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N1010A FlexDCA and 86100A/B/C/D
Firmware Release Notes
• Repaired Extinction ratio calibration creating offset when 86107A precision 
timebase is active. The dark level measured during extinction ratio cal is too high 
when the cal is performed with precision timebase on.
• Fixed O/E calibration failing on 86105C Option 100 modules. Added an additional 
signal path to allow for completion of calibration for 86105C #100.
• Added support for 86105C unfiltered path.
Known Issues
• 86119A (Optical Sampling Oscilloscope) is designed to work on software versions 
A.03.06 and A.03.05 only.
A.04.10 Release Notes,  November 1, 2004 (Differences from Release 
A.04.01)
New Feature List
• Support for 86105C Reference Receiver Module
• Provide the Enhanced Jitter Analysis Software Package (#200), which includes all 
previous jitter separation measurement capability, demonstrated in #100.
• The Bathtub jitter feature consists of two parts: the ability to display a plot of 
the extrapolated bathtub curve against the measured TJ histogram and the ability 
to select the BER at which TJ is measured.
• Increase pattern length supported by jitter mode to 2^16
• The Jitter Frequency Analysis feature will provide insight into the frequency 
content of periodic jitter. It will analyze both jitter that is correlated to the data 
rate (sub- rate jitter) as well as jitter that is uncorrelated from the data rate 
(asynchronous PJ). The items of interest are: jitter frequency, jitter magnitude, 
and relationship of jitter frequency to bit rate (i.e. is it a sub- rate)
• Added a Frequency component shape graph. After frequency analysis is turned 
on, the user will be able to display the shape of the jitter associated with a 
particular frequency. This aids in the identification of complicated jitter waveforms 
such as square waves, which has a large number of harmonically related 
frequencies.
• Added Advanced Waveform Analysis (#201)
• Built- in Linear Feedforward Equalizer application with up to 15 digital tap filter 
values
• Integrated MATLAB interface to allow signal processing using MATLAB (customer 
must purchase and install their own MATLAB licenses separately)
• Allow the customer to save and recall pattern waveforms which are long single-
valued waveforms that span multiple bits, up to the entire pattern length of 2^23. 
Up to 4096
• points can be saved for each bit, which allows the file to be exported to other 
software applications like Excel or MATLAB for further analysis
• Support for 86100C Mainframe
The following features are available only with 86100C mainframe:
• Added Windows XP Operating System Service Pack 2. We recommend that all 
existing 86100C with Service Pack 1 installed update to Service Pack 2 because 
the additional security capabilities.
• The following feature is also available for 86100C mainframe and Option 001 Wide 
Bandwidth Trigger. Pattern Lock ("Eyeline?h) trigger will work when an 86107A 
precision time base module installed.
• The following feature is available with 86100C mainframe with Option 001 and