Agilent/Keysight E1618A
Agilent / Keysight Optical Transceiver Testers.
- Model
- Agilent / Keysight E1618A
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $2,500
- Status
- In stock
- RFQ ref
- E1618A
This unit
The Agilent/Keysight E1618A is a 622 Mb/s optical line interface module for SONET/SDH (OC-12c/STM-4c) testing within the Agilent Broadband Series Test System. It delivers full-rate signal generation, analysis, and error injection across single-mode SC optical connectors and electrical interfaces, supporting comprehensive transport overhead manipulation and alarm characterization.
Technical Specifications
- Data Rate: 622 Mb/s (full-rate)
- Protocol Support: SONET/SDH (OC-12c, STS-12c, STM-4c)
- Optical Interface: SC connectors, single-mode; adaptable to multi-mode with attenuator
- Electrical Interface: 622 Mb/s
- Module Form Factor: 1-Slot C-Size VXI module
Key Features
- SONET/SDH transport overhead building, generation, error injection, and capture with save/load functionality
- Alarm generation and detection including automatic REI (Remote Error Indication) alarm synthesis
- BIP (Bit Interleaved Parity) error injection and detection across overhead bytes
- Payload pointer testing with pointer stress generation and synchronization loss measurement
- Trace message generation and capture in 16 and 64-byte formats for section and path overhead
- External triggering for event synchronization with external test equipment
- Real-time statistics graphing and logging with multi-measurement correlation
- Tcl and C-scripting support for automated test environments (UPE)
Typical Applications
- SONET/SDH line and section overhead characterization
- Pointer synchronization integrity verification
- Alarm and error behavior validation under controlled injection conditions
- ATM traffic and signaling analysis via integrated stream processing
- OAM protocol testing and network impairment simulation
Compatibility & Integration The E1618A operates as a component within the Agilent Broadband Series Test System and integrates with the E1609A 0-622 Mb/s ATM Stream Processor for ATM traffic analysis, the E4209B Cell Protocol Processor for signaling and higher-layer testing, the E4219A ATM Network Impairment Module, and the E6270A OAM Protocol Tester for comprehensive multi-layer validation.
Agilent / Keysight E1618A — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Agilent / Keysight E1618A. Calibration covers optical reference power levels, electrical signal amplitude calibration, protocol layer verification, and BER measurement floor validation. All calibrations ship with a NIST-traceable certificate. Turnaround is typically 1–3 business days after receipt.
Common Agilent / Keysight E1618A faults: SFP cage mechanical damage, optical port contamination, firmware corruption. Most failures involve SFP/SFP+ cage mechanical damage, optical port contamination, or firmware corruption. Port cleaning and firmware restoration resolve the majority of faults.
Agilent / Keysight E1618A price
This Agilent / Keysight E1618A is listed at $2,500. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Agilent / Keysight E1618A calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Agilent / Keysight E1618A is $450 (standard — pass/fail certificate and calibration sticker) or $650 (full measured data at every test point, reference standards documented, traceability chain included). Calibration for this instrument covers optical reference power levels, electrical signal amplitude calibration, protocol layer verification, and BER measurement floor validation. Turnaround is 1 to 3 business days after receipt. See full calibration details →
