Concepts and Features
R&S
®
ZNA
150
User Manual 1178.6462.02 ─ 12
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Connector type including all connector type parameters (name, polarity, offset
model, reference impedance)
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Type, gender and label of all standards in the kit together with the circuit model
parameters (offsets, load) or S-parameter tables (.s<n>p file) that are necessary to
determine its magnitude and phase response.
By default cal kit files are stored in the
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Rohde-Schwarz\ZNA\Calibration
directory.
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To
export
cal kit data, the analyzer uses a specific binary file format
*.calkit
.
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Three different
import
file formats are supported: R&S
ZVA-specific binary cal kit
files (
*.calkit
), R&S
ZVR-specific binary cal kit files (
*.ck
), cal kit files in Agi-
lent-specific ASCII formats (
*.csv
,
*.prn
).
Importing older R&S
ZVR cal kit files
On loading some older R&S
ZVR-specific
*.ck
files, e.g. the R&S
ZV-Z23 cal kit file,
the R&S
ZNA generates the message "File does not comply with instrument calibration
kit file format". The files must be converted using an R&S
ZVR network analyzer equip-
ped with a firmware version V3.52 or later.
Proceed as follows:
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On the R&S
ZVR, press "CAL > CAL KITS > MODIFY KITS > INSTALL NEW KIT"
to import the
*.ck
file.
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Press "CREATE INST FILE" in the same submenu to export the
*.ck
file in a
R&S
ZNA-compatible format.
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Import the converted file into the R&S
ZNA.
*.csv cal kit files: VNA Cal Kit Manager V2.1
The VNA Cal Kit Manager is a free, Windows
®
-based software tool intended to import,
edit, and export *csv cal kit files. The software is available for download at
. The decimal separator used by the VNA Cal Kit Man-
ager V2.1 depends on the language version of the Windows
®
operating system: Cal kit
files generated on an English operating system contain dots, the ones generated on a
German system contain commas.
The network analyzer expects the dot as a separator and displays an error message
when a
*.csv
file with commas is loaded. Please install the VNA Cal Kit Manager
V2.1 on an appropriate (e.g. English) Windows
®
version to avoid trouble.
*.prn cal kit files: PNA Cal Kit Editor
The network analyzer can import and process cal kit files created with the PNA Cal Kit
Editor. The files use the extension
*.prn
; the data format is identical to the
*.csv
format.
The decimal separator used by the PNA Cal Kit Editor depends on the language ver-
sion of the Windows
®
operating system: Cal kit files generated on an English operating
system contain dots, the ones generated on a German system contain commas.
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