Agilent Technologies E5022B Owner's manual

Agilent E5022A/B and E5023A Hard Disk Read/Write Test System
Programming Manual for E5039A/B/C
Seventh Edition
Software Revision
This manual applies directly to system which has
the software revision B.02.70 and above
Part No. E5023-90023
January 2003
Printed in Japan

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Notices
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Sample Program
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Contents
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1. Introduction
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2. Sample Program
Example Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bit Error Test Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Functions used in this measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Bit Error Track Profile Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Functions used in this measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3. Function Reference
BER Data Pattern Definition Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
hpe5022_BER_trackFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
hpe5022_BER_trackFormat_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
hpe5022_BER_sectorFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
hpe5022_BER_sectorFormat_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
hpe5022_BER_selectPattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
hpe5022_BER_selectPattern_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
hpe5022_BER_prbsPattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hpe5022_BER_prbsPattern_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
hpe5022_BER_userPattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
hpe5022_BER_userPattern_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
hpe5022_BER_patternType_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
hpe5022_BER_sectorPattern_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
hpe5022_BER_adjacentTrackPattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
hpe5022_BER_adjacentTrackPattern_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
hpe5022_BER_triggerDelayTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
hpe5022_BER_triggerDelayTime_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
hpe5022_BER_userSyncPattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
hpe5022_BER_userSyncPattern_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
hpe5022_BER_userSyncPatternState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
hpe5022_BER_userSyncPatternState_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
hpe5022_BER_sectorState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
hpe5022_BER_sectorState_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
hpe5022_BER_sectorStateReset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
hpe5022_BER_sectorCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
hpe5022_BER_sectorCount_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
hpe5022_BER_sectorGatePeriod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
hpe5022_BER_sectorGatePeriod_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
hpe5022_BER_writeGate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
hpe5022_BER_writeGate_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
hpe5022_BER_readGate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
hpe5022_BER_readGate_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
hpe5022_BER_syncWindow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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hpe5022_BER_syncWindow_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
hpe5022_BER_syncWindowMode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
hpe5022_BER_syncWindowMode_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Channel IC Configuration Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
hpe5022_BER_channelIc_Idn_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
hpe5022_BER_channelIcReferenceClock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
hpe5022_BER_channelIcReferenceClock_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
hpe5022_BER_channelIcLowPassFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
hpe5022_BER_channelIcLowPassFilter_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
hpe5022_BER_channelIcFirCoefReset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompDelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompDelay_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompState_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
hpe5022_BER_channelIcEndec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
hpe5022_BER_channelIcEndec_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
hpe5022_BER_channelIcDetectorType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
hpe5022_BER_channelIcDetectorType_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
hpe5022_BER_selectTestSignal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
hpe5022_BER_selectTestSignal_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
hpe5022_BER_testSignalString_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
hpe5022_BER_channelIcProperty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
hpe5022_BER_channelIcProperty_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
hpe5022_BER_channelIcByteSize_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
hpe5022_BER_channelIcUpdateState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
hpe5022_BER_channelIcRegister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
hpe5022_BER_channelIcRegister_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
hpe5022_BER_channelIcMultipleRegisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
hpe5022_BER_channelIcMultipleRegisters_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
hpe5022_BER_channelIcRegistersSave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
hpe5022_BER_channelIcRegistersRecall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
hpe5022_BER_channelIcInfoFile_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
BER Pattern Write Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
hpe5022_BER_write. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Optimization Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
hpe5022_BER_optimizeState. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
hpe5022_BER_optimizeState_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
hpe5022_BER_optimizeSequenceConfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
hpe5022_BER_optimizeSequenceConfig_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
hpe5022_BER_optimize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Track Offset Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
hpe5022_BER_trackOffsetCompInterval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
hpe5022_BER_trackOffsetCompInterval_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Bit Error Rate Measurement Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
hpe5022_BER_berMeasByteCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
hpe5022_BER_berMeasByteCount_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
hpe5022_BER_errorBitPerByte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
hpe5022_BER_errorBitPerByte_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
hpe5022_BER_berDataLoggingMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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hpe5022_BER_berDataLoggingMode_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
hpe5022_BER_burstThreshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
hpe5022_BER_burstThreshold_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
hpe5022_BER_measureBer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
hpe5022_BER_setupBer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
hpe5022_BER_ber_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
hpe5022_BER_berEx_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
hpe5022_BER_berDataSize_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
hpe5022_BER_berData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
hpe5022_BER_berDataEx_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCountSize_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCount_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCountEx_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
hpe5022_BER_errorLengthHistogram_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
hpe5022_BER_errorRawDataSize_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
hpe5022_BER_errorRawData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bit Error Rate Track Profile Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
hpe5022_BER_measureTrackProfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
hpe5022_BER_setupTrackProfile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
hpe5022_BER_trackProfileData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
hpe5022_BER_otcThreshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
hpe5022_BER_otcThreshold_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
hpe5022_BER_calculateOtc_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
hpe5022_BER_trackProfileDataEx_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
hpe5022_BER_errorThreshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
hpe5022_BER_errorThreshold_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
hpe5022_BER_errorThresholdMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
hpe5022_BER_errorThresholdMode_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
hpe5022_BER_channelIcAdaptiveRegister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
hpe5022_BER_channelIcAdaptiveRegister_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
747 Measurement Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
hpe5022_BER_747Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
hpe5022_BER_747Config_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
hpe5022_BER_measure747 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
hpe5022_BER_setup747. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
hpe5022_BER_747DataSize_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
hpe5022_BER_747Data_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Channel Quality Measurement Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
hpe5022_BER_autoRangeChannelQuality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
hpe5022_BER_measureChannelQuality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
hpe5022_BER_setupChannelQuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
hpe5022_BER_channelQuality_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
hpe5022_BER_channelQualityRawDataSize_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
hpe5022_BER_channelQualityRawData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Channel IC Register Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
hpe5022_BER_measureChannelIcRegisterSweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
hpe5022_BER_setupChannelIcRegisterSweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
hpe5022_BER_channelIcRegisterSweepData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
hpe5022_BER_measureChannelIcMultipleRegisterSweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Contents
hpe5022_BER_setupChannelIcMultipleRegisterSweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
hpe5022_BER_channelIcMultipleRegisterSweepData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
hpe5022_BER_channelBoardIoData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
hpe5022_BER_channelBoardIoData_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
hpe5022_BER_channelBoardRomData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
hpe5022_BER_channelBoardRomData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
hpe5022_BER_channelBoardRomAddressRange_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
A. Manual Changes
Changes in Revision A.04.30 from Revion A.04.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changes in Revision A.04.20 from Revion A.04.10.xx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changes in Revision A.04.00.01 from Revion A.04.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

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Introduction 2. Chapter Title 3. Chapter Title 4. Chapter Title 5. Chapter Title
1Introduction

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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome to the Agilent Technologies E5022/E5023 Programming Manual for
E5039A/B. This manual provides the information on bit error measurement
functions of E5039A/B used for programming.
About This Manual
This manual contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, Introduction : gives an overview of this manual.
• Chapter 2, Programming : shows example programs in Visual Basic for
E5039A/B measurement.
• Chapter 3, Function Reference for E5039A/B: provides information on bit error
measurement functions.
• Appendix A, Manual Changes : provides information on changes and updated
versions of the manual.

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1. Chapter Title Sample Program 3. Chapter Title 4. Chapter Title 5. Chapter Title
2Sample Program

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Sample Program
Example Program
Example Program
This section describes the example programs for typical measurements. The sample program is saved at the
directory named “c:\Program Files\Agilent\E5022\doc\vb\sample1.vbp”
As the programming manual explains, Measurement Sequence is basically divided into six steps; Initializing, Drive
On, Auto Configuration, Common Setup & Precompensation Setup, Measurement and Closing. This section
provides only measuement portion for bit error measurement. The other portions are described in the programming
manual.
Bit Error Test Measurement
The bit error test measurement allows you to observe the bit error analysis. See Chapter 4 in the Operation Manual
for its measurement definition.
Example 2-1. Sample Program
Private Sub CmdBer_Click()
Const BerUserDataBitRate As Double = 120000000# ' User Data Bit Rate [bps]
Const ReferenceClock As Double = 20000000# ' Channel IC Reference Clock
Const BerTestPattern1 As String = "11001000" ' Test Pattern in Binary Format
Const TrackPreambleLength As Long = 1000 ' Track Preamble Length [Byte]
Const GapLength As Long = 55 ' Dummy if the gap length is Auto [Byte]
Const SectPreambleLength As Long = 100 ' Sector Preamble Length [Byte]
Const DataLength As Long = 1024 ' Data Length [Byte]
Const NoOfSector As Integer = 10 ' Number of Sector per Track
Const noofave As Integer = 1
Const MeasByteCount As Double = 1000 ' Measurement Byte Count [Byte]
Const ErrBitPerByte As Double = 1 ' Error Bit Per Byte
'
Dim FilterCutOffFreq As Double, FilterBoost As Double
Dim bitLength As Long, symbol As Long, totalSector As Long, lostSector As Long
Dim NumOfSize As Long, ErrorCount() As Long, LostCount() As Long
Dim ber As Double, delay(2) As Double, Property1() As Double
Dim Disp As String
Dim IcName As String * 10
Dim i As Integer
' FilterCutOffFreq = 20000000#
' FilterBoost = 5.5
' Property1(0) = xxxx
' Properry1(1) = xxxx
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcIdn_Q(HpE5022, IcName)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate(HpE5022, BerUserDataBitRate)

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Sample Program
Bit Error Test Measurement
1. Chapter Title Sample Program 3. Chapter Title 4. Chapter Title 5. Chapter Title
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcReferenceClock(HpE5022, ReferenceClock)
'
' Create BER Data Pattern
'
bitLength = Len(BerTestPattern1)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_userPattern(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_PAT_1, hpe5022_USER_DATA_BIN, bitLength, _
BerTestPattern1)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_selectPattern(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_PAT_1)
'
' Define Track and Sector Format
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_trackFormat(HpE5022, TrackPreambleLength, NoOfSector, VI_FALSE, GapLength)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_sectorFormat(HpE5022, SectPreambleLength, DataLength)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_berMeasByteCount(HpE5022, MeasByteCount)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_errorBitPerByte(HpE5022, ErrBitPerByte)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcFirCoefReset(HpE5022)
'
' Specify Low Pass Filter
'
' ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcLowPassFilter(HpE5022, FilterCutOffFreq, FilterBoost)
'
' Define Precompensation
'
' ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompDelay(HpE5022, Delay(0))
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompState(HpE5022, VI_TRUE)
'
' Define Encorder
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcEndec(HpE5022, VI_TRUE, hpe5022_BER_ENDEC_8_9, VI_TRUE)
'
' Define Channel IC Property
'
' ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcProperty(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_CIC_xxxx_PROP_xxx, Property1(0))
'
'
' Define Logging Mode
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_berDataLoggingMode(HpE5022, VI_TRUE, hpe5022_BER_RAW_DATA_ALL)
'
' Define Optimization
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_LPF, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_FIR, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_PREC_DEL_COAR, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_PREC_DEL_FINE, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimize(HpE5022)
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcLowPassFilter_Q(HpE5022, FilterCutOffFreq, FilterBoost)
'

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Bit Error Test Measurement
' Perform Measurement
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_measureBer(HpE5022, hpe5022_SEQ_ER_WR_M, noofave)
'
' Query Test Result
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_ber_Q(HpE5022, ber, symbol, totalSector, lostSector)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCountSize_Q(HpE5022, NumOfSize)
ReDim ErrorCount(NumOfSize - 1)
ReDim LostCount(NumOfSize - 1)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCount_Q(HpE5022, ErrorCount(0), LostCount(0))
'
Disp$ = "Bit Error Rate: " + vbCrLf _
+ "BER: " + Format(ber, "0.00E-##") + vbCrLf _
+ "Symbol: " + Format(symbol, "###0") + vbCrLf _
+ "Total Sector: " + Format(totalSector, "###0") + vbCrLf _
+ "Lost Sector: " + Format(lostSector, "###0") + vbCrLf + vbCrLf _
+ "Filter Cut Off: " + Format(FilterCutOffFreq, "0.00E-##") + " Hz" + vbCrLf _
+ "Filter Boost: " + Format(FilterBoost, "0.00") + " dB" + vbCrLf
For i = 0 To NumOfSize - 1
Disp$ = Disp$ + Format(ErrorCount(i), "0.0") + " : " + Format(LostCount(i), "0.0") + vbCrLf
Next i
LblChannelICName.Caption = IcName$
LblResult.Caption = Disp$
'
End Sub
Description
The test data pattern of the bit error measurement is different from the other measurement. The
“hpe5022_BER_userPattern” and “hpe5022_BER_userPattern” functions defines the pattern. The
“hpe5022_BER_selectPattern” function selects the pattern.
Functions used in this measurement
“hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate”
“hpe5022_BER_trackFormat”
“hpe5022_BER_sectorFormat”
“hpe5022_BER_selectPattern”
“hpe5022_BER_userPattern”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIc_Idn_Q”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcReferenceClock”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcLowPassFilter_Q”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcFirCoefReset”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompState”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcEndec”

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Sample Program
Bit Error Test Measurement
1. Chapter Title Sample Program 3. Chapter Title 4. Chapter Title 5. Chapter Title
“hpe5022_BER_optimizeState”
“hpe5022_BER_optimize”
“hpe5022_BER_berMeasByteCount”
“hpe5022_BER_errorBitPerByte”
“hpe5022_BER_berDataLoggingMode”
“hpe5022_BER_measureBer”
“hpe5022_BER_ber_Q”
“hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCountSize_Q”
“hpe5022_BER_sectorErrorCount_Q”

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Sample Program
Bit Error Track Profile Measurement
Bit Error Track Profile Measurement
The bit error track profile measurement allows you to observe read offset characteristics of the bit error rate.
Example 2-2. Sample Program
Private Sub CmdBerTrackProfile_Click()
Const BerUserDataBitRate As Double = 120000000#
Const ReferenceClock As Double = 20000000#
'
Const BerTestPattern1 As String = "11001000"
'
Const TrackPreambleLength As Long = 1000
Const GapLength As Long = 55 ' Dummy if the gap length is Auto
Const SectPreambleLength As Long = 100
Const DataLength As Long = 1024
Const NoOfSector As Integer = 32
Const noofave As Integer = 1
Const MeasByteCount As Double = 1000
Const ErrBitPerByte As Double = 1
Const otcThreshold As Double = 0.001
'
Const NumOfPoint As Integer = 21
Const OffsetRange As Double = 0.000002
'
Dim bitLength As Long, symbol As Long, totalSector As Long, lostSector As Long
Dim ber As Double, otc As Double, otcPos As Double, otcNeg As Double
Dim offset(NumOfPoint - 1) As Double
Dim result(NumOfPoint - 1) As Double
Dim Disp As String
Dim i As Integer
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate(HpE5022, BerUserDataBitRate)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcReferenceClock(HpE5022, ReferenceClock)
'
' Create BER Data Pattern
'
bitLength = Len(BerTestPattern1)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_userPattern(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_PAT_1, hpe5022_USER_DATA_BIN, bitLength, _
BerTestPattern1)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_selectPattern(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_PAT_1)
'
' Define Track and Sector Format

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Sample Program
Bit Error Track Profile Measurement
1. Chapter Title Sample Program 3. Chapter Title 4. Chapter Title 5. Chapter Title
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_trackFormat(HpE5022, TrackPreambleLength, NoOfSector, VI_FALSE, GapLength)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_sectorFormat(HpE5022, SectPreambleLength, DataLength)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_berMeasByteCount(HpE5022, MeasByteCount)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_errorBitPerByte(HpE5022, ErrBitPerByte)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcFirCoefReset(HpE5022)
'
' Precompensation State
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompState(HpE5022, VI_TRUE)
'
' Define Encorder
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_channelIcEndec(HpE5022, VI_TRUE, hpe5022_BER_ENDEC_8_9, VI_TRUE)
'
' Defiene OTC Threshold Level
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_otcThreshold(HpE5022, otcThreshold)
'
' Define Optimization
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_LPF, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_FIR, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_PREC_DEL_COAR, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimizeState(HpE5022, hpe5022_BER_OPT_PREC_DEL_FINE, VI_TRUE)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_optimize(HpE5022)
'
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_measureTrackProfile(HpE5022, hpe5022_SEQ_ER_WR_M, hpe5022_MEAS_BER _
, NumOfPoint, OffsetRange, noofave)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_executionMode(HpE5022, hpe5022_EXEC_WAIT_START)
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_trackProfileData_Q(HpE5022, hpe5022_DATA_BER, offset(0), result(0))
ErrorCheck hpe5022_BER_calculateOtc_Q(HpE5022, otc, otcPos, otcNeg)
Disp$ = "Bit Error Rate: " + vbCrLf _
+ "OTC: " + Format(otc, "0.00E-##") + vbCrLf _
+ "OTC Positive: " + Format(otcPos, "0.00E-##") + vbCrLf _
+ "OTC Negative: " + Format(otcNeg, "0.00E-##") + vbCrLf + vbCrLf _
+ "Offset : BER" + vbCrLf
For i = 0 To NumOfPoint - 1
Disp$ = Disp$ + Format(offset(i), "0.00E-##") _
+ " : " + Format(result(i), "0.00E-##") + vbCrLf
Next i
LblResult.Caption = Disp$

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Bit Error Track Profile Measurement
End Sub
Functions used in this measurement
“hpe5022_wai”
“hpe5022_abort”
“hpe5022_executionMode”
“hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate”
“hpe5022_BER_trackFormat”
“hpe5022_BER_sectorFormat”
“hpe5022_BER_selectPattern”
“hpe5022_BER_userPattern”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIc_Idn_Q”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcReferenceClock”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcLowPassFilter_Q”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcFirCoefReset”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcPrecompState”
“hpe5022_BER_channelIcEndec”
“hpe5022_BER_optimizeState”
“hpe5022_BER_optimize”
“hpe5022_BER_berMeasByteCount”
“hpe5022_BER_errorBitPerByte”
“hpe5022_BER_measureTrackProfile”
“hpe5022_BER_trackProfileData_Q”

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1. Chapter Title 2. Chapter Title Function Reference BER Function
3Function Reference
This section describes the functions related with the measurement by bit error
analysis. Bit Error measurement is performed by a bit error test module. If an
Agilent E5039A/B is not installed in your system, this function cannot be used.

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Function Reference
BER Data Pattern Definition Function
BER Data Pattern Definition Function
hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate
C Syntax ViStatus hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate(ViSession id, ViReal64 dataRate);
Visual Basic
Syntax
hpe5022_BER_userDataBitRate(ByVal id As Long, ByVal dataRate As Double)
As Long
Description This function specifies the user data bit rate. This rate represents the speed at
which the user data is recorded on the media.
Parameters •id
Description Specifies the system identifier. This is given by the
"hpe5022_init" function.
Direction IN
• dataRate
Description Specifies the user data bit rate.
Direction IN
Va l u es
Unit bps (bit per second)
Return Values
Name Value
hpe5022_USER_BPS_MIN 50´106
hpe5022_USER_BPS_MAX 800´106
Completion Code Description
VI_SUCCESS No Error
Error Code Description
hpe5022_ERROR_INV_ID The handle specified by ‘id’ is invalid.
hpe5022_ERROR_INV_PARAMETER The parameter ‘dataRate’ is out of range.