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13.6.2.7

Using Markers............................................................................................................. 338

13.6.2.8

Using Display Lines and Limit Lines........................................................................... 352

13.6.2.9

Configuring and Using Measurement Functions......................................................... 359

13.6.3

Remote Commands of the Analog Modulation........................................................... 388

13.6.3.1

Setting the Frequency................................................................................................. 388

13.6.3.2

Defining the Vertical Axis............................................................................................ 389

13.6.3.3

Defining the Bandwidth............................................................................................... 392

13.6.3.4

Defining the FM Broadcast..........................................................................................393

13.6.3.5

Defining the Sweep Mode........................................................................................... 394

13.6.3.6

Configuring the Limit Line........................................................................................... 395

13.6.3.7

Setting the Measurement Mode.................................................................................. 396

13.6.3.8

Reading out Measurement Results.............................................................................398

13.6.4

Remote Commands of the Digital Modulation.............................................................402

13.6.4.1

Setting the Frequency................................................................................................. 402

13.6.4.2

Setting the Amplitude.................................................................................................. 403

13.6.4.3

Defining the Sweep Control........................................................................................ 407

13.6.4.4

Configuring the Trigger................................................................................................408

13.6.4.5

Setting the Marker.......................................................................................................409

13.6.4.6

Setting the Measurement Mode.................................................................................. 413

13.6.4.7

Setting Measurement Configuration............................................................................415

13.6.4.8

Reading out Measurement Results.............................................................................417

13.6.5

Remote Commands of the Power Meter.....................................................................422

13.6.5.1

Setting the Frequency................................................................................................. 422

13.6.5.2

Setting the Wavelength............................................................................................... 423

13.6.5.3

Configuring Power Level Readout.............................................................................. 423

13.6.5.4

Defining the Measurement Time................................................................................. 425

13.6.5.5

Zeroing of the Power Sensor...................................................................................... 425

13.6.5.6

Forward Power Display............................................................................................... 426

13.6.5.7

Defining the Video Bandwidth..................................................................................... 426

13.6.5.8

Reading Out Measurement Results............................................................................ 427

13.6.5.9

Selecting a Telecommunication Standard................................................................... 427

13.6.6

Remote Commands of the Receiver Mode................................................................. 428

13.6.6.1

Configuring the Horizontal Axis...................................................................................428

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Page 9: ...of highly qualified engineers provides support and works with you to find a solution to your query on any aspect of the operation programming or applications of Rohde Schwarz products Contact informa...

Page 10: ...me to the R S Spectrum Rider 20 3 Getting Started 21 3 1 Preparing for Use 21 3 1 1 Putting into Operation 21 3 1 1 1 Unpacking and Checking the Instrument 22 3 1 1 2 Accessory List 23 3 1 1 3 Setting...

Page 11: ...6 Keypad 47 3 2 5 7 Navigation Controls 48 3 2 6 Managing Options 49 3 2 6 1 Enabling Options 49 3 2 6 2 Checking Options 50 3 2 6 3 Managing Options with R S License Manager 50 3 2 7 Configuring the...

Page 12: ...strument Functions 90 4 1 Screen Layout and Elements 90 4 1 1 Configuration Overview Screen Layout 91 4 2 Touchscreen Gesture Element 92 4 2 1 Change Center Frequency 92 4 2 2 Change Reference Level 9...

Page 13: ...udio Signal to Locate Signal 124 6 1 2 Measuring the Channel Power of Continuously Modulated Signals 125 6 1 2 1 Selecting the Standard 126 6 1 2 2 Setting the Reference Level 127 6 1 2 3 Setting the...

Page 14: ...6 1 6 4 Displaying Absolute and Relative Results 145 6 1 6 5 Selecting the Reference Channel 146 6 1 6 6 Setting and Checking the Limits 146 6 1 6 7 Configuring and Triggering the Sweep 147 6 1 6 8 Us...

Page 15: ...3 Configuring the Vertical Axis 177 6 2 3 1 Setting the Reference Level 177 6 2 3 2 Setting a Display Range 178 6 2 3 3 Selecting the Display Unit 179 6 2 3 4 Setting a Reference Offset 179 6 2 3 5 S...

Page 16: ...erforming Limit Checks 208 6 3 Working with Channel Tables 209 6 4 Using Transducer Factors 210 6 4 1 Unit for Measurements with Transducers 212 6 4 2 Setting the Reference Level 213 6 4 3 Frequency R...

Page 17: ...al Axis 242 10 1 3 3 Defining the Vertical Axis 242 10 1 3 4 Defining Demodulation Bandwidth and Audio Lowpass Filter 243 10 1 3 5 Defining FM Broadcast 244 10 1 3 6 Limit Settings 244 10 2 Digital De...

Page 18: ...81 12 1 1 Performing Single Frequency Measurements 281 12 1 1 1 Defining the Receive Frequency 283 12 1 1 2 Customizing the Bargraph Aspects 283 12 1 2 Performing Frequency Scans 285 12 1 2 1 Defining...

Page 19: ...w of Syntax Elements 304 13 4 2 Parameters 305 13 4 2 1 Numeric Values 305 13 4 2 2 Special Numeric Values 306 13 4 2 3 Boolean Parameters 306 13 4 2 4 Text 306 13 4 2 5 Strings 307 13 4 2 6 Block Dat...

Page 20: ...quency 402 13 6 4 2 Setting the Amplitude 403 13 6 4 3 Defining the Sweep Control 407 13 6 4 4 Configuring the Trigger 408 13 6 4 5 Setting the Marker 409 13 6 4 6 Setting the Measurement Mode 413 13...

Page 21: ...etwork Connection 477 13 6 11 6 System Settings 478 13 6 12 Status Reporting System 486 13 6 12 1 Structure of an SCPI Status Register 486 13 6 12 2 Overview of the Status Register 488 13 6 12 3 Statu...

Page 22: ...32 14 3 7 Trace Parameters 532 14 3 8 Marker Parameters 532 14 4 Functions of the Wizard 533 14 4 1 Measurement Wizard 533 14 5 Functions of the Modulation Analysis 535 14 5 1 Analog Demodulation Meas...

Page 23: ...545 14 7 Functions of the Maps 545 14 7 1 Maps Measurement 545 14 7 2 Frequency Parameters 551 14 7 3 Amplitude Parameters 551 14 7 4 BW Parameters 552 14 7 5 Sweep Configuration 552 14 7 6 Trace Fun...

Page 24: ...online version of the user manual provides the complete contents for immediate display on the internet Basic safety instructions Contains safety instructions operating conditions and further important...

Page 25: ...e fph 1 1 5 Application Notes Application Cards Videos These documents contain information about possible applications and background information on various topics see www rohde schwarz com appnotes 1...

Page 26: ...hscreen is described The alternative procedure using the keys on the instrument or the on screen keyboard is only described if it deviates from the standard operating proce dures The term select may r...

Page 27: ...nalyzer developed to meet demanding customer requirements Offering touchscreen input the analyzer enhances user experience in making measurements fast and easy This user manual contains a description...

Page 28: ...fety instructions in the following sections In particular Do not open the instrument casing Risk of instrument damage due to inappropriate operating conditions Specific operating conditions are requir...

Page 29: ...s Electromagnetic interference EMI may affect the measurement results To suppress generated electromagnetic interference EMI Use suitable shielded cables of high quality For example use double shielde...

Page 30: ...strument to prevent any movement and other mechanical effects dur ing transportation 3 1 1 2 Accessory List The instrument comes with the following accessories Power supply cable and adapter set Li io...

Page 31: ...two thumb screws located on the battery compartment 2 Open the cover 3 Insert the battery into the R S Spectrum Rider 4 Close the cover and screw back the thumb screws You can operate the R S Spectru...

Page 32: ...l as the battery icon shown at the top right corner of the display screen See Chapter 3 2 3 1 Title Bar on page 38 The lithium ion battery has a capacity of 6 4 Ah and it allows operation of up to eig...

Page 33: ...ed during delivery is not fully charged for battery operation you have to charge it first To charge the battery connect the charger to AC power adapter included in the deliv ery For more information s...

Page 34: ...ntains an electronic device for protection against deep discharge overcharge and short circuiting between the terminals If you cannot discharge the battery it may be deep discharged Charge the bat ter...

Page 35: ...Do not dispose battery in fire 3 1 2 Switching the Instrument On and Off The instrument can be powered with an AC or DC battery operated or via car adapter input See Chapter 3 1 1 4 Using the AC Adapt...

Page 36: ...a switch off mode 3 1 3 Checking the Supplied Options The instrument can be equipped with different hardware and installed options For a list of R S Spectrum Rider supported hardware and installed op...

Page 37: ...d connectors It also contains general system configuration on the R S Spectrum Rider as well as the connectivity of the instrument to PC Overview Control 31 Connectors of the R S Spectrum Rider 32 Tou...

Page 38: ...Touch sensitive screen area 6 Softkey labels on display 7 Softkey 8 System Keys 9 DC port behind protective cap 10 Kensington lock 11 Function Keys 12 Power key 13 Alphanumeric key 14 Unit keys 15 Ba...

Page 39: ...m Rider has several connectors The connectors are either on the upper left or right side of the instrument RF Input 32 BNC Connector 33 Headphone Jack 34 USB Port 34 DC Port 35 Mechanical Locking Devi...

Page 40: ...ltage pulses by a limiting cir cuit RF power overload The R S Spectrum Rider maybe loaded with up to 30 dBm or 1 W for up to three minutes If you apply 1 W for a longer period the R S Spectrum Rider m...

Page 41: ...re is no reference signal present at the BNC connector the R S Spectrum Rider displays an appropriate message Thus measurements without a valid reference can be avoided For more information on configu...

Page 42: ...can also use the DC connector to charge the battery 3 2 2 6 Mechanical Locking Device The Kensington lock is located behind a protective cap on the left side of the R S Spectrum Rider A Kensington loc...

Page 43: ...ge 52 3 2 2 8 SD Card Slot The SD card slot is located behind the battery compartment of the R S Spectrum Rider Peel open the SD card protective cap to access to the SD card slot You can use the SD ca...

Page 44: ...with ball point pens or other pointed objects with sharp edges It is recommended that you operate the touchscreen by finger only As an alterna tive you may use a stylus pen with a smooth soft tip Neve...

Page 45: ...ide or unhide the measurement result view display In the file manager dialog swipe horizontally to the left or right direction to preview screenshots In the wizard measurement mode swipe horizontally...

Page 46: ...is displayed in the Measurement result view e g Frequency Count The selected marker is highlighted in the Measurement result view it is also reflected on the marker in the Measurement trace window Ta...

Page 47: ...e and bottom section of the layout See Figure 3 5 You can select any parameter in the Parameter view to adjust the configurations of the spectrum measurement See details of each of the parameter in th...

Page 48: ...nd Time on page 59 REF Select REF to display an entry box to configure the reference level for the spectrum measurement ATT Select ATT to display an entry box to configure the attenuation setting for...

Page 49: ...is operation mode dependent See Figure 3 5 When you select this button it opens the Config Overview window Accessing it with out the touchscreen input is possible via the SETUP key See Chapter 3 2 5 4...

Page 50: ...tion to set the transducer table used in the signal measurement Note When the optional pream plifier R S FPH B22 is absent the menu item RF Preamplifier is not available Select Frequency to configure...

Page 51: ...r level and the trigger delay setting on the spectrum measurement 3 2 4 On screen Keyboard The on screen keyboard is an additional means of interacting with the instrument It provides convenience of u...

Page 52: ...ot of the current screen at anytime For more information see Chapter 4 6 Taking Screenshots on page 100 3 2 5 3 Softkey The six softkeys on the front panel are used to access the softkey label See Cha...

Page 53: ...manager function to facilitate the saving and recalling of result and instrument settings 3 2 5 5 Function Keys Function keys provide access to the most common measurement settings and func tions in...

Page 54: ...nformation see the corresponding measurement modes in the R S Spectrum Rider user manual MARKER Mode dependent button Sets and positions the absolute and relative measurement mark ers markers and delt...

Page 55: ...function CANCEL key Closes all kinds of dialog boxes if the edit mode is not active Quits the edit mode if the edit mode is active In dialog boxes that contain a Cancel button it activates that button...

Page 56: ...1 Enabling Options To enable options you have to enter a key code The key code is based on the unique serial number of the R S Spectrum Rider 1 Press SETUP key 2 Select Installed Options softkey A lis...

Page 57: ...S Spectrum Rider in a local area network LAN you can man age the firmware options with a web browser e g Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox For more information on connecting the R S Spec...

Page 58: ...nother part of the R S License Manager In this part of the license manager you can manage licenses already installed on your R S Spec trum Rider This page features two areas The first area provides fu...

Page 59: ...want to modify Configuring the Hardware 52 Configuring Antennas 53 Using the GPS Receiver 57 Configuring Date and Time 59 Selecting Regional Settings 60 Configuring the Display 61 Configuring the Audi...

Page 60: ...00 02 or the directional antenna R S HE400 order number 4104 6000 02 with the R S Spectrum Rider to locate potential interfering sources For a comprehensive description of the antennas and their funct...

Page 61: ...n electronic compass to determine directions precisely 1 In the Instrument Setup dialog box select the Compass item A drop down menu to enable or disable the compass opens 2 Select On to enable the co...

Page 62: ...eamplifier on and off b Save current GPS position Using the toggle switch tags your current position in the map material 2 Select the required function Calibrating the antenna If you need to know tech...

Page 63: ...determine the antenna characteristics It shows the results in a dialog box 3 Select the Calibrate softkey The R S Spectrum Rider starts the calibration For antenna calibration it is necessary to move...

Page 64: ...plays a Calibration Suc cessful message The R S Spectrum Rider displays the calibration result 3 2 7 3 Using the GPS Receiver The R S Spectrum Rider can locate your exact position if you connect the G...

Page 65: ...t the GPS item A drop down menu opens to turn the GPS receiver on or off 2 Turn the GPS receiver on or off as required When GPS item is turned on the R S Spectrum Rider is ready to receive GPS data Di...

Page 66: ...vide the coordinates indicates that the GPS receiver is enabled but that there is no fix connection to a satellite indicates that the GPS receiver is enabled but that there is no GPS receiver connecti...

Page 67: ...R S Spectrum Rider verifies the validity of the time If it is not a valid time it sets to the next valid time Selecting the time zone 1 In the Instrument Setup dialog box select the Time Zone item 2...

Page 68: ...Select the desired language from the drop down menu 3 Reboot the device to activate the choice of selected language Setting the date format The R S Spectrum Rider provides two different formats to di...

Page 69: ...acklight is adjustable with a time delay setting to turn off the backlight The keyboard backlight remains on until the time specified by the Key board Backlight Delay or a subsequent key is pressed Ad...

Page 70: ...t delay 1 In the Instrument Setup dialog box select the Display Backlight item 2 Enter the time you want to turn off the keyboard backlight with the numeric keys The time delay has a range of 1s to 10...

Page 71: ...ystem beeper of the R S Spec trum Rider used i e if a message box pops up 1 In the Instrument Setup dialog box select the System Beeper Volume item 2 Enter the volume you want with the numeric keys Th...

Page 72: ...en the battery low level is reached the battery symbol in the title bar turns red and starts blinking See Chapter 3 1 1 5 Battery Operation on page 25 1 In the Instrument Setup dialog box select the B...

Page 73: ...2 Select On to turn on the auto power up mode On the next power up cycle the R S Spectrum Rider goes into the auto power up mode when supplying with an AC power 3 2 7 9 Internal Alignment R S Spectrum...

Page 74: ...input signal is required See Figure 3 7 and Figure 3 8 Figure 3 7 Input signal for frequency clock alignment Figure 3 8 Input signal for reference level alignment 4 Connect an input signal of 1 1 GHz...

Page 75: ...esetting the R S Spectrum Rider A Reset to Factory Settings resets the R S Spectrum Rider to the factory defaults During a reset the R S Spectrum Rider restores the original configuration It also dele...

Page 76: ...mini USB port You have to install the R S InstrumentView software on the PC before you are able to establish a connection Download the latest R S InstrumentView from http www rohde schwarz com produc...

Page 77: ...t mask 1 Identify the subnet mask of your PC i e in the Microsoft Windows TCP IP Proper ties 2 In the Instrument Settings dialog box select the Subnet Mask item 3 Enter the subnet mask of the PC with...

Page 78: ...er ties 2 In the Instrument Settings dialog box select the IP Address item 3 Confirm the entry with the rotary knob 4 Enter the IP address of the PC with the numeric keys Configuring the R S Instrumen...

Page 79: ...1 1011 02 11 3 During the initial startup the IP Address field is set to default 172 17 75 1 You can edit the IP address using the icons 4 Select the Add Devices button to create a new network connect...

Page 80: ...ection 6 Select Local Area Connection for the Network Adapter 7 Confirm the entry with the OK button to add the new instrument to the connection manager list 8 Depending on the connection status icon...

Page 81: ...page 69 After setting up the R S Spectrum Rider configure the R S InstrumentView software with the assigned IP address as described in Configuring the R S InstrumentView software package on page 71 F...

Page 82: ...pectrum Rider to the PC with a USB cable The mini USB interface is located behind a protective cap on the right side of the R S Spectrum Rider When you connect the R S Spectrum Rider to a computer for...

Page 83: ...of the measurements you can perform with the R S Spectrum Rider Using the Spectrum Analyzer 76 Using a Power Sensor 84 Saving and Recalling Results and Settings 89 3 3 1 Using the Spectrum Analyzer Th...

Page 84: ...w Distortion than it is for Auto Low Noise In the default state Auto Low Distortion is active 1 Press AMPT key 2 Select Att Amp Imp softkey 3 Select either the Auto Low Noise or Auto Low Distortion me...

Page 85: ...0 02 to increase sensitivity Depending on the frequency the gain of the amplifier is in the range from 15 dB to 20 dB and increases the sensitivity by 10 dB to 15 dB In the signal path the preamplifie...

Page 86: ...t to its default state After the preset the R S Spectrum Rider displays the frequency spectrum over its full frequency span At 500 MHz the generator signal is displayed as a vertical line To analyze t...

Page 87: ...of the measurement diagram The increase in the displayed noise floor is minimal The difference between the signal maximum and the displayed noise i e the dynamic range has however been increased Using...

Page 88: ...cy span that has been selected The R S Spectrum Rider has a frequency counter to increase the accuracy of the marker frequency readout It completes the sweep then counts the frequency at the marker po...

Page 89: ...e R S Spectrum Rider Signal generator settings Frequency 100 MHz Level 20 dBm Detecting harmonics 1 Press PRESET key The R S Spectrum Rider is reset to its default state After the preset the R S Spect...

Page 90: ...is frequency range visualizes the signal itself at 100 MHz and the second harmonic at 200 MHz To measure the harmonic ratio set the marker on the signal and a delta marker on the second harmonic 9 Pre...

Page 91: ...ol the power sensor and supplies it with power For more information see Chapter 3 2 2 4 USB Port on page 34 3 3 2 1 Measuring the Power with a Power Sensor For more information about the characteristi...

Page 92: ...en connected or is not connected appropriately the R S Spectrum Rider shows nothing If there are communication problems between the R S Spectrum Rider and the power sensor the R S Spectrum Rider displ...

Page 93: ...e R S Spectrum Rider displays the message Power sensor zero done and again shows the power sensor softkey menu 5 Connect the DUT to the power sensor The R S Spectrum Rider shows the measured power lev...

Page 94: ...ore they have to be inserted into the test setup in such a way that the Forward arrow on the sensor points toward the load in the direction of the power flux When measuring high powers pay strict atte...

Page 95: ...it also shows the forward power and return loss currently mea sured at the load Zeroing the power sensor Before performing the power measurement you should zeroing the power sensor After zeroing is do...

Page 96: ...he R S Spectrum Rider can store measurement results and settings in the internal memory removable micro SD card or on a USB flash drive via the USB interface Results and settings are always stored tog...

Page 97: ...g Screenshots 100 Saving On Events 102 Managing Datasets 105 Updating the Firmware 112 Installing Firmware Options 112 Device Documentation 112 4 1 Screen Layout and Elements The following figure show...

Page 98: ...8 Vertical axis labeling 19 Currently selected maker 20 Marker 21 Delta marker 22 Entry box 23 Configuration Overview 24 Parameter View 25 Unavailable softkey function 26 Available softkey function 27...

Page 99: ...ration in Configuration Overview on page 42 for spectrum analyzing mode 4 2 Touchscreen Gesture Element To enhance greater flexibility and user experience in the user interaction with R S Spectrum Rid...

Page 100: ...y in the trace window to adjust the reference level of the spectrum measurement Alternatively select the REF softkey in the Parameter View to adjust the reference level or press the AMPT key on the fr...

Page 101: ...easurement or press the SPAN key on the front panel and select the Manual Span softkey label for adjustment 4 2 4 Add Marker Double tap in the trace window to create a marker on the spectrum measureme...

Page 102: ...nge the marker position in the trace window Alternatively select the marker label in the Measurement Result View to adjust the marker position on the spectrum measurement or press the MARKER key on th...

Page 103: ...ment Alternatively press the MARKER key on the front panel and select the Delete Marker softkey to delete all markers from the spectrum measurement 4 2 7 Hide or Unhide Measurement Result View Displa...

Page 104: ...n in the trace window to preview the screenshot Alternatively select the Prev or Next softkey to preview the screenshot 4 2 9 Skip Wizard Measurement Swipe horizontally to the left direction to skip a...

Page 105: ...set is then loaded after pressing the PRESET key instead of the factory default 1 Press SETUP key 2 Select User Preference softkey 3 In the User Preferences dialog box select the Preset Dataset item T...

Page 106: ...or each operating mode of the R S Spectrum Rider Therefore the order and number of dis played settings are different in each mode 4 5 Working Directory Using the Working Directory you can customize th...

Page 107: ...shot and dataset at the same time Depending on the Capture settings configured in the User Preference menu using the screenshot key also saves a dataset in addition to the screenshot For more informat...

Page 108: ...y 2 Select File Manager softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens the file manager to select a screenshot for the preview 3 Select the screenshot for preview 4 Select Preview softkey to preview the screens...

Page 109: ...measurement information if a certain situation or event occurs 1 Press SETUP key 2 Select User Preference softkey 3 Select the Save On Event menu item A drop down menu to disable or enable the Save O...

Page 110: ...data capture The R S Spectrum Rider evaluates the measured data after a sweep is done and thus detects and saves an event only after a sweep has been completed Event types To use the Save on Event fun...

Page 111: ...saves only the sweeps that actually fail a limit check c Distance interval Saves measurement data after you have covered a certain distance You can define the distance that is covered before the meas...

Page 112: ...requirements for a particular measurement like limit lines or channel tables Creating and editing of these templates are only possible with the functionality provi ded by the R S InstrumentView softwa...

Page 113: ...ets 109 Deleting Datasets 111 Export Datasets 112 4 8 1 Saving Datasets The R S Spectrum Rider allows you to save the data that is analyzed at any time 1 Press SAVE RECALL key 2 Select Save softkey Th...

Page 114: ...he instrument is used for storage The folder structure shows all the available data storage devices Possible storage devices are the internal memory of the R S Spectrum Rider micro SD card or USB flas...

Page 115: ...native Ways to Save Datasets Using the screenshot key the R S Spectrum Rider provides an alternative and more convenient way to save dataset 1 Press SETUP key 2 Select User Preference softkey 3 Config...

Page 116: ...S Spectrum Rider displays a submenu for selection 5 Select Rename menu item to rename the files or file directories The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to change the name of the selected files...

Page 117: ...nction to preview datasets The preview func tion allows you to take a quick look at the screenshot and its corresponding measure ment settings During preview the R S Spectrum Rider does not yet activa...

Page 118: ...s according to the dataset See also Chapter 4 8 2 1 Previewing a Dataset on page 110 4 8 3 Deleting Datasets If you have to delete a dataset you can do so with the file manager 1 Press SAVE RECALL key...

Page 119: ...format See also Chapter 4 8 1 Saving Datasets on page 106 4 9 Updating the Firmware You can download new firmware versions from the R S Spectrum Rider website http www rohde schwarz com product fph ht...

Page 120: ...window to export the documen tation 4 Select the desired file location in the file manager window to export the documenta tion 5 Select Export to export documentation from the instrument The R S Spect...

Page 121: ...For details on the individual measurements you can perform with the wizard refer to the corresponding chapters Chapter 6 Spectrum Analyzer Mode on page 123 Chapter 7 Power Meter on page 214 Chapter 8...

Page 122: ...n 2 Select Load Meas Set softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens the file manager to select the measurement wiz ard set 3 Select the desired measurement wizard set from the file manager 4 Select Load sof...

Page 123: ...cessary If you reduce the number of measurements the R S Spectrum Rider omits the last measurement in the sequence You can edit this field only if you turned on the Allow Vari able Number of Sequence...

Page 124: ...pecification dialog box 1 Measurement step in a wizard set 2 Individual measurement step status Performing a sequence of measurements Now that you have updated all measurement setting parameters conce...

Page 125: ...ftware 2 At each measurement step you have several options Select Continue softkey The R S Spectrum Rider finishes the current measurement and opens the measurement wizard dialog box See Figure 5 5 Fi...

Page 126: ...to abort the wizard measurement Select the Skip softkey The R S Spectrum Rider skips a single measurement step and continue the subsequent measurement step Note Alternatively you can swipe horizontal...

Page 127: ...erent settings or measurements as if wizard is not in used The R S Spectrum Rider keeps the results of measurement you have already performed When you finished reconfigured the measurement you can res...

Page 128: ...Measurement wizard results All the measurement wizard results are stored in the wizard result folder during the process of the measurement wizards These stored results will not be saved until you do a...

Page 129: ...1 Select Report Generator menu item in the R S InstrumentView The R S InstrumentView opens the Report Generator dialog box that provides all functionality to manage measurement sets 2 Select the measu...

Page 130: ...l in the frequency domain or keep track of a signal in the time domain They provide a basic overview of the input signal characteristics Frequency domain In the frequency domain the R S Spectrum Rider...

Page 131: ...al level above which the audio signal starts to play 1 Select the Squelch Level menu item The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the squelch level 2 Enter a squelch level in dBm as requ...

Page 132: ...el power measurement measures the power of a specific transmission channel Other signals in the frequency spectrum do not show in the results When measuring the spectrum within a channel the R S Spect...

Page 133: ...ate new configurations to per form measurements on other standards as well 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select Standard softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens a file manager dialog box to select the standard 3 Se...

Page 134: ...ements the R S Spectrum Rider has an automatic routine for setting the reference level 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select Level Adjust softkey The R S Spectrum Rider performs a measurement to determine the opt...

Page 135: ...e in the channel you are measuring 6 1 2 5 Configuring and Triggering the Sweep For more information on setting the sweep see Chapter 6 2 5 1 Setting the Sweep Time on page 184 in frequency domain For...

Page 136: ...e occupied bandwidth is defined as the bandwidth that contains a specified percentage of the entire power of the transmitter Numerous standards require an occupied bandwidth of 99 which is also the de...

Page 137: ...rds that are already stored in the R S Spectrum Rider memory However you can also use the R S InstrumentView to create new configurations to perform measurements on other standards as well For more in...

Page 138: ...sweep time the R S Spectrum Rider also increases the integration time for the RMS detector and thus ensures more stable measured values 6 1 3 2 Setting the Reference Level The reference level is the p...

Page 139: ...key The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the power percentage 3 Enter the power percentage you need The value you enter here is the power percentage that has to be inside the channel...

Page 140: ...ing external trigger to trigger measurements see External trigger on page 135 6 1 4 Power Measurements on TDMA Signals When TDMA time division multiple access methods are used e g for GSM several user...

Page 141: ...softkey 6 1 4 1 Selecting a Standard For more information on selecting a standard see Chapter 6 1 3 1 Selecting a Stan dard on page 130 6 1 4 2 Setting the Burst Length The burst length is the measure...

Page 142: ...d the signal must be measured at the widest resolution bandwidth and video bandwidth with the peak detector The trace maximum then determines the best reference level To simplify operation and to prev...

Page 143: ...to detect spurious emissions or intermodulation products of a signal When performing a SEM measure ment the R S Spectrum Rider checks the signal against a spectral mask to see whether the signal compl...

Page 144: ...markers labeled P1 to Px The R S Spectrum Rider activates and positions these special markers automatically after displaying the trace Each of these markers marks the peak level in each SEM subrange...

Page 145: ...the Measurement Result View Note You can select View List to hide or unhide the Measurement Result View If the list contains more than four entries you can pan through the list or use the rotary to na...

Page 146: ...Trigger Functionality on page 186 in fre quency domain 6 1 5 5 Using a Trigger For more information on using external trigger to trigger measurements see External trigger on page 135 6 1 6 Measuring...

Page 147: ...on 3 Tx channel power measurement 4 Measurement standard 5 Adjacent channel power measurement 6 Limit check information 7 Measurement Result View 8 Parameter view 9 Configuration overview 10 Tx channe...

Page 148: ...igh or too small to get both an acceptable measure ment speed and a suppression of spectral components outside the channels As a rule of thumb it is recommended to set it to about 1 to 4 of the channe...

Page 149: ...values per measurement point PRMS power represented by a measurement point When the power has been calculated the power units are converted into decibels and the value is displayed as a measurement po...

Page 150: ...nels you need for the measurement The borders of Tx channels are displayed red in the trace diagram the borders of adjacent and alternate channels are displayed green Setting the channel bandwidth The...

Page 151: ...l spacing differently namely the distance from the center of the transmission channel to the closest border of the adja cent channel The R S Spectrum Rider does not consider these specifics It always...

Page 152: ...es that the distance of the adjacent chan nels to each other is the same In that case you only have to enter the first spacing value The R S Spectrum Rider then calculates all higher adjacent channels...

Page 153: ...h The channel with the lowest power level is the reference channel Max Pwr Tx Chan The channel with the highest power level is the reference channel Low High Chan The outer left hand transmission chan...

Page 154: ...Rider automatically performs limit checks The results of the limit check are displayed in the Measurement Result View If a result fails the limit check the power level reading turns red and has an as...

Page 155: ...harmonics are visible In zero span mode the center frequency remains the same 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select Meas Mode softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the measurement mode 3 Select...

Page 156: ...MEAS key 2 Select Harmonics softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the number of harmonics 3 Enter the number of harmonics you would like to see 6 1 7 2 Optimizing the Display...

Page 157: ...elect the measurement mode 3 Select the AM Modulation Depth menu item The R S Spectrum Rider starts to measure the AM modulation depth After you have started the measurement the R S Spectrum Rider pla...

Page 158: ...an value of the two sideband values If the R S Spectrum Rider is unable to find any AM modulated carriers it shows the message 6 1 8 1 Setting a Threshold You can set a threshold that defines the mini...

Page 159: ...on R S FPH K15 you can view measurement results in a spectro gram The spectrogram result display shows the spectral density of a signal in the frequency domain and over time simultaneously Like other...

Page 160: ...trace line The lower window shows the measure ment results in a spectrogram The chronological information in the spectrogram is restricted by the internal memory of the R S Spectrum Rider The R S Spec...

Page 161: ...spectrogram result display is filled with results until you change a measurement setting When a setting is changed the spectrogram clears the existing result and starts to fill again You can also clea...

Page 162: ...indicates the position of the spectrogram part currently displayed on the screen A single down arrow in the right lower corner of the spectrogram indicates that the uppermost frame still represents t...

Page 163: ...ude of 10 dBm would be blue in the spectrogram For signal parts with a very small amplitude it is dark green Everything in between is a shade of the colors between As the colors are distributed over a...

Page 164: ...es not affect the spectrogram In the screenshot the spectrum trace is therefore exactly the same as in the previous picture The result however still does not show signal differences in detail The only...

Page 165: ...noise floor is outside the displayed range 8 Instead of entering a level range of 45 dB enter a level range of 40 dB This level provides a high contrast between signal parts that are above the noise f...

Page 166: ...ion shows a reference level of 18 8dBm and level range of 84 3581dB for the above example 6 1 9 4 Recording a Spectrogram You can save the data of the spectrogram for documentation or for further anal...

Page 167: ...ing starts immediately and Duration determines when the recording of the spectrogram data stopped The set tings of Start Date Start Time and Stop Date and Stop Time is dis abled When Long Time Recordi...

Page 168: ...he current sweep time and maxi mum recording interval is 1000s Start Time This is only configurable when the Recording Mode is set to Timer When the Recording Mode is set to Immediately the Start Time...

Page 169: ...trogram Recording results SPG_yyyymmdd_hhmmss SPG_ spm with ascending numbers The R S Spectrum Rider displays Recording successfullly completed with infor mation of the recorded spectrogram data store...

Page 170: ...a recalled spectrogram as in the spectrogram recording mode e g customize the display to your needs In addition to that functionality it is possible to view not only the spectrum that belongs to the c...

Page 171: ...rame 1 Select Select Time Line softkey again The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the position of the second time line T2 2 Enter a number with the number keys or use the rotary knob...

Page 172: ...rkers on page 194 Switching back to active spectrogram recording To resume recording of a new spectrogram Select Live Update softkey at any time you are in playback mode The R S Spectrum Rider switche...

Page 173: ...ided with the antennas 1 Supported isotropic antenna e g R S TSEMF B12 2 Isotropic RF connector 3 USB adapter TSEMF CV connecting to the isotropic antenna control cable 4 USB port connector 1 Connect...

Page 174: ...the transducer factor 4 Select the transducer factor you need The R S Spectrum Rider shows the name of the active transducer on the display e g Pri Tran TSEMF B2_typical If you are using the extension...

Page 175: ...lts for each antenna element Er E2 x E2 y E2 z X Shows the field strength measured on the antenna s x axis only Y Shows the field strength measured on the antenna s y axis only Z Shows the field stren...

Page 176: ...USB adapter R S HE300USB For a list of supported directional antennas see Chapter 3 2 7 2 Configuring Antennas on page 53 If the R S Spectrum Rider detects the directional antenna the accessory name...

Page 177: ...r factor When the directional antenna is turn off the transducer factor is unloaded For more information on using transducer factors for antenna see Using trans ducer factors on page 167 Selecting sta...

Page 178: ...parameters for EIRP The input parameters such as antennna gain dB cable loss dB and distance meter or feet are taken into consideration during the calculation of EIRP measure ment See EIRP calculatio...

Page 179: ...bed here If you are performing a spe cific measurement task using an operating mode other than Signal and Spectrum Ana lyzer mode or an application other than the Spectrum application check the specif...

Page 180: ...ng Bandwidths on page 181 Analysis See Chapter 6 2 6 Working with Traces on page 190 Trigger See Chapter 6 2 5 3 Working with Trigger Functionality on page 186 To configure settings Select any of the...

Page 181: ...ecomes the new center frequency Special touchscreen gesture Alternatively define the center frequency by swiping horizontally across the touch screen to change the center frequency See Chapter 4 2 1 C...

Page 182: ...ly shifts the center frequency to higher or lower frequencies Thus the R S Spectrum Rider dis plays the input frequency of the DUT Positive frequency offset is possible in the range from 1 Hz to 100 G...

Page 183: ...upgrade option Order number for frequency upgrade option Model 02 5 kHz to 2 0 GHz R S FPH B3 2 GHz to 3 GHz 1321 0667 02 R S FPH B4 3 GH to 4 GHz 1321 0673 02 Model 06 5 kHz t0 6 0 GHz R S FPH B8 6...

Page 184: ...time domain 6 2 3 Configuring the Vertical Axis All relevant settings to configure the vertical axis are available in the amplitude menu You can access it via the AMPT key Setting the Reference Level...

Page 185: ...ns a submenu 3 Select the Ref Position 10 menu item The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the reference position 4 Enter the number of the grid line you want the reference level to pos...

Page 186: ...in into account when the level is displayed and no manual calculations are necessary A loss introduced at the RF input must be entered as a positive number and a gain as a negative number 1 Press AMPT...

Page 187: ...se Low distortion Low noise Low distortion 40 dBm 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 39 dm to 35 dBm 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 5 dB 34 dm to 30 dBm 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 10 dB 29 dBm to 25 dBm 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB 15 dB 24 dBm to 20 dBm 0...

Page 188: ...e Input Impedance In the default state the input impedance is 50 The R S Spectrum Rider can also handle 75 systems The R S Spectrum Rider does not select a 75 RF input Instead it selects a 75 matching...

Page 189: ...s have to settle at all frequencies that are of interest Narrow band filters have a longer settling time compared to wide ones Therefore the sweep time increases the smaller the resolution bandwidth g...

Page 190: ...tector which removes the IF components and outputs the envelope only This output is also known as the video signal The figure below shows that process on an AM modulated signal in the time domain In c...

Page 191: ...o define the video bandwidth 3 Enter the video bandwidth you need The R S Spectrum Rider uses the video bandwidth you have entered for the mea surement If the video bandwidth is no longer coupled to t...

Page 192: ...the sweep time 3 Enter the sweep time you need If the video bandwidth is no longer coupled to the span or the resolution bandwidth the R S Spectrum Rider puts a blue dot at the SWT displays on the Pa...

Page 193: ...s the default state of the R S Spectrum Rider Video Trigger A sweep starts when the video voltage exceeds a particular level The video trigger is available only in the time domain span 0 In the freque...

Page 194: ...y Resolution 0 ms to 1 ms 10 1 ms to 10 ms 100 10 ms to 100 ms 1 ms 100 ms to 1 s 10 ms 1s to 10s 100 ms 10s to 100s 1 s 1 Press SWEEP key 2 Select Trigger softkey 3 Select the Trigger Delay menu item...

Page 195: ...eep time allowed is 5 ms In case of gate settings conflict the R S Spectrum Rider will set the trigger to free run Before re enabling the gated trigger you need to perform one of the following revert...

Page 196: ...function keys to exit the gate settings menu The R S Spectrum Rider returns to the frequency domain provided it was active before setting up the gated trigger The original span is restored The R S Spe...

Page 197: ...nuous sweep mode the R S Spectrum Rider now calculates the moving average over the number of sweeps you have specified In single sweep mode it stops the measurement after finishing the sweeps and aver...

Page 198: ...efore it has to combine measurement results to fit them on the display In that case one pixel represents a frequency range span 711 The detector determines the way the R S Spectrum Rider combines and...

Page 199: ...is best for measurements on digitally modulated signals because it provides stable and true power readings In combination with a high sweep time you can increase the display stability even more becau...

Page 200: ...ectrum Rider shows the second trace The second trace is in a differ ent color To show that the second trace is active the R S Spectrum Rider dis plays the current active trace Trace 1 or Trace 2 on th...

Page 201: ...e in the trace memory with the Select Trace soft key 3 Select Trace Memory softkey The R S Spectrum Rider saves the active trace 4 Select Show softkey 5 Select the Enable Memory 1 menu item The R S Sp...

Page 202: ...surement diagram The marker list above the diagram area shows the exact coordinates of all markers in use The position of a delta marker is indicated by a dashed line to distinguish it from a nor mal...

Page 203: ...position by pressing the rotary knob The Measurement Result View shows the horizontal position of all markers and the corresponding vertical value You can select any marker in the Measurement Result V...

Page 204: ...normal markers if you need absolute information about the marker position 1 Select the delta marker you want to convert in the Measurement Result View The selected marker is highlighted in the Measure...

Page 205: ...e selected marker is highlighted in the Measurement Result View and its corre sponding label in the trace window turns focus with a blue frame around the marker label The R S Spectrum Rider opens a ma...

Page 206: ...ge menu item The R S Spectrum Rider opens the marker search limits softkey menu 4 Select Select Marker to define the marker position The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the marker po...

Page 207: ...in the measurement result view enable the Marker Tracking checkbox in the Set Marker softkey Deactivating marker search limits 1 Press Selected Marker softkey 2 Select the Search Range Off menu item 3...

Page 208: ...e or relative To stabilize the noise power display the R S Spectrum Rider uses the pixel the marker is on and four pixels to the right and four pixels to the left of the marker pixel Noise power densi...

Page 209: ...for a short time and measures the fre quency using the internal reference frequency The accuracy of the results therefore depends only on the accuracy of the internal ref erence frequency TCXO The fre...

Page 210: ...he temporary markers are represented as two vertical lines The distance to the reference marker is by default 3 dB below the reference marker You can also adjust this value manually Entering a positiv...

Page 211: ...a different distance of 6 dB The R S Spectrum Rider again shows the temporary markers this time with a broader bandwidth Demodulating signals Demodulating signals If gated trigger is activated the R...

Page 212: ...RKER key 2 Select Marker Function softkey 3 Select the Time menu item The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the demodulation time 4 Enter the demodulation time you need The range is fr...

Page 213: ...evel characteristics A limit line is made up out of two or more points that are connected to a line Each of the points that define the shape of the limit line consists of two coordinates One coor dina...

Page 214: ...a Limit Line 207 Performing Limit Checks 208 6 2 9 1 Selecting a Limit Line Before selecting a limit line you need to decide if you want to use it as an upper or lower limit line In case of upper limi...

Page 215: ...surements with failed limits are not included in this report Using a display line you can use a line and are able to create a measurement report at the same time regardless if any limits have been vio...

Page 216: ...is delivered with the R S Spectrum Rider To use one of the edited channels you have to copy the channel table to the R S Spectrum Rider For more information on channel table see Chapter 4 8 Managing D...

Page 217: ...l subsequent channels have ascending numbers The frequency spacing between channels is fixed It can also be negative i e the center frequency of the R S Spectrum Rider decreases with ascending channel...

Page 218: ...um Rider adds the two transducers to a total transducer Units supported for transducer factors dB dB V m dB A m W m2 The unit dB does not change the unit set on the R S Spectrum Rider It can be used f...

Page 219: ...r factor in that case is added to the first The unit of the second transducer factor must always be the relative unit dB as otherwise an addition would not be useful When you select a secondary transd...

Page 220: ...ve direction 6 4 3 Frequency Range of Transducer If the set frequency range is wider than the span in which a transducer is defined the R S Spectrum Rider assumes the transducer values outside the def...

Page 221: ...surement The power sensor measures the power in the frequency range defined in the data sheet of the power sensor This means that you can measure both sine signals and modulated signals precisely over...

Page 222: ...ing a Power Sensor The R S Spectrum Rider controls and powers the power sensors via the USB inter face on the top of the instrument See Chapter 3 2 2 4 USB Port on page 34 If you are using the R S FSH...

Page 223: ...r when zeroing was per formed Unscrew the power sensor from the device under test and repeat zeroing Warning Input overloaded The power at the input of the power sensor exceeds the permit ted power 23...

Page 224: ...avelength 850 nm 1300 nm 1310 nm 1490 nm 1550 nm 1610 nm 1625 nm for measurement 1 Select wavelength softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu for the selection of wavelength set tings 2 Select t...

Page 225: ...set the reference level The R S Spectrum Rider shows the currently set reference level in the diagram header 1 Enter the reference level you require Alternatively you can set the current level readou...

Page 226: ...e diagram header 1 Select OFS softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the reference offset 2 Enter the offset you require The R S Spectrum Rider takes the offset value into accou...

Page 227: ...ers the directional power sensors via a spe cial interface on the top of the instrument Connect the power sensor cable via the USB to binder adapter to the USB port of R S Spectrum Rider The power sen...

Page 228: ...t the most accurate results you should synchronize the frequency to that of the signal Note that the R S Spectrum Rider maintains the center frequency that you have set in another operating mode In th...

Page 229: ...To ensure that true results are output when measuring modulated signals the R S Spectrum Rider offers the possibility of taking correction values into account for several common telecommunications st...

Page 230: ...cted ahead of the power sensor In such cases the coupling attenuation of the directional coupler or the attenuation value of the attenuator are entered as positive dB values see condiion to set cable...

Page 231: ...ternal power meter option the R S Spectrum Rider also sup ports power measurements without using a power sensor In that case you can con nect the DUT directly to the R S Spectrum Rider and still perfo...

Page 232: ...10 Channel power softkey menu Performing and configuring power measurements The configuration of power measurements without a power sensor is similar to mea surement with a power meter The following...

Page 233: ...S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the channel bandwidth 3 Enter the channel bandwidth you require The R S Spectrum Rider performs a measurement on the selected channel Note that it is no...

Page 234: ...eband power sensor 1 Press MODE key 2 Select Power Meter softkey The R S Spectrum Rider activates the mode for power measurements Connecting the power sensor You can connect the wideband power sensors...

Page 235: ...for relative power measurements 4 Power offset 5 Video bandwidth 6 Scale of the x axis 7 Diagram showing the pulse characteristics in a graphical format trace display 8 Measurement frequency 9 Configu...

Page 236: ...of one pulse to the beginning of the next pulse Pulse Off Time Time in the displayed trace that is not occupied by the pulse Rise Time Time required for the pulse to transition from the base to the t...

Page 237: ...Min Minimum power of the signal displayed in the dia gram Positive Overshoot Height of the local maximum after a rising edge divided by the pulse amplitude The result is a per centage of the pulse amp...

Page 238: ...ment result with that of a thermal power sensor Peak Assumes that the peak power of the pulse is also the top level of the pulse The top and base power is also the reference point for the calculation...

Page 239: ...video bandwidth thus increases the measurement sensitivity and allows you to accurately determine the pulse peak power even for weak pulses Reducing the video bandwidth also increases the trigger sens...

Page 240: ...actual measurement starts is either a rising slope in the signal or a falling slope Positive or Negative trigger 1 Press SWEEP key 2 Select Trigger softkey 3 Select either the Positive or Negative me...

Page 241: ...the y axis accordingly 9 2 6 Scaling the Y Axis The functionality to scale the y axis is similar to that of the spectrum application For more information see Chapter 6 2 3 2 Setting a Display Range on...

Page 242: ...l down conversion to the base band I Q the demodulator achieves maximum accuracy and temperature stability There is no evidence of typical errors of an analog down conversion and demodulation like AM...

Page 243: ...tion Parameters 4 Modulation trace window 5 Demodulation Bandwidth 6 Audio lowpass filter 7 Measurement time 8 Configuration Overview on page 42 9 Carrier frequency 10 Softkey menu of analog modulatio...

Page 244: ...ain Shows the difference in amplitude the carrier sig nal is modulated with Freq Deviation FM domain Shows the frequency deviation that the carrier signal is modulated with Modulation Rate Shows the m...

Page 245: ...xactly to the signal frequency the demodulation bandwidth must be selected larger by the carrier offset in addition to the requirement described above In general the demodulation bandwidth should be a...

Page 246: ...equency Table 10 2 Relationship on Demodulation Bandwidth Sample Rate and Measurement Time Demodulation Bandwidth kHz Manual DBW Output Sample Rate Measurement Time ms MST 2000000 2500000 1 989000 125...

Page 247: ...0000 60 12500 5000 30 6250 2500 10 3125 1500 0 DBW 10 250000 100000 60 125000 50000 300 96400 32500 230 62500 25000 150 39100 15000 90 25000 10000 60 12500 5000 30 6250 2500 10 3625 1500 0 2500 1000 0...

Page 248: ...Analog Modulation The analog modulation is performed in the AM Domain or FM Domain and the mea surement readings are selectable in the Mod Trace and Mod Summary setting AM Domain Measurement is perfor...

Page 249: ...tep Size For more information see Chapter 6 2 2 2 Defining a Frequency Step Size on page 174 10 1 3 3 Defining the Vertical Axis Reference Level For more information see Chapter 6 2 3 1 Setting the Re...

Page 250: ...ier For more information see Chapter 6 2 3 6 Using the Preamplifier on page 181 10 1 3 4 Defining Demodulation Bandwidth and Audio Lowpass Filter Demodulation Bandwidth The demodulation bandwidth defi...

Page 251: ...country specific requirements it maybe necessary to suppress the display of higher frequency component of the modulation signal FM Broadcast The FM broadcast is only enabled with the demodulation ban...

Page 252: ...Clear Limits softkey to unload the limit line file 10 2 Digital Demodulation The Digital Demodulation measurement analyzes the Amplitude Shift Keying ASK and Frequency Shift Keying FSK modulated signa...

Page 253: ...ier frequency of the measured signal Magnitude Error Difference between the measured magnitude and the magnitude of the reference signal Modulation Index See modulation depth in Table 10 5 Carrier Pow...

Page 254: ...he binary values of 0 and 1 are trans mitted with a certain frequency f1 and f2 respectively For proper demodulation you have to set a center frequency that is the arithmetic mean of f1 and f2 4 Selec...

Page 255: ...shift or frequency deviation is the frequency dif ference between the mark binary 1 and space binary 0 frequencies representing the binary dig its The modulation error diagram shows the modula tion er...

Page 256: ...pe of filter for selection Root Raised Cosine Frequently used in the transmitter and receive filter to perform matched filtering It helps to remove the Inter symbol interferences and also to improve t...

Page 257: ...the SymR item on the Parameter View to define the symbol rate The R S Spectrum Rider opens an entry box to enter the symbol rate 3 Select the Demod Parameters Number of symbols to view the number of m...

Page 258: ...ocessing of the measuring signal When the burst processing is activated the R S Spectrum Rider changes the font color of the Burst Processing from white to blue Selecting a standard Two measuring stan...

Page 259: ...he maximum reference position is set to 100 1 Press AMPT key The R S Spectrum Rider opens the amplitude menu 2 Select the Ref Position menu item The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define t...

Page 260: ...the trigger settings In addition to the trigger settings available in the spectrum mode the Digital Demodula tion measurement provides an I O power trigger source The I Q power trigger initiates a me...

Page 261: ...interferences you need a directional antenna like the R S HL300 order number 4097 3005 02 R S HE300 order number 4067 5900 02 or R S HE400 order number 4104 6000 02 The interference analyzer provides...

Page 262: ...t the Indoor Mapping menu item The R S Spectrum Rider enters the indoor mapping mode For more information see Chapter 11 3 Working with Maps on page 255 and Chapter 11 3 5 3 Indoor Mapping on page 275...

Page 263: ...http www openstreetmap org The easiest way for you to transfer the maps to the R S Spectrum Rider is to use the R S OpenStreetMap Wizard OSM Wizard application The OSM Wizard is available for download...

Page 264: ...an image manipula tion program before loading it into the R S InstrumentView software 5 Select the Generate Map button The R S InstrumentView creates a map data from the image you used 6 Select a new...

Page 265: ...sh drive which you can use with the R S Spectrum Rider 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select Meas Mode softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu that contains the measurement func tion for selection 3 Select...

Page 266: ...ice information The R S Spectrum Rider supports HA Z340 GPS HL300 HE300 and HE400 When device is connected green shows connection established red shows connection not established and red with a cross...

Page 267: ...the noise squelch level Power Result Enable or disable the power result Hardware Settings Enable or disable the display of the Parameter view 11 3 3 2 Zooming In and Out of the Map If you have downloa...

Page 268: ...erent for different scales Automatic alignment For most automatic map alignment functions you have to establish a GPS connection 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select GPS Position softkey The R S Spectrum Rider d...

Page 269: ...t field The number you enter corresponds to the number of pixels each movement of the cross hairs icon covers for example 1 moves the cross hairs icon one pixel in the selected direction 11 3 3 5 Sele...

Page 270: ...2 Select Settings softkey 3 Select the Triangulation Color menu item The R S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the color 4 Select the color of your choice The R S Spectrum Rider applies the sel...

Page 271: ...te level definition 4 Select the Good Coverage Color Average Coverage Color or Bad Coverage Color menu item to change the color representation of these coverage conditions The R S Spectrum Rider opens...

Page 272: ...several antenna models R S HL300 R S HE300 R S HE400 Connected the antenna to the R S Spectrum Rider at the USB interface and the RF input You can control the antenna functionality in several ways in...

Page 273: ...rers You can configure the R S Spectrum Rider to play back an audio signal when it receives a signal The audio signal changes its volume and frequency depending on the strength of the received signal...

Page 274: ...the audio signal frequency becomes so high or low that it is no longer audible Defining the gain of the audio signal The change of frequency of the audio signal is a constant change of frequency It is...

Page 275: ...show the sig nal strength measured in that location Equipped with option R S FPH K15 the geotag provides also an azimuth reading which shows a straight line This straight line repre sents the directio...

Page 276: ...trary location 1 Select the Manual Position and Azimuth menu item The R S Spectrum Rider displays the GPS Position dialog box 2 Enter the GPS data and location information The R S Spectrum Rider creat...

Page 277: ...Rider opens a submenu to select the different event types For more information see Event types on page 103 5 Activate the Save on Event menu item The R S Spectrum Rider turns on the Save on Event fun...

Page 278: ...ct View softkey to display complete information of the geotag see Figure 11 6 10 Select Delete softkey to remove the selected geotag 11 Select Delete all softkey to remove all the listed geotag 12 Sel...

Page 279: ...number in the GPS position list 6 Select Edit softkey to edit the Name and Description of the geotag information 7 Select Exit softkey to quit from the view The R S Spectrum Rider allows you to change...

Page 280: ...or removes the geotag items accordingly on the map 11 3 5 2 Triangulation With option R S FPH K15 the R S Spectrum Rider is able to locate the source of interference using the triangulation method To...

Page 281: ...S Position softkey 2 Select GPS Position List softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens the GPS position list dialog box 3 Select two or three geotags and display them on the map See Figure 11 7 4 Select G...

Page 282: ...lication the R S Spectrum Rider always shows the signal strength at the top of the display or in the power bar at the left side of the display See Figure 11 1 The method to collect data in the indoor...

Page 283: ...lowing option to save the measured data 2 Press MEAS key 3 Select Indoor Position softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the different geotags saving options 4 Select Capture Positio...

Page 284: ...e signal information the details of the tag also contain information about the measurement This information includes for example the frequency measured level or time of the measurement The R S Spectru...

Page 285: ...a GPX file that you have saved previously 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select Indoor Position softkey 3 Select the Select GPX File menu item The R S Spectrum Rider restores the measurement data saved in the sel...

Page 286: ...Analyzing Indoor Data The R S InstrumentView software package provides an interface that allows you to export and review your recorded data with external tools This interface transforms the measuremen...

Page 287: ...terference Analyzer R S Spectrum Rider FPH 280 User Manual 1321 1011 02 11 Figure 11 10 Indoor mapping with signal strength and indices displayed Working with Maps www allice de Allice Messtechnik Gmb...

Page 288: ...R S Spectrum Rider is in the last operating mode after you have turned it on To switch to the receiver mode from another operating mode proceed the follow ing 1 Press MODE key 2 Select Receiver softke...

Page 289: ...result display manually 1 Press MEAS key 2 Select Fixed Freq softkey The R S Spectrum Rider shows the result display for single frequency measurements 1 Operating mode 2 Measurement result view 3 Par...

Page 290: ...rum Rider adjusts the step size accordingly For measurements on systems that use channels instead of single frequencies you can also load a channel table and measure the channel power See Chapter 6 3...

Page 291: ...that best fits the measurement In the default state the reference level corresponds to the level at the right of the bargraph The reference level position is shown by a triangle in the bargraph scale...

Page 292: ...ure ment on a particular set of receive frequencies The scan measures only those fre quencies that are defined in the frequency range The space between the receive fre quencies is not considered in th...

Page 293: ...ectrum Rider indicates the current measured frequency with a triangle icon at the x axis of the measurement diagram Selecting the trace style The trace style defines the way the trace looks 1 Press TR...

Page 294: ...he R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the start frequency 3 Enter the frequency you want the scan to start at 4 Select Scan Stop softkey The R S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to d...

Page 295: ...with Channel Tables on page 209 12 1 2 2 Using Markers The scan measurement in receiver mode features the same marker functionality as that in spectrum mode For more information see Chapter 6 2 7 1 Us...

Page 296: ...aluation of pulse shaped spurious emissions When you use the quasi peak detector the R S Spectrum Rider uses a particular evaluation curve or bandwidth depending on the CISPR band CISPR band A frequen...

Page 297: ...PR bandwidth Frequencies from 30 MHz to 1 GHz 120 kHz CISPR bandwidth You can also select a 3 dB or 6 dB bandwidth manually 1 Press BW key 2 Select Manual RBW softkey to select a 3 dB bandwidth 3 Alte...

Page 298: ...over the measurement time and stops when it has measured all frequen cies that are part of the scan range 12 2 4 Working with Traces In Receiver mode the R S Spectrum Rider provides several ways to co...

Page 299: ...uency scan measurement if you are using the Save on Event functionality Depend ing on the trigger event time limit failure distance every sweep event screenshots with measurement of the receiver mode...

Page 300: ...he standardization of device specific commands error handling and the status registers The tutorial Automatic Measurement Control A tutorial on SCPI and IEEE 488 2 from John M Pieper order number 0002...

Page 301: ...access via VXI 11 is usually achieved from high level programming plat forms by using VISA as an intermediate abstraction layer VISA encapsulates the low level VXI 11 LAN or USB function calls and th...

Page 302: ...rk computing ONC remote procedure calls RPC With XDR VXI 11 legal RPC messages are known as VXI 11 standard Based on this standard messages are exchanged between the controller and the instrument The...

Page 303: ...sive access This regulates access to the instrument of several controllers 13 2 Setting Up the Remote Control Connection 13 2 1 Preparing for Remote Control The short and simple operating sequence bel...

Page 304: ...Count set reference level to 10 dBm viclose vi viclose default RM The instrument now performs a sweep in the frequency range of 95 MHz to 105 MHz Changing the IP Address In order to operate the instru...

Page 305: ...GE TERMINATOR as defined in IEEE 488 2 or the interface mes sage DCL If the input buffer is full the traffic is stopped and the data received up to then are pro cessed Subsequently the traffic is cont...

Page 306: ...ta set management enters the new values e g frequency into the data set however only passes them on to the hardware when requested by the command recognition This only takes place at the end of a prog...

Page 307: ...it uses the same syntactic basic elements as well as the common commands defined in this standard Part of the syntax of the device responses is defined with greater restrictions than in standard IEEE...

Page 308: ...nds are of hierarchical structure The different levels are repre sented by combined headers Headers of the highest level root level have only one key word This key word denotes a complete command syst...

Page 309: ...uare brackets in the description The full command length must be recognized by the instrument for reasons of compatibility with the SCPI standard Some commands are considerably shortened by these opti...

Page 310: ...meter definitions indicates alternative possibilities in the sense of or The effect of the command differs depending on which parameter is used Example DISPlay FORMat SINGle SPLit If parameter SINGle...

Page 311: ...ries without suffix are interpreted like entries with the suffix 1 Optional keywords must be specified if they select a function with the suffix Example SYSTem COMMunicate SERial2 BAUD 9600 This comma...

Page 312: ...ed from the header by a white space The type of parameter required for each command and the allowed range of values are specified in the command description Numeric Values 305 Special Numeric Values 3...

Page 313: ...resents the value 9 91E37 NAN is only sent as device response This value is not defined Possible causes are the division of zero by zero the subtraction of infinite from infinite and the representatio...

Page 314: ...age may consist of one or several commands It is terminated by the program message terminator which is the NL New Line character for LAN and USB connections Several commands in a program message must...

Page 315: ...eries A query is defined for each setting command unless explicitly specified otherwise It is formed by adding a question mark to the associated setting command According to SCPI the responses to quer...

Page 316: ...ated before other commands can be executed WAI Stops further command process ing until all commands sent before WAI have been executed Sending WAI directly after the command whose processing should be...

Page 317: ...The spectrum mode is implemented in the basic unit For the other modes the corre sponding options are required Following the remote control commands required to perform specific measurements you can...

Page 318: ...T 313 WAI 314 CLS Clear status Sets the status byte STB the standard event register ESR and the EVENt part of the QUEStionable and the OPERation registers to zero The command does not alter the mask a...

Page 319: ...Sets bit 0 in the event status register when all preceding commands have been execu ted This bit can be used to initiate a service request The query writes a 1 into the output buffer when all precedi...

Page 320: ...ents of the service request enable register in decimal form Bit 6 MSS mask bit is always 0 Range 0 to 255 STB Status byte query Reads the contents of the status byte in decimal form Usage Query only T...

Page 321: ...or 323 Setting the Bandwidth 325 Performing and Triggering Measurements 328 Working with Traces 332 Using Markers 338 Using Display Lines and Limit Lines 352 Configuring and Using Measurement Function...

Page 322: ...of 100 MHz SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP Stepsize This command defines the center frequency step size Parameters Stepsize Range 1 Hz to fmax RST AUTO 0 1 SPAN is switched on Default unit MHz Example FR...

Page 323: ...e FREQ INP MODE CHAN Sets the frequency mode to work with channel tables SENSe FREQuency MODE SweepMode This command sets the measurement domain frequency or time In the time domain CW and FIXed set t...

Page 324: ...ata sheet RST fmax with fmax maximum frequency Default unit GHz Example FREQ SPAN 10MHz Defines a span of 10 MHz SENSe FREQuency SPAN AUTO State This command turns on or off the automatic calculation...

Page 325: ...e display Commands independent of the operating mode Note that some of the commands for configuring the vertical axis are also valid for other operating modes If a command is available in another mode...

Page 326: ...elects a linear scale LOGarithmic Selects a logarithmic scale RST LOGarithmic Example DISP TRAC Y SPAC LIN Selects linear scaling of the level axis DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe DisplayRange Th...

Page 327: ...at DISPlay and TRACe are irrelevant for this command Parameters RefLvlOffset Sets the reference level offset Range 100 dB to 100 dB RST 0 dB Default unit dB Example DISP TRAC Y RLEV OFFS 10dB DISPlay...

Page 328: ...RF attenuation of 30 dB at RF port 1 and deactivates coupling to the reference level INPut ATTenuation MODE AttenMode This command selects the attenuation mode Parameters AttenMode LDIStortion LNOise...

Page 329: ...75 Ohms SENSe CORRection TRANsducer 1 2 STATe State This command turns a transducer factor on and off Before turning it on you have to select a transducer factor with SENSe CORRection TRANsducer 1 2...

Page 330: ...pends on the operating mode and type of measurement The numeric suffix at UNIT is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters Unit DBM DBMV DBUV DUVE DMVE VEMF DBUA VOLT WATT DUVM DUAM V W V...

Page 331: ...Example SOUR TG AUTO OFF Selects continuous wave signal generator SOURce TG FREQuency TgSourceFrequency This command defines the frequency of the generated signal Available when zero span has been tur...

Page 332: ...POWer TgOutputLevel This command defines the absolute output level of the tracking generator Parameters TgOutputLevel Numeric value in the range from 0 to 40 dBm RST 0 Default unit dBm Example SOUR TG...

Page 333: ...t unit GHz Example BAND 100 kHz Sets the resolution bandwidth to 100 kHz SENSe BWIDth RESolution ResolutionBW This command defines the resolution bandwidth Parameters ResolutionBW Range 1 Hz to 3 MHz...

Page 334: ...ideoBW This command defines the video bandwidth Parameters VideoBW Range 1 Hz to 3 MHz RST AUTO is set to ON Default unit GHz Example BWID VID 10kHz Sets the video bandwidth to 10 kHz SENSe BANDwidth...

Page 335: ...nt and resets the trigger system This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example ABOR INIT IMM Aborts a measurement and starts a new one Usage Event INITiate IMMediate Thi...

Page 336: ...sweep for sweep count 0 or 1 Parameters ofSweeps Range 1 to 999 RST 10 Example SWE COUN 64 Defines a sweep count of 64 sweeps INIT CONT OFF INIT WAI Turns on single sweep mode starts the sweep and wa...

Page 337: ...and decouples the sweep time to the span and the resolution and video bandwidths Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SWE TIME AUTO ON Switches on the coupling to frequency span and bandwidths Trig...

Page 338: ...ange 10 s to 100 s RST 400 s Default unit s Example SWE EGAT LENG 2 5 Sets a gate length of 2 5 seconds SENSe SWEep EGATe TIME GateTriggerLength This command defines the sweep time for the gated trigg...

Page 339: ...Power trigger Gated Selects a gated trigger RST IMMediate For more information see chapter Setting the Sweep Example TRIG SOUR EXT Selects the external trigger input as source of the trigger signal 13...

Page 340: ...trace memory IMPlied Subtracts the current trace from the trace in memory Example CALC MATH memory IMPlied Selects the subtraction of the current trace from trace in the memory CALCulate 1 2 MATH 1 2...

Page 341: ...P TRAC2 ON Turns on the trace 2 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 MEMory 1 3 STATe State This command turns the memory trace on and off The numeric suffix at DISPlay and MEMory are irrelevant for this comm...

Page 342: ...ement and waits for the end of the 16 sweeps FORMat BORDer TransferOrder This command selects the format of binary data Parameters TransferOrder NORMal SWAPped NORMal The most significant byte is tran...

Page 343: ...Selects the ASCii data format SENSe DETector 1 2 FUNCtion Detector This command selects a detector function The numeric suffix at DETector specifies the primary or secondary detector Suffix 1 2 1 2 Pa...

Page 344: ...k hold list in the receiver mode mea surement RAW Queries the raw FSK ASK data in the analog demodulation mode measurement The R S Spectrum Rider returns 711 values Each value corre sponds to one pixe...

Page 345: ...late 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion CENTer 342 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion REFerence 343 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 MAXimum PEAK 343 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 MAXimum NEXT 343 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 MIN...

Page 346: ...ry the corresponding delta marker is activated first This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suf...

Page 347: ...id If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at DELTamarker selects the deltamarker Parameters Fr...

Page 348: ...This is only possible in single sweep mode In spectrum analyzer mode the unit depends on the unit you have set and the scaling of the vertical axis Parameter or measuring functions Output unit DBM DB...

Page 349: ...rkers Usage Event CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FREQuency MODE Mode This command selects the marker frequency display mode The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix...

Page 350: ...evel of marker 1 Usage Event CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 MAXimum PEAK This command positions a marker on the current trace maximum If necessary the corresponding marker is activated first This command is...

Page 351: ...r is activated first The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker Parameters FrequencyOrTime Indicates the coordinate on the horizonta...

Page 352: ...search limit The unit in the spectrum analyzer mode depends on the mea surement e g Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain Range Maximum span RST...

Page 353: ...ep with synchronization to the sweep end between activating the delta marker and reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode The unit of the return value depends on UNIT 1 2 POWe...

Page 354: ...is only possible in single sweep mode Before you can use the command you have to turn on the frequency counter with CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 COUNt STATe on page 348 The numeric suffix at CALCulate is...

Page 355: ...vant for this command The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INIT CONT OFF CALC MARK ON Turns on single sweep mode and marker 1 CALC MARK COUN ON Turns...

Page 356: ...dulation type for the audio demodulator The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker Parameters DemodType AM FM RST AM Example CALC MA...

Page 357: ...y CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion NDBDown RESult This command queries the frequency spacing or bandwidth of the n dB down markers The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The n...

Page 358: ...s command The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example See CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion NOISe RESult on page 351 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion NOISe...

Page 359: ...ic value with a variable range and unit You can use any unit you want the R S Spectrum Rider then converts the unit to the currently selected unit If you omit a unit the R S Spectrum Rider uses the cu...

Page 360: ...LIMit 1 2 UPPer THReshold 358 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 BEEP STATe State This command turns the beeper that beeps if a limit line is violated on and off The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for...

Page 361: ...7 X78 Y78 X79 Y79 X80 Y80 X81 Y81 X82 Y82 X83 Y83 X84 Y84 X85 Y85 X86 Y86 X87 Y87 X88 Y88 X89 Y89 X90 Y90 X91 Y91 X92 Y92 X93 Y93 X94 Y94 X95 Y95 X96 Y96 X97 Y97 X98 Y98 X99 Y99 This command defines t...

Page 362: ...e Suffix 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Example CALC LIM2 DEL Deletes the second limit line CALCulate 1 2 DLINe LinePosition This command defines the position of a display line The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irr...

Page 363: ...line Suffix 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Example INIT WAI CALC LIM1 FAIL Performs a measurement and queries the result of the check for limit line 1 Return value 0 for pass and 1 for fail Usage Query only CALCulat...

Page 364: ...late is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at LIMit selects the limit line Suffix 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Example CALC LIM1 UNIT Queries the y unit of the first limit line Usage Query only CALCula...

Page 365: ...LIMit 1 2 LOWer THReshold Threshold This command defines the level of a lower threshold limit line The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at LIMit selects t...

Page 366: ...the Harmonic Distortion 382 Measuring the AM Modulation Depth 384 Measuring the Spectrum Emission Mask 385 Using an Isotropic Antenna 386 Configuring Channel Tables The following commands configure t...

Page 367: ...signals CHAN TABL SEL TV China CHNTAB Loads the channel table with the name TV China for the uplink CHAN TABL SEL TV Italy chntab or CHAN TABL SEL UPL TV Italy chntab Both commands replace the uplink...

Page 368: ...wing commands configure power measurements To perform the actual mea surement use the commands described in section Chapter 13 6 2 5 Performing and Triggering Measurements on page 328 List of commands...

Page 369: ...n POWer SELect on page 361 The numeric suffix at CALculate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command Parameters State ON OFF ON Turns the power measurement on OFF Performs a basic spectrum measuremen...

Page 370: ...ettings comply with the standard The numeric suffix at CALculate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command Example CALC MARK FUNC POW PRES CHEC Queries compliance to the standard currently in use Usa...

Page 371: ...r OBANdwidth OBWidth TDMA MCACpower ACPower Returns the results for ACLR measurements The number of return values depends on the number of TX and adjacent channel The order of return values is power o...

Page 372: ...ample POW BAND 90PCT Defines the occupied bandwidth 90 INIT CONT OFF INIT WAI CALC MARK FUNC POW RES OBW Turns on single sweep mode performs a measurement and queries the results Usage Query only Meas...

Page 373: ...mode CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion CPOWer UNIT Unit This command selects the unit of the vertical axis for channel power measurements The numeric suffix at CALculate and MARKer are irrelevant for...

Page 374: ...ue is displayed on the EIRP info bar Parameters EIRPCableLoss Numeric value that defines the cable loss Default unit dB Example EIRP CLOS 0 Cable loss of 0 00 dB is displayed on the EIRP info bar SENS...

Page 375: ...uery only SENSe EIRPpower RAGain EIRPAntennaGain This command input antenna gain value in dB and value is displayed in dBi on the EIRP info bar Parameters EIRPAntennaGain Numeric value that defines th...

Page 376: ...FUNCtion OBAN BANDwidth 369 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion OBAN BANDwidth PCT 369 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion OBW BANDwidth 370 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion OBW BANDwidth PCT 370 CALCula...

Page 377: ...3 84 MHz Example CALC MARK FUNC OBW BAND 1 MHZ Sets the channel bandwidth to 1 MHz CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion OBW BANDwidth PCT Percentage This command defines the percentage of the total powe...

Page 378: ...wing commands configure and perform the ACLR measurements List of commands CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion ACPower UNIT 371 SENSe POWer ACHannel ACPairs 372 SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth CHANnel 37...

Page 379: ...r ACHannel BANDwidth CHANnel TxChannelBandwidth This command defines the channel bandwidth of the transmission channels Instead of BANDwidth you can also use the alias BWIDth Parameters TxChBw RST 14...

Page 380: ...ample See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt on page 376 SENSe POWer ACHannel BWIDth CHANnel TxChannelBandwidth This command defines the channel bandwidth of the transmission channels Instead of BWI...

Page 381: ...R S Spectrum Rider displays the power of adja cent channels The number of adjacent and alternate channels has to be greater than 0 for the com mand to work Parameters AdjChMode ABSolute RELative ABSo...

Page 382: ...smission channel with the lowest power MAXimum Reference is the transmission channel with the highest power LHIGhest Reference is the lowest transmission channel for lower adjacent channels and highes...

Page 383: ...spacing of the 8th channel first The suffix at ALTernate selects one of the 11 alternate channels Parameters AltChannelSpacing RST ALT1 40 kHz ALT2 60 kHz ALT3 80 kHz etc Default unit GHz Example See...

Page 384: ...POW ACH SPAC ALT 20KHZ Defines a distance of 20 kHz from the adjacent to the first alter nate channel POW ACH BAND ALT 120KHZ Defines a bandwidth of 120 kHz for the first alternate channel ACLR Limit...

Page 385: ...power Note that the relative limit has no effect on the limit check if it is below the absolute limit value see CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 ACPower ACHannel ABSolute on page 379 This mechanism allows auto...

Page 386: ...d turns the absolute limit check for the adjacent channel on and off You have to activate the general ACLR limit check before using this command with CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 ACPower STATe on page 378...

Page 387: ...annel power as defined in mobile radio standards The suffix at CALCulate and LIMit are irrelevant for this command The suffix at ALTernate selects one of the 11 alternate channels Parameters RelativeL...

Page 388: ...Culate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 ACPower ALTernate 1 11 ABSolute STATe State This command turns the absolute limit check for an alternate channel on and off You have to activate the general ACLR limit check befor...

Page 389: ...ant for this command Parameters Return values Power The power is either the peak power or the channel power depending on the selected standard Example CALC MARK FUNC TXP RES Queries the total channel...

Page 390: ...one in dB Example See CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet on page 384 Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion HARMonics LIST This command queries the position of the harmoni...

Page 391: ...re has no query and no RST value The suffix at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command Example CALC MARK FUNC HARM ON Activates the harmonic distortion measurement CALC MARK FUNC HARM NHA...

Page 392: ...sage Query only Measuring the Spectrum Emission Mask The following commands configure Spectrum Emission Mask SEM measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Ch...

Page 393: ...zes the settings for the SEM measurement This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Parameters ONCE ONCE Example ESP PRES SET ONCE Initializes an adjustment of the settings U...

Page 394: ...MEAS X Measures in x direction INPut ANTenna STATe State This command turns the use of an isotropic antenna on and off Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INP ANT STAT ON Activates the isotropic a...

Page 395: ...p Mode 394 Configuring the Limit Line 395 Setting the Measurement Mode 396 Reading out Measurement Results 398 13 6 3 1 Setting the Frequency The following chapter describes command to define and quer...

Page 396: ...NPut ATTenuation AUTO 391 INPut ATTenuation MODE 391 INPut GAIN STATe 391 INPut IMPedance 392 INPut IMPedance PAD 392 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion LEVel ONCE This command adjusts the reference le...

Page 397: ...y the offset You can set the offset with DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet on page 320 The numeric suffix at DISPlay and TRACe are irrelevant for this command Parameters RefLevel Sets...

Page 398: ...FF RST ON Example INP ATT AUTO ON Couples the attenuation set on the attenuator to the reference level INPut ATTenuation MODE AttenMode This command selects the attenuation mode Parameters AttenMode L...

Page 399: ...pad connected to the R S Spectrum Rider Parameters PadType RAM RAZ HZTE Example INPut IMP 75 PAD RAZ Selects 75 input impedance and the R S RAZ as the match ing pad 13 6 3 3 Defining the Bandwidth Th...

Page 400: ...andwidth DBW 1 DBW 10 DBW 30 or DBW 100 Parameters AudioLPFilterEnum Example FILT LPAS DBW10 Set the bandwidth of the audio lowpass filter to DBW 10 13 6 3 4 Defining the FM Broadcast The following ch...

Page 401: ...surement time in the analog modulation Example ADEM MTIM Queries the measurement time in the analog modulation Usage Query only INITiate IMMediate This command initiates a new measurement sequence Wit...

Page 402: ...ecessary to configure the limit line and dis play the individual pass fail measurement results of the analog modulation parameters List of commands CALCulate 1 2 ADEModulation LIMit SELect 395 CALCula...

Page 403: ...e numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Example CALC ADEM LIM FAIL Queries the result of the check for limit line Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 BEEP STAT...

Page 404: ...e to FM Summary CALC FEED XTIM DDEM ERR MPH Switches the digital measurement mode to error result display CALC FEED XTIM DDEM EYE Switches the digital measurement mode to eye diagram CALC FEED XTIM DD...

Page 405: ...urement Results The following chapter describes command necessary to display the measurement results List of commands SENSe ADEMod FM OFFSet 399 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion ADEMod CARRier RESult 399...

Page 406: ...ALCulate is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Example CALC MARK FUNC ADEM CARR Reads out the Carrier Power value for both AM FM Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion ADEMod AFRequenc...

Page 407: ...ant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters MeasType PPEak MPEak MIDDle RMS PPEak Peak value MPEak Peak value MIDDle Peak value 2 RMS RMS value Example CALC MARK FUNC ADEM FM RMS Reads out the RMS...

Page 408: ...Example CALC MARK FUNC ADEM SIN Reads out the SINAD value for both AM FM Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion ADEMod SNR RESult This command displays the SNR value for both AM FM The numeric...

Page 409: ...Modulation Index value for AM Usage Query only 13 6 4 Remote Commands of the Digital Modulation The chapter provides information on remote commands that configure and perform dig ital modulation measu...

Page 410: ...100MHz Defines a center frequency of 100 MHz SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP Stepsize This command defines the center frequency step size Parameters Stepsize Range 1 Hz to fmax RST AUTO 0 1 SPAN is switch...

Page 411: ...unit range of Hz kHz MHz MAHz GHz PCT Default unit GHz Example DISP TRAC Y PDIV 5 PCT Set the Y scale deviation per division as 5 in the AM modu lation DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe RPOSition R...

Page 412: ...on The attenuation is coupled to the reference level If you set the attenuation independ ently the R S Spectrum Rider turns off this coupling The R S Spectrum Rider adjusts the reference level if it c...

Page 413: ...INPut IMPedance Impedance This command selects the nominal input impedance The set impedance is taken into account in all level indications of results The setting 75 should be selected if the 50 inpu...

Page 414: ...ts are reset on restarting the measurement In single sweep mode synchronization to the end of the indicated number of measure ments can be achieved with the command OPC OPC or WAI In continuous sweep...

Page 415: ...Gative RST POSitive Example TRIG SLOP NEG TRIGger SEQuence LEVel IQPower IQPowerLevel This command defines the trigger level of the I Q power trigger Prerequisites for this command Select I Q power tr...

Page 416: ...X 411 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 X RELative 412 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 Y 412 CALCulate 1 2 MATH 1 2 STATe State This command turns trace mathematics on and off The numeric suffix at CALCulat...

Page 417: ...seconds for measurements in the time domain Range Maximum span Default unit GHz Example CALC MARK2 X 10 7MHz Positions marker 2 to frequency 10 7 MHz CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 Y This command queries t...

Page 418: ...elta marker CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 AOFF This command turns off all active delta markers This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value The numeric suffix at CALCulate is i...

Page 419: ...orizontal axis Default unit GHz Example CALC DELT3 X REL 5 kHz Sets the delta marker at a distance of 5 kHz to the reference position CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 Y This command queries the vertical...

Page 420: ...is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters Measurement String containing the measurement mode analog modulation or digital modulation Example CALC FEED XTIM AM Switches the analog measu...

Page 421: ...ion Analog modulation DDEMod Digital modulation RECeiver Receiver MAPS Map ACT Cable and antenna analyzer VNA Vector network analyzer VVM Vector voltmeter RST SAN Example INST SAN Selects spectrum ana...

Page 422: ...n REFerence VALue FrequencyDeviation This command sets and queries the frequency deviation in the FSK signal The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters Fr...

Page 423: ...ter GAUS Select a Gaussian filter Example DDEM FILT NAME RRC Select RRC filter SENSe DDEMod FILTer STATe State This command turns the measurement filter on and off Parameters State OFF 0 Turns off the...

Page 424: ...9 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion DDEMod MINDex RESult 419 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion DDEMod MOERror RESult 420 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion DDEMod MPOWer RESult 420 SENSe DDEMod 420 SENSe DDEMod FS...

Page 425: ...nit Hz Example CALC MARK FUNC DDEM CFER Query carrier frequency error Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 MARKer FUNCtion DDEMod MDEPth RESult This command queries the modulation depth of the measured sign...

Page 426: ...d Select FSK demodulation SENSe DDEMod on page 420 The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters MagnitudeError numeric value Default unit PCT Example CALC M...

Page 427: ...DDEMod MPOWer RESult This command queries the power of the carrier signal The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command Suffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters Power numeric value Default unit PCT...

Page 428: ...the command FORMat DATA on page 335 you can set the data format With the command CALCulate 1 2 FEED on page 397 you can selects the result display The numeric suffix at TRACe is irrelevant for this c...

Page 429: ...connected Setting the Frequency 422 Setting the Wavelength 423 Configuring Power Level Readout 423 Defining the Measurement Time 425 Zeroing of the Power Sensor 425 Forward Power Display 426 Defining...

Page 430: ...nd sets the wavelength when the optical power sensor is connected See the respective optic power sensor specification for the supported wavelength Parameters Wavelength Default unit NM Example PMET WA...

Page 431: ...e 1 2 PMETer RELative MAGNitude OFFSet RefLvlOffset This command sets an offset for the reference value The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command Parameters RefLvlOffset Default u...

Page 432: ...ing chapter describes commands to define the measurement time of the power sensor List of commands SENSe PMETer MTIMe 425 SENSe PMETer MTIMe MeasTime This command sets the duration of measurements Ava...

Page 433: ...MET DET AVER Selects the Average weighting mode 13 6 5 7 Defining the Video Bandwidth Selecting a video bandwidth is only possible when you are measuring the peak enve lope power with the R S FSH Z44...

Page 434: ...1 or R S FSH Z18 FETC1 PMET power in dBm FETC2 PMET n a Measurements with R S FSH Z14 or R S FSH Z44 FETC1 PMET forward power in dBm FETC2 PMET reflected power in dBm Example FETC2 PMET Returns nothin...

Page 435: ...d perform measurements receiver Availability of remote commands for EMI measurements Note that the listed remote commands take effect only if option R S FPH K43 Receiver Mode and Channel Scanner are i...

Page 436: ...ncy for time domain measurements span 0 Parameters CenterFrequency Range Depends on the operating mode and is specified in the data sheet RST fmax 2 with fmax maximum frequency Default unit MHz Exampl...

Page 437: ...Numeric value in Hz The range is specified in the datasheet RST fmin Default unit GHZ Example SCAN STAR 30kHz Defines a start frequency of 30 kHz SENSe SCAN STEP StepSize This command defines the step...

Page 438: ...cer 1 2 SELect 435 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer 1 2 UNIT 435 UNIT 1 2 POWer 435 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SPACing ScalingType This command selects the scaling type of the vertical axis The numeric...

Page 439: ...sheet RST 20 dBm Default unit dBm Example DISP TRAC Y RLEV 60dBm Sets the reference level to 60 dBm DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet RefLvlOffset This command defines a reference le...

Page 440: ...nuation Suffix 1 2 1 2 RF port selection Default selection at 1 RF port 2 is only applicable for R S ZNH Parameters Attenuation Range 0 dB to 40 dB RST 0 dB AUTO is ON Default unit dB Example INP ATT1...

Page 441: ...input impedance is transformed to a higher impedance using a 75 adapter of the RAZ type 25 in series to the input impedance of the instrument The correction value in this case is 1 76 dB 10 log 75 50...

Page 442: ...r factor The numeric suffix at TRANsducer specifies the primary or secondary transducer Example CORR TRAN2 UNIT DBVM Return unit DBVM of the secondary transducer Usage Query only UNIT 1 2 POWer Unit T...

Page 443: ...prResolutionBW This command defines the CISPR 6 dB bandwidth for CISPR conform measure ments Parameters CisprResolutionBW 200 Hz 9 kHz 120 kHz 1 MHz RST AUTO is on Example BAND CISP 120KHZ Defines a b...

Page 444: ...RGraph PHOLd RESet This command resets the maximum hold power level of the receiver frequency This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value The numeric suffix at DISPlay is irre...

Page 445: ...VER Turns on single sweep mode and trace averaging INIT WAI Starts the measurement and waits for the end of the sweep Usage Event INITiate CONTinuous State This command selects the sweep mode Paramete...

Page 446: ...ons if you are using a trigger for the measurement List of Commands TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe 439 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce 439 TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe TriggerSlope This command selects the slope of the tri...

Page 447: ...ENSe CORRection TRANsducer 1 2 ISOTropic STATe 440 INPut ANTenna MEASure Direction This command selects the direction that the isotropic antenna measures Parameters Direction AUTO X Y Z AUTO Automatic...

Page 448: ...trace mathematics or the selection of the detector List of Commands SENSe DETector 1 2 FUNCtion 441 CALCulate 1 2 MATH 1 2 COPY MEMory 1 3 442 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 STATe 442 DISPlay 1 2 WINDo...

Page 449: ...PY MEM Usage Setting only Copies the trace into the memory DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 STATe State This command turns a trace on and off The numeric suffix at DISPlay is irrelevant for this command T...

Page 450: ...trace Suffix 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Parameters DisplayMode WRITe AVERage MINHold MAXHold VIEW FREeze INFinite RST WRITe You can turn off the trace with DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 STATe For more information...

Page 451: ...t the command has no effect for data that you send to the R S Spectrum Rider The R S Spectrum Rider automatically recognizes the data it receives regard less of the format Parameters Format ASCii REAL...

Page 452: ...f trace 2 LIST Queries the peak list of the measurement PHOLd Queries the scanned peak hold list in the receiver mode mea surement RAW Queries the raw FSK ASK data in the analog demodulation mode meas...

Page 453: ...Culate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 MINimum PEAK on page 340 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 X on page 340 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 X RELative on page 340 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 Y on page 341 CALCula...

Page 454: ...umeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at DELTamarker selects the deltamarker Example CALC DELT AOFF Turns off all delta markers Usage Event CALCulate 1 2 DELTama...

Page 455: ...axis Note that it is possible to place the marker outside the visible trace In that case this value is invalid If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first The numeric suffix at CALC...

Page 456: ...id result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end between activating the delta marker and reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode In spectr...

Page 457: ...ix at MARKer selects the marker Example CALC MARK AOFF Switches off all markers Usage Event CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 MAXimum PEAK This command positions a marker on the current trace maximum If necess...

Page 458: ...le to place the marker outside the visible trace In that case this value is invalid If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for thi...

Page 459: ...ffix at SLIMits selects the limit line Parameters SearchLimit Sets the left marker search limit The unit in the spectrum analyzer mode depends on the mea surement e g Hz for measurements in the freque...

Page 460: ...sult you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end between activating the delta marker and reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode The unit of th...

Page 461: ...the marker frequency mode to channel input as a channel number RST FREQ Example CALC MARK FREQ MODE FREQ Selects the frequency display mode CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion DEModulation STATe State...

Page 462: ...e of demodulation type for the audio demodulator The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker Parameters DemodType AM FM RST AM Exampl...

Page 463: ...The numeric suffix at LIMit selects the limit line Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC LIM BEEP ON Activates the audio beep CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 COMMent This command queries the descripti...

Page 464: ...ALC LIM1 FAIL Performs a measurement and queries the result of the check for limit line 1 Return value 0 for pass and 1 for fail Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 LOWer SELect LimitLine This co...

Page 465: ...vant for this command The numeric suffix at LIMit selects the limit line Suffix 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Example CALC LIM1 UNIT X Queries the x unit of the first limit line Usage Query only CALCulate 1 2 LIMit...

Page 466: ...from the operating mode List of commands MMEMory CATalog 459 MMEMory CATalog DIRectories 460 MMEMory CDIRectory 460 MMEMory COPY 460 MMEMory DATA 460 MMEMory DELete 461 MMEMory FILE 461 MMEMory FILE D...

Page 467: ...tory Example MMEM CDIR Public Opens directory Public MMEMory COPY SourceFile Destination This command copies one or more files to another directory This command is an event and therefore has no RST va...

Page 468: ...tents of the file The parameters mean Public selects the target file 2 hash sign and length of the length information 20 bytes 2 digits 20 indicates the number of subsequent binary data bytes Contents...

Page 469: ...command sets the time of a file The sequence of entry is hour minute second Parameters FileName String containing the path and filename Hour Range 0 to 23 Minutes Range 0 to 59 Seconds Range 0 to 59...

Page 470: ...ted path and stored under the filename specified there This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameters SourceFile String containing the path and filename of the source...

Page 471: ...ngs in the file DATASET001 SET Usage Setting only MMEMory STORe CSV STATe 1 TargetFile This command exports dataset to CSV format The CSV file is saved in the same folder as the dataset file This work...

Page 472: ...mands DISPlay 1 2 WINDow STORe 465 HCOPy DEVice LANGuage 466 HCOPy IMMediate 466 MMEMory NAME 466 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow STORe TargetFile This command makes a screenshot of the current display content in...

Page 473: ...INDow STORe on page 465 This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example HCOP DEV LANG PNG MMEM NAME Public Screen Shots Test png HCOP Makes and stores a screenshot of the...

Page 474: ...ers CaptureCounter String containing the number with which to start numbering files RST 0000 Example SYST CAPT COUN 0100 Starts numbering files with 0100 e g Measurement0100 png SYSTem CAPTure CSV STA...

Page 475: ...dataset RST SCReen Example SYST CAPT MODE BOTH Captures both a screenshot and a dataset of the current mea surement SYSTem CAPTure SCReen STATe State This command includes or excludes screenshots fro...

Page 476: ...a USB device as the storage device SYST SOEV SOUR DIST SYST SOEV DIST INT 5 Saves the coordinates every 5 m SYSTem SOEVent LIMits MODE arg0 This command selects the limit check condition that must oc...

Page 477: ...ter a certain distance has been covered ALLSweeps Saves coordinates after each sweep RST TIMeinterval Example See SYSTem SOEVent DISTance INTerval on page 469 SYSTem SOEVent TIME INTerval Seconds This...

Page 478: ...4 Audio Settings 476 Setting up a Network Connection 477 System Settings 478 13 6 11 1 Mode Selection This chapter describes all commands that select the operating mode of the R S Spec trum Rider List...

Page 479: ...e and antenna analyzer 18 analog modulation RST 1 Example INST NSEL 1 Selects spectrum analyzer mode 13 6 11 2 Controlling the GPS Receiver This chapter describes all commands that control the GPS rec...

Page 480: ...he GPS receiver The reference signal is used to determine the deviation of the internal clock of the instrument The deviation can be turned into a correction factor for the measured frequency Example...

Page 481: ...position of the R S Spectrum Rider Example SYST POS LONG Return value would be for example 11 36 46 2 for 11 36 46 2 East Usage Query only SYSTem POSition VALid This command queries if the current po...

Page 482: ...uffix 1 2 1 2 Parameters ColorScheme COLor BW PF COLor Color BW Black white PF Printer friendly RST COLor Example DISP CMAP BW Sets the screen colors to black and white DISPlay 1 2 CMAP DEFault This c...

Page 483: ...em BEEPer POVerload STATe 476 SYSTem BEEPer VOLume 476 SYSTem BEEPer KEY VOLume 477 SYSTem AUDio VOLume Volume This command sets the volume of the internal speaker Parameters Volume Range 0 to 1 RST 0...

Page 484: ...SYSTem COMMunicate LAN ETHernet 477 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN GATeway 477 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN SUBMask 477 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet ADDRess 478 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet DHCP STATe 478 SYSTem COMMunic...

Page 485: ...to 172 76 68 30 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet DHCP STATe State This command turns the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP on and off Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SYST COMM SOCK DHCP ON Act...

Page 486: ...REBoot 484 SYSTem SET 485 SYSTem SHUTdown 485 SYSTem TIME 485 SYSTem TZONee 485 SYSTem VERSion 486 INPut IMPedance PAD PadType This command selects the matching pad connected to the R S Spectrum Rider...

Page 487: ...Tem ACCessory AUTO State This command turns automatic detection of connected measurement accessories on and off Parameters State ON OFF Example SYST ACC AUTO ON Turns on automatic accessory detection...

Page 488: ...e no RST value Example SYST ERR ALL Usage Query only SYSTem ERRor CODE NEXT This command queries the code of the next error in the error queue This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Ex...

Page 489: ...HELP HEADers This command returns a list of all available remote control commands This command is a query and therefore no RST value Example SYST HELP HEAD Returns the syntax of all available commands...

Page 490: ...ge Query only SYSTem POWer STATus This command queries the remaining power of the battery This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Example SYST POW STAT Usage Query only SYSTem PRESet Re...

Page 491: ...vent SYSTem PRESet MODE Mode This command selects the preset mode Parameters Mode DEFault USER DEFault Default preset state USER User defined preset state Example SYST PRES MODE USER Selects a user de...

Page 492: ...EOI to ensure reliable transfer of data setting SYST COMM GPIB RTER EOI Parameters arg0 block_data Example SYST SET SYSTem SHUTdown This command turns the R S Spectrum Rider off This command is an eve...

Page 493: ...and contain detailed information on the instrument The output buffer contains the messages the instrument returns to the controller It is not part of the status reporting system but determines the va...

Page 494: ...hen a bit of the CONDi tion part is changed from 1 to 0 the associated NTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1 NTR Bit 1 the EVENt bit is set NTR Bit 0 the EVENt bit is not set This part can...

Page 495: ...and ENABle part for each register The result is then entered into a bit of the CONDition part of the higher order register The instrument automatically generates the sum bit for each register Thus an...

Page 496: ...bit six acts as the sum bit of the remaining bits of the status byte The STATUS BYTE is read using the command STB or a serial poll The STB is linked to the SRE The latter corresponds to the ENABle p...

Page 497: ...bits in the event status register is set and enabled in the event status enable register Setting of this bit indicates a serious error which can be specified in greater detail by polling the event sta...

Page 498: ...which is undefined or syntactically incorrect An error message with a number between 100 and 200 which denotes the error in greater detail is entered into the error queue 6 Not used 7 Power On supply...

Page 499: ...he bit is set if a measurement is performed unaligned label UNCAL 11 to 14 Not used 15 This bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency Register This register contains information about the referenc...

Page 500: ...ding or falling short of expected values It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable SYNC CONDition and STATus QUEStionable SYNC EVENt 13 6 12 5 Application of the Status Reporting Systems I...

Page 501: ...EEE 488 2 The VISUAL BASIC command for executing a serial poll is IBRSP Serial poll is mainly used to obtain a fast overview of the state of several instruments connected to the controller Query by Me...

Page 502: ...e Clear RST or SYS Tem PRE Set STA Tus PRESet CLS Effect 0 1 Clear STB ESR yes yes Clear SRE ESE yes Clear PPE yes Clear EVENt parts of the registers yes yes Clear ENABle parts of all OPERation and QU...

Page 503: ...ble LIMit CONDition 499 STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition 499 STATus QUEStionable ENABle 499 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency ENABle 499 STATus QUEStionable LIMit ENABle 499 STATus QUEStionable POWer E...

Page 504: ...The command does not delete the contents of the EVENt section Usage Query only STATus OPERation ENABle DecimalValue This command controls the ENABle part of the OPERation register The ENABle part allo...

Page 505: ...EStionable FREQuency EVENt This command reads out the EVENt section of the QUEStionable register The command at the same time deletes the contents of the EVENt section Usage Query only STATus QUEStion...

Page 506: ...r The ENABle part allows true conditions in the EVENt part of the status register to be reported in the summary bit If a bit is 1 in the enable register and its associated event bit transitions to tru...

Page 507: ...d controls the Negative TRansition part of the QUEStionable register Setting a bit causes a 1 to 0 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated regis ter The transition also writes a 1 into t...

Page 508: ...ciated regis ter The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register Parameters DecimalValue Range 0 to 65535 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency PTRansition DecimalVa...

Page 509: ...he Positive TRansition part of the QUEStionable register Setting a bit causes a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated regis ter The transition also writes a 1 into the associate...

Page 510: ...Rider Setup 503 File Management 507 Operating Mode Selection 509 14 1 1 General R S Spectrum Rider Setup R S Spectrum Rider options 1 only available with R S FPH K35 The SETUP key opens the setup menu...

Page 511: ...100 kHz 300 kHz 1 MHz 3 MHz Auto SWT Manual Auto Analy sis Analysis for T1 Trace Mode Clear Write Max Hold Min Hold Average Average Count Trace Math Off Trace Memory Memory Trace Detector Auto Analysi...

Page 512: ...e and Time Set Date Set Time Time Zone Regional Language English French German Spanish Italian Portu guese Japanese Chi nese Korean Russian Hungarian Traditional Chinese Date Format dd mm yyyy mm dd y...

Page 513: ...Align Reference Level Align Reset Reset Factory Settings Factory Reset User Preference Site Name Site Name User Name Comments Preset Key Preset Mode User Defined Default Preset Dataset Working Directo...

Page 514: ...tation Export Documentation Export HW SW info Hardware Instrument Model Instrument Serial Num ber Mainboard Part Number Mainboard Revision Mainboard Serial Num ber Frontboard Part Number Frontboard Re...

Page 515: ...Save On screen KB see Chapter 3 2 4 On screen Keyboard on page 44 Exit Recall Preview Prev Next Recall Exit Load Refresh Exit Recall Screenshot Preview Prev Next Exit Refresh Exit Export CSV File Man...

Page 516: ...ection Spectrum See Chapter 6 Spec trum Analyzer Mode on page 123 3Analog Demod 3Digital Demod See Chapter 10 Modu lation Analysis on page 235 4Spectrum Receiver See Chapter 12 Receiver Mode on page 2...

Page 517: ...ectrum Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power EIRP Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Sp...

Page 518: ...ram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction Auto Standard Load Refresh Exit Level Adjust Channel BW Power Unit dBm dBmV dB V V W Power Display Clear Write Max Hold Channel Pwr Hz EIRP Softkey Menu or Dialo...

Page 519: ...W Antenna Gain Cable Loss Distance Reset Max Hold Advanced Setting Capture Horizontal Capture Vertical Clear Meas Occupied Bandwidth Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas M...

Page 520: ...ectrum Channel Power EIRP Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction Auto Standard Load Refresh Exit Lev...

Page 521: ...ection Auto Standard Load Refresh Exit Level Adjust View List ACLR Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power EIRP Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum E...

Page 522: ...n Low High Chan Channel Limit Relative Channel Limit Absolute Check Channel Limit Power Unit dBm dBmV dBuV V W Power Display Clear Write Max Hold Absolute Relative Channel Pwr Hz Harmonic Distortion S...

Page 523: ...rs Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power EIRP Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction...

Page 524: ...ection Auto Settings Display Reference Level Level Range Auto Range Color Table Green Yellow Green Blue Black White Red Purple Blue Black Full Screen Couple to Spectrum Tone Squelch Level Threshold To...

Page 525: ...ion Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction Auto Settings Display Reference Level Level Range Auto Range Color Table Green Yellow Green Blue Bl...

Page 526: ...resh Exit Select Time Line T1 Line T2 Line Isotropic Antenna Auto Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power EIRP Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Em...

Page 527: ...Stop Freq Freq Offset Freq Mode Frequency Select Downlink Refresh Load Exit Select Uplink Refresh Load Exit Set to Downlink Set to Uplink 14 2 3 SPAN Selection The SPAN key opens the span menu that co...

Page 528: ...it dBm dBmV dBuV V W Ref Offset Att Amp Imp Preamp Manual Att Auto Low Distortion Auto Low Noise Imp 50 75 RAM 75 RAZ 75 FSH Z38 Transducer Primary Secondary Select Primary Refresh Load Exit Select Se...

Page 529: ...utoGAte Low 14 2 6 BW Parameters The BW key opens a menu that contains all functionality to set the bandwidths Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Manual RBW Auto RBW Manual V...

Page 530: ...on Off Trace Memory Memory Trace 14 2 8 Limit Lines The LINES key opens a menu that contains the functionality to control display and limit lines The LINES key opens a menu that contains the functiona...

Page 531: ...rameters selection New Marker Marker Type Delete Marker Delete Selected Delete All Delta Delete All Select Marker Marker Function Noise Frequency Count High Resolution Low Resolution N dB Down N dB 10...

Page 532: ...ers 532 Marker Parameters 532 14 3 1 Power Meter Measurements The power meter is available only if you have installed option R S Spectrum Rider K9 The MEAS key opens a menu that contains the functiona...

Page 533: ...g items Parameters Parameters selection Fwd Pwr Display Average Peak Envelope Freq1 Unit Forward Power dBm W dB Reflected Power dBm W VSWR dB Return Loss Zero To Ref Standard Correction Off GSM EDGE 3...

Page 534: ...Channel the softkey displays Channel Optic Power Measurement with ODM UPM 100 Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Wavelength Unit dBm dB V W dB Rel To Ref Pulse Power Measurem...

Page 535: ...er 0 100 High Ref Power 0 100 Ref Power 0 100 Set to Default Related to Power Related to Voltage 14 3 2 Frequency Parameters The FREQ key opens a menu that contains the functionality to set the freque...

Page 536: ...ed to Channnel the menu item displays Fre quency 14 3 3 BW Parameters The BW key contains functionality to configure bandwidth parameters Table 14 5 Directional Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog item...

Page 537: ...level parameters Table 14 8 Power Meter Directional Power Meter Optic Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Unit dBm W dB Rel Offset Table 14 9 Channel Power Meter...

Page 538: ...et 14 3 5 Sweep Configuration The SWEEP key opens a menu that contains functionality to configure the sweep Table 14 11 Power Meter Directional Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Para...

Page 539: ...meters selection Show Limit Lines Upper Limit Set Threshold Remove Lower Limit Set Threshold Remove Auto Beep 14 3 7 Trace Parameters The TRACE key opens a menu that contains functionality to configur...

Page 540: ...ext Peak Set To Minimum All Marker To Peak Center Marker Freq Ref Level Marker Level 14 4 Functions of the Wizard This section contains all softkeys and menus that are available in the measurement WIZ...

Page 541: ...Repeat Meas Interrupt Leave Menu1 Resume Sequence Cancel Finish Wizard Cancel Interrupt Leave Menu1 Resume Sequence Cancel Yes No Skip Continue Next Meas Repeat Meas Interrupt Finish Wizard Cancel Int...

Page 542: ...scription Site Site Number Comments GPS Position Meas Spec Meas Results Mark Edit Rename Cut Copy Paste Delete Preview Prev Next Exit Refresh Exit Exit 1Press WIZARD key to resume back the wizard meas...

Page 543: ...nfigure measure ments with the analog demodulation Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection AM Domain1 FM Domain1 Audio Lowpass DBW 1 DBW 10 DBW 30 DBW 100 Mod Trace1 Mod Summary1...

Page 544: ...Modulation Error 1To perform the digital modulation measurement select the required modulation scheme ASK or FSK and the required measurement setting filter type demodulation parameters display mode 2...

Page 545: ...ast is only enabled when the DBW is set to 200kHz and 300kHz 14 5 5 Amplitude Parameters The AMPT key contains functionality to configure the level parameters Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters P...

Page 546: ...nality to configure the sweep Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Cont Meas Single Meas Trigger1 Free Run IQ Power 20 0 dBm External Rise External Fail Trigger Delay 1Only ava...

Page 547: ...in measurements The MARKER key opens a menu that contains functionality to configure the markers Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection New Marker Marker Type Delete Marker Selec...

Page 548: ...key opens a menu that contains the functionality to set the frequency or channel Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Channel1 Scan Step2 Start Freq Stop Freq Full Scan2 Freq...

Page 549: ...n Unit dBm dBmV dBuV V W Ref Offset Att Amp Imp Preamp Manual Att Auto Low Distortion Auto Low Noise Imp 50 75 RAM 75 RAZ 75 FSH Z38 Transducer Primary Secondary Select Primary Refresh Load Exit Selec...

Page 550: ...Domain Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Time Cont Scan Single Scan Trigger Free Run Video External Rise External fall Gated Trigger Trogger Delay Gate Settings Gate De...

Page 551: ...14 6 7 Markers The MARKER key opens a menu to control markers and use marker functions Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection New Marker Marker Type Delete Marker Delete Selecte...

Page 552: ...per Limit Set Threshold Load From File Remove Lower Limit Set Threshold Load From File Remove Auto Beep 14 7 Functions of the Maps This section contains all softkeys and menus that are available in ma...

Page 553: ...GPS Position Display Trace Current Position Show Saved Position Show Current Position Save Current Position Manual Position and Azi muth Azimuth Only Triangulation Go To Triangulation GPS Position Lis...

Page 554: ...World 1Available only if option R S FPH K16 is installed 2Available only if a connected USB stick is scanned to locate the available map folders See Map folder on page 256 Outdoor Mapping Softkey Menu...

Page 555: ...Load Refresh Exit Exit Zoom in Zoom out Settings Show GPS Information Compass Information Power Bar Power Result Hardware Settings Colors Current Position Color Saved Positions Color Triangulation Col...

Page 556: ...der on page 256 Indoor Mapping Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Triangulation1 Outdoor Mapping Indoor Mapping Indoor Position Capture Position Save Results On scr...

Page 557: ...Cyan Green Yellow Red Good Coverage Level Average Coverage Color Magenta Light Blue Cyan Green Yellow Red Average Coverage Level Bad Coverage Color Magenta Light Blue Cyan Green Yellow Red Bad Covera...

Page 558: ...on page 256 14 7 2 Frequency Parameters The FREQ key opens a menu that contains the functionality to set the frequency Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Freq 14 7 3 Amplitud...

Page 559: ...onality to configure bandwidth parameters Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection RBW 3kHz 2MHz 14 7 5 Sweep Configuration The SWEEP key opens a menu that contains functionality t...

Page 560: ...7 7 Limits Line Parameters The LINES key opens a menu that contains functionality to configure the limits line Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Show Limit Lines Upper Limi...

Page 561: ...ny signal converts it into its spectral components Depending on the signal characteristic to be measured one method is usually more appropriate than the other With an oscil loscope it is possible to t...

Page 562: ...lly involves several stages It lasts until you get an IF for which good narrowband filters are available The R S Spectrum Rider needs three mixing stages to get an IF that the filter can handle Figure...

Page 563: ...as the resolu tion bandwidth The R S Spectrum Rider has resolution bandwidths from 1 Hz to 3 MHz The bandlimited IF is passed to the envelope detector The envelope detector removes the IF from the sig...

Page 564: ...detector comes after the video filter The detector combines the measured spec trum so that it can be represented as one pixel in the trace The R S Spectrum Rider uses 711 pixels to form the trace i e...

Page 565: ...This ensures that all signals are displayed The RMS detector is recommended for power measurements on modulated sig nals However the display range should be chosen so as not to exceed 100 times the ba...

Page 566: ...UPLink 361 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect 1 4 360 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SET 361 SENSe CHANnel 1 3 359 SENSe CHANnel 1 3 429 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer 1 2 ISOTropic STATe 387 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer 1...

Page 567: ...AN AUTO 317 SENSe FREQuency SPAN FULL 317 SENSe FREQuency STARt 317 SENSe FREQuency STOP 318 SENSe PMETer DETector FUNCtion 426 SENSe PMETer FREQuency 422 SENSe PMETer MTIMe 425 SENSe PMETer WAVelengt...

Page 568: ...amarker 1 6 AOFF 411 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 AOFF 447 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 MAXimum NEXT 339 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 MAXimum NEXT 447 CALCulate 1 2 DELTamarker 1 6 MAXimum PEAK 339...

Page 569: ...nt 353 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 COMMent 456 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 DEFine 354 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 DELete 355 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 DELete 456 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit 1 2 FAIL 356 CALCulate 1 2 LIMit...

Page 570: ...OWer UNIT 366 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion DEModulation HOLD 349 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion DEModulation HOLD 455 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 FUNCtion DEModulation SELect 349 CALCulate 1 2 MA...

Page 571: ...e 1 2 MARKer 1 6 X SLIMits 1 2 LEFT 452 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 X SLIMits 1 2 RIGHt 345 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 X SLIMits 1 2 RIGHt 452 CALCulate 1 2 MARKer 1 6 X SLIMits 1 2 STATe 344 CALCulate 1 2...

Page 572: ...Ce 1 2 Y SCALe RLEVel 404 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe RLEVel 432 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet 320 DISPlay 1 2 WINDow TRACe 1 2 Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet 432 DISPlay 1 2 WIND...

Page 573: ...NSELect 414 INSTrument NSELect 472 INSTrument SELect 397 INSTrument SELect 414 INSTrument SELect 471 MMEMory CATalog DIRectories 460 MMEMory CATalog 459 MMEMory CDIRectory 460 MMEMory COPY 460 MMEMory...

Page 574: ...le 500 STATus QUEStionable POWer NTRansition 501 STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition 502 STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt 498 STATus QUEStionable PTRansition 501 STATus QUEStionable EVENt 498 STATus...

Page 575: ...em PRESet FACTory 484 SYSTem PRESet MODE 484 SYSTem PRESet USER 484 SYSTem REBoot 484 SYSTem SET 485 SYSTem SET LOCK 464 SYSTem SET UNLock 465 SYSTem SHUTdown 485 SYSTem SOEVent DISTance INTerval 469...

Page 576: ...List of commands R S Spectrum Rider FPH 569 User Manual 1321 1011 02 11 UNIT 1 2 POWer 323 UNIT 1 2 POWer 435 www allice de Allice Messtechnik GmbH...

Page 577: ...ertificate 18 Center frequency 174 216 221 CF step size 174 Channel Power 125 Channel table 209 Clear write 186 Clear status Remote 311 Command sequence Remote 314 Command sequence and command synchro...

Page 578: ...and Command Processing 297 Interfaces and Protocols 293 LAN 293 SCPI 293 USB 293 VISA 293 VXI 11 293 Interference analyzer Measuring the Spectrum 254 Working with Maps 254 Internal power meter 224 IST...

Page 579: ...5 SWEEP 531 TRACE 532 Power Meter 422 Power overload beep 65 Power sensor 214 215 216 227 Attenuation 222 Average time 218 Directional 219 errors 216 Reference level 218 Standard 222 Unit 218 221 Weig...

Page 580: ...s Reporting System 486 Status Byte STB Service Request Enable Register SRE 486 Structure of an SCPI Status Register 486 Step size 174 Supplied options 29 Sweep 184 191 Sweep mode 185 Sweep number 184...

Page 581: ...Index R S Spectrum Rider FPH 574 User Manual 1321 1011 02 11 X X axis 173 Y Y axis 177 Z Zero span 177 Zeroing 217 www allice de Allice Messtechnik GmbH...

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