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Manual Part Number

M9710-90003

Published By

Keysight Technologies
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Edition

Edition 1, February, 2017

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modify the Software. With respect to any
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Manual which was delivered with your
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(worldwide

contact information for repair and service).

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Keysight equipment can be found at

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Содержание M9710A

Страница 1: ...Configuration and Measurement Instructions Keysight M9710A High Speed Digitizers Hardware Extension of 89600 VSA Software ...

Страница 2: ...and 27 405 3 and Department of Defense FAR Supplement DFARS 227 7202 the U S government acquires commercial computer software under the same terms by which the software is customarily provided to the public Accordingly Keysight provides the Software to U S government customers under its standard commercial license which is embodied in its End User License Agreement EULA a copy of which can be foun...

Страница 3: ... Option Maximum Span Analysis Bandwidth M9710A SR4 1 953 GHz 2 5 GHz in interleaved mode The present document aims to describe how to configure and use VSA software with Keysight High Speed Digitizers For details about VSA 89600 software usage please refer to VSA software help http rfmw em keysight com wireless helpfiles 89600B WebHelp 89600 htm The Vector Signal Analysis Basics application note g...

Страница 4: ...M9710A product page www keysight com find M9710A Technical Support Drivers Firmware and Software Once downloaded execute MD2DigitizersHwExt_Setup versions exe and follow the installation process VSA 89601B gets updated frequently to support new hardware You must reinstall the above plugin anytime you upgrade the VSA software version Checking if your hardware is included in VSA s extension manager ...

Страница 5: ...on the MD2 Digitizer Hardware Extension has to be re installed There are two solutions Option 1 From Windows Control Panel Programs Programs and Features select and right click on Keysight MD2 Digitizers Extension of Keysight 89600 VSA And select Change The InstallShield Wizard opens Select Repair and click Next This automatically installs the MD2 Digitizers Hardware Extension in the new 89600 VSA...

Страница 6: ...n the system In order to proceed execute C Program Files Keysight MD2 89600 VSA Connectivity MD2Digitizers 89600VSAIntegration exe or using your installation path Follow the installation process Click OK The installation of the MD2 Digitizers Hardware Extension in the new 89600 VSA Software version is now completed 6 M9710A Hardware Extension of 89600 VSA Software ...

Страница 7: ...itizer as the VSA measurement input by creating an Analyzer Configuration that uses your digitizer as the Logical Instrument ADC by per forming the following steps a From the menu go to Utilities Hardware Configurations and click on Add New Configuration button The New Hardware Configuration dialog opens b De select Simulate Hardware if it is selected 1 c Select Keysight MD2 digitizers 2 from the ...

Страница 8: ...wn list 4 e You may either use the default name or specify another name for this ana lyzer configuration 5 f Click OK to close the New Hardware Configuration dialog 6 g Before closing the Hardware Configurations dialog use the Current Analyzer Configuration drop down to select the newly created as the current item Digitizer1 in the exemple below 8 M9710A Hardware Extension of 89600 VSA Software ...

Страница 9: ...rshoot and ringing Sharp roll off optimizes the frequency response flatness Custom By default Custom Equalization is equivalent to Equalization Off To Enable a custom equalization please contact factory digitizers keysight com ControlIO1 signal The digitizer supports multi purposes IOs This option allows to select the signal used for the ControlIO1 For details about the possible sig nals please re...

Страница 10: ...tomatically performs a selfcalibration when required by a change of the acquisition or digitizer parameter To proceed you have to enable the option MD2 Auto Calibration from Input Extensions window then to manually start the calibration once The following calibrations will be automatic However the MD2 Auto Calibration mode is not recommended when you are modifying several parameters since it can b...

Страница 11: ...ct has been ordered with the INT option Interleaving allows to double the sampling rate with the trade off of halving the available center frequency range as shown in the table below Model Option Mode Center Frequency Range ADC Sampling Rate M9710A SR4 Normal non inter leaved 0 2 5 GHz 5 GS s SR4 Interleaved 0 2 5 GHz 10 GS s For best measurement fidelity you should ensure that the signal center f...

Страница 12: ...ependent as shown in the table below Models Option Frequency Range M9710A SR4 5 GHz To use this option first connect an external clock signal in the accepted range to the CLK IN connector on the digitizer front panel Please refer to the your digitizer datasheet for external clock specification Then open the Input Extensions window from the menu bar Select the Enable external clock option and doubl...

Страница 13: ...ent Calibration Whenever the digitizer configuration is changed an internal calibration is required if this new configuration has not yet been calibrated in the current session A manual calibration can be performed at any time from the menu Utilities Calibration The 89600 VSA software uses asynchronous polling to check the calibration status of connected instruments A CAL Needed message may appear...

Страница 14: ...ffers several full scale range Please refer to product datasheet for details Coupling DC Input Impedance 50 Ohms Connection Single Ended The frequency measurement parameters can be configured from the MeasSetup Frequency menu Frequency The default setup is shown below as example Model Option Band Center Span Start Stop SR4 F25 0 to 1 953 GHz 976 5 MHz 1 953 MHz 0 1 953 MHz Span The maximum span is...

Страница 15: ...the maximum number of sample is limited to 2 147 483 647 Center Frequency Range The range depends on which model you are using Model Option Mode Center Frequency Range M9710A SR4 Normal non interleaved 0 2 5 GHz Interleaved 0 2 5 GHz Frequency Counter Not available Trigger settings can be accessed via the Input Trigger menu Trigger Type Level Default External 5 V to 5 V 2V Channel must be set with...

Страница 16: ... Analyzer Configuration with the digitizer as the Logical Instrument as described in 89600 VSA Software Configuration page 7 Overlap The digitizer does not support overlap processing However overlap processing is available during recording playback Recording The VSA application enables time data recording from the digitizer to the PC s disk drive The length of waveform recording time is limited by...

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