Viavi T-BERD MTS 5800 User manual

T-BERD/MTS/SC Getting
Started Guide
T-BERD/MTS 5800, 5800-100G,
MSAM, CSAM, DMC, and SC 4800/
4800P

Viavi Solutions
1-844-GO-VIAVI
www.viavisolutions.com
T-BERD/MTS/SC Getting
Started Guide
T-BERD/MTS 5800, 5800-100G, MSAM,
CSAM, DMC, and SC 4800/4800P

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Product Regulatory Compliance
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice
This product was tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commer-
cial environment. This product generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this product in a residential
area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case you will be required to correct
the interference at your own expense.
The authority to operate this product is conditioned by the requirements that no modifi-
cations be made to the equipment unless the changes or modifications are expressly
approved by Viavi.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
In order to maintain compliance with the limits of a Class A digital device Viavi requires
that quality interface cables be used when connecting to this equipment. Any changes
or modifications not expressly approved by Viavi could void the user's authority to
operate the equipment.
Industry Canada Requirements
This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation
is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause
undesired operation of the device.
Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appar-
eils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suiva-
ntes: (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit
accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en
compromettre le fonctionnement.
This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
Please note that Industry Canada certification for the TB/MTS-5800-100G includes the
following models: TB-5800-100G, MTS-5800-100G, and TB-5800v3.
EU WEEE and Battery Directives
This product, and the batteries used to power the product, should not be disposed of
as unsorted municipal waste and should be collected separately and disposed of
according to your national regulations.
Viavi has established a take-back processes in compliance with the EU Waste Elec-
trical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, 2012/19/EU, and the EU Battery
Directive, 2006/66/EC.
Instructions for returning waste equipment and batteries to Viavi can be found in the
WEEE section of Viavi's Standards and Policies web page.
If you have questions concerning disposal of your equipment or batteries, contact
Viavi's WEEE Program Management team at [e-mail].
EU REACH
Article 33 of EU REACH regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 requires article suppliers to
provide information if a listed Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) is present in
an article above a certain threshold.
For information on the presence of REACH SVHCs in Viavi products, see the
Hazardous Substance Control section of Viavi's Standards and Policies web page.
EU CE Marking Directives (LV, EMC, RoHS, RE)
This product conforms with all applicable CE marking directives. Please see EU Decla-
ration of Conformity for details.

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Contents
About this Guide xv
Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Assumptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Line rates and signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xx
Safety and compliance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
Chapter 1 Overview 1
About the instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Features and capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Configuring your instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
What ships with your instrument?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Unpacking the components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Inspecting the components for damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Optional Expansion Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About the T-BERD / MTS 5800 and SC 4800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Configuring the T-BERD / MTS 5800 and SC 4800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Exploring the SC 4800 and T-BERD / MTS 5800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Smart Class 4800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
T-BERD / MTS 5800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the CSAM Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Exploring the CSAM connector panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
External Clock Reference and Clock Out/1PPS connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CFP2 40/100G connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
QSFP+ 40G connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MPO connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SFP+ connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About the MSAM Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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MSAM chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
USB connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SMA connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MSAM PIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
About the DMC Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Base unit requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viavi recommended optical adapters and transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 2 Assembling Your Instrument 27
Preparing for assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting a DMC to a base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Key principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Verifying the base unit requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting the components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting two DMCs to a base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Disconnecting the DMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Disassembling the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Inserting MSAMs or CSAMs into the 6000A base unit or DMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
MSAM requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CSAM requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Inserting the MSAM or CSAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Inserting, removing, and swapping PIMs in the MSAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Inserting a PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Removing a PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Swapping PIMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Attaching an expansion module to the 5800v2/100G and 5882. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Handling CFP adapters and transceivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Inserting a CFP adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Inserting a CFP, CFP2, or CFP4 transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing a CFP, CFP2, or CFP4 transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Handling SFP/SFP+, XFP, and QSFP+ transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Inserting an SFP/SFP+, XFP, or QSFP+ transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing an SFP/SFP+, XFP, or QSFP+ transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Attaching an external optical connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Disconnecting the DMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Disassembling the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Powering the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Verifying that you have the correct adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the AC power adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Turning on the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Turning off the instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
6000A Charge LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Launching the MSAM or CSAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multiple BERT icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
About the Jitter icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Turning the BERT icon ON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Navigating the user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Setup/Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Menu Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Test Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Message Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Quick Config settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Signal Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
LED Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Current and history LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
LED colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
LEDs for muxed payloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Actions Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Result Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Result Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Setting up the instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Specifying international settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
MSAM and CSAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
T-BERD / MTS 5800 and SC 4800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Changing the remote access password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Checking the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting up the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adjusting screen brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting up the screen saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Customizing the user interface look and feel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
TestPad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
ANT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Specifying the LED results mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Viewing or installing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Loading upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Synchronizing to the StrataSync server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Specifying a printer for the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting your instrument to the circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configuring Expert Optical settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Browsing the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Connecting to WiFi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Playing videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting up the Job Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
To specify report information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
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Contents
T-BERD/MTS/SC Getting Started Guide
Page viii 22046537, Rev. 016 March 2018
Chapter 4 Basic Testing 89
Preparing to test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Understanding synchronization requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ATP-GPS test packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
About CDMA receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
About GPS Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting the GPS receiver to your instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configuring GPS as the time source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Understanding external high accuracy timing references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using the 5800v2 and 5800-100G to provide high accuracy external timing
99
Preparing for optical testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Verifying supported line rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tuning SFP+ and XFP transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Testing Optics and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Testing Active Optical Cables and Direct Attach Copper cables using T-BERD/MTS
5800-100G and 5800v2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Running the Optics Self-Test and Cable Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Step 1: Selecting a test application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
About the Quick Launch screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pinned tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Recently selected tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Launching a test from the Quick Launch screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Customizing the Quick Launch screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Launching a test using the Test Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Step 2: Configuring a test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Displaying the setup screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Entering data in the setup fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Saving setups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Understanding write-protected configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Step 3: Connecting the instrument to the circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Step 4: Starting the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using the Action buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Controlling laser transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Restarting a test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Step 5: Viewing test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting the result group and category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Expanding and collapsing result measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Changing the result layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using the entire screen for results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Setting the blink option on errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
About histogram results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Viewing a histogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
About the Event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Viewing an event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
About result graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Viewing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Clearing History results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Creating and maintaining Custom result groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124