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Model 2520 User’s Manual Sweep Operation 7-5
Configuring and running a sweep
Front panel sweep operation
Configuring a sweep
The sweep configuration menu is structured as follows and shown in Figure 7-4 . Note that
bullets indicate the primary items of the sweep menu and dashes indicate the options of
each menu item. Using
Section 1 , “ Rules to navigate menus ,” go through the following
menu to select and configure the desired sweep.
CONFIGURE SWEEPS menu:
Press CONFIG then SWEEP to display the sweep configuration menu.
• TYPE — Use this menu item to select the type of sweep:
• NONE — Disables all sweeps.
• STAIR — When the linear staircase sweep is selected, you will be prompted to
enter the START, STOP, and STEP levels.
• LOG — When the logarithmic staircase sweep is selected, you will be
prompted to enter the START and STOP levels and specify the NO OF
POINTS (number of measurement points).
• SWEEP-COUNT — Use this menu item to specify how many sweeps to perform:
• FINITE — Use this option to enter a discrete number of sweeps to perform
with the results stored in the data store buffer. The maximum number of finite
sweeps that can be performed is determined as follows:
• maximum finite sweep count = 1000 / # Points in sweep.
• INFINITE — Select this option to continuously repeat the configured sweep.
Use the EXIT key to stop the sweep. Data is not stored in the buffer.
Figure 7-4
Sweep configuration menu tree
CONFIG
SWEEP
TYPE
SWEEP
COUNT
LOG STAIR
INFINITE
FINITE NONE