Automatic Line Testing

If you have a BT provided ADSL, FTTC or FTTP line, then on the Control Pages you are able to set automatic line testing. This is in addition to the One off Line Tests that can be run.

This feature has often been used by staff, but was added the the customer Control Pages in January 2014.

Type of Tests

For ADSL we will run a 'Status Test' - this will report back the sync speed, the profile, and errored seconds.
For FTTC and FTTP we will run an 'End to End' Test - this will report

Up/Down Testing

We the line connects and drops we will run a test. This can be useful to see if it drops and stays in sync.

When set, we will run tests for 2 weeks.

Regular Testing

We can run daily or hourly tests. These can be useful to see variations in the quality of the line and for on going monitoring.

When set, we will run tests for 2 weeks.

Results

The results can be viewed in the 'log' section at the bottom of the Line page. A 'pin' will also be added to the CQM graph when the test is run.

An example End to End test result:

BT Test E2E Access Test/DCN:Inconclusive OR test pass. Unable to find the fault.
Down:40.0 (39.9/39.7/39.9) Up:10.0 (10.0/10.0/10.0)
NA 0.128M-40M Downstream, Interleaving Off - 0.128M-10M Upstream, Interleaving Off
In Sync Pass:GTC_FTTC_SERVICE_0000 GEA service test completed and no fault found

An example ADSL Status test result:

BT Test XDSLStatusCheckTest:Pass OK.pass OK. Circuit In Sync
BRAS=7150Kb/s FTR=6502Kb/s MSR=8128Kb/s ServOpt=1 I/L=A
Up Sync=832Kb/s LoopLoss=6dB SNR=11.6dB ErrSec=0 HECErr=0 Cells=6414
Down Sync=8128Kb/s LoopLoss=12dB SNR=15.5dB ErrSec=0 HECErr=0 Cells=6205