Operation
Change measurement settings
The displays have settings that control how signals are acquired and processed. The settings that you can change depend on the
selected display. To access the settings (in this case, for the Spectrum display):
1.
Click
Settings
to open the Settings
control panel.
2.
Adjust the controls as needed for your
signal or test. For example, use the
Freq & Span tab to set frequency and
span. Most of the control panels have
tabs that provide easy access to other
related controls. (See page 29,
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
controls not described here.
Prefs tab controls
To turn on or off the graticule, select the
Show graticule
check box.
To turn on or off the marker readout, select the
Show Marker readout in graph
check box.
To turn on or off the trace legend, select the
Show trace legend
check box. The trace legend includes information on the
trace number, detection, and function (such as average) for each trace on screen.
To turn on or off the parameter readouts. select the
Show parameter readouts
check box. This reports the time to
create and display the sweep of the spectrum analyzer. It includes the entire sweep plus any retrace time. When trace
averaging is activated, the sweep reports the time for individual traces while collecting the averages, and reports the time
for the entire averaged trace when averaging is complete.
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