N5392B Energy Efficient Ethernet Electrical Performance Validation/Conformance Software For Infiniiu

Easy and Accurate Energy Efficient Ethernet Design Validation and Debug

The Keysight Technologies, Inc. N5392B Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) electrical performance valida­tion and conformance software for Infiniium oscilloscopes provides you with an easy and accurate way to verify and debug your 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T Ethernet designs. The Ethernet electrical test software lets you automati­cally execute Ethernet physical-layer (PHY) electrical tests and displays the results in a flexible report format. In addition to the measurement data, the report provides a margin analysis that shows how closely your device passed or failed each test.

To make 1000BASE-T, 100BASETX and 10BASE-T Energy Efficient Ethernet measurements with the N5392B Ethernet electrical test software, you also need the

Wilder Fixture Kit (P/N: EEE-TPA-ERK) Energy Efficient Ethernet electrical conformance test fixture.

The N5392B Ethernet electrical test software performs a wide range of electrical tests required to meet the Energy Efficient Ethernet electrical specifications for 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T systems as documented in the IEEE 802.3az-2010 standard. To meet signal quality requirements, your product must successfully pass conformance testing based on this specification. Performing these tests gives you confidence in your design. The N5392B Ethernet electrical test software helps you execute a wide subset of the conformance tests that can be measured with an oscilloscope.

Seamless Integration into the Standard N5392A Ether­net Compliance Application

The N5392B Energy Efficient Ethernet electrical performance application can be integrated into the existing N5392A Ethernet application so that both standard and Energy Efficient Ethernet compliance tests can be run in one single interface.

For more information on N5392A Ethernet Electrical Performance Validation and Conformance Soft­ware, visit: https://www.keysight.com/us/en/product/N5392A/ethernet-electrical-performance-validation-an-10-100-1g-compliance-software.html

Features

The N5392B Energy Efficient Ethernet electrical test software offers several features to simplify the validation of Ethernet designs:

• Setup wizard for quick and clear setup, configuration and test
• Wide range of 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T Energy Efficient Ethernet tests enabling standards conformance
• Accurate and repeatable results with Keysight Infiniium oscilloscopes
• Test various Low-Power Idle (LPI) conditions
• Automated reporting in a comprehensive HTML format with margin analysis

With the N5392B electrical test software, you can use the same oscilloscope you use for everyday debugging to perform automated testing and margin analysis based on the Energy Efficient Ethernet standards.

View all of the EnergyEfficient Ethernet tests in the GUI under selected tests

• Setup wizard for quick and clear setup, configuration and test
• See clearly all the Energy Efficient Ethernet tests for 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T
• Run single or multiple tests based on your needs
• When a test is highlighted, it will show the description of the test along with pass limits
• Accurate and repeatable results with Keysight Infiniium oscilloscopes
• Automated reporting in a comprehensive HTML format with margin analysis

Configurability and guided connections

The N5392B Ethernet electrical test software provides flexibility in your test setup. It guides you to make connection changes with hookup diagrams when the tests you select require it. All Ethernet electrical conformance tests you perform are based on the Wilder EEE-TPA-ERK Energy Efficient Ethernet electrical conformance test fixture. You connect the oscilloscope to the conformance test fixture using Keysight InfiniiMax active differential probes and SMA cables.

In addition to providing you with measurement results, the N5392B Energy Efficient Ethernet electrical test software provides a report format that not only shows you where your product passes or fails, but also reports how close you are to the limits specified for a particular test. You can select the margin test report parameter, which means you can specify the level at which warnings are issued to alert you to electrical tests where your product is operating close to the official test limit defined by the Energy Efficient Ethernet specification.

Automation

You can completely automate execu­tion of your application’s tests and Add-Ins from a separate PC using the included N5452A Remote Interface feature (download free toolkit from www.keysight.com/find/scope-apps-sw). You can even create and execute automation scripts right inside the application using a convenient built-in client. The commands required for each task may be created using a command wizard or from “remote hints” accessible throughout the user interface. Using automation, you can accelerate complex testing scenarios and even automate manual tasks such as:

• Opening projects, executing tests and saving results
• Executing tests repeatedly while changing configurations
• Sending commands to external instruments
• Executing tests out of order

Combine the power of built-in automa­tion and extensibility to transform your application into a complete test suite executive:

• Interact with your device controller to place it into desired states or test modes before test execution.
• Configure additional instruments used in your test suite such as a pattern generator and probe switch matrix.
• Export data generated by your tests and post-process it using your favorite environment, such as MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, C, C++, Visual Basic etc.
• Sequence or repeat the tests and “Add-In” custom steps execution in any order for complete test coverage of the test plan.