CETC AV3680A Quick Start Manual Download Page 2

Preface 

Thank  you  for  choosing 
AV3680AHandheld  Cable  & 
Antenna  Tester  developed 
and  produced  by  the  41

st 

Institute of CETC. As a high-
grade, 

precision 

and 

advanced product, this Tester 
has  higher  cost  performance 
of its kind. 

 

We  will  assume  trying  our 
best  to  meet  your  needs  as 
our  responsibility  to  provide 
high  quality  instruments  for 
you  and  also  bring  you  first-
class  after-sale  service.  We 
always  persist  in  “Good 
Quality,  Satisfied  Service” 
and 

promise 

to 

offer 

satisfactory 

products 

and 

service to you. 

 

Manual No.

 

AV2.733.1040SK 
 

Ver. No.

 

A.12014.9 
The  41

st 

Institute  of  China 

Electronics  Technology  Group 
Corporation 

 

 

Manual Authorization

 

The  information  contained  in 
this manual is subject to change 
without 

notice. 

And 

the 

explanation  right  of  all  the 
content  and  the  terms  in  this 
Guide  belongs  to  the  41st 
Institute of CETC. 

 

The  copyright  of  the  Guide 
belongs  to  the  41

st

  Institute  of 

CETC. 

Other 

entities 

and 

individuals  can’t  change  or 
juggle it without our permission, 
and  can’t  copy  and  spread  for 
earn 

business 

benefits. 

If 

discovered, we have the right for 
the legal action. 
 

Product Warranty 

From  the  date  of  production, 
warranty  period  of  this  product 
is  18  months.  Within  warranty 
period, we will repair or replace 
the  damaged  parts  according  to 
the 

actual 

situations. 

This 

requires  user  to  return  the 
product 

back 

to 

the 

manufacturer  and  prepay  the 
postage,  which  will  be  returned 
together after maintenance. 
 

Certificate of Quality

 

We  ensure  that  this  product 
meets the indexes in the manual 
from  the  date  of  production. 
Calibration  measurements  will 
be  carried  out  and  finished  by 
measurement  unit  with  national 
qualification, 

providing 

user 

with  relevant  information  for 
reference. 
 

Quality/Environment 
Management 

This  product  strictly  adheres  to 
quality 

and 

environmental 

management  system  in  the 
whole  process  from  research, 
development, and manufacturing 
to  testing.  The  41

st

Institute  of 

CETC  has  passed  the  ISO  9001 
and 

ISO 

14001 

system 

certifications. 

 

 

Safety Precautions 

 

“WARNING”  denotes  a 
hazard. It calls attention to a 
particular 

operating 

procedure,  method,  or  other 
similar  situations  which,  if 
not  correctly  performed  or 
not  adhered  to,  could  result 
in  personal  injury.  Don’t 
continue  the  next  step  until 
you  has  fully  understood 
and 

met 

the 

indicated 

warning conditions. 

 

The  sign  of  CAUTION 
represents 

important 

information  tips,  but  no 
danger. It calls attention to a 
particular 

operating 

procedure,  method,  or  other 
similar  situations  which,  if 
not  correctly  performed  or 
not  adhered  to,  could  result 
in damage to the instrument 
or  loss  of  important  data. 
Don’t continue the next step 
until 

you 

has 

fully 

understood  and  met  the 
indicated 

attention 

conditions. 

 

 

WARNING 

CAUTION 

Summary of Contents for AV3680A

Page 1: ...AV3680A Handheld Cable Antenna Tester Quick Start Guide THE 41st INSTITUTE OF CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION...

Page 2: ...cording to the actual situations This requires user to return the product back to the manufacturer and prepay the postage which will be returned together after maintenance Certificate of Quality We en...

Page 3: ...t Panel 4 2 4 Operating interface 6 2 5 Top Interface 6 2 6 Battery 7 Chapter 3 Typical Application 9 3 1 Calibration 9 3 2 Cable Test 11 3 3 Antenna Test 19 3 4 Universal Devices and Parts Test 20 3...

Page 4: ...Cable Antenna Tester contains chapters as follows Ready for Use This Chapter introduces preparations before operation startup panel introduction battery replacement etc of AV3680A Through this chapter...

Page 5: ...mage to the instrument or unnecessary personal injury To prevent damage to the instrument avoid electric shock fire and personal injury Do not open up the instrument without authorization Do not attem...

Page 6: ...daptor 2 Powered by DC power supply Voltage 12V 18V with battery uninstalled 15V 18V with battery installed Current 2A at minimum 3 Powered by built in battery AV3680A can be powered by rechargeable l...

Page 7: ...ument grounded or the casing of connector of testing cable 2 2 Startup and utilization Prior to powering AV3680A please perform power supply instrument inspection following Power Requirements in Secti...

Page 8: ...mode switching between antenna and feeder line measurement and power test setting of date time power saving mode viewing the product serial number and instrument applications version number etc when...

Page 9: ...ibernation and automatic shutdown Figure 2 2 Operating Interface of AV3680A Handheld Cable Antenna Tester 2 5 Top Interface AV3680A top panel is composed of three parts including power interface digit...

Page 10: ...nect a computer PC via a network cable related tools and software then can be operated by PC to perform program control and data transmission to AV3680A 3 Mini USB interface connect an external PC the...

Page 11: ...enna Tester Figure 2 1 Battery Mounting or Replacement In addition for those dead batteries charging time in OFF state is about 4 hours Pull down battery cover Open battery cover Mount Pull out the ba...

Page 12: ...V3680A adopts mechanical calibration method whose calibration process is as follows 1 Press CAL to enter the calibration menu 2 Select Calib Kit menu then choose the matched model of calibration kit f...

Page 13: ...Connect the SHORT to the test port and select the Short menu At this time the screen will automatically prompt SHORT When the Short menu becomes into Short it indicates completion of the short circui...

Page 14: ...urement AV3680A mainly tests RF cable Take the cable with length of 25m radio frequency of 2 1GHz and VSWR of 1 05 as an example this part makes a detailed instruction on test steps of return loss Mea...

Page 15: ...rding to the Section 3 1 in this Chapter calibrate at port 1 of the instrument 6 After the Port 1 is calibrated connect the measured cable to the Tester and link match load to other end of the cable a...

Page 16: ...e 3 10Cable Loss Measurement Connections Now this part takes the cable with length of 25m frequency of 2 1GHz and cable loss of 0 36dB m to introduce the cable loss test steps 1 Press MEAS to enter me...

Page 17: ...en Short Figure 3 12 Cable Loss Test Connection Diagram Cable loss curve of the measured cable can be obtained through above steps The so called average loss refers to average the measured extreme val...

Page 18: ...DTF VSWR As for their difference we will not explain here again for it is similar to the difference between return loss and VSWR We will make a detailed introduction for measurement steps on cable len...

Page 19: ...the unit menu Meter to finish the setting 7 Similar to step 6 set the measurement stop distance Once the test points and frequency are set the current maximal test distance of Tester is determined it...

Page 20: ...Tester 9 Select Velo Factor menu to set velocity factor of DUT as shown in Figure 3 18 Velocity factor which is the transmission speed and light speed of electromagnetic wave in the cable is between 0...

Page 21: ...turned on at this time Select Peak menu to place Marker 1 onto peak value namely fault point in order to read out the location of fault point that is the distance from fault point to measurement port...

Page 22: ...e measurement format of Tester 2 Press FREQ DIST to set instrument frequency measurement range by contrasting with receiving frequency range of the antenna to be received if the frequency range of ant...

Page 23: ...return loss of 10dB attenuation as an example with operations as follows 1 Press MEAS to choose Return Loss as the measurement format of Tester 2 Press FREQ DIST to set measurement range of Tester acc...

Page 24: ...everal test formats this part will make a brief introduction on some common skills used in the measurement process 1 Amplitude AV3680A provides three ways for amplitude adjustment First through the to...

Page 25: ...ct is qualified or not If the limit line is red DUT is disqualified if the limit line is green DUT is qualified What s more it can avoid repetitive edit by saving recalling the limit line Limit line i...

Page 26: ...led steps for setting velocity factor and cable loss in DTF test To make it easier to test and set parameters AV3680A offers a series of common cable models for user s recall Users can directly use Ca...

Page 27: ...l as transmission speed of electromagnetic wave in the cable to be measured The smaller the sweep span is the longer the measured maximum distance will be The more the sweep points are the longer the...

Page 28: ...lure please contact us for return to factory repair If AV3680A fails to start up and self test please press Reset key which makes AV3680A return to a known state If the self test still fails then it m...

Page 29: ...home maintenance etc will be adopted to solve your problems In addition please contact us in time if instrument failure occurs we will provide you assistance required Return to factory repair is also...

Page 30: ...ency Accuracy Test Frequency MHz Minimum Value Requested MHz Maximum Value Requested MHz 1 0 999 998 1 000 002 100 99 999 800 100 000 200 1000 999 998 000 1 000 002 000 2000 1 999 996 000 2 000 004 00...

Page 31: ...08 AV87231 USB continuous wave power probe 10kHz 18GHz AV3680A 009 AV87232 USB continuous wave power probe 50kHz 26 5GHz AV3680A 010 AV87233 USB continuous wave power probe 50kHz 40GHz AV3680A 011 Sta...

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