Specifications

Additional capabilities

Waveform autoscaling

Autoscaling provides quick horizontal and vertical scaling of both

pulse and eye-diagram (RZ and NRZ) waveforms.

Gated triggering

Trigger gating port allows easy external control of data acquisi-

tion for circulating loop or burst-data experiments. Use TTL-

compatible signals to control when the instrument does and does

not acquire data.

Easier calibrations

Calibrating your instrument has been simplified by placing all

the performance level indicators and calibration procedures in a

single high-level location. This provides greater confidence in the

measurements made and saves time in maintaining equipment.

Stimulus response testing using the Agilent N490X BERTs

Error performance analysis represents an essential part of digital

transmission test. The Agilent 86100C and N490X BERT have

similar user interfaces and together create a powerful test solu-

tion. If stimulus only is needed, the 81133A and 81134A pattern

generators work seamlessly with the 86100C.

Transitioning from the Agilent 83480A and 86100A/B to

the 86100C

While the 86100C has powerful new functionality that its

predecessors don’t have, it has been designed to maintain

compatibility with the Agilent 86100A, 86100B and Agilent

83480A digital communications analyzers and Agilent 54750A

wide-bandwidth oscilloscope. All modules used in the Agilent

86100A/B, 83480A and 54750A can also be used in the 86100C.

The remote programming command set for the 86100C has been

designed so that code written for the 86100A or 86100B will work

directly. Some code modifications are required when transitioning

from the 83480A and 54750A, but the command set is designed

to minimize the level of effort required.

IVI-COM capability

Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) is a group of new

instrument device software specifications created by the IVI

Foundation to simplify interchangeability, increase application

performance, and reduce the cost of test program development

and maintenance through design code reuse. The 86100C IVI-

COM drivers are available for download from the Agilent website.

VXII.2 and VXII.3 instrument control

Firmware revision 8.0 provides LAN based instrument control