86100C/86100B/86100A Firmware Release Notes; Release Notes, February 16, 2005 (Differences From Release A.04.20); Release Notes, June 9, 2005 (Differences From Release A.04.11) - Agilent Technologies 86100A 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.05.00
• 86100B + 54754A previously did not invert white trace color on print. The
waveform color is set to gray during printing to prevent a white waveform trace
on a white background.
• Repaired 86106B and other modules with un- labeled filter rates not successfully
completing Autoscale when filter is enabled
• Phase is correct now for reference clock frequencies between 25 GHz and 39 GHz
on the 40 GHz input of an 86107A Option 40 module.
• Repaired inconsistent pattern waveform loading behavior
• Extinction Ratio calibration factor is always loaded into dialog boxes
• Removed stray entry out of range message at end of ER calibration
• After 86100C power cycle, TDR mode is recalled properly
• Removed the ability to load and store TDR/TDT calibration data since not all
instrument states were being saved properly.
• Allowed TDT normalization to work with external TDR stimulus
• Repaired a crash if remote commands (:MEAS:TDR: MAX MIN AVE) was sent
without putting the oscilloscope in TDR mode first.
Known Issues
• PLTS customers should not upgrade to 5.0 software at this time since the
executable will fail to run properly. PLTS customers should use DCA firmware
version 4.11.
• 86119A (Optical Sampling Oscilloscope) is designed to work on software versions
A.03.06 and A.03.05 only.
A.04.20 Release Notes, June 9, 2005 (Differences from Release
A.04.11)
New Feature List
• Support for 83496A Clock Recovery Module
• Supports Picosecond Pulse Lab 4020 Single ended TDR sources and Picosecond
Pulse Lab 4022 Differential TDR/T Sources. Provides external common and
N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A/B/C/D
Firmware Release Notes
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