Keysight AE6910R User guide
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Table of Contents
Regulatory Markings and Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
1Introduction
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
2Installation
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Bundled Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
3 ValiFrame Automotive Ethernet Software
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
AE Station Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Test Station Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Test Station Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Test Instrument Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
AE ValiFrame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Configuring the DUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Configuring the Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Configuring Data Rate and Link Role of the APM1000E . . . . . . . . .34
Using an APM1000E with Variable Clock Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . .34
4Using the Software
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Selecting, Modifying, and Running Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Selecting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Modifying Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Running Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Run-Time Data Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
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Results Workbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Automotive Ethernet Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sequencer Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Common Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Procedure Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5Calibrations
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transmitter Signal RMS Amplitude Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Noise Signal Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Transmitter Clock Frequency Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6 Receiver Tests
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5.1.1 Indicated Signal Quality for Channel With Decreasing Quality . . 63
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1.2 Indicated Signal Quality for Channel with Increasing Quality . . . 69
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Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Test 97.2.2 - Alien Crosstalk Idle Pattern Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Test 97.2.2 - Alien Crosstalk Noise Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Test 97.2.1 - Bit Error Rate Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Test 97.2.3 - Receiver Frequency Tolerance to ±100ppm Deviation . .82
Purpose and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Parameters in Expert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
7Scripting
Scripting Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
8Frame Generator
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Connecting to the Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Media Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
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Noise Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Main User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Data Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Noise Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Clock Frequency Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Transmit Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
AAppendix
Keysight Connection Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
BAppendix
List of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
CAppendix
Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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List of Figures
Figure 2-1 Starting the Installation with the Bundled Installer . .17
Figure 2-2 Selecting the Components to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Figure 2-3 Desktop Shortcuts to the Components of the AE6910R
Figure 3-1 AE Station Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Figure 3-2 Station Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Figure 3-3 Station Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure 3-4 Instrument Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Figure 3-5 Change Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Figure 3-6 AE ValiFrame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Figure 3-7 ValiFrame Automotive Ethernet User Interface . . . . . .28
Figure 3-8 Configure DUT Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Figure 3-9 Configuring the PC’s Ethernet Device for Tests at 100
Figure 3-10 Configuring the PC’s Ethernet Device for Tests at 1000
Figure 3-11 Ensuring the Correct Data Rate and Link Role of the
Figure 3-12 Ensuring the Initialization of the Internal Clock . . . . .34
Figure 4-1 Automotive Ethernet Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Figure 4-2 Modifying Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Figure 4-3 Sequencer Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Figure 4-4 Common Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Figure 5-1 Connection Diagram for Transmitter Signal Peak-Peak
Figure 5-2 Connection Diagram for Transmitter Signal Peak-Peak
Figure 5-3 Example HTML Viewer for Transmitter Signal Peak-Peak
Figure 5-4 Connection Diagram for SNR Calibration . . . . . . . . . .53
Figure 5-5 Example HTML Viewer for Signal To Noise Ratio
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Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
APM1000E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Calibration (with External Clock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Amplitude Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
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Figure 5-6 Select External Clock in the Station Configuration
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 5-7 Connection Diagram for Transmitter Clock Frequency
Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 5-8 Example HTML Viewer for Transmitter Cock Frequency
Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 6-1 Connection Diagram for Receiver Tests with Fixture . 64
Figure 6-2 Connection Diagram for Receiver Tests with Fixture (with
External Clock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 6-3 Example HTML Viewer for Indicated Signal Quality for
Channel With Decreasing Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 6-4 Example HTML Viewer for Indicated Signal Quality for
Channel with Increasing Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 6-5 Example HTML Viewer for Alien Crosstalk Idle Pattern
Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 6-6 Example HTML Viewer for Alien Crosstalk Noise
Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 6-7 Connection Diagram for Receiver Tests with Direct
Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 6-8 Connection Diagram for Receiver Tests with Direct
Link (with External Clock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 6-9 Example HTML Viewer for Bit Error Rate Verification . 81
Figure 6-10 Example HTML Viewer for Bit Error Rate Verification for
Receiver Frequency Tolerance to +100ppm
Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 8-1 AE Frame Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 8-2 Main Window (Instruments Disconnected) . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 8-3 Instrument Connection Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 8-4 Noise Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 8-5 Clock Frequency Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 8-6 Transmit Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure A-1 Launching the Keysight Connection Expert . . . . . . . . 98
Figure A-2 Adding LAN Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure A-3 VISA Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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List of Tables
Table 3-1 DUT Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Table 4-1 Test Result Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Table 4-2 Automotive Ethernet Sequencer Parameters . . . . . . .43
Table 6-1 Recommended correlation from SQI to SNR . . . . . . . 68
Table 7-1 Scripts for 1000 Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Table 7-2 Scripts for 100 Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Table B-1 Abbreviation and Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
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Overview 14
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1Introduction
Overview
The BitifEye “ValiFrame” Test Automation software is globally marketed and
supported by Keysight Technologies as AE6910R for the Automotive Ethernet
solution. This document describes the calibrations and test procedures conducted
by ValiFrame for Automotive Ethernet in detail.
The AE6910R software implements the compliance tests according to the
requirements defined by the OPEN Alliance in the “1000BASE-T1 Interoperability
Test Suite”, “IEEE 1000BASE-T1 Physical Media Attachment Test Suite”,
“100BASE-T1 Interoperability Test Suite”, and “IEEE 100BASE-T1 Physical Media
Attachment Test Suite” documents. It also offers additional custom
characterization tests to provide more details of the DUT (Device Under Test)
behavior beyond the limits of compliance testing.
The software runs on a standard Windows PC and controls the hardware test
resources through appropriate interfaces such as LAN (Local Area Network).
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Overview 16
Installation 17
Licensing 19
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2Installation
Overview
The AE6910R software package consists of 3 different parts:
1 Test Automation for the automated receiver compliance tests consisting of the
2 A simple progromatic interface "Frame Generator" useful for debugging the
3 Drivers for the media converter the Keysight APM1000E.
All of these parts are installed by a bundled installer.
following:
– Station Configurator
–ValiFrame
DUT.
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NOTE
Bundled Installer
Installation 2
Before installing the Automotive Ethernet software, you need to first install the
Keysight Serial Protocol Driver package for accessing the APM1000E Signal
Generator.
In addition to ValiFrame, available is the FrameGenerator software that allows
you to control and debug the DUTs behavior under stress conditions with a wide
range of configurations.
You can separately install the three installers consisting of the Keysight driver
package, ValiFrame, and FrameGenerator separately or by running the bundled
installer “Automotive Ethernet_Bundle_AE6910R_1.2.0_Installer.exe”.
1 To install the package as a bundle, download the latest from
www.keysight.com/find/AE6910R.
2 Save it on the hard drive of your PC.
3 Right click and select Run as administrator.
Figure 2-1 Starting the Installation with the Bundled Installer
4 Accept and proceed with the steps.
5 You can choose which components of the package you want to install.
Keysight recommends for a first installation to select all 3 components.
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Figure 2-2 Selecting the Components to Install
6 After clicking Install, each selected component will start to install. You may
have to confirm several dialogs, check boxes, or other similar prompts.
Upon installing the AE6910R Automotive Ethernet Rx Compliance Test Software,
three icons are added to the desktop as shown in Figure 2-3.
Figure 2-3 Desktop Shortcuts to the Components of the AE6910R
Automotive Ethernet Rx Compliance Test Software
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Licensing
Installation 2
You must obtain and activate your license before using the software. Refer to the
related video tutorials or related manual on steps to activate your license here.
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Overview
After installing the ValiFrame software, two icons are added to the desktop as
shown in Figure 3-1 for the AE Station Configurator and Figure 3-6 for the
AE ValiFrame.
AE Station Configurator
Test Station Selection
The set of test instruments used for a specific application are referred to in the
following as “Test Station” or in short “Station”. You can control the test station by
using a suitable PC and the AE6910R Test Automation Software Platform.
You must start the ValiFrame Automotive Ethernet Station Configuration before
launching ValiFrame. It allows you to select the required set of instruments.
Double-click the AE Station Configurator icon (see Figure 3-1) to launch the
software. Alternatively, to access the ValiFrame Station Configuration on a
Windows-based PC:
Click > BitifEye AE AE6910R > AE Station Configurator (AE6910R)
Figure 3-1 AE Station Configurator
Upon launching the AE Station Configurator, the ValiFrame Configuration Wizard
appears as shown in Figure 3-2.
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Figure 3-2 Station Selection Window
You may also select either (Microsoft) Excel or HTML (recommended) as the
viewer for test results.
Next, you may optionally assign sounds that would mark the attainment of
different states of the program.
– End of sequencer plays the selected sound at the end of a sequence.
– Connection diagram plays the selected sound every time a connection
diagram pops up.
– Dialog prompt plays the selected sound at each dialog prompt.
Select a sound tone from the following options available in the drop-down options
for End of sequencer, Connection diagram, and Dialog prompt. The option
“None” disables the sound for the respective action.
–None
– Car Brakes
– Feep Feep
–Ringing
–TaDa
–Tut
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After selecting the Automotive Ethernet Station for Select Station, click Next to
continue.
Test Station Configuration
Figure 3-3 shows the Station Configuration stage of the wizard. It shows the
various options for instruments used for Automotive Ethernet testing. The options
are as follows:
– Media Converter
–Noise Source
Figure 3-3 Station Configuration Window
Media Converter
A Gigabit Ethernet port of a PC or laptop or a suitable adapter
USB-to-Gigabit-Ethernet generates the frames to test. A data converter that
converts the Gigabit standard Ethernet to Automotive Ethernet is required. The
available option is as follows:
– APM1000E
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Newer versions of the APM1000E can operate with an adjustable clock frequency.
Select the checkbox “External Clock” to add the clock source to the setup.
If you connect several APM1000E to the PC, select the one to use as a data
converter by its serial number, displayed in brackets.
Noise Source
A noise source is required. ValiFrame supports the following sources:
– AWG 81160A Pulse Function Arbitrary Noise Generator
Test Instrument Configuration
Once you configured the Automotive Ethernet station, you must set the
instrument addresses. Figure 3-4 shows an example of setting the instrument
configuration.
ValiFrame Automotive Ethernet Software 3
Figure 3-4 Instrument Configuration Window
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After the installation process, the configuration of all instruments by default is in
the “Offline” mode. In the simulation mode, you need not physically connect the
hardware to the test controller PC. The ValiFrame software cannot connect to any
instrument in this mode. To control the instruments connected to the PC, enter
the instrument address. The address depends on the bus type used for the
connection, for example, GPIB (General Purpose Interface BUS) or LAN (Local
Area Network). Most of the instruments used in the Automotive Ethernet station
require a VISA (Virtual Instrument System Architecture) connection.
To determine the VISA address, run the Keysight Connection Expert. Refer to
“Keysight Connection Expert” on page 98 for details.
Copy the address string for each instrument from the Connection Expert entries
and paste it as the instrument address in the “Station Configuration Wizard”. After
entering the address strings, click Check Connections to verify that the
connections for the instruments are correct. If there are any errors in the
instrument address configuration, the Wizard displays a prompt to indicate so.
Control the Instruments Connected to the PC
1 Check the respective Address check box of the “Instrument Configuration
Wizard” as shown in Figure 3-5.
2 Copy the address string for each instrument from the Keysight Connection
Expert entries as shown in Figure A-3 and paste it as the Instruments >
Address column in the “Instrument Configuration Wizard”.
3 After entering the address strings, click Check Connections to verify that the
connections for the instruments are correct. If there is an error in the
instrument address configuration, the Wizard displays a prompt to indicate so.
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Figure 3-5 Change Address
When starting a specific test station configuration for the first time, set all
instruments to the “Offline” mode. In this mode the test automation software
does not connect to any instrument. Use this mode for demonstrations or checks
only.
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AE ValiFrame
After configuring the AE Station Configurator you can now double click the
AE ValiFrame icon on the desktop, as shown in Figure 3-6 to launch it.
Alternatively, click > BitifEye AE AE6910R > AE ValiFrame AE6910R.
Figure 3-6 AE ValiFrame
Starting the AE ValiFrame opens the following window in Figure 3-7.
Figure 3-7 ValiFrame Automotive Ethernet User Interface
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Configure the test parameters before running any test or calibration procedure.
Click the Configure DUT button to open the Automotive Ethernet Configuration
window shown in Figure 3-8. Alternatively, you may select File > Configure DUT...
from the File menu.
Configuring the DUT
The Automotive Ethernet Configuration window allows you to select the DUT
parameters, such as Data rate or Spec Version, as well as test parameters, which
are related to the receiver test configuration. These parameters shall be used later
in several calibrations and test procedures.
ValiFrame Automotive Ethernet Software 3
Figure 3-8 Configure DUT Panel
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Configuration Parameters
In Figure 3-8, various parameters, such as Data rate, Spec Version, and
Compliance Mode or Expert Mode, can be selected. Table 3-1 lists the
description for all such parameters.
Table 3-1 DUT Parameter List
Parameter Name Parameter Description
DUT (Product Parameter)
Name Product name
Serial Number Product serial number
Select the data rate as follows:
Data rate
Spec Version
– 100MBASE-T1
– 1000MBASE-T1
The calibrations and tests are defined according to the selected spec version.
The options are as follows:
– IEEE 802.3bw-2015-10 when 100MBASE-T1 is selected
– IEEE 802.3bp-2016-10 when 1000MBASE-T1 is selected
Description Product description
Test (Test Parameter)
User Name User name text field.
Comment User comments text area.
Compliance Mode
Expert Mode
Test are conducted as mandated by the CTS. The parameters that are shown in
the calibration and test procedures cannot be modified by the user.
Calibrations and tests can be conducted beyond the limits and constraints of
the CTS. The parameters that are shown in the calibrations and test
procedures can be modified by the user.
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