02 | Keysight | N4980A Multi-Instrument BERT Software - Data Sheet
Multi-instrument control and
measurements at your fingertips
Product highlights
– Intuitive setup for all Keysight Technologies instruments in
the test system
– Single and multi-lane bit error rate testing
– Crosstalk susceptibility testing with active aggressor signals
– Fast and efficient parallel jitter tolerance testing
– Bathtub view
Figure 1. Assigning an alias.
– Graphical pattern editor for easy user pattern creation
Applications
– Serial data receiver characterization
– Testing devices with high SerDes counts
– Optical transceiver/transponder characterization
Figure 2. Selecting units.
Focused, centralized control
The opening screen of the N4980A multi-instrument BERT
software provides a menu of all Keysight Technologies
instruments it supports. A convenient discover mode polls the bus
in use (GPIB and/or USB) to find all connected instruments. Users
can then perform a single click connect all or individually select
an instrument to configure for the test at hand. Once selected,
control for all instruments is focused in a single, easy to
understand and navigate interface application.
Need to run the test again in the future? The entire setup can be
saved to a file and recalled at any time.
Figure 3. Entering numeric parameters.
To improve understanding of signal flow in complicated test
set-ups, users can assign an alias, such as port ID, signal names,
etc., to the instrument channels.
Numeric parameters can be entered from a pull down list, pop up
keypad, or by spinning the wheel on your mouse.
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