Rohde & Schwarz R&S FSP Series, Operating Manual

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R&S FSP Instrument Functions
Analyzer Mode
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This low average value is usually corrected in noise power measurements by a 2.5
dB factor. Therefore the R&S FSP offers the selection of linear averaging. The trace
data are delogarithmized prior to averaging, then averaged and logarithmized again
for display on the screen. The average value is always correctly displayed irrespec-
tive of the signal characteristic.
Following selections are available:
ASCII FILE
EXPORT The ASCII FILE EXPORT softkey stores the active trace in ASCII format, e.g. on a
memory stick or a floppy disk.
Remote command:
FORM ASC;
MMEM:STOR:TRAC 1,'TRACE.DAT'
The file consists of the header containing important scaling parameters and a data
section containing the trace data.
The data of the file header consist of three columns, each separated by a semicolon:
parameter name; numeric value; base unit
The data section starts with the key word " Trace <n> " (<n> = number of stored
trace), followed by the measured data in one or several columns (depending on
measurement) which are also separated by a semicolon.
This format can be read in from spreadsheet calculation programs, e.g. MS-Excel. It
is necessary to define ';' as a separator.
LOG logarithmic averaging
LIN linear averaging (delogarithmization depends on
selected unit).
For units VOLT and AMPERE the level values are con-
verted into linear voltages prior to averaging.
POWER linear averaging (delogarithmization to power for all
units)
For correct power averaging with units VOLT or AMPERE, selection POWER has
to be used.