Keysight M8070A Programming Guide 39
Recommended Programming Techniques 2
8b10b Coding
To encode an 8b10b symbol 16 bits (2 bytes) are used.
Table 13 8b10b coding
Table 14 Variant for captured pattern
Bit Offset/Range Bit (range) Name Description
7:0 Data Symbol data
8 K/D 0 = D-character, 1 = K-character
9 Reserved for future use. Must be set
to 0
10 Mask Mask (if present, ignored on DataOut)
11 Squelch Squelch (if present, ignored on
DataIn)
12 Enable scrambler Enable scrambler (ignored on DataIn)
13 Pause scrambler Pause scrambler (ignored on DataIn)
14 Reset scrambler Reset scrambler (ignored on DataIn)
15 Start of Frame Start of Frame (ignored on DataOut)
Bit Offset/Range Bit (range) Name Description
7:0 Data Symbol data
8 K/D 0 = D-character, 1 = K-character
9 Reserved for future use. Must be set
to 0
10 Error Error (ignored on DataOut, ignored on
DataIn)
15:11 Squelch Reserved for future use. Must be set
to 0