Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Connect the Instrument, Front Panel

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Getting Started

Connect the Instrument

In order to connect the Serial BERT let’s have a look at the Front and the Rear Panels:

Front Panel

The Front Panel has LEDs, Data In/Out ports, and an SFP connector.

Figure 1 Front Panel

	SFP
	The Small Form Factor Pluggable interface (SFP) is an industry
	standard daughter card used in networking devices. It interfaces a
	network device with a networking cable. Typically SFP modules are
	optical transceivers using multimode (850 nm), or single-mode (1310
	nm, 1550nm) cabling.
	An SFP loopback connector is part of the N5980A shipment delivery.
	This connector is used for functional verification of the SFP port. It
	has an internal loop from the SFP output to the SFP input signal.
	SFP compliant modules can be inserted into the SFP slot. While selecting
NOTE
	golden SFP modules observe the specifications of the selected device. Make
	sure that the supported maximum PRBS length, and the maximum data rate
	matches with the N5980A settings. Make sure that the wavelength of the SFP
	module, and the cabling are identical, and that the optical power is within the
	specified limit. To measure BER at the SFP input, select the Input “SFP
	(Optical)” in the user interface.

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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