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1. 100G SR10 10 3125 Added new OIF CEI masks and SFF 8431 masks CALibrate Subsystem Programming Commands CALibrate CHAN ENABled new 17 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes CALibrate CHAN STATus new CALibrate CHAN STATus DETails new CALibrate CHAN STATus DTEMperature new CALibrate CHAN STATus TIME new CALibrate OUTPut new CALibrate SKEW SLOT STARt new CALibrate SKEW SLOT STATus new CALibrate SKEW SLOT STATus DETails new CALibrate SKEW SLOT STATus DTEMperature new CALibrate SKEW SLOT STATus TIME new CHANnel Subsystem Programming Commands CHANnel BANDwidth FREQuency new CHANnel FSELect RATE new CHANnel PROBe new CHANnel WAVelength VALue new CRECovery Subsystem Programming Commands CRECovery CFRequency new CRECovery TDENsity new CRECovery OUTPut DMODe new DISPlay Subsystem Programming Commands DISPlay JITTer GRAPh TYPE new DISPlay JITTer GRAPh deprecated DISPLay MDISplay DOCK new EMODules Subsystem Programming Commands new The EMODules extended modules subsystem controls the connection of extended and simulated modules EMODules CRECovery SADDress new EMODules CRECovery VADDress new EMODules REConnect new EMODules SIMulator SRATe new EMODules SLOT ADDRess new EMODules SLOT CONNect new EMODules SLOT DISConnect new EMODules SLOT SELection new EMODules SLOT STATe ne
2. N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes NOTE A 01 22 Release Notes September 6 2000 Differences from Release A 01 21 This firmware release is not supported New Feature List None Defects Fixed The eye crossing algorithm is now more tolerant of heavily filtered eye waveforms The Start Mask Test will align to larger variety of eye waveforms Eye Measurements which rely on an accurate eye crossing point will perform better on these filtered waveforms NOTE A 01 21 Release Notes August 9 2000 Differences from Re lease A 01 20 This firmware release is not supported New Feature List None Defects Fixed None Factory only Enhancement New routine added to increase the efficiency of the factory horizontal calibration process This improvement does not change the functionality of the product NOTE A 01 20 Release Notes July 11 2000 Differences from Release A 01 13 This firmware release is not supported New Feature List External Scaling for vertical channel and trigger LAN capability for printing and file sharing 59 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Defects Fixed With external keyboard connected pressing ALT F4 allowed access to Windows which is bad This feature is now unavailable Vertical cal temperature window is changed from gt 1 deg C to gt 5 deg C Changed variable persistence defau
3. 54 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes degraded by a factor of four or five is now fixed GPIB disk store goes to setup directory instead of specified directory this is now fixed Resolved a problem with the RZ remote query for contrast ratio which causes the instru ment to crash while in eye mode The remote command mask load MTES LOAD does not work in CAUser Files NDirectory this defect has been resolved Modules insufficiently inserted produce an error message in the mainframe that tell the user to reinsert with more force A 02 10 Release Notes May 1 2001 Differences from Release A 02 01 New Feature List New Return to Zero measurements Added math function MIN MAX Added JPEG and TIFF File Support Added scope measurements Vavg Tmin Tmax Tedge Delta Time Added Histogram Measurement Peak Ability to Show Histograms Window Boundary at all times when Histograms feature is turned on Added remote command to save screen image to hard or networked drive Added remote command to save file in any supported format Defects Fixed DCA crashes after default setup while in TDR mode Remote command MARKER Y1 POSITION now correctly returns answer in volts or ohms Resolved measurement resolution issue introduced in version A 02 01 In Eye Mode on electrical channels the vertical scale resolution was fixed at 10 mV Fixed text on Limit Setup button doesn t reset Fi
4. AMPLitude LOCation A A A C EASure C L C C E PLitude LOCation S PLitude LOCation U PLitude LOCation U ECovery F ECovery ECovery R LOCation R R RECovery R R Y LOCation F EASure LOCation EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure EY EASure EY EASure EY ECovery LOCation ECovery LOCation U E LOCation FA LOCation FR LOCation LLI LOCation STATe EASure EYE LOCation U i EASure EYE LOCation UPACtio EASure JITTer LOCation FAIL EASure JITTer EASure JITTer t m FH rn rmm rmn P r LOCation ST U LOCation FREGi LOCation LLIMi N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes LIMit removed TATe removed LIMit removed PACtion removed AlLures removed REGion removed LIMit removed removed L t removed PACtion removed s removed removed removed removed removed n removed res removed on removed t removed E EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure U U JITTer U U LOCation STATe removed LOCation ULIMit removed ITTer LOCation UPACtion removed TESt LOCation FAILures removed TESt LOCation FREGion removed ITTer EASure EASure MTESt LOCation EASure MTESt LOCation EASure MTESt LOCation EASure 0SCilloscope LOCatio EASure 0SCilloscope LOCatio EASure 0SCilloscope LOCatio EASure 0SCilloscope LOCatio EASure 0SCilloscope LOCatio EASure 0SCilloscope LOCatio
5. Command Subsystem JSAMemor y New DISK Subsystem Programming Command DISK JSANalysis FNAMe DISK JSANalysis RECall DISK JSANalysis RECall DESTination DISK JSANalysis SAVE 15 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes New DISPlay Subsystem Commands DISPlay JITTer CCEdge New MEASure Subsystem Commands EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS Les re res res res PEZ re Des re re Le re Le re re rez res re re tes re Des re res res rez Des res res res res Des rez re re res Les res Les rex res Les res Les rez Des Les res Pes rex res re gt gt AAA AAA AA A AAA AA gt gt gt EA x E Er Cu i EA Cu Es Cs Es Ca i Ca C 1 rmrmrmrmarmrmrmrmrmrirmr UuuuuUuduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu itud cr cr ct Ao e he aaa itud itud itud itud itud itud tata cn S ci e itud itud itud itud itud itud ct ct ct E xXx aaa itud itud ico wer ROnes ROnes ROnes ROnes ROnes RZeros RZeros RZeros RZeros IRZeros Ones UIOnes UIOnes UIOnes UIOnes UIZeros UIZeros UIZeros UIZeros UIZeros SIHist PIhist Thod 4 4 4 4 10207
6. Legacy For working offline the DCA s data simulation state is now integrated with standard live channels Open FlexDCA normally without using a command line switch Added two example programs for performing calibrations Each program illustrates a dif ferent method of controling execution timing FlexDCA is compatible with Windows XP and Windows 7 but is not compatible with Windows 8 New Feature List Ability to use one slot mini modules Added new N1045A one slot mini module with two or four remote electrical heads Extended Module feature to control supported external instruments via LAN such as the N4877A clock data recovery and demultiplexer Added automatic fixture deskew Added Skew Calibration to remove difference in electrical length between the remote sam pling heads on N1045A and 86118A HO1 modules Added automatic differential deskew to apply Hardware Skew to two differential channels Added probe support and setup n Standard configuration the 86100D supports SCPI connectivity via GPIB VXI 11 LAN fe to Standard configuration Telnet Sockets and HiSlip Ability to adjust the 86100D front panel calibration output DC Cal voltage Added Absolute and Square Root math operators Added Decision Feedback Equalizer and Sin X X signal processing operators Support for the N1014A SFF 8431 Compliance Application Added Undo Redo and History Added new Ethernet Mask
7. Mainframe 46 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes The following features are available only with 86100C mainframe Added Windows XP Operating System Service Pack 2 We recommend that all existing 86100C with Service Pack 1 installed update to Service Pack 2 because the additional se curity capabilities The following feature is also available for 86100C mainframe and Option 001 Wide Band width Trigger Pattern Lock Eyeline h trigger will work when an 86107A precision time base module installed The following feature is available with 86100C mainframe with Option 001 and Option 100 Jitter Software Enabled 86107A precision time base to work in jitter mode which reduces the noise floor of jitter measurements down to 200 fs in most circumstances Enhancements for 86100A B C Mainframes Allow the 86107A precision time base mod ules to operate over continuous frequency bands No hardware upgrade needed to existing modules but customers must either provide their own filter or a clean sine wave with low total harmonic distortion Defects Fixed Repaired remote rise time measurement always returns data from lowest channel Fixed Remote Command to measure Extinction Ratio Factor MEAS ERF Resolved Differential TDR Inverted channel marker values reporting incorrect value Addressed Auto Scale incorrectly aligns in time when multiple waveforms present on screen There is
8. Subsystem Command vu OO OOO OO BOS OS Se EJ ANNNNNNANN ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay Hu Hr sE SS Hub Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow Dow T 0H T 0H T 0H T PE PE T PE T VO T VO T VO S D S L S Z RCen RCen RCen LTs LTS LTs ODe new EGend EXPand new SIGnal new t DMODe new t LEGend EXPand new t ZSIGnal new DMODe new LEGend EXPand new ZSIGnal new FUNCtion Subsystem Commands FUNCtion FOPerator INTegrate deprecated argument FUNCtion FOPerator SUMMation new argument GRAPh Subsystem Commands New Subsystem 0 CD CD CD CD CD CD CD 10 10 00 RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T RAPh T diodo DOLO H H H H lt VO VO VO OLTs S AUToscale new S Y AUToscale new S Y 0FFSet new S Y SCALe new RCent AUToscale new RCent Y AUToscale new RCent Y 0FFSet new RCent Y SCALe new AUToscale new Ts Y AUToscale new Ts Y 0FFSet new Ts Y SCALe new JSAMemory Subsystem Commands SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA D D DOD DOD DOD a Cu acta Ca C ory ory ory ory ory ory ory ory ca Ca te Ca Es Ca SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA ysi ysi ysi ysi ysi ysi ysi ysi GU C CU C0 a a dv C D D D D D D D D 0000000 n NAN
9. an issue where math signals were not auto scaling properly TDR calibration is valid and then a vertical cal later becomes invalid recommended now message will tell user TDR calibration is recommended xed bug where DISK MDIRectory command would give error message upon proper us f command he minimum maximum and average impedance measurements can now be applied to ath functions as well as channels and responses xed issues with using Pattern Lock and precision timebase with a sub rate reference clock Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 39 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 07 00 Release Notes March 15 2007 Differences from Re lease A 06 01 New Features List The following features are available only with Option 300 Advanced Amplitude Analysis RIN Q factor which requires Option 200 Enhanced Jitter Analysis Software and 86100C Option 001 Enhanced Trigger Amplitude Analysis Separation and display of amplitude interference components similar to jitter mode RIN RINoma Q factor Added Optical Modulation Amplitude measurement to oscilloscope mode Support for 834968 clock recovery module with the capability to lock on data streams that employ a Spread Spectrum Clock SSC Enables phase noise analysis on clocks Support for Option 83496A UAB upgrade to 83496B capability Support for new 86
10. at 10 MHz J2and J9 TJ Measurements J2 and J9 are new Total Jitter TJ measurements from s dards requiring stressed eye analysis for optical and electrical receiver compliance TJ Upper Limit Increased To 10E 1 The upper limit for the BER used in of Total Jitter TJ measurement BER has been increased from 1E 3 to 1E 1 Q Diagram in Color Grade The math function gVersus h allows color graded l Q dia grams a key insight tool to visualize the I Q signals after demodulation of a complex op tical modulation tan te skew control for option H01 of the 86118A a dual remote sampling head with over 70 GHz elec trical bandwidth Additional Trigger Divide Ratio 1 55 has been added to support more applications using subrate clocks to trigger the oscilloscope Additional Loop Bandwidth Value Added 637 5 kHz to Select from List for target loop bandwidth LBW of the clock recovery Calibration Timeout Increased to 30 Seconds During most calibrations the hardware re acts within a fraction of a second External programs such as anti virus and anti spyware software may keep the CPU busy for seconds The long timeout ensures successful cali bration in most if not all cases General Defects Fixed Fixed corner case where too much jitter was reported Fixed issue jitter algorithm related to transition density that resulted in over reported DJ TJ numbers Fixed occasional ghost
11. differential d the setting at the time the cal was performed E trol is set to limit error messages the first time you lization data is now recalled properly when loading a TDR TDT cal file Previously the normalization cal data was read from the file but not fully resolved as valid Enhanced TDT normalization so that thru measurements from calibration are stored inde pendently from TDR short measurements This allows greater flexibility in switching be tween stimulus channels Fixed threading synchroni zation problem that caused the instrument to hang under certain conditions when a setup was recalled remotely The DIGitize remote com response is differential or itize command mand now works properly with RESPonse lt N gt parameters If the common mode it must be turned on before executing the DIG A 03 05 Release N A 03 04 New Feature List Added support for the 86 otes April 21 2008 Differences from Release 119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope Added support for the new N1022A probe adaptor This probe adaptor provides support for the InfiniiMax 3 5 to 7 1132A 1134A 1156A 11 GHz probes This includes the following Agilent probes 1131A 57A and 1158A Added support for horizontal mask alignment recommendation as per ITU T G 691 for STM16 mask testing This allows the mask center region to be positioned optimally along the horizontal axis to achi eve
12. the DIGitize command ODI 3 mA MI OT 3 x TIT 11 09 3 Oo do mm Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 49 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes gJ Differential normalization A 03 06 Release N lease A 03 05 New Feature List None Defects Fixed ifferential normalization sing a different risetime hannel Fa DR modules were instal us This prevented the only or 4 only Different YOC Ad DWVO CSC settings were changed mode control and not on Fixed a bug where you would get Con power up an instrument Single ended TDT norma otes October 30 2003 Differences from Re was not working correctly because each stimulus channel was value Both channels now share the risetime setting of the first topped circular dependencies that were causing autoscale to hang unction that returns if TDR stimulus is differential common mode was broken when two ed and the right module had differential or common mode stim DIGitize remote command from working et of valid choices for the other module is now set correctly when turning off stimulus of ial TDT data was not being saved and recalled properly ormalization cal data was being invalidated inconsistently and unnecessarily when TDR behavior was based on the current setting of the
13. the minimum number of mask violations Along with this im 50 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes plementation the following mask file was added STMO16 G 691 V2 0 msk Added the following NRZ masks to support testing to the Fibre Channel Physical Interface FC PI Rev 13 standard for the following data rates 1063 2125 and 4250 MB s The mask file names are as follows FC1063 PI R13 DecO1 msk FC2125 PI R13 Dec01 msk FC4250 PI R13 DecO1 msk Defects Fixed Improved color contrast between mask regions when saving screens with Invert Back ground Color checked Previously the mask margins appeared to be the same color as the mask Corrected problem when loading waveform memories scale and offset limi rect They were too limited when channel attenuation was a large value Corrected problem with dropouts on channels when in differential TDR mode t th dropouts using high bandwidth modules when in TDT mode Corrected problem wi h signal response being clipped when performing a differential TDR ts were incor E P Corrected problem wi normalization Corrected problem w to halt d Corrected problem with Autoscale not completing when Histograms are enabled and ac quisition is stopped Corrected documentation with remote Programmer fs Guide Had incorrect syntax for probe calibration Indicated command was CAL PROB CHAN lt n gt should be CAL PROB CH
14. waveforms a tracking marker pair reports the Y values on magnitude phase and group delay waveforms for a single common X position Set one X position value and get three Y values The Magnitude and A Mag values are reported in the Marker results table Common Mode Operator CALibrate Subsystem Commands CALibrate SLOT STEP new CALibrate SLOT STEP STATus new CALibrate SLOT STEP STATus DETails new CALibrate SLOT STEP STATus DTEMperature new CALibrate SLOT STEP STATus TIME new CHANnel Subsystem Commands New Subsystem nel YUNits command form added De Subsystem Commands new De COLor new De CWINdow new De DISPlay new De STATus new De UNDEFined BASe new De UNDEFined DISTal new De UNDEFined MESial new DI De UNDEFined PROXimal new De UNDEFined TOP new De UNAMe new De YBOTtom new De YOFFset new De YSCale new De YTOP new De YUNits new CI CI CI ICI CI CI CICLI LI ARAS AAA co o 5 o O DO E DO 0 EE E DD DIFF Subsystem Commands DIFF YUNits command form added DISK Subsystem Commands DISK SPARameter DSDiff new N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK DISK SPARameter SPARameter SPARameter SPARameter SPARameter SPARameter SPARameter DSIoutput new DSReciprocal new DUT new FNAMe new FWBehavior new PSET new SAVE new DISPlay
15. 10 70 31 A 10 70 Release Notes A 10 60 Release Notes A 10 50 Release Notes A 10 03 Release Notes A 10 02 Release Notes A 10 01 Release Notes A 10 00 Release Notes 86100C Only Firmware R A 10 82 Release Notes A 09 01 Release Notes A 09 00 Release Notes A 08 10 Release Notes A 08 00 Release Notes A 07 00 Release Notes A 06 01 Release Notes 86100C 86100B 86100A A 05 00 Release Notes A 04 20 Release Notes A 04 11 Release Notes A 04 10 Release Notes A 04 01 Release Notes A 04 00 Release Notes A 03 04 Release Notes A 03 03 Release Notes April 2012 Differences from Release A 10 60 31 December 2011 Differences from Release A 10 50 September 2011 Differences from Release A 10 03 April 2011 Differences from Release A 10 02 33 December 2010 Differences from Release A 10 01 September 2010 Differences from Release A 10 00 July 2010 Differences from Release A 09 00 34 31 32 33 34 elease Notes 36 May 2013 Differences from Release A 09 01 36 July 2010 Differences from Release A 09 00 36 June 10 2010 Differences from Release A 08 10 April 8 2009 Differences from Release A 08 00 June 18 2008 Differences from Release A 07 00 37 March 15 2007 Differences from Release A 06 01 40 September 21 2006 Differences from Release A 06 00 36 37 41 Firmware Release Notes 43 February 16 2005 Differences from Release A 04 20 June 9 2005 Differences fr
16. 116C high speed optical and electrical module The 86116C offers ref erence receiver performance for the OC768 standard Upper limit on LBW increased to 24M n which allows wider bandwidth for signals with 5 transition density Added queries DISK TFILe and DISK BFILe To transfer text and binary files over GPIB New setting can automatically turn on Quick Measure when entering Eye Mask mode or Oscilloscope mode General Defects Fixed The queries time pos time range time scale wav xdis wav xran Now properly return zoomed parameters Waveform display for TDR common mode response now update properly after zoom ER calibration delta temp now uses the module temperature RZ One and Zero level measurements now make measurement at the peak of the pulse instead of the center DISPlay DATA And DISK SIMage with GRATicule parameter will not include the mask test results tab in the screen image Saving pattern waveform now uses OPC when finished Fixed Differential TDR calibration update problem when changing timebase settings Repaired an issue that could occur when trying to load a Calibration file that does not ex ist over GPIB Load jitter data base is no longer available outside jitter mode Horizontal Auto Skew functionality improved Zoom in DDJ vs Bit plot is now properly limited to 2 bits Repaired an issue that could occur when using LFE or Matlab with no modules present Masktest alway
17. 12 and common modes SCC11 SCC21 SCC22 SCC12 S parameter display graphs feature markers graph formatting Autoscale and print sup port S parameter is calculated between two time periods which allows customers to using time gating before converting to S parameter Corrected impedance profile for single ended and differential signals Allows export of S parameter measurements into either s1p or s2p Touchstone data for mat for import into circuit simulators Support for 86100C Mainframe New TDR User Interface for measurement setup and display Improved TDR Calibration that supports time base changes time delays and zooming into data Guided TDR Calibration Procedure to improve usability Support of external TDR edge accelerators in TDR Mode Extensive support for math functions like derivatives constant multiplications add sub tract and scaling Maximum Minimum Average Measurements in TDR Mode Export of time data in X amp Y format Display of ER Cal factor Changed from hardware graphics to software graphics General Firmware Defects Fixed in A 06 00 Increased maximum allowable time base delay in TDR mode to 100 ns 86100B 54754A previously did not invert white trace color on print The waveform color is set to gray during printing to prevent a white waveform trace on a white background Repaired 86106B not successfully completing Autoscale with filter on Resolved DISK SIM filename jp
18. 8 Added the following Fibre Channel masks 4 25 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta R 4 25 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta T e l 4 25 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta T Norm 8 5 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta R 8 5 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta T 16x Fibre Channel Delta R 16x Fibre Channel Delta T General Defects Fixed Fixed a defect with TDR calibrations normalization at long time ranges Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 03 Release Notes April 2011 Differences from Release A 10 02 General Comments Various improvements made to support the N1010A FlexDCA application Requires Windows XP Service pack 2 or later If you have an 86100C instrument with Win dows XP Service pack 1 installed on it you must upgrade to Service Pack 2 before you can use firmware release A 10 03 or later Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 02 Release Notes December 2010 Differences from Re lease A 10 01 New Feature List Various improvements made to support the N1010A FlexDCA application General Defects Fixed Fixed a defect that would cause a decrease in throughput when using the 86115D module 33 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes if one channel had the reference filter enabled while the other channel was unfiltered Fixe
19. A Clock Recovery Module Supports Picosecond Pulse Lab 4020 Single ended TDR sources and Picosecond Pulse Lab 4022 Differential TDR T Sources Provides external common and differential mode nor malization to enable faster edges Support for InfiniiMax Il Series Probe Enables calibration debugging for module vertical calibration Adds a method for stabilizing RJ value for jitter measurements Remote commands added for RJ stabilization capability 200 feed forward equalizer tap values automatically 201 Adds support for 8xFibre Channel filter rate 86105C 197 General Firmware Defects Fixed in 4 20 Repaired probe calibration date disappearing after autoscale or probe calibration on other channel Fixed autoscale with no channels turned on does nothing Autoscale now displays a dy namic text area message when autoscale is performed with no channels activated Repaired autoscale with limit test activated causing software to hang In TDR mode fixed TIM RANG 6 0E 001 and MARK STATe X1Y1 MANual TRACK remote commands sent quickly in succession causing a software crash In TDR mode resolved transducer settings are not always correct Channel units picks are now fixed n TDR mode delta marker units track channel units not marker units This has been re solved Repaired TDR normalization problem with center time reference Responses are now being recalled even if reference is set to Center In TDR m
20. A and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Defects Fixed Repaired Autoscale function resulting in 3 eyes being displayed on Graticule with 86105C reference receivers Resolved TDR cannot set scale to Ohms after default setup on channels 2 and 4 Previous ly only channels 1 and 3 could be set to Ohms Fixed average power monitor offset showing up on some reference receiver monitor Add ed additional settling time when setting the gain of the average power monitor Repaired Extinction ratio calibration creating offset when 86107A precision timebase is ac tive The dark level measured during extinction ratio cal is too high when the cal is per formed with precision timebase on Fixed O E calibration failing on 86105C Option 100 modules Added an additional signal path to allow for completion of calibration for 86105C 100 Added support for 86105C unfiltered path Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 04 10 Release Notes November 1 2004 Differences from Re lease A 04 01 New Feature List Support for 86105C Reference Receiver Module Provide the Enhanced Jitter Analysis Software Package 200 which includes all previous jitter separation measurement capability demonstrated in 100 The Bathtub jitter feature consists of two parts the ability to display a plot of the extrapo lated bathtub curve against the measured TJ hi
21. AGNitude X STARt new GRAPh MAGNitude X STOP new GRAPh MAGNitude Y AUToscale new GRAPh MAGNitude Y OFFSet new GRAPh MAGNitude Y SCALe new GRAPh PHASe AUToscale new GRAPh PHASe X AUToscale new GRAPh PHASe X CENTer new GRAPh PHASe X SPAN new GRAPh PHASe X STARt new GRAPh PHASe X STOP new GRAPh PHASe Y AUToscale new GRAPh PHASe Y OFFSet new GRAPh PHASe Y SCALe new JDMemory Subsystem Command JDMemory CWINdow new LTESt Subsystem Commands LTESt ACQuire SIMage WINDow new LTESt MEASure MLIMit FAILures new LTESt MEASure MLIMit FREGion new LTESt MEASure MLIMit LLIMit new LTESt MEASure MLIMit SOURce LOCation new LTESt MEASure MLIMit SOURce TYPE new LTESt MEASure MLIMit STATe new LTESt MEASure MLIMit ULIMit new LTESt MEASure MLIMit UPACtion new LTESt MEASure SIMage WINDow new LTESt MTESt MRESult FAILures new LTESt MTESt MRESult STATe new LTESt MTESt SIMage WINDow new LTESt ACQuire SIMage GONLy deprecated LTESt MEASure AMPLitude LOCation FAILures removed LTESt MEASure AMPLitude LOCation FREGion removed 12 TEST TEST TEST TESt TESTS TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TESt TEST TEST TEST TESE TEST TESt TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TESt TEST TEST TEST TEST TESt TEST TEST EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure
22. AN N d Corrected debug assertion when the remote query TRIGger GATed was sent Corrected problem with HARDcopy DPRinter O printing remote command halting appli cation th multiple presses of Stop Single button causing data acquisition A 03 04 Release Notes October 10 2002 Differences from Re lease A 03 03 New Feature List Add new vertical mask alignment method as specified by the OFSTP 4A standard Align ment method can be selected from either GUI or remote access GUI selection is done through Eye Boundary tab in the Configure Measurements dialog Vertical alignment can be performed as originally implemented using the entire display Vtop Vbase or as spec ified by OFSTP 4A using the eye boundary 1 0 levels Modified NRZ eye measurement algorithms for rising and crossing point to better detect sharper edges 86117A B optimized gain settings for better performance Add support for the 86109B Opt K10 An enhanced version of the 86109B O E receiver with 40 GHz optical bandwidth and 50 GHz electrical bandwidth Add support for the 86116B High speed O E receiver with 65 GHz optical bandwidth and warranted 80 GHz electrical bandwidth typically 90 GHz Defects Fixed Mask files 10GbE 10 3125 May02 msk and 10GbE 9 958 MayO02 msk modified to align 51 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes to eye boundary to be compliant with OFSTP 4A standard Corre
23. Agilent 86100A B C D Infinitum DCA Series amp N1010A FlexDCA Firmware Release Notes A 13 00 DCA and below amp A 04 00 FlexDCA and below 7 Agilent Technologies N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes O Copyright Agilent Technologies Company 2010 2014 AII Rights Reserved Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed under copyright laws August 2014 17 Edition Made in USA Agilent Technologies Company Oscilloscope Products Division 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway Santa Rosa CA 95403 USA Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change with out notice Companies names and data used in examples herein are ficti tious unless otherwise noted Agilent Technologies makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantabil ity and fitness for a particular pur pose Agilent Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the fur nishing performance or use of this material Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to restric tions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 for DOD agencies and subparagraphs c 1 and c 2 of t
24. ESt ALIGnment Y METHod new MTESt AMEThod deprecated MTESt SMODe deprecated MTESt YALign deprecated SPRocess Subsystem Commands SPRocess FFT DISPlay revised SPRocess FFT PREFerence new SPRocess FFT PREFerence TORigin new TIMebase Subsystem Commands TIMebase PTIMebase QPHase new TIMebase PTIMebase RFRequency new TIMebase PTIMebase RFRequency AUTo new TIMebase PTIMebase RMEThod new TIMebase PTIMebase RTReference new TIMebase PTIMebase STATe new TRIGger Subsystem Commands TRIGger MODe new TRIGger BWLimit removed WAVeform Subsystem Commands WAVeform XYFormat POINts CLIPped HIGH new WAVeform XYFormat POINts CLIPped LOW new WAVeform XYFormat POINts HOLes new WAVeform YFormat POINts CLIPped HIGH new WAVeform YFormat POINts CLIPped LOW new WAVeform YFormat POINts HOLes new WAVeform YFormat WORD ENCoding CHIGh revised WMEMory Subsystem Command WMEMory CWINdow new WMEMory UNAMe new A 02 51 Release Notes January 2014 Differences from Release A 02 50 General Comments An improved phase detector gain algorithm was implemented that allows for more accu rate JSA measurements 14 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes New Feature List Support for N108xA Series IEEE 802 3 Ethernet KR CR Compliance and Debug Applica tion A 02 50 Release Notes October 2013 Differences from Release A 02 02 General Commen
25. F F TESt LOCation L 1 S U UPACt i t removed removed t removed on removed n FAILures removed n FREGion removed n LLIMit removed n STATe removed n ULIMit removed n UPACtion removed EASure SIMage GONLy deprecated LTEST LTESES LTESt TESt FAILures deprecated TESt SIMage GONLy deprecated TESt STATe deprecated MARKer Subsystem Commands MARKer REFerence new MEASure Subsystem Commands EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure EASure er er er er er er er er IDX new er IDX STATus new er IDX STATus REASon er DX new er DX STATus new er DX STATus REASon er DY new er DY STATus new er DY STATus REASon ta deprecated Delta STATus deprecated Delta STATus REASon deprecated ELta deprecated ELta STATus deprecated ELta STATus REASon deprecated ELta deprecated new new gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt DPRARAAAAAARA new gt z HH x c D fl gt lt lt lt x KH CJ C2 C2 C2 CZ x T T P P M MM MM MM D gn er ELta STATus ELta STATus R lt us deprecated EASon deprecated 13 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes MTESt Subsystem Commands MTESt ALIGnment X new MTESt ALIGnment X METHod new MTESt ALIGnment Y new MT
26. I and OBSAI bit rates to the st Optimized waveform graticule control panel button has been moved insi The acquisition limit status an the top menu area and as be overy externa d fo size to fill i precision timebase frequency and horizontal timebase andard rate selection lists its available space Towards this end the marker de the graticule area upper right hand corner smoothing status annotations now reside directly below re are visible when the associated feature is active Sharper mini signal waveforms displayed in the signals palette and the source select dia log 26 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes General Defects Fixed Differential skew values from the 86118A HO1 are properly transferred from the instru ment to FlexDCA Fixed a defect that would cause the waveform jitter to increase when using pattern lock at large horizontal position values Waveforms files can be loaded from Agilent real time oscilloscopes if they were saved in verbose text formats header included The Message Log Viewer dialog is now fixed width which prevents the width from poten tially jumping around as the user scrolled through a list of messages The on screen keyboard is no longer invoked when the user clicks on a read only or dis abled textbox widget The RN PI amplitude histogram now displays a legend when simultaneously displaying both the zero level and one le
27. NNNNNN trum ASCii YDATa new trum DOUBle YDATa new trum FLOat YDATa new trum PEAKs new trum PEAKs ALL new trum POINts new trum XINCrement new trum XORigin new PR Fr rn rn rn rn C5 C C2 C2 CD CD rn rn LTESt Subsystem Commands L TEST LTESt LTESt LTESt LTESTS HETES LTESt LTESt SL TES ACQuire ACQuire ACQuire MEASure MEASure MEASure MTESt SWAVeform CMODe FNAMe new MTESt SWAVeform CMODe STATe new SWAVe SWAVe SWAVe SWAVe SWAVe SWAVe form form form form form form CMODe FNAMe new CMODe STATe new CMODe WMEMory new CMODe FNAMe new CMODe STATe new CMODe WMEMory new MTESt SWAVeform CMODe WMEMory new MARKer Subsystem Commands MARKer X SOURce DUT new MARKer X SOURce SPARameter new MARKer X SOURce TYPE new MARKer Y SOURce DUT new MARKer Y SOURce SPARameter new Y MARKer Y SOURce TYPE new MEASure Subsystem Commands EASure JSAMemory DJ new EASure JSAMemory DJ STATus new EASure JSAMemory DJ STATus REASon new EASure JSAMemory RJ new EASure JSAMemory RJ STATus new EASure JSAMemory RJ STATus REASon new EASure JSAMemory TJ new EASure JSAMemory TJ STATus new EASure JSAMemory TJ STATus REASon new EASure LTESt MLIMit FAILures new EASure LTESt MLIMit WAV
28. SK SIMage SINClude in eye mode Fixed a defect that caused Precision Timebase Synchronization to take a very long time to complete when a PRBS 23 pattern was in use Common Programming Commands IDN revised 20 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes ACQuire Subsystem Programming Commands ACQuire RLENgth AUTo deprecated ACQuire RLENgth MODE new ACQuire SPBit AUTo deprecated ACQuire SPBit MODE new CHANnel Subsystem Programming Commands CHANnel ATTenuator DECibels new CHANnel ATTenuator RATio new CHANnel ATTenuator RESet new CHANnel ATTenuator STATe new CHANnel TRANsducer GAIN new CHANnel TRANsducer OFFSet new CHANnel TRANsducer STATe new CHANnel TRANsducer UNITs new CRECovery Subsystem Programming Commands CRECovery JSANalysis SPECtrum PEAKs new DISPlay Subsystem Programming Commands DISPlay CGSPectrum new DISPlay GSSPectrum new SYSTem Subsystem Programming Commands SYSTem MODel revised TIMebase Subsystem Programming Commands TIMebase FIND NEXT new TIMebase FIND SEQuence new TIMebase FIND SIGNal new A 01 70 Release Notes April 2012 Differences from Release A 01 61 New Feature List Support for 86108B Precision Waveform Analyzer module Added Measurement Regions in Oscilloscope Mode Improved Signals Palette with three display modes Full Compact and Mini Jitter Spectrum Analysis and S
29. TEDGe new EASure TDR TEDGe DIRection new EASure TDR TEDGe LOCation new EASure TDR TEDGe NUMBer new EASure TDR TEDGe REGion new N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS MEAS EAS EAS EAS EAS EAS re T re re re re re Pe re re re re T re T re T re re re Pe re re re re re re Pe re 1 re re re re T re T re T re re re re Pe re re re re re Pe re re re re re T re T re T re re Led d H s a d d KA KA KA O OO O OOO DD MA KA KA KA DO DO SO KA C2 C202 02 O O C2 C202 02 O DO KA C202 02 0202 KA C202 O 0202 I KA I DID D2 I 2 I e I 2 I e I 22720 22 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z0 Z0 20 Z0 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 20 20 Z0 Z2 Z2 Z2 20 20 20 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z0 Z0 Z0 22 Z2 Z2 Z2 e I 22220 2202022 22 2272 2720 220 D iy T est j TEDGe EDGe SOURce new STATus new TEDGe TVOLt TVO o TVO TVO TVO TVO EDGe STA THR MAX WAY 1 WAY 1 AXi AXi AXi 1 0 c cd I 3 e DI U LCs DUL t R t SOU TVOLt m iis EE E E E E EE E E TVO
30. TVOLt YVA VAVerage VAVerage VAVerage VAVerage VAVerage VAVerage VAVerage V i AXimu LOCa REGion new SOURce new STATus new STATus REASon new LOCa REGion new SOURce new STATus new STATus REASon new EGi t STAT t STAT REASon d new Tus new esho new tion new tion new new w Rection new ber new ation new on new Rce new Tus new us REASon Lue new new new AREa new LOCation new REGion new SOURce new STATus new STATus REASon new new AXimu LOCation new VTI VTI VTI VTI VTI VTI VTI AXi AXi AXi AXi REGion new SOURce new STATus new new REGion new S0URce new STATus new lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt new OCation new REGion new SOURce new STATus new STATus REASon TIMe new u u u u u u imu u u u L ooo DOD DOD SYSTem Subsystem Commands SYSTem BORDer new TDR Subsystem Commands TDR TDR TDR TDR TDR TDR ADAPters ADAPters ADAPters ADAPters ADAPters ADAPters CANCel new CONNector new CONTinue new DELay new DSPec new NAME new STATus REASon LOCation new STATus REASon 1 eel esl A A A el mel l A mm em c Lux dl ll dl ed a
31. U2U2U2U2U2U2U2U2U2U2U0U2U020U02 EB U0 G C2 CO C MA m D D D 0200 DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DO MO MD R STabilize RISValue R STabilize R SValue SUN R STabilize R SValue TJBer LOCatio SOURce STATus STATus S s LOCa s SOUR S STAT Rms STAT Hist SAM Fine SMET ode DDD D U U U U U UU U U U U U RIPJhist SA EThod TUHist SAMP LOCation SOURce STATus STATus REASon LOCation SOURce STATus STATus REASon LOCation SOURce STATus STATus REASon LOCation SOURce STATus STATus REASon SAMPles SAMPTes TIHist SAMPles n REASon tion ce us us REASon Ples hod Ples les A 02 02 Release Notes May 2013 16 NOTE N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Differences from Release A 02 00 General Comments Improvements added to eye measurement algorithms Support added for N1012A OIF CEI 3 0 Compliance and Debug Application version 2 00 New Feature List Skew calibration added for 86118A HO1 modules Fixture deskew added for 86118A HO1 modules Ability to open legacy Color Grade Gray Scale memory files cgs A 02 00 Release Notes January 2013 Differences from Release A 01 80 General Comments FlexDCA is now the 86100D s default user interface The 86100D can be placed in one of three configuratons Standard Hybrid or
32. VE ibrate VERTical SL ibrate VERTical SL ibrate VERTical SL ibrate VERTical SL recated ibrate VERTical SL LOTE1 41 L STATus DTE STATus TEM LMO LMO LMO LMO LMOD ECovery ne ECovery STAT ECovery STAT ECovery STAT ECovery STAT DISPlay SPALette MODE new DISPlay SPALette COMPact deprecated le w S S AU OS S R D D D D RMOD new ETails n TEMperature new ME new ODule new le S le le le Co C CA co 1 le ew co deprecated AR AT AT AT AT TATus TIME deprecated t deprecated S deprecated s DETails deprecated s TEMPerature S TIME deprecated ABled new ARt new TATus new TATus DETails new TATus DTEMperature new TATus TIME new TIMebase new TIMebase STATus new TIMebase STATus DETails new TIMebase STATus DTEMperature new TIMebase STATus TIME new RTical new RTical STATus new Tical STATus DETails new Tical STATus DTEMperature new Tical STATus TIME new 0T 1 4 LMODule RMODule STARt deprecated 0T 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus deprecated 0T 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus DETails deprecated 0T 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus TEMPerature OT 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus TIME deprecated ming Commands CRECovery DISPlay and MEASure Subsystem Option JSA Commands DISPlay JSANaly
33. ary 2013 Differences from Re lease A 10 80 New Features Support for new 86100D instrument configurations New programming command for changing instrument configuration SYSTem FCONfig 29 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes new Added new OIF CEI masks and SFF 8431 masks Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 86100C Mainframes are not supported on DCA Firmware Revision A 12 00 30 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 86100D C Firmware Release Notes A 10 80 Release Notes June 2012 Differences from Release A 10 70 New Features Support for the N2800A series InfiniiMax Ill probes New arguments added to the CHAN net PROBe SELect programming command as documented in the programmer s guide General Defects Fixed Fixed a crash in the extinction ratio calibration on the electrical channel of the 86105C and 86105D modules Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 70 Release Notes April 2012 Differences from Release A 10 60 General Comments Requires Windows XP Service pack 2 or later Added new Ethernet Mask OTU4 G 959 1 New Features Support for 86108B Precision Waveform Analyzer module Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to wo
34. c new TRACe Subsystem Commands TRACe COLor new TRACe CWINdow new TRACe DISPlay new TRACe DUT new TRACe OPERator new TRACe PARameter new TRACe STATus new TRACe UDEFined BASe new TRACe UDEFined DISTal new TRACe UDEFined MESial new TRACe UDEFined PROXimal new TRACe UDEFined TOP new TRACe UNAMe new TRACe XLEFt new TRACe XPOSition new TRACe XREFerence new TRACe XRIGht new TRACe XSCale new TRACe XUNits new TRACe YBOTtom new TRACe YOFFset new TRACe YSCale new TRACe YTOP new TRACe YUNits new A 03 00 Release Notes May 2014 Differences from Release A 02 51 General Comments FlexDCA is compatible with Windows XP and Windows 7 but is not compatible with Win dows 8 The acquisition buttons located on the menu bar are now always displayed Previously these buttons could be hidden using the Show Run Stop Controls in Title Bar check box that was located in the Display Setup dialog box This check box has been removed New Feature List Support for new 86100D PTB option an internal precision timebase Perform multiple mask tests at the same time Up to 16 measurement limit tests including mask limit tests for specific regions of a mask Increased the number of markers The number of Tracking Markers have been increased from two to four The number of Manual Line Markers hav
35. ch list xed issues with waveform memory dialog box xed a defect where 40 GBit s would not highlight in the timebase dialog when the user would choose it via the BitRateCtrl Fixed a defect where failure occurred while bringing up saved waveform from file Fixed a defect where saving screen image in ps or eps format causes a crash A data buf fer wasn t being allocated large enough which caused the stack and memory to be cor rupted The DISK commands CDIRectory and DIRectory now accept the long form of the token WAVeforms WAVeforms was misspelled in the yuc code Orphan radio controls single radio controls which are not grouped with any other con trols now appear as text labels These display only radio controls do not respond to any user action 83485B and 86106A modules were defaulting to incorrect bandwidth for optical channels Changed code to default optical channels to high bandwidth The user can still set to low bandwidth via remote interface only BackLight will not go off Fixed this defect by ensuring that the screen saver timer only re sets in the event of an actual change in mouse coordinates WAV DATA returns extra carriage return Carriage return only appears at the end of the output stream The title of the cal failed dialog specifies the type of cal that failed instead of a generic Cal ibration failed title Exceeding of display labels hangs the instrument When the user tries to create
36. cted a problem with histogram mean always returning invalid data Corrected problems with TDR and TDT calibrations markers and interactions with 547544 54753A 83484A and other modules Corrected a problem with response waveform not yielding excess reactance RST was not resetting source for math functions to channel RST was returning Error 241 Hardware missing Pressing Default Setup with no modules was displaying Entry was not a valid selection in the Dynamic Text Area Corrected problem with software upgrade process cycling power too quickly could pre vent upgrade from completing A 03 03 Release Notes July 18 2002 Differences from Release A 03 03 New Feature List Add warning when attempting to save a file to a full floppy disk Add RZ NRZ Eye mode selection GUI button Renamed horizontal and vertical calibration dialog box to avoid confusion with the preci sion timebase module TDR Differential Normalization feature added New masks Infiniband 10 GbE Xaui Changes to electrical channel offset DAC for 86101A and 86103A modules The following new modules are supported 86105B 86107A Opt 010 86117A B 86118A Defects Fixed Modified the RZ algorithm to take care of unsymmetrical edges Corrected a problem with mask file names with a zero instead of an gO h i e STM64_0C192 written as STM64 0C192 h Acquisition Limits misbehave with long patterns is now fixed 52 N1010A FlexDCA a
37. d a defect that would cause incorrect behavior of markers on S Parameters when us ing the 86100D mainframe Fixed a defect that would cause unpredictable frequency spacing when saving Touchstone files on either the 86100C or 86100D mainframes Fixed a defect that would cause measurement errors in the vertical histogram if the histo gram window encompassed the entire display Various defects fixed to support the N1010A FlexDCA application Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 01 Release Notes September 2010 Differences from Re lease A 10 00 New Feature List Various improvements made to support the N1010A FlexDCA application In the clock re covery event register see 86100A B C D programmer s guide added definition for bit 6 FIN The FIN bit indicates that a clock recovery relock operation has completed General Defects Fixed Fixed a defect that would occasionally cause corrupt files when saving XY waveforms with the Precision Timebase active Various defects fixed to support the N1010A FlexDCA application Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 00 Release Notes July 2010 Differences from Release A 09 00 New Feature List Support for 86100D Support for N1010A FlexDCA Remote control of 86100C Support for In
38. e been increased from four to eight Content windows for displaying Waveform Magnitude Phase and Group Delay wave 10 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes forms that have incompatible vertical or horizontal units from the primary time based Waveform window Content window toolbar replaces the toolbar flyout The new buttons provide tasks such as markers and viewing waveforms as overlapped tiled stacked or zoom tiled Ability to add waveform labels with a meaningful custom user name CALibrate Subsystem Commands CALibrate FRAMe PTIMebase STARt new CALibrate FRAMe PTIMebase STATus new CALibrate FRAMe PTIMebase STATus DETails new CALibrate FRAMe PTIMebase STATus DTEMperature new CALibrate FRAMe PTIMebase STATus TIME new CALibrate FRAMe TIMebase STATus new CALibrate FRAMe TIMebase STATus DETails new CALibrate FRAMe TIMebase STATus DTEMperature new CALibrate FRAMe TIMebase STATus TIME new CALibrate TIMebase SLOT STARt new CALibrate TIMebase SLOT STATus new CALibrate TIMebase SLOT STATus DETails new CALibrate TIMebase SLOT STATus DTEMperature new CALibrate TIMebase SLOT STATus TIME new CALibrate FRAMe STATus deprecated CALibrate FRAMe STATus DETails deprecated CALibrate FRAMe STATus DTEMperature deprecated CALibrate FRAMe STATus TIME deprecated CHANnel Subsystem Commands CHANnel CWINdow new CHANnel UNAMe
39. ecall setups Fixed crash that happened with MEAS VTIM 000001 in TDR mode right after default set up Fixed a bug causing probe calibrations to fail Traces may be displayed during calibra tions Added special options H93 and H95 for 5 00Gb s and 6 25Gb s to the 86105C Software Option Packages 200 and 202 Defects Fixed Fixed problems with jitter plots after default setup 200 Fixed problem where PJ is greater than DJ in some cases Still possible for PJ to be great er than DJ if DJ PJ small enough since they are calculated from different histograms 200 Added new S parameter specs to TDR 202 Fixed defect preventing the save of differential or common mode S Parameters from re mote 202 Known Issues PLTS customers should not upgrade to A 06 00 and above software at this time since the executable properly PLTS customers should use DCA firmware version A 04 11 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 86100A B Mainframes are not supported on DCA Firmware Revision A 06 00 and above 41 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 06 00 Release Notes December 15 2005 Differences from Release A 04 20 New Feature List Added Enhanced Impedance and S parameters 202 Support for S parameter results for single ended S11 S21 S12 and S22 differential SDD11 SDD21 SDD22 SDD
40. ed by the user ixed a limit tests defect in Jitter Mode Limit tests now report out of limit failures ixed a defect that prevented a remote FlexDCA session from being able to end a different active FlexDCA session that is connected to the same 86100 DCA a Sep 28 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 86100D Firmware Release Notes A 13 00 Release Notes May 2014 Differences from Release A 12 02 General Comments On 86100D instruments running Windows 7 option licensing is now managed using the Agilent License Manager Added specifications for the 86118 HO1 module Added specifications for the 86118 H02 module Added specifications for the 86105D 281 module Added specifications for the 86115D 282 module Known Issues The 86100D Legacy mode supports the 32 bit version of MATLAB The 64 bit version of MATLAB is not compatible 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 86100C Mainframes are not supported on DCA Firmware Revision A 13 00 A 12 02 Release Notes May 2013 Differences from Release A 12 00 General Comments Improvements added to eye measurement algorithms Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 86100C Mainframes are not supported on DCA Firmware Revision A 12 02 A 12 00 Release Notes Janu
41. eforms new EASure TDR DELTatime new EASure TDR DELTatime EDIRection new EASure TDR DELTatime ENUMber new EASure TDR DELTatime ETHReshold new EASure TDR DELTatime LOCation new EASure TDR DELTatime REGion new EASure TDR DELTatime SOURce new EASure TDR DELTatime STATus new EASure TDR DELTatime STATus REASon new EASure TDR ECAPacitance new EASure TDR ECAPacitance LOCation new EASure TDR ECAPacitance REFerence TYPE new EASure TDR ECAPacitance REGion new EASure TDR ECAPacitance SOURce new EASure TDR ECAPacitance STATus new EASure TDR ECAPacitance STATus REASon new EASure TDR EINDuctance new EASure TDR EINDuctance LOCation new EASure TDR EINDuctance REFerence TYPE new EASure TDR EINDuctance REGion new EASure TDR EINDuctance SOURce new EASure TDR EINDuctance STATus new EASure TDR EINDuctance STATus REASon new EASure TDR FALLtime new EASure TDR FALLtime LOCation new EASure TDR FALLtime REGion new EASure TDR FALLtime SOURce new EASure TDR FALLtime STATus new EASure TDR FALLtime STATus REASon new EASure TDR LIST CLEar new EASure TDR LIST REMove new EASure TDR LIST SELect new EASure TDR RISetime new EASure TDR RISetime LOCation new EASure TDR RISetime REGion new EASure TDR RISetime SOURce new EASure TDR RISetime STATus new EASure TDR RISetime STATus REASon new EASure TDR
42. error message gReset PTB h when no precision timebase was installed Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 08 00 Release Notes June 18 2008 Differences from Release 37 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 07 00 New Feature List Support for the new 86108A Precision Waveform Analyzer module The 86108A is a double wide module that features two electrical inputs clock recovery and a precision timebase Previously the combination of these required three separate modules Now they are incor porated into a single double wide module Support for reference receiver options 86116C 025 and 86116C 040 The 86116C has been replaced with the 86116C 040 and 86116C 025 Option 040 is a direct replacement for the legacy 86116C as a reference receiver for 39 8 GB s and 43 0 Gb s NRZ signals Option 025 offers reference receiver capability for 17 25 8 and 27 7 Gb s NRZ signals which were previously not available in the 86116C Support for the 86100CU 400 PLL Jitter Transfer Analysis option Support for the Bulk Optics change on the 83496B Clock Recovery Modules 86108A Setup Wizard to help configure the 86108A module This wizard has preset con figurations for a number of use cases to make the configuration as simple as possible Advanced Clock Data Recovery Setup for the 86108A allowing user to specify Ty
43. f the remote instrument has a subtract math function on a differen tial pair Fixed a defect that would cause the results of Transfer Basic to vary based on the prior 23 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes configuration Resolved a number of usability issues when performing calibrations of the 86108A The Relock dialog will no longer come up when the user is instructed to disable signals as part of the calibration At the end of calibration the user is instructed to reconnect signals clock recovery is re locked and precision timebase is synchronized automatically Resolved a defect that would cause clock recovery modules to have the wrong loop band width when defining loop bandwidth as a rate divisor Known Issues The remote SCPI interface is limited to the HiSLIP Telnet and Sockets protocols when running on a 64 bit Windows OS To make use of this functionality the program Agi lent N1000 x86 exe needs to be launched instead of the default Agilent N1000 exe 24 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 01 60 Release Notes December 2011 Differences from Release A 01 50 General Comments Connecting to a remote instrument requires 86100C D firmware A 10 60 or later New Feature List Added a Continuous Time Linear Equalizer CTLE math function The CTLE requires option 201 Advanced Waveform Analysis Added a Delay math function The Delay functio
44. finiiSim DCA Waveform Transformation Software 86100DU SIM on 86100D mainframes Support for 86108A 400 front panel AUX Input Ability to save SAP TDR TDT S parameter files Ability to save files on USB removable drives General Defects Fixed None 34 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 35 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 86100C Only Firmware Release Notes A 10 82 Release Notes May 2013 Differences from Release A 09 01 General Comments Improvements added to eye measurement algorithms A 09 01 Release Notes July 2010 Differences from Release A 09 00 General Defects Fixed Improved the behavior of Autoscale and Jitter mode when using the precision timebase with spread spectrum clocks Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 09 00 Release Notes June 10 2010 Differences from Release A 08 10 New Feature List Support for new 86115D 20 GHz optical module Seven new standard masks Five cover 802 3 Revision D3 1 and two cover FC PI5 Revi sion 1 0 Eye tuning in Eye Mask mode adds the ability to tune a device while simultaneously watching changes to the eye diagram and eye diagram measurements Improved onli
45. g causing instrument to hang when file specified is read only Added error checking before attempting to save file Phase is correct now for reference clock frequencies between 25 GHz and 39 GHz on the 40 GHz input of an 86107A Option 40 module Added a remote command to raise the jitter shade DISPlay JITTer SHADe Allow TDR mode to accept maximum time base delay up to 100ns Extinction Ratio calibration factor is always loaded into dialog boxes After 86100C power cycle TDR mode is recalled properly Known Issues PLTS customers should not upgrade to A 06 00 software at this time since the executable will fail to run properly PLTS customers should use DCA firmware version A 04 11 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 86100A B Mainframes are not supported on DCA Firmware Revision A 06 00 42 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 86100C 86100B 86100A Firmware Release Notes A 05 00 Release Notes February 16 2005 Differences from Re lease A 04 20 New Feature List Support for 86100A B C Mainframe Maximum Minimum Average Measurements in TDR Mode Export of waveform data in X amp Y format Display of ER Cal factor Added the following masks 100BASE BX LX10 msk SATA 1 5Gb TX 250 cycles msk SATA 1 5GB TX 5 Cycles msk General Firmware Defects Fixed in A 05 00 86100B 54754A previously did not inver
46. he DEFault MINimum and MAXimum child commands are no longer documented Added programming topics for SOURce LOCation STATus and STATus REASon child commands to the measurement commands within the MEASure subsystem Known Issues The remote SCPI interface is limited to the HiSLIP Telnet and Sockets protocols when running on a 64 bit Windows OS To make use of this functionality the program Agi lent N1000 x86 exe needs to be launched instead of the default Agilent N1000 exe A 01 61 Release Notes February 2012 Differences from Release A 01 60 General Comments Connecting to a remote instrument requires 86100C D firmware A 10 60 or later New Feature List Added an Auto Scale button to top of the main GUI General Defects Fixed Resolved a defect that prevented Jitter Mode measurements if SIRC and Precision Time base were active Fixed a defect that would cause jitter mode to poorly auto scale differential signals causing Amplitude Analysis measurements to be made at the wrong time Extended the Transfer Basic option of FlexDCA to bring over the following categories of SEE from the remote instrument Channel configuration including bandwidth wavelength and reference filter Timebase scale configuration Trigger source and bandwidth configuration Pattern Lock configuration Precision Timebase configuration Clock Recovery configuration 86108A and 83496A B Differential signal i
47. he Commercial Com puter Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52 227 19 for other agencies N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Contents N1010A FlexDCA Firmware Release Notes 5 A 04 00 Release Notes A 03 00 Release Notes A 02 51 Release Notes A 02 50 Release Notes A 02 02 Release Notes A 02 00 Release Notes A 01 80 Release Notes A 01 70 Release Notes A 01 61 Release Notes A 01 60 Release Notes A 01 50 Release Notes A 01 03 Release Notes August 2014 Differences from Release A 03 00 5 May 2014 Differences from Release A 02 51 10 January 2014 Differences from Release A 02 50 October 2013 Differences from Release A 02 02 May 2013 Differences from Release A 02 00 16 January 2013 Differences from Release A 01 80 June 2012 Differences from Release A 01 70 20 April 2012 Differences from Release A 01 61 21 February 2012 Differences from Release A 01 60 December 2011 Differences from Release A 01 50 September 2011 Differences from Release A 01 03 April 2011 Differences from Release A 01 02 27 14 15 17 23 25 26 86100D Firmware Release Notes 29 A 13 00 Release Notes May 2014 Differences from Release A 12 02 29 A 12 02 Release Notes May 2013 Differences from Release A 12 00 29 A 12 00 Release Notes January 2013 Differences from Release A 10 80 29 86100D C Firmware Release Notes 31 A 10 80 Release Notes June 2012 Differences from Release A
48. he command to turn on both 3 and 4 an assertion error happens he exact command was TDR4 STIM ON3AND4 RESP3 TDTDest CHANNEL ixed problem with normalization of 54753A TDR module xed incorrect differential normalization risetime of second channel This was only bro en in revision 3 06 xed a function that returns whether the TDR stimulus is differential common mode or ot The incorrect value was returned if two TDR modules were installed and the right odule was differential or common mode xed a problem when using two TDR modules Previously when the command TDR2 STIM 2 was followed by the command TDR2 STIM OFF the left module was correctly turned ff However the right module was then inaccessible xed problem where differential TDT cal data was not being saved and recalled correctly xed defects that were causing normalization cal data to be invalidated unnecessarily xed problem where TDT reference plane was lost when switching between stimulus hannels xed defect where instrument could hang with the following command sequence in TDR ode rst cls autoscale opc xed a problem with repetitive remote loading of instrument setup files ixed a defect in the code that loads TDR TDT cal data files TDT data was being loaded ut not fully resolved as valid he DIGitize command now works correctly with RESPonse N parameters To digitize fferential responses the type of each response must be specified by turning on the re sponse before executing
49. hm seems to place L open too close to mean modified algorithm for unsymmetrical edges odule Delta Temperature reflects Mainframe temperature not module odule calibration time comes from 2 different sources problem during daylight savings time change easurement Limit Test still displays measurement after it s been turned off Histogram tab stops displaying histogram data after math function Delta Y now only shows value in Measurement Results tab when the units are the same Databases dump when switching between RZ 8 NRZ measurements Cannot select CGM as source with WAVEFORM SOURCE B34 command Cannot change channel offset for differential TDR channels WAVEFORM DATA Returns incorrect values in ASCII mode MEAS CGRADE JITTER Does not return correct values wasn t using source specified in MEAS SOURCE CHAN UNIT ATT CHAN UNIT OFF and CHAN PROBE now blocked when stimulus is on Aral A 02 20 Release Notes August 2 2001 Differences from Re lease A 02 10 New Feature List Japanese Language Help Support for 86106B Support for 86109B Support for 86102U Defects Fixed Fixed defect that prevents the mask margins from being enabled when a setup file con taining margin information is loaded Fixed defect that forced users to reload masks after performing an autoscale while running mask test The acquisition speed while eye measurements are turned on which had been previously
50. i VXI 11 Sock ore and learn teracts with th and execute in nel measurem ion data for 86105C n FlexDCA as well as led using the HISLIP ndows operating system FlexDCA can be controlled using ets GPIB or USB hardware permitting the SCPI command set that records and displays the equivalent SCPI commands e graphical user interface ew Interactive SCPI Command Tree that allows the user to explore the entire SCPI dividual commands directly from the tree view ents added Oscilloscope mode r Eye Mask m Extinction Ratio ode Eye Mask mode Ability to apply RJ and RN compensation factors to compensate for the measurement system s intrinsic RJ and RN It is not yet available in conjunction with signal processing operators such as de embedding New Amplify and Square math functions Added the following Fibre Channel masks 4 25 Gb s Fibr 4 25 Gb s Fibr 4 25 Gb s Fibr e Channel Del e Channel Del e Channel Del taR taT ta T Norm 8 5 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta R 8 5 Gb s Fibre Channel Delta T panel 16x Fibre Channel Delta R 16x Fibre Channel Delta T The 83496A B C clock sub rate of di and 86108A c lock recovery modules now support an additional front vide by 32 as well as new super rates of x2 x4 and x8 Added new standard bit rate 41 25 Gb s 40Gb Ethernet selection for pattern lock trigger ing and clock rec sca e units of bits Added CPR
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52. ies in eye mode Querying waveform values without waveform displayed hung the GUI Probe calibration hangs up box after remote command We no longer initiate optical cal if chan is electrical Need more digits in read out of X Markers at low time div setting MTEST START fails after running MTEST LOAD on bad mask name but displays no warn ing MTEST SAVE msk saves as msk pcm Measurement Results Tab drops in height when 53 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes changing modes easurement limits do not work when restored from saved setups ask test align failure does not cause an error in the queue ask margins not working with CG GS waveforms arkers could be moved outside of the window Incorrect max string length reported with remote SYST DSP command Inconsistent behavior when saving a file to a full floppy Horizontal Scale Division setting didn t do anything Can t remove unused measurement from measurement results tab Binblock download of versus function does not work Autoscale resets transducer conversion factors Autoscale hung when acquisition stopped before using autoscale Autoscale failure on math waveform turns on other waveforms VIEW CGM does not work after BLANK if a measurement command is sent first DISplay DATa returns inconsistent color scheme DISK LOAD returns error 46 if in Oscilloscope mode DR fails vertical calibration if Threshold is set to Units Z eye width algorit
53. ig REASon new ion CRSet new ion DUT DRSet new ion DUT EC AL ADAPters A new ion DUT EC AL ADAPters B new ion DUT EC AL CHAR new ion DUT ECAL MODule new ion DUT EC AL STATUS new ion DUT ECAL STATus REASon new ion ABle new ion DUT FDRSet new ion DUT METHod new ion DUT NOCSteps new ion DUT new ion ENDed PORT CKIT new ion ENDed PORT CONNector new on APorts new on DUT STARt new ion SDONe new on STEP new on STEP COUNt new on STEP SELect new on UCURrent new DUT new PORT new ANCel new ONTinue new UT new AMe new AVE new CHannel new DONe new TARt new tch new nect new aming new erential NPORt UNAMe new erential PPORt UNAMe new erential SIGNal UNAMe new e new le new time new ed PORT UNAMe us new us REASon ce new new new s n rm c Nnn ZO UC KA KAKA MAKA KA KA KA O O G KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA s new new N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes TDR STATus REASon new TDR STIMulus CHANnel AMPLitude new TDR STIMulus CHANnel METHod new TDR STIMulus CHANnel POLarity new TDR STIMulus CHANnel SKEW new TDR STIMulus CHANnel STATus new TDR STIMulus CHANnel STEP new TDR STIMulus CHANnel TYPe new TDR STIMulus SLOT RATE new TDR STIMulus SLOT RATE AUTomati
54. ionally if you have configured external attenuator or transduc er settings in the 86100C D firmware they will be transferred to FlexDCA when using Transfer Basic on connection to the DCA New copy to clipboard buttons on the shortcut menus for pasting waveform images or measurement data to external applications Ability to find a bit sequence in a pattern waveform Ability to select one of four color schemes for displaying color grade persistence wave forms This includes a color scheme that matches the classic 86100A B C D firmware Ability to select color or monochrome display of gray scale persistence waveforms The remote SCPI interface is fully supported on 64 bit operating systems The bandwidth of a differential signal can be configured from a single drop down in the GUI The message area can now be docked so that it is permanently visible To enable this fea ture access the Display Setup dialog from the Setup menu Near the bottom of the Appearance tab is a checkbox called Dock Message Area e General Defects Fixed Changed the default trigger bandwidth on the 86100D STR frame from Filtered Edge to Standard Edge The waveform save feature will only allow you to save waveforms that are currently dis played Previously waveforms that had been acquired but not displayed could also be saved which made it easy to accidently save the wrong waveform Fixed the remote command DI
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56. lt time to 300 ms If the touchscreen is disabled and a message such as Autoscale Failed is displayed the instrument will appear to be locked up because there is no way to dismiss the Message Box The fix was to re enable the touchscreen before displaying the Message box and the disabling it after it has been dismissed If a vertical calibration fails and the module is removed before dismissing the Message Box an illegal operation error occurs The Fix is to check for the presence of the module before reading from it Timebase resolution changed from 3 digits to 4 giving the same behavior as the 834804 q Remotely invoking an extinction ratio cal where a vertical cal is required brings up a dia log box that cannot be cleared The dialog box is replaced with a status message in the status bar de Remotely sending the TEDGE command caused various problems The fix is to only allow TEDGE query and to reject TEDGE command Remotely selecting vertical markers from a time waveform to a versus waveform caused a data out of range error message this has been fixed Invalid dates remotely sent to the instrument cause several problems which are now re solved NOTE A 01 13 Release Notes May 2 2000 Differences from Release A 01 12 This firmware release is not supported New Feature List None Defects Fixed User Vertical Calibration routine that causes vertical cal
57. lter rate values displayed correctly now nstrument Hangs when trying to move Y Axis Markers Waveform colors no longer changed when invert waveform background color is selected Mask save screen command no longer overwrites previous data The remote command MTESt SCALe SOURce query now returns SCPI standard character text e g CHANT Fixed a release assertion problem when mapping a Sun Unix drive Disk error message addressed because file overwriting itself Long Filenames entered from FileNSave menu causes problem Waveform memory2 tab highlighted but information is about Waveform memory1 Resolved a problem with mask load amp reset after print causes illegal op amp shutdown Fixed Display Data Query in INVERT format amp printout showing non invert Measurment Results Duplicate entry in Setup amp Info Fixed remote command DISPlay LABel causes DCA to freeze in some remote sequences Can t format floppy drive when full of waveform files Signal goes to the bottom of screen at various vertical scale settings i e 6 1mV div Fixed remote command WAV FORM WORD SOURC CGR DATA Measurement Enhancements Improved built in Jitter measurement The algorithm now uses a smaller window 3 pixels 55 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes high about the crossing point of the eye The EYE measurement is based on the histogram database In the case of jitter measurement
58. more than 32 labels from the remote a dialog box is displayed The user needs to click on the continue button to continue Since the front panel is locked by the remote the user cannot continue The dialog was replaced with a message in the display and a remote error Default Setup was generating hardware missing errors when clock recovery modules were installed odule channels of non clock modules were not being enabled when a clock module was installed upon default setup or module install Measurement queries repeated in fast succession caused invalid result to be returned Resolved MEAS RES returning bad data xs DOT d i Fixed issue where the electrical bandwidth for 86106A and 86109A modules are incorrect Changed Module script to reflect the actual bandwidth Made changes so that the correct IFGain is used for building the acquisition look through table Remote command to create directories only accepts drive A or User Files resolved 57 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Remote disk commands don t permit the use of mapped drives resolved Autoscale resets power units from dBm to Watts when Quick measure is on resolved Autoscale improved to accommodate more waveforms Factory Only Enhancements Improved timebase calibration routine by making the polynomial calibration internal This allows field timebase calibration prior revisions can not be supported 58
59. n The way this timing is done has been changed so that it is no longer affected by changes to the system clock Improved autoscaling with small signal levels 83495A Clock Recovery user interface for low loop BW should say 300 kHz not 30 kHz Repaired differential TDT normalized individual response looking like wrong scale Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 04 01 Release Notes June 23 2004 Differences from Release A 04 00 New Feature List None Defects Fixed Fixed TDR measurement issue that was present on the 86100C only Added 250 uS delay to allow step generator to settle Fixed a modal dialog box defect on 86100C If there was no trigger signal applied while in jitter mode autoscale would proceed Instead of reporting an autoscale failure due to an invalid trigger signal it was possible that the epattern lock lost f dialog would appear in an endless loop Fixed an 86100C jitter mode sequence that could cause the software to lock up Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 04 00 Release Notes February 19 2004 Differences from Re lease A 03 05 New Feature List Extinction Ratio correction factor Support for 83495A Clock Recovery Module Added software licensing Permits the installation of optional software feat
60. n adds a customizable time delay to the input waveform Added an Align math function The Align function delays one input waveform to align it with a second input waveform Added support for Option 500 Productivity Package which includes Rapid Eye Rapid Eye significantly reduces the time required to acquire eye diagram samples If several eye di agrams are displayed Auto Scale can be configured to apply software skew to align all of the eye diagrams Eye Tuning enables a variable persistence display in Eye Mask mode Eye Tuning can be used to tune a device while simultaneously watching changes to the eye diagram and eye diagram measurement ts Eye mask margins can now be based on a user specified target Hit Ratio When saving screen captures added the capability to select one out of many displayed waveforms to include in the saved graphics file Added comprehensive capability approximately 800 commands to remotely control Flex DCA via SCPI programming commands Added an Uncorrelated Noise measurement to Jitter Mode Added the ability to align waveforms on the display similar to the Horizontal Skew capa bility of the 86100D firmware This Time Delay setting is available from the Channel Setup dialog box s Advanced tab The RJ RN compensation feature can now be used with signal processing operators such as de embedding Added mask files for OTU2 and OTU2e General Defects Fixed Fixed a problem
61. nce A 02 00 Release Notes November 29 2000 Differences from Release A 01 22 New Feature List Added Time Domain Reflectometry capabilities The Agilent 54753A and 54754A TDR plug in modules will work with the 86100A Added the following Scope Measurements Vbase Vtop Frequency Pos Width Neg 56 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Width Duty Cycle Vamp Eye Bit Rate and Jitter RMS and Jitter Peak to Peak Changed the finest resolution of the timebase from 10ps div to 2ps div Changed the wavelength limit on User Optical Calibration from 1600 to 1625nm however functionality beyond 1600 nm is not warranted or supported Added the ability to create custom masks on a PC and input them into the DCA through the file manager Provided the ability to remotely program the clock recovery modules Added Zoom Box the ability to zoom into a signal with multiple levels and to zoom back out Added a wait cursor and new message give visual feedback that something is happening when a user inserts a module into the chassis The Marker Select dialog box now supports OK Cancel functionality Defects Fixed ixed a defect that was causing the trace to jump to the top of the graticule when vertical ffset was increased the trace was moved down the screen elease assertion on accessing algorithm for ACVrms The MeasID for ACVrms and its cor esponding HelplD were not in the measurement help sear
62. nd 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 86100A Only Firmware Release Notes A 03 01 Release Notes February 15 2002 Differences from Re lease A 02 20 New Feature List Ability to acquire multiple channels at once in Eye Mode Ability to make measurement and mask analysis on multiple eyes at the same time Measurement results tab has a new look clear meas button replaced by gx h on meas results tab and tab up down button replaced by g b h on meas results tab Parametric mask creation Ohms Division setting added for TDR mode Ability to annotate and delete individual measurements Add support for the following new modules 86111U 86111A 86115B 86113A 86102A 86103B 86116A 86107A 83494A Options 103 and 107 Defects Fixed When filter is turned on autoscale switches filter when completed for no reason Trigger setting changes after autoscale System crash when non TDR module is autoscaled in TDR mode Stop Menu item behaves as Stop Single Source parameter is not being accepted with MEASure subsystem commands Sending DISP PERS INF in eye mode sets it to CGR Screen capture when in color grade saves files in grayscale Saving jpg on full diskette results in O record length file Remote uploaded waveform memories are not stored on disk Remote command returns mainframe calibrated when it is not added CAL REC CHAn lt N gt command Quickmeasure attempts to measure waveform memor
63. ne help system with search capability General Defects Fixed Jitter Database file CSV now correctly saves the TI CDF one level data Several eye measurements bugs were fixed Increased number of digits in touchstone format Fixed impedance values when saving differential and common mode s parameters in touchstone files Fixed a crash that occurred after vertical calibration if histograms are turned on Increased maximum average count in TDR mode 36 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only Remote Skew Control For 86118A H01 New GP IB commands now allow remo A 08 10 Release Notes April 8 2009 Differences from Release A 08 00 New Feature List Clock Recovery Up To 14 2 Gb s The 86108A Precision Waveform Analyzer and 83496B Clock Recovery modules now run from 50 Mb s to 14 2 Gb s allowing customers to re cover embedded clocks from optical and electrical signals up to 16X Fibre Channel Support for 86105D Optical Electrical Module The 86105D is a new module supporting 8X and 16X Fibre Channel as well as 10 Gb Ethernet and 10 G SONET SDH line rates Improved Clock Recovery Support For SATA The upper limit for the loop bandwidth LBW has been increased to line rate 250 allowing 6 MHz LBW required for SATA I signals 1 5 Gb s The absolute LBW limit remains
64. new DIFF Subsystem Commands DIFF CWINdow new DIFF UNAMe new DISK Subsystem Command DISK SIMage GONLy deprecated DISK SIMage WINDow new DISPlay Subsystem Command DISPlay FDOMain LEGend new DISPlay GRATicule MCONtrols removed DISPlay LOCation LSECondary AWINdow new DISPlay LOCation PRIMary AWINdow new DISPlay LOCation RSECondary AWINdow new DISPlay TBControls removed DISPlay TDOMain LEGend new DISPlay TMASk new DISPlay WINDOW GDELay DMODe new DISPlay WINDOW GDELay ZSIGnal new DISPlay WINDOW MAGNitude DMODe new DISPlay WINDOW MAGNitude ZSIGnal new DISPlay WINDOW PHASe DMODe new DISPlay WINDOW PHASe ZSIGnal new DISPlay WINDOW TIME DMODe new DISPlay WINDOW TIME ZSIGnal new 11 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes EMEMory Subsystem Command EMEMory CWINdow new EMEMory UNAMe new FUNCtion Subsystem Command FUNCtion CWINdow new FUNCtion UNAMe new GRAPh Subsystem Commands new GRAPh GDELay AUToscale new GRAPh GDELay X AUToscale new GRAPh GDELay X CENTer new GRAPh GDELay X SPAN new GRAPh GDELay X STARt new GRAPh GDELay X STOP new GRAPh GDELay Y AUToscale new GRAPh GDELay Y OFFSet new GRAPh GDELay Y SCALe new GRAPh MAGNitude AUToscale new GRAPh MAGNitude X AUToscale new GRAPh MAGNitude X CENTer new GRAPh MAGNitude X SPAN new GRAPh M
65. now an optional bit rate parameter for the AUToscale remote command If bit rate information provided remotely autoscale is much more robust and much quick er Note that this parameter only applies to NRZ eye diagrams and clock signals Repaired start of mask test aligns immediately even without sufficient data Alignment will now be postponed up to 5 seconds if there is not enough data to align Added remote command for reading TDR excess reactance Added MARKer REACtance query command It returns the value as follows reactance value units where reac tance value is in scientific notation and units are F or H When there is no reactance value a value of zero is returned and units of F Repaired the remote command Disk Simage to Network drive breaking after excessive calls because a network drive resource was being opened and not closed Fixed error in Scope Measurement MEASure DELTatime source source Instrument behavior is now consistent with documentation Resolved Channel Input Autoscale failed to send error message on marginally large sig nals The correct notification occurs now for clipped signals Repaired Horizontal scale being incorrect for clock signals while in jitter mode by adjusting the scales properly Repaired remote command System DSP cmd with parameter 96 or does t seem to work by fixing the instrument parser to recognize some more special characters Fixed color pallet being incor
66. ode resolved normalization staying valid after channel vertical calibration is per formed Provided excess reactance measurement which was not previously available for differential TDR responses Added a remote query to see if TDR normalization is valid over GPIB In TDR mode fixed Ohms scale not available on Channel 2 after default setup Repaired extinction ratio calibration failing after precision time base is enabled Extinction ratio calibration could fail with precision time base on if the horizontal scale was set for less than one period of the reference clock on screen The calibration has been modified so that at least one period of the reference clock is on screen when dark level data is mea sured Resolved oscilloscope hanging with 86107A when limit test is turned on Disabled acqui sition limit when setting the precision time base time reference Hang no longer occurs Resolved broken time base calibration Hardware was left in an inconsistent setting rela tive to the control system causing the next calibration to fail Repaired ASSERTS when dialog is opened and DCA application is minimized When mini mized application will be maximized on all front panel events button press or knob move ment before event is processed Repaired turning on of pattern lock after undo default setup with 86107A Changed how the valid setup is built to account for priorities of controls for pattern lock and precision time base Res
67. oftware Clock Recovery Emulation Added new Ethernet Mask OTU4 G 959 1 Improvements to precision timebase synchronization New and Changed CALibrate Subsystem Programming Commands CALibrate CRECovery CALibrate CRECovery CALibrate CRECovery CALibrate CRECovery deprecated SLOT 1 4 LMODule RMODule STARt deprecated SLOT 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus deprecated SLOT 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus DETails deprecated SLOT 1 4 LMODule RMODule STATus TEMPerature 21 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes CA CA CA CA CA CA CA de CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA de CA New and Changed DISPlay Subsystem Program p p ibrate CRECovery S ibrate DARK CHAN lt N gt ibrate DARK CHAN lt N gt ibrate MODule SLOTI ibrate MODule SLOTI ibrate MODule SLOTI ibrate MODule SLOTL recated ibrate MODule SLOT ibrate SLOT 1 4 CR ibrate SLOT 1 4 CR ibrate SLOT 1 4 CR ibrate SLOT 1 4 CR ibrate SLOT 1 4 CR ibrate SLOT 1 4 EN ibrate SLOT 1 4 ST ibrate SLOT 1 4 S ibrate SLOT 1 4 S ibrate SLOT 1 4 S ibrate SLOT 1 4 S ibrate SLOT 1 4 P ibrate SLOT 1 4 P ibrate SLOT 1 4 P ibrate SLOT 1 4 P ibrate SLOT 1 4 P ibrate SLOT 1 4 VE ibrate SLOT 1 4 VE ibrate SLOT 1 4 VE ibrate SLOT 1 4 VE ibrate SLOT 1 4
68. olved application hang from Setup file load with divided trigger on Reorganized acqui sition limit display update to prevent excessive Windows messages from being generated and added code to remote commands to gracefully handle failure if occurs when placing 44 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes windows messages Hang no longer happens Repaired release assertion during undo default setup Fixed interaction between recall set up autoscale and the auto record length control Fixed combination of TIM BRAT TRIG RBIT SYST MODE JITT causing application exit Resolved STOP CHANT TIME RANG MEAS VTIM causes abrupt application exit Repaired MEASure CGR SOUR CGMemory causing application hang Resolved TRIGger BRATe plus RCL remote command causing application hang Fixed MTES ALIG causing release assertion Resolved DIG FUNCtion2 and SYSTem MODE JITT being sent causing an application hang Resolved MEAS CGR JITT command causing application exit Addressed DISP SCOL CGR1 causing application exit Fixed TDR DCALib RPCalib sequence creating application error Repaired ACQuire RUNTIl CHANnel N query causing time out Repaired VIEW RESP4 Crashing in Eye Mode Fixed MEASure DELTatime CHANnel3 FUNCtion1 causing a crash q Resolved MEASure APOWer command causing application crash Software Option Packages 200 and 201 Defects Fixed Addressed Total Jit
69. om Release A 04 11 43 December 10 2004 Differences from Release A 04 10 November 1 2004 Differences from Release A 04 01 June 23 2004 Differences from Release A 04 00 48 February 19 2004 Differences from Release A 03 05 October 10 2002 Differences from Release A 03 03 July 18 2002 Differences from Release A 03 03 52 43 45 46 48 51 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 86100A Only Firmware Release Notes 53 A 03 01 Release Notes A 02 20 Release Notes A 02 10 Release Notes A 02 01 Release Notes A 02 00 Release Notes A 01 22 Release Notes A 01 21 Release Notes A 01 20 Release Notes A 01 13 Release Notes February 15 2002 Differences from Release A 02 20 53 August 2 2001 Differences from Release A 02 10 54 May 1 2001 Differences from Release A 02 01 55 January 30 2001 Differences from Release A 02 00 56 November 29 2000 Differences from Release A 01 22 56 September 6 2000 Differences from Release A 01 21 59 August 9 2000 Differences from Release A 01 20 59 July 11 2000 Differences from Release A 01 13 59 May 2 2000 Differences from Release A 01 12 60 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes N1010A FlexDCA Firmware Release Notes A 04 00 Release Notes August 2014 Differences from Release A 03 00 New Features TDR TDT Mode Support for new N1055A 35 50 GHz TDR TDT Remote Head module For TDR Mode s S parameter
70. option 001 removes the 4 ns discontinuities on long spans no time tears as long as the trigger delay is at or close to its minimum value n this case the instrument synchronizes the timebase to the pattern and force samples to be taken at the correct locations Increased the maximum timebase range while using Pattern Lock from 250 0 ns div to 250 0 us div Increased the speed of the Pattern Waveform Save feature Reduced the minimum points bit of Pattern Waveform Save from 16 to 1 Added support for Trigger Divide Ratios of 1 18 and 1 36 General Defects Fixed XY Verbose values now correspond to the values being shown on the display with account for the reference plane Fixed crash that would happen when attempting to run the Linear Forward Equalizer from 38 T N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes a MATLAB script which was not available Fixed issues with changing the trigger source while precision timebase is on Fixed two issues referring to DTA messages complaining about precision timebase issues One would complain about the time reference being out of band when the precision time base was not on and the other message would ask user to restore reference clock after long continuous usage of Pattern Lock and precision timebase Fixed a issue where bad data would get reported on clipped signals with precision time base Jo nov a3 xed
71. pattern waveforms that are stored in the wfmx format as well as the csv format The data simulation rate can be reduced to avoid 10096 CPU usage whenever the data sim ulator is running This is available from the Data Simulator Setup dialog Waveform Signal Processing functionality is now available from a new translucent slide up panel accessed via the new Math button in the lower right hand corner of the applica tion Annotations have been added to the upper right hand corner of the Jitter Measurement Results window to denote large jitter mode LJM and jitter measurements on signal pro cessed waveforms SP General Defects Fixed Fixed a bug that allowed multiple conflicting instances of FlexDCA to be launched at the same time Improved the performance of Jitter Mode on long patterns Improved the reliability of autoscale Fixed an alignment issue with certain masks Fixed a defect that prevented pattern waveform saves from remembering the last saved location Fixed a defect that could under certain conditions result in an empty measurement tool bar after the application had been manually resized Fixed a defect that could cause the application to crash if a jitter graph in an undocked window was double clicked Fixed a bug that prevented jitter measurements from being made on a function of a wave form memory partial results only dded annotation to the RJ and RN measurements when the values are fix
72. pe 2 Tran sition Frequency peaking of the loop Support for MATLAB measurements with scripts created by the user Now the user can make custom measurements on the DCA These measurements run just like internal mea surements with results on the Measurement Tab including statistics Improved jitter measurement accuracy for very large jitter Increased limit for maximum amount of measureable jitter Added Large Jitter Mode for extending jitter measurement capabilities This mode is en abled when the amount of jitter exceeds the transition time of the signal As with the new edge model Large Jitter Mode will also increase the accuracy of large jitter measure ments and increases the maximum amount of measureable jitter New S parameter plots phase and group delay for 86100C 202 Enhanced Impedance and S Parameter Software package Auto Mask Margin is a new enhancement to the Eye Mode Mask Margin feature which will search for a scaled mask that matches a user specified bit error rate Auto Relock is a new feature for clock recovery modules Previously when a recovered clock had lost lock the user would have to manually relock The 8 0 release now has the functionality to do this automatically Users can now send remote commands to the instrument directly over Ethernet LAN GPIB is no longer required for remote operation ncreased the maximum record length from 4 096 to 16 384 ow gPattern Lock h on 86100Cs with
73. rect when screens are saved in JPG mode Resolved eControl at limit error f showing up when loading old setups by fixing the set ting with the screen savers There was a difference between 86100A B and 86100C setups Resolved Scope Measurement MEASure TMIN returns Err 224 Illegal parameter value Repaired Channel Input CHAN FDES does not return Headers when system header on Changed default gain settings for 86117A Module Initialization to improve field servicing Fixed remote command Trig Plock Autodetect turns off pattern lock if autodetect fails Corrected Color grade incorrect when loading database memory in oscilloscope mode Repaired Histogram Measure Histogram ppos returns 9 99999E 37 while in TDR mode Fixed STM64 OC192SuperFEC 12 5 msk mask file It should be a scaled version of the STM 64 OC 192 mask rectangular not hexagonal OPC now operates properly in Jitter Mode OPC OPC and WAI should work properly now when switching to jitter mode using SYStem MODE JITTer or DISK LOAD file 47 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes name jd JDMemory Disable mainframe ID check so 86110A is never reported when the instrument is queried Precision time bases 86107 using in geographies with Eastern time zones were reporting incorrect timebases Setting the precision timebase time reference is limited in its repeti tion rate when pressing the dialog butto
74. rk on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 60 Release Notes December 2011 Differences from Re 31 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes lease A 10 50 General Comments Supports connections from FlexDCA version A 1 60 and earlier Requires Windows XP Service pack 2 or later New Features Added support for Option 500 Productivity Package which includes Rapid Eye Rapid Eye significantly reduces the time required to acquire eye diagram samples Autoscale performance is significantly improved when Rapid Eye is enabled Ability to calibrate the optical channel of 86105C 86105D and 86116C modules even if the electrical channel is damaged Ability to select if data acquisition immediately begins upon starting a mask test This fea ture is located on the new Maks Tests tab in the Configure Measurements dialog box In addition the Y Axis Mask Align Measurement controls have been moved to this new tab from the Eye Boundary tab When saving screen captures via remote programming the ability to select one out of many displayed waveforms to include in the saved graphics file This capability is not avail able from the front panel Added mask files for OTU2 and OTU2e General Defects Fixed Fixed a problem where the continuous loop bandwidth setting for clock data recovery hardware could be set to values less than 15 kHz Fixed a bug that would cause the inst
75. rument to be unresponsive from remote if a single sweep was interrupted A device clear was required to work around this problem Fixed a bug with the 86115D and other dual optical modules that would cause the average power measurement to appear blank in certain circumstances Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 10 50 Release Notes September 2011 Differences from Re lease A 10 03 General Comments Support for the 86112A Option HBW module 30 GHz bandwidth Support for the 86115D options 144 and 104 Supports connections from FlexDCA version A 1 50 and earlier Requires Windows XP Service pack 2 or later If you have an 86100C instrument with Win dows XP Service pack 1 installed on it you must upgrade to Service Pack 2 before you can use firmware release A 10 03 or later New Features Ability to compensate the average power measurement using the extinction ratio calibra 32 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes tion dark calibration Added a wrapper script to allow performing the VECPq Vertical Eye Closure Penalty as defined for 16x Fibre Channel FC PI5 Requires software option 201 and MATLAB in stalled on the instrument The 83496A B C and 86108A clock recovery modules now support an additional front panel clock sub rate of divide by 32 as well as new super rates of x2 x4 and x
76. s includes hits from final acquisition when stop is pressed during mask test Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only 40 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 06 01 Release Notes September 21 2006 Differences from Release A 06 00 New Feature List Added eye masks for 10G BASE LRM 1000Base LX10 100Base BX10 ITU g 984 2 General Defects Fixed Corrected the 100Base BX LX mask scale to now have Delta T set to 8E 9 seconds Function lt N gt Vertical Now returns correct value Differential TDR deskew is correctly locked out when calibration is active Missing specification for max input for 83496A included in help file Missing note on specification for 83491 2 3 included in help file Changed module vertical calibration messages for 86118A modules to say Connect all necessary cables and adaptors for measurement to the Left Right module Addressed MEAS TDR MAX MIN AVE queries after default setup causing a crash No longer issues a GPIB hardware missing error using autoscale after tdr tdt cal LTER Now correctly sets bit 0 COMP when acquisition is complete TDR STIMulus EXTernal POLarity now returns correct data when longform is on Fixed a problem when reading in a pattern waveform csv file written by hand Fixed intermittent application crash during certain TDR mode r
77. sis SGR CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANaly CRECovery 1 4 JSANal y MEASure CRECovery 1 4 MEASure CRECovery 1 4 MEASure CRECovery 1 4 T tude ECOunt new tudeSMOothing new e F new FGAIn new FPOLe new FZERo new JTF BWIDth new JTF PEAKing new MODE new OJTF BWIDth new 0JTF DFACtor new aph new sis ACQuire new sis FFTMagni sis FFTMagni sis INTegrat sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLorder sis PLLord Sis RJ sis SP DJ new RJ new J new er ORDer new Correction new ECtrum new 22 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes MEASure Subsystem Region Commands MEASure AMPLitude BERLimit revised MEASure REgions COUNt new MEASure REgions REGion new MEASure REgions STATe new General Defects Fixed For programming commands that have discrete parameters for example AC Quire SMOothing the DEFault VSET NEXT and PREV child commands are no longer documented For programming commands that have numerical values t
78. stogram and the ability to select the BER at which TJ is measured Increase pattern length supported by jitter mode to 2 16 he Jitter Frequency Analysis feature will provide insight into the frequency content of pe riodic jitter It will analyze both jitter that is correlated to the data rate sub rate jitter as well as jitter that is uncorrelated from the data rate asynchronous PJ The items of inter est are jitter frequency jitter magnitude and relationship of jitter frequency to bit rate i e is it a sub rate Added a Frequency component shape graph After frequency analysis is turned on the user will be able to display the shape of the jitter associated with a particular frequency This aids in the identification of complicated jitter waveforms such as square waves which has a large number of harmonically related frequencies Added Advanced Waveform Analysis 201 Built in Linear Feedforward Equalizer application with up to 15 digital tap filter values Integrated MATLAB interface to allow signal processing using MATLAB customer must purchase and install their own MATLAB licenses separately Allow the customer to save and recall pattern waveforms which are long single valued waveforms that span multiple bits up to the entire pattern length of 2 23 Up to 4096 points can be saved for each bit which allows the file to be exported to other software ap plications like Excel or MATLAB for further analysis Support for 86100C
79. t white trace color on print The waveform color is set to gray during printing to prevent a white waveform trace on a white background Repaired 86106B and other modules with un labeled filter rates not successfully complet ing Autoscale when filter is enabled Phase is correct now for reference clock frequencies between 25 GHz and 39 GHz on the 40 GHz input of an 86107A Option 40 module Repaired inconsistent pattern waveform loading behavior Extinction Ratio calibration factor is always loaded into dialog boxes Removed stray entry out of range message at end of ER calibration After 86100C power cycle TDR mode is recalled properly Removed the ability to load and store TDR TDT calibration data since not all instrument states were being saved properly Allowed TDT normalization to work with external TDR stimulus Repaired a crash if remote commands MEAS TDR MAX MIN AVE was sent without put ting the oscilloscope in TDR mode first Known Issues PLTS customers should not upgrade to 5 0 software at this time since the executable will fail to run properly PLTS customers should use DCA firmware version 4 11 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 04 20 Release Notes June 9 2005 Differences from Release 43 Determines linear N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 04 11 New Feature List Support for 83496
80. ter and Deterministic Jitter being optimistic by 1 10000 UI The TJ his togram data had been missing the rightmost bin This results in an optimistic estimate of TJ and DJ by up to 0 0001 UI or about 10fs at 10GB s 200 Repaired TJ measurement being incorrectly identified in comma separated file Fixed RJ value is also now indicated in exported jitter CSV file 4200 Resolved Periodic Jitter PJ Shape plot displaying bad data when data rate is an odd num ber Previously the result was a noisy trace 200 Disabled Frequency resolve feature from working when jitter measurement results are questionable 200 Repaired MatLab scripts without pipeline causing horizontal quantization in data display 4201 Enabled average power measurements when either equalizer or MatLab feature is enabled 4201 Fixed incorrect time base scale wrong with precision time base and equalizer in Eye mode The time base for a channel is now scaled correctly when precision time base and equalizer are activated 201 Resolved MatLab script and switch to TDR mode causing software crash Added a check to verify whether or not the waveform being measured has any points at all 201 Known Issues 86119A Optical Sampling Oscilloscope is designed to work on software versions A 03 06 and A 03 05 only A 04 11 Release Notes December 10 2004 Differences from Release A 04 10 New Feature List None 45 N1010A FlexDC
81. ts Edited the 86118A module specification topic for adjusted 86118 HO1 the channel skew specification and for information added concerning 861 18 H02 module s 1 mm input con nectors Added specifications for the 86105D 281 module Added specifications for the 86115D 282 module General Defects Fixed Fixed a memory leak in the precision timebase synchronization This leak would cause the instrument to report insufficient memory error messages after several days Fixed a bug that prevented use of the knobs on the 86112A HBW module Improved the precision timebase synchronization to be less sensitive to signal drift New Feature List New Jitter Spectrum Analysis JSA memory and ability to save JSA data files jsax This allows JSA data to be viewed offline When the jitter database is saved to disk JSA is included if Clock Recovery Emulation CRE is active New tail fit method available in Jitter Mode which enables the following new scalar mea surements BUI rms for ones and zeros BUI 8 8 for ones and zeros BUJ BUJ rms Ability to measure TJ Total Jitter DJ Deterministic Jitter RJ Random Jitter J2 J5 and J9 on long patterns such as PRBS31 This is accomplished within FlexDCA with an op tion 401 license but without the use of the option 401 spreadsheet A new Advanced Eye tab is enabled in Eye Mask Mode This feature requires the option 401 Advanced Eye Anal ysis Software license New
82. ture new SYSTem UAUToscale deprecated SYSTem UDEFault deprecated N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes 19 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes A 01 80 Release Notes June 2012 Differences from Release A 01 70 General Comments FlexDCA requires Agilent IO Libraries 16 2 or later If you have a prior version installed it will be upgraded to version 16 2 FlexDCA requires the Agilent licensing system 4 3 or later This includes Agilent License Manager Agilent ACCL Licensing and Agilent Host Processor Platform Removed the Control menu The Auto Scale Run Stop Single and Clear functions can more easily be accomplished by clicking the buttons that are shown to the right of the menu bar The Undo Auto Scale command has been moved to the top of the Setup menu New Feature List Ability to use 86100D DCA X applications Added the Apps menu to the menu bar for launching applications Support for the N1012A OIF CEI Compliance 3 0 Application and N1019A User Defined Ap Xs plication Tool The new menu also supports user added shortcuts to files and Windows ap plications FlexDCA now includes the ability to take into account the effect of external devices such as attenuators or transducers With this feature FlexDCA will report waveform and mea surement results referenced to the input of the external device instead of the input of the oscilloscope channel Addit
83. ures Support for 86100C Mainframe The following features are available only with 86100C mainframe Added Windows XP Operating System This allows user to access Windows features and 48 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes applications Disk recovery from D partition Allows recovery from software crash of main C partition without external CD Uses standard Windows Installer to upgrade software The following features are available only with 86100C mainframe and Option 001 Wide Bandwidth Trigger Pattern Lock Eyeline h trigger Will display single valued waveforms for repetitive pat terns Auto detection of pattern parameters Relieves user of task of entering length and bit rate manually The following features are available with 86100C mainframe with Option 001 and Option 100 Jitter Software Added Jitter Mode This is a fourth mode for the instrument that provides measurements of timing jitter Separation and display of jitter components Adds the pull down graphical display area Save and recall of jitter memory For use with jitter analysis data Defects Fixed Improved Touch Screen calibration for 86100C ixed a debug assertion related to 54754A differential reference plane calibration xed a problem with saving an Instrument setup file on top of an existing setup file xed TDR remote command problem If the right module is set to ON4 and TDTdest is hannel 3 and you issue t
84. vel data Fixed the 39 8 Gb s OC 768 mask Known Issues The new RJ RN compensation feature cannot be used with signal processing operators such as de embedding The remote SCPI interface is limited to the HiSLIP Telnet and Sockets protocols when running on a 64 bit Windows OS To make use of this functionality the program Agi lent N1000 x86 exe needs to be launched instead of the default Agilent N1000 exe A 01 03 Release Notes April 2011 Differences from Release A 01 02 General Comments FlexDCA now requires Microsoft NET Framework version 4 0 If it is not already installed FlexDCA will install the Microsoft NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile There is now a free version of FlexDCA available The free version does not require the fol lowing items Agilent Licensing system Agilent IO Libraries MATLAB Compiler Runtime The free version does not enable any of the licensed features such as Jitter Mode De Embedding filters or connecting to a remote DCA What is enabled in the free version is basic oscilloscope and eye diagram measurements using the built in waveform simulator or the Agilent SystemVue product 27 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release Notes New Feature List Data simulation and analysis are now able to take advantage of multi core CPUs Waveform and eye memories can be cleared Support for the 86115D 004 module s B channels The data simulator now loads
85. w PTIMebase Subsystem Programming Commands PTIMebase RIPRogress deprecated SIMulator Subsystem Programming Commands deprecated This entire subsystem has been deprecated Use the SOUR subsystem instead SOURce Subsystem Programming Commands new The new SOURce subsystem configures the source signal of extended and simulated modules SOURce AMPLitude new 18 SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce SOURce DIFFerential new DRATe new FILTer CUToff new FILTer STATe new FILTer TYPe new FNAMe new FUNCtion new INVert new JITTer RJ new JITTer STATe new NOISe RN new NOISe STATe new OENable new OFFSet new PATTern new WTYPe new SPRocess Subsystem Programming Commands SPRocess DFEQualizer BANDwidth new SPRocess DFEQualizer BANDwidth AUTo new SPRocess DFEQualizer CLKDelay new SPRocess DFEQualizer DWAVeform new SPRocess DFEQualizer TAPS new SPRocess DFEQualizer TAPS AUTO new SPRocess DFEQualizer TAPS COUNt new SPRocess DFEQualizer TAPS RECalculate new SPRocess DFEQualizer TARGet AUTo new SPRocess DFEQualizer TARGet LOWer new SPRocess DFEQualizer TARGet UPPer new SYSTem Programming Commands Subsystem SYSTem FCONfig new SYSTem GTLocal new SYSTem LAUNch new SYSTem TEMPera
86. we need a window with vertical boundares of y1 y2 and horizontal x1 x2 The jitter value is simply derived from the histogram within this win dow e g the jitter RMS isthe standard deviation of the histogram The smaller the window the smaller the jitter In firmware versions previous to A 02 10 596 of the Ymax Ymin is used assuming that the crossing position is Ycross then y1 Ycross 5 Ymax Ymin 2 and y2 Ycross 5 Ymax Ymin 2 Ymax is the max value in the database Ymin the minimum In this version A 02 10 it is changed to y1 Ycross 1 y2 Ycross 2 Since 596 Ymax Ymin 3 in most cases therefore the current Y window is much smaller when leads into smaller jitter measurement results A 02 01 Release Notes January 30 2001 Differences from Re lease A 02 00 New Feature List None Defects Fixed Fixed a defect that can cause instrument lock up if the markers are used below 40uW div and off the 1 2 5 sequence Fixed a defect that caused linearity correction problems in 83486A modules This resulted in potential vertical accuracy problems with these modules Fixed a defect that incorrectly identified the 83486A module and options This also affected all modules that had an option number Factory Only Enhancement Relaxed the test limits for timebase linearity on the horizontal calibration routine to help with production yield This change has no impact on instrument performa
87. where the continuous loop bandwidth setting for clock data recovery hardware could be set to values less than 15 kHz Fixed an occasional crash when using a precision timebase When Jitter Mode is used to measure a clock the clock frequency is reported in unit of Hertz instead of bits per second Fixed unreliable detection of the precision timebase reference frequency in Pattern Lock Known Issues The remote SCPI interface is limited to the HiSLIP Telnet and Sockets protocols when running on a 64 bit Windows OS To make use of this functionality the program Agi lent N1000 x86 exe needs to be launched instead of the default Agilent N1000 exe 25 N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A B C D Firmware Release N otes Perform vertica A 01 50 Release Notes September 2011 Differences from Release A 01 03 New Feature List Ability to apply SIRC System Impulse Response Capability correct D or 86116C optical modules SIRC data corrects for a module s specific 86105D 86115 response view the calibrati When running Te When runnin g HiSLIP Telnet New tools to exp An as the user in An command set New optical chan Average Power Average Powe ew SCPI Recorder contro do module calibrations and dark calibrations from withi on status FlexDCA now has a remote SCPI interface on an 86100D mainframe FlexDCA can be contro net or Sockets protocols on a 32 bit W

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