Installation guide

Setting Up ParBERT 43G Setup Procedure
60 Agilent 81250 ParBERT Installation Guide, February 2002
Setup Procedure
ParBERT 43G systems are generally delivered as bundles, completely
wired and ready to be connected to a PC on which the IEEE 1394 PC to
VXI interface card is installed.
When you receive such a bundle, proceed as follows:
1 Inspect the shipment (see ”Unpacking ParBERT” on page 32).
2 Check the clock distribution cables (see ”Checking the Clock
Distribution Cables” on page 32).
3 If you have received two mainframes, a pattern generator and an error
detector, interconnect their IEEE 1394 PC to VXI modules (see also
Figure 19 on page 39). Then both mainframes can be controlled by
one PC. Do not interconnect their clock modules.
Figure 39 Configuration for Testing Multiplexers and Demultiplexers
4 Prepare a suitable PC or workstation to be used as the ParBERT
controller (see ”Requirements for External Controller and User PC”
on page 29).
5 Install the IEEE 1394 PC to VXI interface card on that PC.
6 Connect the PC to the IEEE 1394 PC to VXI module of the mainframe
(see Figure 39).
7 Connect the PC and the mainframe(s) to mains and switch them on.
IEEE 1394 PC to
VXI cable
Frame
connection