User guide

This dialog contains a drop-down list which provides the following options.
• Off Mode: Displays the pattern editor without any symbol coding.
• OOB Mode: Displays bit combinations of both channels as shown in the table
below.
Table 16
Symbol Data Out Aux Data Out
0 0 0
Z 0 1
1 1 1
N O T E
The OOB Mode is only valid in 'Bin' and 'Symbol' representations. The 'Hex'
representation is disabled in this mode.
N O T E
If the bit combinations are not matched in the table, then 'U’ will be shown in red.
• PAM4 Mode: Displays bit combinations of both channels as shown in the table
below.
Table 17
Symbol Data Out Aux Data Out
0 0 0
1 0 1
2 1 0
3 1 1
N O T E
The PAM4 Mode is only valid in 'Bin' representation. The 'Hex' and 'Symbol'
representations are disabled in this mode.
N O T E
You need to press the described keys to configure 'Z' in the hardware front panel
for OOB Mode.
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