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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................6

PCI Express Link Training Suite................................................................................................................................6

2. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND UPDATE.............................................................7

Software Update............................................................................................................................................................7

Software Installation.....................................................................................................................................................7

3. STARTING AND REGISTERING THE SOFTWARE...................................................8

Starting Registered Software.......................................................................................................................................8

Software Registration...................................................................................................................................................8

4. SETUP..........................................................................................................................9

5. USING THE SOFTWARE...........................................................................................10

Connecting To The Instruments................................................................................................................................10

Main User Interface....................................................................................................................................................12

Help...........................................................................................................................................................................13

Basics........................................................................................................................................................................13

Demo Mode...............................................................................................................................................................14

Applying....................................................................................................................................................................14

PCI Express Physical Parameters.............................................................................................................................14

Link Training Pattern................................................................................................................................................15

Loopback Pattern......................................................................................................................................................16

Clock Tolerance Compensation................................................................................................................................17

Error Detector...........................................................................................................................................................18

Output Parameters.....................................................................................................................................................18

Timing.......................................................................................................................................................................18

Voltage Levels..........................................................................................................................................................19

De-Emphasis.............................................................................................................................................................19

Jitter/SSC..................................................................................................................................................................19

Interferences..............................................................................................................................................................20

Bit Error Rate Measurement.....................................................................................................................................20

Sequencer..................................................................................................................................................................20

BERT Control...........................................................................................................................................................21

Power Switching.......................................................................................................................................................21

Saving And Loading Settings...................................................................................................................................22

Expert Mode..............................................................................................................................................................22

Exporting The Script.................................................................................................................................................22

Script Editing...............................................................................................................................................................22

Limitations................................................................................................................................................................24

6. TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................................................25

4 N5990A-301 Getting Started Guide