Tems Discovery Help
Tems Discovery Help
Getting Started
Welcome to TEMS Discovery!
TEMS Discovery is a measurement data analysis and network optimization tool. It introduces
many unique and advanced features to enhance productivity. Consequently, you might not be able
to easily familiarize yourself with TEMS Discovery without taking a demo session, or referring to
the Help file. But we promise that you will quickly appreciate the powerful and user-friendly
functions of TEMS Discovery. Should you have any questions, or would like to request a live demo
over the Internet, please feel free to contact us.
More:
Contact Information
TEMS Discovery Startup Window
System Requirements
Terminology
Data Archive vs. Export vs. Sharing
A Few Tips
Demo Documents
Demo Project
Walk-U-Through
Creating Projects from Scratch
Get Your Algorithm Working
Generate Reports As You Wish
Getting Started
Contact Information
Please refer any dimensioning or server hardware questions to your customer-specific Account
Manager within the Ascom Sales organization, your Ascom Service Delivery contact person, or
your Ascom Customer Support contact.
You may also contact the Ascom Global Help Desk for support. (Global Help Desk services are
not available in China or Russia. If you are in one of those regions, please use the local numbers
specified below.)
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +1.855.323.5755
Region-specific contact information is listed below.
AMERICAS
+1.800.522.9670 Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA
+46.10.492.5005 Hours of Operation: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
RUSSIA, CIS COUNTRIES AND MONGOLIA
+7.495.777.0085 Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (Moscow
Time)
Email: [email protected]
ASIA PACIFIC
+60.3.5021.5202 Hours of Operation: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
CHINA
+86.10.65666088 Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Email: [email protected]
INDIA
+91.98.80500500 Hours of Operation: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Getting Started
In the Welcome to TEMS Discovery dialog, select one of the demo documents and open it to
immediately explore TEMS Discovery's features. If you close the Welcome dialog, you can still
select a demo document from the Document List window in the left panel.
The Document List is docked in the upper section of the left panel, and the Project List is docked
in the lower section. If the layout you see is not similar to the one shown above, look at the strip at
the far left border for the vertically-displayed tags Document List and/or Project List. You can
hover your mouse over any of the tags, and the window will slide out. Then, click the Pin button
at the top-right corner to dock that window.
Next, you can go through the following topics to preview some of TEMS Discovery's functions:
System Requirements
Terminology
Open Demo Document
Open Demo Project
Create Projects from Scratch
Get Your Algorithm Working
Generate Reports As You Wish
Getting Started
System Requirements
More:
Software Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
TEMS Discovery can run on Microsoft Windows operating systems that are compatible with
Microsoft .Net framework version 4.0, either 32-bit or 64-bit. Windows XP is no longer supported.
The following components are also required:
Microsoft .Net framework version 4.0
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Microsoft Office Excel (optional). Microsoft Office Excel will be used to open the output
Excel file from TEMS Discovery Report Engine.
PDF viewer (optional). A PDF viewer such as Adobe PDF Reader will be used to open the
output PDF file from the TEMS Discovery Report Engine.
Google Earth 3D Plug-in (optional). This component is needed for TEMS Discovery's
integrated Google Earth Viewer. It can be downloaded from:
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NOTE: Even for a 64-bit operating system, TEMS Discovery still requires a 32-bit Java Runtime
Environment.
Hardware Requirements
More:
Hardware Requirements – TEMS Discovery Professional
Hardware Requirements – TEMS Discovery Enterprise
For Drives (use 64-KB NTFS block size):
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If there are more than 8 drives, then additional drive cages/enclosures and storage controllers are
required.
Each drive cage will hold 8 drives.
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Drive Cage/ HP 8-Bay Small Form Factor Drive Cage HP D2700 Disk Enclosure – It will hold 25
Enclosure SFF SAS drives.
Additional HP SAS Expander Card
Controller or HP Smart Array P812 controller
HP Smart Array P812 controller
Getting Started
Terminology
To quickly familiarize yourself with TEMS Discovery, it is necessary to know and understand the
following terminology:
Project. A project is a placeholder used to organize the processed data from a geographic region.
Mixing data collected from two distant regions in a project will result in substantial distortion of the
display on Map Views; however, multiple projects can be created for a given region. All the data in
TEMS Discovery is structurally organized, and, unlike competing tools that require you to load raw
log data in every new session, TEMS Discovery loads the data once and saves the processed
data permanently until it is removed.
Dataset. A dataset is created by importing one or more raw drive test files. All of the processed
data is organized according to certain attributes, including the original file names, device names,
mobile IDs, labels, etc. Multiple datasets can be created under a project to organize the data
collected from different time frames, optimization phases, vendors, sub-geo regions, or any other
attributes. Newly collected data can be appended onto any existing dataset or project.
Composite Dataset. Processed data from one or more datasets of a project can be logically
combined into composite datasets. A typical practice is to group the processed data by one of their
attributes, such as mobile IDs or functional labels (long call, short call, PS call, etc.), and then
generate one composite dataset for each of the groups.
Coverage Maps. Coverage maps are the prediction data from RF planning and design tools. Any
prediction data in a format similar to raster images or terrain elevation data supported by TEMS
Discovery can be imported. The imported data can then be used for both background display and
to create prediction vs. measurement delta metrics.
View Layout. A view layout is a configuration setting that describes the organization of various
data views. The user can open a project with one of the saved view layouts.
Analysis Set. An analysis set is a set of view layouts that includes precise configuration settings
that describe the specific names of the metrics to be displayed in a given view. The user can send
an entire set of metrics defined in an analysis set from a selected data source with a single click.
Getting Started
Getting Started
A Few Tips
TEMS Discovery has several unique features that will allow you to easily customize TEMS
Discovery's display to suit your needs and preferences. The settings can be easily saved for future
use.
View Arrangement. One of TEMS Discovery's special features is its moveable window views.
This feature allows you to arrange the layout of the views to best suit your presentation needs.
Each view can be locked, hidden, or even dragged to another monitor as a floating window.
Any view can be enabled or disabled by clicking the related toolbar buttons, or by selecting a sub-
menu under Views. By default, the newly enabled view overlaps an existing view. To rearrange a
view, simply move the mouse to the view title, left-click, and drag the view to the target position on
the screen. To overlap two views, simply drag one view to the title of the other view.
Creating Sub-Views. To further break down the primary view windows, TEMS Discovery enables
users to create sub-views that help organize data by placing it into smaller groups.
To divide the Map View, Time Chart, Histogram, or Correlation View into several smaller views,
click the Table Size button on the view’s toolbar.
Using Drag-and-Drop. To display any metric in any view, the user can drag-and-drop the metric
from the Data Explorer into the target view.
Getting Started
Demo Documents
The Document List in the DemoProject_WCDMA, contains several demo documents, including:
DemoDocument_EVDO. A demonstration of a partial list of EVDO metrics supported by
TEMS Discovery.
DemoDocument_Indoor. A demonstration of TEMS Discovery's ability to handle indoor
measurements. Indoor floor prints can easily be geo-referenced with TEMS Discovery
and displayed along with outdoor GIS data. The user can switch between indoor and
outdoor modes with a single click.
DemoDocument_WCDMA. A demonstration of TEMS Discovery's rich data visualization
and flexible view arrangement, and a demonstration of the synchronization of all views.
To open a demo document, double-click on any of the three documents, or, if right-clicking,
select Open from the context menu. The following screen will appear if you open the demo
document DemoDocument_WCDMA.
The opened document contains a project called DemoProject_WCDMA, as well as the
configuration of data presentations. By opening this document, some project data will be
automatically displayed in synchronizable views, including Map View, Time Chart, Messages
View, and Table View. Other project data may be displayed in summary data views, such as the
Histogram.
The level of the project data display in the Data Explorer window is controlled with the Tree
View button . (If the Explorer is hidden, click the tab located at the bottom of the panel to
make it visible.) The data objects are active and can be dragged-and-dropped to any of the
Getting Started
Demo Project
To open a demo project, double-click any of the demo projects in the Project List. Or, right-click on
a project name and select Open from the context menu.
If you open DemoProject_WCDMA, you will see the following screen:
You can expand the tree view in the Data Explorer and view data from the top level, Dataset, to
the lowest level, Metric. Right-clicking each level will bring up its corresponding context menu. The
data objects in those levels can be also dragged-and-dropped to the windows located on the right
side of the window.
After you send data to the windows, select Save from the File menu, or click the Save button
on the toolbar to save the current workspace as a TEMS Discovery document. The saved
document will then be listed in the Document List. A document named Last is created by default to
save the last workspace so the user can always restore the most recent environment.
Getting Started
Walk-U-Through
Walk-U-Through is a TEMS Discovery wizard that walks through some of the most common
tasks.
You can navigate these tasks by clicking the Back button or the Forward button . Then,
click the name of the task that you want to perform (next to the red arrow ).
You can also access the Walk-U-Through tasks from the dropdown menu next to the Next
button.
In general, you can follow the tasks one by one, from importing data through analyzing data and
generating reports, or you can jump to any task by using a shortcut.
1. Import GIS
See Import GIS Data for more information about importing GIS data (terrain elevation,
raster images, vector files, etc.). You can also access the Import GIS Data task from the
File menu or by clicking the Data Import button on the Main Window toolbar.
2. Create/Edit Project
See Project List for more information about creating a new project or editing an existing
project. You can also access the Create/Edit Project task from the Project List context
menu.
3. Import Drive Test Data
See Import Drive Test Data for more information. You can also access the Import Drive
Test Data task from the File menu or by clicking the Data Import button on the Main
Window toolbar.
4. Import Network Configuration
See Import Network Configuration for more information. You can also access the Import
Network Configuration task from the File menu or by clicking the Data Import button
on the Main Window toolbar.
5. Edit Device Attributes
See Device Attribute Assignment for more information.
6. Create Composite Dataset
See Composite Dataset for more information about creating one or more composite
datasets.
7. Open Project with Analysis Set
See Save & Restore Working Environment for how to create or edit Analysis Sets. You
Getting Started
Getting Started
The Script Builder is designed for RF engineers who do not specialize in software development but
who know basic C programming syntax, as well as software developers who can take advantage
of C# programming language and Microsoft .Net library.
TEMS Discovery provides several sample scripts in the program; referring to them can help you
learn how to create your own scripts.
Getting Started
You can create a report template in Excel; then open the spreadsheet in TEMS Discovery to fill in
the metric attributes in any cell. From the Metric List tab, you can drag-and-drop any information
elements to the spreadsheet and select one of the metric attributes (e.g., sample count, mean,
maximum, minimum, standard deviation, multiple user-defined percentiles, elapsed time, distance,
etc.). The modified spreadsheet can then be saved as a TEMS Discovery report template. With
these templates, you can drag-and-drop a “mobile” or a “composite” dataset to the template;
TEMS Discovery will then automatically fill in the specific metric data and generate a final report.
The remainder of this manual covers the TEMS Discovery working environment. The topics
provided are:
Overview
Data List and Progress Log
Main Project Windows
Tools
Configuration and Settings