Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Connection Menu

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Reference for the User Interface

 

Store Setting As

 

This is used to store/recall any setting with a user selected filename.

 

The user selects a specific location, and file name to save the settings.

 

Recall Setting

 

This recalls the saved settings.

 

Factory Default Setting

 

Restores the factory default settings, and is useful when the user has

 

problems finding a defined instrument state.

 

Instrument Default Setting

 

This is enabled only when Advanced Mode is on. The Instrument

 

Default Setting has three options related to the default setting.

 

Store Current Setting As Instrument Default, stores the

 

instruments current setting as default for this instrument. The

 

instrument default setting will be automatically applied whenever the

 

user software connects to the instrument. The instrument default

 

setting is stored individually for each instrument based on the

 

instrument's serial number.

 

Recall Instrument Default Setting, recalls the instrument's default

 

setting.

 

Delete Instrument Default Setting, deletes the instrument's default

 

setting.

 

If no User Setting exists, the factory default setting will be applied

 

when the User Software connects to the instrument.

 

This setting is stored individually for each instrument by storing the instrument

NOTE

 

serial number in the file name.

 

 

 

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Exit

This closes the session with N5980A.

Connection Menu

This has the following options:

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N5980A User Guide

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Contents Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert Revision 1.0 May Herrenberger StrSafety Summary Environmental Information Contents Programming Reference Introduction Inspect Shipment CD content isSerial Bert Connect the Instrument Front PanelRear Panel To Connect N5980AInstall User Software for N5980A Serial Bert setup diagramTo Install the User Software for N5980A Select the folder in which N5980A will be saved To Access N5980A Demo Offline Advanced Mode IntroductionRunning the BER Test Setting the Instrument Parameters SetupAdvanced Viewing the Results BER displays Gating BER and the Elapsed Gating TimeStore Setting Advanced ModeFile Menu Connection Menu Connect Each PC can control only one N5980AHelp Menu Error IndicatorsInfo BER Bar ErrorSync Loss General Setup and Advanced TabGenerator SFP Data Pattern Error DetectorInput SMA Data PatternBER and Advanced BER Tab Gating BER BarError Detector Pattern Gating ErrorsActual Errors Advanced BERCommon Command Summary Agilent N5980A Command SummaryCommon Commands Scpi Instrument Command List- ReferenceID Query Operation complete Read error queueLoad factory default setting Option QueryAll Channels Store current settingRecall setting DatarateSOUR1PATT SMA Output Electrical GeneratorPattern Either sets or gets the pattern of the SMA outputInsertion Rate Error InsertionAdd Single Error Output LevelSOUR2PATT SFP Output Optical GeneratorEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR2PATTEADDRATESyntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR3PATT Trigger OutputDetected Pattern SENS1PATT?Actual Bit Error Rate Synchronization modeActual Number of Errors Gating Time Gating Bit Error RateGating Number of Errors Start GatingInput Selection Description Selects the input for the error detectorGating Progress SENS1INPSample Code Communicate with the instrument Programming Reference