Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Contents

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Contents

Contents

1	Introduction 7
2	Getting Started 8
	Inspect Shipment 8
	Connect the Instrument 9
	Front Panel	9
	Rear Panel	10
	Install User Software for N5980A 11
	To Install the User Software for N5980A 12
	To Access N5980A 14
3	Operating N5980A with the User Interface 16
	Introduction 16

Running the BER Test 17

Setting the Instrument Parameters 18

Setup 18

Advanced 19

Viewing the Results 20

4 Reference for the User Interface 21

File Menu 21

Advanced Mode 21

Store Setting 21

Store Setting As 22

Recall Setting 22

Factory Default Setting22

Instrument Default Setting 22

Exit 22

Connection Menu 22

Connect23

Info 24

Help Menu 24

Error Indicators 24

BER Bar 25

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 Serial Bert CD content isInspect Shipment 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 ResultsFile Menu Advanced ModeStore Setting Connection Menu Each PC can control only one N5980A ConnectInfo Error IndicatorsHelp Menu Sync Loss ErrorBER Bar Generator Setup and Advanced TabGeneral 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 SummaryID Query Scpi Instrument Command List- ReferenceCommon Commands 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 LevelEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SFP Output Optical GeneratorSOUR2PATT Syntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR2PATTEADDRATESOUR2PATTEADD Once Detected Pattern Trigger OutputSOUR3PATT SENS1PATT?Actual Number of Errors Synchronization modeActual Bit Error Rate 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