---
title: FakeOpenPulse3Q (v1.0)
description: API reference for qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q in qiskit v1.0
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit/1.0/qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q
---

# FakeOpenPulse3Q

*class* `qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_openpulse_3q.py#L29-L332)

Bases: [`FakeBackend`](/docs/api/qiskit/1.0/providers_fake_provider#qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeBackend "qiskit.providers.fake_provider.fake_backend.FakeBackend")

Trivial extension of the FakeOpenPulse2Q.

FakeBackend initializer.

**Parameters**

- **configuration** ([*BackendConfiguration*](/docs/api/qiskit/1.0/qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration "qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration")) – backend configuration
- **time\_alive** ([*int*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int)) – time to wait before returning result

## Attributes

### options

Return the options for the backend

The options of a backend are the dynamic parameters defining how the backend is used. These are used to control the [`run()`](#qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q.run "qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q.run") method.

### version

Default value: `1`

## Methods

### configuration

`configuration()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L141-L147)

Return the backend configuration.

**Returns**

the configuration for the backend.

**Return type**

[BackendConfiguration](/docs/api/qiskit/1.0/qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration "qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration")

### defaults

`defaults()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_openpulse_3q.py#L331-L332)

### name

`name()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L180-L186)

Return the backend name.

**Returns**

the name of the backend.

**Return type**

[str](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str)

### properties

`properties()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_backend.py#L474-L524)

Return backend properties

### provider

`provider()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L158-L164)

Return the backend Provider.

**Returns**

the Provider responsible for the backend.

**Return type**

[Provider](/docs/api/qiskit/1.0/qiskit.providers.Provider "qiskit.providers.Provider")

### run

`run(run_input, **kwargs)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_backend.py#L535-L563)

Main job in simulator

### set\_options

`set_options(**fields)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L122-L139)

Set the options fields for the backend

This method is used to update the options of a backend. If you need to change any of the options prior to running just pass in the kwarg with the new value for the options.

**Parameters**

**fields** – The fields to update the options

**Raises**

[**AttributeError**](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#AttributeError) – If the field passed in is not part of the options

### status

`status()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.0/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L166-L178)

Return the backend status.

**Returns**

the status of the backend.

**Return type**

[BackendStatus](/docs/api/qiskit/1.0/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus")