Procedure For Running The Test - HP 81200 User Manual

Procedure for Running the Test

HP 81200 Data Generator/Analyzer Platform User Guide, Revision 2.1
Procedure for Running the Test
After you have finished the setup:
1 Download the test sequence to the modules.
This is done by clicking the Prepare icon. The download procedure
checks whether the test sequence is formally correct and can be
executed.
As downloading a complex sequence can take some time, this is also
recommended before running a test that is to be started by a trigger.
For details see "How to Download the Test Sequence" on page 183.
2 If the test has been set up for measuring the bit error rate, open the Bit
Error Rate Measurement Display window.
For details see "How to View BER Test Results" on page 184.
3 Click the Run icon.
If the test is set up to be controlled by an external start trigger, it will
now wait for that trigger. If not, it starts immediately.
The test will run until the test sequence is executed or the capture
memory is full or, if it is controlled by an external stop trigger, until the
trigger is set—whichever comes first.
4 If the test sequence includes an infinite loop, stop the test by clicking the
Stop icon.
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