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Using the Agilent 83434A
BER Performance Verification
2 Set the Agilent 71612B as follows:
CLOCK OUTPUT
SIG GEN FREQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9953.28 MHZ
SIG GEN FREQ (for 83434 option 106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10664.23 MHZ
MENU
DATA OUTPUT
Ext AC COUPLED
DATA AMPLITUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 V
PATTERN
PRBS
2
31
–1
3 Disable WAVELENGTH ADJUST on the 83433A.
4 Turn on the 83433A laser.
5 Adjust the optical attenuator for a maximum of 0 dBm and a minimum of
–16 dbm at the output of the attenuator.
6 Set the Agilent 71612B as follows:
MENU
INPUT & EYE
0/1 THR CENTER
CLK/DATA ALIGN
MENU
GATING
RUN GATING
7 Verify that the 71612B reports zero errors.