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PTN3944 linear equalizer application board user manual
Control
Description
Mute Messages
Checked: Most I
2
C read/write messages are not displayed in the message
window. I
2
C read/write errors are always displayed, and cannot be turned
off. Checking this option reduces the time gap between I
2
C read/write
transactions.
Unchecked: All I
2
C read/write messages display in the message window
Clear Messages
Clears all messages in the message window.
Message Window
Displays script generate messages.
Table 8. Message controls
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4.7 Register Information
Control
Description
Address
The
Address
pull-down identifies the specific register address to access.
Users can either select the value from the pulldown menu, or click a
register address from the pull-down.
a
Value (Hex)
The
Value (Hex)
register value field presents the read out or the value to
be written to/from the register address field.
Read
The
Read
button performs a read operation from the register address field.
The read out value is populated in the
Value (Hex)
field.
Write
The
Write
button performs a write operation to the register address field.
The write value is loaded from the
Value (Hex)
field.
Polling
The
Polling
button performs a repetitive read operation from the register
address. The read out value populates the
Value (Hex)
field. The repetitive
read operation continues until the
Polling
is pressed again, terminating the
repetitive read.
Refresh
The
Refresh
button performs a repetitive read operation across all
registers. The read out values are populated in the GUI directly. The
repetitive read operation continues until the
Refresh
button is pressed
again, terminating the repetitive read across all registers.
Table 9. Register controls
4.8 PTN3944 Register Fields Setup
To view the Graphical User Interface, refer to
4.8.1 Suggested Scrpt_File.txt content
File
Description
PTN3944_AIC_TX.txt
Example EQ/OSL settings for PCIe Gen 4 TX Compliance Test
Table 10. Examples of script file content
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