Reference > Troubleshooting
Displaying the Windows Event Viewer
This is an status message that appears when the instrument is in swept acquisition mode and Power
Trigger mode at the same time. When the acquisition is swept, it captures the requested bandwidth using
multiple acquisitions, each for a different portion of the bandwidth. The trigger system evaluates each
of these separate acquisitions for trigger events, so unless a valid event exists in each of these smaller
frequency ranges, the acquisition will not complete.
An unrecoverable error has occurred, and the instrument application software will shut down.
Switch the instrument off and restart it or relaunch the RSA6100A application.
Unable to lock to External Frequency Reference.
The instrument is no longer locked to the external reference signal.
Verify that the external reference signal is still a valid signal.
Select External on the Frequency Reference tab in the Con
fi
g In/Out control panel.
VBW not applied - Acq BW too small
Increase VBW or measurement bandwidth. Make sure Sampling Parameters are set to Auto.
VBW not applied - Spectrum Length too short
This message occurs when the requested VBW can’t be produced because the Spectrum Length is too short.
To clear this problem, set the Spectrum Length to Auto or manually increase the Spectrum Length (see
Setup > Analysis > Spectrum Time tab). If Spectrum Length is coupled to Analysis Length, set Analysis
Length to Auto or manually increase it (see Setup > Analysis > Analysis Time tab).
Displaying the Windows Event Viewer
When the analyzer generates an error message, information about the error is logged to the Windows
Event Viewer.
To display the Windows Event Viewer:
1.
Select Start > Control Panels.
2.
Select Administrative Tools. (If your instrument displays control panels in Category View, select
Performance and Maintenance and then select Administrative Tools.)
3.
Double-click Event Viewer.
4.
From the Event Viewer window, select Application. this displays a list of all errors that have been
reported to the operating system from applications.
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