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CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:ANNotation:LABel:STATe..................................................879
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:COUNt?.............................................................................880
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:LIST:SIZE..........................................................................881
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:SEAR:AUTO..................................................................... 881
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:SORT................................................................................ 882
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:STAT................................................................................. 882
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:X........................................................................................882
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks:Y?......................................................................................883
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:FPEaks[:IMMediate]....................................................................... 880
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:BANDwidth:AUTO...................................................... 786
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:DISTortion?.................................................................787
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:LIST?.......................................................................... 787
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:NHARmonics.............................................................. 788
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:PRESet.......................................................................788
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:HARMonics[:STATe]....................................................................... 789
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:MDEPth:RESult?............................................................................ 784
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:MDEPth:SEARchsignal ONCE.......................................................784
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:MDEPth[:STATe]............................................................................. 785
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NDBDown.......................................................................................876
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:FREQuency?................................................................ 876
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:QFACtor........................................................................877
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:RESult?.........................................................................877
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:STATe............................................................................878
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:TIME?........................................................................... 878
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NOISe:RESult.................................................................................871
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:NOISe[:STATe]................................................................................872
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:MODE................................................................................ 724
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:PRESet.............................................................................. 728
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult:PHZ........................................................................746
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult?..............................................................................721
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:SELect............................................................................... 720
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:STANdard:CATalog?.......................................................... 729
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:STANdard:DELete............................................................. 729
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer:STANdard:SAVE................................................................ 729
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:POWer[:STATe]...............................................................................724
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:REFerence......................................................................................862
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:STRack:BANDwidth|BWIDth.......................................................... 826
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:STRack:THReshold........................................................................827
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:STRack:TRACe.............................................................................. 827
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:STRack[:STATe]..............................................................................826
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:AOFF............................................................................. 799
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:AVERage....................................................................... 799
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:MEAN:AVERage:RESult?..............................................802
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:MEAN:PHOLd:RESult?................................................. 803
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:MEAN:RESult?.............................................................. 803
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:MEAN[:STATe]............................................................... 804
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:MODE............................................................................800
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:PHOLd...........................................................................800
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:PPEak:AVERage:RESult?............................................. 804
CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SUMMary:PPEak:PHOLd:RESult?.................................................805

Summary of Contents for ESR Series

Page 1: ...R S ESR EMI Test Receiver User Manual User Manual Version 12 1175706802 2...

Page 2: ...hde Schwarz GmbH Co KG M hldorfstr 15 81671 M nchen Germany Phone 49 89 41 29 0 Fax 49 89 41 29 12 164 Email info rohde schwarz com Internet www rohde schwarz com Subject to change Data without tolera...

Page 3: ...Instructions and the product documentation in a safe place and pass them on to the subsequent users Riesgo de lesiones y da os en el instrumento El instrumento se debe usar de manera adecuada para pre...

Page 4: ...die Produktdokumentation gut auf und geben Sie diese an weitere Benutzer des Produkts weiter Risque de blessures et d endommagement de l appareil L appareil doit tre utilis conform ment aux prescript...

Page 5: ...ument up to date and to be informed about new application notes related to your instrument please send an e mail to the Customer Support Center stating your instrument and your wish We will take care...

Page 6: ...Data Sheets and Brochures 26 2 7 Release Notes and Open Source Acknowledgment OSA 26 2 8 Application Notes Application Cards White Papers etc 26 3 Quick Start 27 3 1 Front and Rear Panel View 27 3 1...

Page 7: ...4 4 Setting the Screen Colors 50 3 2 4 5 Setting the Display Power Save Function 53 3 2 4 6 Selecting and Configuring Printers 54 3 2 5 Windows Operating System 56 3 2 5 1 Virus Protection 56 3 2 5 2...

Page 8: ...ed Display 83 3 4 4 3 Soft and Mini Soft Front Panel Display 83 3 4 4 4 Enlarging the Display Area 86 3 4 4 5 Displaying the Toolbar 86 3 4 4 6 Zooming into the Diagram 87 3 4 4 7 Adding a Title to th...

Page 9: ...Remote Control 119 3 6 1 Basic Steps in Remote Control Programming 119 3 6 1 1 Linking the Remote Control Library for Visual Basic 120 3 6 1 2 Initialization and Default State 122 3 6 1 3 Sending Simp...

Page 10: ...lor Map 152 5 1 7 Measurement Control 156 5 1 7 1 Running Scans and Measurements 156 5 1 7 2 Selecting the Result Display 156 5 1 7 3 Bargraph Control 157 5 1 7 4 Scan Control 158 5 1 7 5 Final Measur...

Page 11: ...4 2 1 Controlling Markers 200 5 4 2 2 Positioning Markers 204 5 4 2 3 Markers in Spectrograms 207 5 4 3 Limit Lines 208 5 4 3 1 Softkeys of the Lines Menu 209 5 4 3 2 Display Lines 213 5 4 3 3 Limit...

Page 12: ...Configuration PRESET Key 342 6 2 1 1 Presetting the Instrument 342 6 2 1 2 Initial Configuration 343 6 2 2 Selecting the Frequency and Span FREQ Key 344 6 2 2 1 Softkeys of the Frequency Menu 344 6 2...

Page 13: ...T OUTPUT Key 383 6 2 9 1 Softkeys of the Input Output Menu 383 6 2 9 2 Using Active Probes for Input 385 6 3 Analysis 387 6 3 1 Trace Configuration 387 6 3 1 1 Softkeys of the Trace Menu 388 6 3 1 2 C...

Page 14: ...n Measurements 455 7 I Q Analyzer 458 7 1 Softkeys and Parameters of the I Q Analyzer Menu 459 7 2 Softkeys of the Amplitude Menu in I Q Analyzer Mode 464 7 3 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu in I Q Ana...

Page 15: ...10 1 3 1 iq tar File Format Specification 538 10 2 Measurement Documentation PRINT Key 543 10 3 Working with Test Reports 546 10 3 1 Designing a Test Report Template 546 10 3 2 Creating a Test Report...

Page 16: ...95 11 2 1 2 Configuring the Controller 596 11 2 1 3 Starting and Terminating Remote Operation 598 11 2 1 4 Deactivating the R S ESR via Remote Operation 600 11 2 2 Operation with a VNC Client 600 11 2...

Page 17: ...ta and Result Query 643 11 4 1 6 Fixed Frequency Scans 647 11 4 1 7 Demodulating Analog Signals 648 11 4 1 8 Spectrogram Control 649 11 4 2 Defining the Frequency 665 11 4 3 Configuring the Vertical A...

Page 18: ...io 790 11 5 1 10 Measuring the Third Order Intercept Point 790 11 5 1 11 Measuring Statistics 791 11 5 1 12 Measuring in the Time Domain 799 11 5 1 13 Measuring the Pulse Power 811 11 5 1 14 Performin...

Page 19: ...940 11 10 2 Saving and Restoring Customized Data 945 11 11 Using Transducers 949 11 12 Documentation 957 11 13 Working with Test Reports 966 11 13 1 Designing a Test Report Template 966 11 13 1 1 Sele...

Page 20: ...1003 11 17 1 6 Reading Error Messages 1003 11 17 1 7 Evaluation of SCPI Status Registers 1004 11 17 1 8 Evaluation of Event Status Register 1005 11 17 2 Using Marker and Delta Marker 1006 11 17 2 1 S...

Page 21: ...566A B 8568A B 8591E 8594E 71100C 71200C and 71209A 1041 11 18 3 Special Features of the Syntax Parsing Algorithms for 8566A and 8568A Models 1065 11 18 4 Special Behavior of Commands 1066 11 18 5 Mod...

Page 22: ...with Microsoft Networks 1080 14 2 Operation with Windows Remote Desktop 1081 14 2 1 Configuring the R S ESR for Remote Operation 1081 14 2 2 Configuring the Controller 1082 14 3 Operation with a VNC C...

Page 23: ...Contents R S ESR 20 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12...

Page 24: ...ons safety issues are grouped according to subjects For example one subject is electrical safety The Basic Safety Instructions are delivered with the R S ESR in different languages in print Throughout...

Page 25: ...ots When describing the functions of the product we use sample screenshots These screenshots are meant to illustrate as many as possible of the provided functions and possible interdependencies betwee...

Page 26: ...th the corre sponding help topic is displayed To change to the next tab press the tab on the touchscreen Navigating in the help topics To scroll through a page use the rotary knob or the UP ARROW and...

Page 27: ...Preface R S ESR 24 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Closing the help window Press the ESC key or a function key on the front panel How to Use the Help System...

Page 28: ...escription of the remote control com mands with programming examples and information on maintenance instrument interfaces and error messages Includes the contents of the getting started manual Manuals...

Page 29: ...numbers as well as optional accessories The brochure provides an overview of the instrument and deals with the specific char acteristics www rohde schwarz com brochure datasheet esr 2 7 Release Notes...

Page 30: ...w 3 1 1 Front Panel View The front panel of the R S ESR is shown in Figure 3 1 Each element function keys and connectors is described in more detail in the subsequent sections Figure 3 1 Front panel o...

Page 31: ...3 4 2 4 Keypad on page 73 13 Rotary knob Chapter 3 4 2 5 Rotary Knob on page 74 14 Arrow keys Chapter 3 4 2 6 Arrow Keys UNDO REDO Keys on page 74 15 Undo redo functions Chapter 3 4 2 6 Arrow Keys UND...

Page 32: ...e and time to establish a LAN connection Provides functionality to configure printers and hardcopys Displays the online help Selects the operating mode or firmware application Opens the Windows Start...

Page 33: ...lication the RBW is coupled to the span Video bandwidth is not available SWEEP Provides functionality to configure the sweep for example the measurement time the number of measurement points the measu...

Page 34: ...trum mode the Spectrum Emission Mask SEM measurement in spectrum mode the spurious emission measurement in spectrum mode the signal statistics in spectrum mode MEAS CONFIG Provides functionality to co...

Page 35: ...Never rub the screen surface strongly for example with a dust cloth For instructions on cleaning the screen see the Maintenance chapter in the R S ESR user manual For instructions on cleaning the scr...

Page 36: ...sheet USB The front panel provides two female USB connectors to connect devices like an exter nal keyboard or mouse You can also connect a memory stick to save and restore instrument settings and mea...

Page 37: ...wer connector is suitable for example for transducers from Rohde Schwarz The probe power connector on the right supports supply voltages from 15 V to 12 6 V and ground The maximum permissible current...

Page 38: ...in the test setup never exceeds 1 W RF power Do not apply a DC voltage at the output For details refer to the data sheet Sensitive DUTs concerning matching For DUTs with sensitive RF characteristics...

Page 39: ...tch works as follows Position O The instrument is disconnected from the AC power supply Position 1 The instrument is supplied with power and in operation For more information see Chapter 3 2 1 7 Switc...

Page 40: ...rface is in compliance with IEEE488 and SCPI A computer for remote control can be connected via this interface To set up the connection a shielded cable is recommended For more information refer to th...

Page 41: ...Ground 9 READY FOR TRIGGER Signal indicating that the instrument is ready to receive a trigger signal Low active 0 V Short circuit hazard Always observe the designated pin assignment A short circuit...

Page 42: ...e to the instrument Observe the information on appropriate operating conditions provided in the basic safety instructions and the instrument s data sheet Risk of instrument damage due to inappropriate...

Page 43: ...packing and Checking the Instrument To remove the instrument from its packaging and check the equipment for complete ness proceed as follows 1 Pull off the polyethylene protection pads from the instru...

Page 44: ...or with the support feet on the bottom extended Risk of injury if feet are folded out The feet can fold in if they are not folded out completely or if the instrument is shifted Collapsing feet can ca...

Page 45: ...all load imposed on the lowest instrument must not exceed 250 N If the instruments have foldable feet fold them in completely Rackmounting The R S ESR can be installed in a rack using a rack adapter k...

Page 46: ...al voltages Remove both fuses and install the new ones Reinsert the cylinder so that the value visible through the hole in the cover flap is the same nominal voltage as before 4 Close the flap 3 2 1 6...

Page 47: ...until the instrument has shut down 2 Switch off the power switch on the rear panel of the R S ESR 3 Switch off the DC power supply 3 2 1 7 Switching the Instrument On and Off Switching the instrument...

Page 48: ...plastic parts or screens for example Never use cleaning agents to clean the outside of the instrument Use a soft dry lint free dust cloth instead The storage temperature range for the R S ESR is spec...

Page 49: ...ceed as follows 1 Press the SETUP key 2 Press the System Info softkey 3 Press the Versions Options softkey A list with hardware and firmware information is displayed 4 Check the availability of the ha...

Page 50: ...automatically when it is connected The default input lan guage is English US Select Start Settings Time language Region language Add a language to configure the keyboard language To access the Window...

Page 51: ...erly displayed on the R S ESR is displayed on the external screen If you select both monitors the R S ESR screen and the external screen are both active 3 2 4 R S ESR Setup This section describes how...

Page 52: ...the list 3 Select the year by clicking on the up and down arrow buttons next to the Year field 4 Select the day in the calendar display or enter the date via the keyboard 5 Click OK Remote command SYS...

Page 53: ...re align ment 1 Press the SETUP key 2 Press the Alignment softkey 3 Press the Touchscreen Alignment softkey 4 Using a finger or any other pointing device press the 4 markers on the screen The touchscr...

Page 54: ...re selected in such a manner that all screen elements are visible optimally regardless whether viewed from above or below In the instrument s default setting Default Colors 1 is active Remote commands...

Page 55: ...ed Colors softkey For details refer to Defining and Using a User Defined Color Set on page 52 8 Click OK to accept the new settings and to close the dialog box Remote command DISP CMAP1 41 PDEF color...

Page 56: ...HSL hue sat lum 3 2 4 5 Setting the Display Power Save Function The R S ESR provides a feature for automatically switching off its screen after a user defined period of time The background lighting i...

Page 57: ...ab in order to define the second print setting press the tab on the screen 4 Define the output by selecting the required options To save the hardcopy in an image file select one of the image types Dep...

Page 58: ...This setting improves the color clarity of the printout Trace 1 is printed in blue trace 2 in black trace 3 in bright green trace 4 in pink trace 5 in sea green trace 6 in dark red and the markers in...

Page 59: ...rument Only install update software released by Rohde Schwarz to modify existing instrument software The following program packages have been tested Symantec Endpoint Security virus protection softwar...

Page 60: ...itial password is 894129 Note that this password is very weak and it is recommended that you change the password for both users after initial login You can change the password in Microsoft Windows for...

Page 61: ...rts the firmware Adapting the automatic login function to a new password If you change the Instrument user s password which is used during automatic login this function no longer works Adapt the setti...

Page 62: ...to the Microsoft Windows documentation and to the hardware description 3 2 5 5 Accessing the Windows Taskbar The Windows taskbar also provides quick access to commonly used programs for example Paint...

Page 63: ...g In the GPIB menu press the ID String User softkey to enter a user defined response to the IDN command The maximum length of the output string is 36 characters 3 3 Firmware Update and Installation of...

Page 64: ...ng a Self Alignment and a Self Test on page 45 Remote command SYST FIRM UPD D FW_UPDATE Performing a remote installation from a Windows PC This method requires a LAN connection from the instrument to...

Page 65: ...about to expire Press the OK button to resume using the R S ESR If an option has already expired a message box appears for you to confirm In this case all instrument functions are unavailable includi...

Page 66: ...rocedure descriptions and terminology described at the beginning of this manual 3 4 1 Information in the Diagram Area The following figure shows a measurement diagram during analyzer operation All dif...

Page 67: ...creen see also Chapter 3 4 2 1 Toolbar on page 70 on how to display the toolbar 2 Select the softkey for the required measurement mode A new tab is displayed for the new channel 3 4 1 2 Display of Har...

Page 68: ...esolution bandwidth that has been set If the bandwidth does not correspond to the value for automatic coupling a green bullet appears in front of the field VBW Video bandwidth that has been set If the...

Page 69: ...see trigger settings in the TRIG menu in the Operating manual EXT External VID Video RFP RF power IFP IF power TIM Time SQL Squelch 6dB RRC CHN Filter type for sweep bandwidth see BW menu in the Oper...

Page 70: ...Correction data is not used Trace color Color of trace display in diagram Trace no Trace number 1 to 6 Detector Selected detector AP AUTOPEAK detector Pk MAX PEAK detector Mi MIN PEAK detector Sa SAM...

Page 71: ...addition to the marker information displayed within the diagram grid a separate marker table may be displayed beneath the diagram This table provides the following information for all active markers...

Page 72: ...STAT OFF The following information is displayed Instrument status The instrument is configured for operation with an external reference Error information If errors or irregularities are detected a key...

Page 73: ...apter 3 4 2 2 Touchscreen on page 72 Chapter 3 4 2 3 On screen Keyboard on page 72 Chapter 3 4 2 5 Rotary Knob on page 74 Chapter 3 4 2 6 Arrow Keys UNDO REDO Keys on page 74 Chapter 3 4 2 7 Softkeys...

Page 74: ...ilable Table 3 2 Standard Application Functions in the Toolbar Icon Description Opens the Select Mode menu see Chapter 3 4 1 1 Channel Display on page 64 Opens an existing measurement settings file St...

Page 75: ...press the screen for about 1 second Deactivating and Activating the Touchscreen Function The touchscreen function can be deactivated e g when the instrument is being used for demonstration purposes an...

Page 76: ...rameter In the case of an alphanumeric parame ter inserts a at the cursor position Unit keys GHz dBm MHz dBm kHz dB and Hz dB These keys add the selected unit to the entered numeric value and complete...

Page 77: ...counter clockwise direc tion the instrument parameter at a defined step width in the case of a numeric entry Shifts the selection bar within focused areas e g lists if the edit mode is activated Shift...

Page 78: ...er formed action is repeated The UNDO function is not available after a PRESET or RECALL operation When these functions are used the history of previous actions is deleted 3 4 2 7 Softkeys Softkeys ar...

Page 79: ...your device the associated softkeys are not displayed Hiding softkeys You can hide the softkey display e g when using remote control in order to enlarge the display area for the measurement results W...

Page 80: ...value In the documentation these dialog boxes are called edit dialog boxes Dialog boxes that are not only designed for parameter entry have a more complex structure and in the documentation are called...

Page 81: ...input the keypad provides only numbers 1 Enter the parameter value using the keypad or change the currently used parame ter value by using the rotary knob small steps or the UPARROW or DNARROW keys l...

Page 82: ...Table 3 3 5 To change from capital to small letters and vice versa press the sign key 6 When you have chosen the desired value wait for 2 seconds to use the same key again or start the next entry by p...

Page 83: ...Navigating in Dialog Boxes Some of the dialog boxes are not only for parameter entry and therefore have a more complex structure The following figure shows an example Changing the focus The focus on t...

Page 84: ...herwise you must switch to edit mode manually Switching to edit mode 1 Press the ENTER key 2 To quit the edit mode press the ESC key Working in dialog boxes To edit alphanumeric parameters use the key...

Page 85: ...mode is not active change into the edit mode Scroll through the list using the arrow keys or the rotary knob until the list entry you want to select is highlighted Confirm your choice by pressing the...

Page 86: ...ZE key on the front panel to switch between a split screen and a full screen maximized display In maximized display the table or diagram cur rently focused is maximized In split display both the diagr...

Page 87: ...y 1 Press the SETUP key 2 Press the General Setup softkey 3 Press the More softkey 4 Press the Soft Front Panel softkey Alternatively 5 Press the DISPLAY key 6 In the Display Settings dialog box selec...

Page 88: ...ob use the additional keys displayed between the key pad and the arrow keys Icon Function Turn left Enter Turn right Switching to Mini Front Panel display 1 Press the DISPLAY key 2 In the Display Sett...

Page 89: ...nation ALT M 3 4 4 4 Enlarging the Display Area You can enlarge the screen display area if you are using an external monitor or the Soft and Mini Soft Frontpanel display see Chapter 3 4 4 3 Soft and M...

Page 90: ...creen or a mouse pointer you can easily define the area to be enlarged Zoom and the number of sweep points Note that zooming is merely a visual tool it does not change any measurement set tings such a...

Page 91: ...reen or a mouse pointer to define the area in the diagram to be enlarged 4 Repeat these steps if necessary to enlarge the diagram further Scrolling in the zoomed display You can scroll the diagram are...

Page 92: ...rview window DISP ZOOM OVER OFF 3 4 4 7 Adding a Title to the Diagram Header You can add an introductory title to the trace information in the diagram header 1 Press the SETUP key 2 Press the Display...

Page 93: ...cted theme SCPI command DISPlay THEMe SELect 3 4 4 10 Displaying and Setting the Date and Time You can switch the date and time display in the diagram footer on or off By default it is displayed You c...

Page 94: ...ESR The User Manual contains additional and more advanced examples Refer to chapter Advanced Measurement Examples to find the following topics High Sensitivity Harmonics Measurements Separating Signal...

Page 95: ...eference of the R S ESR the resolution of the marker frequency display and the number of sweep points 1 Reset the instrument by pressing the PRESET key 2 Select Spectrum mode 3 Connect the signal to b...

Page 96: ...Hz This corresponds to a maximum uncertainty of 0 7 kHz You can increase the pixel resolution of the trace by reducing the frequency span Reducing the frequency span to 10 kHz 1 Press the SPAN key 2 U...

Page 97: ...ocated at the maximum level of the trace as in this example the reference level can be moved to the marker level as follows 1 Press the MKR key 2 Press the Ref Lvl Mkr Lvl softkey The reference level...

Page 98: ...r is activated and set to the signal maximum The level and the fre quency of the marker are displayed in the marker field diagram header or marker table 6 Activate the frequency counter by pressing th...

Page 99: ...ode 3 Set the start frequency to 100 MHz and the stop frequency to 400 MHz a Press the FREQ key b Press the Start softkey and enter 100 MHz c Press the Stop softkey and enter 400 MHz The R S ESR displ...

Page 100: ...3 1 show the offset of the first and second harmonics from the fundamental Reducing Noise The signal analyzer offers three methods to differentiate the harmonics of a signal from the noise effectively...

Page 101: ...e measurement will take significantly more time The video band width that is displayed is marked with a bullet to indicate that it is no longer coupled to the resolution bandwidth see Figure 3 10 Figu...

Page 102: ...ftkey in the BW menu 3 5 3 Measuring Signal Spectra with Multiple Signals 3 5 3 1 Separating Signals by Selecting the Resolution Bandwidth A basic feature of a Signal and Spectrum Analyzer is the abil...

Page 103: ...span to 300 kHz a Press the FREQ key and enter 128 015 MHz b Press the SPAN key and enter 300 kHz 4 Set the resolution bandwidth to 30 kHz and the video bandwidth to 1 kHz a Press the BW key b Press...

Page 104: ...l drop is located exactly in the center of the screen only if the generator frequencies match the frequency display of the R S ESR exactly To achieve exact matching the frequencies of the generators a...

Page 105: ...again by turning the rotary knob counterclockwise thus yielding a higher frequency resolution 6 Set the resolution bandwidth to 1 kHz To do so in the bandwidth menu press the Res BW Manual softkey an...

Page 106: ...0 In the frequency range display the AM side bands can be resolved with a narrow bandwidth and measured separately The modulation depth of a carrier modulated with a sinusoidal signal can then be mea...

Page 107: ...l in the center of the diagram and one delta marker each to the upper and lower AM sidebands The R S ESR calculates the AM modulation depth from the level differences of the delta markers to the main...

Page 108: ...MPT key and enter 6 dBm b Press the Range softkey c Press the Range Linear softkey 6 Set triggering in response to the AF signal by using the video trigger to produce a static image a Press the TRIG k...

Page 109: ...ffers easy to use functions that mea sure the power over a predefined time Measuring the Power of a GSM Burst During the Activation Phase Test setup Table 3 8 Signal generator settings e g R S SMU Fre...

Page 110: ...race The trigger level is displayed as a horizontal line labeled with the abso lute level for the trigger threshold in the measurement diagram 7 Configure power measurement in zero span a Press the ME...

Page 111: ...z display range the edges of TDMA bursts can be measured precisely The edges can be shifted to the screen area by using the trigger offset Test setup Table 3 9 Signal generator settings e g R S SMU Fr...

Page 112: ...ey b Press the Trigger Offset softkey c By turning the rotary knob counterclockwise move the trigger offset until the burst edge can be seen in the center of the screen or enter 50 s The R S ESR displ...

Page 113: ...measured by comparing the power values during the activa tion phase and the deactivation phase of the transmission burst For this purpose the R S ESR provides the function for measuring absolute and...

Page 114: ...S ESR shows the GSM burst continuously across the display 6 Use the trigger source Video and the trigger polarity Pos to trigger on the rising edge of the burst and shift the start of burst to the ce...

Page 115: ...vertical line to the end of the burst The R S ESR displays the power during the activation phase of the burst Figure 3 18 Power measurement during the activation phase of the burst 8 Measure the power...

Page 116: ...ted signals The voltage at the output of the envelope detector remains constant for FM modulated signals as long as the fre quency deviation of the signal is located within the flat part of the passba...

Page 117: ...27 50 MHz and the span to 300 kHz a Press the FREQ key and enter 127 50 MHz b Press the SPAN key and enter 300 kHz 4 Set the resolution bandwidth to 300 kHz a Press the BW key b Press the Res BW Manua...

Page 118: ...be verified using the marker and delta marker Figure 3 20 Display of the filter edge of the 300 kHz filter as an FM discriminator character istic 6 Set the FM deviation to 50 kHz on the signal generat...

Page 119: ...peak of the curve b Press the Marker 2 softkey c Press the MKR key d Press the More softkey e Press the Min softkey Marker 2 delta marker is placed on the minimum of the curve The level differ ence i...

Page 120: ...ument configurations is displayed The File Name field is in edit mode and contains a suggestion for a new name 3 To change the suggested name enter a name for the settings file to be stored The name m...

Page 121: ...e via the keyboard or key pad Select the file from the selection list using the touchscreen or mouse Alternatively a Press the Select File softkey The focus is set on the files list b Using the rotary...

Page 122: ...x 3 6 Brief Introduction to Remote Control The instrument can be remote controlled via the network LAN interface For details on configuring the LAN interface see Chapter 11 2 6 Setting Up a Network LA...

Page 123: ...print method this example displays the value of the variable MyVar in the Immediate window of the Visual Basic development environment Note that the print method only applies to objects that can disp...

Page 124: ...program code is easier to read and maintain if the read and write functions are encapsulated Here the pro cedure InstrWrite encapsulates the function viWrite and InstrRead encapsulates viRead In addi...

Page 125: ...Global Variables In Visual Basic global variables are stored in modules data extension BAS Thus at least one module e g GLOBALS BAS must be created that contains the variables used by all subroutines...

Page 126: ...lay On and Off In the default setting all remote control commands are carried out with the screen dis play switched off in order to attain optimum measurement speed During the develop ment phase of re...

Page 127: ...ference level of the instru ment are set REM Instrument setting commands PUBLIC SUB SimpleSettings CALL InstrWrite analyzer FREQUENCY CENTER 128MHz Center frequency 128 MHz CALL InstrWrite analyzer FR...

Page 128: ...nction PUBLIC SUB ReadMarker Dim retCount as Long CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARKER ON MARKER MAX Activate marker 1 and search for peak MKmark SPACE 30 Provide text variable 30 characters CALL Inst...

Page 129: ...on complete bit CALL viEnableEvent vi VI_EVENT_SERVICE_REQ VI_QUEUE 0 Enable the event for service request CALL InstrWrite analyzer ABOR INIT IMM OPC Start sweep with Synchronization to OPC SRQWaitTim...

Page 130: ...ut attenuation is automatically calcula ted in the default setting as a function of the reference level Last of all the level detec tors are linked to the selected trace mode in the default setting Th...

Page 131: ...el axis CALL InstrWrite analyzer DISP WIND TRAC Y SCAL 100dB Level range CALL InstrWrite analyzer DISP WIND TRAC Y SCAL MODE ABS Absolute scaling CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC UNIT POW DBM y meas unit...

Page 132: ...rch Functions Restricting the Search Range The following example is based on an AM modulated signal at 100 MHz that has the following characteristics Carrier signal level 30 dBm AF frequency 100 kHz M...

Page 133: ...next peak right CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC DELT3 X REL CALC DELT3 Y Read delta marker 3 frequency and level both must have a value of 0 result Space 100 CALL InstrRead analyzer result 100 retCount...

Page 134: ...EQ Query and read measured frequency result Space 100 CALL InstrRead analyzer result 100 retCount Debug Print Marker Count Freq result END SUB REM Working with a Fixed Reference Point The following ex...

Page 135: ...trWrite analyzer SWEEP TIME AUTO ON Couple sweep time CALL InstrWrite analyzer INP ATT AUTO ON Select more sensitive level setting CALL InstrWrite analyzer DISP WIND TRAC Y RLEV 50dBm CALL InstrWrite...

Page 136: ...on CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK STAT ON Activate marker 1 CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK TRAC 1 Set marker 1 to trace 1 CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK MAX Set marker 1 to 100 MHz CALL In...

Page 137: ...anism for reading into string buffers In order to convert the data into an array of single precision values the string contents must be copied into a buffer of that type The following example uses an...

Page 138: ...CALL InstrRead analyzer BinBuffer traceBytes retCount Read trace data into buffer CopyMemory traceData 0 ByVal BinBuffer traceBytes Copy data into float array Outputting binary data as frequency level...

Page 139: ...rite analyzer MMEM SEL HWS ON Store hardware settings CALL InstrWrite analyzer MMEM SEL TRAC OFF Do not store any traces CALL InstrWrite analyzer MMEM SEL LIN ALL OFF Store only the activated limit li...

Page 140: ...SUB REM 3 6 2 5 Configuring and Starting a Printout The following example shows how to configure the output format and output device for printing out a measurement screen The procedure is as follows 1...

Page 141: ...rRead analyzer Devices i IF Left Devices i 2 THEN GOTO SelectDevice Stop at end of list Debug Print Printer Str i Devices i Display printer name NEXT i SelectDevice Selection of output device printer...

Page 142: ...nalyzer HCOP DEV LANG WMF WMF file format CALL InstrWrite analyzer HCOP DEV LANG BMP BMP file format CALL InstrWrite analyzer MMEM NAME C R_S Instr user PRINT1 WMF Define file name CALL InstrWrite ana...

Page 143: ...s if you have equipped your R S ESR with firmware application R S ESR K56 IF analysis is not a separate mea surement mode but is integrated into the Receiver mode For more information on functionality...

Page 144: ...ignal without losing any signal data You can evaluate the measurement results in several result displays that are designed for the realtime analysis and com plement one another Real Time analysis is a...

Page 145: ...measurement may be either automatic or in interactive mode Automatic control functions for line impedance stabilization networks LISN are available Time domain scans option R S ESR K53 reduce the req...

Page 146: ...ordingly The display keeps the overall maximum level even after changing the frequency until a reset of the maxhold function 1 maximum levels note that the maximum and quasipeak peaks have been measur...

Page 147: ...s unweighted It is independent of the selected detector for the bargraph measurement e g average or quasi peak A maximum of three traces can be displayed in parallel The display mode Clear Write Max H...

Page 148: ...ms up to 30 MHz of the spectrum at the receiver input are measured in parallel by using fast fourier transform FFT of fre quency sections Time Domain scans require options R S ESR K53 and R S ESR B50...

Page 149: ...ement systems only the spectrum within the measurement bandwidth can be measured during a certain measurement time of e g 100 ms in this measurement systems large parts of the spectrum at the receiver...

Page 150: ...t scan range is adjusted if necessary Stepsize Frequency stepsize within the scan range If you define a stepsize that is larger than the range itself the R S ESR only measures the start and stop frequ...

Page 151: ...rically controlled devices like washing machines or air conditioning devices The click characteristics of such a device are subject to the occurrence of successive pulses whose individual pulse height...

Page 152: ...the time consuming measure ments to a minimum with an optimum reliability of detection The interference spectrum is first pre analyzed in a fast prescan to optimize the dura tion of the measurement D...

Page 153: ...at which the final measurements are performed A typical application is for example the statistical analysis of several units The peak list can be either edited manually or can be filled with desired v...

Page 154: ...ows the spectral density of a signal in the frequency domain and over time simultaneously It provides an overview of the spectrum over time and so allows for an easy detection of anomalies and interfe...

Page 155: ...in combination with a scan each frame corresponds to a single sweep of the frequency range you are scanning When you use a spectrogram in combination with IF analysis a single sweep may consist of se...

Page 156: ...ays indi cate low probabilities or levels respectively Light grays indicate high ones If a result lies outside the defined range of the color map it is colored in black at the lower end of the color r...

Page 157: ...s at 100 dBm and ends at 0 dBm i e a range of 100 dB You however want the color map to start at 90 dBm To do so you have to enter 10 in the Start field The R S ESR shifts the start point 10 to the rig...

Page 158: ...0 The color map above is based on a linear color curve Colors are distributed evenly over the complete result range Figure 5 4 Non linear color curve shape 0 5 After shifting the color curve to the l...

Page 159: ...LE and RUN CONT hardkeys initiate scans and measurements RUN SINGLE starts a single scan or measurement A single measurement lasts until the defined frequency range has been measured once under the co...

Page 160: ...e n FEED on page 637 Bargraph Scan Shows the Bargraph and Scan result displays Bargraph IF Analysis Shows the Bargraph and IF Analysis result displays Bargraph Turns the Bargraph result display on and...

Page 161: ...menu to control the measure ment Interrupting a scan The R S ESR allows to interrupt a scan any time If you interrupt it the scan stops immediately The scan stops at the frequency at which it was int...

Page 162: ...equency is set that is higher than the frequency at which the scan was interrupted the scan continues at the frequency at which it was interrupted The scan is continued with the settings in the scan t...

Page 163: ...re available Switch the mode of the final measurement Automatic or Interactive Resume the final measurement Measure The final measurement starts or continues at the next entry of the peak list Abort t...

Page 164: ...he Final Peak List with the results for the final measurement Note that it is possible to start with an automatic measurement and later change into interactive mode Likewise it is possible to start me...

Page 165: ...interactive final measurements Remote command Stop Final Measurement Aborts the final measurement Data that has already been collected is lost Remote command ABORt on page 640 5 1 7 6 Measurement Set...

Page 166: ...tor and scan detectors If on the R S ESR does as follows Turns on a scan detector for every active bargraph If you add a new bargraph detector the corresponding scan trace is automatically turned on M...

Page 167: ...trograms in receiver mode one for scans and one for IF analysis You can configure the spectrograms independently from one another The R S ESR saves the settings accordingly Press the MEAS CONFIG key T...

Page 168: ...djusts the focus of the color curve 6 Histogram shows the distribution of measured values 7 Color range start and stop numerical input to define the range of the color map 8 Color curve numerical inpu...

Page 169: ...Note that the available bandwidth is limited by the current receiver frequency The measurement bandwidth must be less than or equal to half of the current receiver fre quency BW fin 2 Additional 6 dB...

Page 170: ...ce The detectors of the R S ESR are implemented as digital devices All detectors work in parallel in the background which means that the measurement speed is independ ent of the detector combination u...

Page 171: ...fi cient number of pulses 10 to occur in the measurement window for averaging Average and RMS detector in Time Domain Scan Note that it is not possible to use the Average detector and the RMS detector...

Page 172: ...n be cancelled using the CISPR RBW uncoupled softkey Regarding measurement time the relatively long time constants used with quasipeak detectors entail long measurement times to obtain correct results...

Page 173: ...ger measurement times Measurement times shorter than 20 ms With measurement times shorter than 20 ms the detector weighting changes to plain average weighting When you change the receiver frequency or...

Page 174: ...tive are not visible Each time the trace mode is changed the selected trace memory is cleared Note that in Spectrum mode the Max Hold and Min Hold modes are unavailable for statistics measurements Cle...

Page 175: ...s indicated by the icon on the tab label If the level range or reference level is changed the R S ESR automatically adapts the measured data to the changed display range This allows an amplitude zoom...

Page 176: ...ENV4200 R S ENV432 Two line V networks R S ESH3 Z5 R S ENV216 For the R S ENV216 network a 150 kHz high pass filter is available for protection of the input After selecting the type of network you ca...

Page 177: ...nd some control lines have to be routed through the wall of the shielded room You can also use a direct connection without a filter e g when you use the R S ESR in a shielded room In that case you can...

Page 178: ...unit or unit dB The frequency range covered by a set can be subdivi ded into max 10 subranges each with up to 4 transducer factors which follow each other without a gap i e the stop frequency of a su...

Page 179: ...eneral information about the measurement and instrument settings and characteristics It consists of three columns separated by a semicolon parameter name numeric value unit The data section contains i...

Page 180: ...1 6150000 000000 84 210000 Trace Frequency Level DeltaLi mit Phase Unused etc 5 2 9 Formats for Returned Values ASCII Format and Binary Format ASCII Format FORMat ASCII The command reads out a list of...

Page 181: ...s The schema of the result string is as follows NoOfDataBytes value1 value2 value n with Header prefix 1 byte 1 byte NoOfDataBytes number of following data bytes 1024 in the example 10 bytes 1 byte Va...

Page 182: ...frequency When you change the frequency with the rotary knob the R S ESR increases or decreases the 4th digit of the receiver frequency When you change the frequency with the cursor keys the R S ESR i...

Page 183: ...ommand SENSe FREQuency SPAN on page 825 Full Span Restores the span to the full available frequency range The full span is specified in the data sheet In receiver mode full span is available for IF An...

Page 184: ...turn 10 dB Min off Note The maximum mixer level allowed is 0 dBm Mixer levels above this value may lead to incorrect measurement results which are indicated by the OVLD status dis play The increased...

Page 185: ...ut does not exceed the allowed limits Exceeding the limit might damage the input mixer Do not use a 0 dB attenuation under any circumstances when you measure RFI volt age or unknown signals in combina...

Page 186: ...g another unit replace dB V with the corresponding unit The conversion is also possible when a transducer defines the used unit Remote command CALCulate n UNIT POWer on page 667 Grid Range Grid Min Le...

Page 187: ...idth The R S ESR supports a selected set of resolution bandwidths If you enter a number that is not supported the R S ESR rounds the value up to next available bandwidth You can also select some bandw...

Page 188: ...SR K56 Remote command SENSe BANDwidth IF on page 670 5 3 4 Configuring the Scan The following settings for configuring the scan are available in the Sweep menu Functions to configure measurements desc...

Page 189: ...started immediately Remote command TRIGger n SEQuence SOURce on page 839 Video Selects the video trigger The trigger event is a certain voltage level For the video triggering mode a level line showing...

Page 190: ...ith option R S ESR B29 the minimum frequency is extended to 20 Hz at both RF inputs Remote command INPut TYPE on page 672 User Port The user port AUX port can transmit bit patterns in two directions d...

Page 191: ...d Run Final Test buttons at the bottom of each of the tabs ini tiate the corresponding measurement function SCPI command CALCulate n PEAKsearch PSEarch IMMediate on page 680 INITiate n FMEasurement on...

Page 192: ...a entry field The range is 10 s to 10 000 s The value entered is rounded to next integer that is a multiple of the measurement time of a single bar graph measurement The mini mum value also depends on...

Page 193: ...uency is fmin 10 Hz to fmax fmin and fmax are defined in the datasheet Remote command Start frequency SENSe FREQuency STARt on page 666 Stop frequency SENSe FREQuency STOP on page 666 Step Mode Select...

Page 194: ...the scan subranges Remote command not supported Insert Range Before After Inserts a new scan range before or after the currently selected range Except for the start and stop frequencies the configura...

Page 195: ...ed 5 3 7 3 Peak Search The Peak Search tab in the Test Automation dialog box contains functionality to control the peak search Peak Search Mode Peaks Subranges 192 No Of Peaks 193 No of Subranges Peak...

Page 196: ...ote command Number of subranges CALCulate n PEAKsearch PSEarch SUBRanges on page 680 Peaks per subrange CALCulate n PEAKsearch PSEarch SUBRanges PCOunt on page 681 Peak Excursion Defines the relative...

Page 197: ...trace that the peak is on and the detector with which the peak has been measured Frequency Shows the frequency of the peak level Level Shows the signal level of the peak The unit depends on the one y...

Page 198: ...d characteristics It consists of three columns each column separated by a semicolon parame ter value unit The results are split into several data sections one for each active trace The data section be...

Page 199: ...trace In addition to the trace mode you can select a detector for the scan and the final mea surement For more information see Chapter 5 1 3 Scans on page 144 Chapter 5 1 5 Final Measurement on page...

Page 200: ...e 685 Prescan Phase Selects the phase of the network you want to control during the scan During the scan you can control more than one phase at a time For more information see Chapter 5 2 5 V Networks...

Page 201: ...axis frequency or time If more measured values than measurement points are availa ble several measured values are combined in one displayed measurement point The trace functions include the following...

Page 202: ...53 Selecting the detector for the final measurement SENSe DETector t FMEasurement on page 642 More Traces Opens a submenu to select one of the traces not currently displayed in the main menu Copy Trac...

Page 203: ...at frame was recorded For large history buffers the export operation may take some time Remote command FORMat DEXPort TRACes on page 646 FORMat DEXPort DSEParator on page 850 MMEMory STORe n TRACe on...

Page 204: ...out Otherwise the edit dialog box for the last activated marker is opened and the current frequency time value is displayed Further information Displayed Marker Information on page 410 Chapter 5 4 2...

Page 205: ...ch the marker is to be placed Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m TRACe on page 695 CALCulate n DELTamarker m TRACe on page 701 Marker Wizard Opens a configuration dialog for markers The marker wizard...

Page 206: ...ll Marker Off Switches all markers off It also switches off all functions and displays that are associ ated with the markers delta markers Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m AOFF on page 691 Marker T...

Page 207: ...can range the marker frequency is currently in Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m SCOupled STATe on page 689 5 4 2 2 Positioning Markers The MKR key is used for search functions of measurement marker...

Page 208: ...e selected trace Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum NEXT on page 692 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum NEXT on page 698 Min Sets the active marker delta marker to the minimum of the selected...

Page 209: ...u to set the limits for maximum or minimum search in the x and y direction Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m X SLIMits STATe on page 690 Left Limit Search Limits Opens an edit dialog box to enter a...

Page 210: ...B to 80 dB are allowed the resolution is 0 1 dB The default setting for the peak excursion is 6 dB Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m PEXCursion on page 679 5 4 2 3 Markers in Spectrograms In additio...

Page 211: ...forms a search in the currently selected frame Y Search Performs a search on the marker frequency span 0 or time span 0 over all captured frames XY Search Performs a search in the frequency domain spa...

Page 212: ...a New Limit Line Based upon an Existing Limit Line on page 219 Chapter 5 4 3 9 Activating Deactivating a Limit Line on page 220 5 4 3 1 Softkeys of the Lines Menu The following table shows all softkey...

Page 213: ...or all assigned traces For details see also Chap ter 5 4 3 9 Activating Deactivating a Limit Line on page 220 Remote command CALCulate n LIMit k STATe on page 718 New Opens the Edit Limit Line dialog...

Page 214: ...order rule an error message is displayed and the values are discarded Delete Value New Deletes the selected data point x and y value All succeeding data points are shifted up accordingly This softkey...

Page 215: ...y effect on limit lines that represent absolute val ues for the y axis Remote command CALCulate n LIMit k LOWer OFFSet on page 712 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer OFFSet on page 715 Display Lines Opens a su...

Page 216: ...Lines Turns a frequency line coupled to the receiver frequency on and off The line that marks the receiver frequency is a green line labeled TF Available for the Scan result display Remote command CAL...

Page 217: ...instrument can be activated simultaneously The number of limit lines stored in the instrument is only limited by the capacity of the flash disk used Which softkeys are available depends on the displa...

Page 218: ...ched on softkey with highlighted background 4 When you press the Display Line 1 Display Line 2 softkey for the second time the edit dialog box for the line is opened again 5 When you press the Display...

Page 219: ...lines refer also to Chapter 5 4 3 3 Limit Lines Frequency Time Lines on page 214 The following set tings can be defined Setting Description Name The name under which the limit line is to be stored in...

Page 220: ...ero span or if masks for modulated signals are required for span 0 Hz Scale Linear Logarithmic Y Axis Scale unit Unit of the y axis Scale mode Absolute The limit values refer to absolute levels or vol...

Page 221: ...s a lower limit the margin is above the limit line Entering a new data point 1 Press the Insert value button in the dialog or select an existing data point in the table and press the Insert Value soft...

Page 222: ...tkey 5 4 3 8 Creating a New Limit Line Based upon an Existing Limit Line 1 In the Select Limit Line dialog box select the limit line you want to use as a basis for a new limit line For details see als...

Page 223: ...has to consist of 2 or more data points 1 In the Select Limit Line dialog box select the limit line you want to activate deacti vate For details see also Chapter 5 4 3 5 Selecting a Limit Line on pag...

Page 224: ...surement parameters The general measure ment parameters apply to all measurements performed in Spectrum mode 6 1 Measurements In the Spectrum mode the R S ESR provides a variety of different measureme...

Page 225: ...oftkey for details see Chapter 6 1 1 7 Measuring the Power in Zero Span on page 294 EMI Measurement softkey for details see Chapter 6 1 1 8 Performing EMI Mea surements on page 297 CISPR APD softkey f...

Page 226: ...page 724 C N C No span 0 Opens a submenu to configure the carrier noise ratio measurement Measurements without C N and measurements with reference to the bandwidth C No are possible For details see C...

Page 227: ...e the amplitude probability density APD and opens a submenu For details see Chapter 6 1 1 10 Calculating Signal Amplitude Statistics on page 312 Remote command CALCulate n STATistics APD STATe on page...

Page 228: ...annel power and adjacent channel power is one of the most important tasks in the field of digital transmission for a signal analyzer with the necessary test routines While theoretically channel power...

Page 229: ...a multi carrier ACLR measurement There are two possible methods for measuring channel and adjacent channel power with a signal analyzer IBW method Integration Bandwidth Method Zero span method Fast A...

Page 230: ...nel power but obviously increases measurement time The integrated bandwidth method IBW calculates channel power and ACLR from the trace data obtained during a continuous sweep over the selected span M...

Page 231: ...la tion in one channel is the product of sweeptime in channel times the selected resolu tion bandwidth Assuming a sweeptime of 100 ms there are 30 kHz 4 19 MHz 100 ms 10 kHz 7 samples Whereas in Fast...

Page 232: ...ults is calculated from 100 consecu tive measurements Take scaling into account if comparing power values Figure 6 4 Repeatability of adjacent channel power measurements on CDMA2000 signals in the fas...

Page 233: ...powers are measured depends on the number of configured channels see of Adj Chan on page 237 For each channel the following values are displayed Label Description Channel Channel name as specified in...

Page 234: ...p other instrument settings such as the used filter bandwidths frequency span and detector and trace settings can be optimized automat ically see Adjust Settings on page 243 For an overview of the sof...

Page 235: ...ls Changes to an existing standard can be stored as a user defined standard see User Defined Configurations on page 234 In the Ch Power menu press Channel Setup then press the Channel Setup soft key t...

Page 236: ...annel spacing for the adjacent or an alternate channel is changed all higher alternate channel spacings are multiplied by the same factor new spacing value old spacing value The lower adjacent channel...

Page 237: ...by setting Limit Checking to On Performing a Channel Power Measurement A channel power measurement is started automatically according to the currently selected standard when you press the Ch Power ACL...

Page 238: ...d adjacent channel spacing see Spacing on page 239 Channel bandwidth of transmission Tx adjacent Adj and alternate Alt channels see Bandwidth on page 238 Resolution bandwidth see Res BW Auto on page 3...

Page 239: ...ased to ensure that adjacent channel powers are measured with adequate accu racy For general information on performing channel or adjacent channel power measure ments see Chapter 6 1 1 2 Measuring Cha...

Page 240: ...nnel power measurement Values from 0 to 12 are allowed The following measurements are performed depending on the number of the channels 0 Only the channel powers are measured 1 The channel powers and...

Page 241: ...channel bandwidth is normally defined by the transmission standard The correct bandwidth is set automatically for the selected standard see Optimized Settings for CP ACLR Test Parameters on page 247 M...

Page 242: ...nsmission channel with the lowest power is used as a refer ence channel Max Power TX Channel The transmission channel with the highest power is used as a refer ence channel Lowest Highest Channel The...

Page 243: ...er adjacent channels is multiplied by factor 2 to result in 80 kHz ALT1 120 kHz ALT2 160 kHz ALT3 If starting from the default setting the spacing of the 5th adjacent channel ALT4 is set to 150 kHz th...

Page 244: ...l to 0 35 POW ACH FILT ALT1 ON see SENSe POWer ACHannel FILTer STATe ALTernate channel on page 735 Activates the alpha value for the weighting filter for the alternate channel 1 POW ACH FILT ALPH ALT1...

Page 245: ...ivate or deactivate the limit to be considered during a limit check The check of both limit values can be activated independently Chan Pwr Hz CP ACLR Settings Ch Power ACLR If deactivated the channel...

Page 246: ...tive power measurement in the adjacent channels Abs The absolute power in the adjacent channels is displayed in the unit of the y axis e g in dBm dB V Rel The level of the adjacent channels is display...

Page 247: ...ated measured values are required for a reproducibility of 0 5 dB 99 of the measurements are within 0 5 dB of the true measured value This holds true for white noise The measured values are considered...

Page 248: ...standard you can customize the following parameters number of adjacent channels channel bandwidth of transmission Tx adjacent Adj and alternate Alt channels channel spacings resolution and video band...

Page 249: ...SR or limiting the dynamic range by a too small S N ratio For details on manual settings see Optimized Settings for CP ACLR Test Parameters on page 247 The reference level is not influenced by the sel...

Page 250: ...IBRO WIBRO WIBRO GSM GSM GSM RFID 14443 RFID 14443 RFID14443 TETRA TETRA TETRA PDC PDC PDC PHS PHS PHS CDPD CDPD CDPD APCO 25 Phase 2 APCO 25 P2 PAPCo25 For the R S ESR the channel spacing is defined...

Page 251: ...eptable measurement speed and required selection to sup press spectral components outside the channel to be measured especially of the adjacent channels the resolution bandwidth must not be selected t...

Page 252: ...ches off this function Averaging which is often performed to stabilize the measurement results leads to a too low level indication and should therefore be avoided The reduction in the displayed power...

Page 253: ...urement has been completed The frequency span should be set to approximately 4 times the channel bandwidth in order to measure the carrier to noise ratio correctly This setting is defined automati cal...

Page 254: ...es the measurement of the carrier noise ratio on or off If no marker is active marker 1 is activated The measurement is performed on the trace that marker 1 is assigned to To shift marker 1 and measur...

Page 255: ...dulated signal is its occupied bandwidth In a radio communications system for instance the occupied bandwidth must be limited to enable distortion free transmission in adjacent channels The occupied b...

Page 256: ...e new range The OBW measurement uses the same search limits as defined for marker search see Search Limits on page 206 However only the left and right limits are consid ered To ensure correct power me...

Page 257: ...andwidth Occ BW is indicated in the marker results Furthermore the marker at the center frequency and the tempo rary markers are indicated The OBW calculation is repeated if the Search Limits are chan...

Page 258: ...ransmission standard the bandwidth speci fied by the standard for the transmission channel must be entered Remote command SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth BWIDth CHANnel channel on page 731 Adjust Ref L...

Page 259: ...onding softkeys Spectrum Emission Mask on page 258 If you want a parameter set to be available permanently you can create an XML file for this configuration and if necessary export this file to anothe...

Page 260: ...Level 260 RF Att Mode 260 RF Attenuator 260 Preamp 260 Transd Factor 260 Limit Check 1 4 261 Abs Limit Start 261 Abs Limit Stop 261 Rel Limit Start 261 Rel Limit Stop 261 Close Sweep List 262 Insert...

Page 261: ...um Emission Masks on page 256 Remote command SENS SWE MODE ESP see SENSe SWEep MODE on page 761 Sweep List Spectrum Emission Mask Opens a submenu to edit the sweep list and displays the Sweep List dia...

Page 262: ...the defined span and have a minimum span of 20 Hz The first and last ranges are adapted to the given span as long as the minimum span of 20 Hz is not violated Frequency values for each range have to b...

Page 263: ...e range RLEVel on page 769 RF Att Mode Sweep List dialog box Sweep List Spectrum Emission Mask Activates or deactivates the auto mode for RF attenuation Remote command SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range INPu...

Page 264: ...ctrum Emission Mask Sets an absolute limit value at the start frequency of the range dBm This parameter is only available if the limit check is set accordingly see Limit Check 1 4 on page 261 Remote c...

Page 265: ...age 269 Remote command ESP RANG1 INS AFT see SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range INSert on page 767 Delete Range Sweep List Spectrum Emission Mask Deletes the currently focused range if possible The range num...

Page 266: ...the reference range integral bandwidth method If the Channel Power reference power type is activated the dialog box is exten ded to define additional settings Tx Bandwidth Defines the bandwidth used f...

Page 267: ...also to the ASCII File Export soft key ASCII File Export on page 264 Remote command MMEMory STORe n LIST on page 777 ASCII File Export Save Evaluation List List Evaluation Spectrum Emis sion Mask Open...

Page 268: ...ghest peak within the reference range Channel Power Measures the channel power within the reference range integral bandwidth method If the Channel Power reference power type is activated the dialog bo...

Page 269: ...ower in the reference range is used The limits assigned to that power class are applied see PMin PMax on page 266 Remote command CALCulate n LIMit k ESPectrum PCLass Class EXCLusive on page 774 To def...

Page 270: ...ement on page 272 Remote command SENSe ESPectrum PRESet STANdard on page 760 Save As Standard Spectrum Emission Mask Opens the Save As Standard dialog box in which the currently used SEM settings and...

Page 271: ...le P 31 is indicated if the lowest power class is defined from infinity to 31 and the power is currently 17 dBm In addition to the graphical results of the SEM measurement displayed in the diagram a r...

Page 272: ...he peaks in the list evaluation detected peaks can be indicated by blue squares in the diagram Show Peaks Furthermore you can save the evaluation list to a file Save Evaluation List Retrieving Results...

Page 273: ...the first range or the stop frequency of the last range select the appropriate span with the SPAN key If you set a span that is smaller than the overall span of the ranges the measurement includes on...

Page 274: ..._SEM_LINE_REL 0 3 are automatically defined for each power class according to the current Sweep List settings every time the settings change The limit line defined for the current power class is indi...

Page 275: ...ceed the limit are indicated in red and by an asterisk Although a margin functionality is not available for the limit check a margin threshold for the peak values to be displayed in the evaluation lis...

Page 276: ...dBm DL WIBRO UL PowerClass_23_INF xml WiBro TTA 23 INF dBm UL PowerClass_negINF_23 xml WiBro TTA 23 INF dBm UL WIMAX DL ETSI MHz 1 75 MHz 2 00 MHz 3 5 MHz 7 00 MHz 14 00 MHz 28 MHz System_Type_E xml...

Page 277: ...goryA BW_15_0_MHz__CFlower1GHz xml LTE Cat A 1GHz DL EUTRA LTE DL CategoryA BW_20_0_MHz__CFhigher1GHz xm l LTE Cat A 1GHz DL EUTRA LTE DL CategoryA BW_20_0_MHz__CFlower1GHz xml LTE Cat A 1GHz DL EUTRA...

Page 278: ...according to these conventions because the R S ESR can only interpret XML files of a known structure For example files look in the C r_s instr sem_std directory Figure 6 5 Example Spectrum emission ma...

Page 279: ...S ESR uses the same ranges in each power class Therefore the contents of the ranges of each defined power class have to be identical to the first power class An exception are the Start and Stop values...

Page 280: ...Index n StartPower Unit dBm InclusiveFlag true Value StartPowerValue StopPower Unit dBm InclusiveFlag false Value StopPowerValue DefaultLimitFailMode Limit Fail Mode DefaultLimitFailMode Range Index n...

Page 281: ...andard Yes Instrument Type FSL Name of the instrument No Application SA K72 K82 Name of the application No LinkDirection Name Downlink Uplink None Yes ShortName DL UL No Reference Power Yes Method TX...

Page 282: ...ghtingFilter Only if Referen cePower method is TX Channel Power and the range is the ref erence range Type RRC CFilter Type of the weighting filter Yes Roll Off Factor 0 1 Excess bandwidth of the fil...

Page 283: ...dentical in all ranges No Sweep Mode Manual Auto Sweep Time Mode on page 260 Yes Time time in sec Sweep Time on page 260 No Amplitude No ReferenceLevel Value power in dBm Ref Level on page 260 Yes if...

Page 284: ...ine in dB positive value means above the limit limit fail pass 0 fail 1 Fast Spectrum Emission Mask Measurements In order to improve the performance of the R S ESR for spectrum emission mask measureme...

Page 285: ...When the Fast SEM mode is activated the ranges for which these criteria apply are displayed as one single range The sweep time is defined as the sum of the individual sweep times initially but can be...

Page 286: ...The Spurious Emissions measurement defines a measurement that monitors unwan ted RF products outside the assigned frequency band generated by an amplifier The spurious emissions are usually measured...

Page 287: ...to ranges The minimum span of a range is 20 Hz The individual ranges must not overlap but need not directly follow one another The maximum number of ranges is 20 The maximum number of sweep points in...

Page 288: ...n page 286 Which data is dis played in the evaluation list can be defined in the List Evaluation menu see List Evaluation on page 292 The following information is provided in the evaluation list Colum...

Page 289: ...possible to define limit lines for any measurement in Spectrum mode using the Lines key For Spurious measurements however a special limit line is available via the Sweep List and it is strongly recom...

Page 290: ...limit are indicated in red and by an asterisk Although a margin functionality is not available for the limit check a margin threshold for the peak values to be displayed in the evaluation list can be...

Page 291: ...h 200 dB so that initially all peaks are detected In the Spurious menu press List Evaluation Margin and enter a value in dB Only delta values that exceed this margin are displayed in the result table...

Page 292: ...ons regarding spurious emissions configuration see Chap ter 6 1 1 6 Measuring Spurious Emissions on page 283 Range Start Range Stop Sweep List dialog box Sweep List Spurious Emissions Sets the start f...

Page 293: ...the range Remote command SENSe LIST RANGe range SWEep TIME on page 757 Detector Sweep List dialog box Sweep List Spurious Emissions Sets the detector for the range For details refer to Chapter 6 3 1 5...

Page 294: ...ls the span of the range The x axis is linear The unit is dB Remote command SENSe LIST RANGe range TRANsducer on page 757 Limit Check 1 4 Sweep List dialog box Sweep List Spurious Emissions Sets the t...

Page 295: ...to Ranges and Range Settings on page 269 Remote command SENSe LIST RANGe range DELete on page 752 Adjust Ref Lvl span 0 Sweep List Spurious Emissions Adjusts the reference level to the measured total...

Page 296: ...Opens an edit dialog box to enter the number of peaks per range that are stored in the list Once the selected number of peaks has been reached the peak search is stopped in the current range and cont...

Page 297: ...level If the measured channel power is equal to the reference level the signal path cannot be overloaded Remote command SENSe ADJust LEVel on page 830 Adjust X Axis Spurious Emissions Adjusts the fre...

Page 298: ...o be evaluated for the power measurement can be restricted using limit lines The left and right limit lines S1 S2 define the evaluation range and are indicated by vertical red lines in the diagram If...

Page 299: ...or a segment thereof The linear mean value of the equivalent voltages is calculated This can be used for instance to measure the mean power during a GSM burst Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m FUNC...

Page 300: ...antenna or the rotation of the DUT Covering all test setups with one of the slow EMI weighting detectors over the required frequency range would lead to unacceptable measurement times Splitting the m...

Page 301: ...idth should cover at least one sweep point more is better If this condition is not met signals or interferences could be missed during final evaluation of narrowband interferers Example Linear axis In...

Page 302: ...the number of markers you have turned on You can use up to 16 markers simultaneously The first marker is always on the most powerful peak while the last marker is always on the least powerful peak If...

Page 303: ...nly at the critical frequency The application also allows you to use multiple detectors for the final evaluation The advantage of multiple detection is that you will only need one test run to see if t...

Page 304: ...e BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE on page 671 Res BW CISPR CISPR 6 dB Selects the measurement bandwidth for commercial EMC standards according to CISPR If you select the bandwidth with the Res BW CIS...

Page 305: ...arder to distinguish Because it shows the lower frequencies more clearly logarithmic scaling is used for tests that focus on those frequencies for example acoustic tests and measurements Remote comman...

Page 306: ...elements of the user interface Auto Peak Search Turns the automatic marker peak search on and off For more information see Performing a Peak Search on page 299 Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m FUNC...

Page 307: ...a markers show signal levels in relation to another normal marker by default in relation to the first marker If necessary you can still change the reference marker in the Ref column In the diagram are...

Page 308: ...n MARKer m FUNCtion FMEasurement PSEarch AUTO on page 781 Dwell time CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FMEasurement DWELl on page 780 All marker off CALCulate n MARKer m AOFF on page 691 CALCulate n DELTa...

Page 309: ...MI measurement marker Limit Shows the distance of the marker level to all active limit lines The order of results depends on the order in that you have loaded the limit lines and is the same as the or...

Page 310: ...frequency The amplitude of the disturbance is expressed in terms of the corresponding field strength or voltage at the receiver input The APD is measured at the output of the envelope detector Theref...

Page 311: ...measurable probability 10 7 10 7 Amplitude level assignment min 2 amplitude levels with a res olution of 0 25 dB or better 691 levels with a resolution of 0 145 dB Sampling rate 10 MSamples using an...

Page 312: ...e lowest level The second picture shows the corresponding CISPR APD function Here the x axis represents the disturbance levels in dBm The scale of the axis is arbitrary By default its range is a 100 o...

Page 313: ...ation Center frequency 200 MHz Span Zero span 0 Hz Unit dBm Reference Level 10 dBm Attenuation 20 dB RBW 1 MHz EMI VBW 10 MHz Sweep time 100 ms Detector Auto Peak All other settings are in their defau...

Page 314: ...corresponds to the peak level that has been measured in spec trum mode Softkeys for CISPR APD Measurements Functions to configure CISPR APD measurements described elsewhere Percent Marker on page 322...

Page 315: ...asurements Digital modulated signals are similar to white noise within the transmit channel but are different in their amplitude distribution In order to transmit the modulated signal without distorti...

Page 316: ...on of the signal therefore cannot be determined Selecting the number of samples For statistics measurements with the R S ESR the number of samples to be mea sured is defined instead of the sweep time...

Page 317: ...played trace Mean amplitude Peak amplitude Crest factor Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function CCDF The Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function CCDF shows the probability that the mean...

Page 318: ...he displayed amplitude range is indicated as Mean Pwr x dB In addition to the histogram a result table is displayed containing the following informa tion Number of samples used for calculation For eac...

Page 319: ...ctivates the function to measure the amplitude probability density APD and opens a submenu For general information on calculating signal statistics see Chapter 6 1 1 10 Calculat ing Signal Amplitude S...

Page 320: ...evel on page 352 For the APD function this value is mapped to the right diagram border For the CCDF function there is no direct representation of this value on the diagram as the x axis is scaled rela...

Page 321: ...ge 668 Display range DISP WIND TRAC Y 5DB see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe on page 844 Range Log 1 dB x Axis Range Scaling APD Sets the level display range to 1 dB Remote command Logarithmic scali...

Page 322: ...displayed probability range Values on the y axis are normalized which means that the maximum value is 1 0 The y axis scaling is defined via the y Unit Abs softkey The distance between max and min valu...

Page 323: ...AUTO ONCE on page 797 Gated Trigger On Off APD Activates and deactivates the gating for statistics functions for the ACP and the CCDF channel The trigger source is changed to EXTERN if this function...

Page 324: ...in imum power for APD measurement or peak and mean power for CCDF measurement in order to obtain maximum power resolution Adjusts the reference level to the current input signal For details see also t...

Page 325: ...switched on automatically As all markers the percent marker can be moved simply by touching it with a finger or mouse cursor and dragging it to the desired position Remote command CALCulate n MARKer...

Page 326: ...istics SCALe X RLEVel on page 798 x Axis Range Scaling CCDF Opens the Range submenu to select a value for the level range to be covered by the statistics measurement selected Remote command CALCulate...

Page 327: ...C LOG see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SPACing on page 668 Display range DISP WIND TRAC Y 1DB see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe on page 844 Range Log Manual x Axis Range Scaling CCDF Opens an edit di...

Page 328: ...n value must be at least one decade Remote command CALCulate n STATistics SCALe Y UPPer on page 799 y Axis Min Value Scaling CCDF Opens an edit dialog box to define the lower limit of the displayed pr...

Page 329: ...e gate ranges are defined using the Gate Ranges on page 320 softkey Remote command SENSe SWEep EGATe on page 841 SENSe SWEep EGATe SOURce on page 842 Gate Ranges CCDF Opens a dialog to configure up to...

Page 330: ...also the Adjust Ref Lvl softkey Remote command CALCulate n STATistics SCALe AUTO ONCE on page 797 Defining Gated Triggering for APD and CCDF Statistic measurements on pulsed signals can be performed u...

Page 331: ...of the period to be analyzed in the Period field Note The period is the same for all traces If you change the period for one trace it is automatically changed for all traces Make sure the defined per...

Page 332: ...maller than the length of the period 8 To define further ranges for the same period in the same trace repeat steps 5 7 for the same trace To define further ranges for the same period in a different tr...

Page 333: ...intercept point is measured using the TOI softkey see TOI on page 224 About TOI Measurement If several signals are applied to a transmission two port device with nonlinear charac teristic intermodulat...

Page 334: ...the 2nd harmonic of useful signal PU1 and signal PU2 fi1 2 fu1 fu2 6 fi2 2 fu2 fu1 7 Dependency on level of useful signals The level of the intermodulation products depends on the level of the useful...

Page 335: ...The intermodulation products of the third order increase three times as much as the useful signals The intercept point is the fictitious level where the two lines intersect It cannot be measured dire...

Page 336: ...n the range that is required Since phase noise decreases as the carrier offset increases its influence decreases with increasing frequency offset from the useful signals The following diagrams illustr...

Page 337: ...the intermodulation products sep arately using a small span The measurement time will be reduced in particular if the offset of the useful signals is large To find signals reliably when frequency spa...

Page 338: ...6 Marker Norm Delta TOI The Marker X softkey activates the corresponding marker and opens an edit dialog box to enter a value for the marker to be set to Pressing the softkey again deactivates the sel...

Page 339: ...values is used for AM modulation depth cal culation A remote control programming example is described in Chapter 11 17 2 3 Measuring the AM Modulation Depth on page 1008 and an example of how to perfo...

Page 340: ...ers 2 to 16 are delta markers that refer to marker 1 These markers can be converted into markers with absolute value display using the Marker Norm Delta softkey If marker 1 is the active marker press...

Page 341: ...the fundamental wave must be selec tively attenuated with respect to the other harmonics with a high pass filter Obtainable dynamic range When harmonics are being measured the obtainable dynamic range...

Page 342: ...ng to 2 is At a resolution bandwidth of 10 Hz noise level 143 dBm S H I 40 dBm the opti mum mixer level is 51 5 dBm According to 1 a maximum measurable harmonic dis tortion of 91 5 dB minus a minimum...

Page 343: ...ements Harmonic Distortion 340 No of Harmonics 341 Harmonic Sweep Time 341 Harmonic RBW Auto 341 Adjust Settings 341 Harmonic Distortion Opens a submenu to determine the settings for harmonics measure...

Page 344: ...frequency search in the frequency range that was set before starting the harmonic measurement if harmonic measurement was with span 0 and adjusts the level Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion...

Page 345: ...urther information Chapter 6 2 1 2 Initial Configuration on page 343 Task Chapter 6 2 1 1 Presetting the Instrument on page 342 6 2 1 1 Presetting the Instrument 1 Define the data set for the presetti...

Page 346: ...and Recalling Settings Files SAVE RCL Key on page 529 Table 6 5 Initial configuration Parameter Setting mode Spectrum sweep mode auto center frequency fmax 2 center frequency step size 0 1 span span...

Page 347: ...and Stop Frequency on page 348 Chapter 6 2 2 3 Specifying the Frequency Axis by the Center Frequency and the Span on page 348 Chapter 6 2 2 4 Specifying the Step Size for the Arrow Keys and the Rotary...

Page 348: ...rotary knob the center frequency changes in steps of 10 of the Center Frequency Stepsize The step size can be set to a fraction of the span span 0 or a fraction of the resolu tion bandwidth span 0 or...

Page 349: ...EQuency CENTer STEP LINK on page 823 x RBW span 0 CF Stepsize Opens an edit dialog box to set the step size for the center frequency as a percentage of the resolution bandwidth Values between 1 and 10...

Page 350: ...to enter a frequency offset that shifts the displayed frequency range by the specified offset The softkey indicates the current frequency offset The allowed values range from 100 GHz to 100 GHz The d...

Page 351: ...Select Trace span 0 Signal Track span 0 Opens an edit dialog box to select the trace on which the signal is tracked Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion STRack TRACe on page 827 6 2 2 2 Speci...

Page 352: ...d value The step size of the rotary knob is always 10 of it 6 2 2 5 Modifying the Frequency Axis by an Offset Press the Frequency Offset softkey and enter the offset to shift the displayed fre quency...

Page 353: ...st Span on page 180 Full Span on page 180 Span Manual 350 Zero Span 350 Span Manual Opens an edit dialog box to enter the frequency span The center frequency remains the same when you change the span...

Page 354: ...cifying the Amplitude on page 356 6 2 4 1 Softkeys of the Amplitude Menu The following table shows all softkeys available in the Amplitude menu It is possible that your instrument configuration does n...

Page 355: ...ay range of the level axis Range Log 100 dB Range Log 50 dB Range Log 10 dB Range Log 5 dB Range Log 1 dB Range Log Manual Range Linear Range Lin Unit Range Log 100 dB Range Sets the level display ran...

Page 356: ...LOG see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SPACing on page 668 Display range DISP WIND TRAC Y 1DB see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe on page 844 Range Log Manual Range Opens an edit dialog box to define th...

Page 357: ...layed at a power of 1 mW dBm Via the known input impe dance 50 or 75 conversion to other units is possible The following units are available and directly convertible dBm dBmV dB V dB A dBpW Volt Amper...

Page 358: ...y WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe MODE on page 844 Noise Correction If activated the results are corrected by the instrument s inherent noise which increa ses the dynamic range ON A reference measurement of...

Page 359: ...using the Ref Level Position and or Grid Abs Rel softkeys see Ref Level Position on page 355 and Grid Abs Rel on page 355 4 Set the attenuation using the RF Atten Manual or RF Atten Auto see RF Atten...

Page 360: ...urement is com pleted the original trigger source is restored The trigger level is adjusted as fol lows For IF Power and RF Power triggers Trigger Level Reference Level 15 dB For Video trigger Trigger...

Page 361: ...urement is used to determine the optimal reference level automatically see the Auto Level softkey Auto Level on page 358 The default value is 1 ms Remote command SENSe ADJust CONFigure LEVel DURation...

Page 362: ...e filters Channel filters or RRC filters In this case sweep mode is used Remote command SWE TYPE FFT see SENSe SWEep TYPE on page 835 Auto Sweep Type Automatically sets the fastest available Sweep Typ...

Page 363: ...age 367 Table 6 6 Tasks Chapter 6 2 6 2 Specifying the Bandwidth on page 366 Chapter 6 2 6 3 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type on page 366 6 2 6 1 Softkeys of the Bandwidth Menu The following tabl...

Page 364: ...channel bar When measuring Spurious Emissions using this softkey automatically opens the Sweep List dialog see Sweep List dialog box on page 289 Remote command SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO...

Page 365: ...eo bandwidths result in longer sweep times due to the lon ger settling time Wide bandwidths reduce the signal noise ratio Remote command SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo AUTO on page 832 Sweeptime Manual...

Page 366: ...sible methods of sweep ing Sweep on page 359 FFT on page 359 not available with 5 Pole filters channel filters or RRC filters see Chapter 6 2 6 3 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type on page 366 Auto...

Page 367: ...ne 1 1 Coupling Ratio Sets the following coupling ratio video bandwidth resolution bandwidth This is the default setting for the coupling ratio resolution bandwidth video bandwidth This is the couplin...

Page 368: ...pling Ratio Sets the following coupling ratio resolution bandwidth span 100 This coupling ratio is the default setting of the R S ESR This setting takes effect if you define the resolution bandwidth a...

Page 369: ...or Video BW Auto softkey 3 Set the sweep time using the Sweeptime Manual or Sweeptime Auto softkey 4 Press the Filter Type softkey and select the appropriate filters 6 2 6 3 Selecting the Appropriate...

Page 370: ...RRC and Channel Filters For power measurement a number of especially steep edged channel filters are availa ble see the following table The indicated filter bandwidth is the 3 dB bandwidth For RRC fil...

Page 371: ...C 24 3 kHz a 0 35 RRC IS 136 25 kHz CFILter APCO 25 P2 30 kHz CFILter CDPD CDMAone 50 kHz CFILter 100 kHz CFILter 150 kHz CFILter FM Radio 192 kHz CFILter PHS 200 kHz CFILter GSM 300 kHz CFILter 500 k...

Page 372: ...6 2 7 2 Specifying the Sweep Settings on page 374 6 2 7 1 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu The following table shows all softkeys available in the Sweep menu It is possible that your instrument configurati...

Page 373: ...configuration refer to Chapter 6 3 1 Trace Configuration on page 387 Remote command INITiate n CONMeas on page 833 Sweeptime Manual Opens an edit dialog box to enter the sweep time Sweep time absolut...

Page 374: ...le for the I Q analyzer In frequency sweep mode the analyzer provides several possible methods of sweep ing Sweep on page 359 FFT on page 359 not available with 5 Pole filters channel filters or RRC f...

Page 375: ...32767 are allowed If the values 0 or 1 are set one sweep is performed The sweep count is applied to all the traces in a diagram If the trace configurations Average Max Hold or Min Hold are set the swe...

Page 376: ...ram measurements only Determines whether the results of the last measurement are deleted before starting a new measurement On Repeats the single sweep measurement without deleting the spectrogram resu...

Page 377: ...points 5 Press the Continuous Sweep or Single Sweep softkey to select the sweep mode 6 Press the Continue Single Sweep softkey to repeat the single sweep 6 2 8 Triggering the Sweep TRIG Key The TRIG k...

Page 378: ...to select the trigger gate mode As gate modes all modes except Power Sensor are available For details see also Chapter 6 2 8 3 Using Gated Sweep Operation on page 381 The default setting is Free Run...

Page 379: ...in the following range 24dBm RF Att Triggerlevel 5dBm RF Att max 30 dBm for Preamp OFF 40dBm RF Att Triggerlevel 11dBm RF Att max 30 dBm for Preamp ON with 500 MHz InputSignal 7 GHz Note If input valu...

Page 380: ...command TRIG SOUR TIMETRIGger n SEQuence SOURce on page 839 Trg Gate Level Opens an edit dialog box to enter the trigger gate level For details see also Chapter 6 2 8 3 Using Gated Sweep Operation on...

Page 381: ...pens an edit dialog box to define a repetition interval in which the measurement is triggered The shortest interval is 2 ms This softkey is only available if the trigger source Time is selected see Ti...

Page 382: ...ey is not available For details also see Chapter 6 2 8 3 Using Gated Sweep Operation on page 381 Gate Mode Lvl Edge Gate Settings Sets the gate mode As settings level triggered or edge triggered gate...

Page 383: ...to obtain a higher resolu tion for positioning gate delay and gate length When leaving the Gate Settings sub menu the original sweep time is retrieved For details also see Chapter 6 2 8 3 Using Gated...

Page 384: ...ed versus time 1 Press the Gate Settings softkey to define the settings of the gate mode At the center frequency a transition to zero span is made and the time parameters gate delay and gate length ar...

Page 385: ...Spectrum Measurements R S ESR 382 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Figure 6 14 TDMA signal with GATE OFF Figure 6 15 Timing diagram for GATE GATE DELAY and GATE LENGTH Configuration...

Page 386: ...nput Output Menu The following table shows all softkeys available in the Input Output menu It is possi ble that your instrument configuration does not provide all softkeys If a softkey is only availab...

Page 387: ...F Video output When you turn on the output you can select to output either the intermediate fre quency or the video signal Note Video output does not return valid values in IQ or FFT mode Remote comma...

Page 388: ...n be performed when the button is pressed By default when you press the probe s micro button the R S ESR is set to single sweep mode and a single sweep is performed This allows you to start a measurem...

Page 389: ...ith the probe Place the probe on the required position on the test equipment then press the micro button on the probe to perform a single sweep measurement Probe Configuration Principally the probe is...

Page 390: ...D PARTnumber on page 821 Micro Button Action Defines which action is taken when the probe s micro button is pressed RunSingle A single sweep is performed No Action No action is taken Remote command PR...

Page 391: ...To open the Trace menu Press the TRACE key The Trace menu is displayed The Trace Configuration dialog box is displayed Menu and softkey description Chapter 6 3 1 1 Softkeys of the Trace Menu on page 3...

Page 392: ...Trace 2 Trace 3 Trace 4 Trace 5 Trace 6 Selects the active trace 1 2 3 4 5 6 and opens the Trace Mode submenu for the selected trace In the default state trace 1 is in Clear Write mode The other trac...

Page 393: ...page 683 Average Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Trace 4 Trace 5 Trace 6 The average is formed over several sweeps The Sweep Count determines the number of averaging procedures All available detectors can be...

Page 394: ...nd DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t MODE HCONtinuous on page 849 Detector Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Trace 4 Trace 5 Trace 6 Opens a submenu to select the detector manually or activate automatic selection Note W...

Page 395: ...ctor Remote command DET NEG see SENSe WINDow DETector trace FUNCtion on page 853 Sample Detector Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Trace 4 Trace 5 Trace 6 Selects the Sample detector Remote command DET SAMP see...

Page 396: ...the selection of linear averaging The trace data is converted to linear values prior to averaging then averaged and reconverted to loga rithmic values After these conversions the data is displayed on...

Page 397: ...int defined with the Trace Math Position softkey The following subtractions can be performed T1 T1 T2 Subtracts trace 2 from trace 1 T1 T1 T3 Subtracts trace 3 from trace 1 T1 T1 T4 Subtracts trace 4...

Page 398: ...in W Remote command CALC MATH MODE POW see CALCulate n MATH MODE on page 848 Trace Math Position Opens an edit dialog box to define the zero point in of the diagram height The range of values extends...

Page 399: ...see Auto Select softkey If activated the Trace Detector setting is ignored Trace Detector Defines a specific trace detector If one of the following settings is defined the Detector Auto Select option...

Page 400: ...page 399 4 To change the sweep count setting which also determines trace averaging press the Sweep Count softkey 5 To deactivate the reset of the traces in Min Hold and Max Hold mode after some speci...

Page 401: ...r of sweeps is performed The average trace n is calculated at each measurement point according to Figure 6 17 Equation 1 with Avg average trace Curr current trace Until the first statistics cycle is c...

Page 402: ...bandwidth This ensures that the oscil lator step speed is conform to the hardware settling times and does not affect the pre cision of the measured power The number of measured values taken during a s...

Page 403: ...on provided when you export a single trace Green font Information provided when you export all traces Black font Information provided regardless of the export mode Scale of the x axis Unit of the x ax...

Page 404: ...000 Reference position Header Blue font Information provided when you export a single trace Green font Information provided when you export all traces Black font Information provided regardless of the...

Page 405: ...e Spectrum mode support a spectrogram result display Menus and softkeys The main menu of the Spectrogram result display is part of the Trace menu in Spec trum mode For more information see Some specia...

Page 406: ...s updated continuously You can also restore the trace to a point that has already been recorded by selecting a specific frame see Select Frame on page 373 This is possible in Single Sweep mode or if t...

Page 407: ...p The maximum value is on the right of the map You can also change the color scheme in use see Color Mapping The colors corresponding to the power levels however are always assigned automatically Mark...

Page 408: ...instrument configuration does not provide all softkeys If a softkey is only available with a special option model or measurement mode this information is delivered in the corresponding softkey descrip...

Page 409: ...the sweep When active the time stamp replaces the display of the frame number Remote command CALCulate n SGRam TSTamp STATe on page 858 Clear Spectrogram Spectrogram Resets the Spectrogram result disp...

Page 410: ...r value is changed via the rotary knob Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 Marker 16 Marker Norm Delta softkeys see Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 Marker 16 Marker Norm Delta on page 201 If more measured values th...

Page 411: ...position The link is off by default You can set the two markers on different traces to measure the difference e g between a max hold trace and a min hold trace or between a measurement and a ref erenc...

Page 412: ...and level of the marker are displayed in relation to marker 1 in the marker field To change the marker type of a marker select the softkey for the corresponding marker then press the Marker 1 Marker...

Page 413: ...r the index indicates the trace to which the marker is assigned Example M1 1 defines marker 1 on trace 1 For more than 2 markers a separate marker table is displayed beneath the diagram If applicable...

Page 414: ...cy time value is dis played Menu and softkey description Softkeys of the Marker To Menu on page 411 Further information Effect of Different Peak Excursion Settings Example on page 414 Tasks Searching...

Page 415: ...tic peak search action for marker 1 at the end of each particular sweep This function may be used during adjustments of a device under test to keep track of the current peak marker position and level...

Page 416: ...ne the lower limit press the Left Limit softkey To define the upper limit press the Right Limit softkey To define the threshold press the Threshold softkey To switch the search limits off press the Se...

Page 417: ...erent noise of the instrument To avoid identifying noise peaks as maxima or minima enter a peak excursion value that is higher than the difference between the highest and the lowest value mea sured fo...

Page 418: ...ethods apart from signal 1 signal 2 is detected as the signal level decreases at least by 29 85 dB to either side of this signal which is now greater than the peak excursion Next lower maximum Next re...

Page 419: ...426 Measurement example for Phase Noise Auto Peak Search on page 428 Tasks Setting a Fixed Reference Point Phase Noise Measurement on page 425 Setting the Demodulation Mode and Duration on page 425 Pe...

Page 420: ...ct one of 16 markers and define whether the marker is a nor mal or a delta marker see Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 Marker 16 Marker Norm Delta on page 201 No indicates the number of the currently active...

Page 421: ...is acti vated its position becomes the reference point for the measurement Deltamarker 2 is activated and can be used to read out the phase noise value at a given frequency offset Remote command CALCu...

Page 422: ...s of the reference marker marker 1 as reference point for the delta markers level and frequency or time are set to fixed values and used as reference point Ref Fixed On Off Ref Fixed Switches the rela...

Page 423: ...n on page 425 Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion DEModulation STATe on page 875 AM Marker Demod Sets AM as the output demodulation mode This is the default setting For more information see A...

Page 424: ...elch level is indicated by a red line in the diagram Remote command SENSe DEMod SQUelch LEVel on page 648 n dB down Opens an edit dialog box to enter a value to define the level spacing of the two tem...

Page 425: ...vel Response values are given In addition the peaks are indicated in the trace display A maximum of 50 entries are listed Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FPEaks COUNt on page 880 CALCulat...

Page 426: ...MARKer m X SLIMits RIGHT on page 689 Threshold Marker Peak List Opens an edit dialog box to define the threshold line The threshold line represents the lower level limit for a Peak search and the upp...

Page 427: ...yzer but only for Spec trum displays see Display Config on page 460 For more information see Performing Band Power Measurements on page 428 Select Marker No Band Power Opens a submenu to select one of...

Page 428: ...ference point proceed as follows a Press the Ref Fixed softkey b Press the Ref Point Level softkey and enter a reference level value c If span 0 press the Ref Point Frequency span 0 Ref Point Time zer...

Page 429: ...spective of the set span the frequency counter delivers a more exact result than a measurement performed with a marker This is due to the fol lowing The marker measures only the position of the point...

Page 430: ...to stabilize the measured values With RMS detector used trace averaging must not be used since in this case it produces too low noise levels which cannot be corrected Instead the sweep time can be in...

Page 431: ...he maximum of the displayed trace 6 PHASE NOISE 800 kHz The phase noise measurement is switched on The delta marker is positioned on the main marker and the measured phase noise value is displayed in...

Page 432: ...mode for the marker trace is set to AutoSelect the RMS detector is used 1 In the MKR FUNC menu press Band Power 2 In the Band Power menu press Span and enter the width of the band around the marker fo...

Page 433: ...d upon an Existing Limit Line on page 219 Chapter 5 4 3 9 Activating Deactivating a Limit Line on page 220 6 4 Advanced Measurement Examples This chapter explains how to operate the R S ESR in spectru...

Page 434: ...ess the SETUP key c Press the Service softkey d Press the Input RF Cal softkey until RF is highlighted The internal signal path of the R S ESR is switched back to the RF input in order to resume norma...

Page 435: ...step size for the center frequency is now equal to the marker frequency 6 Set the center frequency to the second harmonic of the signal a Press the FREQ key b Press the UPARROW key once The center fr...

Page 436: ...propriate Resolution Bandwidth A basic feature of a signal analyzer is being able to separate the spectral components of a mixture of signals The resolution at which the individual components can be s...

Page 437: ...me span The sweep time has to allow the resolution filters to settle during a sweep at all signal levels and frequencies to be displayed 6 4 3 2 Intermodulation Measurements If several signals are app...

Page 438: ...lation using the 3rd order intercept TOI measurement func tion 1 Press the MEAS key and then the TOI softkey The R S ESR activates four markers to measure the intermodulation distance Two markers are...

Page 439: ...R S ESR s intrinsic intermodulation products disappear below the noise floor 6 4 4 Measuring Signals in the Vicinity of Noise The minimum signal level a signal analyzer can measure is limited by its...

Page 440: ...derably smaller than the resolution bandwidth noise spikes are suppressed i e the trace becomes much smoother The level of a sine wave signal is not influenced by the video bandwidth A sine wave signa...

Page 441: ...b Press the SPAN key and enter 100 MHz Figure 6 25 Sine wave signal with low S N ratio The signal is measured with the auto peak detector and is completely hidden in the intrinsic noise of the R S ESR...

Page 442: ...RF signal there fore can be more clearly distinguished from noise Figure 6 26 RF sine wave signal with low S N ratio if the trace is averaged 4 Instead of trace averaging a video filter that is narrow...

Page 443: ...oftkey and enter 10 kHz The RF signal can be more clearly distinguished from noise Figure 6 27 RF sine wave signal with low S N ratio if a smaller video bandwidth is selected 5 By reducing the resolut...

Page 444: ...l be noisier Figure 6 28 Reference signal at a smaller resolution bandwidth 6 4 5 Noise Measurements Noise measurements play an important role in signal analysis Noise e g affects the sensitivity of r...

Page 445: ...ate 2 Set the center frequency to 1 234 GHz and the span to 1 MHz a Press the FREQ key and enter 1 234 GHz b Press the SPAN key and enter 1 MHz 3 Switch on the marker and set the marker frequency to 1...

Page 446: ...ted by 10 log RBWnoise with RBWnoise being the power bandwidth of the selected resolution filter RBW Detector selection The noise power density is measured in the default setting with the sample detec...

Page 447: ...By means of the following diagram the noise level of the DUT can be estimated from the level difference between the total and the internal noise level Figure 6 29 Correction factor for measured noise...

Page 448: ...R S ESR is in its default state 2 Set the center frequency to 1 GHz and the span to 1 MHz 3 To obtain maximum sensitivity set RF attenuation on the R S ESR to 0 dB 4 Set the Sweep Type to Sweep 5 Swit...

Page 449: ...MHz channel bandwidth 6 Stabilize the measurement result by increasing the sweep time In the Ch Power ACLR menu press the Sweep Time softkey and enter 1 s The trace becomes much smoother because of th...

Page 450: ...e softkey The R S ESR activates phase noise measurement Marker 1 main marker and marker 2 delta marker are positioned on the signal maximum The posi tion of the marker is the reference level and frequ...

Page 451: ...l power could be measured at highest accuracy with a power meter its low selectivity means that it is not suitable for measuring adja cent channel power as an absolute value or relative to the transmi...

Page 452: ...ith a resolution bandwidth that is less than the channel bandwidth and integrates the level values of the trace versus the channel bandwidth This method is described in Measurement Example Measuring t...

Page 453: ...l The spectrum is dis played in the upper part of the screen the numeric values of the results and the channel configuration in the lower part of the screen The various channels are rep resented by ve...

Page 454: ...2000 1x signal Measurement Example 2 Measuring Adjacent Channel Power of a W CDMA Uplink Signal Test setup Signal generator settings e g R S SMW Frequency 1950 MHz Level 4 dBm Modulation 3 GPP W CDMA...

Page 455: ...dth and the detector are automatically set to the correct values The spectrum is displayed in the upper part of the screen and the channel power the level ratios of the adjacent chan nel powers and th...

Page 456: ...as channel filter Figure 6 34 Measuring the adjacent channel power of a W CDMA signal with the fast ACLR mode Optimum Level Setting for ACP Measurements on W CDMA Signals The dynamic range for ACPR m...

Page 457: ...steps with the 5 dB RF attenuator the optimum 10 dB range spreads from 17 dBm to 22 dBm In this range the obtainable dynamic range with noise correction is 77 dB To set the attenuation parameter manu...

Page 458: ...wer that has a specified probability of being exceeded e g 0 01 To measure the amplitude distribution the R S ESR has simple measurement func tions to determine both the APD Amplitude Probability Dist...

Page 459: ...User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Figure 6 36 Amplitude probability distribution of white noise 3 Switch to the CCDF display mode a Press the UP key b Press the CCDF softkey The CCDF display mode is switche...

Page 460: ...ace indicates the probability that a level will exceed the mean power The level above the mean power is plotted along the x axis of the graph The origin of the axis corresponds to the mean power level...

Page 461: ...UT OUTPUT Key on page 383 The Marker menu is identical to the one in Spectrum mode for display modes Magni tude Real Imag and Spectrum except for Marker Zoom see Display Config on page 460 For the oth...

Page 462: ...f 460 Data Acquisition 460 Sample Rate 460 Filter BW 460 Meas Time 460 Record Length 460 Display Config 460 C N C No 462 C N 463 C No 463 Channel Bandwidth 463 Adjust Settings 463 I Q Analyzer Starts...

Page 463: ...s Time Data Acquisition I Q Analyzer Defines the I Q acquisition time By default the measurement time is calculated as the number of I Q samples Record Length divided by the sample rate If you change...

Page 464: ...alyzer R S ESR 461 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Magnitude Shows the values in time domain Spectrum Displays the frequency spectrum of the captured I Q samples Softkeys and Parameters of the I Q Analyze...

Page 465: ...line Real Imag I Q Displays the I and Q values in separate diagrams Remote command CALCulate n FORMat on page 888 C N C No I Q Analyzer Opens a submenu to configure the carrier noise ratio measurement...

Page 466: ...1 is activated The measurement is performed on the trace that marker 1 is assigned to To shift marker 1 and measure another trace use the Marker to Trace softkey in the Marker To menu Remote command...

Page 467: ...og 100 dB 465 Range Log 50 dB 465 Range Log 10 dB 465 Range Log 5 dB 466 Range Log 1 dB 466 Range Log Manual 466 Range Linear 466 Range Lin Unit 466 Unit 467 Preamp On Off 467 RF Atten Auto 467 Ref Le...

Page 468: ...he level display range to 100 dB Remote command Logarithmic scaling DISP WIND TRAC Y SPAC LOG see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SPACing on page 668 Display range DISP WIND TRAC Y 100DB see DISPlay WINDow...

Page 469: ...mote command Logarithmic scaling DISP WIND TRAC Y SPAC LOG see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SPACing on page 668 Display range DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe on page 844 Range Linear Range Selects line...

Page 470: ...Ampere Watt Remote command CALCulate n UNIT POWer on page 844 Preamp On Off Switches the preamplifier on and off Remote command INPut GAIN STATe on page 669 RF Atten Auto Sets the RF attenuation autom...

Page 471: ...If activated the results are corrected by the instrument s inherent noise which increa ses the dynamic range ON A reference measurement of the instrument s inherent noise is carried out The noise pow...

Page 472: ...able Search Settings Opens a dialog box to define which data is used for marker search functions Note The search settings apply to all markers not only the currently selected one Search Real Marker se...

Page 473: ...ered Once a measurement is completed another is started immediately Remote command TRIG SOUR IMM see TRIGger n SEQuence SOURce on page 839 External Trg Gate Source Defines triggering via a TTL signal...

Page 474: ...triggering of the measurement using the second intermediate frequency For this purpose the R S ESR uses a level detector at the second intermediate fre quency The available trigger levels depend on t...

Page 475: ...lapsed Neg Edge triggering the sweep is continued on a 0 to 1 transition for the gate length duration after the gate delay time has elapsed Remote command TRIGger n SEQuence SLOPe on page 839 SENSe SW...

Page 476: ...oldoff Defines the value for the trigger holdoff The holdoff value in s is the time which must pass before triggering in case another trigger event happens This softkey is only available if IFPower RF...

Page 477: ...d for accurate analysis by the R S ESR For the I Q data acquisition digital decimation filters are used internally The passband of these digital filters determines the maximum usable I Q bandwidth In...

Page 478: ...I Q Analyzer R S ESR 475 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Figure 7 2 Relation between maximum usable bandwidth and sample rate RF input Working with I Q Data...

Page 479: ...this case Menu and softkey description Chapter 8 1 Softkeys of the Tracking Generator Menu on page 476 Further information 8 1 Softkeys of the Tracking Generator Menu The Tracking Generator menu is di...

Page 480: ...n for transmission and reflection measurement for tracking generators For details on the test setups see Chapter 8 4 2 Calibrating for transmission and reflection measurement on page 493 Calibrate Tra...

Page 481: ...Normalization on page 494 Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RPOSition on page 846 Reference Value Source Cal Opens an edit dialog box to enter a position value that shifts the reference...

Page 482: ...modulation of the tracking generator output signal The modulation signal is applied to the TG IN I AM connector An input voltage of 1 V corresponds to 100 amplitude modulation Switching on an externa...

Page 483: ...Displayed Information and Errors on page 500 The start power can be set between 30 dBm and 0 dBm The stop value can also be be set between 30 dBm and 0 dBm and may be smaller than the start value The...

Page 484: ...ording of measured values is possible For generators with a TTL interface a list of the frequencies to be set is entered into the generator before the beginning of the first sweep Then the sweep is st...

Page 485: ...and R S SMU require the following firmware versions R S SMA V2 10 x or higher R S SMU V1 10 or higher Generator Interface Type Generator Min Freq Generator Max Freq Generator Min Power dBm Generator...

Page 486: ...0 kHz 6 4 GHz 144 10 SML01 GPIB 9 kHz 1 1 GHz 140 13 SML02 GPIB 9 kHz 2 2 GHz 140 13 SML03 GPIB 9 kHz 3 3 GHz 140 13 SMR20 TTL 1 GHz 20 GHz 130 2 11 2 SMR20B111 TTL 10 MHz 20 GHz 130 2 13 2 SMR27 TTL...

Page 487: ...U03 TTL 100 kHz 3 GHz 145 13 SMU03B31 TTL 100 kHz 3 GHz 145 19 SMU04 TTL 100 kHz 4 GHz 145 13 SMU04B31 TTL 100 kHz 4 GHz 145 19 SMU06 TTL 100 kHz 6 GHz 145 13 SMU06B31 TTL 100 kHz 6 GHz 145 19 SMW20 T...

Page 488: ...ators The Tracking Generator Configuration dialog box is opened via the Source Config softkey in the Tracking Generator menu This dialox box allows you to define measurement settings as well as connec...

Page 489: ...lt output power is 20 dBm The range is specified in the data sheet Remote command SOURce n POWer LEVel IMMediate AMPLitude on page 905 Power Offset Constant level offset for the tracking generator Val...

Page 490: ...Result Frequency Start For reference only The start frequency for the generator calculated from the config ured generator frequency and the start value defined for the analyzer Result Frequency Stop F...

Page 491: ...s selected To acti vate the currently selected generator click the Source RF On softkey Source Frequency Coupling Enables or disables frequency coupling between the analyzer and the generator Auto Def...

Page 492: ...may differ from the input from the analyzer The RF frequency may be multiplied by a specified factor or a frequency offset can be added or both Note The input for the generator frequency is not valida...

Page 493: ...MHz Numerator Denominator 1 FGeneratorStart 200 MHz FGeneratorStop 100 MHz If the offset is adjusted so that the sweep of the generator crosses the minimum gener ator frequency a message is displayed...

Page 494: ...e allows for considerably higher measurement rates than pure GPIB control because the frequency stepping of the R S ESR is directly coupled with the frequency stepping of the generator Remote command...

Page 495: ...for measuring the reference curve are included in the reference dataset Even with normalization switched on the instrument settings can be changed in a wide area without stopping the normalization Th...

Page 496: ...status line Overloading can be avoided as follows Reducing the output level of the tracking generator Source Config on page 481 softkey in the Tracking Generator menu Increasing the reference level R...

Page 497: ...e R S ESR is fed from the output of the DUT A calibration can be carried out to compensate for the effects of the test setup e g frequency response of connecting cables Figure 8 3 Test setup for trans...

Page 498: ...Tracking Generator R S ESR 495 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Figure 8 5 Normalized display CORR ON see SENSe CORRection STATe on page 902 Tracking Generator Functions...

Page 499: ...R 496 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Figure 8 6 Normalized measurement shifted with Reference Value Position 50 DISP WIND TRAC Y RPOS 10PCT see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RPOSition on page 846 Trac...

Page 500: ...0 After the reference line has been shifted by entering 10 dB as the Reference Value on page 478 deviations from the nominal value can be displayed with high resolution e g 2 dB Div The absolute measu...

Page 501: ...can be influenced by means of external signals input voltage range 1 V to 1 V Two BNC connectors at the rear panel are available as signal inputs Their function changes depending on the selected modul...

Page 502: ...ator output signal The modulation frequency range is 1 kHz to 100 kHz the deviation can be set in 1 decade steps in the range of 100 Hz to 10 MHz at an input voltage of 1 V The phase deviation h shoul...

Page 503: ...age 903 8 5 Displayed Information and Errors Diagram header In Tracking Generator measurement mode some additional information is displayed in the diagram header Label Description INT TG source power...

Page 504: ...a cable damage or loose connec tion or wrong address Ext Generator Limits Exceeded The allowed frequency or power ranges for the generator were exceeded Reverse Sweep via min Ext Generator Frequency R...

Page 505: ...d remotely the instrument only returns to the manual operation state when the alignment or test is completed The change to manual operation consists of Enabling the Front Panel Keys Returning to manua...

Page 506: ...keys as well as a User Preference Setup softkey that allows you to define them Pressing one of the user definable soft keys has the same effect as the Save File Recall File function for a pre defined...

Page 507: ...t The selected file is displayed in the ApplicationManager dialog To store the softkey settings Click Save to store the user defined softkey definitions 9 3 Instrument Setup and Interface Configuratio...

Page 508: ...ics of a transducer factor 508 Managing transducer sets 510 Alignment 511 Self Alignment 511 Show Align Results 512 Touch Screen Alignment 512 General Setup 512 Configure Network 512 Network Address 5...

Page 509: ...lors 522 Set to Default 522 Print Colors 522 Select Print Color Set 523 Color On Off 523 Display Pwr Save On Off 523 System Info 523 Hardware Info 524 Versions Options 524 System Messages 524 Clear Al...

Page 510: ...1 2 Rear Panel View on page 35 Remote command SENSe ROSCillator SOURce on page 934 Handle missing Ext Ref If an external reference is selected but none is available there are different ways the instru...

Page 511: ...ed To actually include the transducer in the measurement you first have to select one and turn it on with the Active On Off softkey When the transducer factor is active all amplitude settings and outp...

Page 512: ...utton to save and store the transducer factor on the internal hard disk of the R S ESR Save Factor softkey Note that there are softkeys for several elements of the dialog box as mentioned in the legen...

Page 513: ...ion TRANsducer SELect on page 953 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer COMMent on page 951 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer UNIT on page 953 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer SCALing on page 952 SENSe CORRection TRANsduc...

Page 514: ...T SELect on page 956 SENSe CORRection TSET COMMent on page 955 SENSe CORRection TSET UNIT on page 956 SENSe CORRection TSET BREak on page 954 SENSe CORRection TSET RANGe range on page 955 SENSe CORRec...

Page 515: ...hard disk If you notice that touching a specific point on the screen does not achieve the correct response you may try adjusting the alignment as well Using a finger or any other pointing device pres...

Page 516: ...fer to Chapter 11 2 6 Setting Up a Network LAN Connection on page 623 DHCP On Off Network Address General Setup Switches between DHCP server available On or not available Off If a DHCP server is avail...

Page 517: ...accounts with administrator rights can reset the LAN configuration Remote command SYSTem LXI LANReset on page 990 GPIB General Setup Opens a submenu to set the parameters of the remote control interf...

Page 518: ...umber of measurement points and available bandwidths to default R S ESR values Remote command SYST COMP DEF see SYSTem COMPatible on page 920 Mode R S FSP Compatibility Mode GPIB General Setup Sets th...

Page 519: ...ode GPIB General Setup Configures the internal IF gain settings in HP emulation mode due to the application needs This setting is only taken into account for resolution bandwidth 300 kHz NORM Optimize...

Page 520: ...g box to enter a user defined revision number in response to the REV query HP emulation only see Chapter 11 18 GPIB Commands of HP Models 856xE 8566A B 8568A B and 8594E on page 1039 Max 36 characters...

Page 521: ...General Setup Defines the response format to the IDN remote command see IDN on page 916 This function is intended for re use of existing control programs together with the R S ESR Leg Legacy format c...

Page 522: ...External Monitor on page 48 Soft Frontpanel General Setup Activates or deactivates the display of the instrument emulation deactivated Only the measurement screen is displayed This is the setting for...

Page 523: ...nstrument status and any irregularities during measurement or display This setting is stored in instrument settings files Remote command DISPlay SBAR STATe on page 980 Screen Title On Off Display Setu...

Page 524: ...3 2 4 4 Setting the Screen Colors on page 50 The submenu contains the following commands Select Screen Color Set on page 521 Color On Off on page 522 Select Object on page 522 Predefined Colors on pag...

Page 525: ...78 HCOPy CMAP item PDEFined on page 960 User Defined Colors Screen Colors Display Setup In the Color Setup dialog box displays the User Defined Colors alternatively to the User Defined Colors button T...

Page 526: ...bles the softkeys to define colors for the printout Remote command HCOPy CMAP item DEFault on page 959 Color On Off Print Colors Display Setup Switches from color printout to black and white printout...

Page 527: ...version of the basic device option Installed hardware and firmware options Open Source Acknowledgment Open Displays a PDF file containing information on open source code used by the R S ESR firmware F...

Page 528: ...imum Attenuation Preamplifier state Preselector state Note that the preselector is always on in receiver mode Audio demodulation settings Bandwidth settings including filter type Limit lines Limit lin...

Page 529: ...Only user accounts with administrator rights are able to install options Application Setup Recovery Controls instrument behavior when switching between measurement applications e g from Spectrum to An...

Page 530: ...Switches the input of the R S ESR to the RF input connector normal position This is the default setting Remote command DIAGnostic n SERVice INPut SELect on page 937 Calibration Frequency RF Input Sour...

Page 531: ...te command DIAGnostic n SERVice STESt RESult on page 937 Password Service Opens an edit dialog box to enter the password This ensures that the service func tions are only used by authorized personnel...

Page 532: ...anticipated that these transducer values should remain valid after every recall of that save set Thus even if the transducer file is changed and the original save set file is recalled later the origin...

Page 533: ...nu The following table shows all softkeys available in the Save Recall menu Save 531 Save File Recall File 531 Select Path 531 Select File 531 Edit File Name 531 Edit Comment 531 Select Items 531 Sele...

Page 534: ...apter 9 2 User Defined Menu USER key on page 503 Remote command MMEMory STORe n STATe on page 948 MMEMory STORe n STATe NEXT on page 949 MMEMory LOAD STATe on page 947 Select Path Save Opens the direc...

Page 535: ...e command MMEMory CLEar STATe 1 on page 946 Recall Opens the Recall dialog box to load a settings file To navigate in the dialog box use the corresponding softkeys For details see also Chapter 10 1 2...

Page 536: ...ports the currently selected trace indicated by the softkey label Note that the exported ASCII file has a slightly different structure compared to a single trace export The file consists of the header...

Page 537: ...single sweep mode For details see Chapter 10 1 3 Importing and Exporting I Q Data on page 538 Remote command MMEMory LOAD IQ STATe on page 889 File Manager Opens the File Manager dialog box and a sub...

Page 538: ...mation Remote command MMEMory DELete on page 943 MMEMory RDIRectory on page 945 Sort Mode File Manager Opens a submenu to select the sorting mode for the displayed files The entry for the next higher...

Page 539: ...page 988 Disconnect Network Drive Network Drive File Manager Opens the Disconnect Network Drive dialog box In the Drive list select the drive you want to disconnect and confirm with OK Remote command...

Page 540: ...path or extension To set the focus on File Name field press the Edit File Name softkey In the Save dialog box the field already contains a suggestion for a new name the file name used in the last sav...

Page 541: ...ns for further processing As opposed to storing trace data which may be averaged or restricted to peak values I Q data is stored as it was captured without further processing The data is stored as com...

Page 542: ...p www rohde schwarz com file RsIqTar xsd In particular the order of the XML elements must be respected i e iq tar uses an ordered XML schema For your own implementation of the iq tar file format make...

Page 543: ...ample must be in the same format The for mat can be one of the following Complex Complex number in cartesian format i e I and Q values inter leaved I and Q are unitless Real Real number unitless Polar...

Page 544: ...ou add user data as XML content PreviewData Optional contains further XML elements that provide a preview of the I Q data The preview data is determined by the routine that saves an iq tar file e g R...

Page 545: ...nd writing of streamed I Q data all data is interleaved i e complex values are interleaved pairs of I and Q values and multi channel signals contain interleaved complex sam ples for channel 1 channel...

Page 546: ...int menu It is possible that your instrument configuration does not provide all softkeys If a softkey is only available with a special option model or measurement mode this information is delivered in...

Page 547: ...are selected via the Device 1 2 on page 544 softkey For further information refer to Chapter 3 2 4 6 Selecting and Configuring Printers on page 54 Remote command HCOPy DEVice LANGuage 1 2 on page 961...

Page 548: ...120 characters are allowed 60 characters fit in one line In the first line at any point a manual line feed can be forced by entering Date and time are inserted automatically The comment is printed be...

Page 549: ...Report Template The R S ESR allows you to create test report templates for example if you handle dif ferent measurement tasks that require different information or a different layout in the test repor...

Page 550: ...Transducer on page 507 Scan Result List Adds the numerical scan results to the dataset Note that the test report will show only the results of the first 50000 measurement points The rest is cut off I...

Page 551: ...jpg and png format Similar to the alphanumeric lines in the header you can select the visibility for the logo as well By default the logo is not displayed in the report Remote command Title HCOPy TREP...

Page 552: ...ort configuration Before you save the configuration as a template enter a name for the template in the corresponding field Delete Deletes the selected test report template The table shows all availabl...

Page 553: ...Configuring and Printing the Test Report You can save the test report either as a pdf document or an rtf document in the corre sponding dropdown menu in the Test Report Content Selection dialog box Th...

Page 554: ...ter descriptions of the variables as required For more information on changing the labels of the header see Designing the Header of the Test Report on page 547 Remote command New report HCOPy TREPort...

Page 555: ...command Select a single dataset HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect on page 975 Select all datasets HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect ALL on page 975 Invert selection HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect INVert on page 976 Select...

Page 556: ...with Test Reports 966 Display Configuration 977 Network Connection 987 Status Register 994 Remote Control Programming Examples 997 GPIB Commands of HP Models 856xE 8566A B 8568A B and 8594E 1039 11 1...

Page 557: ...erface refer to Chapter 11 1 1 4 GPIB Interface IEC 625 IEEE 418 Bus Interface on page 559 VISA is a standardized software interface library providing input and output functions to communicate with in...

Page 558: ...are used to communicate between the con troller and the instrument Interface messages can only be sent by instruments that have GPIB bus functionality For details see the sections for the required in...

Page 559: ...ce card and protocols The network card can be oper ated with a 10 MHz Ethernet IEEE 802 3 or a 100 MHz Ethernet IEEE 802 3u inter face For remote control via a network the PC and the instrument must b...

Page 560: ...are connected to the network each instrument has its own IP address and associated resource string The controller identifies these instruments by means of the resource string For details on configurin...

Page 561: ...ily require a VISA installation on the remote controller side It is available by default on all operating systems The simplest way to establish socket communication is to use the built in telnet pro g...

Page 562: ...device online offline RSDLLTestSrq Checks whether a device has generated an SRQ RSDLLWaitSrq Waits until a device generates an SRQ RSDLLSwapBytes Swaps the byte sequence for binary numericdisplay only...

Page 563: ...Messages Interface messages are transmitted to the instrument on the data lines with the atten tion line ATN being active LOW They are used for communication between the con troller and the instrumen...

Page 564: ...Remote Control R S ESR 561 User Manual 1175 7068 02 12 Figure 11 1 Communication lines used by the GPIB interface Remote Control Basics...

Page 565: ...range 00 through 0F hex They only affect instruments addressed as listeners Command Effect on the instrument GET Group Execute Trigger Triggers a previously active instrument function e g a sweep The...

Page 566: ...control and vice versa does not affect the other instrument set tings 2 During program execution send the SYSTem DISPlay UPDate ON command to activate the display of results The changes in the device...

Page 567: ...ost cases one or more parameters The header and the parameters are separated by a white space ASCII code 0 to 9 11 to 32 decimal e g blank The headers may consist of several mnemonics keywords Queries...

Page 568: ...c_value numeric_value Long and short form 565 Numeric Suffixes 565 Optional Mnemonics 566 Long and short form The mnemonics feature a long form and a short form The short form is marked by upper case...

Page 569: ...strument must recognize the long command to comply with the SCPI standard Some commands are considerably shortened by these optional mnemonics Example Definition HCOPy IMMediate Command HCOP IMM is eq...

Page 570: ...If the unit is missing the basic unit is used Allowed unit prefixes are G giga MA mega MOHM MHZ K kilo M milli U micro N nano Example SENSe FREQ STOP 1 5GHz SENSe FREQ STOP 1 5E9 Some settings allow...

Page 571: ...after the quotation mark Example SENSe LIST FREQ MAXimum Returns the maximum numeric value as a result Boolean Parameters Boolean parameters represent two states The ON state logically true is represe...

Page 572: ...ires a NL END message to terminate the data block This format is useful when the length of the transmission is not known or if speed or other considerations prevent segmentation of the data into block...

Page 573: ...ollowing commands with identical meaning can be created SENS BAND RES 1 SENS BWID RES 1 Mnemonics in square brackets are optional and may be inserted into the header or omitted Example HCOPy IMMediate...

Page 574: ...to SCPI the responses to queries are partly subject to stricter rules than in standard IEEE 488 2 The requested parameter is transmitted without a header Example HCOP PAGE ORI Response LAND Maximum va...

Page 575: ...e command line even though they may be implemented as sequential commands are not necessarily serviced in the order in which they have been received In order to make sure that commands are actually ca...

Page 576: ...l settings for adjacent channel power measure ments 11 1 5 1 Preventing Overlapping Execution To prevent an overlapping execution of commands one of the commands OPC OPC or WAI can be used All three c...

Page 577: ...rlapped command with OPC 3 Wait for a service request The service request indicates that the overlapped command has finished Event status register ESE 1 Set the OPC mask bit bit no 0 in the ESE ESE 1...

Page 578: ...the messages the instrument returns to the controller It is not part of the status reporting system but determines the value of the MAV bit in the STB and thus is represented in the overview All stat...

Page 579: ...filter When a bit of the CONDition part is changed from 0 to 1 the associated PTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1 PTR bit 1 the EVENt bit is set PTR bit 0 the EVENt bit is not set This...

Page 580: ...t to 1 as well This part can be written into and read by the user as required Its contents are not affected by reading Sum bit The sum bit is obtained from the EVENt and ENABle part for each register...

Page 581: ...and Service Request Enable Register SRE The STatus Byte STB is already defined in IEEE 488 2 It provides a rough over view of the instrument status by collecting the pieces of information of the lowe...

Page 582: ...ailable The bit is set if a message is available in the output queue which can be read This bit can be used to enable data to be automatically read from the instrument to the controller 5 ESB bit Sum...

Page 583: ...bit is set if a device dependent error occurs The R S ESR adds a number to the error queue The number is either in the range between 300 and 399 or greater than 0 If the number is positive it indicat...

Page 584: ...Register The STATus QUEStionable register contains information about states that may occur if the R S ESR is operated without meeting the specifications You can read out the state of the register wit...

Page 585: ...10 Meaning of the bits used in the STATus QUEStionable FREQuency register Bit No Meaning 0 OVEN COLD This bit is set if the reference oscillator has not yet attained its operating temperature OCXO is...

Page 586: ...et if limit line 8 is violated 8 to 14 Unused 15 This bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable LMARgin Register This register contains information about the observance of limit margins You can read out the...

Page 587: ...VERload This bit is set if an overload occurs at the RF input The R S ESR displays the enhancement label OVLD 1 UNDerload This bit is set if an underload occurs at the RF input The R S ESR displays th...

Page 588: ...ubrange 6 has been reached 6 Range 7 This bit is set if subrange 7 has been reached 7 Range 8 This bit is set if subrange 8 has been reached 8 Range 9 This bit is set if subrange 9 has been reached 9...

Page 589: ...TATus OPERation Register The STATus OPERation register contains information on current activities of the R S ESR It also contains information on activities that have been executed since the last read...

Page 590: ...has been activated 11 14 Not used 15 This bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable Register The STATus QUEStionable register contains information on instrument states that do not meet the specifications Yo...

Page 591: ...ation about the results of a limit check during ACLR measurements You can read out the register with STATus QUEStionable ACPLimit CONDition or STATus QUEStionable ACPLimit EVENt Table 11 17 Meaning of...

Page 592: ...zer SRE 32 Set bit 5 in the SRE ESB 3 CALL InstrWrite analyzer INIT OPC Generate an SRQ after operation complete After its settings have been completed the instrument generates an SRQ The SRQ is the o...

Page 593: ...The parallel poll itself is executed using PPE The parallel poll method is mainly used to find out quickly which one of the instruments connected to the controller has sent a service request To this...

Page 594: ...oller program the error queue should be queried regu larly since faulty commands from the controller to the instrument are recorded there as well 11 1 6 5 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System T...

Page 595: ...settings Command sequence As a general rule send commands and queries in different program messages Other wise the result of the query may vary depending on which operation is performed first see also...

Page 596: ...ested command scripts Single step mode Conditional execution based on the IDN and OPT strings You can use the IECWIN to try out the programming examples provided in the R S ESR User Manuals Starting I...

Page 597: ...rk LAN Connection 623 How to Configure the LAN Using the LXI Web Browser Interface 629 Configuring the Network 631 11 2 1 Operation with Windows Remote Desktop In production test and measurement a com...

Page 598: ...top program of the controller immediately No further configura tion is required However if the connection fails or other users need to connect this section provides basic instructions on setting up th...

Page 599: ...nt is part of the operating system and can be accessed via Start All Applications Windows Accessories Remote Desktop Con nection 1 Press the Windows key on the external keyboard or the CTRL ESC key co...

Page 600: ...the performance you can deactivate the Desktop background Show contents of window while dragging and Menu and window animation options 7 Open the Local Resources tab for enabling printers local drive...

Page 601: ...ll screen mode is to select Disconnect from the Start menu 11 2 1 3 Starting and Terminating Remote Operation Setting up a connection to the R S ESR 1 In the Remote Desktop Connection dialog box see C...

Page 602: ...y knob are mapped to buttons 8 To deactivate or activate the Soft Front Panel press the F6 key After the connection is established the R S ESR screen is displayed in the Remote Desktop application win...

Page 603: ...he R S ESR the VNC server from a remote computer the VNC client for example to monitor the instruments in a production line The handling of a VNC system is similar to using the Windows Remote Desktop...

Page 604: ...terface see Chapter 11 2 6 Setting Up a Network LAN Connection on page 623 For details on setting the interface see Chapter 3 2 6 Configuring the GPIB Interface on page 59 The following programming ex...

Page 605: ...called In addition the VPPTYPE BAS file must be added to the project This file contains constants and definitions for error handling timeout values etc The modules visa32 bas and vpptype bas can be f...

Page 606: ...this will raise an error if status is not VI_SUCCESS CALL CheckError vi status End Sub Public Sub InstrRead ByVal vi As Long Response As String _ ByVal count As Long retCount As Long Dim status As Lo...

Page 607: ...Desc returns a text description of the status code returned by viOpenDefaultRM status viOpenDefaultRM defaultRM status viStatusDesc defaultRM status Response Open the connection to the device and stor...

Page 608: ...tch off screen display END SUB REM Configuring the Power Save Function for the Display During remote control operation it is often unnecessary to display the measurement results on screen Although the...

Page 609: ...ment settings PUBLIC SUB ReadSettings Dim retCount as Long CFfrequency SPACE 20 Provide text variable 20 characters CALL InstrWrite analyzer FREQ CENT Request center frequency CALL InstrRead analyzer...

Page 610: ...ommand REM must not be carried out until a full sweep has been completed CALL InstrWrite analyzer INIT CONT OFF REM First method Using WAI CALL InstrWrite analyzer ABOR INIT IMM WAI REM Second method...

Page 611: ...tion ERROR END SUB REM 11 2 3 2 Detailed Programming Examples In the following sections typical programming examples for setting measurement parameters and functions general settings printout and data...

Page 612: ...Sub SetupInstrument Default setting f the R S FSV CALL SetupStatusReg Configure status registers CALL InstrWrite analyzer RST Reset instrument CALL InstrWrite analyzer SYST DISP UPD ON ON screen displ...

Page 613: ...MS Detector Trace1 CALL InstrWrite analyzer DET2 AUTO ON Detector Trace2 CALL InstrWrite analyzer DET3 AUTO ON Detector Trace3 CALL InstrWrite analyzer DET4 AUTO ON Detector Trace4 CALL InstrWrite ana...

Page 614: ...sweep with sync CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK MAX X Y Marker to peak read frequency and level CALL InstrRead analyzer result 100 retCount Debug Print Marker 1 result CALL InstrWrite analyzer CAL...

Page 615: ...Write analyzer INIT WAI Sweep with sync END SUB REM Frequency Counting The following example is based on a signal at 100 MHz with a level of 30 dBm Again the instrument s default setting can be used S...

Page 616: ...rd harmonic The default setting of the R S ESR for measurements SetupInstrument is also used as a starting point here after which adaptations for the measurement are carried out REM Public Sub RefFixe...

Page 617: ...he phase noise at a 10 kHz offset from the carrier signal REM Public Sub Noise Dim retCount as Long Default setting of the R S FSV CALL SetupStatusReg Configure status register CALL InstrWrite analyze...

Page 618: ...length specification is evaluated and used to calculate the x axis values In ASCII format merely the list of level values is output Binary data is read out in three steps 1 The number of digits in the...

Page 619: ...tart frequency CALL InstrRead analyzer startFreq 100 retCount startFreq Val startFreq CALL InstrWrite analyzer FREQ SPAN Read span CALL InstrRead analyzer span 100 retCount span Val span Reading out i...

Page 620: ...he state OFF for the sake of completeness REM Public Sub StoreSettings This subroutine selects the settings to be stored and creates the data record TEST1 in the directory C R_S Instr user It uses the...

Page 621: ...s then set after each RST presetting and each time the instrument is started For demonstration purposes the command RST is carried out again REM Public Sub StartupRecallSettings Resetting the R S FSV...

Page 622: ...creen display on Measurement settings CALL InstrWrite analyzer FREQ CENT 100MHz SPAN 10MHz Frequency setting CALL InstrWrite analyzer DISP TRAC Y RLEV 10dBm Reference level CALL InstrWrite analyzer IN...

Page 623: ...sableEvent vi VI_EVENT_SERVICE_REQ VI_QUEUE Disable subsequent events IF NOT statusSRQ 0 THEN CALL Srq If SRQ not detected Subroutine for evaluation Printout in WMF format BMP format to file CALL Inst...

Page 624: ...LAN Interface For remote control via a network the PC and the instrument must be connected via the LAN interface to a common network with TCP IP network protocol They are connected using a commercial...

Page 625: ...IP High Speed LAN Instrument Protocol is the successor protocol for VXI 11 for TCP based instruments specified by the IVI foundation The protocol uses two TCP sockets for a single connection one for f...

Page 626: ...te command SYST COMM GPIB ADDR 20 Setting the default ID response string In the GPIB menu press the ID String Factory softkey to select the default response to the IDN command Setting a user defined I...

Page 627: ...rface refer to the LXI Configuration 11 2 6 1 Connecting the Instrument to the Network There are two methods to establish a LAN connection to the instrument A non dedicated network Ethernet connection...

Page 628: ...u ment can be obtained in different ways If the network supports dynamic TCP IP configuration using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP all address information can be assigned automati cally...

Page 629: ...e Subnet Mask softkey and enter the subnet mask for example 255 255 255 0 The subnet mask consists of four number blocks separated by dots Every block contains a maximum of 3 numbers If you have enter...

Page 630: ...nvalid IP address or subnet mask the message out of range is displayed in the status line If the settings are correct the configuration is saved and you are prompted to restart the instrument 8 Confir...

Page 631: ...Windows operating system help 11 2 6 3 Using Computer Names In a LAN that uses a DNS server Domain Name System server each PC or instru ment connected in the LAN can be accessed via an unambiguous co...

Page 632: ...ork Rohde Schwarz highly recommends the use of the firewall on your instrument Rohde Schwarz instruments are shipped with the Windows firewall enabled and preconfigured in such a way that all ports an...

Page 633: ...tion provides all mandatory LAN parameters Advanced LAN Configuration provides LAN settings that are not declared manda tory by the LXI standard Ping Client provides the ping utility to verify the con...

Page 634: ...instrument and another device The ping command uses the ICMP echo request and echo reply pack ets to determine whether the LAN connection is functional Ping is useful for diagnos ing IP network or ro...

Page 635: ...nnection either temporarily or perma nently no special measures are necessary Windows automatically detects the inter ruption of the network connection and does not set up the connection when the inst...

Page 636: ...Enter the user account name 4 Enter the old password 5 Enter the new password in the upper text line and repeat it in the following line 6 Press Enter The new password is now active Logging on to the...

Page 637: ...a different user name activate the Connect using a different user name option The Map Network Drive dialog box is extended by the User name and Pass word fields 8 Enter your user name and password 9...

Page 638: ...6 Select Share to confirm the settings 7 Select Done to close the dialog box The drive is shared and can be accessed by the selected users 11 3 Selecting the Operating Mode INSTrument CREate NEW 635 I...

Page 639: ...el with the specified name INSTrument CREate NEW on page 635 Remote program example Chapter 11 17 16 Usage of Four Spectrum Instances on page 1037 Parameters Mode RECeiver Receiver mode RTIMe Realtime...

Page 640: ...y Suffix n 1 3 Selects the measurement window Parameters ResultDisplay NONE Removes the window selected with the suffix n XTIM SPECtrum Selects the IF analysis result display XTIM BARGraph Selects the...

Page 641: ...ly DISPlay BARGraph PHOLd STATe State This command switches the indication of the maxhold value of the bar graph measure ment on or off Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example DISP BARG PHOL ON Manual...

Page 642: ...erage detector CRMS Selects the CISPR RMS detector NEGative Selects the Min Peak detector POSitive Selects the Max Peak detector QPEak Selects the Quasipeak detector RMS Selects the RMS detector RST A...

Page 643: ...scan use INITiate n IMMediate Example HOLD Interrupts the scan Manual operation See Hold Scan on page 159 See Continue at Rec Frequency on page 159 See Hold Final Measurement on page 161 INITiate n CO...

Page 644: ...start a continuous measurement it stops only if you abort it deliberately If you are using trace modes MAXHold MINHold and AVERage previous results are reset when you restart the measurement In singl...

Page 645: ...age Event INITiate n FMEasurement This command initiates a final measurement based on the peak list Example INIT2 FME Starts the final measurement Usage Event SENSe DETector t FMEasurement Detector Th...

Page 646: ...list is measured during the final measurement Parameters Time RST 1 s Example FME TIME 1us Defines a measurement time of 1 s 11 4 1 5 Trace Data and Result Query This section contains information on t...

Page 647: ...active bargraph detector Each result is made up out of two values Absolute level Frequency The order of detectors is as shown in the user interface maximum peak minimum peak quasipeak average RMS Ina...

Page 648: ...32 Note that the SCAN parameter only works while the scan is actually running Example TRAC SCAN Querying results for a peak search The SCPI parameters PLIST1 PLIST6 returns the results of a peak searc...

Page 649: ...ement point The num ber of frames depends on the size of the history depth The power level depends on the unit you have currently set FORMat DEXPort TRACes Selection This command selects the data to b...

Page 650: ...F analysis The data format depends on FORMat DATA Suffix n irrelevant Parameters ResultType TRACE1 TRACE3 Returns the level values displayed on the corresponding trace Example TRAC IF TRACE1 Queries t...

Page 651: ...mple DEM FM Turns FM demodulation on Manual operation See Demod On Off on page 163 See AM FM on page 163 SENSe DEMod SQUelch LEVel Threshold This command defines the threshold for selective demodulati...

Page 652: ...164 See Squelch on page 421 11 4 1 8 Spectrogram Control Configuring Spectrograms 649 Using Markers 653 Using Deltamarkers 659 Configuring Spectrograms CALCulate n SGRam CLEar IMMediate 649 DISPlay WI...

Page 653: ...lt unit Example DISP WIND SGR COL LOW 10 Sets the start of the color map to 10 Manual operation See Color Mapping on page 406 DISPlay WINDow SGRam COLor SHAPe Shape This command defines the shape and...

Page 654: ...Yscale Shows the results in shades of gray Dark gray indicates low lev els light gray indicates high ones RST HOT Example DISP WIND SGR COL GRAY Changes the color scheme of the spectrogram to black an...

Page 655: ...four values for each frame The first value is the date of the measurement in seconds that have passed since 01 01 1970 in seconds For a better resolu tion the second value shows the additional millise...

Page 656: ...CALCulate n MARKer m MINimum PEAK on page 694 CALCulate n MARKer m MINimum RIGHt on page 694 Command exclusive to position markers in the spectrogram CALCulate n MARKer m SGRam FRAMe 653 CALCulate n M...

Page 657: ...rker search area The command is available for the spectrogram Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement window m 1 16 Selects the marker Parameters SearchArea VISible Performs a search in the visible frame...

Page 658: ...he command is available for the spectrogram For more information seeCALCulate n MARKer m SGRam SARea on page 654 Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement window m 1 16 Selects the marker Example CALC MARK...

Page 659: ...6 Selects the marker Example CALC MARK2 SGR Y MAX Activates and positions marker 2 on the peak level of the y axis CALC MARK2 SGR Y MAX BEL Positions marker 2 on the next higher level found in the dia...

Page 660: ...ch includes only frames above the current marker position It does not change the horizontal position of the marker The command is available for the spectrogram Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement win...

Page 661: ...d is available for the spectrogram Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement window m 1 16 Selects the marker Example CALC MARK2 SGR Y MIN Activates and positions marker 2 on the minimum level of the y axi...

Page 662: ...rker m SGRam XY MINimum PEAK 661 CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam Y MAXimum ABOVe 661 CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam Y MAXimum BELow 662 CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam Y MAXimum NEXT 662 CALCulate n...

Page 663: ...r Parameters SearchArea VISible Performs a search in the visible frames Note that VISible is ignored if Spectrogram is not visible for any reason e g if the Spectrum Analyzer is in full screen mode or...

Page 664: ...ALC DELT3 SGR SAR VIS CALC DELT3 SGR XY MIN Activates and positions delta marker 3 on the minimum level in the visible Spectrogram Usage Event CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam Y MAXimum ABOVe This comm...

Page 665: ...te n DELTamarker m SGRam Y MAXimum NEXT This command positions the specified delta marker on the next peak level of the verti cal axis The search includes frames above and below the current marker pos...

Page 666: ...ogram Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement window m 1 16 Selects the marker Example CALC DELT2 SGR Y MIN Activates and positions delta marker 2 on the minimum level of the y axis CALC DELT2 SGR Y MIN...

Page 667: ...le for the spectrogram Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement window m 1 16 Selects the marker Example CALC DELT2 SGR Y MIN Activates and positions delta marker 2 on the minimum level of the y axis CALC...

Page 668: ...AC LIN Selects linear scale for the frequency axis Manual operation See Freq Axis Lin Log on page 185 See Freq Lin Log on page 302 SENSe FREQuency CENTer Frequency This command defines the receiver fr...

Page 669: ...FREQuency SPAN on page 825 SENSe FREQuency CENTer on page 665 TDOMain Selects time domain scans in the frequency domain See SCAN on how to define the frequency Time domain scans are available with op...

Page 670: ...ts the unit for the y axis Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Unit DBM V A W DBPW DBPW_MHZ DBUV DBUV_MHZ DBMV DBMV_MHZ DBUA DBUA_MHZ DBPT DBPT_MHZ DBUV_M DBUV_MMHZ DBUA_M DBUA_MMHZ RST dB V Example CALC U...

Page 671: ...dB on page 318 See Range Log 1 dB on page 318 See Range Log Manual on page 318 See Range Linear on page 318 See Range Lin Unit on page 319 INPut ATTenuation Attenuation This command defines the attenu...

Page 672: ...off Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INP ATT PROT ON Manual operation See 10 dB Min on page 181 INPut GAIN AUTO State Turns automatic selection of the preamplifier state on and off Parameters S...

Page 673: ...olution TYPE 671 SENSe BANDwidth IF Bandwidth This command defines the resolution bandwidth for IF analysis Parameters Bandwidth Resolution filter bandwidth with a 6 dB bandwidth in the range from 10...

Page 674: ...dwidth on page 166 Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example BAND AUTO OFF Decouples the measurement bandwidth from the frequency range Manual operation See CISPR RBW Uncoupled on page 184 SENSe BANDwidt...

Page 675: ...page 301 11 4 5 Controlling Inputs and Outputs INPut COUPling 672 INPut TYPE 672 INPut COUPling CouplingType Toggles the RF input of the R S ESR between AC and DC coupling Parameters CouplingType AC...

Page 676: ...ters SweepCount Range 0 to 32767 RST 0 Example SWE COUN 64 Sets the number of sweeps to 64 INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for its end Manual operation Se...

Page 677: ...nts This command defines the maximum number of measurement pointsthat are transfer red in one block after using TRAC SCAN The total amount of bytes which is transferred depends on the number of active...

Page 678: ...scan range SENSe SCAN range INPut ATTenuation Attenuation This command defines the attenuation level for a particular scan range Suffix range 1 10 Selects the scan range Parameters Attenuation dBmin t...

Page 679: ...particular scan range on and off Suffix range 1 10 Selects the scan range Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example SCAN4 INP GAIN STAT ON Turns on the preamplifier for the 4th scan range SENSe SCAN ran...

Page 680: ...Selects the scan range Parameters Frequency Range fmin to fmax RST 150 kHz Example SCAN4 STAR 30MHz Defines a start frequency of 30 MHz for the 4th scan range SENSe SCAN range STEP Frequency This comm...

Page 681: ...and selects the frequency step mode Note that the command has no effect on the scale and display of the frequency axis Parameters Spacing LINear Linear frequency steps with a fix stepsize LOGarithmic...

Page 682: ...gnized RST 6 dB Example CALC MARK PEXC 10dB Defines peak excursion 10 dB Manual operation See Peak Excursion on page 193 See Peak Excursion on page 207 CALCulate n PEAKsearch PSEarch ADD Frequency Thi...

Page 683: ...page 293 CALCulate n PEAKsearch PSEarch METHod Method This command selects the way the R S ESR creates a peak list Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Method SUBRange Divides the scan range into smaller su...

Page 684: ...command defines the number of peaks to be found in each subrange Before you can use this command you have to select the subrange peak search mode with CALCulate n PEAKsearch PSEarch METHod Parameters...

Page 685: ...e file name The extension of the file is dat Example MMEM STOR FIN A TEST DAT Usage Event Manual operation See Peak List Export on page 195 MMEMory STORe PEAKlist FileName This command exports the con...

Page 686: ...RACe t STATe The number of measurements for AVERage MAXHold and MINHold is defined with the SENSe AVERage n COUNt or SENSe SWEep COUNt commands It should be noted that synchronization to the end of th...

Page 687: ...11 4 6 6 LISN Settings SENSe FMEasurement LISN FILTer HPAS STATe 684 SENSe FMEasurement LISN PHASe 684 SENSe FMEasurement LISN TYPE 685 INPut LISN FILTer HPAS STATe 685 INPut LISN PHASe 686 INPut LISN...

Page 688: ...ble ENV432 R S ENV 432 four phases are controllable ENV4200 R S ENV 4200 four phases are controllable ESH2Z5 R S ESH2 Z5 four phases and protective earth are controlla ble ESH3Z5 R S ESH3 Z5 two phase...

Page 689: ...rks with four phases R S ESH2Z5 R S ENV4200 and R S ENV432 N RST L1 Example INP LISN PHAS L1 L2 Selects phases L1 and L2 for the scan Manual operation See Prescan Phase on page 197 See LISN Control on...

Page 690: ...ers 697 11 4 7 1 Configuring Marker Functionality CALCulate n MARKer m COUPled STATe 687 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion CENTer 688 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion CSTep 688 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion...

Page 691: ...frequency The command turns delta markers into normal markers Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Example CALC MARK3 FUNC CST Sets the center frequency to the same value as th...

Page 692: ...er measurement in zero span is active this command limits the evaluation range to the trace Note The function is only available if the search limit for marker and delta marker is switched on see CALCu...

Page 693: ...itches the search limit function on CALC MARK X SLIM RIGH 20MHz Sets the right limit of the search range to 20 MHz Manual operation See Right Limit on page 206 See Right Limit on page 297 CALCulate n...

Page 694: ...r m STATe 695 CALCulate n MARKer m TRACe 695 CALCulate n MARKer m X 695 CALCulate n MARKer m Y 696 CALCulate n MARKer m AOFF This command all markers off including delta markers and marker measurement...

Page 695: ...s the measurement window m Selects the marker Example CALC MARK2 MAX NEXT Positions marker 2 to the next lower maximum value Usage Event Manual operation See Next Peak on page 205 See Next Mode on pag...

Page 696: ...higher trace minimum on the left of the current value i e in descending X direction If no next higher minimum value is found on the trace level spacing to adjacent values peak excursion an execution...

Page 697: ...easurement window m depends on mode Selects the marker Example CALC MARK2 MIN Positions marker 2 to the minimum value of the trace Usage Event Manual operation See Min on page 205 CALCulate n MARKer m...

Page 698: ...r m TRACe Trace This command selects the trace a marker is positioned on The corresponding trace must have a trace mode other than Blank If necessary the corresponding marker is switched on prior to t...

Page 699: ...r To get a valid result you have to perform a complete measurement with synchroniza tion to the end of the measurement before reading out the result This is only possible for single sweeps The unit of...

Page 700: ...m MAXimum RIGHt 699 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MINimum LEFT 699 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MINimum NEXT 700 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MINimum PEAK 700 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MINimum RIGHt 700 CALCul...

Page 701: ...roduced Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Example CALC DELT MAX LEFT Sets delta marker 1 to the next smaller maximum value to the left of the current value Manual operation...

Page 702: ...djacent values peak excursion an execution error error code 200 is produced Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Example CALC DELT MAX RIGH Sets delta marker 1 to the next smal...

Page 703: ...inimum The corre sponding delta marker is activated first if necessary Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Example CALC DELT3 MIN Sets delta marker 3 to the minimum value of t...

Page 704: ...ff If the corresponding marker was a normal marker it is turned into a delta marker No suffix at DELTamarker turns on delta marker 1 Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parame...

Page 705: ...Tamarker m FUNCtion FIXed STATe is ON A query always returns the absolute position Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters Position 0 to maximum frequency or sweep time...

Page 706: ...nds on the result display and the unit you have selected Table 11 20 Base unit Parameter measuring function or result display Output unit DBM DBPW DBUV DBMV DBUA dB lin log WATT VOLT AMPere dB lin log...

Page 707: ...Line 2 on page 212 CALCulate n DLINe k STATe State This command turns a display line on and off Suffix n Selects the measurement window k 1 2 Selects the display line Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF E...

Page 708: ...y Line 1 Frequency Line 2 on page 213 CALCulate TFLine STATe State This command turns a frequency line coupled to the receiver frequency on and off Parameters State ON OFF Example CALC TFL STAT ON Tur...

Page 709: ...windows Suffix n irrelevant k Selects the limit line Parameters Comment String containing the comment The maximum number of char acters the string may contain is 40 Example CALC LIM5 COMM Upper limit...

Page 710: ...ists or defines a name for a new limit line Suffix n irrelevant k 1 8 NF 1 6 Selects the limit line Parameters Name String containing the limit line name RST REM1 to REM8 for lines 1 to 8 Example CALC...

Page 711: ...ine 4 to dB V Configuring Limit Lines CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol DATA 709 CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol DOMain 709 CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol MODE 709 CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol OFFSet 710 CALCulate...

Page 712: ...CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol DOMain RST CALC LIM is set to OFF Example CALC LIM2 CONT 1 MHz 30 MHz 100 MHz 300 MHz 1 GHz Defines 5 reference values for the x axis of limit line 2 CALC LIM2 CONT Outputs...

Page 713: ...t line defi nition points Suffix n Selects the measurement window k 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters Offset Numeric value that defines the offset The unit of the offset depends on the scale of th...

Page 714: ...t line the limit check is violated Suffix n irrelevant k 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters LimitLinePoints Variable number of x axis values Note that the number of horizontal values has to be the...

Page 715: ...d by absolute physical values The unit is vari able RELative Limit line is defined by values relative to the reference level dB RST ABSolute Example CALC LIM LOW MODE REL Defines the y axis of limit l...

Page 716: ...nds on CALCulate n LIMit k UNIT on page 708 Example CALC LIM3 LOW SHIF 20DB Shifts all Y values of limit line 3 by 20 dB CALCulate n LIMit k LOWer SPACing InterpolType This command selects linear or l...

Page 717: ...it k UNIT RST 200 dBm Example CALC LIM2 LOW THR 35DBM Defines an absolute threshold value for limit line 2 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer DATA LimitLinePoints This command defines the vertical definition p...

Page 718: ...t defines the margin In spectrum mode the unit is always dB RST 0 Example CALC LIM2 UPP MARG 10dB Defines the margin of limit line 2 to 10 dB below the limit value CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer MODE Mode...

Page 719: ...o defining an offset this command actually changes the limit line definition points by the value you define Suffix n irrelevant k 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters Distance Numeric value that defi...

Page 720: ...er THReshold Threshold This command defines a threshold for relative limit lines The R S ESR uses the threshold for the limit check if the limit line violates the thresh old Suffix n irrelevant k 1 8...

Page 721: ...th synchroniza tion to the end of the measurement before reading out the result This is only possible for single sweeps Suffix n irrelevant k limit line Return values Result 0 PASS 1 FAIL Example INIT...

Page 722: ...749 Testing Against a Spectrum Emission Mask 759 Performing EMI Measurements 778 Measuring the Modulation Depth 784 Measuring the Harmonic Distortion 786 Measuring the Carrier to Noise Ratio 790 Meas...

Page 723: ...d for the trace on which marker 1 is positioned To select another trace for the measurement marker 1 is to be positioned on the desired trace by means of CALCulate n MARKer m TRACe Suffix n Selects th...

Page 724: ...ix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters ResultType ACPower AOBW CN CN0 CPOWer PPOWer MCACpower OBANdwidth OBWidth BANDwidth ACPower Adjacent channel power measurement Resul...

Page 725: ...referenced to 1 Hz band width The carrier to noise ratio in dB Hz is returned CPOWer Channel power measurement In a Spectrum Emission Mask measurement the query returns the power result for the refer...

Page 726: ...ithmic scaling RANGE LOG the power is output in dBm with linear scaling RANGE LIN dB or LIN the power is output in W If SENSe POWer ACHannel MODE is set to REL the adjacent alternate channel power is...

Page 727: ...e 254 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion POWer MODE Mode This commands defines the method by which the channel power values are calculated from the current trace in the window specified by the suffix n Suf...

Page 728: ...he channel bandwidths and the chan nel spacings selected in the active power measurement If necessary adjacent chan nel power measurement is switched on prior to the adjustment To obtain correct resul...

Page 729: ...eference level to the measured channel power Manual operation See Adjust Ref Lvl on page 246 See Adjust Ref Lvl span 0 on page 255 TRACe n DATA Trace Data ResultType This command queries current trace...

Page 730: ...l lowing order No StartFreq StopFreq RBW PeakFreq PowerAbs PowerRel PowerDelta Limit Check Unused1 Unused2 No range number StartFreq StopFreq start and stop frequency of the range RBW resolution bandw...

Page 731: ...ement window m Selects the marker Setting parameters Standard Note that predefined standards go without quotes while user standards have to be in quotes user standard Predefined standard Predefind sta...

Page 732: ...MA2000 Deletes the CDMA2000 standard Manual operation See Delete on page 245 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion POWer STANdard SAVE Standard This command saves a cutomized ACLR standard The numeric suffix...

Page 733: ...nel bandwidth of the adjacent channel of the radio transmission system If the bandwidth of the adjacent channel is changed the band widths of all alternate adjacent channels are automatically set to t...

Page 734: ...adjacent channels are not influenced by this modification With SENSe source POWer HSPeed set to ON steep edged channel filters are available For further information on filters refer to Chapter 6 2 6...

Page 735: ...annel Parameters Name RST TX 1 12 Example POW ACH NAME CHAN3 XYZ Defines the name of the third transmission channel as XYZ Manual operation See Names on page 240 SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing ACHannel...

Page 736: ...from 40 kHz to 100 kHz In consequence the spacing between the TX channel and all higher alternate adja cent channels is increased by the factor 100 40 2 5 ALT2 150 kHz ALT3 200 kHz ALT4 250 kHz Manual...

Page 737: ...Hannel Alpha This command defines the roll off factor for the weighting filter of the adjacent channel Parameters Alpha numeric value RST 0 22 Example POW ACH FILT ALPH ACH 0 35 Manual operation See W...

Page 738: ...Te ACHannel State This command activates the weighting filter for the adjacent channel Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example POW ACH FILT ACH ON Manual operation See Weighting Filter on page 240 SEN...

Page 739: ...NSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel AUTO 736 SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel MANual 737 SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence AUTO ONCE This command sets the reference value to the currently meas...

Page 740: ...ference channel in relative adjacent channel power measurements The command is available only for multicarrier channel and adjacent channel power measurements with span 0 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion...

Page 741: ...vant Parameters LowerLimit UpperLimit first value 200DBM to 200DBM limit for the lower and the upper adjacent channel RST 200DBM Example CALC LIM ACP ACH ABS 35DBM 35DBM Sets the absolute limit value...

Page 742: ...lute Limit on page 242 CALCulate n LIMit k ACPower ACHannel RELative LowerLimit UpperLimit This command defines the relative limit of the upper lower adjacent channel for adja cent channel power measu...

Page 743: ...annel to 30 dB below the channel power CALC LIM ACP ACH ABS 35DBM 35DBM Sets the absolute limit value for the power in the lower and upper adjacent channel to 35 dBm CALC LIM ACP ON Switches on global...

Page 744: ...lt in the adjacent channels Manual operation See Limit Checking on page 241 CALCulate n LIMit k ACPower ALTernate Channel ABSolute LowerLimit UpperLimit This command defines the absolute limit value f...

Page 745: ...nate channel Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC LIM ACP ALT2 30DB 30DB Sets the relative limit value for the power in the lower and upper second alternate adjacent channel to 30 dB below the...

Page 746: ...st value 0 to 100dB limit for the lower and the upper alternate adjacent channel RST 0 DB Example CALC LIM ACP ALT2 30DB 30DB Sets the relative limit value for the power in the lower and upper second...

Page 747: ...Switches on the check of absolute limit values for the lower and upper second alternate adjacent channel INIT WAI Starts a new measurement and waits for the sweep end CALC LIM ACP ALT2 RES Queries th...

Page 748: ...result in the second alternate adjacent channels Usage Query only CALCulate n LIMit k ACPower STATe State This command switches on and off the limit check for adjacent channel power mea surements The...

Page 749: ...put channel power is displayed in dBm RST OFF Example CALC MARK FUNC POW RES PHZ ON Output of results referred to the channel bandwidth For details on a complete measurement example refer to CALCulate...

Page 750: ...tion Mode This command turns noise cancellation on and off If noise cancellation is on the R S ESR performs a reference measurement to deter mine its inherent noise and subtracts the result from the c...

Page 751: ...1 REV CDMA IS95C Class 1 reverse CDMA 2000 CDMA 2000 TD SCDMA FWD TD SCDMA forward TD SCDMA REV TD SCDMA reverse WLAN 802 11A WLAN 802 11A WLAN 802 11B WLAN 802 11B WiMAX WiMAX WIBRO WIBRO RFID 14443...

Page 752: ...peration See Power Bandwidth span 0 on page 255 11 5 1 4 Measuring Spurious Emissions The following commands configure and perform spurious emission measurements Controlling the Measurement 749 Managi...

Page 753: ...RANGe range DELete 752 SENSe LIST RANGe range DETector 752 SENSe LIST RANGe range FILTer TYPE 752 SENSe LIST RANGe range FREQuency STARt 753 SENSe LIST RANGe range FREQuency STOP 753 SENSe LIST RANGe...

Page 754: ...z Manual operation See VBW on page 290 SENSe LIST RANGe range BREak State This command configures the sweep behavior The suffixes are irrelevant Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters State ON The R S ESR...

Page 755: ...on page 292 SENSe LIST RANGe range DETector Detector This command sets the detector for the specified range For details refer to Detector on page 290 Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters Detector NEGati...

Page 756: ...If you set a span that is smaller than the overall span of the ranges the mea surement includes only the ranges that lie within the defined span and have a minimum span of 20 Hz The first and last ra...

Page 757: ...ameters Value Refer to the data sheet RST 0 dB Example LIST RANG3 INP ATT 10 Sets the attenuation of range 3 to 10 dB Manual operation See RF Attenuator on page 290 SENSe LIST RANGe range INPut ATTenu...

Page 758: ...s setting is independent of the defined limit check type Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters Limit 400 to in 400 dBm RST 13 dBm Example LIST RANG1 LIM ABS STAR 10 Sets an absolute limit of 10 dBm at th...

Page 759: ...291 SENSe LIST RANGe range POINts Value This command sets the number of sweep points for the specified range Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters Value For details on possible values refer to chapter 4...

Page 760: ...c sweep time setting for the speci fied range Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example LIST RANG3 SWE TIME AUTO OFF Deactivates the sweep time auto mode for range 3 Manual operat...

Page 761: ...t the values peak values including the delta to a limit you have to switch on the limit again This command is only for FSP compatibility and not necessary to use on the R S ESR Suffix n irrelevant Exa...

Page 762: ...be stored in the list Manual operation See Peaks per Range on page 293 Retrieving Results The following commands analyze and retrieve measurement results for spurious emis sion measurements CALCulate...

Page 763: ...irectory include the relative path Example ESP PRES WCDMA 3GPP DL PowerClass_31_39 xml Selects the PowerClass_31_39 xml XML file in the C R_S instr sem_std WCDMA 3GPP DL directory ESP PRES W CDMA 3GPP...

Page 764: ...e INIT ESP Starts a Spectrum Emission Mask measurement Manual operation See Meas Start Stop on page 267 SENSe SWEep MODE Mode This command selects the spurious emission and spectrum emission mask meas...

Page 765: ...um RANGe range LIMit source RELative STOP 768 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range LIMit source STATe 769 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range RLEVel 769 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range SWEep TIME 769 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe...

Page 766: ...ted see SENSe ESPectrum HighSPeed on page 762 Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters Value Refer to the data sheet RST 30 0 kHz Example ESP RANG2 BAND RES 5000 Sets the RBW for range 2 to 5 kHz Manual ope...

Page 767: ...0 range Example ESP RANG4 DEL Deletes range 4 Manual operation See Delete Range on page 262 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range FILTer TYPE Type This command sets the filter type for the specified range Note...

Page 768: ...Range Set tings on page 269 Suffix range 1 20 range Parameters Frequency numeric value RST 250 0 MHz range 1 2 52 MHz range 2 2 52 MHz range 3 Example ESP RANG1 STAR 100000000 Sets the start frequency...

Page 769: ...d activates or deactivates the automatic RF attenuation setting for the specified range Note that this parameter can not be set for all ranges if Fast SEM mode is activated see SENSe ESPectrum HighSPe...

Page 770: ...Range on page 262 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range LIMit source ABSolute STARt Level This command sets an absolute limit value at the start frequency of the specified range Different from manual operation...

Page 771: ...fix range 1 20 range Parameters Limit 400 to in 400 dBc RST 50 dBc Example ESP RANG3 LIM REL STAR 20 Sets a relative limit of 20 dBc at the start frequency of the range Manual operation See Rel Limit...

Page 772: ...ck fails when one of the limits is violated RST REL Example ESP RANG3 LIM STAT AND Sets for all ranges the combined absolute relative limit check Manual operation See Limit Check 1 4 on page 261 SENSe...

Page 773: ...weep time setting for the speci fied range Note that this parameter can not be set for all ranges if Fast SEM mode is activated see SENSe ESPectrum HighSPeed on page 762 Suffix range 1 20 range Parame...

Page 774: ...RTYPe on page 772 Parameters Bandwidth minimum span value span of reference range RST 3 84 MHz Example ESP RTYP CPOW Sets the power reference type to channel power ESP BWID 1 MHZ Sets the Tx bandwidt...

Page 775: ...the current position number of the reference range SENSe ESPectrum RTYPe Type This command sets the power reference type Parameters Type PEAK CPOWer PEAK Measures the highest peak within the referenc...

Page 776: ...nd 200 in ascending order separated by commas 200 Example CALC LIM ESP LIM 50 50 70 Defines the following power classes 200 50 50 50 50 70 70 200 Query CALC LIM ESP LIM Response 200 50 50 70 200 CALCu...

Page 777: ...ossible to use power classes for which limits are defined Also either only one power class at a time or all power classes together can be selected Suffix n irrelevant k irrelevant Class 1 4 the power...

Page 778: ...imit always ends at 200 dBm i e the upper limit of the last power class can not be set If more than one power class is in use the upper limit must equal the lower limit of the next power class Suffix...

Page 779: ...a value Depending on the entered value one of the predefined limit lines is selected Suffix n 1 4 window k irrelevant Parameters Power 33 28 0 33 P 33 28 28 P 33 0 P 28 RST 0 Example CALC LIM ESP VAL...

Page 780: ...page 293 See ASCII File Export on page 293 CALCulate n ESPectrum PSEarch PEAKsearch IMMediate This command starts the list evaluation Suffix n Selects the measurement window Example CALC ESP PSE Usag...

Page 781: ...n page 718 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion POWer RESult on page 721 TRACe n DATA on page 726 11 5 1 6 Performing EMI Measurements The following commands configure and perform EMI measurements Configurin...

Page 782: ...LCulate n MARKer m TRACe on page 695 Remote commands exclusive to EMI measurements CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FMEasurement DETector 779 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FMEasurement DETector 780...

Page 783: ...relevant m marker Parameters Detector OFF turns the marker off AVER average detector CAV CISPR Average detector CRMS RMS Average detector POS maximum peak detector QPE quasipeak detector RST OFF Manua...

Page 784: ...n MARKer m FUNCtion FMEasurement LIMit k CONDition 782 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FMEasurement LIMit k DELTa 783 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FMEasurement RESult 783 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUN...

Page 785: ...the second limit line Usage Query only Manual operation See Marker Table on page 305 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FMEasurement RESult Result This command queries the result of the EMI measuremen...

Page 786: ...This command queries the vertical distance from the marker position to the limit line The unit is dB If the marker has been assigned to a different trace than the limit line the command returns 200 Su...

Page 787: ...nitiates a search for the signals required for the AM depth measure ment Note that the command does not perform a new measurement but looks for the sig nals on the current trace Suffix n Selects the m...

Page 788: ...level The level value of marker 1 is regarded as the carrier level On activating the function marker 2 and marker 3 are automatically set as delta markers symmetrically to the car rier to the adjacent...

Page 789: ...results described elsewhere TRACe n DATA on page 726 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion HARMonics BANDwidth AUTO 786 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion HARMonics DISTortion 787 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion HA...

Page 790: ...Switches to single sweep mode CALC MARK FUNC HARM NHARM 3 Sets the number of harmonics to be measured to 3 CALC MARK FUNC HARM ON Activates the harmonic distortion measurement INIT WAI Starts a sweep...

Page 791: ...c Distortion on page 225 See Harmonic Distortion on page 340 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion HARMonics NHARmonics NoHarmonics This command sets the number of harmonics to be measured Suffix n Selects th...

Page 792: ...mined is defined by the last span If you perform the measurement in the time domain the current center frequency is used as the frequency of the first harmonic Thus the frequency search is bypassed Th...

Page 793: ...mmand initiates a search for signals in the current trace to determine the third intercept point No new measurement is performed Only the currently available trace selected for the TOI measurement is...

Page 794: ...ement To get a valid result you have to perform a complete measurement with synchroniza tion to the end of the measurement before reading out the result This is only possible for single sweeps Suffix...

Page 795: ...amplitude distribution APD On activating this function the CCDF measurement is switched off Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC STAT APD ON Switches on the APD measurement...

Page 796: ...ge 695 TRACe n DATA on page 726 CALCulate n STATistics CCDF X Trace 793 CALCulate n STATistics RESult Trace 794 CALCulate n STATistics CCDF X Trace Probability This command queries the results of the...

Page 797: ...r The required result is selected via the following parameters Example CALC STAT RES2 ALL Reads out the three measurement results of trace 2 Example of answer string 5 56 19 25 13 69 i e mean power 5...

Page 798: ...Gate Ranges on page 320 SENSe SWEep EGATe TRACe k STARt range Value This command defines the starting point for the range to be traced using gated trigger ing Suffix k 1 6 trace range 1 3 range Param...

Page 799: ...ce 1 at 5 ms Manual operation See Gate Ranges on page 320 Scaling the Diagram The following commands configure the diagram for statistical measurements CALCulate n STATistics PRESet 796 CALCulate n ST...

Page 800: ...mean power for the CCDF measurement In addition the probability scale for the number of test points is adapted Subsequent commands have to be synchronized with WAI OPC or OPC to the end of the auto r...

Page 801: ...AT SCAL X RLEV 60dBm Manual operation See x Axis Ref Level on page 317 CALCulate n STATistics SCALe Y LOWer Value This command defines the lower limit for the y axis of the diagram in statistical mea...

Page 802: ...urements of the time domain power CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary AOFF 799 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary AVERage 799 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary MODE 800 CALCulate n MARKer m F...

Page 803: ...LCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary MODE Mode This command selects absolute or relative power measurement in zero span The reference power for relative measurement is defined with CALCulate n MARKer m...

Page 804: ...r m FUNCtion SUMMary AVERage or CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary PHOLd is switched on the cur rent value is the accumulated measurement value at the time considered Suffix n Selects the measureme...

Page 805: ...SUMMary RMS AVERage RESult 806 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary RMS PHOLd RESult 807 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary RMS RESult 808 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary RMS STATe 808 CALC...

Page 806: ...hroniza tion to the end of the measurement before reading out the result This is only possible for single sweeps Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Return values MeanPower Me...

Page 807: ...is positioned In order to evaluate another trace marker 1 must be positioned on another trace with CALCulate n MARKer m TRACe Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters S...

Page 808: ...d previously using CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary PHOLd To get a valid result you have to perform a complete measurement with synchroniza tion to the end of the measurement before reading out t...

Page 809: ...See Peak on page 296 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SUMMary PPEak STATe State This command turns the measurement of the positive peak time domain power on and off Note The measurement is performed on t...

Page 810: ...RKer m FUNCtion SUMMary RMS PHOLd RESult This command queries the maximum RMS time domain power The query is only pos sible if the peak hold function has been activated previously using CALCulate n MA...

Page 811: ...RK FUNC SUMM RMS ON Switches on the function INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for the end CALC MARK FUNC SUMM RMS RES Outputs the result Usage Query only Manual operation See RMS on page 296 CALCulat...

Page 812: ...weep mode CALC MARK FUNC SUMM SDEV ON Switches on the function CALC MARK FUNC SUMM AVER ON Switches on the calculation of average INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for the end CALC MARK FUNC SUMM MEAN...

Page 813: ...gle sweeps Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Return values StandardDeviation Standard deviation of the signal during the measurement time Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to s...

Page 814: ...trigger signal or by the video signal An individ ual trigger event is required for each burst to be measured If an external trigger signal is used the threshold is fixed to TTL level while with a vid...

Page 815: ...er SENSe MPOWer RESult LIST This command queries the results of the pulse power measurement This command may be used to obtain measurement results in an asynchronous way using the service request mech...

Page 816: ...If you use the command repeatedly the R S ESR only changes those settings that you have actually changed before initiating the measurement Thus measurement times are kept as low as possible If you sy...

Page 817: ...vel The trigger level is available for the video trigger In that case the level is a percentage of the diagram height In case of an external trigger the R S ESR uses a fix TTL level Range 0 PCT to 100...

Page 818: ...on trigger FREE RUN The results are output as a list in the order of the entered frequency points The num ber of results per test point depends on the number of concurrently active measure ments peak...

Page 819: ...command returns an error Return values PowerLevel Power level for each frequency included in the measurement The command returns up to 3 power levels for each frequency depending on the number of eva...

Page 820: ...nction is only available in REMOTE operation It is deactivated when switching the instrument back to LOCAL Note that using the command as a query initiates the measurement and returns the results if a...

Page 821: ...th SENSe LIST POWer SET on page 819 The result is a list of floating point values separated by commas The unit depends on CALCulate n UNIT POWer Example SENSe LIST POWer 935 2 MHz 0 dBm 10 dB OFF NORM...

Page 822: ...req MHz Ref Level dBm RF Att dB el Att dB Filter type RBW VBW Meas Time us TRG Level reserve d 1 935 2 0 10 OFF Normal 1 MHz 3 MHz 440 0 2 935 4 0 10 10 Channel 30 kHz 100 kHz 440 0 3 935 6 0 10 20 Ch...

Page 823: ...an 0 Hz sweep time to 30 s span 10 Hz 31 25 ns to 30 s RST 0 s GateLength Defines the gate length for gated measurements Setting 0 seconds turns gated measurements off Other values activate the gated...

Page 824: ...ich action is taken when the probe s micro button is pressed Parameters Mode RSINgle A single sweep is performed NOACtion No action is taken RST OFF Example PROB SET STAT ON Manual operation See Probe...

Page 825: ...Configuration 843 11 5 2 1 Frequency Settings The following commands select the frequency characteristics the R S ESR uses for the measurement Defining Frequency Characteristics Commands useful to de...

Page 826: ...the coupling of the step size to the span SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK CouplingType This command couples and decouples the center frequency step size to the span or the resolution bandwidth Param...

Page 827: ...uency mode between span 0 and zero span in the Spectrum mode Parameters Mode CW Selects the time domain span 0 In the time domain define the measurement frequency with SENSe FREQuency CENTer FIXed Sel...

Page 828: ...e FREQuency STOP Frequency This command defines the stop frequency for measurements in the frequency domain Parameters Frequency min span to fmax RST fmax Example FREQ STOP 2000 MHz Manual operation S...

Page 829: ...dth 10 Hz to MAX span RST span 10 on activating the function Example CALC MARK FUNC STR BAND 1 MHZ Sets the search bandwidth to 1 MHz CALC MARK FUNC STR BWID 1 MHZ Alternative command for the same fun...

Page 830: ...MARKer m FUNCtion STRack TRACe TraceNumber This command defines the trace on which the signal is tracked Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters TraceNumber Range 1 to...

Page 831: ...djusted when the signal level falls below 18 dBm Manual operation See Lower Level Hysteresis on page 358 SENSe ADJust CONFiguration HYSTeresis UPPer Threshold This command defines an upper threshold t...

Page 832: ...anual definition of the measurement duration ADJ CONF LEV DUR 5 Specifies the duration manually SENSe ADJust CONFigure TRIG State This command defines the behaviour of the measurement when adjusting a...

Page 833: ...ul to configure the RBW described elsewhere SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution on page 670 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE on page 671 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO 830 SENSe BANDwidth...

Page 834: ...T filter Example BAND FFT NARR Select narrow partial span for FFT filter Manual operation See Auto on page 359 See Narrow on page 359 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATio Ratio This command defines...

Page 835: ...deo BW Auto on page 362 See Default Coupling on page 365 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo RATio Ratio This command defines the ratio between video bandwidth Hz and resolution band width Hz Note that the r...

Page 836: ...page 640 INITiate n IMMediate on page 641 INITiate n CONTinuous on page 641 INITiate n CONMeas 833 SENSe SWEep COUNt 834 SENSe SWEep POINts 834 SENSe SWEep TIME 835 SENSe SWEep TIME AUTO 835 SENSe SW...

Page 837: ...calculating the average or maximum value If the values 0 or 1 are set one sweep is performed Parameters NumberSweeps 0 to 32767 RST 0 GSM 200 PHN 1 Example SWE COUN 64 Sets the number of sweeps to 64...

Page 838: ...command automatically sets the sweep time to 32 ms In analyzer mode this command controls the automatic coupling of the sweep time to the frequency span and bandwidth settings If SENSe SWEep TIME is u...

Page 839: ...ands configure triggered or gated measurements Triggering Measurements TRIGger n SEQuence HOLDoff TIME 836 TRIGger n SEQuence IFPower HOLDoff 837 TRIGger n SEQuence IFPower HYSTeresis 837 TRIGger n SE...

Page 840: ...IQ mode measurements Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Value RST 150 ns Example TRIG SOUR IFP Sets the IF power trigger source TRIG IFP HOLD 200 ns Sets the holding time to 200 ns Manual operation See Tr...

Page 841: ...ample TRIG LEV IFP 30DBM Manual operation See Trg Gate Level on page 377 See Trigger Level on page 472 TRIGger n SEQuence LEVel RFPower TriggerLevel This command defines the power level at the third i...

Page 842: ...e n IQ EGATe TYPE on page 897 SENSe SWEep EGATe TYPE and an IFP trigger the holdoff time for the IFP trigger see TRIGger n SEQuence HOLDoff TIME on page 836 is ignored for frequency sweep FFT sweep ze...

Page 843: ...ource on page 375 See Free Run on page 375 See External on page 375 See Video on page 376 See RF Power on page 376 See IF Power BB Power on page 376 See Time on page 377 TRIGger n SEQuence TIME RINTer...

Page 844: ...ed Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example SWE EGAT ON Switches on the external gate mode SWE EGAT TYPE EDGE Switches on the edge triggered mode SWE EGAT HOLD 100US Sets the gate delay to 100 s SWE EG...

Page 845: ...e SWE EGAT POL POS Manual operation See Trg Gate Polarity on page 377 See Trigger Polarity on page 472 SENSe SWEep EGATe SOURce Source This command selects the signal source for gated measurements If...

Page 846: ...ements EDGE The gate is edge triggered After detection of the set gate signal edge the gate remains open until the gate delay SENSe SWEep EGATe HOLDoff has expired RST EDGE Example SWE EGAT TYPE EDGE...

Page 847: ...ng with DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SPACing on page 668 Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant t irrelevant Parameters Range Range...

Page 848: ...e reference level With the reference level offset 0 the value range of the reference level is modified by the offset The unit depends on the setting defined with CALCulate n UNIT POWer Suffix n irrele...

Page 849: ...ion See Ref Level Position on page 355 See Reference Value Position on page 478 INPut ATTenuation AUTO State This command automatically couples the input attenuation to the reference level state ON or...

Page 850: ...DATA 850 FORMat DEXPort DSEParator 850 MMEMory STORe n TRACe 851 SENSe AVERage n COUNt 851 SENSe AVERage n STATe Trace 852 SENSe AVERage n TYPE 852 SENSe WINDow DETector trace FUNCtion 853 SENSe WIND...

Page 851: ...cts linear averaging for trace math calculations Manual operation See Lin on page 394 See Log on page 395 See Power on page 395 CALCulate n MATH POSition Position This command defines the position of...

Page 852: ...atically to avoid false results e g with span changes For applications that require no reset after parameter changes the automatic reset can be switched off Suffix n window For applications that do no...

Page 853: ...CII data are transmitted in plain text separated by commas REAL REAL data are transmitted as 32 bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers in the definite length block format RST ASCII Example FORM REAL 32 F...

Page 854: ...ation of the path complies with DOS conventions Example MMEM STOR TRAC 3 TEST ASC Stores trace 3 in the file TEST ASC Manual operation See ASCII Trace Export on page 199 SENSe AVERage n COUNt NoMeasur...

Page 855: ...ST OFF Example AVER OFF Switches off the average calculation for trace 1 AVER STAT3 ON Switches on the average calculation for trace 3 SENSe AVERage n TYPE FunctionType This command selects the type o...

Page 856: ...S Sets the detector to positive peak Manual operation See Trace 1 6 on page 199 See Auto Peak on page 392 See Positive Peak on page 392 See Negative Peak on page 392 See Sample on page 392 See RMS on...

Page 857: ...you use it as a setting command it transfers trace data from an external source to the R S ESR The data format depends on FORMat DATA Parameters Trace Selects the trace to write data to TRACE1 TRACE6...

Page 858: ...bandwidth PeakFreq frequency of the peak in a range PowerAbs absolute power of the peak in dBm PowerRel power of the peak in relation to the channel power in dBc PowerDelta distance from the peak to...

Page 859: ...ul to work with markers in the spectrogram described elsewhere CALCulate n SGRam CLEar IMMediate on page 649 CALCulate n SGRam HDEPth on page 651 CALCulate n SGRam TSTamp DATA on page 652 CALCulate n...

Page 860: ...ts for the end of the sweep CALC SGR CONT ON Repeats the single sweep measurement without deleting the results of the last measurement Manual operation See Continue Frame On Off on page 373 CALCulate...

Page 861: ...nuous sweep CALC SGR FRAM SEL 25 Selects frame number 25 Manual operation See Select Frame on page 373 CALCulate n SGRam TSTamp STATe State This command activates and deactivates the time stamp If the...

Page 862: ...ewhere CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum LEFT on page 691 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum NEXT on page 692 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum PEAK on page 692 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum RIGHt on page 693 CALCulat...

Page 863: ...r m SGRam SARea on page 660 CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam XY MAXimum PEAK on page 660 CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam XY MINimum PEAK on page 661 CALCulate n DELTamarker m SGRam Y MAXimum ABOVe on p...

Page 864: ...nd off Suffix n irrelevant Line 1 2 Selects the time line Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC TLIN2 STAT ON Manual operation See Time Line 1 Time Line 2 on page 213 Using Limit Lines For comm...

Page 865: ...X SLIMits RIGHT on page 689 CALCulate n MARKer m X SLIMits STATe on page 690 CALCulate n MARKer m Y on page 696 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion REFerence 862 CALCulate n MARKer m LOEXclude 863 CALCulat...

Page 866: ...race level spacing to adjacent values peak excursion an execution error error code 200 is produced Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example...

Page 867: ...CALCulate n MARKer m X SLIMits STATe Suffix n irrelevant m irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC MARK X SLIM ZOOM ON Switches the search limit function on CALC MARK X SLIM RIGH 20MHz...

Page 868: ...m X Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters Probability Range 0 to 100 Default unit PCT Example CALC1 MARK Y PERC 95PCT Positions marker 1 to a probability of 95 Manua...

Page 869: ...on page 203 Using Delta Markers Commands useful to control delta markers described elsewhere CALCulate n DELTamarker m AOFF on page 697 CALCulate n DELTamarker m LINK on page 697 CALCulate n DELTamar...

Page 870: ...n See Marker Wizard on page 202 Controlling Fixed Reference Markers CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint MAXimum PEAK 867 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint X 868 CALCulate n D...

Page 871: ...f Point Time zero span on page 418 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint Y RefPointLevel This command defines the vertical position of the fixed delta marker reference point The coordinates...

Page 872: ...the CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint X commands and CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint Y independently of the position of marker 1 and of a trace It applies to all delta ma...

Page 873: ...easurement before reading out the result This is only possible for single sweeps Suffix n Selects the measurement window m irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to...

Page 874: ...ency counter marker 1 Suffix n Selects the measurement window m irrelevant Parameters Resolution 0 001 0 01 0 1 1 10 100 1000 10000 Hz RST 0 1 Hz Example CALC MARK COUN RES 1kHz Sets the resolution of...

Page 875: ...marker position The result can be queried with CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion NOISe RESult Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC MARK...

Page 876: ...ge Query only Manual operation See Phase Noise On Off on page 418 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion PNOise STATe State This command turns the phase noise measurement at the delta marker position on a...

Page 877: ...odulation HOLDoff 874 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion DEModulation SELect 875 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion DEModulation STATe 875 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion DEModulation CONTinuous State This comman...

Page 878: ...LC MARK FUNC DEM SEL FM Manual operation See AM on page 420 See FM on page 420 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion DEModulation STATe State This command turns the audio demodulator on and off when the measu...

Page 879: ...on NDBDown TIME The bandwidth between the markers can be queried with CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion NDBDown RESult Suffix n Selects the measurement window m irrelevant Parameters Distance Distance of...

Page 880: ...surements Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode CALC MARK FUNC NDBD ON Switches on the n dB down function INIT WAI Starts a s...

Page 881: ...l operation See n dB down on page 421 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion NDBDown STATe State This command turns the n dB Down marker function on and off Suffix n Selects the measurement window m irrelevant...

Page 882: ...Culate n MARKer m PEXCursion on page 679 MMEMory STORe PEAKlist on page 682 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FPEaks ANNotation LABel STATe 879 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FPEaks COUNt 880 CALCulate n M...

Page 883: ...with Position of a peak on the x axis CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FPEaks X Position of a peak on the y axis CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FPEaks Y Number of peaks in the list CALCulate n MARKer m FU...

Page 884: ...und CALC MARK FUNC FPE X Queries the frequencies span 0 or time span 0 of max ima found CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion FPEaks LIST SIZE MaxNoPeaks This command defines the maximum number of peaks the m...

Page 885: ...reasing position on the x axis Y Sorts the peaks according to decreasing position on the y axis Example CALC MARK FUNC FPE SORT Y Sets the sort mode to decreasing y values Manual operation See Sort Mo...

Page 886: ...ueries the number of maxima found CALC MARK FUNC FPE X Queries the frequencies span 0 or time span 0 of the maxima found 107 5E6 153 8E6 187 9E6 frequencies in increasing order 2 05E 3 2 37E 3 3 71e 3...

Page 887: ...885 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion BPOWer MODE 886 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion BPOWer RESult 886 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion BPOWer SPAN 886 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion BPOWe...

Page 888: ...nt m irrelevant Parameters Span Numeric value that defines the span in Hz The maximum span depends on the marker position and R S FSV model RST 5 of current span Example CALC MARK FUNC BPOW SPAN 20 Ma...

Page 889: ...W MODE DENS CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion BPOWer RESult This command queries the results of the band power measurement Suffix n irrelevant m irrelevant Return values Power Signal power over the d...

Page 890: ...vant m irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF When switched to on if no marker is active yet marker 1 is acti vated Otherwise the currently active marker is used as a delta band power marker all other mar...

Page 891: ...tude Magnitude FREQuency Spectrum VECTor IQ Vector Manual operation See I Q Analyzer on page 459 See Display Config on page 460 CALCulate n MARKer m SEARch MarkRealImag This command selects the trace...

Page 892: ...AD IQ STATe 1 FileName This command loads the I Q data from the specified iq tar file Note switch to single sweep mode INIT CONT OFF before importing I Q data as otherwise the instrument will continue...

Page 893: ...conditions and the record length If this command is omitted the current instrument settings are used for the correspond ing parameters This command switches to IQ mode automatically see also TRACe n...

Page 894: ...ST 128 Example TRAC IQ SET NORM 10 MHz 32 MHz EXT POS 0 2048 Reads 2048 I Q values starting at the trigger point sample rate 32 MHz trigger External slope Positive TRAC IQ SET NORM 10 MHz 4 MHz EXT PO...

Page 895: ...re scaled linearly in Volts and correspond to the voltage at the RF or digital input of the instrument The number of the returned values is 2 the number of samples Note Using the command with the RST...

Page 896: ...MPatible IQBLock IQPair RST IQBL For maximum performance the formats Compatible or IQPair should be used Furthermore for large amounts of data the data should be in binary format to improve performanc...

Page 897: ...s out the averaged data Usage SCPI confirmed TRACe n IQ AVERage STATe State The command enables averaging of the recorded I Q data provided that I Q data acquisition was previously enabled with TRACe...

Page 898: ...in unit Volt and correspond to the voltage at the RF or digital input of the instrument The format of the output buffer corresponds to the TRACe n IQ DATA command The command requires all response dat...

Page 899: ...A MEM 2048 1024 Reads 1024 I Q data from half of the recorded data TRAC IQ DATA MEM 100 512 Reads 512 I Q data starting at the trigger point Pretrigger Samples was 100 Usage Query only TRACe n IQ EGAT...

Page 900: ...samples defined by TRACe n IQ SET sample rate defined by TRACe n IQ SRATe Range 1 Max samples RST 100 Example TRAC IQ EGAT LENG 2000 TRACe n IQ EGATe NOFgateperiods Number Defines the number of gate...

Page 901: ...umber of samples for RF input is 200 MS For details see Chapter 7 5 Working with I Q Data on page 473 Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF ON all functions of the IQ Analyzer are available OFF...

Page 902: ...le Suffix n irrelevant Example TRAC IQ TPIS Usage Query only Manual operation See Trigger Offset on page 378 11 6 2 I Q Gating Sometimes in spectrum analysis measurements are based on a certain length...

Page 903: ...ber of complex samples to be recorded prior to the trigger event can be selected see TRACe n IQ SET on page 890 for all available trigger sources except for Free Run SCPI command TRACE IQ EGATE TYPE L...

Page 904: ...ge SCPI confirmed Manual operation See Source RF Internal On Off on page 477 SENSe CORRection COLLect ACQuire MeasType This command initiates a reference measurement calibration The reference mea sure...

Page 905: ...nts TRANsmission Selects transmission measurements RST TRANsmission Example CORR METH TRAN Sets the type of measurement to transmission Manual operation See Calibrate Transmission on page 477 See Cali...

Page 906: ...cking generator option R S FSV B9 Suffix n 1 4 Selects the measurement window Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example SOUR2 AM STAT ON Switches on the external amplitude modulation of the tracking gen...

Page 907: ...uency The possible value range is 100 Hz to 10 MHz in steps of 10 Hz Range 100 Hz to 10 MHz Increment 10 Hz RST 100 Hz Example SOUR1 FM DEV 1 MHz Sets the maximum frequency deviation of the tracking g...

Page 908: ...z to 200 MHz RST 0 Hz Example SOUR FREQ OFFS 10MHz Defines a frequency offset of the tracking generator of 10 MHz Usage SCPI confirmed Manual operation See Frequency Offset on page 487 SOURce n POWer...

Page 909: ...er sweep is on the R S ESR enters the time domain span 0 Hz During the sweep time the power at the internal tracking generator is changed linearly from start power to stop power The start and stop pow...

Page 910: ...nerator POWer LEVel 911 SOURce n EXTernal generator ROSCillator SOURce 911 SOURce n EXTernal generator STATe 912 SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB RDEVice GENerator generator ADDRess 913 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEV...

Page 911: ...ource frequency of the external tracking generator RST RST value Example SOUR EXT2 FREQ 10MHz Manual operation See Fixed Generator Frequency on page 488 SOURce n EXTernal generator FREQuency COUPling...

Page 912: ...eters Value numeric value RST 1 Example SOUR EXT FREQ NUM 4 SOUR EXT FREQ DEN 3 Sets a multiplication factor of 4 3 i e the transmit frequency of the generator is 4 3 times the analyzer frequency Mode...

Page 913: ...r the External Tracking Generator option R S FSV B10 Suffix n irrelevant generator 1 2 tracking generator For Noise Figure measurements K30 1 only m 1 2 offset for Noise Figure measurements K30 only P...

Page 914: ...Level This command sets the output power of the selected generator This command is only valid for the External Tracking Generator option R S FSV B10 Suffix n irrelevant generator 1 2 tracking generato...

Page 915: ...illator Mode A NF Manual operation See Reference on page 491 SOURce n EXTernal generator STATe State This command activates or deactivates the external generator indicated by the suffix generator This...

Page 916: ...OMM GPIB RDEV GEN1 ADDR 15 Mode A NF SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice GENerator generator INTerface Type Defines the interface used for the connection to the external tracking generator This command is only...

Page 917: ...ly Parameters Type GPIB TTL GPIB GPIB connection without TTL synchronization for all generators of other manufacturers and some Rohde Schwarz devices TTL GPIB connection with TTL synchronization if av...

Page 918: ...etters Many common commands are related to the Status Reporting System Available common commands CAL 915 CLS 916 ESE 916 ESR 916 IDN 916 IST 916 OPC 917 OPT 917 PCB 917 PRE 917 PSC 917 RST 918 SRE 918...

Page 919: ...tents of the event status enable register in decimal form Parameters Value Range 0 to 255 ESR Event status read Returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form and subsequently sets...

Page 920: ...ress Pass control back Indicates the controller address to which remote control is returned after termination of the triggered action Setting parameters Address Range 0 to 30 Usage Setting only PRE Va...

Page 921: ...icated value This command deter mines under which conditions a service request is triggered Parameters Contents Contents of the service request enable register in decimal form Bit 6 MSS mask bit is al...

Page 922: ...servicing of the subsequent commands until all preceding commands have been executed and all signals have settled see also command synchronization and OPC Usage Event 11 9 System Configuration Genera...

Page 923: ...parameters of the current instrument setting are passed between applications e g center frequency level settings Note that although the default value is OFF this parameter is not reset using the PRESE...

Page 924: ...m FIRMware UPDate This command starts a firmware update using the msi files in the selected directory The default path is D FW_UPDATE The path is changed via the MMEMory COMMent command To store the u...

Page 925: ...t of this command corresponds to that of the PRESET key with manual oper ation or to the RST command For details on preset settings refer to Chapter 6 2 1 Initializing the Configuration PRESET Key on...

Page 926: ...sequence of entry is hour minute second Only user accounts with administrator rights are able to set the time Parameters Time 0 to 23 0 to 59 0 to 59 Example SYST TIME 12 30 30 Usage SCPI confirmed M...

Page 927: ...que ID of the R S ESR instrument Example SYST DEV ID 1307 9002K07 100123 aZ Usage Query only SCPI confirmed Manual operation See Versions Options on page 524 SYSTem DATE Date This command is used to e...

Page 928: ...fix n irrelevant Return values HardwareInfo component 1 serial order model hardware code revision subrevision component 2 serial order model hardware code revision subrevision Table lines are output a...

Page 929: ...307 9002K07 101768 1 05 Usage Event SCPI confirmed Manual operation See ID String Factory on page 514 SYSTem IDENtify STRing String Sets the response to the IDN query to the defined string e g after t...

Page 930: ...error numbers are error messages defined by SCPI If the error queue is empty the error number 0 No error is returned This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Example STAT ERR Usage Quer...

Page 931: ...idth INSTrument COUPle CENTer State This command turns synchronization of the frequency between measurement channels on and off Parameters State ALL 1 Turns on synchronization NONE 0 Turns off synchro...

Page 932: ...it lines between measurement channels on and off Parameters State ALL 1 Turns on synchronization Limit lines have to be compatible to the x axis and y axis config uration for successful synchronizatio...

Page 933: ...nchronizes the preselector configuration INSTrument COUPle PROT State This command turns synchronization of the input protection between measurement channels on and off 10 dB Min Parameters State ALL...

Page 934: ...evant Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example DIAG SERV NSO ON Manual operation See Noise Source on page 384 INPut PRESelection STATe State This command turns the preselector on and off Parameters Sta...

Page 935: ...on See User Port on page 187 OUTPut IF SOURce Source This command selects the source of the IF output Parameters Source IF Outputs the intermediate frequency OFF Turns off the output of a signal VIDeo...

Page 936: ...3 2 1 0 Pin N A N A 5 3 4 7 6 2 Bits 7 and 6 are not assigned to pins and must always be 0 The user port is written to with the given binary pattern If the user port is programmed to input instead of...

Page 937: ...s used 10 MHz EXTernal The external reference is used if none is available an error flag is displayed in the status bar EAUTo The external reference is used as long as it is available then the instrum...

Page 938: ...n was successful During the acquisition of correction data the instrument does not accept any remote control commands In order to recognize when the acquisition of correction data is completed the MAV...

Page 939: ...confirmed DIAGnostic n SERVice INPut PULSed CFRequency Frequency This command defines the frequency of the calibration signal Before you can use the command you have to feed in a calibration signal wi...

Page 940: ...d Manual operation See Calibration Frequency MW on page 527 DIAGnostic n SERVice INPut SELect Signal This command selects the source of the signal You can feed in a signal from the RF input or the cal...

Page 941: ...FUNction LASTresult 939 DIAGnostic n SERVice SFUNction RESults DELete 939 DIAGnostic n SERVice SFUNction RESults SAVE 939 SYSTem PASSword RESet 939 SYSTem PASSword CENable 939 DIAGnostic n SERVice SFU...

Page 942: ...n irrelevant Example DIAG SERV SFUN RES DEL Usage Event DIAGnostic n SERVice SFUNction RESults SAVE FileName This command saves the results of the most recent service function you have used in a file...

Page 943: ...ectory 945 MMEMory CATalog This command reads the indicated directory Query parameters Path path DOS Path name The path name should be conform to DOS conventions and may also include the drive name Ac...

Page 944: ...le name suffix Length of file in bytes Return values Result total number of bytes the directory contains File name1 suffix1 Length of file 2 in bytes File name 2 suffix2 Length of file2 in bytes File...

Page 945: ...rom 23 05 MMEMory MMEMory STORe1 STATe 1 ACP_T As a result in the selection list for recall settings the comment ACP measurement with Standard Tetra from 23 05 is added to the ACP entry Usage SCPI con...

Page 946: ...name in single quotes selects the file to be transferred Block binary data block with the following structure digit for the length of the length information length information number of bytes for the...

Page 947: ...meters FileSource FileDestination file_source file_destination file_name DOS file name The file name includes indication of the path and may also include the drive The path name complies with DOS conv...

Page 948: ...ntions Example MMEM NAME C R_S instr user PRINT1 BMP Selects the file name Usage Event SCPI confirmed Manual operation See Configuring and Printing the Test Report on page 550 MMEMory RDIRectory Direc...

Page 949: ...tions Example MMEM CLE STAT 1 TEST Usage Event Manual operation See Delete File on page 532 MMEMory LOAD AUTO Mode This command defines which settings file is automatically loaded after the device is...

Page 950: ...ry depending on previous actions in the GUI or in previous scripts even if the script starts with the RST command It is therefore recommended that you use the appropriate MMEMory SELect ITEM command b...

Page 951: ...xport on page 534 MMEMory STORe IQ STATe 1 FileName This command stores the complex I Q data to the specified iq tar file in 32 bit float ing point format Parameters FileName Complete file name includ...

Page 952: ...File on page 531 11 11 Using Transducers Before making any changes to a transducer factor or set you have to select one by name with SENSe CORRection TRANsducer SELect Compared to manual configuratio...

Page 953: ...SENSe CORRection TRANsducer SCALing 952 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer SELect 953 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer STATe 953 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer UNIT 953 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer VIEW 954 SENSe CO...

Page 954: ...mand queries all transducer factors stored on the R S ESR Parameters FileInformation String containg the file information NameFileN SizeFileN NameFileN Name of the file SizeFileN Size of the file in b...

Page 955: ...Nsducer UNIT on page 953 By default it is dB Example See Designing a transducer factor on page 949 Manual operation See Defining characteristics of a transducer factor on page 508 SENSe CORRection TRA...

Page 956: ...turns a transducer factor on and off Before you can use the command you have to select a transducer factor with SENSe CORRection TRANsducer SELect You can turn on up to 8 transducer factors at the sam...

Page 957: ...n use the command you have to select a transducer set with SENSe CORRection TSET SELect Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example See Managing a transducer set on page 950 Manual operation See Managing...

Page 958: ...Managing transducer sets on page 510 SENSe CORRection TSET RANGe range Frequency Frequency FileName This command selects a set of transducer factors used for a particular frequency range Ranges 1 to...

Page 959: ...e command you have to select a transducer set with SENSe CORRection TSET SELect Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example See Managing a transducer set on page 950 Manual operation See Using transducer...

Page 960: ...2 Limit lines CMAP13 Limit and margin check PASS CMAP14 Limit and margin check FAIL CMAP15 Softkey text CMAP16 Softkey background CMAP17 Selected field text CMAP18 Selected field background CMAP19 Sof...

Page 961: ...graph CISPR Average CMAP49 Bargraph RMS Average these settings can only be defined via the theme see Chapter 11 14 Display Configuration on page 977 and are thus ignored in the SCPI command HCOPy ABOR...

Page 962: ...optimized color set 3 user defined color set 4 current screen colors without any changes setting for hardcop ies Example HCOP CMAP DEF2 Selects the optimized color set for the color settings of a prin...

Page 963: ...information see Table 11 26 Parameters Color BLACk BLUE BROWn GREen CYAN RED MAGenta YELLow WHITe DGRAy LGRAy LBLUe LGREen LCYan LRED LMAGenta Example HCOP CMAP2 PDEF GRE Usage SCPI confirmed Manual...

Page 964: ...ns color printing on and off Parameters State ON OFF ON Color output OFF Black and white output RST OFF Example HCOP DEV COL ON Usage SCPI confirmed Manual operation See Color On Off on page 523 HCOPy...

Page 965: ...t Example HCOP DEV LANG WMF Usage SCPI confirmed Manual operation See Device Setup on page 544 See Configuring and Printing the Test Report on page 550 HCOPy ITEM ALL This command includes all screen...

Page 966: ...amp STATe 1 2 State This command includes or excludes the time and date in the printout The suffix 1 2 selects the printing device Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example HCOP TDST STAT OFF Manual ope...

Page 967: ...ge 543 See Configuring and Printing the Test Report on page 550 HCOPy IMMediate 1 2 NEXT This command initiates a print job If you are printing to a file the file name depends on MMEMory NAME This com...

Page 968: ...d by quotation marks is output for the next query Further queries are answered by a query error The SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate FIRSt command should be sent previously to return to the beginn...

Page 969: ...ox It also restores the default names of the header titles in the Header tab of the Test Report Settings dialog box Example HCOP TREP ITEM DEF Restores the default test report configuration Usage Even...

Page 970: ...ogram Screenshot of the spectrogram SRESults Numerical results for the scan TDSTamp Date and time of the measurement x TRANsducer Characteristics of the transducer Table 11 28 Available items in spect...

Page 971: ...have been used during a measurement x SPECtrogram Screenshot of the spectrogram TDSTamp Date and time of the measurement x TRANsducer Characteristics of the transducer 11 13 1 2 Designing the Header o...

Page 972: ...iption This command defines a descriptive text for one of the items part of the report header You can define up to 7 items in the header Use HCOPy TREPort ITEM HEADer LINE line TITLe on page 969 to de...

Page 973: ...ITEM HEAD LINE3 TITL Device under Test Renames the third title into Device under Test Manual operation See Designing the Header of the Test Report on page 547 HCOPy TREPort ITEM LOGO FileName This co...

Page 974: ...of the Test Report on page 547 11 13 1 3 Defining the Contents of the Title Page HCOPy TREPort DESCription 971 HCOPy TREPort PAGesize 971 HCOPy TREPort TITLe 972 HCOPy TREPort DESCription Description...

Page 975: ...TREPort ITEM TEMPlate CATalog This command queries the test report templates available in the default report directory and its subdirectories Return values Templates String containing the name of the...

Page 976: ...st Report 973 Adding and Removing Datasets 974 Selecting Datasets for the Report 975 11 13 2 1 Configuring and Printing the Test Report Commands useful to configure and print the test report described...

Page 977: ...ort Usage Event Manual operation See Adding and Removing Datasets on page 551 HCOPy TREPort NEW This command creates a new test report Creating a test report deletes all previously saved datasets The...

Page 978: ...sets for the Report HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect 975 HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect ALL 975 HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect INVert 976 HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect NONE 976 HCOPy TREPort TEST SELect Dataset State This...

Page 979: ...551 11 13 3 Deprecated Commands Test Report Following is a list of deprecated remote commands The remote commands are still supported to maintain compatibility to previous Rohde Schwarz receivers lik...

Page 980: ...SPlay CMAP item PDEFined 978 DISPlay FORMat 979 DISPlay LOGO 979 DISPlay PSAVe HOLDoff 979 DISPlay PSAVe STATe 980 DISPlay SBAR STATe 980 DISPlay SKEYs STATe 980 DISPlay TBAR STATe 980 DISPlay THEMe C...

Page 981: ...of the instrument The set values are not changed by RST Suffix item Selects the display item For more information see Table 11 26 Parameters ColorTable hue sat lum hue TINT sat SATURATION lum BRIGHTN...

Page 982: ...result display between FULL SCREEN and SPLIT SCREEN Parameters Format SINGle SPLit SPLit Show 2 or more screens on the display SINGle Show only 1 screen on the display RST SPL Example DISP FORM SING D...

Page 983: ...ment is oper ated exclusively via remote control Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example DISP PSAVe ON Switches on the power save mode Manual operation See Display Pwr Save On Off on page 523 DISPlay...

Page 984: ...the name of the theme RST SPL Example DISP THEM SEL OceanBlue Manual operation See Theme Selection on page 521 DISPlay TOUChscreen STATe State This command turns the touch screen functionality on off...

Page 985: ...n Mask and Spurious Emissions measure ments diagram or list in full screen depending on the value of the suffix SMALl split screen diagram and list and table RST SMALl Example DISP SIZE LARG Displays...

Page 986: ...window Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example DISP TEXT STAT ON Switches on the title DISPlay WINDow n TEXT DATA Comment This command defines a comment max 20 characters which can be displayed in one...

Page 987: ...0 INITiate n DISPlay State This command turns the display during a single sweep measurement on or off Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep...

Page 988: ...s include current configuration of general device parameters general setup current setting of the measurement hardware including markers activated limit lines A settings file may include 8 limit lines...

Page 989: ...State ON OFF Example MMEM SEL SGR ON Adds spectrogram data to the configuration file MMEMory SELect ITEM TRACe ACTive State This command includes the active traces in the settings file to be stored l...

Page 990: ...1 C MySaveSets Set1 Set1 Loads settings file Set1 when the Set1 softkey in the User menu is selected Example MMEM USER3 C MySaveSets Set3 Loads settings file Set3 when the User3 softkey in the User me...

Page 991: ...the host name of the computer or the IP address and the share name of the drive host name or IP address share name UserName String containing a user name in the network The user name is optional Passw...

Page 992: ...18 Usage SCPI confirmed Manual operation See GPIB Address on page 514 SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF RTERminator Terminator This command changes the GPIB receive terminator According to the standard the...

Page 993: ...strument description Only user accounts with administrator rights are able to use LXI functionality Example SYST LXI LANR Usage Event Manual operation See LAN Reset on page 514 SYSTem LXI MDEScription...

Page 994: ...6xE 8566A B 8568A B and 8594E on page 1039 Example Define the system language SYST LANG 8563E Set the response back to factory setting SYS REV FACT Query the revision REV Response 920528 Usage Event S...

Page 995: ...havior of the instrument The other parameters are to simulate the corresponding HP analyzer The parameter PSA89600 sets the device in a state in which it can be used for IQ capturing from the 89600 ve...

Page 996: ...f a HP language is selected using SYSTem LANGuage Parameters Mode NORM PULS NORM Optimized for high dynamic range overload limit is close to ref erence level PULS Optimized for pulsed signals overload...

Page 997: ...tatus registers see the following sections Status registers in receiver mode STATus OPERation Register on page 580 STATus QUEStionable Register on page 581 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency Register on pa...

Page 998: ...SCPI If the error queue is empty the error number 0 No error is returned This command is identical to the SYSTem ERRor NEXT on page 927 command Example STAT QUES Usage Query only SCPI confirmed 11 16...

Page 999: ...s QUEStionable LIMit n ENABle SumBit STATus QUEStionable LMARgin n ENABle SumBit STATus QUEStionable POWer ENABle SumBit STATus QUEStionable TRANsducer ENABle SumBit These commands control the ENABle...

Page 1000: ...it STATus QUEStionable LMARgin n PTRansition SumBit STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition SumBit STATus QUEStionable TRANsducer PTRansition SumBit These commands control the Positive TRansition part o...

Page 1001: ...ng Marker and Delta Marker 1006 11 17 2 1 Shape Factor Measurement using n dB down 1006 11 17 2 2 Measuring the Third Order Intercept Point 1007 11 17 2 3 Measuring the AM Modulation Depth 1008 11 17...

Page 1002: ...te analyzer SRE 168 Enable service request for STAT OPER STAT QUES and ESR register CALL InstrWrite analyzer ESE 60 Set event enable bit for command execution device dependent and query error CALL Ins...

Page 1003: ...r VI_EVENT_SERVICE_REQ SRQWaitTimeout VI_NULL VI_NULL Wait for service request user inputs are not possible during the waiting time IF status VI_SUCCESS THEN CALL Srq If SRQ is recognized subroutine f...

Page 1004: ...ard and Mouse A frequent problem with remote control programs using Visual Basic is to insert waiting times without blocking the keyboard and the mouse If the program is to respond to user inputs also...

Page 1005: ...oll read status byte IF STB 0 THEN This instrument has bits set in the STB SRQFOUND 1 IF STB AND 16 0 THEN CALL Outputqueue IF STB AND 4 0 THEN CALL ErrorQueueHandler IF STB AND 8 0 THEN CALL Question...

Page 1006: ...outine for the output queue Public Sub Outputqueue Reading the output buffer Try Dim result As String mbSession ReadString Console WriteLine Contents of Output Queue result Catch exp As Exception Cons...

Page 1007: ...SPACE 20 Preallocate blanks to text variable CALL InstrWrite analyzer STATus OPERation EVENt CALL InstrRead analyzer Oper Debug Print Operation Status Oper END SUB REM REM Subroutine for evaluating Q...

Page 1008: ...STOP Stop software END IF IF VAL Esr AND 64 0 THEN Debug Print User request IF VAL Esr AND 128 0 THEN Debug Print Power on END SUB REM REM Subroutine for evaluating the Event Status Register Public S...

Page 1009: ...p Set frequency CALL InstrWrite analyzer FREQ SPAN 1 MHz Span CALL InstrWrite analyzer BAND RES 30 kHz Resolution bandwidth CALL InstrWrite analyzer INIT WAI Perform sweep with sync Measure 60 dB valu...

Page 1010: ...e formula The frequency is set so that the examined mixture products are displayed in the diagram Otherwise the default setting of the R S ESR is used for measurements SetupInstrument REM Public Sub T...

Page 1011: ...T OFF Single sweep CALL InstrWrite analyzer INIT WAI Perform sweep with sync CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK PEXC 6 DB Peak excursion CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK STAT ON Marker 1 on CALL Ins...

Page 1012: ...alyzer CALC LIM5 COMM Upper limit Define comment CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC LIM5 TRAC 1 Assign trace CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC LIM5 CONT DOM FREQ Define x axis range CALL InstrWrite analyzer CA...

Page 1013: ...VI_SUCCESS THEN CALL Srq If SRQ is recognized subroutine for evaluation Read out result IF status 1 THEN CALL InstrWrite analyzer STAT QUES LIM1 COND Read out STAT QUES LIMit register CALL InstrRead a...

Page 1014: ...ite analyzer INIT WAI Perform sweep with sync CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK FUNC POW RES ACP Query result CALL InstrRead analyzer result Read out result Print Result CP ACP low ACP up Alt low Alt...

Page 1015: ...Perform sweep with sync CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC LIM ACP ACH RES Query result of limit check CALL InstrRead analyzer result Read out result Print Result Limit Check result END SUB REM Example of...

Page 1016: ...surement POW ACH REF AUTO ONCE Defines the measured channel power as the reference value for relative power mea surements If the channel power only is to be measured all commands relating to adjacent...

Page 1017: ...LL InstrRead analyzer result Print result END SUB REM 11 17 6 Time Domain Power Measurement In the following example the mean carrier power of a signal with 300 kHz bandwidth at 100 MHz is to be deter...

Page 1018: ...eed The R S ESR offers two test functions for this task which can be used depending on the signal characteristics In the following the two methods are presented by means of two examples 11 17 7 1 Powe...

Page 1019: ...er FREQ CENT 935 2 MHz SPAN 0Hz Frequency setting CALL InstrWrite analyzer DISP WIND TRAC Y RLEV 10 dBm Set reference level to 10 dB CALL InstrWrite analyzer INP ATT 30 dB Set input attenuation to 30...

Page 1020: ...lses must be above the trig ger threshold The function is therefore particularly suitable for re measuring DUTs already adjusted and whose output power is within the specified range The measurement is...

Page 1021: ...or cmd cmd 8 Number of bursts CALL InstrWrite analyzer cmd CALL InstrRead analyzer result Read results Print result END SUB REM 11 17 8 Fast Level Measurement Using Frequency Lists A typical task for...

Page 1022: ...Harmonic The frequencies are selected in ascending order to minimize system inherent waiting times resulting from frequency changes At each frequency point the peak power and the rms power are measur...

Page 1023: ...st setup must be taken into account in all power measurements to avoid any measurement errors being intro duced from sources other than the DUT The R S ESR offers the possibility of defining a frequen...

Page 1024: ...and read it from the I Q memory 1 Data is output in the form of voltage values referred to the analyzer input Data can be read in binary or ASCII format In binary format the length information carrie...

Page 1025: ...CALL InstrWrite analyzer TRAC IQ SET NORM 10 MHz 32 MHz IMM POS 0 130560 Read out in binary format CALL InstrWrite analyzer FORMAT REAL 32 Set binary format CALL InstrWrite analyzer TRAC IQ DATA Measu...

Page 1026: ...of digits of length information Dim fileBytes As Long Length of file with trace data in bytes result Space 100 Buffer for simple results Default setting of status register CALL SetupStatusReg Configur...

Page 1027: ...ta fileBytes FileLen H work vb TEST1 R S FSV DFL Determine length of file fileSize Str fileBytes digits Len fileSize 1 Determine number of digits of fileSize Right fileSize digits length information F...

Page 1028: ...CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 SWEep EGATe ON Switch on the external gate mode CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 SWEep EGATe SOURce EXTernal Set enternal gate source CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 SWE...

Page 1029: ...200 US Rem Set time interval Setting the span CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 FREQuency SPAN 8 MHZ Set the span to 8 MHz Inserting new ranges Rem Enlarge number of ranges to 5 by adding one at the en...

Page 1030: ...nstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 ESPectrum RANGe2 BANDwidth VIDeo 300 kHZ CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 ESPectrum RANGe2 SWEep TIME 50 ms CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 ESPectrum RANGe2 RLEVel 10 DBM CALL...

Page 1031: ...alyzer SENSe1 ESPectrum RANGe5 BANDwidth RESolution 1 MHZ CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 ESPectrum RANGe5 FILTer TYPE CFILter CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 ESPectrum RANGe5 BANDwidth VIDeo 3 MHZ CA...

Page 1032: ...ite analyzer SENSe1 LIST RANGe1 BANDwidth RESolution CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 LIST RANGe1 BANDwidth VIDeo CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 LIST RANGe1 SWEep TIME AUTO CALL InstrWrite analyzer SE...

Page 1033: ...LL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 LIST RANGe1 BREak OFF CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 LIST RANGe1 LIMit STARt 20 CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1 LIST RANGe1 LIMit STOP 20 CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe1...

Page 1034: ...alyzer result REM 11 17 14 Averaging I Q Data The R S ESR has averaging capability also for I Q measurements i e I Q data can be averaged over several test runs This is subject to the following condit...

Page 1035: ...are different modes to define the gate areas Edge triggered recording Level triggered recording For more information see IQ Gating in the Remote Commands chapter under Trace IQ subsystem Measurement...

Page 1036: ...displayed Edges are only visible around the IFP trigger point otherwise only the signal level is recorded Figure 11 9 Recorded signal using IQ gating in level mode Measurement example Edge mode In ed...

Page 1037: ...gnal in edge mode and displays only the signal without gaps and noise Used values sample rate 32 MHz number of IQ samples 128000 delay 11020 samples length 15500 samples trigger mode EXT Program TRACe...

Page 1038: ...rogram records the signal in edge mode and displays only the noise Used values sample rate 32 MHz number of IQ samples 128000 delay 0 samples length 9000 samples trigger mode EXT Program TRACe1 IQ ON...

Page 1039: ...and the distance between two periods gap In this example a power ramp is recorded triggered by the IFP on the highest edge see Figure 11 13 As a result only the levels of the individual ramp areas of...

Page 1040: ...ACe1 IQ EGATe GAP 3800 Result Figure 11 14 Result periodic power ramp levels 11 17 16 Usage of Four Spectrum Instances As of R S ESR firmware version 1 50 you can open up to four tabs for spectrum mod...

Page 1041: ...ite analyzer CALC MARK FUNC POW SEL OBW select OBW meas CALL InstrWrite analyzer CALC MARK FUNC POW PRES FW3Gppcdma select WCDMA BTS standard Setup the Spectrum 4 Tab CCDF measurement CALL InstrWrite...

Page 1042: ...4E 8565E 8566A 8566B 8568A 8568B and 8594E Despite the differences in system architecture and device features the supported com mands have been implemented in a way to ensure a sufficiently high degre...

Page 1043: ...vailable Command sets A and B differ in the rules regarding the command structure 8568A_DC Uses DC input coupling by default if supported by the instrument 8568B Command sets A and B are available Com...

Page 1044: ...2 GHz 0 dBm AC 8563E 601 0 Hz 26 5 GHz 0 dBm AC 8564E 601 0 Hz 40 GHz 0 dBm AC 8565E 601 0 Hz 50 GHz 0 dBm AC 8594E 401 0 Hz 3 GHz 0 dBm AC Note The stop frequency indicated in the table may be limite...

Page 1045: ...P 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available ADJCRT 2 ADJCRT Adjust CRT HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available ADJIF 2 ADJIF Auto adjust IF HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available AMB AMB ON OFF A...

Page 1046: ...94E available AXB AXB Exchange trace A and B HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available B1 B1 Clear Write B HP 8566A HP 8568A available B2 B2 Max Hold B HP 8566A HP 8568A available B3 B3 View B HP...

Page 1047: ...P 8594E available CF CF numeric_value HZ KHZ MHZ GHZ CF UP CF DN CF Center Frequency HP 8566A HP 8568A HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available CHANPWR CHANPWR TRA TRB numeric_value Channel Power...

Page 1048: ...8566A HP 8568A available D1 2 D1 Display Size normal HP 8566A HP 8568A available DA 2 DA Display address available DEMOD 1 DEMOD ON OFF AM FM AF Demodulator HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E availab...

Page 1049: ...P 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available DONE DONE DONE Done query HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available DW 2 DW Write to display and increment address available E1 E1 Peak Search HP 8566A HP 8568A...

Page 1050: ...R ERR Error queue query HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E not yet availa ble EX EX Exchange trace A and B HP 8566A HP 8568A available FA FA numeric_value HZ KHZ MHZ GHZ FA UP FA DN FA Start Frequenc...

Page 1051: ...HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available GATECTL 1 GATECTL EDGE LEVEL GATECTL HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available GD 1 GD numeric_value US MS SC GD DN GD UP GD HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568...

Page 1052: ...HZ KHZ MHZ GHZ KS DN KS UP KS Marker Frequency Coun ter Resolution HP 8566A HP 8568A available KS KS Manual Peaking HP 8566A HP 8568A available KS KS Lock register HP 8566A HP 8568A available KS KS U...

Page 1053: ...HP 8566A HP 8568A available KSQ 2 KSQ Band lock off HP 8566A HP 8568A available KST KST Fast Preset HP 8566A HP 8568A available KSV KSV numeric_value HZ KHZ MHZ GHZ KSV Frequency Offset HP 8566A HP 85...

Page 1054: ...KSp KSp Character display on HP 8566A HP 8568A available KSr KSr Create service request HP 8566A HP 8568A available KSt 2 KSt Band lock on HP 8566A HP 8568A available KSv 2 KSv Signal ident on HP 8566...

Page 1055: ...B DM LG Amplitude Scale Log HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available LL 2 LL Plot command HP 8566A HP 8568A available LN LN Amplitude Scale Lin HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available M1 M1...

Page 1056: ...available MKA MKA numeric_value MKA Marker Amplitude HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available MKACT MKACT 1 MKACT Select the active marker HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E not available MKBW...

Page 1057: ...FCR Frequency Counter Res olution HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available MKMIN MKMIN Marker Min HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available MKN MKN MKN numeric_value HZ KHZ MHZ GHZ MKN DN MKN...

Page 1058: ...6B HP 8568B HP 8594E available MKRL MKRL Ref Level Marker Level HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available MKSP MKSP Deltamarker to span HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available MKSS MKSS CF S...

Page 1059: ...r Track On HP 8566A HP 8568A available MXMH MXMH TRA TRB Maximum Hold HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available NORMALIZE NORMALIZE Normalize trace HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E not availabl...

Page 1060: ...Queries amplitude at the spot frequency HP 856xE available PH_DRIFT 0 for stable signals 1 for drifty HP 856xE available PH_RLVL Reference level for the log plot HP 856xE available PH_SMTHV Trace smo...

Page 1061: ...TRA ALLDSP GRT Plot command HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available PP PP Preselector Peaking HP 8566A HP 8568A available PRINT 1 PRINT PRINT 1 0 Hardcopy HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E av...

Page 1062: ...8594E available RC1 6 RC1 6 Recall Last State HP 8566A HP 8568A available RCLS RCLS numeric_value Recall State Register HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available RCLT RCLT TRA TRB num ber Recall T...

Page 1063: ...856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available S1 S1 Continuous Sweep HP 8566A HP 8568A available S2 S2 Single Sweep HP 8566A HP 8568A available SADD add a limit line segment HP 856xE available SAVES SAVE...

Page 1064: ...8568B HP 8594E not available SRCPOFS 1 SRCPOFS numeric_value DB DM SRCPOFS DN SRCPOFS UP SRCPOFS Source Power Offset HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E not available SRCPWR 1 SRCPWR numeric_value DB...

Page 1065: ...trace amplitudes HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available SV1 6 SV1 6 Save State HP 8566A HP 8568A available SWPCPL 2 SWPCPL SA SR SWPCPL Sweep Couple HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available SWPOUT...

Page 1066: ...HP 8568A available TDF TDF P TDF M TDF B TDF A TDF I Trace Data Format HP 856xE HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available TH TH numeric_value DB DM TH DN TH UP TH ON TH OFF TH AUTO TH Threshold HP 856xE H...

Page 1067: ...E available UR 2 UR Plot Command HP 8566A HP 8568A available VARDEF VARDEF Variable definition arrays are not supported HP 8566B HP 8568B HP 8594E available VAVG VAVG VAVG TRA TRB TRC Video Averaging...

Page 1068: ...en models A and models B The command structure for models A is as follows command command code SPC data step SPC delimiter command code delimiter data Value SPC units code SPC delimiter SPC data step...

Page 1069: ...quired for that purpose ERR Deletes the error bit in the status register but always returns a 0 in response FA Default value range step size FB Default value range step size ID M2 Default value range...

Page 1070: ...shows the default settings obtained after a change of the GPIB lan guage and for the commands IP KST and RESET Model of Trace Points Start Freq Stop Freq Ref Level Input Coupling 8566A B 1001 2 GHz 2...

Page 1071: ...he number of test points trace points corre sponds to that of the 85xx families 1001 for 8566A B and 8568A B 601 for 8560E to 8565E 401 for 8594E 11 18 7 Trace Data Output Formats All formats are supp...

Page 1072: ...S ESR reports any key pressed on the front panel rather than only the unit keys if bit 1 was enabled Another difference is the behavior of bit 6 when using the STB query On the HP ana lyzers this bit...

Page 1073: ...electric shock If moisture enters the casing for example if you clean the instrument using a moist cloth contact with the instrument can lead to electric shock Before cleaning the instru ment other t...

Page 1074: ...ents and connectors from being damaged The antistatic packing foil avoids any undesired electrostatic charging to occur If you do not use the original packaging provide for sufficient padding to preve...

Page 1075: ...out by means of query SYSTem ERRor A short explanation of the error cause is given The left hand col umn contains the associated error code Additionally option specific warnings and error messages di...

Page 1076: ...rinter Not Available This message is displayed when the selected printer is not included in the list of available output devices A possible cause is that the required printer driver is missing or inco...

Page 1077: ...ktop 1081 Operation with a VNC Client 1085 Starting and Terminating Remote Operation 1086 Deactivating the R S ESR via Remote Operation 1088 14 1 Configuring the Network After network support has been...

Page 1078: ...the Network Address softkey The submenu is displayed 4 Press the Computer Name softkey and enter the computer name 5 If you enter an invalid name the error message out of range is displayed in the st...

Page 1079: ...ment 14 1 3 Operating the Instrument Without a Network To operate the instrument without a network connection either temporarily or perma nently no special measures are necessary Windows automatically...

Page 1080: ...ers 3 Select Add someone else to this PC 4 In the Microsoft account dialog box enter the new user name and password 5 Select OK 6 Select Finish The new user is created 14 1 5 Changing the User Passwor...

Page 1081: ...function perform the following steps 1 Press the Windows key or the CTRL ESC key combination on your keyboard to access the operating system of the R S ESR see also Chapter 3 2 5 4 Accessing the Start...

Page 1082: ...key on the front panel of the R S ESR 2 Press the File Manager softkey 3 Press the More softkey 4 Press the Network Drive softkey The Map Network Drive dialog box is displayed 5 Press the Drive list...

Page 1083: ...d 6 In the Drive list select the drive you want to disconnect 7 Confirm with OK 14 1 9 Sharing Directories only with Microsoft Networks Sharing directories makes data available for other users This is...

Page 1084: ...s section describes the configuration of the R S ESR and the Remote Desktop Client of the controller Details on how to set up a modem connection are described in the Windows documentation 14 2 1 Confi...

Page 1085: ...ngs 6 The R S ESR is now ready for connection setup with the Remote Desktop pro gram of the controller 14 2 2 Configuring the Controller Remote Desktop Client The Windows Remote Desktop Client is part...

Page 1086: ...selection and how powerful the connection is the options are activated or deactivated 6 To improve the performance you can deactivate the Desktop background Show contents of window while dragging and...

Page 1087: ...S ESR activate the Printers option Do not change the remaining settings 10 Open the Display tab The options for configuring the R S ESR screen display are displayed 11 Under Remote desktop size you c...

Page 1088: ...and the cli ent With the display running you can also change settings both on the instrument and with the client simultaneously Using the Remote Desktop turns off the display and viewing the display c...

Page 1089: ...Save As dialog box is displayed b Enter the name for the connection information RDP 4 To load an existing connection configuration a Select the Open button The Open dialog box is displayed b Select t...

Page 1090: ...layed on the R S ESR screen Terminating Remote Desktop control The connection can be terminated by the controller or by a user at the R S ESR On the controller close the Remote Desktop window The conn...

Page 1091: ...2 Click the desktop and press the key combination ALT F4 to shut down the R S ESR A safety query is displayed to warn you that the instrument cannot be reactivated via remote operation and asks you wh...

Page 1092: ...ion 670 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO 671 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO 830 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution FFT 831 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATio 831 SENSe BANDwidth BWID...

Page 1093: ...GAIN STATe 766 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range INSert 767 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range LIMit source ABSolute STARt 767 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe range LIMit source ABSolute STOP 767 SENSe ESPectrum RANGe rang...

Page 1094: ...RANGe range POINts 756 SENSe LIST RANGe range RLEVel 756 SENSe LIST RANGe range SWEep TIME 757 SENSe LIST RANGe range SWEep TIME AUTO 757 SENSe LIST RANGe range TRANsducer 757 SENSe LIST RANGe range F...

Page 1095: ...AN TDOMain 647 SENSe SCAN range BANDwidth RESolution 675 SENSe SCAN range INPut ATTenuation 675 SENSe SCAN range INPut ATTenuation AUTO 675 SENSe SCAN range INPut GAIN AUTO 676 SENSe SCAN range INPut...

Page 1096: ...Y OFFSet 868 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed STATe 869 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FMEasurement DETector 779 CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FMEasurement LIMit k CONDition 781 CALCu...

Page 1097: ...n ESPectrum PSEarch PEAKsearch PSHow 778 CALCulate n FEED 637 CALCulate n FLINe k 704 CALCulate n FLINe k STATe 705 CALCulate n FORMat 888 CALCulate n LIMit k ACPower ACHannel ABSolute 738 CALCulate n...

Page 1098: ...e n LIMit k UPPer SPACing 716 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer STATe 717 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer THReshold 717 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer DATA 714 CALCulate n MARKer m AOFF 691 CALCulate n MARKer m COUNt 87...

Page 1099: ...BDown STATe 878 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion NDBDown TIME 878 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion NOISe RESult 871 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion NOISe STATe 872 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion POWer MODE 724...

Page 1100: ...EFT 691 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum NEXT 692 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum RIGHt 693 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum PEAK 692 CALCulate n MARKer m MINimum AUTO 863 CALCulate n MARKer m MINimum LEFT 693 C...

Page 1101: ...CALCulate n SGRam FRAMe SELect 858 CALCulate n SGRam HDEPth 651 CALCulate n SGRam TSTamp DATA 652 CALCulate n SGRam TSTamp STATe 858 CALCulate n SGRam STATe 858 CALCulate n STATistics APD STATe 792 C...

Page 1102: ...ay LOGO 979 DISPlay MTABle 866 DISPlay PSAVe HOLDoff 979 DISPlay PSAVe STATe 980 DISPlay SBAR STATe 980 DISPlay SKEYs STATe 980 DISPlay TBAR STATe 980 DISPlay THEMe CATalog 981 DISPlay THEMe SELect 98...

Page 1103: ...974 HCOPy TREPort DESCription 971 HCOPy TREPort ITEM DEFault 966 HCOPy TREPort ITEM HEADer LINE line CONTrol 968 HCOPy TREPort ITEM HEADer LINE line TEXT 969 HCOPy TREPort ITEM HEADer LINE line TITLe...

Page 1104: ...ORt VALue 932 INSTrument COUPle ATTen 927 INSTrument COUPle BANDwidth 928 INSTrument COUPle CENTer 928 INSTrument COUPle DEMod 928 INSTrument COUPle GAIN 929 INSTrument COUPle LIMit 929 INSTrument COU...

Page 1105: ...Ce 851 MMEMory USER Softkey 987 OUTPut IF SOURce 932 OUTPut TRIGger 932 OUTPut UPORt STATe 933 OUTPut UPORt VALue 933 OUTPut STATe 901 PROBe ID PARTnumber 821 PROBe ID SRNumber 821 PROBe SETup MODE 82...

Page 1106: ...NABle 996 STATus QUEStionable LIMit n NTRansition 996 STATus QUEStionable LIMit n PTRansition 997 STATus QUEStionable LIMit n EVENt 995 STATus QUEStionable LMARgin n CONDition 996 STATus QUEStionable...

Page 1107: ...em FORMat IDENt 921 SYSTem HPCoupling 992 SYSTem IDENtify FACTory 926 SYSTem IDENtify STRing 926 SYSTem IFGain MODE 993 SYSTem KLOCk 922 SYSTem LANGuage 992 SYSTem LXI INFo 990 SYSTem LXI LANReset 990...

Page 1108: ...n IQ SRATe 891 TRACe n IQ TPISample 899 TRACe n IQ STATe 898 TRACe n POINts 674 TRACe n DATA MEMory 855 TRACe n DATA X 856 TRIGger n SEQuence HOLDoff TIME 836 TRIGger n SEQuence IFPower HOLDoff 837 T...

Page 1109: ...Amplitude Menu 351 Amplitude distribution 312 AMPT key 351 Analysis Bandwidth definition 474 Annotation 521 AP trace information 67 Application cards 26 Application notes 26 APX tracking generator 492...

Page 1110: ...569 CommandS Programming examples 997 Common commands Syntax 564 Compatible mode hardware setting 65 Computer name Changing 628 1075 Concluding entry 73 CONDition 576 Connector AC power supply 36 AF...

Page 1111: ...ls 65 Entry Canceling 73 Concluding 73 error messages device specific 1072 Error messages 1072 see User Manual 69 Error queue 579 Error queues recommendations 592 ESD 40 ESE Event Status Enable regist...

Page 1112: ...TL 562 H Hardware information dialog box 524 Hardware settings Display 65 input 65 Harmonic Distortion Measurement 337 Results 340 Harmonics Measurement 225 340 HiSLIP 621 Protocol 557 622 Resource st...

Page 1113: ...LAN Configuration 623 Configuring 629 Connector 36 Interface 556 621 IP address 556 621 Remote control interface 553 621 RSIB protocol 558 VISA 556 621 VXI protocol 557 622 LAN interface 1074 level ax...

Page 1114: ...mple amplitude distribution 455 harmonics 431 high sensitivity harmonics 339 intermodulation 330 modulated signals 448 noise 441 signals in the vicinity of noise 436 spectra of complex signals 433 tes...

Page 1115: ...set frequency 347 gate signal 379 reference level 354 467 Offset Limit line 212 Trigger 378 472 Offset hardware setting 65 On screen keyboard 72 Online help Working with 22 Operating system 56 Login 5...

Page 1116: ...ment 1028 time domain power measurement 1014 transducers 1020 writing files 1024 Programming examples Service request 999 Protocol RSIB 558 VXI 557 622 PTRansition 576 Q QP trace information 67 Querie...

Page 1117: ...mplifier B22 181 354 460 467 RM trace information 67 RMS VBW 362 399 RMS detector 399 RMS value 296 Rotary knob 74 RSIB interface functions 559 protocol 558 RUN CONT key 341 RUN SINGLE key 341 S SA tr...

Page 1118: ...tion Short 477 Calibrate Transmission 477 Calibration Frequency MW 937 Calibration Frequency RF 936 CCDF remote control 792 794 Center Mkr Freq 412 Center Mkr Freq remote control 688 CF Stepsize remot...

Page 1119: ...mote control 767 Install Printer 545 Installed Options remote control 925 Interpolation Lin Log remote control 952 LAN Reset 990 Last Span 180 Left Limit 206 423 Left Limit remote control 689 Limit Ch...

Page 1120: ...ef Lvl Mkr Lvl remote control 862 Ref Point Frequency 418 419 Ref Point Frequency remote control 868 Ref Point Level 418 419 Ref Point Level remote control 868 Ref Point Time remote control 868 Ref Va...

Page 1121: ...ator 383 Trg Gate Level 377 Trg Gate Level remote control 838 Trg Gate Polarity Pos Neg 377 Trg Gate Polarity Pos Neg remote control 839 842 Trg Gate Source remote control 837 838 842 Trigger Holdoff...

Page 1122: ...ency Offset remote control 824 Full Span 180 Gate Delay 379 Gate Length 380 Gate Mode Lvl Edge 379 Gate Settings 379 Gated Trigger 378 General setup 512 GPIB 514 GPIB address 514 GPIB language 515 GPI...

Page 1123: ...lch 421 Squelch remote control 648 649 Squelch Level 421 Std Dev 296 Subnet mask 513 Sweep 359 363 371 Sweep Count remote control 834 Sweep List 258 289 Sweep repeat On Off 516 Sweep Time remote contr...

Page 1124: ...POWer 584 Status reporting system 574 Application 589 Common commands 915 STB 574 Step size Center frequency 345 stop frequency 347 storing 1071 Storing Instrument configuration 117 Measurement data...

Page 1125: ...ssion measurement calibration 493 tracking generator 494 Tree walking Softkey 517 TRG enhancement label 66 TRIG key 374 trigger external 375 470 level 377 slope 377 472 Trigger Event remote 918 Extern...

Page 1126: ...protocol 557 622 W Wait Remote 919 Waiting for trigger Status register 586 Web browser Configuration interface 629 weighting filter 240 White papers 26 White space 569 WordPad Accessing 59 Y Y Axis M...

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