Anritsu 3656B W1, User Manual

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1-3 Required Equipment 3656B W1 Calibration/Verification Kit Overview
1-2 PN: 10410-00286 Rev. L 3656B W1 Cal/Ver Kit & 2300-584-R PVS UG
• Display resolution 1024 × 768 and a CD-ROM drive or USB port
Verification Software Overview
The Anritsu 2300-584-R Broadband Measurement System Performance Verification Software is provided on a
USB memory device. The verification software provides for automating measurements of the test components
contained in the Anritsu Model 3656B Calibration/Verification Kit.
The software compares the measurements of NIST traceable standards made with your instrument to the
standard's test data provided on the verification kit's floppy disk. This aids in determining if the measurement
values are consistent with system specifications.
Data Output
The test data and results are output in the form of four files to a directory (X:\installed directory) on your
computer's hard drive. The default file names, depending on the type of test being performed, are:
• Matched Thru Low.dat
• Mismatched Thru Low.dat
• Matched Thru High.dat
• Mismatched Thru High.dat
GPIB Interface Card and Cable
Depending upon the Operating System and hardware used to perform the verification, there are different
requirements for the GPIB hardware configurations. This software supports the following GPIB interfaces:
• National Instruments Model PCMCIA-GPIB (Driver Software Versions 1.2 and above)
• National Instruments Model PCI-GPIB (Driver Software Version 1.2 and above)
Regardless of which GPIB hardware and software is used, the GPIB card must be configured as “GPIB
0
.” You
also need a GPIB cable to interface the PC to the broadband measurement system (Anritsu PN: 2100-2).
Printer
A printer is not required for operation because the verification results and data are stored in four files on the
computer hard disk drive. These files are saved in ASCII format for easy viewing and printing at a later time.
Note This program may not function on versions of Microsoft Windows that use 4-byte character sets.
Note
This performance verification software allows you to rename these files using the default .dat
extension. The tabular data in each file is given at discrete frequencies at 1 GHz intervals, along with
separate start and stop frequencies if the start and stop frequencies do not fall on 1 GHz spacing.
The test results can be viewed or printed from the
Main Menu window.
Note
The descriptive screenshots which appear in this manual may appear slightly different depending on
the Windows operating system used and the VectorStar system under test.