Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert

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3.125 Gb/s Serial BERT

N5980A

User Guide

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Contents Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert Herrenberger Str Revision 1.0 MaySafety Summary Environmental Information Contents Programming Reference Introduction Inspect Shipment CD content isSerial Bert Front Panel Connect the InstrumentTo Connect N5980A Rear PanelSerial Bert setup diagram Install User Software for N5980ATo Install the User Software for N5980A Select the folder in which N5980A will be saved To Access N5980A Demo Offline Introduction Advanced ModeRunning the BER Test Setup Setting the Instrument ParametersAdvanced BER displays Gating BER and the Elapsed Gating Time Viewing the ResultsStore Setting Advanced ModeFile Menu Connection Menu Each PC can control only one N5980A ConnectHelp Menu Error IndicatorsInfo BER Bar ErrorSync Loss General Setup and Advanced TabGenerator Input Error DetectorSFP Data Pattern SMA Data PatternGating BER Bar BER and Advanced BER TabActual Errors Gating ErrorsError Detector Pattern Advanced BERAgilent N5980A Command Summary Common Command SummaryCommon Commands Scpi Instrument Command List- ReferenceID Query Load factory default setting Read error queueOperation complete Option QueryRecall setting Store current settingAll Channels DataratePattern SMA Output Electrical GeneratorSOUR1PATT Either sets or gets the pattern of the SMA outputAdd Single Error Error InsertionInsertion Rate Output LevelSOUR2PATT SFP Output Optical GeneratorEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR2PATTEADDRATESyntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once Detected Pattern Trigger OutputSOUR3PATT SENS1PATT?Actual Bit Error Rate Synchronization modeActual Number of Errors Gating Number of Errors Gating Bit Error RateGating Time Start GatingGating Progress Description Selects the input for the error detectorInput Selection SENS1INPSample Code Communicate with the instrument Programming Reference