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Keysight N5990A-301 PCI Express Link Training Suite User Guide
5
Using the Software
Connecting to the Instruments
After the PCIe Link Training Suite has started, the software is in
“offline” mode. This means that the user input has no effect until
the software is connected to the instruments. Click
Connect
(see
Figure 14
) to open the
Connection
dialog. In the
Connection
dialog,
enter all parameters that are necessary to establish connections to
the Signal Generator and complementary instruments.
Figure 14
Main window (Instruments disconnected)
In the “Instrument Connection Dialog” window, select the BERT
configuration as either:
• J-BERT N4903B (see
Figure 15
).
• J-BERT M8020A (see
Figure 16
).
Thus, depending on the selection, there are two possible
instrument connections:
