User guide

2
Open a spreadsheet application on your PC.
3
Import the measurement log file. If your application has an import wizard, you
may need to indicate that data is delimited with commas.
4
Once the file has been imported, you may need to resize columns. The imported
log file should appear similar to the following example.
N O T E
During measurement logging, the Serial BERT logs data in ten-second intervals.
Your log file may be missing up to the last ten seconds of data. To avoid this
condition, accumulate for 10 seconds longer than desired.
You can view and analyze the following information in the measurement log file:
Table 38
Instantaneous Cumulative
BIT COUNT BIT COUNT Cumulative
ERROR COUNT ERROR COUNT Cumulative
ERROR RATIO ERROR RATIO Cumulative
ERRORED 0 COUNT ERRORED 0 COUNT Cumulative
ERRORED 0 RATIO ERRORED 0 RATIO Cumulative
ERRORED 1 COUNT ERRORED 1 COUNT Cumulative
ERRORED 1 RATIO ERRORED 1 RATIO Cumulative
SYNC LOSS ERROR SECONDS Cumulative
PG CLOCK LOSS ERROR FREE SECONDS Cumulative
10 Customizing the Instrument
560 Agilent J-BERT N4903B High-Performance Serial BERT