Table Of Contents - Quantifi Photonics BERT 1005 Series User Manual

Contents
1 Conventions............................................................................................................................ 7
2 Safety information .............................................................................................................. 8
Optical laser radiation precautions .......................................................................................................................... 8
Electrostatic discharge precautions ........................................................................................................................ 8
Electromagnetic compatibility .................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Introducing the BERT 1005 - Bit error rate tester ................................................... 9
BERT 1005 PXIe module overview & features ...................................................................................................... 9
BERT 1005 MATRIQ instrument overview & features ...................................................................................... 9
BERT 1005 error detector RF input and the pattern generator RF output .......................................... 10
Status LEDs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
4 Connecting optical fibers ................................................................................................ 12
Cleaning and connecting optical fibers ................................................................................................................. 12
Connector care ................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Cable selection .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.3.1 Use a torque wrench ...................................................................................................................................... 13
4.3.2 Make a connection ......................................................................................................................................... 14
4.3.3 Separate a connection .................................................................................................................................. 14
5 Handling the BERT 1005 .................................................................................................. 15
BERT 1005 PXIe module installation ........................................................................................................................ 15
BERT 1005 PXIe module uninstallation .................................................................................................................. 16
BERT 1005 MATRIQ instrument installation ........................................................................................................ 17
6 Software installation for the BERT 1005 .................................................................... 18
Cohesion Installer information for PXIe modules ..............................................................................................18
6.1.1 Installation overview ......................................................................................................................................18
6.1.2 Installation process .........................................................................................................................................18
Quantifi Photonics PXIe system utility applications ......................................................................................... 21
6.2.1 Cohesion Manager utility ............................................................................................................................. 21
6.2.2 Cohesion Firmware Updater utility ....................................................................................................... 22
Installing software for MATRIQ instruments ..................................................................................................... 23
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