Release Notes

October 2013

Analyzer Update

1 In this version
This release contains support for new and updated file formats. There are updates for most
technologies that Actix supports, with changes falling under the following categories:

New collection devices supported:

Added support for TEMS Investigation 15.2.

Added support for JDSU version 17.1-4.

Application layer improvements:

New Radio_Access_Mode attribute to replace Data_Radio_Mode

that adds support for new radio states (Cell_PCH and URA_PCH, for
instance).

Platform improvements:

Added support for Windows 8.1.

Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2.

Fixed problems with importing queries in Analysis Manager.

Fixed a rare issue that could cause Attribute Explorer to hang.

Fixed a number of smaller Preference issues.

Fixed a number of compatibility issues with Excel affecting

reporting.

Fixed a problem where user-defined reports in an .APG file were not

visible in the Ribbon.

Known issues:

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2 New collection device or technology support

2.1 Accuver support

Improved handling of corrupted timestamps in Accuver messages.

In order to avoid possible memory related issues, all the IP packets are
now discarded by default in Analyzer. Users that want to analyse raw IP
packets should enabled the preference Technology > IP > IP Data
Analysis. This preference should be enabled by the users prior to
loading VoLTE log files.

2.2 Ascom TEMS support

Added support for TEMS Investigation 15.2.

Added support for UMTS technology with Rohde and Schwarz scanner.

A problem has been resolved that could cause TEMS log files to fail to
load with multi-threading enabled.
A problem has been resolved that could cause TEMS .tpz files (indoor
files) to fail to load in Analyzer.
A new set of preferences have been created under Format > TEMS >
Discard Specific Messages to control whether some IP-related TEMS
messages should be decoded.

2.3 JDSU support

Added support for JDSU version 17.1-4.

Added support for MOS and POLQA measurements with the JDSU
handheld collection tool (.ahd files).

2.4 Nemo support

Added support for LTE + EVDO devices in Nemo. In previous releases of

Analyzer, LTE + EVDO devices were recognized as LTE-only devices, and
EVDO messages were not decoded.

2.5 Qualcomm support

Added support for message 0xB16B LTE ML1 PDCCH-PHICH indication

report version 4.

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2.6 Rhode and Schwarz support

Added new attributes for frequency drift measurements for WCDMA

scanners.

2.7 Swissqual support

Added support for the Scanner LTE Pilot V2 LTE scanner message.

2.8 Generic

Added new text string attributes for Calling Party Number and Called
Party Number set from NAS messages. The advantage of using a text
string over a decimal number to store a telephone number is that the
leading 0s of the telephone number are visible in the text string.

3 Application layer improvements

3.1 Data radio mode

The set of attributes with a name starting with the prefix

Data_Radio_Mode have been replaced with similar attributes with the
prefix Radio_Access_Mode. The purpose of this change is introduce
support for more radio states:

In UMTS, Analyzer now detects Cell_PCH and URA_PCH separately

from Cell_FACH.

In CDMA, CDMA mode has been split into CDMA Idle and CDMA
Connected modes, and EVDO mode into EVDO Idle and EVDO
Connected modes.

Data_Radio_Mode attributes are still recognized by Analyzer; queries,

reports and stateforms do not need to be changed.
However, Data_Radio_Mode attributes are no longer visible in
Attribute Explorer, and customers should now use
Radio_Access_Mode attributes.
The new modes are used in Spotlight Data Service Analysis and in the
reports.

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The screenshot below is an example of how Radio_Access_Mode

improves on Data_Radio_Mode:

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4 Platform improvements
4.1 Analysis Manager

A problem has been resolved with Analysis Manager that prevented

Crosstab queries from being imported in Analyzer when they contained
Statistics with Filters.

4.2 Attribute Explorer

A problem has been resolved that caused Attribute Explorer to hang

when a log file had a stream with no attribute and no query.

4.3 Platform support

Added support for Windows 8.1.

Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2.

4.4 Preferences

Smaller typos and errors have been corrected in Preferences.

4.5 Reporting

A problem has been resolved that affected GSM Spotlight Report,

UMTS Spotlight report", and the Spotlight EVDO reports, whereby a
macro in the reports stopped it opening with Excel 2010 64-bit.
A problem has been resolved that could cause two reports to be
displayed when using Excel 2013.
A problem has been resolved where user-defined reports in an .APG file
were not visible in the Ribbon.

5 Known Issues / Obsolescence

None.

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