Performance Tests
TDS 500D, TDS 600B & TDS 700D Performance Verification and Specifications
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Equipment
required
OIG501 (use with P6701B) (Item 24)
OIG502 (use with P6703B) (Item 25)
Optical Attenuator OA5022 (Item 26)
Fiber Optic Cable (Item 27)
Optical-to-Electrical Converter (item 28)
Prerequisites See page 1–15. Also, the probe and the oscilloscope channel it is
attached to must have been calibrated as a reference receiver.
1. Install the test hookup and preset the instrument controls:
Oscilloscope
Optical to electrical converter
Output
Input
Optical Impulse
Generator
Output
Optical
Attenuator
Fiber optic cable
Figure 1–43: Reference-receiver performance-verification set up
a. Initialize the oscilloscope:
H Press SAVE/RECALL SETUP.
H Press the main-menu button Recall Factory Setup.
H Press the side-menu button OK Confirm Factory Init.
b. Connect the probe, oscilloscope, optical impulse generator (OIG), and
the optical attenuator:
H Connect the optical probe to CH 1 of the oscilloscope under test (see
Figure 1–43).
H See Table 1–11. If using a P6701B probe, connect the OIG501
(Item 24) OPTICAL OUTPUT to the optical attenuator (Item 26
)
OPTICAL INPUT using a fiber-optic cable (Item 27). If using a
P6703B probe, connect the OIG502 (Item 25) OPTICAL OUTPUT
to the optical attenuator (Item 26
) OPTICAL INPUT using a
fiber-optic cable (Item 27
).
Reference Receiver
Verification