HP 83491A User Manual page 19

UNLOCKED
indicator
Auxiliary outputs
Input and Output
connectors
Green and red data-rate lights
The data-rate indicator lights change color between red and green to show which data
rate is selected. A red light does not indicate a problem. A red light shows that the adja-
cent red data rate label is selected. A green light shows that the adjacent green data
rate label is selected. Repeatedly pressing the SELECT key cycles through the selections
in one color before switching to the opposite color. On HP 83491A modules for example,
the first selection cycle shows 155 Mb/s selected. The second section cycle shows 1062
Mb/s selected.
This light shows when clock recovery cannot be established on the signal. If a
clock rate is selected, the trigger output to the mainframe is disabled to pre-
vent free-run triggering. However in bypass mode (Trigger On Data selected),
triggering is not disabled. When the UNLOCKED light is on, you can establish a
trigger on the data input to the reference receiver.
DATA connector:
connector: connector: connector: This connector provides a fully regenerated version of the
input signal. It is intended for monitoring purposes only and not for rigorous
eye mask compliance testing. The frequency response does not conform to the
requirements for eye mask testing as described in ITU-T G.957 and Bellcore
GR-253-CORE. On HP 83492A and HP 83493A modules, this port is amplitude
stabilized for input signals greater than approximately –23 dBm.
CLOCK connector:
onnector: This connector provides the recovered clock signal. You can onnector: onnector:
use this signal to measure jitter transfer, because this output can track and fol-
low input data with very fast jitter; it has a wide bandwidth jitter transfer func-
tion when compared to the recovered clock signal which is routed through a
rear-panel connector to the mainframe for triggering. Note that the CLOCK Aux-
iliary Output remains synchronized to input signals several dB below the onset of
errors at the DATA Auxiliary Output.
The input connectors pass the digitally modulated signal to the receiver mod-
ule. The input signal, slightly attenuated and available at the Output connector,
is connected to the input of any of the HP 83481,2,3,4,5,6, or 7 modules. The
connectors on optical modules include adapters which can easily be changed
to match the type of connectors that are used on your fiber-optic cables.
to "Front-Panel Optical Adapters" on page 4-2
able adapters.
Front-Panel Features
for a description of the avail-
Operation
Refer
2-5