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Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Introduction

Models: N5980A

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Introduction

1 Introduction

This chapter introduces you to the Serial BERT User Guide, and it provides information on the various chapters and topics covered.

1Getting Started

Inspect Shipment

Connect the Instrument

Install User Software for N5980A

2Operating N5980A with the User Interface

Introduction

Running the BER Test

Setting the Instrument Parameters

Viewing the Results

3Reference for the User Interface

4Programming through SCPI

Introduction

Common Command Summary

SCPI Instrument Command List

Sample Code

N5980A User Guide

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Agilent Technologies N5980A manual Introduction

Contents

Agilent 125 Gb/s Serial Bert Herrenberger Str Revision 1.0 MaySafety Summary Environmental Information Contents Programming Reference Introduction Inspect Shipment CD content isSerial 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 ResultsStore Setting Advanced ModeFile Menu Connection Menu Each PC can control only one N5980A ConnectHelp Menu Error IndicatorsInfo BER Bar ErrorSync Loss General Setup and Advanced TabGenerator SMA Data Pattern Error DetectorInput SFP Data PatternGating BER Bar BER and Advanced BER TabAdvanced BER Gating ErrorsActual Errors Error Detector PatternAgilent N5980A Command Summary Common Command SummaryCommon Commands Scpi Instrument Command List- ReferenceID Query Option Query Read error queueLoad factory default setting Operation completeDatarate Store current settingRecall setting All ChannelsEither sets or gets the pattern of the SMA output SMA Output Electrical GeneratorPattern SOUR1PATTOutput Level Error InsertionAdd Single Error Insertion RateSOUR2PATT SFP Output Optical GeneratorEither sets or gets the pattern of the SFP output SOUR2PATTEADD Once SOUR2PATTEADDRATESyntax SOUR2PATTEADD Once SENS1PATT? Trigger OutputDetected Pattern SOUR3PATTActual Bit Error Rate Synchronization modeActual Number of Errors Start Gating Gating Bit Error RateGating Number of Errors Gating TimeSENS1INP Description Selects the input for the error detectorGating Progress Input SelectionSample Code Communicate with the instrument Programming Reference