> I am in the video industry and in digital video there is a test > signal that is called the "Pathological signal". In it, the DC level > is at the maximum allowable many of the SMPTE serial digital video > standards. Ethernet and FDDI have something called a "killer packet." It is supposed to have a bit pattern that synchronizes with the data scrambler and causes a larger low frequency component or DC shift, good for testing your magnetics or, to a lesser degree, capacitive AC coupling. Regards, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu