Optictelecom group and EXFO Inc. are pleased to announce FastReporter 3. This newversion brings new unique features as well as improvement on some of the pain point in FR2.
What’s new?
- New licensing mechanism
- New user interface
- New validator mode
- New job management capabilities
- 90 days FREE trial!
NEW LICENSING
From one central web-based application you canmanage FastReporter3 licenses for an entiregroup of users. Licenses are now ‘’user-based’’instead of fixed PC-based like with the previousversion of FR.
What does it mean for your customer?
- Easy license assignment via emailinvitation.
- Easy license re-assignment to another user (ex: employee leaving the company)
- Access FR3 from any PC. Simply install it and enter your user credential to unlock all thefeatures
- No longer need to call EXFO factory to get a new key in case of PC change
NEW USER INTERFACE
We have re-designed the entire layout of the interface with new icons and opened menu.
What does it mean for your customer?
Greatly decrease the learning curve of the application and offer a better user experience.
NEW VALIDATOR MODE
Nowadays expert to analyze and validate test results coming from the field are becoming more and more rare and hard to find. To train someone from scratch could take months to year before reaching expert level. Furthermore, auditor expert can spend hours validating several job and test parameters for every measurement.
With FastReporter 3 we are pleased to introduce a new and industry unique ‘’VALIDATOR’’ mode.
What does it mean for your customer?
By simply defining validation template, user can apply those templates and measurement to be validated and FR3 will compare the template with the measurement and will return a PASS ro FAIL validation verdicts in seconds. Novice user can now validate their results in seconds instead of hours.
NEW JOB MANAGEMENT
FastReporter 3 is fully integrated with TestFlow. You can define jobs in TestFlow server, execute them in the field, automatically upload the results in the server and open the jobs into FastReporter 3. Test files will be automatically matched together based on the job definition. User will no longer have to make sure all the Identifications ID matched in order to group test results type together (ex: iOLM + FIP) in order to generate combined reports.
NEW 90 DAYS TRIAL
After downloading and installing FastReporter 3 on their PC, users will be prompted to create a TestFlow account in order to benefits and try all the features for 90 days!
After the 90 days, users will still be able to user FR3 in basic more, with basic functionalities (similar to what FR2 free mode offers)
FR2 VS FR3
FR2 | FR3 | |
PC based |
YES PC and FTB |
YES PC and FTB |
Free trial |
YES 30 days |
YES 90 days |
Licensing |
- Fixed to PC - USB dongle |
- User based - USB dongle |
Automated validation |
NO Manual |
YES Automated |
User interface |
Small and old fashion Require more clicks |
Large and up to date Less clicks and open |
Business model |
Perpetual = Fixed to PC USB dongle |
Subscription USB dongle |
Job management |
NO Manual |
YES Integrated with TestFlow |
Support |
We still sell licenses for 6 to 8 month No new feature Product pack and hotfix on case by case |
Full support New features |
IMPORTANT
- FR3 still available only in English, Spehish and French. Other languages are coming soon.
- XLS report templates can be easily transfered from FR2 to FR3.
- FR2 and FR3 can be installed on one PC simultaneously.
- Since March 2019 FR3 will be pre-installed on FTB-1, FTB-2 and FTB-4 platforms. Users can use it in base/free mode for simple results viewing or use TestFlow user's credentials (like on PC) to unblock additional functionalities. USB dongle also can be used.