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Installation Note

HP 8719DU/872ODU/8722DU

Option 000 Performance Upgrade Kit

for the HP 8719D/872OD/8722D Network Analyzers

IMPORTANT! Be sure to read the enclosed section, “Installation

Options” before starting.

HP Part Number 08720-90372
Printed in USA April 1998

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Page 1: ...72ODU 8722DU Option 000 Performance Upgrade Kit for the HP 8719D 872OD 8722D Network Analyzers IMPORTANT Be sure to read the enclosed section Installation Options before starting HP Part Number 08720 90372 Printed in USA April 1998 ...

Page 2: ...for a particular purpose Hewlett Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Copyright Hewlett Packard Company 1998 All Rights Reserved Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws 1400 Fount...

Page 3: ...tate recalls are made possible with this upgrade Loading new firmware revisions can now be accomplished with a 3 5 inch floppy disk rather than by replacing EEPROMs This note contains the information required to upgrade the A7 CPU board in the HP 8719DU 8720DU 8722DU network analyzer Installation Options 1 2 3 Installation at HP Service Center included in the kit price call l 800 403 0801 to sched...

Page 4: ... execute its programming instructions when properly installed on that instrument Hewlett Packard does not warrant that the operation of the instrument or software or firmware will be uninterrupted or error free LIMITATION OF WARRANTY The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer Buyer supplied software or interfacing unauthorized modif...

Page 5: ...th Ground Wire 9300 0797 Safety Considerations Warning Before you disassemble the instrument turn the power switch OFF and unplug the instrument Failure to unplug the instrument can result in personal injury Caution Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage or destroy electronic components All work on electronic assemblies should be performed at a static safe workstation Refer to the documentation th...

Page 6: ...must be adjusted or repaired before being upgraded Repair costs are not included in the cost of the upgrade installation Back Up the Correction Constants The correction constants which are unique to the instrument are stored in EEPROM on the A7 CPU board By creating an EEPROM backup disk you will have a copy of all the correction constants data that you need to replace the A7 CPU board 7 Insert a ...

Page 7: ...f this procedure refer to Printing Plotting and Saving Measurement Results located in the User s Gbide This procedure may be very time consuming depending on the number of instrument states that you choose to back up Each instrument state file will have to be renamed Remove the Rear Panel Assembly Note Although not mandatory it is recommended that the rear panel assembly be removed before replacin...

Page 8: ... from the bottom edge 11 Remove the screw from the pc board stabilizer and remove the stabilizer 12 Lift the reference board A12 from its motherboard connector and disconnect the flexible RF cable item 11 13 Pull the rear panel away from the frame Disconnect the ribbon cable item 12 from the motherboard connector pressing down and out on the connector locks Disconnect the wiring harness item 13 fr...

Page 9: ... cable item 4 from the CPU board Slide the board towards the front of the instrument so that it disconnects from the three standoffs item 5 5 Disconnect the ribbon attached at the rear of the CPU board 6 Lift the board off of the standoffs and place it in an antistatic bag Install the New A7 CPU Board 1 Reverse the order of the removal procedure 2 On the CPU board set the A7 Switch to the Alter Mo...

Page 10: ... n n n 10 sb6108d Figure l 2 Installation Note 08720 90372 ...

Page 11: ...l 1 and Testport 1 will remain on and the display will turn on indicating the version of firmware that was loaded The display may indicate No IF or No Phase Lock This is normal for this procedure Remove the firmware disk from the disk drive In Case of Difficulty If the firmware did not load successfully LED patterns on the front panel can help you isolate the problem n If the following LED pattern...

Page 12: ...ded earlier by using an external keyboard or by rotating the front panel knob to position the arrow below each character of the instrument serial number and then pressing SELECT LETTER to enter each character Enter a total of ten characters Press BACKSPACE if you made a mistake Press DONE when you have finished entering the title Caution You CAA OT correct mistakes after you perform step 4 unless ...

Page 13: ...tion keyword recorded earlier in the section Remove the Analyzer Rear Panel by using an external keyboard or by rotating the front panel knob to position the arrow below each character of the keyword and then pressing SELECT LETTER to enter each letter Press BACKSPACE if you made a mistake Press DONE when you have finished entering the title Caution Do not confuse I with 1 or 0 with 0 zero 4 Press...

Page 14: ...ated in the User s Guide This procedure may be very time consuming depending on the number of instrument states that you choose to re load Each instrument state file will have to be renamed Configure the Analyzer to Produce a Time Stamp You can set a clock and then activate it if you want the time and date to appear on your hardcopies 1 Press System SET CLOCK 2 Press 3 Press 4 Press 5 Press 6 Pres...

Page 15: ...position Refer to Figure l 3 6 Reinstall the rear panel assembly by reversing the order of the removal procedure Troubleshooting 1 If the display information is not observed as listed previously in the section titled Verify Successful Installation examine all connections to the CPU board Improper connections may be diagnosed as follows a If the Channel 1 and Testport 1 LEDs are on but the display ...

Page 16: ... list mode SEGPOWER D Sets the power for the active segment of a list frequency table in swept list mode Firmware Revision 6 14 includes all features of revision 6 12 Firmware Revision 6 14 is the revised code for both the HP 8753D including Option 011 and the HP 8719D 8720D 8722D Network Analyzers Firmware Enhancements and Features 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A major improvement has been made in disk writes ...

Page 17: ...d the sampler correction phase error experienced when measuring B R with an IF bandwidth setting of 3700 Hz HP 8753D including Option 011 only 5 Option 011 HP 85047A Test Set fixed the unwanted activation of the doubler during attenuator changes HP 8753D including Option 011 only 6 Fixed the POSSIBLE FALSE LOCK error message from appearing at incorrect times HP 8719D 8720D 8722D only 7 Option 400 ...

Page 18: ...eatures The following enhancements and features are new in firmware revision 6 12 1 The capability to store S parameter data to component data files using the Touchstone format S2P has been added 2 A new IF bandwidth filter setting of 3700 Hz has been added 3 The individual power ranges will now allow 3 dl3 over and under the values shown with each power range selection 4 Enhancements have been ma...

Page 19: ...he standard firmware set Example programs using these functions are available in the Programmer s Guides with a print date of July 1997 or later BP IB Cmd MINMAX OUTPAMAX OUTPAMIN OUTPSEGAM OUTPSEGM n SELSEG n SELMAXPT SELMINPT SELPT n OUTPDATP Installation Note 08720 90372 Description Enable disable min max recording per segment Min and max values are recorded per limit segment Output max values ...

Page 20: ...number for the OUTPSEGF and OUTPSEGM commands to report on Output the segment number and its status for all active segments Output limit test status per segment Output Fail Point this command is similar to OUTPLIMF except that it reports the number of failures first followed by the stimulus and trace values for each failed point in the test note use command LIMITEST ON to function properly 20 Inst...

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