Running the BER Test | Agilent Technologies N5980A specification

Operating N5980A with the User Interface

Running the BER Test

The User Software supports a quick pass/fail measurement, which is generally used for testing the DUT in manufacturing. This measurement allows you to count the number of bit errors during a user specified gating time. The result of the measurement is displayed as Gating Errors, Gating BER, and by a simple red (=fail)

/green (=pass) color coding of the Gating BER bar.

1To run the basic measurement, click on Start Gating Period or F12.

2In case you want to stop the running measurement, click on:

3Once the measurement is complete, the results would appear as follows:

NOTE	The Gating Time can be modified in Advanced Mode.

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Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Running the BER Test

Contents

Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert Herrenberger Str Revision 1.0 May Safety Summary Environmental Information Contents Programming Reference Introduction Serial Bert CD content isInspect Shipment Front Panel Connect the Instrument To Connect N5980A Rear Panel Serial Bert setup diagram Install User Software for N5980A To Install the User Software for N5980A Select the folder in which N5980A will be saved To Access N5980A Demo Offline Introduction Advanced Mode Running the BER Test Setup Setting the Instrument Parameters Advanced BER displays Gating BER and the Elapsed Gating Time Viewing the Results File Menu Advanced ModeStore Setting Connection Menu Each PC can control only one N5980A Connect Info Error IndicatorsHelp Menu Sync Loss ErrorBER Bar Generator Setup and Advanced TabGeneral Input Error DetectorSFP Data Pattern SMA Data Pattern Gating BER Bar BER and Advanced BER Tab Actual Errors Gating ErrorsError Detector Pattern Advanced BER Agilent N5980A Command Summary Common Command Summary ID Query Scpi Instrument Command List- ReferenceCommon Commands Load factory default setting Read error queueOperation complete Option Query Recall setting Store current settingAll Channels Datarate Pattern SMA Output Electrical GeneratorSOUR1PATT Either sets or gets the pattern of the SMA output Add Single Error Error InsertionInsertion Rate Output Level Either 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 Gating Gating Progress Description Selects the input for the error detectorInput Selection SENS1INP Sample Code Communicate with the instrument Programming Reference