Agilent Technologies N5980A manual File Menu, Advanced Mode, Store Setting

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Reference for the User Interface

4 Reference for the User Interface

This section explains the measured parameters, and the display options that are specific to these measurements. Additionally, some information is provided to explain the theoretical background to these measurements.

When N5980A is launched the following screen is displayed:

File Menu

The File menu has the following options.

Advanced Mode

The Advanced Mode allows you to change the settings, and view the results in the Advanced, and the Advanced BER pages.

Store Setting

This saves the changes made to the setting. To enable this menu option you need to store a setting first.

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Contents Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert Herrenberger Str Revision 1.0 MaySafety Summary Environmental Information Contents Programming Reference Introduction CD content is Inspect ShipmentSerial 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 ResultsAdvanced Mode Store SettingFile Menu Connection Menu Each PC can control only one N5980A ConnectError Indicators Help MenuInfo Error BER BarSync Loss Setup and Advanced Tab GeneralGenerator 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 SummaryScpi Instrument Command List- Reference Common CommandsID 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 LevelSFP Output Optical Generator SOUR2PATTEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SOUR2PATTEADDRATE SOUR2PATTEADD OnceSyntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once Detected Pattern Trigger OutputSOUR3PATT SENS1PATT?Synchronization mode Actual Bit Error RateActual 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