User guide

For understanding, the Serial BERT GUI can be divided into three panes; namely
the upper, middle and the lower pane.
The following picture illustrates the upper pane of the Serial BERT.
The upper pane provides access to the Navigation Menu which allows you to
launch the different controls and dialogs of the Serial BERT. For more information
on the Navigation Menu, refer to the section “How to use the Navigation Menu”
on page 21. In addition, this pane also displays the following controls, buttons
and indicators:
• BER Status Bar: Displays the calculated BER.
• Elapsed Time Indicator: Displays the progress of the current accumulation
period. If a measurement is running, it displays the measurement progress.
• Show Error Message Button: Displays error messages. The Show Error
Message button uses the following color codes to indicate different states:
• No error messages: The button will be in disabled state.
• New/unread errors: The triangle icon on the button will turn red.
• No new errors: The triangle icon on the button will remain yellow.
• Minimize Button: Minimizes the GUI to the Taskbar.
• Remote Indicator: If the GUI is in remote state, the remote indicator turns blue
and the mouse is catched within.
Planning the Test 1
Agilent J-BERT N4903B High-Performance Serial BERT 19
Upper Pane