Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Programming Reference

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Contents

Error 25

Sync Loss 25

Setup and Advanced Tab26

Setup 26

Advanced 27

BER and Advanced BER Tab 28

BER 28
Advanced BER	29
5 Programming Reference	30
Introduction 30

Common Command Summary 30

Agilent N5980A Command Summary 30

SCPI Instrument Command List- Reference 31

Common Commands31

All Channels 33

SMA Output (Electrical Generator) 34

SFP Output (Optical Generator) 36

Trigger Output38

Synchronization mode 39

Sample Code 42

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Contents Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert Revision 1.0 May Herrenberger StrSafety Summary Environmental Information Contents Programming Reference Introduction CD content is Inspect ShipmentSerial 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 TimeAdvanced Mode Store SettingFile Menu Connection Menu Connect Each PC can control only one N5980AError Indicators Help MenuInfo Error BER BarSync Loss Setup and Advanced Tab GeneralGenerator 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 SummaryScpi Instrument Command List- Reference Common CommandsID 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 LevelSFP Output Optical Generator SOUR2PATTEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SOUR2PATTEADDRATE SOUR2PATTEADD OnceSyntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR3PATT Trigger OutputDetected Pattern SENS1PATT?Synchronization mode Actual Bit Error RateActual 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