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Manual SPECTRAN V5

© Aaronia AG  2016  |  www.aaronia.com

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INTRODUCTION

1.4.  Scope of Delivery

Included in the Delivery:

a) 

SPECTRAN V5 Analyzer

b) 

OmniLOG 70600 (700MHz-6GHz) antenna

c) 

USB stick with USB driver, PC software and manual

d) 

Charger (power supply) with four international power adapters

e) 

Aaronia 8000mAh NiMh battery (not visible, because built into SPECTRAN)

f) 

Outdoor transport case

g) 

Docking Station (optional)

Please check immediately after receiving the package for completeness. Report missing parts 

immediately to Aaronia or your local Aaronia dealer.

Summary of Contents for SPECTRAN V5

Page 1: ...AG www aaronia de Manual SPECTRAN V5 Please read the following manual carefully before using your measurement device This manual contains important information on how to properly operate this unit WWW...

Page 2: ...ort 9 2 4 SD Card internal storage 10 2 5 Aaronia UHSC 10 2 6 SMA Ports 50 Ohm 11 2 7 Powering the device with an external power supply 12 3 OVERVIEW FRONT PANEL 13 3 1 Control Elements 13 3 2 Docking...

Page 3: ...FT Mode 29 5 CORRECT MEASUREMENT 30 5 1 Noise floor 30 5 2 Harmonics 31 5 3 Sensitivity 31 5 4 Measurement inaccuracy 32 5 5 Measurements of satellite TV 33 5 6 Measurements with a direct cable connec...

Page 4: ...on from W cm to V m and A m 40 Table 4 dBm to dBW and W 41 Table 5 Frequency wavelength and frequency band denomination 41 Table 6 Power amplification factor and corresponding value in dB 41 8 2 Frequ...

Page 5: ...selves the right to change our products specifications and documentations without any notice We have no obligation for revision of documents and manuals we delivered in the past 1 2 Warranty Despite t...

Page 6: ...the device to water Never use it outdoors while it is raining Otherwise the sen sitive electronics could be damaged Avoid to high temperatures Do not leave the device on a heating in direct sunlight...

Page 7: ...SB stick with USB driver PC software and manual d Charger power supply with four international power adapters e Aaronia 8000mAh NiMh battery not visible because built into SPECTRAN f Outdoor transport...

Page 8: ...jack The input voltage must be between 5V and 5 9V DC di rect current The included power supply pro vides a voltage of 5 5V at up to 6A 33W While being operated the analyzer needs about 23W without in...

Page 9: ...eal time connection to the analyzer and a highly advanced signal anal ysis at the PC USB SLAVE currently disabled For connecting additional hardware for exam ple our GPS Logger IsoLOG 3D Mobile antenn...

Page 10: ...directly read on a PC via the included adapter 64GB is sufficient for approx 30 min of mea surement data with full data throughput The SD card is currently not supported but can be activated by a fir...

Page 11: ...allows the playback of IQ signals in the frequency range from 45MHz to 6GHz with up to 15dBm of output power which were previously recorded via USB or on the internal SD card This option can be enable...

Page 12: ...er supply that might distort the measurement result To avoid these possibly occurring interferences for long term measurements we recommend to operate the analyzer via a large external battery Those c...

Page 13: ...Manual SPECTRAN V5 Aaronia AG 2016 www aaronia com 13 FRONT PANEL 3 OVERVIEW FRONT PANEL 3 1 Control elements...

Page 14: ...layed marker in the spectrum turn the rota ry knob to the right or left Menu Button Opens the main menu The following operation is done by touch screen Please use the included touch pens which are att...

Page 15: ...the short blue SLAVE USB cable of the docking station is not activated and therefore does not have to be connected Once you have inserted the device into the docking station the CUSTOM LED of the V5 s...

Page 16: ...cking station 4 Functions 4 1 Main menu Tap the touch screen to open the main menu You can operate the whole analyzer with the menu control Press the Return button to leave the menus or to cancel a se...

Page 17: ...Items There are two options to set the frequency range manually via CenterFrq center frequency and Span frequency width or via StartFrq StopFrq Start and Stop frequency 4 2 1 Center middle frequency D...

Page 18: ...ths can be chosen due to the internal filter matrix 175MHz Optional 88MHz Optional 44MHz 22MHz 11MHz 5 5MHz 2 7MHz 1 09MHz 547kHz 219kHz 109kHz 54 7kHz 21 9kHz 10 9kHz 5 47kHz 2 19kHz If you enter a w...

Page 19: ...e frequency range Span which is measured The displayed grid allows for a rapid frequency allocation of the individual signal sources since a box always corre sponds to 1 10 of the set span Tip A large...

Page 20: ...e bandwidth the longer the measurement but the more accurate the display and weaker signals can be displayed For example a signal previously measured with a high bandwidth might turn out to be multipl...

Page 21: ...till being displayed the rest will be cut off A strong main signal is more visible On the other hand in order to be able to display weak signals the reference level should be set as low as possible 4...

Page 22: ...be damaged or destroyed if you don t add an attenuator 4 2 9 Preamplifier Preamplifier Default AUS The internal low noise preamplifier preamp amplifies in coming signals depending on the frequency by...

Page 23: ...te the fan again and to cool the unit down OFF turns off the demodulator and turns on the fan again After the activation you will automatically get to the spectrum display where a thin red dashed curs...

Page 24: ...er the activation you will automatically get to the spec trum display where a thin red black dashed cursor will be displayed At this point the frequency will display the signal in the DTS Parameter wi...

Page 25: ...played in red in the peak marker If you set the MAX limit to 60dBm the trigger occurs as soon as a level of 60dBm is exceeded If you set the MIN limit to 60dBm the trigger occurs as soon as the highes...

Page 26: ...there are different op tions depending on the mode Specifically available In REAL TIME DTS mode Default Hist Real time histogram view WF Real time waterfall view Soft 1 Displays one soft spectrum wind...

Page 27: ...represent ed by blue very rare to red very often The data is held in an adjustable ring buffer which is displayed in color A com mon signal at the same level and frequency will appear in red while a s...

Page 28: ...ll The waterfall display shows the frequency X axis and level color in the time range Y axis Here the single symbols are updated constantly from top to bottom The display works extremely fast and ther...

Page 29: ...e frequency and level are displayed in the parame ter window You can switch the marker on off in the Setup menu with the Marker button Furthermore now there are 4 different display modes avail able vi...

Page 30: ...ontaminated again just because of a trivial mains cable To avoid this shielded rooms must be equipped with so called mains filters However the utilization of normal power cables for data transmission...

Page 31: ...n doubt one should always consider an addi tional measurement at half the center frequency If a cor respondingly stronger signal is found there the previously measured one would be a harmonic With the...

Page 32: ...ed in prac tice The reason behind this are further factors which can influence measurement inaccuracy Some of them are tem perature dependence repeatability antenna errors modula tion dependence etc A...

Page 33: ...xceed acceptable levels lead ing to the destruction of the unit s input We thus strongly recommend you use the optional DC block er which can simply be inserted before Spectran s input and effectively...

Page 34: ...d so that e g a cell phone cannot be disturbed by a microwave oven 6 2 Big difference between exposure limits Back to our motorway Of course all road users also have their own specific speed limits Fo...

Page 35: ...ere we are You have performed a spectrum analysis If you now in addition have a lanes plan telling you which lane is assigned to which kind of ve hicle you can exactly determine what kinds of vehicles...

Page 36: ...iwatts dBm or dB microvolts dB V 7 2 Field strength V m A m and power density W m If you don t feed signals directly and instead perform measurements using an antenna you will mostly want to measure t...

Page 37: ...n m If you want to perform a measurement you need to do this outside of the so called close up range of the transmitter The close up range depends on the transmitter frequency According to the aforeme...

Page 38: ...e up range both field types are coupled tight ly to each other so knowing the strength of one of them will be enough to derive the other 7 5 Calculating power density W m from power dBm Only if you kn...

Page 39: ...3 0 003 3 0 001 8 20 0 000 45 0 000 22 0 001 3 0 000 33 0 000 18 30 0 000 045 0 000 022 0 000 13 0 000 033 0 000 018 40 0 000 004 5 0 000 002 2 0 000 013 0 000 003 3 0 000 001 8 50 0 000 000 45 0 000...

Page 40: ...column presents a weighted average of all possible frequencies be tween 900MHz and 2 4GHz still giving you an accuracy of approximately 4dB That is still significantly better than the inherent inaccu...

Page 41: ...Nanowatts pW Picowatts Table 5 Frequency wavelength and frequency band denomination 3 Hz 30 Hz 100 000 km 10 000 km ULF 30 Hz 300 Hz 10 000 km 1 000 km ELF 300 Hz 3 kHz 1 000 km 100 km VF 3 kHz 30 kHz...

Page 42: ...e expires 1 1 2007 10mW EIRP DECT Base station always transmits even when not handling calls 250mW EIRP DECT2 New generation of cordless phones DECT successor 25mW EIRP More extensive lists on www aar...

Page 43: ...725 0 GSM18K UL Milit r 1 725 2 1 730 0 GSM18K UL T Mobile 1 730 2 1 752 4 GSM18K UL O 2 1 752 8 1 758 0 GSM18K UL Vodafone 1 758 2 1 780 4 GSM18K UL E Plus 1 805 0 1 820 0 GSM18K DL Milit r 1 820 2...

Page 44: ...one 2 120 2 2 130 1 UMTS DL Group 3G 2 130 1 2 140 0 UMTS DL e plus 2 140 0 2 149 9 UMTS DL MobilCom 2 149 9 2 159 8 UMTS DL O2 2 159 8 2 169 7 UMTS DL T Mobile D All frequencies are stated in MHz UL...

Page 45: ...C Center 17 18 Charger 7 8 Clear 14 Cursor 23 24 27 D DECT 27 28 34 39 42 Demod 23 24 Demodulator 23 Demodulator Audio analysis 23 Detect 25 Detector 25 Detector Type 25 Disp 27 28 29 Display 24 26 27...

Page 46: ...On Off Button 14 P Physical units 36 PM 23 Ports 8 9 11 Power Meter 11 Power Supply 12 R Range 21 RBW 20 real time mode 18 20 23 24 26 27 RefLevel 21 Rotory knob 14 S Sample 20 Scope of Delivery 6 7 S...

Page 47: ...Manual SPECTRAN V5 Aaronia AG 2016 www aaronia com 47 INDEX U UMTS 35 39 40 44 Unit 27 USB 7 9 10 11 14 15 W Warranty 5 Waterfall 14 26 27 28 Wavelength 37 41...

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