Performance Verification
Alignment
You should align the instrument before proceeding with the Warranted
Characteristics tests.
1.
Select
Alignments
in the
Tools
menu. The Alignments dialog box will open.
2.
Select
Align Now
. The alignment process will take a few minutes.
3.
Verify that no alignment failures are reported in the status bar.
Warranted Characteristics Tests
The following procedures verify the RSA5100B Series Signal Analyzer
performance is within the warranted specifications.
Frequency Accuracy
Check Reference Output
Frequency Accuracy
1.
Connect
Ref Out
on the RSA5100B rear-panel through a 50 Ω precision
coaxial cable to the frequency counter input. See the following figure.
2.
Connect a precision frequency reference to the frequency counter.
Figure 3: Connections for Reference Frequency Output Accuracy check
3.
Set the Frequency counter:
Function
Frequency
Gate time
2 s
4.
Check that the frequency counter reads 10 MHz ±4 Hz (Option PFR). Without
Option PFR, check that the frequency counter reads 10 MHz +/- 40 Hz. Enter
the frequency in the test record.
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