Agilent 86100A/B/C Infiniium DCA Series Firmware Release Notes Agilent Technologies
86100A/B/C86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes © Copyright Agilent Technologies Company 2010 All Rights Reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under copyright laws. July 2010 Second Edition Made in USA. Agilent Technologies Company Digital Test Division 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95403, USA Notice. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes Contents 86100C-Only Firmware Release Notes 4 A.09.01 Release Notes, July, 2010 (Differences from Release A.09.00) 4 A.09.00 Release Notes, June 10, 2010 (Differences from Release A.08.10) 4 A.08.10 Release Notes, April 8, 2009 (Differences from Release A.08.00) 4 A.08.00 Release Notes, June 18, 2008 (Differences from Release A.07.00) 5 A.07.00 Release Notes, March 15, 2007 (Differences from Release A.06.01) 8 A.06.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 86100C-Only Firmware Release Notes 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 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 at 10 MHz.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes configurations 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 Type 2 Transition 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 measurements, with results on the Measurement Tab, including statistics.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes Known Issues • 86119A (Optical Sampling Oscilloscope) is designed to work on software versions A.03.06 and A.03.05 only.
6100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes A.07.00 Release Notes, March 15, 2007 (Differences from Release A.06.
86100A/B/C 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:Vertical? Now returns correct value. Differential TDR deskew is correctly locked out when calibration is active.
86100A/B/C 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, SDD12), and common modes (SCC11, SCC21, SCC22, SCC12).
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 86100C/86100B/86100A Firmware Release Notes A.05.00 Release Notes, February 16, 2005 (Differences from Release 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 & 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes normalization to enable faster edges. • Support for InfiniiMax II 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). • Determines linear feed forward equalizer tap values automatically (#201) • Adds support for 8xFibre Channel filter rate (86105C #197) General Firmware Defects Fixed in 4.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes • • • • • • • • • • • • exit Resolved STOP CHAN1 :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 Fix
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes Added additional settling time when setting the gain of the average power monitor. • Repaired Extinction ratio calibration creating offset when 86107A precision timebase is active. The dark level measured during extinction ratio cal is too high when the cal is performed 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 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 modules 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 2 only or 4 only. Differential TDT data was not being saved and recalled properly. • Normalization cal data was being invalidated inconsistently and unnecessarily when TDR settings were changed. • Differential normalization behavior was based on the current setting of the differential mode control and not on the setting at the time the cal was performed. • Fixed a bug where you would get "Control is set to limit" error messages the first time you power up an instrument.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes CHAN. • Corrected debug assertion when the remote query :TRIGger:GATed? was sent. • Corrected problem with :HARDcopy:DPRinter 0 printing remote command halting application. A.03.04 Release Notes, October 10, 2002 (Differences from Release A.03.03) New Feature List • Add new vertical mask alignment method as specified by the OFSTP-4A standard. Alignment method can be selected from either GUI or remote access.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 86100A-Only Firmware Release Notes A.03.01 Release Notes, February 15, 2002 (Differences from Release A.02.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • changing modes Measurement limits do not work when restored from saved setups Mask test align failure does not cause an error in the queue Mask margins not working with CG-GS waveforms Markers 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
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes instrument to crash while in eye mode. • The remote command mask load (MTES:LOAD) does not work in "C:\User Files\Directory, 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.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes In firmware versions previous to A.02.10, 5% 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 5%(Ymax-Ymin) >> 3 in most cases, therefore the current Y window is much smaller, when leads into smaller jitter measurement results. A.02.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes Defects Fixed • Fixed a defect that was causing the trace to jump to the top of the graticule when vertical offset was increased (the trace was moved down the screen). • Release assertion on accessing algorithm for ACVrms. The MeasID for ACVrms and its corresponding HelpID were not in the measurement help search list. • Fixed issues with waveform memory dialog box.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes A.01.22 Release Notes, September 6, 2000 (Differences from Release A.01.21) NOTE 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. A.01.
86100A/B/C Firmware Release Notes 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 83480A. • Remotely invoking an extinction ratio cal, where a vertical cal is required, brings up a dialog box that cannot be cleared.
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