Rohde & Schwarz RTP044 - Mask Appearance; Mask Testing on Eye Diagrams; Test Definition for Eye Mask Tests

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In this dialog, you can reset the mask results and display the mask.
Show mask
Switches the display of all mask segments on or off.
Mask results > Reset all
Clears all totals and results in all "Mask Test" result boxes.
Remote command:
MTESt:RST on page 1460
10.2.5 Mask appearance
You can define additional mask appearance settings in the "Settings" > "Appearance" >
"Mask" dialog.
See Chapter 4.3.10, "Mask appearance settings", on page 109
10.3 Mask testing on eye diagrams
To perform mask testing on eye diagrams, the option R&S RTP-K12 adds a special
mask definition type to the common mask definitions: the definition type "Eye".
Using the "Eye" mask type, you can easily define eye masks of various shapes. You
can also use "User" masks to define free mask shapes.
10.3.1 Test definition for eye mask tests
Access: [App Cockpit] > "Analysis" tab > "Define Mask" tab
1. Select the "Source": the channel waveform that is analyzed for jitter.
2. Select the "Mask Type" = "Eye".
3. In the "Define Test" tab, adjust the "Fail condition" and "Violation tolerance".
4. Define the eye mask. See Chapter 10.3.2, "Eye mask definition", on page 438.
Mask testing on eye diagrams