Agilent Technologies N5980A manual BER and Advanced BER Tab, Gating BER Bar

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Reference for the User Interface
		On the advanced page the SFP and the SMA Data pattern can be adjusted
	NOTE
		independently.

		SFP Error Insertion Rate:
		This drop down list gives a set of Error	Insertion Rates that can be
		inserted for the SFP output.
		SMA Error Insertion Rate:
		This drop down list gives a set of Error	Insertion Rates that can be
		inserted for the SFP output.
		Both the lists contain the same set of Error Insertion Rates. The following
	NOTE
		screen shows this list.

Trigger Out:

The Trigger Out lists a set of clock triggers. The list is shown below:

Error Detector

Gating Time:

The Gating Time can be set in terms of hour, minute, and seconds.

The maximum gating time is 168 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

BER and Advanced BER Tab

BER

Gating BER Bar

This BER Bar indicates the Bit Error during the Gating Period. Once the Gating Period is complete this Bar turns green if the test passes (Gating BER is 0.0), and turns red if the test fails (Gating BER > 0.0).

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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 Error Detector InputSFP Data Pattern SMA Data PatternBER and Advanced BER Tab Gating BER BarGating Errors Actual ErrorsError Detector Pattern Advanced BERCommon Command Summary Agilent N5980A Command SummaryCommon Commands Scpi Instrument Command List- ReferenceID Query Read error queue Load factory default settingOperation complete Option QueryStore current setting Recall settingAll Channels DatarateSMA Output Electrical Generator PatternSOUR1PATT Either sets or gets the pattern of the SMA outputError Insertion Add Single ErrorInsertion Rate Output LevelSOUR2PATT SFP Output Optical GeneratorEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR2PATTEADDRATESyntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once Trigger Output Detected PatternSOUR3PATT SENS1PATT?Actual Bit Error Rate Synchronization modeActual Number of Errors Gating Bit Error Rate Gating Number of ErrorsGating Time Start GatingDescription Selects the input for the error detector Gating ProgressInput Selection SENS1INPSample Code Communicate with the instrument Programming Reference