User guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 N4962A System Overview
- 3 System Details and Performance Specifications
- 4 Operation
- 5 Remote GPIB Interface
- 6 Returning the N4962A Serial BERT to Agilent Technologies

Operation
Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s User Guide 43
Text
Type
Description
Default
measurement depth (BER) is:
)()()(
1
BERMeasDepthstimeGHzFreq
eCI
××−
−=
• 1234R111
o options: none
This is the serial number and firmware revision
code
of the instrument
(only the last four digits of
the serial number are shown on the front panel
display).
Table 14. ErAd settings and expected BER measurements for 10 Gb/s operation
ErAd Setting
(added errors
per second)
Expected BER
(10 GHz clock;
no other errors)
Expected BER
(12.5 GHz clock;
no other errors)
OFF
0
0
1E0
1E
-10
8E
-11
1E1
1E
-9
8E
-10
1E2
1E
-8
8E
-9
1E3
1E
-7
8E
-8
1E4
1E
-6
8E
-7
1E5
1E-5
8E-6
1E6
1E
-4
8E
-5
1E7
1E
-3
8E
-4