Technical data

86100A/B/C

Firmware Release Notes

A.07.00 Release Notes, March 15, 2007 (Differences from Release

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 83496B 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 86116C high speed optical and electrical module. The 86116C offers

reference 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

exist, 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.

• Mask test always 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.