Teledyne LeCroy PeRT3 Phoenix System - Manual (Page 17)

Teledyne LeCroy PeRT
3
Phoenix System User Manual 15
Chapter 3
Quick Start Guide
Introduction
The Teledyne LeCroy PeRT
3
Phoenix Test System is a new tool for testing of transceivers
and other serial data communication devices and systems. Verifying device performance
to current serial data standards normally requires multiple tools and multiple test setups,
in order to test the devices over the entire range of requirements, from signal quality and
BER testing through to protocol level error rate verification. With the Teledyne LeCroy
PeRT
3
Phoenix, this entire process can be accomplished quickly and easily, using a single
tool and a single experimental setup, on multiple lanes of a serial communication link.
The PeRT
3
Phoenix System is a “protocol enabled” transceiver tester, allowing the system
to run not only electrical testing and error ratio testing, but also to control the device
under test during test operation. This allows further testing under live traffic conditions
since the PeRT
3
Phoenix can communicate directly with the device, generating actual
traffic to exercise the device, which then can be used to measure protocol‐level error
ratios.
PeRT
3
stands for Protocol Enabled Receiver and Transmitter Tolerance Tester.
The PeRT
3
Phoenix combines the electrical test properties of jitter testers, the bit error
ratio testing of PeRTs, and the high level protocol packet error ratio testing of protocol
exercisers. All of this is accomplished with a single system and single setup.
Unpacking the System
The PeRT
3
Phoenix is shipped with the following components:
 PeRT 3 Phoenix Hardware Platform
 PeRT
3
System Software CD
 AC Power Cord
 USB Cable to connect host machine to PeRT 3 Phoenix
Unpack the system and verify that all system components are present. If any components
are missing, contact Teledyne LeCroy Service at 1‐800‐909‐7112 (or 408‐653‐1260).