attaching a .zip of your techreadout.htm file? Or if you'd rather it not be available publicly here, send me an IM and I'll give you the url of somewhere you can upload it directly to my server.

The reason I'd like to have your techreadout is my script is not properly catching one of the "notches" between bits ~165 and 215. So I want to fix that bug if I can.

Thanks again!
--
»hillaryis404.org/

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Tue, 20 May 2008 22:08:39 EDT

sideband : Downstream Current Rate (Reported): 3008
Downstream Maxrate (Reported): 6112
Downstream Bit Margin (Calculated): 296

Upstream Current Rate (Reported): 512
Upstream Maxrate (Reported): 928

Bit tones with notches/missing bits:

bit(s) 37:38 159.5625 - 168.1875 KHz
bit(s) 63 271.6875 - 276 KHz
bit(s) 67:75 288.9375 - 327.75 KHz
bit(s) 89 383.8125 - 388.125 KHz
bit(s) 100:103 431.25 - 448.5 KHz
bit(s) 128:130 552 - 564.9375 KHz
bit(s) 132:134 569.25 - 582.1875 KHz
bit(s) 140:141 603.75 - 612.375 KHz
bit(s) 151:160 651.1875 - 694.3125 KHz
bit(s) 217:255 935.8125 - 1104 KHz

Here's another after I had the data path switched back to "Fast".

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sun, 18 May 2008 11:32:42 EDT

sideband : Downstream Current Rate (Reported): 3008
Downstream Maxrate (Reported): 5856
Downstream Bit Margin (Calculated): 256

Upstream Current Rate (Reported): 512
Upstream Maxrate (Reported): 928

Bit tones with notches/missing bits:

bit(s) 37:39 159.5625 - 172.5 KHz
bit(s) 50:59 215.625 - 258.75 KHz
bit(s) 63 271.6875 - 276 KHz
bit(s) 67:75 288.9375 - 327.75 KHz
bit(s) 129 556.3125 - 560.625 KHz
bit(s) 131:135 564.9375 - 586.5 KHz
bit(s) 140:141 603.75 - 612.375 KHz
bit(s) 151:161 651.1875 - 698.625 KHz
bit(s) 166:255 715.875 - 1104 KHz

PRO Interleaved on a good day

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sun, 18 May 2008 10:59:13 EDT

sideband : I'd like to give it a try, but I don't know how to respond when it asks: Give me techreadout.htm. I know what an htm or html file is. I just don't know what one it wants. Is there instructions with an earlier version somewhere?

Never mind, I figured it out. Now to figure out how to get it to display.

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sat, 17 May 2008 21:14:03 EDT

deblin : Thanks for testing!

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sat, 17 May 2008 10:50:13 EDT

kruser : Ok, I tried the DMT tool with results from both IE and Firefox on an Elite line as well as a Pro line.
The tool gave me good results from both lines as well as both browsers.

2210 on Elite Line
2210 on Pro Line

Re: Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:44:10 EDT

d_l : [att=1]

Downstream Current Rate (Reported):	6016  Upstream Current Rate (Reported):	768
Downstream Maxrate (Estimated):		6016  Upstream Maxrate (Estimated):	1105
Downstream Bit Margin (Calculated):	456   Upstream Bit Margin (Reported):	96   
	    	
Bit tones with notches/missing bits:
 
bit(s) 38:42   		163.875   - 185.4375  KHz
bit(s) 44      		189.75    - 194.0625  KHz
bit(s) 55      		237.1875  - 241.5     KHz
bit(s) 68:70   		293.25    - 306.1875  KHz
bit(s) 77      		332.0625  - 336.375   KHz
bit(s) 82:83   		353.625   - 362.25    KHz
bit(s) 95:98   		409.6875  - 426.9375  KHz
bit(s) 110     		474.375   - 478.6875  KHz
bit(s) 122:126 		526.125   - 547.6875  KHz
bit(s) 137:138 		590.8125  - 599.4375  KHz
bit(s) 141:147 		608.0625  - 638.25    KHz
bit(s) 152:153 		655.5     - 664.125   KHz
bit(s) 165     		711.5625  - 715.875   KHz
bit(s) 170     		733.125   - 737.4375  KHz
bit(s) 174     		750.375   - 754.6875  KHz
bit(s) 176     		759       - 763.3125  KHz
bit(s) 180:194 		776.25    - 840.9375  KHz
bit(s) 200:202 		862.5     - 875.4375  KHz
bit(s) 206     		888.375   - 892.6875  KHz
bit(s) 211:218 		909.9375  - 944.4375  KHz
bit(s) 220     		948.75    - 953.0625  KHz
bit(s) 222:231 		957.375   - 1000.5    KHz
bit(s) 237     		1022.0625 - 1026.375  KHz
bit(s) 247     		1065.1875 - 1069.5    KHz

Beta test Updated DMT tool (supports Motorola 2210)

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:17:14 EDT

deblin : Hi Everyone,

With some great testing from d_l and tonydi , I have made some updates to the DMT spectrum analyzer tool to support the Motorola 2210 ADSL modem.

This new version also includes an enhancement to display the bit margin for both upstream and downstream for Speedstream modems, and the downstream margin for the Motorola modem.

Note that the Motorola does not provide access to the SNR and bit bins for the upstream path. So the DMT graph will looks "weird", as it will be missing all the upstream bits. This is normal.

I also included some additional enhancements to detect cases where the DSL is not in sync, rather than try to graph bogus data. It will also warn if the uploaded file is not a valid Techreadout file.

For now, the updated DMT tool is not yet available here on DSL Reports, as I wanted to properly beta test it before releasing it to DSLR.

So if you'd like to beta test it, please point to it here:

http://pflog.net/cgi-bin/dmt.pl

Please post your results here (screen shot) and more importantly, if you have any problems with it, let me know so I can fix it.

Thanks!
--
»hillaryis404.org/