---
title: FakeOpenPulse3Q (v1.2)
description: API reference for qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q in qiskit v1.2
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeOpenPulse3Q
---

# FakeOpenPulse3Q

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

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.2/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_openpulse_3q.py#L29-L340)

Bases: [`FakeBackend`](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/providers_fake_provider#qiskit.providers.fake_provider.FakeBackend "qiskit.providers.fake_provider.fake_backend.FakeBackend")

Trivial extension of the FakeOpenPulse2Q.

FakeBackend initializer.

> **Deprecated since version 1.2**
>
> The class `qiskit.providers.fake_provider.fake_backend.FakeBackend` is deprecated as of qiskit 1.2. It will be removed in the 2.0 release. Fake backends using BackendV1 are deprecated in favor of [`GenericBackendV2`](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.fake_provider.GenericBackendV2 "qiskit.providers.fake_provider.GenericBackendV2"). You can convert BackendV1 to [`BackendV2`](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.BackendV2 "qiskit.providers.BackendV2") with [`BackendV2Converter`](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.BackendV2Converter "qiskit.providers.BackendV2Converter").

**Parameters**

- **configuration** ([*BackendConfiguration*](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/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/1.2/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L144-L150)

Return the backend configuration.

**Returns**

the configuration for the backend.

**Return type**

[BackendConfiguration](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration "qiskit.providers.models.BackendConfiguration")

### defaults

`defaults()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.2/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_openpulse_3q.py#L339-L340)

### name

`name()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.2/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L183-L189)

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/1.2/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_backend.py#L76-L126)

Return backend properties

### provider

`provider()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.2/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L161-L167)

Return the backend Provider.

**Returns**

the Provider responsible for the backend.

**Return type**

[Provider](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.Provider "qiskit.providers.Provider")

### run

`run(run_input, **kwargs)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.2/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/fake_backend.py#L137-L165)

Main job in simulator

### set\_options

`set_options(**fields)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.2/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L125-L142)

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/1.2/qiskit/providers/backend.py#L169-L181)

Return the backend status.

**Returns**

the status of the backend.

**Return type**

[BackendStatus](/docs/api/qiskit/1.2/qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus "qiskit.providers.models.BackendStatus")