Specifications
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Additional capabilities
Standard functions
Standard functions are available through pull down menus and
soft keys, and some functions are also accessible through the
front panel knobs.
Markers
• Two vertical and two horizontal (user selectable)
TDR markers
• Horizontal — seconds or meter
• Vertical — Volts, Ohms or Percent Reflection
• Propagation — Dielectric Constant or Velocity
Limit tests
• Acquisition limits
◦ Limit Test “Run Until” Conditions — Off, # of Waveforms,
# of Samples
◦ Report Action on Completion — Save waveform to memory,
save screen image
• Measurement limit test
◦ Specify Number of Failures to Stop Limit Test
◦ When to Fail Selected Measurement — Inside Limits,
Outside Limits, Always Fail, Never Fail
◦ Report Action on Failure — Save waveform to memory,
save screen image, save summary
• Mask limit test
◦ Specify Number of Failed Mask Test Samples
◦ Report Action on Failure — Save waveform to memory,
save screen image, save summary
Configure measurements
• Thresholds
10%, 50%, 90% or 20%, 50%, 80% or Custom
• Eye Boundaries
◦ Define boundaries for eye measurments
◦ Define boundaries for alignment
• Format Units for
◦ Duty Cycle Distortion — Time or Percentage
◦ Extinction/Contrast Ratio — Ratio, Decibel or Percentage
◦ Eye Height — Amplitude or Decibel (dB)
◦ Eye Width — Time or Ratio
◦ Average Power — Watts or Decibels (dBm)
• Top Base Definition
Automatic or Custom
• Δ Time Definition
◦ First Edge Number, Edge Direction, Threshold
◦ Second Edge Number, Edge Direction, Threshold
• Jitter Mode
◦ Units (time or unit interval, watts, volts, or unit amplitude)
◦ Signal type (data or clock)
◦ Measure based on edges (all, rising only, falling only)
◦ Graph layout (single, split, quad)
Quick measure configuration
• Four user-selectable measurements for Each Mode, Eye-mask,
TDR, etc.
• Default Settings (Eye/Mask Mode)
Extinction Ratio, Jitter RMS, Average Power, Crossing
Percentage
• Default Settings (Oscilloscope Mode)
Rise Time, Fall Time, Period, V amptd
Histograms
• Configure
◦ Histogram scale (1 to 8 divisions)
◦ Histogram axis (vertical or horizontal)
◦ Histogram window (adjustable window via marker knobs)
Math measurements
• Four user-definable functions Operator — magnify, invert,
subtract, versus, min, max
• Source — channel, function, memory, constant, response
(TDR)
Calibrate
All calibrations
• Module (amplitude)
• Horizontal (time base)
• Extinction ratio
• Probe
• Optical channel
Front panel calibration output level
• User selectable –2 V to 2 V
Utilities
Set time and date
Remote interface
• Set GPIB interface
Touch screen configuration/calibration
• Calibration
• Disable/enable touch screen
Upgrade software
• Upgrade mainframe
• Upgrade module