Agilent Technologies N4906B Serial BERT User Manual page 151

Instantaneous Measurements Evaluating Results
Status Indicators
BER bar
The BER bar displays the BER calculated upon a period of 200 ms.
You can drag the yellow alarm threshold mark to change the BER
Alarm Threshold.
Error Indicators These indicators inform you about the following errors:
• Bit error in the data stream located
• Loss of pattern synchronization
• Complete loss of data
• Loss of the error detector's clock signal
• Loss of the pattern generator's clock signal
For troubleshooting information, see "Solving Problems" on page 165.
Remote Indicator
This indicator turns green when the instrument is under remote
control.
Status Messages and More Button
Status messages displays a one-line instrument status or error
message. Click the More... button to open an Error Message dialog box
with the complete message. This dialog box also contains a Help
button that takes you to the respective section of the Online Help.
Elapsed Indicator This area displays the progress of the current accumulation period.
The accumulation period can be changed in the Accumulation Setup
dialog box. For more information, see "Accumulated Measurements –
Procedures" on page 153.
Pattern Types The PG and ED pattern types are displayed here for your reference.
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