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Sidekick
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Plus
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Power/Tel
Applications
Aerial
Central
Office
X-Connect
F1
•Isolates trouble
into C.O. or
cable
•Measures
longitudinal
noise generated
by line cards
•Identifies bad
carbons
Buried/Aerial
Drop
Buried
Pedestal
Network
Interface
F2
•Isolates trouble
into feeder or
distribution cable
•Noise Isolation
•Comparison
testing
•Noise Isolation
•Trouble Isolation
•Comparison Testing
•Isolate trouble into
cable or drop
•Test Drop
•Noise Isolation
•Comparison Testing
DLC
•Isolate trouble into DLC or Cable
•Noise Isolation
•Comparison Testing
Telecom
Datacom
Rail
Security
Inside
Wiring
CATV
OIL/GAS
Irrigation
Power/Tel
•Test for sufficient
grounding of protector
@ the Network
Interface
•Isolate trouble into
drop or IW
•Test IW
•Test Drop
•Comparison Testing
•Noise Isolation
•Identifies bad
protectors
Greenlee Sidekick® Plus
Standard options for 1155-5001
• Stress Test - CATV / Telco
• Multi VOM Tester – CATV / Telco
• 1GOhms Insulation Tester
• Ground Resistance (3 wire)
• TDR / RFL
Options for models 1155-5005 / 5009 / 5010
• Impulse Noise and Step TDR
• Loss measurements to 4.4MHz
• Wideband Spectrum Analyser
• Wideband and VDSL / ADSL Sync Test
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Sidekick® Plus
Models
Cat#
Description
1155-5001
Sidekick® Plus Kit (LCC)
1155-5003
Sidekick® Plus Kit (SCC)
1155-5005
Sidekick® Plus Kit - Impulse Noise, Step TDR (LCC)
1155-5009
Sidekick® Plus Kit - Impulse Noise, Step TDR & Wideband (LCC)
1155-5010
Coming Soon:
Sidekick® Plus - Impulse Noise, Step TDR, Wideband & VDSL / ADSL Sync
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Sidekick® Plus - Features
The Greenlee Communications Sidekick® Plus features advanced digital
processing for faster, more accurate measurements.
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Telecom
Patented stress balance test
Measurement of voltage, current, and resistance on copper cables
Insulation resistance test (up to 1GOhms)
Resistance fault locator (RFL)
Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)
Voice Frequency Spectrum Analyzer
Measurement of distance to opens / capacitance meter
Ground resistance test
Load Coils
Line quality tests for noise, loss and power influence
Configurable Auto-test mode with Pass/Fail
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All this in one tester
Technical Specifications
Stress Test
AC Volts
DC Volts
Resistance
Leakage
Open Meter
Count Load Coils
Loop Current
Circuit Loss
Circuit Noise Tracing Tone Generator Reference Tone Custom Auto Test with Pass / Fail Display Resolution Battery
Battery Life Telecom
Datacom
Rail
0 to 82 dBrnC
250V
300V
100 MΩ
999 MΩ
Up to 18.6 miles (30 km)
0 to 5
110 mA
‐70 to 3 dBm
0 to 90 dBrnC
200 Hz to 20 kHz
Output Level 3 to ‐20 dBm
400 Autotest Results
320 x 240 sunlight readable
Li‐Ion
(Typical) 8 hours
Security
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Supplementary features
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Telecom
Reference Tone Generation to 20kHz
Simultaneous AC and DC voltage screen
Simplex or Metallic Tone Generation (to 3kHz)
Caller ID display including Call Waiting Caller ID
Built-in loudspeaker dialling with phone book memory
Analogue or Digital presentation
3 – lead pictogram display
Records Manager software included
USB download of test results and upload of software
Multiple language options
Metric and Imperial units
Quality twisted and replaceable shrouded test leads
Datacom
Rail
Security
CATV
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Irrigation
Power/Tel
Telecom
Datacom
Rail
Security
CATV
OIL/GAS
Irrigation
Power/Tel
Sidekick® Plus - Display
Analogue
Telecom
Datacom
Digital
Rail
Security
CATV
OIL/GAS
3 Lead
Irrigation
Power/Tel
Easy to use Rotary Dial
Telecom
Datacom
Rail
Security
CATV
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Irrigation
Power/Tel
Stress test circuit
The patented STRESS measurement on the Sidekick® Plus test set is more sensitive to pair imbalance problems than noise
metallic and ordinary longitudinal balance tests. By “stressing” the line with a current limited voltage while making a precision
balance measurement we can see faults others miss.
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The common mode “stress” voltage between the
conductors and ground will emphasize faults while the
1000 Hz tone determines if the pair is imbalanced
indicating a high dB reading
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The Stress Test will show series resistance (e.g. bad
joint) and ground faults but will not show a shorted pair
as a short is still balanced
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Any imbalance in the pair will cause noise on the line
and show up as a high reading. It is a good idea to get a
reference reading, comparing to other pairs on the line
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The closer the fault the higher the reading
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The worse the fault the higher the reading
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Faults that cause imbalances in the cable pairs.
High Resistance
Earth Contact
One leg disconnected
Unbalanced Bridge Tap
Split / Leg & Leg / Okay
Contact
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Sidekick® Plus – Earth Tester
Ground resistance testing is useful when evaluating whether a station, or premise, ground is sufficient. The reading is a direct
indication of the ground integrity and measures the earth resistance. High readings are potentially due to short ground rods,
poor ground connections, etc. Readings greater than 25 Ω are considered failing for DSL (consult local practices for exact
values).
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Rail
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Sidekick® Plus - RFL
The RFL position of the rotary knob provides a resistance fault locator that reads out the distance to high and low resistive
shorts, grounds, crosses, and battery crosses. Readings show the distance to the far end strap, the distance to the fault, and
the distance from the strap to the fault.
The faults can be either low or high resistance or solid or varying (wet). The readings are accurate even with voltage present
(battery contacts). The locator is fully automatic and provides digital readouts with no nulls to set. Accuracy is within ±0.5%.
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Sidekick® Plus - TDR
The TDR position of the rotary knob converts the Sidekick® Plus test set into a Time Domain Reflectometer that sends out
pulses of energy and then measures the time delay of any reflections. Reflections are caused by impedance changes,
especially shorts and opens.
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Rail
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Sidekick® Plus - Options
Optional Features:
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Telecom
Impulse Noise and Step TDR
• Measure interfering noise sources
• Check drop-wires and inside wiring
Wideband Tests Option
• Noise Spectrum Analysis to 30 MHz
• Loss measurements to 4.4MHz
• Reference Tone to 4.4MHz
Sidekick® Plus with Wideband and VDSL / ADSL Sync
All standard features of Sidekick®® Plus with Wideband plus:
• Display of DSL Showtime information
• Error and Alarm detection
• Graphical display of bits-per-tone, signal-to-noise margin, and H-Log data
• Upper layer testing (Ping, Trace-route, HTTP, and FTP)
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Sidekick® Plus - Step TDR
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Step TDR is the best way to spot dropwire and “inside wiring” faults that
often cause trouble for DSL
Step TDR for accurate near end testing
– Pulse TDR is often ineffective at close range. The pulse itself masking
nearby reflections.
– By using the quickly rising “edge” of a very long pulse, more subtle
impedance changes can be seen especially in the first few hundred metres.
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The 8 ns Rise Time
– Greenlee’s Step TDR Dead Zone when using Vp = 0.7 is equal to 20cm.
– Events spaced by just 20cm can be resolved individually.
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Sidekick® Plus – Step TDR, examples
No Fault over 450 Feet of Cable
The trace gradually rises until reaching the end
of the cable, where it jumps to an open.
Bridged Tap at 30 Feet
The bridged tap causes a sudden drop in
impedance, increasing again at the end of the
bridged tap.
Bridged Tap at 980 Feet
The same thing occurs, just less dramatically
as distance increases.
1 kΩ Short
The impedance drops.
Untwisted Pair
The impedance changes (increases in this
example) where the cable is untwisted.
Water
Water causes a drop in impedance for the
length it is present then recovers
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Sidekick® Plus – Impulse Noise
“Impulse noise”, often caused by switching of nearby power sources such as lighting or motors can be very tricky to
debug. The Impulse Noise test that is installed alongside the Step TDR option can help here.
With configurable termination impedances, thresholds and filter bandwidths along with length of test you can use the
Sidekick® Plus to help spot what other equipment may be inducing noise to the line. Armed with this information,
troublesome cables can be re-routed or faulty (noisy) equipment removed or replaced.
Telecom
Datacom
Rail
Security
CATV
OIL/GAS
Irrigation
Power/Tel
Sidekick® Plus – Wideband
To complement the latest xDSL standards an optional upgrade to include “wideband” measurements where we can
make noise and spectrum analysis measurements up to 30 MHz in various bandwidths and impedances to suit ISDN,
ADSL, ADSL2+ or VDSL.
“600 Ω” measures loss throughout voice band region; 300 Hz to 3 kHz.
“135 Ω”, “100 Ω”, and “75 Ω” line impedances are selected to measure the loss of reference signals up to 4.4 MHz.
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Rail
Security
CATV
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Sidekick® Plus – ADSL / VDSL
Coming Soon
Undergoing final approval testing in February 2013 is an optional “golden modem” that can be used
to “sync” and test all types of DLS services from ADSL “lite” right up to the very latest “Vectored”
VDSL services.
Once synchronised, all lower layer information is accessible from the chipset, such as bits-per-tone,
quiet-line-noise, Hlog etc. and these may be reviewed on screen or saved for later analysis.
Once the physical link is synchronised the unit can be requested to establish a higher layer link,
PPPoE, PPPoA, IPoE etc. according to customisable virtual circuit profiles. Higher layer tests such
as PING, traceroute, FTP & HTTP transfer etc. can then be carried out to prove the resilience of the
DSL service.
The internal modem can instead be set to “bridge” mode and an external device (e.g. laptop)
connected via the Ethernet port allowing far more intensive load-testing of the link, for example
operating multiple simultaneous streams of Video or VoIP traffic.
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Greenlee Records Manager
Complementary Windows PC software to allow configuration of the Sidekick® Plus and also
download of saved results is available for download from www.greenlee.com.
Connecting via a fast USB link results are quickly accessed, saved for later review and printed as
needed. Examples are shown here…
Autotest Summary
Noise Spectrum
Impulse Noise Record
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New 2012
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Sidekick® Plus – Step TDR
Telecom
Bad Splice (high resistance joint)
Cross (short to adjacent wire)
A sudden increase in the impedance.
A sudden drop in the impedance
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Sidekick® Plus – Step TDR
Hard Short
Split
The short causes the impedance to drop to zero.
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Rail
Security
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Irrigation
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