Date: Mar-2016

Product: PCI Express Compliance Module for PCI Express Gen1 and Gen2 measurements
PCIe Essentials for PCI Express Gen1, Gen2 and Gen3 measurements

Version: v6.3.0 onwards on Win 7 scope

Contents of this Read me File:
1. Introduction
2.PCI Express created changes on your system.
3. Before you click "RUN"
4. Recommendations
5. Known Limitations
5.1 Installer related limitation

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1. Introduction

The Tektronix PCI Express Compliance Module and PCIe Essentials Options provide Design and Validation Engineers an Easy and Fast Way to Debug and Perform Compliance Testing for PCI Express devices

PCI Express options install:
- 'PCI Express Compliance Module' and/or, 'PCIe Essentials' DPOJET Plug-in

The MOI contains the procedure for installation and the detailed information on how to
use the system. This PCIE_Readme.txt file contains additional information for the user.
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2. PCI Express created changes on your system
PCIe Essentials, a DPOJET Plug-in
a) PCIe Essentials can be launched from “PCI Express“ menu under “Analyze” menu of Scope application menu
b) Launching PCI Express option from Analyze menu of TekScope will launch DPOJET application with “PCI Express 3.0” or “PCI Express” selected under Standards tab.
c) PCI Express measurements on DPOJET do not have dedicated free trials.

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3. Before you click "RUN"

a) Ensure that all the required instruments are properly warmed up, Signal Path
Compensation (SPC) is performed, followed by calibration and cable De-skew.
b) It is highly recommended to read PCI Express MOI before you click "RUN
c) Ensure that the following softwares are installed in your system.
Tekscope (v7.5.0 onwards on Win 7 scope)
DPOJET (v7.1.2 onwards on Win 7 scope)

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4. Recommendations

Following recommendation to avoid any issues while running the tests

a) Please acquire at least 2.5M record length for Gen 1 measurements and 5M record length for Gen2 and Gen3 measurements. Otherwise results may not be correct.

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5. Known Limitations

5.1 Installer related limitation
a) Required software is installed on C:\ only.
b) User needs to have administrative privilege while installing the application

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