Test and Measurement Technical Data

DSA-1 menu structure

The table below shows the DSA-1 menu structure:

1	Carrier Tests
1.1.	fs Freq	Measures sampling rate
1.2.	fs Jitter	Measures fs (source) Jitter	[EDIT] toggles PLL CF
1.3.	Data Jitter	Measures Data (total) Jitter	[ENTER] toggles ns/UI mode
1.4.	Amplitude	Measures carrier amplitude
1.5.	Eye Closure	Measures loss of eye width	[EDIT] toggles ZeroX/200mV
1.6.	Errors	Displays biphase error count	[CLEAR] clears to zero
1.7.	Phase v Ref	Measures wrt Ref Sync	[EDIT] toggles degrees/%
1.8.	CM Ampl	Measures common-mode ampl
1.9.	LoBand Ampl	Measures sub-20kHz ampl
1.10.	Log Carrier	Runs Carrier Tests to log

2	Data Tests		[EDIT] toggles peak-hold on/off
2.1.	Audio Meter	Audio bargraph and readout	[NEXT] selects no-read/dBFS/hex
2.2.	Active Bits	Displays audio-bit activity	[<],[>] toggle mono/stereo
2.3.	C-S Fields	Channel Status by field	[<],[>] select field, [EDIT] as 2.6.
2.4.	C-S Bytes	Channel Status by byte	[<],[>] select byte
2.5.	C-S Idents	Channel Status alpha labels
2.6.	C-S Timecode	Channel Status timecodes	[EDIT] toggles smps/bcd time mode
2.7.	Log Data	Runs Data Tests to log

3	Test Sequence
3.1.	Run	Runs selected sequence	[ENTER] restarts sequence
3.2.	Select	Selects desired sequence	[<],[>] select restart segment
3.3.	Log Sequence	Runs selected sequence to log	[ENTER],[<],[>] as 3.1.

4	Generator
4.1.	Sync Source	Selects int/ext sync or DI	[NEXT] selects field to adjust
4.2.	Edit Modes	GEN1: sets params to edit	[<],[>] adjust selected field
4.3.	Audio Func	Selects GEN1/GEN2, & fn	[CLEAR] may select default value
4.4.	Audio Params	ON/OFF, freq, ampl, word
4.5.	Chan Status	GEN1: C-S edits, GEN2: P/C	In 4.5., GEN1:
4.6.	C-S Capture	Loads input C-S to GEN1	[ENTER] toggles select/adjust mode
4.7.	Valid Bit	GEN1: sets gen Validity bit	[<],[>] select field or adjust value
4.8.	Jitter Gen	GEN2: gen jitter fn & ampl	[EDIT] toggles field edit on/off
4.9.	Log Gen	Writes generator setup to log

5	Channel Check
5.1.	Run to Log	Logs bit-errors against time	[<],[>] scroll thru Event display
5.2.	Setup	Sets channels, word-length	[NEXT] selects field to adjust
			[<],[>] adjust selected field
6	Watchdog
6.1.	Run to Log	Logs panel LEDs against time	[NEXT],[<],[>] as 5.1.
6.2.	Setup	Selects LEDs to be watched	[<],[>],[EDIT] set LEDs to watch

7	Microscope	Digital gain for monitoring low-
		level signals, with clip indicators
8	Results Log
8.1.	Start Block	Inserts block marker in log
8.2.	Print Log	Sends log to serial printer	[<],[>] go one line back or forward
8.3.	Clear Log	Clears contents of log	[NEXT] goes to start of next block
8.4.	Log Viewer	Views log line by line	[CLEAR] goes to start of log
8.5.	Blk Manager	Prints, clears individual blks	[<],[>] go one blk back or forward
8.6.	Form Feed	Sends form-feed to printer	[NEXT] prints the current block
			[CLEAR] deletes the current block
9	System Setup
9.1.	Settings	Adjusts system settings	[<],[>] scroll through settings
9.2.	Save Set-up	Saves settings as power-up	[EDIT] adjusts current setting
9.3.	Defaults	Sets defaults (doesn't save)	[<],[>] toggle learn/display modes
9.4.	Ref Learn	Soft-cal for fs-measurement	[ENTER],[CLEAR] acquire or clr cal
9.5.	Battery Chg	Starts fast-charge of battery	[ENTER] skips discharge phase
9.6.	Host Mode	Interacts with host PC