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Installation

Adding an External Monitor

Use the following procedure to add an external monitor for dual monitor con

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guration. Both the analyzer and the second

monitor must have the color set to True Color.

1.

Power off the analyzer and the external
monitor.

2.

Connect the external monitor to the
analyzer.

3.

Power on the analyzer and the external
monitor.

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Summary of Contents for RSA5100A Series

Page 1: ...x RSA6100A Series Real Time Spectrum Analyzers RSA5100A Series Real Time Signal Analyzers ZZZ Quick Start User Manual P071283800 071 2838 00...

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Page 3: ...RSA6100A Series Real Time Spectrum Analyzers RSA5100A Series Real Time Signal Analyzers ZZZ Quick Start User Manual xx www tektronix com 071 2838 00...

Page 4: ...and pending Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tek...

Page 5: ...taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and...

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Page 7: ...l Accessories 4 RSA6100A Series Options 5 RSA5100A Series Options 6 Operating Considerations 7 Connecting to the Instrument 8 Powering On the Instrument 9 Powering Off the Instrument 9 Removing the Po...

Page 8: ...Table of Contents ii RSA6100A Series RSA5100A Series Quick Start User Manual...

Page 9: ...ve all ratings and markings on the product Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product The inputs are not rated for connection to mains or Categ...

Page 10: ...result in damage to this product or other property Symbols and Terms on the Product These terms may appear on the product DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marki...

Page 11: ...d flicker European Contact Tektronix UK Ltd Western Peninsula Western Road Bracknell RG12 1RF United Kingdom 1 This product is intended for use in nonresidential areas only Use in residential areas ma...

Page 12: ...or measurement control and laboratory use Part 1 Additional Compliances IEC 61010 1 2001 Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use Equipment Type Test and...

Page 13: ...dled at the product s end of life In order to avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriat...

Page 14: ...ording to Directives 2002 96 EC and 2006 66 EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE and batteries For information about recycling options check the Support Service section of the Tektroni...

Page 15: ...nt Triggers Holdoff Trigger and Time Qualification to all of the instrument triggers Option 200 Multi domain displays that provide an intuitive understanding of time varying RF signals Conventional Ve...

Page 16: ...parts care and maintenance information and information for servicing the instrument to the module level This manual is in a PDF file located on the Product Documentation CD Software Upgrades Software...

Page 17: ...part number 071 2839 XX Japanese Tektronix part number 071 2840 XX Russian Tektronix part number 071 2841 XX RSA6100A Series and RSA5100A Series Product Documentation CD Tektronix part number 063 3930...

Page 18: ...are approved by at least one authority acceptable in the country to which the product is shipped International Power Plugs Opt A0 North America power Opt A1 Universal EURO power Opt A2 United Kingdom...

Page 19: ...English Japanese Russian and Simplified Chinese RSA6100A Series Real Time Spectrum Analyzers RSA5100A Series Real Time Signal Analyzers Application Examples Manual Tektronix part number 071 2834 XX RS...

Page 20: ...ith Option 08 Microsoft Windows XP Embedded and instrument SW pre installed RSA5100A RTPA2A Real Time Spectrum Analyzer Probe Adapter Supports TekConnect probes P7225 P7240 P7260 P7330 P7313 P7350 P73...

Page 21: ...t compatible with Option 06 or Option 08 Option 08 Adds a removable solid state hard drive not compatible with Option 06 or Option 07 Option 11 Adds Phase Noise and Jitter Measurement Option 12 Adds S...

Page 22: ...tion 53 Adds Memory 4 GB Acquisition Memory Total Option 56 Adds a removable hard disk drive not compatible with Option 57 or Option 59 Option 57 Adds a CD R W drive not compatible with Option 56 Opti...

Page 23: ...perating temperature 10 C to 40 C Non operating temperature 20 C to 60 C RSA6100A Humidity 90 relative humidity at 30 C non condensing 80 maximum when accessing the DVD drive Maximum wet bulb temperat...

Page 24: ...nnect your keyboard mouse printer and other accessories to your instrument before applying power Accessories with USB connectors can be connected before or after applying power You can connect your in...

Page 25: ...Installation Powering On the Instrument Powering Off the Instrument Removing the Power RSA6100A Series RSA5100A Series Quick Start User Manual 9...

Page 26: ...onitor configuration Both the analyzer and the second monitor must have the color set to True Color 1 Power off the analyzer and the external monitor 2 Connect the external monitor to the analyzer 3 P...

Page 27: ...Installation 4 Open the Windows Control Panel 5 Double click Intel R Extreme Graphics 2 M to open the properties page RSA6100A Series RSA5100A Series Quick Start User Manual 11...

Page 28: ...lone to show internal screen Notebook content on an external monitor Monitor 7 Adjust the settings as necessary and then click OK to apply the settings and to close the properties page 12 RSA6100A Ser...

Page 29: ...treme Graphics 2 M to open the properties page 3 Adjust the settings as necessary NOTE Not all of the selections in the property page will be available if there is no external monitor connected to the...

Page 30: ...Tektronix part number 077 0520 XX located on the Product Documentation CD 1 Select Tools Diagnostics 2 On the Diagnostics tab click All Modules All Tests 3 Click Single Test 4 Click RUN The instrumen...

Page 31: ...ectly on the display surface Avoid scrubbing the display with excessive force Clean the display surface by gently rubbing the display with a clean room wipe If the display is very dirty moisten the wi...

Page 32: ...isplays dialog box to select measurement displays Setup Displays 3 Settings Opens the Settings control panel for the selected display Setup Settings 4 Trigger Opens the Trigger control panel Setup Tri...

Page 33: ...r at the maximum peak 14 Markers Select Selects the next marker 15 Markers Define Opens the Markers control panel 16 Esc Exits dialog boxes without saving changes 17 Control knob Increments decrements...

Page 34: ...6100A series right RSA5100A series Ref number Item Description Menu equivalent 26 Recall Opens the Recall dialog box File Recall 27 Save Saves working file using the same user selections as for the pr...

Page 35: ...n 200 opens the DPX display over the maximum real time acquisition bandwidth of the instrument You can change the effect of pressing DPX using the settings at Setup More presets Preset Options Preset...

Page 36: ...Low 0 4 V output current 1 mA 2 Trig In External Trigger input connector 2 5 V to 2 5 V range trigger level is user adjustable 3 USB port USB 1 1 mouse connector on RSA6100A USB 2 0 on RSA5100A 4 USB...

Page 37: ...quency input 7 Ref Out reference frequency output 8 Headphone audio output connector 9 External Trigger 2 Input 10 COM 2 serial port for connecting peripherals 11 VGA external monitor output resolutio...

Page 38: ...connector 4 USB2 ports for mouse and other USB2 devices 5 PS2 Keyboard input 6 VGA external monitor output resolution not limited to VGA 7 COM 2 serial port for connecting peripherals 8 External Trigg...

Page 39: ...bar Most of the buttons open control panels for changing the instrument setups The contents of the control panels vary depending on the selected display You can also access the control panels from the...

Page 40: ...such as frequency analysis time and units 7 Measurement Frequency Displays the Measurement Frequency To change the value click the text and use the front panel knob to dial in a frequency You can also...

Page 41: ...or The check mark indicator in the upper left hand corner of the display indicates the display for which the acquisition hardware is optimized When Best for multiple windows is selected in the Amplitu...

Page 42: ...t 2 Knob Click anywhere on the icon or on the text readout to select the control You can then change the value with the front panel control knob or arrow keys or enter a value from the keypad 3 6 337...

Page 43: ...gnals multilevel signals and time varying events Option 200 includes the ability to measure and trigger on signal density values in the DPX display The RSA6100A Series Spectrum Analyzers and RSA5100A...

Page 44: ...n be a live acquisition or a saved acquisition data file The sharing of acquisition data between displays allows you to view the same data in multiple ways For example you can display a power versus f...

Page 45: ...ion and Phase Modulation General Purpose Digital Modulation displays Available with Option 21 General Purpose Modulation Analysis These displays show the results of demodulating signals and analyzing...

Page 46: ...displays one by one as needed 1 Click the desired application folder in the Select Displays dialog box The available displays for each folder are listed in the Available Displays pane 2 Click one of...

Page 47: ...e the dialog box The preset displays will open See Table 2 Table 2 Application presets Presets Displays Modulation Analysis Option 21 only Constellation DPX Spectrum Signal Quality Symbol Table Pulse...

Page 48: ...ccuracy or dynamic range for its particular measurement Select the display that contains the message Click Run if the instrument is not already acquiring data Acquisitions are not running and the meas...

Page 49: ...easy access to other related controls 3 You can change the appearance of the display screen in the Prefs tab Not all of the following controls apply to every display Some displays have additional cont...

Page 50: ...nt settings push the Preset button on the front panel or select Preset from the Setup menu Quick Tip Preset does not change any of the settings specified from the Config In Out control panel or from t...

Page 51: ...ude of the signal to be measured see the RSA6100A Series or RSA5100A Series data sheet for more information RF signal input range CW or peak envelope power Modulation measurement requirement Spectral...

Page 52: ...t will finish its sequence and then stop The button label changes from green lettering to black lettering to indicate that the instrument has stopped Quick Tip Push the front panel Run button to start...

Page 53: ...turned off and that a signal is on the screen 1 Click Markers to open the Marker toolbar at the bottom of the Analysis window 2 Select Add Marker from the drop down list on the Marker Toolbar The fir...

Page 54: ...ace points the marker finds the highest point When you attach the marker to the bitmap trace in the DPX spectrum display the marker readout indicates the hit count for pixels maximum 65 536 along with...

Page 55: ...t lower peak value The peak value refers to the absolute value of the peak amplitude When repeatedly moving the marker it can move in any direction depending on the location of the next peak If the ma...

Page 56: ...the drop down list next to Define in the Marker toolbar Touchscreen Actions You can use the touchscreen to change marker settings and how waveforms are displayed by using the Touchscreen Actions menu...

Page 57: ...es the scale value Pan Adjusts horizontal and vertical position of the waveform The first direction with enough movement becomes the primary direction of movement Movement in the secondary direction d...

Page 58: ...can print a copy of the screen and its contents a screen shot to a printer or a file 1 Push the Print button on the front panel or select Print from the File menu 42 RSA6100A Series RSA5100A Series Q...

Page 59: ...rinter controls are dependent on your printer Ink Saver Mode You can print screen images with a white background 1 Select Options from the Tools menu 2 Select the Colors tab in the control panel 3 Set...

Page 60: ...ontrol panel Results Export files Saves the trace and numeric data for the selected display The trace and numeric data are saved in CSV format as text files Picture PNG JPG BMP Saves a graphical repre...

Page 61: ...ptions Auto Filename control panel tab Select File Save As to open the standard Windows Save dialog box where you can edit the file name choose what data type to save and select a folder for storing t...

Page 62: ...within the x axis range of the current graph the trace will not be visible A small arrow will point off screen in the direction of the recalled trace Use the Frequency and Span or Span and Offset con...

Page 63: ...he trigger event If you specify the RF Input as the trigger source you can chose from two trigger types DPX Density Triggering This trigger type enables the instrument to capture any signal you can se...

Page 64: ...lso useful for capturing intermittent signals Power Triggering Power triggering triggers the instrument on time domain signal characteristics The incoming data is compared to a user selected level in...

Page 65: ...Swept acquisition mode and to set parameters that control the position of the trigger event Quick Tip Other ways to access the Trigger control panel Push the Trigger button on the front panel Select T...

Page 66: ...that are partially masked by stronger signals you will often need to adjust the density Threshold based on density measurements of the event of interest and of the obscuring signal For example if the...

Page 67: ...ual method For a procedure on how to use the Auto Draw method see the topic Mask Editor Frequency Mask Trigger in the online help 1 Click Trig to open the Trigger control panel 2 Select the Event tab...

Page 68: ...he graph to add a new point in the graph Click Next to select the next point in the graph Click the X delete button to delete the selected mask point Click Save to save the mask file and continue work...

Page 69: ...ed display they might not be ideal for other displays In this case the other displays might be unable to maintain optimum performance and consequently might be unable to produce results This also happ...

Page 70: ...ettings when one display needs real time data such as the Amplitude vs Time measurement while another display requires swept data such as a Spectrum graph with a very wide span 1 Push the Preset butto...

Page 71: ...hen acquisitions are swept When the acquisitions are in Real Time all measurements usually run If the acquisitions are swept only the selected display can run 10 Click the Amplitude vs Time display to...

Page 72: ...MHz in the Spectrum display Now the acquisitions are real time again 12 Check the status bar readout to verify that the acquisition is real time Both of the displays can run now 56 RSA6100A Series RSA...

Page 73: ...ction to take when a search match occurs Pass Fail results from the Spurious and Settling Time measurements are also searchable but we will use the Spectrum trace example here To search a trace 1 Open...

Page 74: ...signal levels that vary with frequency select either is outside mask or is inside mask To specify the limits in the search mask click the Edit limits button The orange shaded area in the graph display...

Page 75: ...p analyzing 8 To have the analyzer take an action when a match occurs select the desired action You can select any combination of actions to perform on a match If you select all actions they will all...

Page 76: ...ss Correction tab 3 To apply a constant correction factor select the External Gain value check box Enter a value into the text entry box NOTE You can enter either positive or negative gain values Posi...

Page 77: ...ly to traces in the Spectrum Spectrogram Spurious and Amplitude vs Time displays Corrections applied to data are performed in real time using the digital filter capabilities of the instrument While th...

Page 78: ...ny time as they are part of the measurement s computations Using Replay will apply trace corrections to a trace if this control is enabled and an external loss table is specified and enabled Be aware...

Page 79: ...signal 1 Press the Displays button to display the Select Displays dialog box 2 Select the General Signal Viewing folder 3 Double click the DPX Spectrum icon to add it to the Selected Displays list 4 C...

Page 80: ...with either markers or the frequency control the front panel Frequency button or the Freq control in the toolbar Use the Tune with setting to specify whether markers or the frequency control is used...

Page 81: ...kers control panel 14 Click Add to add markers as needed 15 Click the Settings button to return to the Audio Demod control panel 16 Set the required receiver bandwidth by entering a value into the Rec...

Page 82: ...setting press the front panel FREQ button then turn the front panel knob or use the Freq setting in the toolbar to set the required frequency The receiver frequency is displayed as Receiver Freq betw...

Page 83: ...entation ix Tektronix part numbers 1 3 E Environmental specifications 7 altitude 7 cooling clearances 7 humidity 7 temperature 7 Extended desktop 10 external gain loss correction 60 External monitor 1...

Page 84: ...changing 33 default 34 preset 34 Setups recalling 45 saving 44 Software upgrades x installing 15 Span Zoom Touchscreen actions menu 40 Specifications altitude 7 cooling clearances 7 environmental 7 h...

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