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Parameters:

<Range>

<numeric value>
Number without unit that defines the frequency range as a func-
tion of the resolution bandwidth.
Tracking range = x * RBW
*RST: 

1.0

Example: 

//Turn on spur tracking and define a tracking range of 2 x RBW

CALC:MARK:FUNC:SPTR ON
CALC:MARK:FUNC:SPTR:RANG 2

Manual operation: 

See 

"Spurious Tracking"

 

on page 172

CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:FUNCtion:SPTRacking[:STATe] 

<State>

This command turns spurious tracking on and off.

Suffix: 

<n>

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1..n
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<m>

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Parameters:

<State>

ON | OFF | 1 | 0
*RST: 

OFF

Example: 

//Turn on spur tracking

CALC:MARK:FUNC:SPTR ON

Manual operation: 

See 

"Spurious Tracking"

 

on page 172

11.7.4.4

 

Positioning Markers

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CALCulate<n>:DELTamarker<m>:MAXimum[:PEAK]

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CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:MAXimum:NEXT

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CALCulate<n>:MARKer<m>:MAXimum:RIGHt

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Common Analysis and Display Functions

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Страница 1: ...R S FSPN Phase Noise Analyzer and VCO Tester User Manual 1179436302 Version 01 Ý Í2 ...

Страница 2: ...1 29 0 Email info rohde schwarz com Internet www rohde schwarz com Subject to change data without tolerance limits is not binding R S is a registered trademark of Rohde Schwarz GmbH Co KG Trade names are trademarks of the owners 1179 4363 02 Version 01 R S FSPN Throughout this manual products from Rohde Schwarz are indicated without the symbol e g R S FSPN is indicated as R S FSPN ...

Страница 3: ...knowledgment OSA 16 2 8 Application Notes Application Cards White Papers etc 16 3 Getting Started 17 3 1 Preparing for Use 17 3 1 1 Lifting and Carrying 17 3 1 2 Unpacking and Checking 17 3 1 3 Choosing the Operating Site 17 3 1 4 Setting Up the R S FSPN 18 3 1 5 Connecting the AC Power 19 3 1 6 Switching the Instrument On and Off 20 3 1 7 Connecting to LAN 21 3 1 8 Connecting a Keyboard 22 3 1 9 ...

Страница 4: ...0 3 4 4 Measurement Configuration 76 4 Applications 79 4 1 R S MultiView 79 4 2 Running a Sequence of Measurements 80 4 2 1 The Sequencer Concept 80 4 2 2 Sequencer Settings 81 4 2 3 How to Set Up the Sequencer 81 5 Measurements and Result Displays 83 5 1 Basics on Phase Noise Measurements 83 5 1 1 Residual Effects 83 5 2 Performing Measurements 84 5 3 Selecting Measurements 86 5 4 Result Displays...

Страница 5: ...Configuration 126 6 7 1 Sweep Configuration 127 6 7 2 Trace Configuration 129 6 8 Spot Noise vs Tune Configuration 130 6 8 1 Trace Configuration 130 6 9 PN Transient Analysis Configuration 131 6 9 1 Frequency Configuration 132 6 9 2 Trigger Configuration 133 6 9 3 Data Acquisition 136 6 9 4 Amplitude Configuration 137 6 9 5 Diagram Scale 138 6 9 6 Settling Time 140 6 9 7 Frequency Deviation 140 6 ...

Страница 6: ...Positioning Functions 171 7 5 Limit Lines 174 7 5 1 Basics on Limit Lines 174 7 5 2 Limit Line Settings and Functions 177 7 5 3 How to Define Limit Lines 181 8 Data Management 185 8 1 Restoring the Default Instrument Configuration Preset 185 8 2 Storing and Recalling Instrument Settings and Measurement Data 186 8 2 1 Quick Save Quick Recall 187 8 2 2 Configurable Storage and Recall 189 8 2 3 How t...

Страница 7: ... 232 9 4 4 Firmware Updates 233 9 4 5 General Configuration Settings 235 9 5 Service Functions 236 9 5 1 R S Support Information 236 9 5 2 Self test Settings and Results 237 9 5 3 Calibration Signal Display 238 9 5 4 Service Functions 240 9 5 5 Hardware Diagnostics 241 10 Network and Remote Operation 243 10 1 Remote Control Basics 243 10 1 1 Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols 243 10 1 2 SCPI ...

Страница 8: ... 4 7 How to Set Up Remote Desktop 302 10 4 8 How to Start a Remote Control Session from a PC 309 10 4 9 How to Return to Manual Operation 310 11 Remote Control 311 11 1 Conventions Used in SCPI Command Descriptions 311 11 2 Common Suffixes 312 11 3 Common Commands 312 11 4 Selecting the Operating Mode and Application 316 11 4 1 Selecting Mode and Applications 316 11 4 2 Performing a Sequence of Me...

Страница 9: ...ms to Store 456 11 8 3 Saving and Loading Instrument Settings 459 11 8 4 Storing and Printing Screenshots 462 11 8 5 Saving Measurement Results 473 11 8 6 Examples Managing Data 474 11 9 Configuring the R S FSPN 477 11 9 1 Basic Instrument Setup 477 11 9 2 Configuring the Reference Frequency 478 11 9 3 Calibrating the R S FSPN and Checking Temperature 483 11 9 4 Customizing the Screen Layout 486 1...

Страница 10: ...0 6 Controlling the Positive Transition Part 518 11 11 Programming Examples 519 11 11 1 Service Request 519 12 Troubleshooting 528 12 1 Collecting Information for Support 528 12 2 Contacting Customer Support 530 13 Transporting 531 14 Maintenance Storage Transport and Disposal 532 14 1 Cleaning 532 14 2 Storage 532 14 3 Transporting 532 14 4 Disposal 533 List of commands 534 Index 546 ...

Страница 11: ...ed with the product Throughout the documentation safety instructions are provided when you need to take care during setup or operation 1 1 Safety Instructions Products from the Rohde Schwarz group of companies are manufactured according to the highest technical standards To use the products safely follow the instructions provided here and in the product documentation Keep the product documentation...

Страница 12: ...ta sheet Setting up the product Always place the product on a stable flat and level surface with the bottom of the prod uct facing down If the product is designed for different positions secure the product so that it cannot fall over If the product has foldable feet always fold the feet completely in or out to ensure sta bility The feet can collapse if they are not folded out completely or if the ...

Страница 13: ...ents provide an easily accessible circuit breaker at the system level Cleaning the product Use a dry lint free cloth to clean the product When cleaning keep in mind that the casing is not waterproof Do not use liquid cleaning agents Meaning of safety labels Safety labels on the product warn against potential hazards Potential hazard Read the product documentation to avoid personal injury or produc...

Страница 14: ...ry if not avoided CAUTION Potentially hazardous situation Could result in minor or moderate injury if not avoided NOTICE Potential risks of damage Could result in damage to the supported product or to other property 1 3 Korea Certification Class A 이 기기는 업무용 A급 전자파 적합기기로서 판매자 또는 사용자는 이 점을 주의하시기 바라며 가정외의 지역에서 사용하는 것을 목적으로 합니다 Korea Certification Class A ...

Страница 15: ...ns It also provides an introduction to remote control a complete description of the remote control commands with programming examples and information on maintenance instrument interfaces and error messages Includes the contents of the getting started manual The contents of the user manual are available as help in the R S FSPN The help offers quick context sensitive access to the complete informati...

Страница 16: ...es The brochure provides an overview of the instrument and deals with the specific char acteristics See www rohde schwarz com brochure datasheet FSPN 2 7 Release Notes and Open Source Acknowledgment OSA The release notes list new features improvements and known issues of the current firmware version and describe the firmware installation The open source acknowledgment document provides verbatim li...

Страница 17: ...livery notes check the equipment for completeness 4 Check the equipment for damage If the delivery is incomplete or equipment is damaged contact Rohde Schwarz 3 1 3 Choosing the Operating Site Specific operating conditions ensure proper operation and avoid damage to the prod uct and connected devices For information on environmental conditions such as ambi ent temperature and humidity see the data...

Страница 18: ...ntended use on page 11 3 1 4 1 Placing the Product on a Bench Top To place the product on a bench top 1 Place the product on a stable flat and level surface Ensure that the surface can support the weight of the product For information on the weight see the data sheet 2 WARNING A stack of products can fall over and cause injury Never stack more than two products Otherwise mount them in a rack Stack...

Страница 19: ...e adapter kit Follow the assembly instructions provided with the adapter kit 2 Lift the R S FSPN to shelf height 3 Grab the handles and push the R S FSPN onto the shelf until the rack brackets fit closely to the rack 4 Tighten all screws in the rack brackets with a tightening torque of 1 2 Nm to secure the R S FSPN in the rack To unmount the R S FSPN from a rack 1 Loosen the screws at the rack bra...

Страница 20: ...ching the Instrument On and Off Table 3 1 Overview of power states Status LED on Power key Position of main power switch Off gray 0 Standby orange I Ready green I To switch on the R S FSPN The R S FSPN is off but connected to power 1 Set the switch on the power supply to position I See Chapter 3 2 2 2 AC Power Supply Connection and Main Power Switch on page 38 The LED of the Power key is orange Se...

Страница 21: ...ed you the appropriate rights and adap ted the Windows firewall configuration you can use the interface for example To transfer data between a controlling device and the test device e g to run a remote control program To access or control the measurement from a remote computer using the Remote Desktop application or a similar tool To connect external network devices e g printers To transfer data f...

Страница 22: ...R S FSPN is configured to use DHCP and no static IP address is configured The default instrument name is Type variant serial_number for example FSPN6 123456 For information on determining the serial number see Chap ter 3 2 2 12 Device ID on page 40 For more information on LAN configuration see the R S FSPN user manual 3 1 8 Connecting a Keyboard The keyboard is detected automatically when it is co...

Страница 23: ...ent s monitor If you configure the external monitor to be used as the only display in the Windows configuration dialog box Show only on 2 the maximum screen resolution of the monitor is used In this case you can maximize the R S FSPN application window and see even more details You cannot change the monitor s screen resolution via the stan dard Windows configuration dialog box However you can rest...

Страница 24: ...nd needs Changes in the system setup are only required when peripherals like a keyboard or a printer are installed or if the network configuration does not comply with the default settings After the R S FSPN is started the operating system boots and the instrument firmware is started automati cally Tested software The drivers and programs used on the instrument under Microsoft Windows are adap ted...

Страница 25: ...settings and scan any removable storage device used with a Rohde Schwarz instru ment regularly It is also recommended that you install anti virus software on the instru ment Rohde Schwarz does NOT recommend running anti virus software in the background on access mode on Windows based instruments due to potentially degrading instrument performance However Rohde Schwarz does recommend run ning it du...

Страница 26: ...login An administrator can change the password in Microsoft Windows for any user at any time via Start Settings Account SignIn Options Password Change Auto login When shipped the instrument automatically logs on the default Instrument user to Microsoft Windows using the default password This function is active until an adminis trator explicitly deactivates it or changes the password Changing the p...

Страница 27: ...o login function on page 299 3 1 12 Checking the Supplied Options The instrument can be equipped with both hardware and firmware options To check whether the installed options correspond to the options indicated on the delivery note proceed as follows 1 Press the SETUP key 2 Press the System Config softkey 3 Switch to the Versions Options tab in the System Configuration dialog box A list with hard...

Страница 28: ...etic interference EMI Electromagnetic interference EMI can affect the measurement results To suppress electromagnetic radiation during operation Use high quality shielded cables for example double shielded RF and LAN cables Always terminate open cable ends Ensure that connected external devices comply with EMC regulations Preventing electrostatic discharge ESD Electrostatic discharge is most likel...

Страница 29: ...g all function keys and connectors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 8 12 11 13 Figure 3 1 Front panel of the R S FSPN 1 Display touchscreen 2 Power key 3 System control keys 4 USB 2 0 interfaces 5 Power sensor connector 6 Probe power connector 7 DC power connectors 8 Baseband connector 9 RF input 10 Trigger in and output 11 Keypad 12 Navigation control 13 Function keys Display Touchscreen 30 Power Key 31 System...

Страница 30: ...contains general functionality of the firmware 2 Channel tab contains measurement channel 3 Channel bar shows measurement settings 4 Result display contains measurement results 5 Window title bar contains diagram specific trace information 6 Status bar contains system messages progress bar and date and time 7 Input field 8 Diagram footer contains diagram specific information 9 Softkeys provide acc...

Страница 31: ...er left corner of the front panel It starts up and shuts down the instrument See also Connecting to power on page 12 3 2 1 3 System Control Keys System control keys provide access to the basic instrument configuration Refer to the User Manual for an extensive description of the system configuration func tionality Resets the instrument to its default configuration Selects a particular measurement a...

Страница 32: ...le Provides functionality to automatically define various parameters like the level or fre quency Provides functionality to define various filter bandwidths Provides functionality to configure the measurement for example Provides functionality to configure data acquisition and analyze measured data for example Provides functionality to activate and position absolute and relative markers markers an...

Страница 33: ...he cursor position Changes the sign of a numeric value or inserts a dash character in case of alphanumeric input Select a particular unit for a numeric value The labels on and next to the key state the units it selects Pressing one of the unit keys also completes the entry of a numeric value Note that in case of level entries dB dBm etc or dimensionless values all unit keys have the value 1 as mul...

Страница 34: ...ncrease turning it to the left to a decrease of a numeric value It works like a cursor key in dialog boxes or lists for example dropdown menus In that case you can navigate to one of the items with the rotary knob If the dialog box covers more than one screen page it also scrolls through the dialog box Turning it to the right corresponds to a downward movement Moving it to the left to an upward mo...

Страница 35: ...the RF Input connector on the R S FSPN Do not overload the input For maximum allowed values see the data sheet The RF input can be coupled to the DUT by alternating current AC or direct current DC AC coupling blocks any DC voltage from the input signal This is the default set ting to prevent damage to the instrument However some specifications require DC coupling In this case you must protect the ...

Страница 36: ... using the connector as a trigger input you can apply voltages in the range from 0 5 V to 3 5 V the default value is 1 4 V The typical input impedance is 10 kΩ When you are using the connector as a trigger output the TTL compatible signal is transmitted 0 V 5 V Note that you can find another connector for trigger input and output on the rear panel For more information about controlling and configu...

Страница 37: ... USB ports 6 IF Video Demod output 7 Trigger in output 8 Sync trigger input and output 9 AUX port 10 GPIB interface 11 Ref input and output For information about the trigger in and output available on the rear panel see Chap ter 3 2 1 12 Trigger Input and Output on page 36 The digital baseband in and outputs shown in the image above are not supported by the R S FSPN Removable Hard Disk 38 AC Power...

Страница 38: ...ed from the AC power supply For details refer to Connecting to power on page 12 and Chapter 3 1 5 Connecting the AC Power on page 19 3 2 2 3 Display Port and DVI You can connect an external monitor or other display device to the R S FSPN to pro vide an enlarged display Two different types of connectors are provided for this pur pose Display Port DVI digital visual interface For details see Chapter...

Страница 39: ...max 5 V The output signals can be used to control external devices 3 2 2 8 GPIB Interface The GPIB interface is in compliance with IEEE488 and SCPI A computer for remote control can be connected via this interface To set up the connection a shielded cable is recommended For more details refer to Chapter 10 Network and Remote Operation on page 243 3 2 2 9 OCXO The OCXO generates a 10 MHz reference ...

Страница 40: ...640 MHz 16 dBm To provide a 640 MHz reference signal from the R S FSPN to another device SYNC TRIGGER The SYNC TRIGGER connector can also be used to synchronize the reference fre quency on several devices 3 2 2 11 Labels on R S FSPN Labels on the casing inform about Personal safety see Meaning of safety labels on page 13 Product and environment safety see Table 3 2 Identification of the product se...

Страница 41: ...escribe what kind of information is displayed in the diagram area how to operate the R S FSPN via the front panel keys and other interaction methods and how to use the Online Help Understanding the Display Information 41 Accessing Functions 50 Changing the Focus 53 Entering Data 53 Displaying Results 56 Remote Control 63 3 3 1 Understanding the Display Information The following figure shows a meas...

Страница 42: ... Diagram footer contains diagram specific information 9 Softkeys provide access to measurement functions Hiding elements in the display You can hide some of the elements in the display for example the status bar or chan nel bar in order to enlarge the display area for the measurement results Setup Dis play Displayed Items For details see the R S FSPN User Manual Channel Bar 43 Window Title Bar 44 ...

Страница 43: ...er matches the current instrument settings This may be the case for example if a trace is frozen and the instrument settings are changed As soon as a new measurement is per formed the icon disappears The exclamation mark or icon indicates that an error or warning is available for that measurement channel This is particularly useful if the MultiView tab is displayed The icon indicates the currently...

Страница 44: ...if you are in single sweep measurement mode Count The current signal count for measurement tasks that involve a specific number of subsequent sweeps Meas Currently selected measurement Icons for individual settings A bullet next to the setting indicates that user defined settings are used not automatic settings A green bullet indicates this setting is valid and the measurement is correct A red bul...

Страница 45: ...rid or in separate marker tables depending on the configuration Marker information in diagram grid Within the diagram the x axis and y axis positions of the last 2 markers or delta mark ers that were set are displayed if available as well as their index The value in the square brackets after the index indicates the trace to which the marker is assigned Example M2 1 defines marker 2 on trace 1 For ...

Страница 46: ...on when the calculation of spot noise has been turned on Table 3 5 Spot noise information result table Label Information Wnd Measurement window that the spot noise has been calculated for Only if there is more than one window containing a phase noise diagram Offset Offset frequency or spot noise position on the x axis of the Phase Noise dia gram Noise T x Measured noise on the spot noise position ...

Страница 47: ...asy access to various parameters to set up the mea surement 3 3 1 6 Frequency Information in Diagram Footer Graphical result displays contain information in the diagram footer The information beneath the diagram depends on the result display The contents depend on the application and the result display Label Information Start offset Start offset frequency Stop offset Stop offset frequency 3 3 1 7 ...

Страница 48: ...ining measurement time is supported by the following measure ments Phase noise Baseband noise In the MultiView tab the progress bar indicates the status of the currently selected measurement not the measurement currently being performed by a Sequencer for example Date and time The date and time settings of the instrument are displayed in the status bar Error messages and warnings If errors or irre...

Страница 49: ...NFO reg ister for the application concerned see STATus QUEStionable EXTended INFO Reg ister on page 270 Messages of a specific type can be queried using the SYST ERR EXT command see SYSTem ERRor EXTended on page 505 Table 3 7 Keywords in the status bar Message Meaning IF OVLD Overload of the IF signal path in the A D converter or in the digital IF Increase attenuation or remove the signal from the...

Страница 50: ...nts System and function keys on the front panel of the instrument Softkeys on the touchscreen Context menus for specific elements on the touchscreen Icons on the tool bar in the touchscreen Displayed setting on the touchscreen Toolbar 50 Softkeys 51 Context Menus 52 On screen Keyboard 52 3 3 2 1 Toolbar The icons in the toolbar provide access to general functions You can hide the toolbar display f...

Страница 51: ...out Sequencer opens the Sequencer menu to perform consecutive measurements DC Power turns the DC power output on and off DC Configuration provides quick access to configure the main parameters for DC power supply Help Select allows you to select an element for which context specific help is dis played Help displays context sensitive help topic for currently selected element Print immediately print...

Страница 52: ...ue to a specific setting or missing option You can hide the softkey display e g when using remote control in order to enlarge the display area for the measurement results Setup Display Displayed Items See the User Manual for details 3 3 2 3 Context Menus Several items in the diagram area have context menus for example markers traces or the channel bar If you right click on one of these items or ta...

Страница 53: ... the focus is most easily done by tapping on the element on the touchscreen Alternatively use the Tab key on the on screen keyboard or the rotary knob to move the focus from one element to the next on the display To move the focus between any displayed diagrams or tables in a window press the Change focus key on the front panel The focus moves from the diagram to the first table to the next table ...

Страница 54: ... or change the currently used parame ter value by using the rotary knob small steps or the UP or DOWN keys large steps 2 After entering the numeric value via keypad press the corresponding unit key The unit is added to the entry 3 If the parameter does not require a unit confirm the entered value by pressing the ENTER key or any of the unit keys The editing line is highlighted to confirm the entry...

Страница 55: ...ress the sign key 6 When you have chosen the desired value wait for 2 seconds to use the same key again or start the next entry by pressing another key To enter a blank Press the Space bar or press the 0 key and wait 2 seconds To correct an entry 1 Using the arrow keys move the cursor to the right of the entry you want to delete 2 Press the BACKSPACE key The entry to the left of the cursor is dele...

Страница 56: ...1 Activating and Deactivating Channels When you activate an application a new measurement channel is created which deter mines the measurement settings for that application The same application can be acti vated with different measurement settings by creating several channels for the same application Whenever you switch channels the corresponding measurement settings are restored Each channel is d...

Страница 57: ...Eate NEW on page 317 INSTrument CREate DUPLicate on page 317 To change the application in an active channel 1 Select the tab of the channel you want to change 2 Select the Mode key 3 In the Mode dialog box select the new application to be displayed on the Replace Current Channel tab The selected application is displayed in the current channel Remote command INSTrument CREate REPLace on page 317 To...

Страница 58: ...to a new position on the screen pos sibly changing the layout of the other windows as well All evaluation methods available for the currently selected measurement are dis played as icons in the evaluation bar If the evaluation bar contains more icons than can be displayed at once on the screen it can be scrolled vertically The same evaluation method can be displayed in multiple windows simultaneou...

Страница 59: ...lustrated in Figure 3 4 If an existing win dow would be replaced the drop area is highlighted in a darker color shade Positioning the window The screen can be divided into up to four rows Each row can be split into up to four columns where each row can have a different number of columns However rows always span the entire width of the screen and may not be interrupted by a column A single row is a...

Страница 60: ... of the following Select the SmartGrid icon from the toolbar Select the Display Config button in the configuration Overview Select the Display Config softkey from the Meas Config menu The SmartGrid functions and the evaluation bar are displayed To close the SmartGrid mode and restore the previous softkey menu select the Close icon in the right hand corner of the toolbar or press any key How to Add...

Страница 61: ...ndows 1 Select an icon from the evaluation bar or the Move icon for an existing evaluation window 2 Drag the evaluation over the SmartGrid A blue area shows where the window will be placed 3 Move the window until a suitable area is indicated in blue 4 Drop the window in the target area The windows are rearranged to the selected layout and Delete and Move icons are displayed in each window 5 To clo...

Страница 62: ...Maximized Window Display To get an overview of the results displaying several windows at the same time may be helpful However the individual windows may become rather small In this case it is useful to maximize an individual window to the entire screen temporarily in order to analyze the results in more detail To switch between a split and a maximized display without having to close and re open wi...

Страница 63: ...interfaces is described in the User Manual The R S FSPN is delivered with IECWIN installed the auxiliary remote control tool provided free of charge by Rohde Schwarz For details on the IECWIN tool see the Network and Remote Control chapter of the R S FSPN User Manual 3 3 6 1 Remote Desktop Connection Remote Desktop is a Windows application which can be used to access and control the instrument fro...

Страница 64: ...e 68 Measuring integrated noise on page 68 The baseband noise measurement How to measure baseband noise at the RF input on page 69 How to measure baseband noise at the baseband input on page 69 Trace smoothing How to smooth the trace by averaging the measurement data on page 70 How to smooth the trace by adjusting the number of XCORR operations on page 71 How to smooth the trace graphically on pag...

Страница 65: ...to an electrical outlet as described in Chapter 3 1 5 Con necting the AC Power on page 19 2 Turn on the R S FSPN as described in Chapter 3 1 6 Switching the Instrument On and Off on page 20 Selecting the phase noise application 1 Select the MODE key 2 Select the Phase Noise item in the Mode dialog box There s more than one way to skin a cat In most cases the firmware of the R S FSPN provides sever...

Страница 66: ...the selected measurement channel All other measurement chan nels keep their custom configuration 3 4 2 Measurements Measuring the phase noise characteristics of a DUT requires a simple measurement setup consisting of the R S FSPN and a DUT Measurement Selection 66 Phase Noise Measurement 66 Baseband Noise Measurement 69 Adding Another Measurement Channel 70 3 4 2 1 Measurement Selection Selecting ...

Страница 67: ...ps RUN CONT stops immediately By default two traces are displayed the first trace shows the smoothed data with out spurs the second trace the raw data including spurs Measuring amplitude noise The test setup is the same as shown above The default phase noise trace shows the phase noise characteristics of the DUT In addition you can also display the amplitude noise characteristics or both together ...

Страница 68: ...se Spot noise is the phase noise or AM noise at a specific offset frequency for example the phase noise at 500 kHz Open the SmartGrid and drag the Spot Noise item from the evaluation bar into the display The table contains a list of spot noise values for selected frequency offsets in the default state these are the decade edges on each active trace More information Spot Noise on page 91 Tip You ca...

Страница 69: ...asure baseband noise at the RF input For baseband noise measurements on the RF input proceed as follows 1 Connect the DUT to the RF input 2 Perform a PRESET The application automatically starts a continuous measurement and measures the noise characteristics of the DUT in the default frequency range 3 Select the Baseband Noise measurement via the MEAS key 4 You can stop the measurement to analyze t...

Страница 70: ...adds a second instance of the phase noise application which is inde pendent of the first one 3 4 3 Result Evaluation The phase noise application provides several tools to control the data displayed in the various result displays Some tools have an effect on the graphical result displays other on the numerical results and still others on both graphical and numerical for example in case the numerica...

Страница 71: ...ed to all traces 1 Enter the Overview dialog box and from there enter the Noise Config dialog box 2 Define the cross correlation factor as required in the XCORR Factor input field The application calculates the number of cross correlations for each half decade based on this factor You can see the resulting operations in the table of the Noise Config dialog box The number of operations calculated f...

Страница 72: ...ter a threshold that defines a level from which a spur is recognized as a spur The application removes all signals that are above the threshold from the trace spur removal is applied to Signals with levels below the threshold are not regarded as spurs and are still displayed More information Spur removal Note Note that the threshold is always taken into account in the spur table regardless of whet...

Страница 73: ...for a description on how to view that table Figure 3 6 Custom integration range results frequency range from 3 kHz to 500 kHz applied to trace 2 Note that the integration ranges are displayed graphically in the noise diagram Figure 3 7 Custom integration ranges are represented in the diagram as colored lines More information Residual effects How to correct integrated measurements You can use so ca...

Страница 74: ...rement trace for the current number of cross correlation operations Thus the position of this area depends on the number of cross correlations that are currently applied in each half decade This in turn indicates that measurement traces that are close to the gray area even if only in places can be improved by increasing the cross correlation operations On the other hand when the measurement trace ...

Страница 75: ... Analysis dialog box 2 Select the vertical Traces tab and the horizontal Trace Label tab 3 Turn on the trace label for a certain trace and define a string of text as a label The application adds a label to the trace The color of the label is the same as the trace color Tip You can move trace labels around via drag and drop Exporting measurement data Exporting measurement data to a dat file allows ...

Страница 76: ...asurement range You can see this change for example in the noise diagram result display Note In case of baseband measurements the measurement range is defined by an absolute start and stop frequency instead of offsets More information Measurement range How to search for signals The application allows you to search for a carrier signal instead of defining the carrier frequency manually 1 Enter the ...

Страница 77: ...ency of the carrier signal you can define it manually and reduce the measurement time 1 Enter the Overview dialog box and from there enter the Frequency dialog box 2 Turn off the Auto Search feature 3 Define the Signal Frequency The application performs the measurement on the defined frequency 3 4 4 2 Half Decade Configuration Table How to work with the half decade configuration table The half dec...

Страница 78: ... up that way 1 Enter the Overview dialog box and from there enter the Output dialog box 2 Select the DC Config tab There you have the following options Turn each of the three DC outputs on or off Define the supplied voltage or current in case of the Vsupply output Define limits for the outputs When you define limits the supplied voltage will not go below or above these DC power output 3 Turn on th...

Страница 79: ...annels for the same application Each channel is represented by a separate tab on the screen Note that the number of channels can be limited by the available memory of the R S FSPN R S MultiView 79 Running a Sequence of Measurements 80 4 1 R S MultiView Each application is displayed in a separate tab An additional tab MultiView provides an overview of all currently active channels at a glance In th...

Страница 80: ...the individual channels are updated in the tabs as the measure ments are performed Sequential operation itself is independent of the currently dis played tab Sequencer modes Three different Sequencer modes are available Single Sequence Similar to single sweep mode each measurement is performed once until all mea surements in all defined Channel s have been performed Continuous Sequence Similar to ...

Страница 81: ...ghted blue During an active Sequencer process the selected mode softkey is highlighted orange Single Sequence Each measurement is performed once until all measurements in all active channels have been performed Continuous Sequence The measurements in each active channel are performed one after the other repeatedly in the same order until sequential operation is stopped This is the default Sequence...

Страница 82: ...he currently active channels are performed one after the other in the order of the tabs until the Sequencer is stopped The result displays in the individual channels are updated as the measurements are performed To stop the Sequencer To stop the Sequencer temporarily press the highlighted Run Single or Run Cont key not for a channel defined sequence To continue the Sequencer press the key again To...

Страница 83: ...rements Residual Effects 83 5 1 1 Residual Effects Residual noise effects are modulation products that originate directly from the phase noise It is possible to deduct them mathematically from the phase noise of a DUT The application calculates three residual noise effects All calculations are based on an integration of the phase noise over a particular offset frequency range Residual PM The resid...

Страница 84: ... range of interest frequency Carrier with rad ResidualPM Jitter s 0 0 2 f f Figure 5 1 Residual noise based on an integration between 10 kHz and 100 kHz offset 5 2 Performing Measurements To start single measurements 1 Configure the measurement range you would like to measure Frequency dialog box see Chapter 6 4 Frequency on page 105 2 Configure the number of measurements you would like to perform...

Страница 85: ...rement select one of the following RUN CONT key Continuous Sweep softkey in the Sweep menu After each sweep is completed a new one is started automatically While the mea surement is running the RUN CONT key is highlighted To stop the measure ment press the RUN CONT key again The key is no longer highlighted The results are not deleted until a new measurement is started Single Sweep Run Single 85 C...

Страница 86: ... 5 3 Selecting Measurements Access MEAS The R S FSPN provides several noise measurements each determining different noise aspects of different types of signal Phase noise Measurement 86 Baseband noise measurement 86 VCO characterization 87 Spot noise vs tune 87 PN Transient analysis 87 Phase noise Measurement Provides tools to measure the noise characteristics of a continuous wave signal This meas...

Страница 87: ...function of the tuning voltage also known as sweep voltage Remote command CONFigure SNTune MEASurement STATe on page 324 PN Transient analysis Provides tools to analyze the transient response of a DUT The measurement is designed to monitor the frequency and phase variations of a sig nal over time and to find out how long it takes until the signal is in a stable state Remote command CONFigure TRANs...

Страница 88: ...ic Power 94 Spot Noise vs Tune PN 95 Spot Noise vs Tune AM 95 Frequency Transient Analysis 95 Frequency Deviation 96 Phase 96 Marker Table 96 Noise Diagram The Noise Diagram result display shows the power level of the noise over a variable frequency offset from the carrier frequency The unit of both axes in the diagram is fix The x axis always shows the offset frequen cies in relation to the carri...

Страница 89: ...n the y axis by changing the y axis scale The measurement results are displayed as traces in the diagram area Up to six active traces at any time are possible Each of those can have a different setup and thus show different aspects of the measurement results In the default state the application shows two traces A yellow one and a blue one Both result from the same measurement data but have been ev...

Страница 90: ...ETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RFM on page 331 AM FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RAM on page 330 PM FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RPM on page 332 Jitter FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RMS on page 331 Spurious List Spurs are peak levels at one or more offset frequencies and are caused mostly by interfering signals The Spurious List result display shows the location of all detected spurs in a table Note that only signals a...

Страница 91: ...r spot that is part of the measurement range It is thus like a fixed marker The unit of spot noise results is dBc Hz variable unit for baseband noise measure ments The application shows the results in a table The table consists of a variable number of 10x frequencies depending on the mea surement range and a maximum of six user frequencies with each row containing the spot noise information for a ...

Страница 92: ... val ues to an unstable DUT When you measure the stability of an oscillator the resulting curve has a characteristic shape The shape is the same for variance and deviation The point of interest in the diagram is the minimum of the curve First the deviation is high because of noise During the progression of the observation the noise averages out until the minimum is reached The minimum thus corresp...

Страница 93: ...he VCO operates at a given tuning voltage or current in Hz Remote command TRACe n DATA on page 333 Sensitivity The Sensitivity result display shows the slope of the DUT characteristics expressed as the frequency change between measurement points The x axis shows the tuning characteristics of the DC source For Vsupply the tuning voltage in Volt or current in Ampere depending on the output type For ...

Страница 94: ...x DC source When VSupply is configured to supply current and selected as the Fix Source the diagram shows the voltage in Volt In all other cases it shows the current in mA Remote command TRACe n DATA on page 333 Power vs Frequency The Power vs Frequency result display shows the frequency characteristics of the DUT as a function of the tuning voltage or current The x axis shows the frequency on whi...

Страница 95: ...ncy offsets measured on each measurement point Each measurement point corresponds to a specific tuning voltage or current that was applied to the DUT The x axis shows the tuning characteristics of the DC source For Vsupply the tuning voltage in Volt or current in Ampere depending on the output type For Vtune and Vaux the tuning voltage in Volt The tuning voltages alternatively current applied duri...

Страница 96: ... tion The frequency deviation calculation settings are described in Chapter 6 9 7 Fre quency Deviation on page 140 Remote command Trace data TRACe n DATA on page 333 Phase The Phase result display shows the phase characteristics of the transient response of the DUT over time The x axis shows the time period over which the signal has been measured The scale depends on the measurement time The y axi...

Страница 97: ...t Analysis Configuration 131 6 1 Configuration Overview Access Overview Throughout the measurement channel configuration an overview of the most important currently defined settings is provided in the Overview The Overview is displayed when you select the Overview icon which is available at the bottom of all softkey menus In addition to the main measurement settings the Overview provides quick acc...

Страница 98: ...r acteristics of a DUT Phase Noise Phase noise and AM noise measurements for continuous wave signals Baseband Noise Noise measurement in absolute terms over a selected frequency range VCO Characterization Measurements to determine the characteristics of a voltage controlled oscillator VCO Spot Noise vs Tune Phase noise and AM noise measurements for a voltage controlled oscillator VCO Remote comman...

Страница 99: ... test setups Overview Input Input Source Radio Fre quency Test Setup The RF Input is the default input source A typical test setup for measurements over the RF input depends on the selected mea surement and the equipment used in the test setup A schematic representation of such a setup is provided in the dialog box The DUT directly sends a signal to the RF input of the R S FSPN If necessary the R ...

Страница 100: ... S FSPN For an external LO specify whether the signal at the input has a low or high Level A low level corresponds to signals with a level of approximately 0 dBm A high level corresponds to signals with a level between about 5 dBm and 10 dBm The exact definitions of low and high depend on the signal frequency and are specified in the data sheet Note that for low phase noise boards with material nu...

Страница 101: ...for the determined frequency spectrum horizontal x axis The settings for the vertical axis regarding amplitude and scaling are described here Signal Attenuation 101 Amplitude Characteristics 102 Diagram Scale 104 6 3 1 Signal Attenuation Signal attenuation reduces the level of the signal that you feed into the R S FSPN Reducing the level is necessary to protect the input mixer from signals with hi...

Страница 102: ...ise ratio decrease the RF attenuation Another positive effect is that high attenuation also helps to avoid intermodulation For ideal sinusoidal signals the displayed signal level is independent of the RF attenu ation In the default state the R S FSPN automatically determines the attenuation according to the signal level that is currently applied Automatic determination of the attenuation is a good...

Страница 103: ...crease the attenuation manually make sure that the signal level does not exceed the maximum level allowed at the RF input Otherwise an overload of the input mixer can cause hardware damage Remote command Mode INPut 1 2 ATTenuation AUTO on page 354 Attenuation INPut 1 2 ATTenuation on page 354 Shifting the level You can define an arithmetic level offset that is added to the measured level Defining ...

Страница 104: ...tude Scaling Scale The scale settings define the scale of the y axis in graphical result displays The remote commands required to configure the amplitude are described in Chap ter 11 6 4 Remote Commands to Configure Level Characteristics on page 350 Scaling the y axis 104 Selecting the unit of the y axis 105 Scaling the y axis You can scale the y axis of graphical result displays automatically or ...

Страница 105: ...t Y SCALe RLEVel on page 352 Bottom DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel LOWer on page 353 Range DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe on page 351 Selecting the unit of the y axis Baseband noise measurements allow you to select one of several units in which the results are displayed You can select the desired unit from the Y Axis Unit dropdown menu Not available for all other measurements in the pha...

Страница 106: ...r a signal 107 Capture Range 108 Defining the measurement range 108 Measuring low frequency and low level signals 108 Low signal frequencies 109 Low signal levels 109 Multicarrier signals 110 Defining the signal frequency The Signal Frequency is the frequency the signal is transmitted with You can define it manually in the corresponding input field or let the R S FSPN search for the signal frequen...

Страница 107: ...unter can improve measurement speed however The measurement starts only if a signal is present within the frequency search limits that you have defined via the Auto Search feature The search range is defined by a minimum and maximum value The maximum frequency range that you can scan depends on the hardware you are using Note that a signal must also be within a cer tain level range for it to be de...

Страница 108: ...re using For baseband noise measurements the frequency range is defined by absolute start and stop frequencies instead of relative offset frequencies The center frequency repre sents the carrier frequency The measurement range or span depends on the input you are using For the RF input it depends on the hardware you are using For the base band input measurements up to 40 MHz are supported The meas...

Страница 109: ...ENSe FILTer LPASs STATe on page 358 Cutoff frequency SENSe FILTer LPASs FREQuency MANual on page 357 Low signal levels Measuring low frequency and low level signals The R S FSPN supports different modes to measure signals with different levels Depending on the measurement select the appropriate Level Setting High The R S FSPN works like a traditional phase noise tester with zero IF and is therefor...

Страница 110: ...tability Configuration 122 6 5 1 Triggered Measurements Phase Noise CW The start of the noise measurements can be defined via the Trigger hardkey If Free Run is selected no trigger source is considered You can start the measurement man ually any time and stop it as required If External Trigger 1 is selected a measure ment starts when a TTL signal is fed into the specified input connector 6 5 2 Mea...

Страница 111: ...alf decade 6 5 3 Noise Configuration Access Overview Noise Config Noise Config The measurement range parameters define the way the phase noise of a DUT is mea sured The remote commands required to configure the measurement range are described in Chapter 11 6 6 1 Noise Configuration on page 361 Functions to configure the measurement range described elsewhere Start Offset Stop Offset Capture Range E...

Страница 112: ...ndwidth RBW is the filter bandwidth applied during the noise mea surement Noise measurements apply a different resolution bandwidth to each half decade that is measured small bandwidths for small frequency offsets and higher bandwidths for larger frequency offsets to speed up the measurement on larger fre quency offsets You can define a custom resolution bandwidth for each half decade or let the a...

Страница 113: ...perations that are per formed depends on the half decade that is measured Small offsets which usually have a higher noise level require fewer operations to get accurate results while large offsets whose noise levels can be very low require more operations for accurate results The base number of the first decade is a fixed value The number of operations for the other half decades is determined in s...

Страница 114: ...hreshold SENSe SWEep XOPTimize THReshold on page 366 Finish segment SENSe SWEep FSEGment on page 365 Turning the display of the cross correlation gain indicator on and off It shows the rejection of uncorrelated noise dependent on the number of correlation averages If the measurement trace itself lies on the cross correlation gain indicator further correlation will reduce the phase noise value If s...

Страница 115: ...lf decades 1 MHz For the forward sweep Sweep Forward On the measurement sequence is Analysis of half decades 1 MHz Analysis of half decades between 30 MHz and 1 MHz Analysis of half decades 30 MHz Otherwise the measurements are the are the same and yield the same results regard less of the sweep direction you select The difference is that results near the carrier are available faster when you sele...

Страница 116: ...manual configuration mode Remote command Configuration mode SENSe SWEep MODE on page 365 Start offset SENSe LIST RANGe r FREQuency STARt on page 362 Stop offset SENSe LIST RANGe r FREQuency STOP on page 363 RBW SENSe LIST RANGe r BWIDth RESolution on page 362 XCORR SENSe LIST RANGe r XCOunt on page 363 6 5 4 Integrated Measurement Configuration Access Overview Noise Config Integrated Measurements ...

Страница 117: ...ized integration range The application shows orange lines Range x in the graphical result display to indicate custom ranges Remote command State CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STATe on page 369 Start CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STARt on page 368 Stop CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STOP on page 368 Working with weighting filters The weighting filter feature provides functionality to correct inte...

Страница 118: ...l preview They define by which amount dB residual effects are corrected for specific fre quencies For example you could say that at a frequency of 100 MHz the residual effects are corrected by 5 dB Insert Value Inserts a weighting filter data point Alternatively you can click in the table itself to add a new data point Delete Value Deletes the currently selected data point The currently selected d...

Страница 119: ...u can turn off the displayed spot noise information any time for example if you want a better view of the measurement results You can also select the trace the displayed spot noise information refers to from the Trace dropdown menu Remote command DISPlay SNINfo STATe on page 375 DISPlay SNINfo TRACe on page 375 Selecting the spot noise positions The R S FSPN provides several methods to define the ...

Страница 120: ...Remote command See Chapter 11 6 6 3 Spot Noise Configuration on page 371 6 5 6 Spur Display Access Overview Noise Config Spurious Spurs are usually undesired peak levels that can occur in the measured frequency range They are represented by unusually tall spikes on the trace The remote commands required to configure the spur display are described in Chap ter 11 6 6 4 Spur Display on page 375 Hidin...

Страница 121: ...how to apply manage and design weight ing filters see Working with weighting filters on page 117 Remote command SENSe SPURs WEIGhting on page 377 Defining the spurious color The spurious color feature provides functionality to enable an automatic shift of the color of the displayed spurious lines The color setting is not changed by a preset of the instrument Remote command SENSe SPURs COLor on pag...

Страница 122: ...iance and deviation are derived from the phase noise measurement Thus the frequency stability measure ments and the phase noise measurement use the same configuration The Frequency Stability dialog contains the most important settings for the frequency stability measurements However everything that you change in the phase noise con figuration is also applied to the frequency stability measurements...

Страница 123: ...ront panel for different purposes Proper configuration of the DC ports Setting DC voltages and currents properly is an important step during the configuration in order not to damage the device under test DUT by applying too much voltage or current Therefore it is recommended to connect the device under test DUT to the instrument after the DC settings have been made and verified The remote commands...

Страница 124: ... VOLTage CHANnel COUPling on page 342 Configuring the DC power output The R S FSPN features three outputs that allow you to supply external devices like the DUT or external measurement equipment with DC power The outputs are labeled Vsupply supply voltage Vtune tuning voltage and Vaux auxiliary voltage Each of the outputs has different characteristics regarding the sup ported voltage range and max...

Страница 125: ...berately Remote command SOURce VOLTage POWer i LEVel MODE on page 346 Defining the output level Configuring the DC power output For all three outputs you can control the voltage that should be output to supply the DUT or other devices The supported voltage range is different for each output see data sheet for details In addition to the hardware limits regarding the range of output values you can a...

Страница 126: ... the font of these result values is green If the voltage or current that is output differs from the values that you have defined the font turns red This may be the case for example If the DUT draws too much current and the volt age required for that current would exceed the limits you have defined Remote command Voltage SOURce VOLTage SEQuence RESult on page 347 Current SOURce CURRent SEQuence RES...

Страница 127: ... Chapter 6 3 Level Characteristics on page 101 DC source configuration Chapter 6 6 DC Source Configuration on page 123 Measurement configuration Chapter 5 2 Performing Measurements on page 84 Limit line configuration Chapter 7 5 Limit Lines on page 174 Marker configuration Chapter 7 4 Markers on page 165 Notable differences are the measurement configuration itself and the trace configura tion as d...

Страница 128: ...rement which voltage or current is applied for each measurement the sweep range and the measurement time for each measurement point You can define sweep settings for each DC source individually Defining the sweep range 128 Defining the settling time 129 Selecting the frequency resolution 129 Defining the sweep range The R S FSPN characterizes a DUT by applying a series of tuning voltages or cur re...

Страница 129: ...age or current of the tuning range are measured Remote command Settling time VCO Characterization CONFigure VCO SWEep DELay POINt on page 380 Settling time Spot Noise vs Tune CONFigure SNTune SWEep DELay POINt on page 383 Initial settling time VCO characterization CONFigure VCO SWEep DELay INITial on page 380 Initial settling time Spot Noise vs Tune CONFigure SNTune SWEep DELay INITial on page 382...

Страница 130: ...acteristics on page 101 Frequency configuration Chapter 6 4 Frequency on page 105 Noise configuration Chapter 6 5 3 Noise Configuration on page 111 Spot noise configuration Chapter 6 5 5 Spot Noise Information on page 119 Sweep configuration Chapter 6 7 1 Sweep Configuration on page 127 Note The Fix Source and Frequency Resolution settings are not available in the spot noise vs tune measurement DC...

Страница 131: ... Select Measurement PN Transient Analy sis Access settings Overview The PN transient analysis measurement determines the frequency and phase charac teristics of a signal over time It is thus an appropriate measurement to analyze the transient response of a DUT and see how long it takes until the DUT reaches a stable state Parts of the functionality for transient analysis are the same as in the pha...

Страница 132: ...to measure the signal Wideband mode Wide Select the wideband mode for measurements with a span 40 MHz Wideband mode only works in the frequency range between 256 MHz and 8 GHz Thus the maximum span is 7 774 GHz Supported center frequencies are in the range between 276 MHz and 7 980 GHz Narrowband mode Narrow Select the narrowband mode for measurements with a span 40 MHz Narrowband mode works over ...

Страница 133: ... page 359 Stop frequency SENSe FREQuency STOP on page 359 Span SENSe FREQuency SPAN on page 389 Defining a frequency step size Defines the step size by which the center frequency is increased or decreased when you press the arrow keys The Stepsize is a function of the span 0 1 Span Changes the center frequency by 10 of the current span X Span Changes the center frequency by custom percentage of th...

Страница 134: ...surement starts when measured signal exceeds or falls below a specified frequency The frequency trigger available for transient measurements is an online trigger An online trigger responds to a trigger event as soon as this event occurs while it is capturing data a live trigger so to speak An offline trigger on the other hand first captures data and looks if it can find a trigger event in that dat...

Страница 135: ... defines whether triggering occurs when the signal level or frequency rises to the trigger level or frequency or falls down to it Remote command TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe on page 393 Defining a trigger drop out time The drop out time is the minimum time period that must have passed between two consecutive trigger events without initiating another measurement after the first trigger event has occurred...

Страница 136: ...ent time defines the scale of the x axis The remote commands required to configure the data acquisition are described in Chapter 11 6 9 3 Data Acquisition on page 390 Functions in the Data Acquisition dialog box described elsewhere Sweep count Sweep Average Count on page 115 Continuous sweep Continuous Sweep Run Cont on page 85 Single sweep Single Sweep Run Single on page 85 Continue single sweep ...

Страница 137: ... amplitude settings configure the characteristics of the input signal The remote commands required to configure the amplitude are described in Chap ter 11 6 9 2 Amplitude Configuration on page 389 Functions in the Amplitude dialog box described elsewhere RF attenuation Attenuating the signal on page 103 Input coupling Input Coupling on page 100 Defining a reference level 137 Defining a reference l...

Страница 138: ...lly adjusted in the other In addition you can select how the frequency is displayed on the y axis Absolute Frequencies are displayed as absolute frequencies Relative Frequencies are displayed as relative frequencies that refer to the cen ter frequency offset to the center frequency In both cases the center frequency is displayed in the middle of the y axis Remote command Display mode DISPlay WINDo...

Страница 139: ...age 397 Auto scale once DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO on page 352 Unit DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe UNIT on page 397 Selecting the AF coupling mode The AF Coupling property controls the automatic correction of the phase and fre quency offset of the input signal DC The phase runs according to the existing frequency offset In addition the DC signal contains a phase offset of π AC The fre...

Страница 140: ...ayed in the channel bar The remote commands required to configure the settling time calculation are described in Chapter 11 6 9 6 Settling Time on page 398 6 9 7 Frequency Deviation Access Overview Frequency Frequency Deviation The Frequency Deviation result display shows the frequency deviation of the transi ent response of the DUT from an ideal linear behavior over time The time frame is defined...

Страница 141: ...e Configuration on page 401 Settings in the Traces dialog box described elsewhere Select trace Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Trace 4 Trace 5 Trace 6 on page 156 Trace mode Trace Mode on page 156 Trace export Chapter 7 3 3 Trace Export and Import on page 158 Trace copy Chapter 7 3 4 Copying Traces on page 162 Trace mathematics Chapter 7 3 5 Trace Math on page 163 Note that trace mathematics are only avai...

Страница 142: ...r phase noise measurement only with a different scale time on the x axis and frequency or phase on the y axis Relative limits in the fre quency diagram always refer to current center frequency you have defined for the tran sient measurement Relative limits in the phase diagram always refer to the reference value For more information about configuring and using limit lines see Chapter 7 5 Limit Lin...

Страница 143: ... displayed and evaluated using various different methods also at the same time Depending on the currently selected measurement in particular when using optional firmware applications not all evaluation methods are available The result displays described here are available for most measurements in the phase noise application 7 1 2 Laying out the Result Display with the SmartGrid Measurement results...

Страница 144: ...he eval uation icon in relation to the existing windows All display configuration actions are only possible in SmartGrid mode When Smart Grid mode is activated the evaluation bar replaces the current softkey menu dis play When the SmartGrid mode is deactivated again the previous softkey menu display is restored Background Information The SmartGrid Principle 144 How to Activate SmartGrid Mode 145 H...

Страница 145: ...he drop area for the window in the SmartGrid The row can be split into columns or a new row can be inserted above or below the existing row if the maximum of 4 has not yet been reached 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 A B C Figure 7 2 SmartGrid window positions 1 Insert row above or below the existing row 2 Create a new column in the existing row 3 Replace a window in the existing row SmartGrid functions Once the ev...

Страница 146: ... per channel i e per tab 1 Activate SmartGrid mode All evaluation methods available for the currently selected measurement are dis played as icons in the evaluation bar 2 Select the icon for the required evaluation method from the evaluation bar 3 Drag the required icon from the evaluation bar to the SmartGrid which is displayed in the diagram area and drop it at the required position See How to A...

Страница 147: ... page 409 7 2 Zoomed Displays You can zoom into the diagram to visualize the measurement results in greater detail Using the touchscreen or a mouse pointer you can easily define the area to be enlarged Single Zoom Versus Multiple Zoom 147 Zoom Functions 149 How to Zoom Into a Diagram 150 7 2 1 Single Zoom Versus Multiple Zoom Two different graphical zoom modes are available single zoom and multipl...

Страница 148: ...er Manual 1179 4363 02 01 areas can be moved and resized any time The zoom area that corresponds to the indi vidual zoom display is indicated in the lower right corner between the scrollbars Figure 7 3 Single zoom Figure 7 4 Multiple zoom Zoomed Displays ...

Страница 149: ...ferent areas of the trace simultane ously An overview window indicates the zoom areas in the original trace while the zoomed trace areas are displayed in individual windows The zoom area that corre sponds to the individual zoom display is indicated in the lower right corner between the scrollbars Remote command DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w ZOOM MULTiple zn STATe on page 412 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWin...

Страница 150: ...is activated 2 Tap and drag your finger in the diagram to select the area to be enlarged The selected area is indicated by a dotted rectangle When you leave the touchscreen the diagram is replaced by the zoomed trace area 3 Repeat these steps if necessary to enlarge the diagram further Scrolling in the zoomed display You can scroll the diagram area to display the entire diagram using the scrollbar...

Страница 151: ...ew diagram with the selected area indicated by a dotted rectangle The zoomed trace area is displayed in a separate window see Figure 7 4 3 In the overview diagram select the next area to be enlarged The second zoom area is indicated in the overview diagram and a second zoom window is displayed 4 Repeat these steps if necessary to zoom into further trace areas up to four To move or change zoom area...

Страница 152: ... determines whether The data is frozen View The data is hidden Blank The data is replaced by new values Clear Write The data is replaced selectively Max Hold Min Hold Average Each time the trace mode is changed the selected trace memory is cleared The R S FSPN supports the following trace modes If a trace is frozen View mode the measurement settings apart from scaling set tings can be changed with...

Страница 153: ...nts A sweep in this context is the measurement over the complete measurement range once A complete measurement however can consist of more than one sweep In that case the application measures until the number of sweeps that have been defined are done The measurement configuration stays the same all the time In combination with the average trace mode and cross correlation operations the sweep count...

Страница 154: ...in dBc and refers to the scale on the right side of the phase noise diagram The lines indicating a spur are not part of the trace data When you export the trace for example the spur data is not exported Spur suppression The application allows you to visually remove spurs from the trace Spur removal is based on an algorithm that detects and completely removes the spurs from the trace and fills the ...

Страница 155: ...nfiguration they carry different information or evaluate the results differently Restoring default traces The application allows you to easily restore the default trace configuration Trace 1 and 2 with their respective default characteristics with the Preset all Traces button Displaying all result types Similarly you can easily display all available result type PM AM and overall noise with the Set...

Страница 156: ... R S FSPN saves each trace point in the trace mem ory only if the new value is greater than the previous one Min Hold The minimum value is determined from several measurements and displayed The R S FSPN saves each trace point in the trace mem ory only if the new value is lower than the previous one Average The average is formed over several measurements View The current contents of the trace memor...

Страница 157: ...ct external noise sources from the results The trace offset is a visual device that shifts the trace by certain level You can apply an offset to all active traces individually Offset State and define an offset in dB by which the trace should be shifted Remote command State DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet STATe on page 417 Offset DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet on page...

Страница 158: ...ou can export the measurement data to a standard format file ASCII or XML The following data types can be exported depending on the application Trace data Table results for example result summaries marker peak lists You can also import existing trace data from a file for example to compare your latest measurement results with results that you have saved some time ago Availability of trace import T...

Страница 159: ...e specific trace only for export see Trace to Export The results are output in the same order as they are displayed on the screen window by window trace by trace and table row by table row Remote command FORMat DEXPort TRACes on page 421 Include Instrument Measurement Settings Includes additional instrument and measurement settings in the header of the export file for result data Remote command FO...

Страница 160: ...be imported or exported Depending on the external program in which the data file was created or is evaluated a comma separated list CSV or a plain data format DAT file is required Remote command FORMat DEXPort FORMat on page 421 Decimal Separator Export Trace to ASCII File Defines the decimal separator for floating point numerals for the data export import files Evaluation programs require differe...

Страница 161: ...Explorer Remote command not supported Select ASCII File The Select ASCII File button opens a dialog box to select results that you want to import You can select files with the extensions csv or dat Remote command MMEMory LOAD n TRACe on page 422 Source Window Source Trace Files that contain result data can contain the results of several measurements and result displays The Source Window and Source...

Страница 162: ...ntly displayed from the Destination Trace dropdown menu the import overwrites the trace The trace mode for trace 1 is replaced by trace mode View If you select 5 Blank Blank indicates that the trace is currently not displayed from the Destination Trace dropdown menu the imports adds a new trace to the diagram with trace mode View All other traces remain in the diagram Remote command MMEMory LOAD n...

Страница 163: ...ult to one of the traces T1 T3 T1 for example subtracts trace 3 from trace 1 and writes the result to trace 1 You can apply one operation at a time To turn off trace mathematics use the Trace Math Off feature Remote command Operation CALCulate n MATH EXPRession DEFine on page 423 State CALCulate n MATH STATe on page 423 7 3 6 Trace Labels Access Overview Analysis Traces Trace Label Trace labels ar...

Страница 164: ...ch measurement point the measured trace position and value are output The file is stored with a DAT extension For details on the storage format see Chapter 7 3 8 1 Reference ASCII File Export Format on page 165 To export trace data and table results Trace data can be exported from the Trace menu 1 Press the Trace key then select the Trace Config softkey and switch to the Trace Data Export tab 2 Se...

Страница 165: ...race and table row by table row 7 4 Markers Markers help you analyze your measurement results by determining particular values in the diagram Thus you can extract numeric values from a graphical display Basics on Markers and Marker Functions 165 Marker Settings 167 Marker Search Settings and Positioning Functions 171 7 4 1 Basics on Markers and Marker Functions Some background knowledge on marker ...

Страница 166: ...ys in the Marker To menu Marker types All markers can be used either as normal markers or delta markers A normal marker indicates the absolute signal value at the defined position in the diagram A delta marker indicates the value of the marker relative to the specified reference marker by default marker 1 Activating Markers 166 Marker Results 167 7 4 1 1 Activating Markers Only active markers are ...

Страница 167: ...rea The following information is displayed there The marker type M for normal D for delta or special function name The marker number 1 to 16 The assigned trace number in square brackets The marker value on the y axis or the result of the marker function The marker position on the x axis Marker information in marker table In addition to the marker information displayed within the diagram area a sep...

Страница 168: ...e Marker 169 Linking to Another Marker 169 Assigning the Marker to a Trace 169 Select Marker 169 All Markers Off 170 Selected Marker Marker name The marker which is currently selected for editing is highlighted orange Remote command Marker selected via suffix m in remote commands Marker State Activates or deactivates the marker in the diagram Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m STATe on page 429 C...

Страница 169: ...her Marker Links the current marker to the marker selected from the list of active markers If the x axis value of the initial marker is changed the linked marker follows to the same posi tion on the x axis Linking is off by default Using this function you can set two markers on different traces to measure the differ ence e g between a max hold trace and a min hold trace or between a measurement an...

Страница 170: ...rview Analysis Markers Settings Some general marker settings allow you to influence the marker behavior for all mark ers The remote commands required to define these settings are described in Chap ter 11 7 4 Marker on page 425 Marker Table Display 170 Linked Markers 171 Marker Table Display Defines how the marker information is displayed On Displays the marker information in a table in a separate ...

Страница 171: ...the search settings are available in the MKR menu Search settings are also available via the Marker key or in the vertical Marker Con fig tab of the Analysis dialog box horizontal Search Settings tab Marker Search Settings 171 Positioning Functions 172 7 4 3 1 Marker Search Settings Access Overview Analysis Markers Search Markers are commonly used to determine peak values i e maximum or minimum va...

Страница 172: ...uency When you turn on spur tracking you can define a frequency range within which the R S FSPN tracks the spur and adjusts the marker position automatically The tracking Range defines an area around the marker position and is a function of the resolution bandwidth RBW used in the half decade the marker is in Note that the tracking range is dynamic and always relative to the latest marker position...

Страница 173: ...er m MAXimum RIGHt on page 435 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum LEFT on page 435 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum NEXT on page 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum RIGHt on page 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum LEFT on page 433 Search Minimum Sets the selected marker delta marker to the minimum of the trace If no marker is active marker 1 is activated Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m MINimum...

Страница 174: ...ity of the storage device used Limit line data can also be exported to a file in ASCII CSV format for further evalua tion in other applications Limit lines stored in the specified ASCII CSV format can also be imported to the R S FSPN for other measurements Compatibility Limit lines are compatible with the current measurement settings if the following applies The x unit of the limit line has to be ...

Страница 175: ...ve limit line must be exceeded before a violation occurs Offsets and Shifting A configured limit line can easily be moved vertically or horizontally Two different methods to do so are available An offset moves the entire line in the diagram without editing the configured values or positions of the individual data points This option is only available if relative scaling is used Thus a new limit lin...

Страница 176: ...Check Results A limit check is automatically performed as soon as any of the limit lines is activated Visibility setting Only the specified Traces to be Checked are compared with the active limit lines The status of the limit check for each limit line is indicated in the dia gram If a violation occurs the limit check status is set to MARG for a margin viola tion or to Fail for a limit violation Fi...

Страница 177: ...iguration file is recalled Always remember to store the settings again after changing the limit line values After recalling measurement settings the limit line values applied to the measurement may be different to those displayed in the Limit Lines dialog box see Saving and recalling transducer and limit line settings on page 187 7 5 2 Limit Line Settings and Functions Access Overview Analysis Lin...

Страница 178: ...Visibility 178 Traces to be Checked 179 Comment 179 Included Lines in Overview View Filter 179 Create New Line 179 Edit Line 179 Copy Line 179 Delete Line 179 Disable All Lines 179 Name The name of the stored limit line Unit The unit in which the y values of the data points of the limit line are defined Compatibility Indicates whether the limit line definition is compatible with the current measur...

Страница 179: ...ow Com patible Only compatible lines Whether a line is compatible or not is indicated in the Compatibility setting Show All All stored limit lines with the file extension LIN in the limits sub folder of the main installation folder if not restricted by Show Lines for all Modes setting Create New Line Creates a new limit line Edit Line Edit an existing limit line configuration Copy Line Copy the se...

Страница 180: ...or time domain Scaling mode absolute or relative values Not supported Scaling linear or logarithmic Remote command CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer MODE on page 445 CALCulate n LIMit li UPPer MODE on page 447 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol DOMain on page 443 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SPACing on page 444 Y Axis Describes the vertical axis on which the data points of the limit line are defined Includes t...

Страница 181: ...ed shift width Remote command CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SHIFt on page 444 Shift y Shifts the y value of each data point vertically by the defined shift width Remote command CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer SHIFt on page 445 CALCulate n LIMit li UPPer SHIFt on page 447 Save Saves the currently edited limit line under the name defined in the Name field 7 5 3 How to Define Limit Lines Access Overview An...

Страница 182: ...at once select the Disable All Lines button The limit checks for the deactivated limit lines are stopped and the results are removed form the display How to edit existing limit lines Existing limit line configurations can be edited 1 In the Line Config dialog box select the limit line 2 Select the Edit button 3 Edit the line configuration as described in How to configure a new limit line on page 1...

Страница 183: ...nt c Select Insert Value again and define the second data point d Repeat this to insert all other data points To insert a data point before an existing one select the data point and then Insert Value To insert a new data point at the end of the list move the focus to the line after the last entry and then select Insert Value To delete a data point select the entry and then Delete Value 6 Check the...

Страница 184: ...To shift the complete limit line parallel in the horizontal direction select the X Off set button and enter an offset value To shift the complete limit line parallel in the vertical direction select the Y Offset button and enter an offset value 3 To shift the individual data points of a limit line by a fixed value all at once a Select the Edit button b In the Edit Limit Line dialog box select the ...

Страница 185: ... has a default configuration You can restore this defined initial state at any time as a known starting point for measurements This is often recommendable as a first step in troubleshooting when unusual measurement results arise Factory default configuration The factory default configuration is selected such that the RF input is always protected against overload provided that the applied signal le...

Страница 186: ...ettings applied during measurement In these cases you can store and recall instrument and measurement settings and possibly other related measurement data Two different methods are available for managing instrument settings Quick Save Quick Recall a defined set of instrument settings or channels are stored or recalled quickly in just one step Configurable Save Recall a user defined set of instrume...

Страница 187: ... the updated limit values can be created Quick Save Quick Recall 187 Configurable Storage and Recall 189 How to Save and Load Instrument Settings 194 8 2 1 Quick Save Quick Recall The Quick Save and Quick Recall functions allow you to store instrument settings or channels very easily and quickly in one step Up to ten different sets of settings can be stored to or recalled from save sets Each save ...

Страница 188: ...ne of the save sets to store the current settings in or to be recalled At the time of storage the QuickSave 1 QuickSave 10 placeholder is replaced by a label indicating the storage date and time and the storage type Right click on one of the QuickSave buttons to display a context menu with additional functions for the save set Storing and Recalling Instrument Settings and Measurement Data ...

Страница 189: ...gs as saved in the selected settings file If the settings file contains settings for a specific Channel only a new channel with the stored set tings is activated otherwise all Channel s and instrument settings are overwritten with the stored settings Note After you use the Recall function the history of previous actions is deleted i e any actions performed previously cannot be undone or redone usi...

Страница 190: ...nternal flash disk or if selected on a memory stick or net work drive The operating system firmware and stored instrument settings are located on drive C The storage location and filename are selected in a file selection dialog box which is displayed when you perform a storage function By default the name of a settings file consists of a base name followed by an under score and three numbers e g l...

Страница 191: ...and MMEMory CATalog on page 451 File Name Contains the name of the data file without the path or extension By default the name of a user file consists of a base name followed by an underscore Multiple files with the same base name are extended by three numbers e g limit_lines_005 File names must be compatible with the Windows conventions for file names In partic ular they must not contain special ...

Страница 192: ... page 457 MMEMory SELect ITEM SGRam on page 458 MMEMory SELect ITEM TRACe 1 3 ACTive on page 458 MMEMory SELect ITEM TRANsducer ALL on page 458 Save File Saves the settings file with the defined filename Remote command MMEMory STORe 1 2 STATe on page 461 MMEMory STORe 1 2 STATe NEXT on page 461 Recall in New Channel Recall in Current Channel Restores the instrument settings as saved in the selecte...

Страница 193: ... page 459 Selecting Storage Location Drive Path Files Select the storage location of the file on the instrument or an external drive Remote command MMEMory CATalog on page 451 File Name Contains the name of the data file without the path or extension By default the name of a user file consists of a base name followed by an underscore Multiple files with the same base name are extended by three num...

Страница 194: ...ot be restored and will be overwritten by the stored values when the configuration file is recalled 4 To restore the settings select the Open icon from the toolbar 5 Select the save set in which the settings were stored QuickSaveX The selected settings are restored to the instrument or channel To save configurable instrument settings 1 Select the Save icon from the toolbar 2 In the Save dialog box...

Страница 195: ...el with the saved settings will be opened 6 Select Recall The settings and selected items from the saved measurement are restored and you can repeat the measurement with the same settings Note that any changes made to the settings after storing the configuration file will be overwritten by the stored values when the configuration file is recalled To recall settings automatically after preset or re...

Страница 196: ...ted in applications that process I Q data such as the I Q analyzer or other optional applications See the corresponding user manuals for those applications for details These functions are only available if no measurement is running In particular if Continuous Sweep Run Cont is active the import export functions are not available Import 196 Export 196 Trace Export Configuration 196 I Q Export 196 F...

Страница 197: ...ts and the most important settings for the currently per formed measurement you can create a screenshot of the current display Screenshots can either be printed or stored to a file Print and Screenshot Settings 197 How to Store or Print Screenshots of the Display 206 8 4 1 Print and Screenshot Settings For step by step instructions see Chapter 8 4 2 How to Store or Print Screenshots of the Display...

Страница 198: ... is included in the printout Note that some content settings are independent of the selected printing device others are printing device specific Print Screenshot 199 Print Multiple Windows 199 Comment 199 Print Logo 199 Print Page Count 199 Select Device 1 2 200 Print Dialog 200 Print Date and Time 200 Creating Screenshots of Current Measurement Results and Settings ...

Страница 199: ...pboard for the selected printing device it is automatically changed to be a PDF file Remote command HCOPy CONTent on page 465 HCOPy PAGE WINDow 1 2 STATe on page 472 HCOPy PAGE WINDow 1 2 CHANnel STATe on page 470 Comment Defines an optional comment to be included in the printout of the display Maximum 120 characters are allowed Up to 60 characters fit in one line In the first line a man ual line ...

Страница 200: ...y displayed dialog in the screenshot printout This setting is printing device specific and only available if Print Screenshot is selected Print Date and Time Includes or removes the current date and time at the bottom of the printout This setting is printing device specific Remote command HCOPy TDSTamp STATe 1 2 on page 472 8 4 1 2 Print Preview Functions Access Print The Print Preview of the prin...

Страница 201: ...r 8 4 1 1 Print Content Settings on page 198 the printout can consist of multiple pages Use these functions to scroll within the preview to see the individual pages Print Starts to print or store the selected screen contents to a file see Chapter 8 4 1 1 Print Content Settings on page 198 Whether the output is sent to the printer or stored in a file or the clipboard depends on the selected printin...

Страница 202: ... printer and a file and switch between configura tions easily simply by selecting the appropriate device before printing Select Device 1 2 203 Destination 203 Destination File 203 Destination Clipboard 203 Destination Printer 203 Suppress File Name Dialog 203 Printer Name 203 Print to file 204 Install Printer 204 Creating Screenshots of Current Measurement Results and Settings ...

Страница 203: ...Copies the printout to the clipboard Since only single pages can be copied only screenshots can be copied to this destination not multiple windows see Chap ter 8 4 1 1 Print Content Settings on page 198 Page settings are not available however you can configure the colors used for the screenshot see Chapter 8 4 1 5 Print Color Settings on page 206 If you select the clipboard as the printing destina...

Страница 204: ...ile using the selected printer driver Remote command To enable HCOP DEST1 MMEM To disable HCOP DEST1 SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter Install Printer This softkey opens the standard Windows dialog box to install a new printer All print ers that are already installed are displayed Only user accounts with administrator rights can install a printer For further information refer to the Microsoft Windows doc...

Страница 205: ...age 470 Windows Per Page Defines how many windows are displayed on a single page of the printout This setting is only available if Print Multiple Windows is active see Chapter 8 4 1 1 Print Content Settings on page 198 If more than one window is printed on one page each window is printed in equal size Remote command HCOPy PAGE WINDow 1 2 COUNt on page 471 Scaling Determines the scaling of the wind...

Страница 206: ...n 1 2 UNIT on page 470 8 4 1 5 Print Color Settings Access Print Print Config Color tab The settings provided here are identical to those in the Print Colors section of the Display Theme Color dialog box See Print Colors on page 222 8 4 2 How to Store or Print Screenshots of the Display The measurement results displayed on the screen can be printed or stored to a file very easily Creating Screensh...

Страница 207: ...e Some settings are independent of the printing device 3 In the Content tab define the elements of the screen and additional information to be included in the printout a Select Print Screenshot to include all elements displayed on the screen in a single page printout b Optionally add a comment to be printed at the top of the printout c Optionally activate the date and time or the logo so they are ...

Страница 208: ... 2 to define which printing device you want to config ure 3 In the Content tab define the elements of the screen and additional information to be included in the printout a Select Print Selected Windows to include the selected windows in the print out possibly on multiple pages b Select the result displays in the currently selected channel to be included in the printout Tip Select the MultiView be...

Страница 209: ...that reflects the colors you see on the screen but with a white background select Screen Colors Print b Check the Print Preview to find out if the setting is appropriate 10 Select Print to execute the print function 11 If you did not select the option to suppress the dialog enter a filename in the file selection dialog box The selected data elements are stored to the file as configured 12 To store...

Страница 210: ...quency Settings 227 System Configuration Settings 230 Service Functions 236 9 1 Alignment 9 1 1 Basics on Alignment When you put the instrument into operation for the first time or when strong tempera ture changes occur align the data to a reference source see Temperature check on page 211 The correction data and characteristics required for the alignment are determined by the firmware It compares...

Страница 211: ...he results are available until the next self alignment process is started or the instru ment is switched off Temperature check During self alignment the instrument s frontend temperature is measured as soon as the instrument has warmed up completely This temperature is used as a reference for a continuous temperature check during operation If the current temperature deviates from the stored self a...

Страница 212: ...f alignment to be performed directly after installation In addition you can activate a pre ceding warmup time before self alignment which is strongly recommended If you do not activate this option make sure the instrument has reached its operating tempera ture before installing the firmware Furthermore you can force the instrument to shut down after self alignment Note however that you cannot swit...

Страница 213: ...s on Alignment on page 210 Note A running Sequencer operation is aborted when you start a self alignment During self alignment do not connect a signal to the RF input connector Running a self alignment with a signal connected to the RF input can lead to false measurement results Remote command CAL on page 312 see also CALibration ALL on page 483 Abort Self Alignment As long as the self alignment d...

Страница 214: ...e firmware to a beta version After rebooting the instrument you must re activate this function if you still want to reuse the old alignment data Note however that re using old alignment data can lead to inaccurate measure ment results or even cause the R S FSPN firmware to fail altogether For mea surements using old alignment data an OLD CAL message is indicated in the status bar instead of UNCAL ...

Страница 215: ...been checked successfully a message is dis played 9 1 4 How to Align the Instrument Operating temperature Before performing this functional test make sure that the instrument has reached its operating temperature for details refer to the data sheet To perform a self alignment Make sure no signal is connected to the RF input connector Running a self alignment with a signal connected to the RF input...

Страница 216: ... the other corners 9 2 Display Settings 9 2 1 Display Settings Access Setup Display Some general display settings are available regardless of the current application or operating mode For information on optimizing your display for measurement results see Chapter 7 1 Result Display Configuration on page 143 General Display Settings 216 Displayed Items 218 Display Theme and Colors 221 External Monit...

Страница 217: ...en Touch Diagram Off Touchscreen is deactivated for the diagram area of the screen but active for the surrounding softkeys toolbars and menus Remote command DISPlay TOUChscreen STATe on page 488 Display Update Rate By default a fast update rate ensures the most recent measurement results on the dis play However when performance is poor due to slow data transfer for example during remote control it...

Страница 218: ... the screen display can be hidden or shown as required for exam ple to enlarge the display area for the measurement results Toolbar 218 Status Bar 219 Softkey Bar 219 Channel Bar 219 Diagram Footer Annotation 219 Date and Time 219 Front Panel 219 Mini Front Panel 220 Toolbar The toolbar provides access to frequently used functions via icons at the top of the screen Some functions such as zooming f...

Страница 219: ...87 Channel Bar The channel bar provides information on firmware and measurement settings for a specific channel Remote command DISPlay ANNotation CBAR on page 486 Diagram Footer Annotation The diagram footer beneath the diagram contains information on the x axis of the dia gram display such as The current center frequency and span settings The displayed span per division The number of sweep points...

Страница 220: ...e information see Chapter 9 2 3 How to Work with the Soft Front Panels on page 226 Remote command SYSTem DISPlay FPANel STATe on page 489 Mini Front Panel If you require a front panel display but do not want to lose too much space for results in the display area a mini front panel is available The mini version displays only the main function keys in a separate window in the display area Display Se...

Страница 221: ...tem That is useful when you are working from a remote PC and the front panel function is not active Remote command SYSTem DISPlay FPANel STATe on page 489 9 2 1 3 Display Theme and Colors You can configure the used colors and styles of display elements on the screen Theme 222 Screen Colors 222 Print Colors 222 Showing Print Colors on Display 223 Modifying User Defined Color Assignments 223 Display...

Страница 222: ...rint Colors Defines the color settings used for printout In addition to the predefined settings a user defined color set can be configured see Defining User specific Colors on page 224 If Show Print Colors on Display is activated the currently selected print colors are displayed as a preview for your selection Gui setting Description Remote command Optimized Colors Selects an optimized color setti...

Страница 223: ...ing to your specific requirements The colors are configured in the identical Screen Color Setup Printer Color Setup dialog boxes Selecting the Object Modifying User Defined Color Assignments Selects the object for which the color is to be defined Colors can be defined for the following objects Background Grid Individual traces Display lines Limit lines and check results Markers and marker informat...

Страница 224: ... allows you to select the color directly The color settings allow you to define values for tint saturation and brightness Remote command HCOPy CMAP it HSL on page 464 Restoring the User Settings to Default Colors In addition to the predefined color settings a user defined setting can be configured By default the same settings as defined in Default Colors 1 are used They can then be modified accord...

Страница 225: ...g box However you can restore the default instrument resolution 1280x800 on the monitor using the instrument function Setup Display Configure Monitor Screen Res olution Restore to default Setup 225 Screen Resolution Restore to Default 225 Setup Opens the standard Windows configuration dialog box to configure the used display devices Screen Resolution Restore to Default The default screen resolutio...

Страница 226: ...e a different color The Preview area indicates the currently selected color 5 To assign a user specific color to the selected object do one of the following Select the color from the palette Enter values for the Tint Saturation and Brightness Note In the continuous color spectrum Tint 0 represents red and 100 represents blue Enter an ARGB value in hexadecimal format 6 Select the next object to whi...

Страница 227: ...ress a single function key If you want the window to remain open deactivate the Auto close option You can close the window manually by selecting Close planel or the key combination ALT M be aware of the keyboard language defined in the operating system To display the soft front panel or mini front panel 1 Press the Setup key and select the Display softkey 2 Select the Displayed Items tab 3 Select ...

Страница 228: ... used EXT REF is displayed in the status bar Table 9 1 Available Reference Frequency Input Setting Source Connector Frequency Tuning Range Loop Band width Description Internal OCXO 10 MHz 1 100 Hz Internal reference signal or optional OCXO External Reference 10 MHz REF INPUT 1 50 MHz 10 MHz 6 ppm 1 100 Hz Fixed external 10 MHZ reference fre quency Good phase noise performance External Reference 1 ...

Страница 229: ...ronize to an external reference signal with a very precise frequency Due to the very narrow loop bandwidth unwanted noise or spurious components on the external reference input signal are strongly attenuated Fur thermore the loop requires about 30 seconds to reach a locked state During this locking process NO REF is displayed in the status bar 6 ppm The larger deviation allows the instrument to sy...

Страница 230: ...d settings are restored You can restore the default values for all input sources using the Preset Channel function 9 4 System Configuration Settings Access Setup System Configuration Hardware Information 230 Information on Versions and Options 231 System Messages 232 Firmware Updates 233 General Configuration Settings 235 9 4 1 Hardware Information Access Setup System Configuration Hardware Info A...

Страница 231: ...tall new firmware options in this dialog box The table also contains The open source acknowledgements PDF file for the firmware and other software packages used by the R S FSPN Expired option licenses If an option is about to expire a message box is displayed to inform you You can then use the Install Option function to enter a new license key If an option has already expired a message box appears...

Страница 232: ...stall options Install Option by XML Opens a file selection dialog box to install an additional option to the R S FSPN using an XML file Enter or browse for the name of an XML file that contains the option key and select Select Only user accounts with administrator rights are able to install options 9 4 3 System Messages Access Setup System Configuration System Messages The system messages generate...

Страница 233: ...ges button The following information is available No device specific error code Message brief description of the message Component hardware messages name of the affected module software messages name of the affected software Date Time date and time of the occurrence of the message Remote command SYSTem ERRor LIST on page 505 9 4 4 Firmware Updates Access Setup System Configuration Firmware Update ...

Страница 234: ...sk your sales representa tive or check the Rohde Schwarz website for availability of firmware updates A firm ware update package includes at least a setup file and release notes Before updating the firmware on your instrument read the release notes delivered with the firmware version Enter the name or browse for the firmware installation file and press the Install but ton Remote command SYSTem FIR...

Страница 235: ...ration has finished the instrument again reboots automatically Note Do not switch off the instrument during the reconfiguration process Now the firmware update is complete It is recommended that you perform a self alignment after the update see Chap ter 9 1 4 How to Align the Instrument on page 215 9 4 5 General Configuration Settings Access Setup System Configuration Config General system setting...

Страница 236: ...you press the key multiple times in quick succession you tog gle through the symbols assigned to the key For the assignment refer to Table 3 8 9 5 Service Functions Access Setup Service When unexpected problems arise with the R S FSPN some service functions may help you solve them For more helpful information for support see also Chapter 12 1 Collecting Information for Support on page 528 R S Supp...

Страница 237: ...arz support to get help for a certain problem send these files to the support in order to identify and solve the problem faster Remote command DIAGnostic SERVice SINFo on page 508 Save Device Footprint Creates an xml file with information on installed hardware software image and FPGA versions The xml file is stored under C Program Files x86 Rohde Schwarz FSPN version devicedata xml on the instrume...

Страница 238: ...you start a self test If you start a self test remotely then select the Local softkey while the test is still run ning the instrument only returns to the manual operation state after the test is comple ted In this case the self test cannot be aborted Remote command TST on page 316 DIAGnostic SERVice STESt RESult on page 485 9 5 3 Calibration Signal Display Access Setup Service Calibration Signal A...

Страница 239: ... page 484 Frequency Calibration Frequency RF Defines the frequency of the internal broadband calibration signal to be used for IF fil ter calibration max 64 MHz For narrowband signals 64 MHz is sent Calibration Frequency MW Uses the microwave calibration signal as the RF input for frequencies higher than 8 GHz This function is used to calibrate the YIG filter on the microwave converter The microwa...

Страница 240: ... not necessary for normal measurement operation Incorrect use can affect correct operation and or data integrity of the R S FSPN Therefore only user accounts with administrator rights can use service functions and many of the functions can only be used after entering a password These functions are described in the instrument service manual Service Function 240 Send 241 Numeric Mode 241 Clear Histo...

Страница 241: ...ing on how restrictive their use is handled Each service level has a different password Reset Password clears any previously entered password and returns to the most restrictive service level Remote command SYSTem PASSword CENable on page 509 SYSTem PASSword RESet on page 509 Clear Results Clears the result display for all previously performed service functions Remote command DIAGnostic SERVice SF...

Страница 242: ...ervice dialog box Relays Cycle Counter 242 Relays Cycle Counter The hardware relays built into the R S FSPN may fail after a large number of switch ing cycles see data sheet The counter indicates how many switching cycles the indi vidual relays have performed since they were installed Remote command DIAGnostic INFO CCOunt on page 503 Service Functions ...

Страница 243: ...ment via remote control is provided here This information applies to all applications and operating modes on the R S FSPN For additional information on remote control of spectrum analyzers see the following application notes available from the Rohde Schwarz website 1EF62 Hints and Tricks for Remote Control of Spectrum and Network Analyzers 1MA171 How to use Rohde Schwarz Instruments in MATLAB 1MA2...

Страница 244: ...ate with instruments A VISA installation on the controller is a prerequisite for remote control using the indicated interfaces See also Chapter 10 1 3 VISA Libraries on page 252 Within this interface description the term GPIB is used as a synonym for the IEC IEEE bus interface 10 1 1 1 LAN Interface To be integrated in a LAN the instrument is equipped with a LAN interface consisting of a connector...

Страница 245: ...CKET indicates the raw network socket resource class Example Instrument has the IP address 192 1 2 3 the valid resource string using VXI 11 protocol is TCPIP 192 1 2 3 INSTR The DNS host name is FSPN26 123456 the valid resource string using HiSLIP is TCPIP FSPN26 123456 hislip0 A raw socket connection can be established using TCPIP 192 1 2 3 5025 SOCKET Identifying instruments in a network If seve...

Страница 246: ...successful return of a VISA operation such as viWrite guarantees only that the command is delivered to the instrument s TCP IP buffers There is no confirmation that the instrument has started or finished the requested command For more information see also the application note 1MA208 Fast Remote Instrument Control with HiSLIP Socket Communication An alternative way for remote control of the product...

Страница 247: ...ument and the remote PC is also available Using this feature several users can access and operate the R S FSPN simultaneously This is useful for troubleshooting or training purposes If you do not want other users in the LAN to be able to access and operate the R S FSPN you can deactivate this function Restrictions Only user accounts with administrator rights can use the LAN web browser functional ...

Страница 248: ... Manager License Manager allows you to install or uninstall license keys and to acti vate register or unregister licenses Help www rohde schwarz com opens the Rohde Schwarz home page 10 1 1 2 GPIB Interface IEC 625 IEEE 418 Bus Interface By connecting a PC to the R S FSPN via the GPIB connection you can send remote commands to control and operate the instrument Notes and Conditions In connection w...

Страница 249: ...ands act on all instruments connected to the GPIB bus without previous addressing Addressed commands only act on instruments previously addressed as listeners The following figure provides an overview of the available communication lines used by the GPIB interface Remote Control Basics ...

Страница 250: ...Network and Remote Operation R S FSPN 250 User Manual 1179 4363 02 01 Figure 10 1 Communication lines used by the GPIB interface Remote Control Basics ...

Страница 251: ...truments addressed as listeners Command Effect on the instrument GET Group Execute Trigger Triggers a previously active instrument function e g a sweep The effect of the command is the same as with that of a pulse at the external trigger signal input GTL Go to Local Transition to the local state manual control GTR Go to Remote Transition to the remote state remote control PPC Parallel Poll Configu...

Страница 252: ...rface messages are transmitted to the instrument on the data lines with the attention line being active LOW They are used to communicate between the con troller and the instrument Interface messages can only be sent by instruments that have GPIB bus functionality For details see the sections for the required interface Instrument messages Instrument messages are employed in the same way for all int...

Страница 253: ...CPI rules as permitted by the standard Instrument responses Instrument responses response messages and service requests are messages the instrument sends to the controller after a query They can contain measurement results instrument settings and information on the instrument status 10 1 5 SCPI Command Structure SCPI commands consist of a header and usually one or more parameters The head ers may ...

Страница 254: ...ency numeric_value numeric_value Long and Short Form 254 Numeric Suffixes 254 Optional Mnemonics 255 Long and Short Form The mnemonics feature a long form and a short form The short form is marked by upper case letters the long form corresponds to the complete word Either the short form or the long form can be entered other abbreviations are not permitted Example HCOPy DEVice COLor ON is equivalen...

Страница 255: ...iption The instrument must recognize the long command to comply with the SCPI standard Some commands are considerably shortened by these optional mnemonics Example Definition HCOPy IMMediate Command HCOP IMM is equivalent to HCOP Optional mnemonics with numeric suffixes Do not omit an optional mnemonic if it includes a numeric suffix that is relevant for the effect of the command Example Definitio...

Страница 256: ...the unit is missing the basic unit is used Allowed unit prefixes are G giga MA mega MOHM MHZ K kilo M milli U micro N nano Example SENSe FREQ STOP 1 5GHz SENSe FREQ STOP 1 5E9 Some settings allow relative values to be stated in percent According to SCPI this unit is represented by the PCT string Example HCOP PAGE SCAL 90PCT Special Numeric Values The following mnemonics are special numeric values ...

Страница 257: ...ding mnemonic after the question mark Example SENSe LIST FREQ MAXimum Returns the maximum numeric value as a result Boolean Parameters Boolean parameters represent two states The ON state logically true is represen ted by ON or a numeric value 1 The OFF state logically untrue is represented by OFF or the numeric value 0 The numeric values are provided as the response for a query Example Setting co...

Страница 258: ...t requires a NL END message to terminate the data block This format is useful when the length of the transmission is not known or if speed or other considerations prevent segmentation of the data into blocks of definite length 10 1 5 4 Overview of Syntax Elements The following tables provide an overview of the syntax elements and special charac ters Table 10 3 Syntax elements The colon separates t...

Страница 259: ...owing commands with identical meaning can be created SENS BAND RES 1 SENS BWID RES 1 Mnemonics in square brackets are optional and may be inserted into the header or omitted Example HCOPy IMMediate HCOP IMM is equivalent to HCOP Parameters in curly brackets are optional and can be inserted once or several times or omitted Example SENSe LIST FREQuency numeric_value numeric_value The following are v...

Страница 260: ... According to SCPI the responses to queries are partly subject to stricter rules than in standard IEEE 488 2 The requested parameter is transmitted without a header Example HCOP PAGE ORI Response LAND Maximum values minimum values and all other quantities that are requested via a special text parameter are returned as numeric values Example SENSe FREQuency STOP MAX Response 3 5E9 Numeric values ar...

Страница 261: ...ithin one command line even though they may be implemented as sequential commands are not necessarily serviced in the order in which they have been received In order to make sure that commands are actually carried out in a cer tain order each command must be sent in a separate command line Example Commands and queries in one message The response to a query combined in a program message with comman...

Страница 262: ...roller OPC Sets the Operation Complete bit in the Stan dard Event Status Register ESR after all previous commands have been executed Setting bit 0 in the ESE Setting bit 5 in the SRE Waiting for service request SRQ OPC Stops command processing until 1 is returned This occurs when all pending opera tions are completed Send OPC directly after the command whose processing must be terminated before ot...

Страница 263: ...xecute ESE 1 Sets the OPC mask bit bit No 0 of the Standard Event Status Register ESR to 1 2 Send the overlapped command without OPC OPC or WAI Example INIT OPC 3 Poll the operation complete state periodically with a timer using the sequence OPC ESR A return value LSB of 1 indicates that the overlapped command has finished 10 1 7 Status Reporting System The status reporting system stores all infor...

Страница 264: ... LIMit 8 FAIL logic AND logic OR of all bits TEMPerature 15 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 0 1 2 not used STAT QUES TEMPerature Frontend temp error INPut_overload Range completed SWEeping MEASuring Waiting for TRIGger one register for each channel EXTended 15 5 4 3 0 1 2 not used STAT QUES TIME INFO 15 5 4 3 0 1 2 STAT QUES EXTended INFO not used INFO MESSage WARNing ERRor FATal CACLR FAIL Red font Phase Noise app...

Страница 265: ...dual bits are independent of each other i e each hardware status is assigned a bit number which is valid for all five parts Bit 15 the most significant bit is set to zero for all parts Thus the contents of the register parts can be processed by the controller as positive integers Figure 10 3 The status register model Description of the five status register parts The five parts of a SCPI status reg...

Страница 266: ... the entire register ENABle The ENABle part determines whether the associated EVENt bit contributes to the sum bit see below Each bit of the EVENt part is ANDed with the associated ENABle bit symbol The results of all logical operations of this part are passed on to the sum bit via an OR function symbol ENABle bit 0 the associated EVENt bit does not contribute to the sum bit ENABle bit 1 if the as...

Страница 267: ...s from 0 to 1 a service request SRQ is generated The SRE can be set using the command SRE and read using the command SRE Table 10 6 Meaning of the bits used in the status byte Bit No Meaning 0 1 Not used 2 Error Queue not empty The bit is set when an entry is made in the error queue If this bit is enabled by the SRE each entry of the error queue generates a service request Thus an error can be rec...

Страница 268: ...able Register ESE The ESR is defined in IEEE 488 2 It can be compared with the EVENt part of a SCPI register The event status register can be read out using command ESR The ESE corresponds to the ENABle part of a SCPI register If a bit is set in the ESE and the associated bit in the ESR changes from 0 to 1 the ESB bit in the STB is set The ESE register can be set using the command ESE and read usi...

Страница 269: ... subregisters e g bit 2 sums up the information for all STATus QUEStionable TIMe registers For some subregisters there may be separate registers for each active channel Thus if a status bit in the STATus QUEStionable register indicates an error the error may have occurred in any of the channel specific subregisters In this case you must check the subregister of each channel to determine which chan...

Страница 270: ...9 to 14 Unused 15 This bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable EXTended Register The STATus QUEStionable EXTended register contains further status information not covered by the other status registers of the R S FSPN A separate EXTended reg ister exists for each active channel You can read out the register with STATus QUEStionable EXTended CONDition or STATus QUEStionable EXTended EVENt Table 10 9 Mea...

Страница 271: ...ing data or wrong set tings so that the measurement cannot be completed correctly 4 FATal This bit is set if a serious error occurs in the application and regular operation is no longer possi ble 5 to 14 Unused 15 This bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency Register The STATus QUEStionable FREQuency register contains information about the condi tion of the local oscillator and the reference...

Страница 272: ... 4 is violated 4 LIMit 5 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 5 is violated 5 LIMit 6 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 6 is violated 6 LIMit 7 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 7 is violated 7 LIMit 8 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 8 is violated 8 to 14 Unused 15 This bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable LMARgin Register This register contains information about the observance of limit margins ...

Страница 273: ...ister exists for each active channel You can read out the register with STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition or STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt STATus QUEStionable POWer DCPNoise Available for the phase noise application The STATus QUEStionable POWer DCPNoise register contains information about the state and condition of the DC power supply A separate POWer DCPNoise register exists for each active ...

Страница 274: ...is bit is always 0 STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature Register The STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature register contains information about possible temperature deviations that may occur during operation of the R S FSPN A separate temperature register exists for each active channel You can read out the register with STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature CONDition or STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature EVENt Table 1...

Страница 275: ...quest is a request from an instrument for information advice or treatment by the controller Usually this service request initiates an interrupt at the con troller to which the control program can react appropriately As evident from Fig ure 10 2 an SRQ is always initiated if one or several of bits 2 3 4 5 or 7 of the status byte are set and enabled in the SRE Each of these bits combines the informa...

Страница 276: ...egister PPE which is ANDed with the STB bit by bit considering bit 6 as well This register is ANDed with the STB bit by bit considering bit 6 as well The results are ORed the result is possibly inverted and then sent as a response to the parallel poll of the controller The result can also be queried without parallel poll using the command IST The instrument first has to be set for the parallel pol...

Страница 277: ...RRor NEXT provides one entry from the error queue If no error mes sages are stored there any more the instrument responds with 0 No error The error queue should be queried after every SRQ in the controller program as the entries describe the cause of an error more precisely than the status registers Espe cially in the test phase of a controller program the error queue should be queried regu larly ...

Страница 278: ...r maximum possible operating convenience In con trast the priority of remote control is the predictability of the instrument status Thus when a command attempts to define incompatible settings the command is ignored and the instrument status remains unchanged i e other settings are not automatically adapted Therefore control programs should always define an initial instrument status e g using the ...

Страница 279: ...ion without notice IECWIN offers the following features Connection to instrument via several interfaces protocols GPIB VISA named pipe if IECWIN is run on the instrument itself RSIB Interactive command entry Browsing available commands on the instrument Error checking following every command Execution of command scripts Storing binary data to a file Reading binary data from a file Generation of a ...

Страница 280: ... Help button in the dialog box The IECWIN offers an online help with extensive information on how to work with the tool 10 3 Network and Remote Control Settings Access SETUP Network Remote The remote commands required to define these settings are described in Chap ter 11 9 5 Configuring Network and Remote Control on page 492 Step by step instructions are provided in Chapter 10 4 How to Set Up a Ne...

Страница 281: ...h instrument is delivered with an assigned computer name but this name can be changed The naming conventions of Windows apply If too many characters and or numbers are entered an error message is displayed in the status line The default instrument name is a non case sensitive string with the following syntax Type variant serial_number The serial number can be found on the rear panel of the instrum...

Страница 282: ...The subnet mask consists of four number blocks separated by dots Each block con tains 3 numbers in maximum e g 100 100 100 100 but also one or two numbers are allowed in a block as an example see the preinstalled address DHCP Switches between DHCP server available On or not available Off If a DHCP server is available in the network the IP address and subnet mask of the instrument are obtained auto...

Страница 283: ...from 0 to 30 are allowed The default address is 20 Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF ADDRess on page 493 Identification String Defines the identification string for the R S FSPN which is provided as a response to the IDN query Maximum 36 characters are allowed Remote command SYSTem IDENtify STRing on page 495 Reset to Factory String Restores the default identification string Each R S FSP...

Страница 284: ... code used for LF might be included in the binary data block and therefore should not be interpreted as a terminator in this particular case This can be avoided by using only the receive terminator EOI Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF RTERminator on page 493 IDN Format Defines the response format to the remote command IDN see IDN on page 313 This function is intended for re use of exist...

Страница 285: ...mines when the remote commands that change hardware settings on the R S FSPN are executed If enabled default remote commands are always executed immediately when they are received by the instrument If disabled remote commands that cause changes to the hardware are only executed when an appropriate command is executed explicitely Regardless of this setting the firmware automatically sets the hardwa...

Страница 286: ...nnel with the Phase Noise application The PSA language is only available for the Spectrum application If you select the PSA mode in an application other than the Spectrum application the R S FSPN automati cally closes all applications and opens one channel with the Spectrum application Remote command SYSTem LANGuage on page 495 Wideband This setting defines which option is returned when the OPT qu...

Страница 287: ...Interface on page 294 Only user accounts with administrator rights are able to use LAN configuration and web browser functionality Current LAN Configuration 287 LAN Password 288 LAN Reset 288 Current LAN Configuration Displays the current LAN information from the R S FSPN read only Computer name Name of the R S FSPN as defined in the operating system see also Computer Name on page 281 MAC address ...

Страница 288: ...LXI LANReset on page 495 10 3 5 Remote Errors Access SETUP Network Remote Remote Errors tab The error messages generated by the R S FSPN during remote operation are dis played here The messages are displayed in the order of their occurrence the most recent mes sages are placed at the top of the list The most recent error message during remote operation can be displayed on the screen see Display Re...

Страница 289: ...The instrument switches from remote to manual operation Note If the local lockout function LLO has been activated in the remote control mode manual operation is no longer available until GTL is executed Before you switch back to manual operation all remote command processing must be completed Otherwise the instrument will switch back to remote control immedi ately If you select the Local softkey w...

Страница 290: ...d computer using SCPI com mands Before you send remote commands you must configure the instrument in a LAN network or connect it to a PC via the GPIB interface as described in Chap ter 10 4 1 How to Configure a Network on page 291 Remote Desktop In production test and measurement a common requirement is central monitoring of the T M instruments for remote maintenance and remote diagnostics Equippe...

Страница 291: ...ing network made with an ordinary RJ 45 network cable The instrument is assigned an IP address and can coexist with a computer and with other hosts on the same network A dedicated network connection Point to point connection between the instru ment and a single computer made with a crossover RJ 45 network cable The computer must be equipped with a network adapter and is directly connected to the i...

Страница 292: ...etermine the IP address on page 293 Risk of network errors Connection errors can affect the entire network If your network does not support DHCP or if you choose to disable dynamic TCP IP configuration you must assign valid address information before connecting the instrument to the LAN Contact your net work administrator to obtain a valid IP address Assigning the IP address on the instrument 1 Pr...

Страница 293: ...saved and you are prompted to restart the instrument 8 Confirm the displayed message Yes button to restart the instrument Using a DNS server to determine the IP address If a DNS server is configured on the R S FSPN the server can determine the current IP address for the connection using the permanent computer name 1 Obtain the name of your DNS domain and the IP addresses of the DNS and WINS server...

Страница 294: ...especially useful when a DHCP server is used as a new IP address may be assigned each time the instrument is restarted Each instrument is delivered with an assigned computer name but this name can be changed To change the instrument s computer name 1 Press the Setup key and then the Network Remote softkey The current Computer Name is displayed in the Network tab 2 Enter the new computer name and c...

Страница 295: ...LAN connection has been established a red symbol indicates an error for example that no LAN cable is connected When a device is connecting to the instrument the LAN icon blinks The Device Indica tor setting is not password protected The most important control elements in the navigation pane of the browser interface are the following LAN Configuration opens the menu with configuration pages Status ...

Страница 296: ...nstrument in the LAN Ping Client Ping is a utility that verifies the connection between the instrument and another device The ping command uses the ICMP echo request and echo reply packets to determine whether the LAN connection is functional Ping is useful for diagnosing IP network or router failures The ping utility is not password protected To initiate a ping between the instrument and a second...

Страница 297: ...h limited access The instrument provides an auto login function for the administrator account i e login with unrestricted access is carried out automati cally in the background By default the user name for the administrator account is Instrument and the user name for the standard user account is NormalUser In both cases the initial password is 894129 You can change the password in Microsoft Win do...

Страница 298: ...n in the toolbar to access the operating system 2 Press Ctrl Alt Delete then select Change a password 3 Enter the user account name 4 Enter the old password 5 Enter the new password in the upper text line and repeat it in the following line 6 Press Enter The new password is now active 10 4 3 3 How to Configure the Automatic Login Mechanism Adapting the auto login function to a new password If you ...

Страница 299: ...you can enter the different user account name and password Deactivating the auto login function When shipped the instrument is already configured to automatically log on the instru ment user under Microsoft Windows To deactivate the auto login function perform the following steps 1 In the Start menu select Run The Run dialog box is displayed 2 Enter the command C R_S INSTR USER user NO_AUTOLOGIN R...

Страница 300: ...hout additional installation Most instru ment controls are available via the front panel simulation File upload and download between the instrument and the remote PC is also available To access the R S FSPN via the web browser interface 1 Start a web browser that supports html5 W3C compliant 2 Enter the IP address of the R S FSPN in the browser s address bar The R S FSPN s Welcome page is displaye...

Страница 301: ...S FSPN to which you want to copy a file b Under File to Upload select Browse to open a file selection dialog box and select the required file on the PC c Select Upload to copy the file from the PC to the defined folder on the R S FSPN 10 4 6 How to Deactivate the Web Browser Interface If you want to prevent other users in the LAN from accessing or operating the R S FSPN via its LAN web browser int...

Страница 302: ...ter through a LAN connection While the instru ment is in operation the instrument screen contents are displayed on the remote com puter and Remote Desktop provides access to all of the applications files and net work resources of the instrument Thus remote operation of the R S FSPN is possi ble With Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Client is part of the operating system For other versions of Windo...

Страница 303: ... address is assigned each time the instru ment is restarted This address must first be determined on the instrument itself Thus using a DHCP server is not suitable for remote operation of the R S FSPN via Remote Desktop 2 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access the operating system 3 In the Windows Start menu select Settings System 4 Search for remote access 5 Select Allow remote access t...

Страница 304: ...ote Desktop Client With Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Client is part of the operating system and can be accessed via Start Programs Accessories Remote Desktop Connection For other versions of Windows Microsoft offers the Remote Desktop Client as an add on 1 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access the operating system 2 From the Start menu select All Programs Accessories Remote Desktop ...

Страница 305: ... the options are activated or deactivated 6 To improve the performance you can deactivate the Desktop background Show contents of window while dragging and Menu and window animation options 7 Open the Local Resources tab for enabling printers local drives and serial inter faces 8 If you will need to access drives of the controller from the R S FSPN e g in order to store settings or to copy files f...

Страница 306: ... S FSPN activate the Printers option Do not change the remaining settings 10 Open the Display tab The options for configuring the R S FSPN screen display are displayed 11 Under Remote desktop size you can set the size of the R S FSPN window on the desktop of the controller 12 Under Colors do not change the settings 13 Set the Display the connection bar when I use the full screen option How to Set ...

Страница 307: ...er In the Password field enter 894129 3 To save the connection configuration for later use a Select the Save As button The Save As dialog box is displayed b Enter the name for the connection information RDP 4 To load an existing connection configuration a Select the Open button The Open dialog box is displayed b Select the RDP file 5 Select the Connect button The connection is set up 6 If the Disk...

Страница 308: ... application window The Windows Start menu can be made available by expanding the Remote Desktop window to full size During the connection with the controller the login entry is displayed on the R S FSPN screen To terminate Remote Desktop control The connection can be terminated by the controller or by a user at the R S FSPN 1 On the controller close the Remote Desktop window at any time The conne...

Страница 309: ...d command GTR Go to Remote from a controller to the instru ment The instrument is switched to remote control remote state Operation via the front panel is disabled Only the Local softkey is displayed to return to manual operation The instrument remains in the remote state until it is reset to the manual state via the instrument or via remote control interfaces Switching from manual operation to re...

Страница 310: ...page 284 10 4 9 How to Return to Manual Operation Before you switch back to manual operation all remote command processing must be completed Otherwise the instrument will switch back to remote control immediately Select the Local softkey or use the following GPIB command status viGpibControlREN vi VI_GPIB_REN_ADDRESS_GTL If you select the Local softkey while a self alignment or a self test is stil...

Страница 311: ... to set a value and it is the result of a query Parameters required only for setting are indicated as Setting parameters Parameters required only to refine a query are indicated as Query parameters Parameters that are only returned as the result of a query are indicated as Return values Conformity Commands that are taken from the SCPI standard are indicated as SCPI con firmed All commands used by ...

Страница 312: ...on Commands CAL 312 CLS 313 ESE 313 ESR 313 IDN 313 IST 313 OPC 314 OPT 314 PCB 314 PRE 314 PSC 314 RST 315 SRE 315 STB 315 TRG 315 TST 316 WAI 316 CAL Calibration query Initiates a calibration of the instrument and then queries the calibration status Respon ses 0 indicate errors Note If you start a self alignment remotely then select the Local softkey while the alignment is still running the inst...

Страница 313: ...s enable register in decimal form Parameters Value Range 0 to 255 ESR Event status read Returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form and then sets the reg ister to zero Return values Contents Range 0 to 255 Usage Query only IDN Identification Returns the instrument identification Return values ID Rohde Schwarz device type part number serial num ber firmware version Example Roh...

Страница 314: ...ion query Queries the options included in the instrument For a list of all available options and their description refer to the data sheet Usage Query only PCB Address Pass control back Indicates the controller address to which remote control is returned after termination of the triggered action Setting parameters Address Range 0 to 30 Usage Setting only PRE Value Parallel poll register enable Set...

Страница 315: ...he default settings are indicated in the description of commands The command is equivalent to SYSTem PRESet Usage Setting only SRE Contents Service request enable Sets the service request enable register to the indicated value This command deter mines under which conditions a service request is triggered Parameters Contents Contents of the service request enable register in decimal form Bit 6 MSS ...

Страница 316: ... occurred For details see the Service Manual supplied with the instru ment 0 No errors occurred Usage Query only WAI Wait to continue Prevents servicing of the subsequent commands until all preceding commands have been executed and all signals have settled see also command synchronization and OPC Usage Event 11 4 Selecting the Operating Mode and Application 11 4 1 Selecting Mode and Applications D...

Страница 317: ...sage Event INSTrument CREate NEW ChannelType ChannelName This command adds an additional measurement channel You can configure up to 10 measurement channels at the same time depending on available memory See also INSTrument SELect on page 319 INSTrument DELete on page 318 Parameters ChannelType Channel type of the new channel For a list of available channel types see INSTrument LIST on page 318 Ch...

Страница 318: ...er to be able delete it Usage Setting only INSTrument LIST This command queries all active channels This is useful in order to obtain the names of the existing channels which are required in order to replace or delete the channels Return values ChannelType ChannelName For each channel the command returns the channel type and channel name see tables below Tip to change the channel name use the INST...

Страница 319: ... named MyIQSpectrum for example before executing further commands for that channel 11 4 2 Performing a Sequence of Measurements INITiate SEQuencer ABORt 319 INITiate SEQuencer IMMediate 319 INITiate SEQuencer MODE 320 SYSTem SEQuencer 320 INITiate SEQuencer ABORt This command stops the currently active sequence of measurements You can start a new sequence any time using INITiate SEQuencer IMMediat...

Страница 320: ...ltaneously and performed once After all measure ments are completed the next group is started After the last group the measurement sequence is finished CONTinuous Each measurement group is started one after the other in the order of definition All measurement channels in a group are started simultaneously and performed once After all measure ments are completed the next group is started After the ...

Страница 321: ... several measurements in a sequence in a remote environment 2xSpectrumanalyzer 2xIQ start Sequencer at the end test OPC Preparing the instrument and first channel RST Activate new IQ channel INSTrument CREate NEW IQ IQ 1 Set sweep count for new IQ channel SENS SWEEP COUNT 6 Change trace modes for IQ channel DISP TRAC1 MODE BLANK DISP TRAC2 MODE MAXH DISP TRAC3 MODE MINH Switch to single sweep mode...

Страница 322: ...Nt 7 Single Sweep mode INIT CONT OFF Switch back to first IQ channel INST SEL IQ 1 WAI Perform a measurement INIT IMM OPC Retrieve results CALC MARK Y Activate Multiview DISPlay ATAB ON Performing a sequence of measurements with the Sequencer Activate Sequencer SYSTem SEQuencer ON Start sweep in Sequencer INITiate SEQuencer IMMediate OPC Switch into first IQ channel to get results INST SEL IQ 1 WA...

Страница 323: ...ing Measurements 325 Querying Results 327 Programming Examples 336 11 5 1 Measurement Selection CONFigure PNOise MEASurement 323 CONFigure SNTune MEASurement STATe 324 CONFigure TRANsient MEASurement STATe 324 CONFigure VCO MEASurement STATe 324 CONFigure PNOise MEASurement Measurement This command selects the measurement Parameters Measurement BASeband Selects the Baseband Noise measurement PNOis...

Страница 324: ...MEAS OFF Manual operation See Spot noise vs tune on page 87 CONFigure TRANsient MEASurement STATe State This command selects the PN Transient Analysis measurement To select the Spot Noise vs Tune measurement use CONFigure SNTune MEASurement STATe To select the VCO characterization measurement use CONFigure VCO MEASurement STATe To select other measurements use CONFigure PNOise MEASurement Paramete...

Страница 325: ...esets the trigger system To prevent overlapping execution of the subsequent command before the measure ment has been aborted successfully use the OPC or WAI command after ABOR and before the next command Note on blocked remote control programs If a sequential command cannot be completed for example because a triggered sweep never receives a trigger the remote control program will never finish and ...

Страница 326: ... measurement and waits for the end of the 20 mea surements INIT CONM WAI Continues the measurement next 20 measurements and waits for the end Result Averaging is performed over 40 measurements Manual operation See Continue Single Sweep on page 86 INITiate n CONTinuous State This command controls the measurement mode for an individual channel Note that in single measurement mode you can synchronize...

Страница 327: ...late n SNOise s TRACe t DECades Y on page 373 CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t Y on page 374 FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t DUT GAIN 327 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs 328 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs COUNt 328 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs DISCrete 329 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs JITTer 329 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs RANDom 329 FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t IPN 330 FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RAM 330 FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RFM 331 FETCh n RA...

Страница 328: ...indow t Trace Return values SpurCoordinates Returns two values frequency and level for each each spur that has been detected Example Query spur characteristics FETC PNO SPUR would return e g 1999 232666 0 639974 6494 312500 0 760579 19992 324219 0 639974 Usage Query only Manual operation See Spurious List on page 90 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs COUNt This command queries the number of spurious included ...

Страница 329: ...e g 2 3e 08 Usage Query only Manual operation See Spurious List on page 90 FETCh n PNOise t SPURs JITTer This command queries the jitter of the measured spurs Suffix n Window t Trace Return values Jitter numeric value Default unit s Example Query jitter of spurs FETC PNO SPUR JITT would return e g 2 199886328E 004 2 440125142E 012 7 332938281E 004 Usage Query only Manual operation See Spurious Lis...

Страница 330: ... command queries the integrated phase noise Suffix n Window j Integration range t Trace Return values Level numeric value Default unit dBc Example Query integrated phase noise FETC RANG2 PNO2 IPN would return e g 16 79 Usage Query only Manual operation See Integrated Measurements on page 89 FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RAM This command queries the residual AM Suffix n Window j Integration range t Trac...

Страница 331: ...lues Frequency numeric value Default unit Hz Example Query residual FM FETC RANG2 PNO RFM would return e g 88110000 Usage Query only Manual operation See Integrated Measurements on page 89 FETCh n RANGe j PNOise t RMS This command queries the residual RMS jitter Suffix n Window j Integration range t Trace Return values Jitter numeric value Default unit s Example Query RMS jitter FETC RANG2 PNO2 RM...

Страница 332: ...ports the spur information to a file Suffix n 1 n Window Setting parameters FileName String containing the path and name of the target file Trace numeric value integer only Trace from which the spur information is collected If you do not define a trace all spurs over all traces are expor ted Example Store spur information of trace 1 MMEM STOR SPUR c spurs asc 1 Usage Setting only SENSe BWIDth MEAS...

Страница 333: ...est offset frequency Example Query trace data TRAC TRACE1 would return the data of trace 1 e g 1000 000000 82 326393 1011 579712 82 411499 1023 292969 82 538643 Usage Query only Manual operation See Noise Diagram on page 88 See Allan Variance Allan Deviation on page 92 See Frequency VCO Characterization on page 93 See Sensitivity on page 93 See Power on page 93 See Current Voltage on page 94 See P...

Страница 334: ...that was defined Minimum start offset is 0 Hz Default unit Hz Stop numeric value Defines the stop offset of the frequency range whose trace data you like to query The stop offset must be within the measurement range you have defined If you do not define a start and stop offset the com mand returns the trace data for the complete measurement range that was defined Maximum stop offset depends on the...

Страница 335: ...TRACE1 Usage Query only TRACe n DATA X Trace Queries X trace values merged with spurs for a given window and trace Suffix n 1 n Window Query parameters Trace TRACe1 TRACe2 TRACe3 TRACe4 TRACe5 TRACe6 Return values Result Comma separated list of X values Usage Query only Manual operation See Noise Diagram on page 88 TRACe n DATA X POINts Trace Queries number of points of trace data merged with spur...

Страница 336: ... number of points of trace data merged with spurs Suffix n 1 n Window Query parameters Trace TRACe1 TRACe2 TRACe3 TRACe4 TRACe5 TRACe6 Return values Points numeric value integer Usage Query only Manual operation See Noise Diagram on page 88 11 5 4 Programming Examples Performing a phase noise measurement Preset RST Select single sweep mode INIT CONT OFF Configure start and stop offset SENS FREQ ST...

Страница 337: ...onfigure the Frequency 356 Phase Noise Measurement Configuration 360 VCO Characterization Configuration 379 Spot Noise vs Tune Configuration 382 Transient Analysis 386 11 6 1 Remote Commands to Configure the Input Source RF Input 337 11 6 1 1 RF Input INPut ip COUPling 337 INPut ip SELect 338 INPut 1 2 LOSCillator SOURce 338 INPut 1 2 LOSCillator SOURce EXTernal LEVel 338 INPut ip COUPling Couplin...

Страница 338: ... This command selects the type of local oscillator in the test setup Suffix 1 2 1 2 irrelevant Parameters Location EXTernal External local oscillator connected to the LO AUX Input of the R S FSPN INTernal Internal local oscillator of the R S FSPN RST INTernal Example Select external oscillator CONF PNO MEAS RES INP LOSC SOUR EXT Manual operation See Local Oscillator on page 100 INPut 1 2 LOSCillat...

Страница 339: ...OURce VOLTage AUX LEVel LIMit LOW 342 SOURce VOLTage AUX LEVel STATe 342 SOURce VOLTage CHANnel COUPling 342 SOURce VOLTage CONTrol i LEVel AMPLitude 343 SOURce VOLTage CONTrol i LEVel LIMit HIGH 343 SOURce VOLTage CONTrol i LEVel LIMit LOW 343 SOURce VOLTage CONTrol i LEVel STATe 344 SOURce VOLTage POWer i LEVel AMPLitude 344 SOURce VOLTage POWer i LEVel LIMit HIGH 345 SOURce VOLTage POWer i LEVe...

Страница 340: ...rent SOUR CURR CONT LIM HIGH returns 0 02 Usage Query only SOURce CURRent POWer i LIMit HIGH Current This command defines the maximum current of the Vsupply connector Prerequisites for this command Vsupply is controlled in terms of voltage SOURce VOLTage POWer i LEVel MODE Suffix i 1 n irrelevant Parameters Current numeric value Range 0 to 2 RST 2 Default unit A Example Define a maximum output cur...

Страница 341: ...ery power output by the DC power sources SOUR POW SEQ RES would return e g 0 000000 1 000000 0 200000 Usage Query only Manual operation See Reading the actual output levels on page 126 SOURce VOLTage AUX LEVel AMPLitude Voltage This command defines the output voltage for the Vaux source Parameters Voltage numeric value Range 10 to 10 RST 0 Default unit V Example Defines an output voltage of 1 V on...

Страница 342: ...el STATe State This command turns the auxiliary voltage source Vaux on and off Note that DC power is actually supplied only if you additionally activate the outputs in general Prerequisites for this command Turn on DC power sources SOURce VOLTage STATe Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST OFF Example Turns on the Vaux source SOUR VOLT AUX LEV ON Manual operation See Turning the output on and off on pag...

Страница 343: ...nes an output voltage of 1 V on the Vtune source SOUR VOLT CONT LEV AMPL 1 Manual operation See Defining the output level on page 125 SOURce VOLTage CONTrol i LEVel LIMit HIGH Voltage This command defines the maximum voltage that may be supplied by the Vtune source Suffix i 1 n irrelevant Parameters Voltage numeric value Range 10 to 28 RST 0 Default unit V Example Defines a maximum voltage of 5 V ...

Страница 344: ...une on and off Note that DC power is actually supplied only if you additionally activate the outputs in general Prerequisites for this command Turn on DC power sources SOURce VOLTage STATe Suffix i 1 n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST OFF Example Turn on the Vtune voltage source SOUR VOLT CONT LEV ON Manual operation See Turning the output on and off on page 124 SOURce VOLTage POWer i LE...

Страница 345: ...ltage Current This command defines the maximum voltage that may be supplied by the Vsupply source Suffix i 1 n irrelevant Parameters Voltage Current numeric value The type of value depends on whether you control the output in terms of current or voltage SOURce VOLTage POWer i LEVel MODE When you control it in terms of voltage the value is a voltage V When you control it in terms of current the val...

Страница 346: ...Rce VOLTage POWer i LEVel MODE Mode This command selects whether you want to control the output in terms of current or voltage Suffix i 1 n irrelevant Parameters Mode CURRent Control the output in terms of current VOLTage Controls the output in terms of voltage RST VOLTage Example Control the Vsupply source in terms of voltages SOUR VOLT POW LEV MODE VOLT Manual operation See Selecting the output ...

Страница 347: ...trol it in terms of voltage the value is a current A When you control it in terms of current the value is a volt age V Range 0 to 16 V or 2000 mA RST 16 V or 2000 mA Default unit V or A Example Define a maximum output of 1000 mA SOUR VOLT POW LEV MODE VOLT SOUR VOLT POW LIM HIGH 1000MA Manual operation See Defining the output level on page 125 SOURce VOLTage SEQuence RESult This command queries th...

Страница 348: ...ameters State ON 1 DC power sources are ready for use OFF 0 DC power sources are turned off RST OFF Example Turn on signal source SOUR VOLT AUX LEV ON SOUR VOLT ON Manual operation See Turning the DC output on and off on page 124 11 6 3 Remote Commands to Configure User Ports INPut ip UPORt STATe 348 INPut ip UPORt VALue 349 OUTPut up UPORt STATe 349 OUTPut up UPORt VALue 349 INPut ip UPORt STATe ...

Страница 349: ...ontrol lines of the user ports for the AUX PORT connector This 9 pole SUB D male connector is located on the rear panel of the R S FSPN Suffix up irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 OFF 0 User port is switched to INPut ON 1 User port is switched to OUTPut Example OUTP UPOR STAT ON OUTPut up UPORt VALue Value This command sets the control lines of the user ports The assignment of the pin numbers...

Страница 350: ...1 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO 352 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel 352 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel LOWer 353 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y UNIT 353 INPut 1 2 ATTenuation 354 INPut 1 2 ATTenuation AUTO 354 SENSe ADJust CONFigure LEVel THReshold 355 SENSe POWer RLEVel 355 SENSe POWer RLEVel OFFSet 355 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t X SCALe Range This command defines the display r...

Страница 351: ...ual scaling of the x axis DISP TRAC X AUTO OFF DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t X SPACing This command queries the scale of the x axis in any measurement window Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n irrelevant Return values Spacing LINear X axis has a linear scale LOGarithmic X axis has a logarithmic scale Example Query scale of the x axis in the second measurement window DISP WIND2 TRAC X SPAC Usage Query only DISPl...

Страница 352: ... n Window t 1 n irrelevant Parameters Mode ON 1 Scales the y axis after each measurement OFF 0 Allows you to define the scale manually ONCE Scales the y axis once The scale remains the same for subse quent measurements RST ON Example Select manual scaling of the y axis DISP TRAC Y AUTO OFF Manual operation See Scaling the y axis on page 104 See Scaling the y axis of the phase diagram on page 138 D...

Страница 353: ...el displayed on the y axis Prerequisites for this command Turn off automatic scaling of the y axis DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n irrelevant Parameters Level numeric value Default unit Depending on the selected diagram Example Query minimum level on the y axis DISP TRAC Y RLEV LOW would return e g 135 Manual operation See Scaling the y axis on page 104 DISPlay WIND...

Страница 354: ...arameters Attenuation numeric value integer only Range See data sheet Increment 5 Default unit dB Example Defines an attenuation of 10 dB INP ATT AUTO OFF INP ATT 10 Manual operation See Attenuating the signal on page 103 INPut 1 2 ATTenuation AUTO State This command turns automatic configuration of the attenuation on and off Suffix 1 2 1 2 irrelevant Parameters State ON 1 Automatically defines th...

Страница 355: ...OWer RLEVel This command queries the currently measured signal level Return values Level numeric value Default unit dBm Example Query signal level POW RLEV would return e g 9 28192 Usage Query only Manual operation See Searching for the signal level on page 103 SENSe POWer RLEVel OFFSet Offset This command defines an arithmetic level offset The offset is applied to the signal level The level offse...

Страница 356: ...can define the signal frequency with SENSe FREQuency CENTer Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 Example Define a signal frequency of 100 MHz ADJ CONF FREQ AUT OFF FREQ CENT 100MHZ Manual operation See Searching for a signal on page 107 SENSe ADJust CONFigure FREQuency COUNt State This command turns verification of the signal frequency on and off Prerequisites for this command Turn off automatic signal sea...

Страница 357: ...Mit LOW Frequency This command defines the lower limit of the frequency search range Prerequisites for this command Turn on the automatic signal search with SENSe ADJust CONFigure FREQuency AUTosearch STATe Parameters Frequency numeric value Range See data sheet RST 1 MHz Default unit Hz Example Define a frequency search range from 10 MHz to 500 MHz ADJ CONF FREQ LIM LOW 10MHZ ADJ CONF FREQ LIM UP...

Страница 358: ...set is limited to 30 of the filter cut off frequency SENSe FREQuency STOP DC coupling should be used for measurements on carrier frequencies below 1 MHz INPut ip COUPling Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 When you turn on the filter you can define a cutoff frequency with SENSe FILTer LPASs FREQuency MANual RST OFF Example Turn on low pass filter FILT LPAS ON Manual operation See Low signal frequencies o...

Страница 359: ...a span of 500 MHz from 500 MHz to 1 GHz FREQ STAR 500MHZ FREQ STOP 1GHZ Manual operation See Defining the measurement range on page 108 See Defining the frequency range of the measurement on page 133 SENSe FREQuency STOP Frequency This command defines the stop frequency offset of the measurement range Parameters Frequency Offset frequencies in half decade steps Range See data sheet RST 1 MHz Defau...

Страница 360: ... range Parameters CaptureRange NORMal Normal capture range for stable DUTs or DUTs whose frequency drifts slowly over a short distance WIDE Wide capture range for DUTs whose frequency drifts quickly and over big distances R40Mhz This setting is designed to work with carriers swept in 40 MHz to 40 MHz around the center frequency Additional spurs and restrictions of the measurement accuracy are poss...

Страница 361: ...SENSe SWEep TIME 365 SENSe SWEep XFACtor 366 SENSe SWEep XOPTimize STATe 366 SENSe SWEep XOPTimize THReshold 366 SENSe TIME STARt 367 SENSe TIME STOP 367 DISPlay XGINdicator STATe State This command turns the cross correlation gain indicator gray area in the Noise Spec trum result display on and off Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST ON Example Remove the gray area from the diagram area DISP XGIN OFF...

Страница 362: ... Suffix r 1 n Half decade Parameters BandWidth numeric value RST Automatic configuration mode is on Default unit Hz Example Define an RBW of 1 kHz for the fifth half decade SWE MODE MAN LIST RANG5 BWID 1KHZ Manual operation See Defining the resolution bandwidth on page 112 See Working with the half decade configuration table on page 115 SENSe LIST RANGe r FREQuency STARt This command queries the s...

Страница 363: ...operations done in a half dec ade The application of the command depends on the half decade configuration mode SENSe SWEep MODE Automatic mode The number of cross correlations can only be queried because it is calculated based on an RBW factor Manual mode The number of cross correlations can be defined directly as an absolute value Suffix r 1 n Half decade Parameters Count numeric value integer on...

Страница 364: ...on stops the measurement and calculates the average after the average count has been reached Parameters SweepCount When you set a sweep count of 0 or 1 the R S FSPN performs one single measurement in single measurement mode In continuous measurement mode if the sweep count is set to 0 a moving average over 10 measurements is performed Range 0 to 200000 RST 0 Example SWE COUN 64 Sets the number of ...

Страница 365: ...lf decade with SENSe LIST RANGe r BWIDth RESolution Define the number of cross correlations for a half decade with SENSe LIST RANGe r XCOunt NORMal Automatic mode the application selects the resolution band width and number of cross correlations based on the RBW and XCORR factors Define the RBW factor with SENSe LIST BWIDth RESolution RATio Define the XCORR factor with SENSe SWEep XFACtor RST NORM...

Страница 366: ... factor of 10 SWE XFAC 10 Manual operation See Defining cross correlation parameters on page 113 SENSe SWEep XOPTimize STATe State This command turns optimization of the cross correlation operations on and off Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST ON Example SWE XOPT OFF Turns off optimization always performs the full number of opera tions Manual operation See Defining cross correlation parameters on pa...

Страница 367: ...dingly For example 1 MHz stop offset corresponds to 1 µs Parameters Tau numeric value RST 1 ms Default unit s Example Define start time for frequency stability measurement TIME STAR 1US Manual operation See Defining the measurement range on page 108 SENSe TIME STOP Tau This command defines the stop time for the frequency stability measurements Effects of this command The stop time is coupled to th...

Страница 368: ...equency This command defines the start frequency of a custom integration range for residual effects calculation Prerequisites for this command Turn off integration over the complete measurement range CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STATe Suffix n Window j Integration range Parameters Frequency numeric value Range Depends on the measurement range RST 1 MHz Default unit Hz Example See CALCulate n RAN...

Страница 369: ...rns off residual calculation for the respective range RST Depends on the range Example Use trace 1 as the data source for range 2 CALC RANG2 EVAL TRAC TRACE1 Manual operation See Selecting the trace for residual calculations on page 117 CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STATe State This command turns integration of the entire measurement range for residual calcula tions on and off Suffix n Window j I...

Страница 370: ...re applied to the calculation of residual effects Setting parameters Name String containing the comment Example See SENSe CORRection WEIGhting NAME on page 371 Manual operation See Designing weighting filters on page 118 SENSe CORRection WEIGhting DATA freq level This command defines the shape of the weighting filter whose values are applied to the calculation of residual effects The shape of the ...

Страница 371: ...ter CORR WEIG DATA 10MHZ 0DB 20MHZ 2DB 40MHZ 5DB Manual operation See Designing weighting filters on page 118 SENSe CORRection WEIGhting SELect Name This command selects a weighting filter whose values are applied to the calculation of residual effects Setting parameters Name String containing the name of the weighting filter Example Select a weighting filter called filter CORR WEIG SEL FILTER Man...

Страница 372: ...ters State ON OFF 1 0 RST All ON Example See CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t USERdefined STATe CALCulate n SNOise s X Frequency This command defines the horizontal position of a custom spot noise position The position is changed in all windows Suffix n irrelevant s Spot noise marker Parameters Frequency For minimum and maximum offsets refer to the data sheet The default values are the decade edges 1 ...

Страница 373: ...his command queries the vertical position of the 10x offset frequency spot noise infor mation Suffix n Window s irrelevant t Trace Return values Level List of phase noise level values one for each 10x spot noise positions The number of return values depends on the measurement range Default unit dBc Hz Example Query spot noise information CALC SNO DEC Y would return e g 152 560974121094 136 4433898...

Страница 374: ...rrelevant t irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST OFF Example Turn on user defined spot noise positions CALC SNO USER ON Turn on custom spot noise marker 2 at an offset of 500 kHz CALC SNO3 STAT ON CALC SNO3 X 500000 Query spot noise CALC SNO3 Y would return e g 90 1154022217 CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t Y This command queries the level measured for a custom spot noise position Prerequisites ...

Страница 375: ...ion See Displaying spot noise information on page 119 DISPlay SNINfo TRACe Trace This command selects the trace for which spot noise information is evaluated Parameters Trace Range 1 to 6 RST 1 Example Evaluate spot noise for trace 2 DISP SNIN TRAC 2 Manual operation See Displaying spot noise information on page 119 11 6 6 4 Spur Display DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SPURs SUPPress 376 DISPlay WINDow n...

Страница 376: ...SPlay WINDow n TRACe t SPURs THReshold Threshold This command defines a level threshold for spur removal Prerequisites for this command Turn on spur removal DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SPURs THReshold Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n Trace Parameters Threshold numeric value RST 0 Default unit dB Example See DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SMOothing STATe Manual operation See Hiding spurs on page 120 SENSe SPURs SO...

Страница 377: ...de This command defines the spurious filter mode Parameters Mode OFF SUPPress SHOW OFF No spurious filter is applied SUPPress The spurs in the spurious filter are removed from the spurious list the diagram and dependent calculations SHOW Only the spurs in the spurious filter are displayed in the spurious list the diagram and dependent calculations Example SENS SPUR FILT MOD OFF Manual operation Se...

Страница 378: ...FILTer OFFSet OffsetValues This command creates a new offset table with defined frequency ranges Parameters OffsetValues Default unit Hz Example SENS SPUR FILT OFFS 1 3e3 2 6e5 Manual operation See Filtering spurs on page 121 SENSe SPURs FILTer CLEar This command clears the currently selected spurious filter Example SENS SPUR FILT CLE Usage Event Manual operation See Filtering spurs on page 121 SE...

Страница 379: ...rious lines Parameters Color TRACe SHIFted Example SENS SPUR COL TRAC Manual operation See Defining the spurious color on page 121 11 6 7 VCO Characterization Configuration Sweep Configuration 379 11 6 7 1 Sweep Configuration CONFigure VCO FIX SOURce 379 CONFigure VCO SWEep DELay INITial 380 CONFigure VCO SWEep DELay POINt 380 CONFigure VCO SWEep FCOunter RESolution 380 CONFigure VCO SWEep POINts ...

Страница 380: ...operation See Defining the settling time on page 129 CONFigure VCO SWEep DELay POINt SettlingTime This command defines a delay time that allows the DUT to settle when a new tuning voltage is applied and before the measurement starts Parameters SettlingTime numeric value RST 10 ms Default unit s Example Define a settling time of a 100 ms CONF VCO SWE DEL 100MS Manual operation See Defining the sett...

Страница 381: ...rSource VAUX Selects the Vaux connector as the sweep source VSUPly Selects the Vsupply connector as the sweep source VTUNe Selects the Vtune connector as the sweep source Example Select the Vsupply connector as the tuning source CONF VCO SWE SOUR VSUP Select the type of output at the Vsupply connector SOUR VOLT POW LEV MODE VOLT Configure a tuning range with 10 measurement points CONF VCO SWE STAR...

Страница 382: ... Noise vs Tune Configuration Sweep Configuration 382 Trace Configuration 384 11 6 8 1 Sweep Configuration CONFigure SNTune SWEep DELay INITial 382 CONFigure SNTune SWEep DELay POINt 383 CONFigure SNTune SWEep POINts 383 CONFigure SNTune SWEep SOURce 383 CONFigure SNTune SWEep STARt 384 CONFigure SNTune SWEep STOP 384 CONFigure SNTune SWEep DELay INITial SettlingTime This command defines an initial...

Страница 383: ...alue integer only RST 10 Example See CONFigure SNTune SWEep SOURce Manual operation See Defining the sweep range on page 128 CONFigure SNTune SWEep SOURce PowerSource This command selects the source connector which tunes the VCO Parameters PowerSource VAUX Selects the Vaux connector as the sweep source VSUPly Selects the Vsupply connector as the sweep source VTUNe Selects the Vtune connector as th...

Страница 384: ...it depends on whether you tune the VCO with a voltage or current see CONFigure SNTune SWEep SOURce RST 0 Default unit V or A Example See CONFigure SNTune SWEep SOURce Manual operation See Defining the sweep range on page 128 11 6 8 2 Trace Configuration Commands to configure traces described elsewhere CALCulate n SNOise s AOFF on page 372 CALCulate n SNOise s STATe on page 372 CALCulate n SNOise s...

Страница 385: ...ENSe SMOothing STATe State This command turns trace smoothing for a specific trace on and off When you turn on trace smoothing you can define the smoothing magnitude with SENSe SMOothing APERture Prerequisites for this command Select Spot Noise vs Tune measurement CONFigure SNTune MEASurement STATe This command smoothes all traces If you need to smooth each trace separately pos sible in all measur...

Страница 386: ...sible in all measurements except Spot Noise vs Tune use DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SPURs THReshold Parameters Threshold numeric value RST 0 Default unit dB Example Remove spurs SPUR SUPP ON SPUR THR 5 Manual operation See Hiding spurs on page 120 11 6 9 Transient Analysis Frequency Configuration 386 Amplitude Configuration 389 Data Acquisition 390 Trigger Configuration 391 Y Axis Scale 394 Settling ...

Страница 387: ...ode and adjusts the center start and stop frequencies if necessary WIDE Wideband mode For measurements with a frequency span 40 MHz but only in frequency range between 276 MHz and 7 980 GHz If you define a span 40 MHz while narrowband mode is selected the R S FSPN automatically selects wideband mode and adjusts the center start and stop frequencies if necessary RST WIDE Example Configure measureme...

Страница 388: ...lue OFF Step size is a custom percentage of the span or an absolute custom value in Hz You can define a percentage with SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK FACTor You can define a custom value with SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP SPAN Step size is 10 of the span RST SPAN Example Select a custom step size FREQ CENT STEP LINK OFF FREQ CENT STEP LINK FACT 20 Manual operation See Defining a frequency step si...

Страница 389: ...ge of the measurement on page 133 11 6 9 2 Amplitude Configuration Commands to configure the amplitude described elsewhere Attenuation mode INPut 1 2 ATTenuation AUTO Attenuation level INPut 1 2 ATTenuation Input coupling INPut ip COUPling INPut 1 2 RLEVel 389 INPut 1 2 RLEVel Reflevel This command defines the reference level expected signal level Note that the reference level is coupled to the at...

Страница 390: ...moving average over the average count In case of single sweep mode the application stops the measurement and calculates the average after the average count has been reached Suffix n irrelevant SENSe BWIDth VIDeo Bandwidth This command defines the video bandwidth Prerequisites for this command Turn off automatic VBW selection SENSe BWIDth VIDeo AUTO Parameters Bandwidth Default unit HZ Example Sele...

Страница 391: ...numeric value RST 0 Default unit s Example Define a drop out time TRIG DTIM 200MS Manual operation See Defining a trigger drop out time on page 135 TRIGger SEQuence FREQuency Frequency This command defines the trigger frequency Prerequisites for this command Select the frequency trigger TRIGger SEQuence SOURce Parameters Frequency numeric value Default unit Hz Example Configure frequency trigger T...

Страница 392: ...on page 135 TRIGger SEQuence IFPower HOLDoff Period This command defines the holding time before the next trigger event Note that this command can be used for any trigger source not just IF Power despite the legacy keyword Parameters Period Range 0 s to 10 s RST 0 s Default unit S Example TRIG SOUR EXT Sets an external trigger source TRIG IFP HOLD 200 ns Sets the holding time to 200 ns Manual oper...

Страница 393: ...ation See Defining a trigger slope on page 135 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce Source This command selects the trigger source Parameters Source EXTernal EXT2 External trigger The measurement starts when the signal applied to the input connector meets or exceeds a certain level FREQuency Frequency trigger The measurement starts when the signal applied to the RF input meets or exceeds a certain frequency IM...

Страница 394: ...t MODE 394 CONFigure TRANsient WINDow n AF COUPling RPOint X 395 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe MODE 395 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe PDIVision 396 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RPOSition 396 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RVALue 397 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe UNIT 397 CONFigure TRANsient WINDow n AF COUPling Mode This command selects the AF coupling mode Suffix n 1 n Window Param...

Страница 395: ...his command defines the position of the zero phase Prerequisites for this command Turn on manual selection of the zero phase position CONFigure TRANsient WINDow n AF COUPling RPOint MODE Select DC AF coupling CONFigure TRANsient WINDow n AF COUPling on page 394 Suffix n 1 n Window Parameters Position numeric value Default unit s Example Define position of the zero phase manually CONF TRAN AF COUP ...

Страница 396: ...single diagram division on the y axis of the phase result display Prerequisites for this command Phase result display must be available and selected Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n irrelevant Parameters Value numeric value Default unit Depends on the selected unit rad or deg Example Display 0 5 rad per grid division DISP TRAC Y UNIT DISP TRAC Y PDIV 0 5 Manual operation See Scaling the y axis of the pha...

Страница 397: ...eference position Prerequisites for this command Phase result display must be available and selected Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n irrelevant Parameters RefValue numeric value RST 0 Default unit Depends on the selected unit deg or rad Example Define reference value in rad DISP TRAC Y UNIT RAD DISP TRAC Y RVAL 5 Manual operation See Scaling the y axis of the phase diagram on page 138 DISPlay WINDow n T...

Страница 398: ...ncy LIMit UPPer 399 CALCulate n SETTling TIME RESult 399 CALCulate n SETTling TIME STATe State This command defines the state of settling time measurement Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example CALC1 SETT TIME STAT OFF CALCulate n SETTling TIME DIAGram Diagram This command selects the diagram for settling time calculation Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Diagram Number of the ...

Страница 399: ...z Example CALC1 SETT TIME UPP FREQ LIM 1000 CALCulate n SETTling TIME RESult This command returns the settling time Suffix n irrelevant Example CALC1 SETT TIME RES Usage Query only 11 6 9 7 Frequency Deviation CALCulate n FREQuency DEViation STATe 399 CALCulate n FREQuency DEViation DIAGram 400 CALCulate n FREQuency DEViation TRACe 400 CALCulate n FREQuency DEViation STARt 400 CALCulate n FREQuenc...

Страница 400: ... Trace This command selects the trace for frequency deviation calculation Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Trace TRACe1 TRACe2 TRACe3 TRACe4 TRACe5 TRACe6 Example CALC FREQ DEV TRAC Trace1 CALCulate n FREQuency DEViation STARt Range This command defines the start frequency of frequency deviation measurement Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Range Default unit s Example CALC1 FREQ DEV STAR 100 CALCulate...

Страница 401: ... This command returns the slope of the regression line A single floating point value with the unit Hz s is returned Suffix n irrelevant Example CALC1 FREQ DEV SLOP Usage Query only 11 6 9 8 Trace Configuration Commands to configure transient analysis traces described elsewhere Trace state DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w TRACe t STATe Trace mode DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t MODE Persistence DISPlay WINDow...

Страница 402: ...iguration 413 Marker 425 Limit Lines 438 11 7 1 Display Configuration DISPlay FORMat 402 DISPlay WSELect 403 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w SELect 403 DISPlay WINDow n SIZE 403 LAYout ADD WINDow 404 LAYout CATalog WINDow 404 LAYout IDENtify WINDow 405 LAYout MOVE WINDow 405 LAYout REMove WINDow 406 LAYout REPLace WINDow 406 LAYout SPLitter 406 LAYout WINDow n ADD 408 LAYout WINDow n IDENtify 408 LAY...

Страница 403: ...r measurements with multiple results in subwindows the command also selects the subwindow Use this command to select the sub window before querying trace data Suffix n Window w subwindow Not supported by all applications Example Put the focus on window 1 DISP WIND1 SEL Example Put the focus on subwindow 2 in window 1 DISP WIND1 SUBW2 SEL DISPlay WINDow n SIZE Size This command maximizes the size o...

Страница 404: ...ermine the name and index of all active windows use the LAYout CATalog WINDow query Direction LEFT RIGHt ABOVe BELow Direction the new window is added relative to the existing win dow WindowType text value Type of result display evaluation method you want to add See the table below for available parameter values Return values NewWindowName When adding a new window the command returns its name by d...

Страница 405: ...of a window Return values WindowIndex Index number of the window Example LAY WIND IDEN 2 Queries the index of the result display named 2 Response 2 Usage Query only LAYout MOVE WINDow WindowName WindowName Direction Setting parameters WindowName String containing the name of an existing window that is to be moved By default the name of a window is the same as its index To determine the name and in...

Страница 406: ...nd replaces the window type for example from Diagram to Result Sum mary of an already existing window in the active channel while keeping its position index and window name To add a new window use the LAYout ADD WINDow command Setting parameters WindowName String containing the name of the existing window By default the name of a window is the same as its index To determine the name and index of a...

Страница 407: ...ion of the splitter as a fraction of the screen area without channel and status bar and softkey menu The point of origin x 0 y 0 is in the lower left corner of the screen The end point x 100 y 100 is in the upper right cor ner of the screen See Figure 11 1 The direction in which the splitter is moved depends on the screen layout If the windows are positioned horizontally the splitter also moves ho...

Страница 408: ... To replace an existing window use the LAYout WINDow n REPLace command This command is always used as a query so that you immediately obtain the name of the new window as a result Suffix n Window Query parameters Direction LEFT RIGHt ABOVe BELow WindowType Type of measurement window you want to add See LAYout ADD WINDow on page 404 for a list of availa ble window types Return values NewWindowName ...

Страница 409: ... Suffix n Window Example LAY WIND2 REM Removes the result display in window 2 Usage Event LAYout WINDow n REPLace WindowType This command changes the window type of an existing window specified by the suffix n in the active channel The effect of this command is identical to the LAYout REPLace WINDow com mand To add a new window use the LAYout WINDow n ADD command Suffix n Window Setting parameters...

Страница 410: ...bwindow Not supported by all applications Parameters x1 Diagram coordinates in of the complete diagram that define the zoom area The lower left corner is the origin of coordinate system The upper right corner is the end point of the system Range 0 to 100 Default unit PCT y1 Diagram coordinates in of the complete diagram that define the zoom area The lower left corner is the origin of coordinate sy...

Страница 411: ...on 1 origin of coordinate system x1 0 y1 0 2 end point of system x2 100 y2 100 3 zoom area e g x1 60 y1 30 x2 80 y2 75 Suffix n Window w subwindow Not supported by all applications zn Selects the zoom window Parameters x1 Diagram coordinates in of the complete diagram that define the zoom area The lower left corner is the origin of coordinate system The upper right corner is the end point of the s...

Страница 412: ...l operation See Multi Zoom on page 149 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w ZOOM MULTiple zn STATe State This command turns the multiple zoom on and off Suffix n Window w subwindow Not supported by all applications zn Selects the zoom window If you turn off one of the zoom windows all subsequent zoom windows move up one position Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 OFF 0 Switches the function off ON 1 Switches the...

Страница 413: ...s THReshold DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t MODE 413 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t LABel STATe 414 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t LABel TEXT 415 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t PERSistence DECay 415 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t PERSistence STATe 415 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t RESult TYPE 416 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w TRACe t STATe 416 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet 417 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel ...

Страница 414: ...e memory are frozen and dis played BLANk Hides the selected trace WRHold The trace is overwritten when new data is available but only after all cross correlation operations defined for a half decade are done RST Depends on the trace Example INIT CONT OFF Switching to single sweep mode SWE COUN 16 Sets the number of measurements to 16 DISP TRAC3 MODE WRIT Selects clear write mode for trace 3 INIT W...

Страница 415: ...y Decay This command defines the time period that an event remains visible until it fades away decay Prerequisites for this command Turn on persistence DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t PERSistence STATe Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n Trace Parameters Decay numeric value Range 0 s to 8 s RST 0 Default unit s Example Turn on persistence for trace 2 with a decay of 2 seconds DISP TRAC2 PERS ON DISP TRAC2 PERS DEC...

Страница 416: ... by the trace Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n Trace Parameters Resulttype PN Phase noise results AM AM noise results PNAM Sum of phase noise and AM noise Example Show AM noise characteristics on trace 2 DISP TRAC2 RES AM Manual operation See Selecting the displayed result on page 156 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w TRACe t STATe State This command turns a trace on and off The measurement continues in the b...

Страница 417: ...a level offset of 10 dB DISP TRAC Y RLEV OFFS 10 Manual operation See Shifting the trace on page 157 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet STATe State This command turns the offset for a trace on and off When you turn that feature on the trace is shifted vertically by a certain amount Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n Trace Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST OFF Example Shift trace 2 vertically by 1...

Страница 418: ...smoothing for a specific trace on and off When you turn on trace smoothing you can define the smoothing magnitude with DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SMOothing APERture Suffix n 1 n Window t 1 n Trace Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST Depends on the trace Example Turns on trace 3 average mode based on 10 measurements to display the AM noise results DISP TRAC3 MODE AVER SWE COUN 10 DISP TRAC3 RES AM Smooth...

Страница 419: ...XPort DSEParator 420 FORMat DEXPort FORMat 421 FORMat DEXPort HEADer 421 FORMat DEXPort TRACes 421 MMEMory LOAD n TRACe 422 FORMat DATA Format BitLength This command selects the data format that is used for transmission of trace data from the R S FSPN to the controlling computer Note that the command has no effect for data that you send to the R S FSPN The R S FSPN automatically recognizes the dat...

Страница 420: ...mple FORM REAL 32 FORMat DEXPort CSEParator Separator This command selects the column separator for exported trace data The selected value is not affected by a preset The command therefore has no reset value Parameters Separator COMMa Selects a comma as a separator SEMicolon Selects a semicolon as a separator TAB Selects a tabulator as a separator RST n a Example Select column separator FORM DEXP ...

Страница 421: ...rs FileFormat CSV DAT RST DAT Example FORM DEXP FORM CSV Manual operation See File Type on page 160 FORMat DEXPort HEADer State If enabled additional instrument and measurement settings are included in the header of the export file for result data If disabled only the pure result data from the selected traces and tables is exported Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1 Manual operation See Include Ins...

Страница 422: ...cause the ASCII file can contain trace information for several result windows you can select a specfic result window whose trace s are imported The selected window must be compatible to the destination win dows selected by the suffix at the LOAD n syntax element For example if you want to import the data of a phase noise trace a phase noise diagram must be active If you omit the source window the ...

Страница 423: ...n DEFine 423 CALCulate n MATH STATe State This command turns trace mathematics on and off Suffix n 1 n Window Parameters State ON 1 Turns trace mathematics on and selects the operation that has been selected last or TRACE1 TRACE3 if you have not yet selected one OFF 0 Turns trace mathematics off RST OFF Example Turn on trace 3 subtract it from trace 2 and write the result to trace 2 DISP TRAC3 MOD...

Страница 424: ...command the data is returned in the format defined using the FORMat DATA on page 419 The possible formats are described here ASCII Format FORMat ASCII The data is stored as a list of comma separated values CSV of the measured val ues in floating point format Binary Format FORMat REAL 16 32 64 The data is stored as binary data definite length block data according to IEEE 488 2 each measurement valu...

Страница 425: ... m TRACe 427 CALCulate n DELTamarker m X 428 CALCulate n MARKer m AOFF 428 CALCulate n MARKer ms LINK TO MARKer md 428 CALCulate n MARKer m STATe 429 CALCulate n MARKer m TRACe 429 CALCulate n MARKer m X 430 CALCulate n DELTamarker m AOFF This command turns off all delta markers Suffix n Window m irrelevant Example CALC DELT AOFF Turns off all delta markers CALCulate n DELTamarker m LINK State Thi...

Страница 426: ...ff ON 1 Switches the function on Example CALC DELT4 LINK TO MARK2 ON Links the delta marker 4 to the marker 2 Manual operation See Linking to Another Marker on page 169 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MODE Mode This command defines whether the position of a delta marker is provided as an abso lute value or relative to a reference marker Note that when the position of a delta marker is queried the result...

Страница 427: ...f If necessary the command activates the delta marker first No suffix at DELTamarker turns on delta marker 1 Suffix n Window m Marker Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 OFF 0 Switches the function off ON 1 Switches the function on Example CALC DELT2 ON Turns on delta marker 2 Manual operation See Marker State on page 168 See Marker Type on page 169 See Select Marker on page 169 CALCulate n DELTamarker m ...

Страница 428: ...axis Range The value range and unit depend on the measure ment and scale of the x axis Example CALC DELT X Outputs the absolute x value of delta marker 1 Manual operation See Marker Position X value on page 168 CALCulate n MARKer m AOFF This command turns off all markers Suffix n Window m Marker Example CALC MARK AOFF Switches off all markers Manual operation See All Markers Off on page 170 CALCul...

Страница 429: ...y active as a delta marker it is turned into a normal marker Suffix n Window m Marker Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 OFF 0 Switches the function off ON 1 Switches the function on Example CALC MARK3 ON Switches on marker 3 Manual operation See Marker State on page 168 See Marker Type on page 169 See Select Marker on page 169 CALCulate n MARKer m TRACe Trace This command selects the trace the marker is...

Страница 430: ... the x axis The unit depends on the result display Range The range depends on the current x axis range Default unit Hz Example CALC MARK2 X 1 7MHz Positions marker 2 to frequency 1 7 MHz Manual operation See Marker Table on page 96 See Marker Position X value on page 168 11 7 4 2 General Marker Settings DISPlay WINDow n MTABle 430 CALCulate n MARKer m LINK 431 DISPlay WINDow n MTABle DisplayMode T...

Страница 431: ...431 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SPTRacking RANGe 431 CALCulate n MARKer m FUNCtion SPTRacking STATe 432 CALCulate n MARKer m PEXCursion Excursion The peak excursion sets the requirements for a peak to be detected during a peak search The unit depends on the measurement Suffix n m irrelevant Example CALC MARK PEXC 10dB Defines peak excursion as 10 dB Manual operation See Peak Excursion on page 17...

Страница 432: ...Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST OFF Example Turn on spur tracking CALC MARK FUNC SPTR ON Manual operation See Spurious Tracking on page 172 11 7 4 4 Positioning Markers CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum LEFT 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum NEXT 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum RIGHt 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum PEAK 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MINimum LEFT 434 CALCulate n DEL...

Страница 433: ...amarker m MAXimum NEXT This command moves a marker to the next higher value Suffix n 1 n Window m 1 n Marker Manual operation See Search Next Peak on page 173 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum RIGHt This command moves a delta marker to the next higher value The search includes only measurement values to the right of the current marker posi tion Suffix n Window m Marker Manual operation See Search ...

Страница 434: ...xt higher minimum value Suffix n Window m Marker Manual operation See Search Next Minimum on page 173 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MINimum RIGHt This command moves a delta marker to the next higher minimum value The search includes only measurement values to the right of the current marker posi tion Suffix n Window m Marker Manual operation See Search Next Minimum on page 173 CALCulate n DELTamarker ...

Страница 435: ...See Search Next Peak on page 173 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum RIGHt This command moves a marker to the next lower peak The search includes only measurement values to the right of the current marker posi tion Suffix n Window m Marker Manual operation See Search Next Peak on page 173 CALCulate n MARKer m MAXimum PEAK This command moves a marker to the highest level If the marker is not yet active th...

Страница 436: ...ommand moves a marker to the next minimum value The search includes only measurement values to the right of the current marker posi tion Suffix n Window m Marker Manual operation See Search Next Minimum on page 173 CALCulate n MARKer m MINimum PEAK This command moves a marker to the minimum level If the marker is not yet active the command first activates the marker Suffix n Window m Marker Manual...

Страница 437: ...ference marker Example CALC DELT3 X REL Outputs the frequency of delta marker 3 relative to marker 1 or relative to the reference position Usage Query only CALCulate n DELTamarker m Y Queries the result at the position of the specified delta marker Suffix n 1 n m 1 n Return values Result Result at the position of the delta marker The unit is variable and depends on the one you have currently set D...

Страница 438: ...TATe 440 CALCulate n LIMit li TRACe t 441 CALCulate n LIMit li TRACe t CHECk 441 CALCulate n LIMit li UPPer STATe 442 CALCulate n LIMit li ACTive This command queries the names of all active limit lines Suffix n irrelevant li irrelevant Return values LimitLines String containing the names of all active limit lines in alphabeti cal order Example CALC LIM ACT Queries the names of all active limit li...

Страница 439: ... to 8 number of the new limit line name String containing the name of the limit line Example CALC LIM1 COPY 2 Copies limit line 1 to line 2 CALC LIM1 COPY FM2 Copies limit line 1 to a new line named FM2 Manual operation See Copy Line on page 179 CALCulate n LIMit li DELete This command deletes a limit line Suffix n Window li Limit line Manual operation See Delete Line on page 179 CALCulate n LIMit...

Страница 440: ... 1 OFF 0 Switches the function off ON 1 Switches the function on Manual operation See Visibility on page 178 CALCulate n LIMit li STATe State This command turns the limit check for a specific limit line on and off To query the limit check result use CALCulate n LIMit li FAIL Note that a new command exists to activate the limit check and define the trace to be checked in one step see CALCulate n LI...

Страница 441: ...indow li Limit line t irrelevant Example CALC LIM2 TRAC 3 Assigns limit line 2 to trace 3 CALCulate n LIMit li TRACe t CHECk State This command turns the limit check for a specific trace on and off To query the limit check result use CALCulate n LIMit li FAIL Note that this command replaces the two commands from previous signal and spec trum analyzers which are still supported however CALCulate n ...

Страница 442: ...OMain 443 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol MODE 443 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SHIFt 444 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SPACing 444 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer DATA 445 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer MODE 445 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer SHIFt 445 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer SPACing 446 CALCulate n LIMit li NAME 446 CALCulate n LIMit li UNIT 446 CALCulate n LIMit li UPPer DATA 447 CALCulate n LIMit li UPPer M...

Страница 443: ...efault unit HZ Manual operation See Data Points on page 181 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol DOMain SpanSetting This command selects the domain of the limit line Suffix n irrelevant li Limit line Parameters SpanSetting FREQuency TIME FREQuency For limit lines that apply to a range of frequencies TIME For limit lines that apply to a period of time CURRent For limit lines that apply to a range of curren...

Страница 444: ...ning an offset this command actually changes the limit line definition points by the value you define Suffix n irrelevant li Limit line Parameters Distance Numeric value The unit depends on the scale of the x axis Default unit HZ Manual operation See Shift x on page 181 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SPACing InterpolMode This command selects linear or logarithmic interpolation for the calculation of...

Страница 445: ... OFF Default unit DBM Manual operation See Data Points on page 181 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer MODE Mode This command selects the vertical limit line scaling Suffix n Window li Limit line Parameters Mode ABSolute Limit line is defined by absolute physical values The unit is variable RELative Limit line is defined by relative values related to the reference level dB RST ABSolute Manual operation See...

Страница 446: ...al operation See Y Axis on page 180 CALCulate n LIMit li NAME Name This command selects a limit line that already exists or defines a name for a new limit line Suffix n Window li Limit line Parameters Name String containing the limit line name RST REM1 to REM8 for lines 1 to 8 Manual operation See Name on page 180 CALCulate n LIMit li UNIT Unit This command defines the unit of a limit line Suffix ...

Страница 447: ...ion See Data Points on page 181 CALCulate n LIMit li UPPer MODE Mode This command selects the vertical limit line scaling Suffix n Window li Limit line Parameters Mode ABSolute Limit line is defined by absolute physical values The unit is variable RELative Limit line is defined by relative values related to the reference level dB RST ABSolute Manual operation See X Axis on page 180 CALCulate n LIM...

Страница 448: ... 448 CALCulate n LIMit li FAIL 448 CALCulate n LIMit li CLEar IMMediate This command deletes the result of the current limit check The command works on all limit lines in all measurement windows at the same time Suffix n Window li irrelevant Example CALC LIM CLE Deletes the result of the limit check CALCulate n LIMit li FAIL This command queries the result of a limit check in the specified window ...

Страница 449: ...elect the unit dBc_Hz for limit line 1 CALC LIM1 UNIT DBC_HZ Define 5 vertical definition points for limit line 1 CALC LIM1 UPP 60 80 90 100 110 Shift the limit line 1 by 10 dB CALC LIM1 UPP SHIF 10DB Configuring a limit check Activate upper limit FM1 as line 1 CALC LIM1 UPP STAT ON Activate the limit to be checked against trace 1 and 2 CALC LIM1 TRAC1 CHEC ON CALC LIM1 TRAC2 CHEC ON Query the nam...

Страница 450: ...aracters and can be used as wildcards Wildcards are variables for a selection of several files The question mark replaces exactly one character the asterisk replaces any of the remaining characters in the file name thus means all files in a directory Path names Storage locations can be specified either as absolute including the entire path or rela tive paths including only subfolders of the curren...

Страница 451: ...on page 452 The path may be relative or absolute Using wildcards is possible to query a certain type of files only If you use a specific file as a parameter the command returns the name of the file if the file is found in the specified directory or an error if the file is not found 256 File name not found Example MMEM CAT C Data SPOOL PNG Returns all files in C Data whose names start with SPOOL ha...

Страница 452: ...t Example MMEMory COMMent ACP measurement with Standard Tetra from 23 05 MMEMory MMEMory STORe1 STATe 1 ACP_T As a result in the selection list for recall settings the comment ACP measurement with Standard Tetra from 23 05 is added to the ACP entry Manual operation See Comment on page 191 MMEMory COPY FileName FileName This command copies one or more files to another directory Parameters FileName ...

Страница 453: ...eter means 2 hash sign and length of the length information 20 bytes 2 digits 20 indicates the number of subsequent binary data bytes Contents of the file store 20 binary bytes characters to the file MMEM DATA Testfile txt Returns the contents of the file MMEMory DELete IMMediate FileName This command deletes a file Parameters FileName String containing the path and file name of the file to delete...

Страница 454: ...ral purposes depending on the context it is used in It creates a new and empty file It defines the file name for screenshots taken with HCOPy IMMediate 1 2 Note that you have to route the printer output to a file Parameters FileName String containing the path and name of the target file Example MMEM NAME C Data PRINT1 BMP Selects the file name MMEMory NETWork DISConnect Drive State This command di...

Страница 455: ...connects at logon with the same user name OFF 0 Does not reconnect at logon MMEMory NETWork UNUSeddrives This command returns a list of unused network drives Return values DriveName List of network drives in alphabetically descending order e g W V U Usage Query only MMEMory NETWork USEDdrives State This command returns a list of all network drives in use Parameters State You do not have to use the...

Страница 456: ...WSettings 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM LINes ALL 457 MMEMory SELect ITEM LINes ALL 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM NONE 457 MMEMory SELect ITEM NONE 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM SGRam 458 MMEMory SELect ITEM SGRam 458 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM TRACe ACTive 458 MMEMory SELect ITEM TRACe 1 3 ACTive 458 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM TRANsducer ALL 458 MMEMory SELect ITEM TRANsducer ALL 458 MMEM...

Страница 457: ...than 8 limit lines This number includes active limit lines as well as inactive limit lines that were used last Therefore the combination of inactivate limit lines depends on the sequence of use with MMEMory LOAD STATe on page 460 color settings Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1 Example MMEM SEL HWS ON Manual operation See Items on page 192 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM LINes ALL State MMEMory SELect...

Страница 458: ...ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example MMEM SEL SGR ON Adds the spectrogram data to the list of data subsets Manual operation See Items on page 192 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM TRACe ACTive State MMEMory SELect ITEM TRACe 1 3 ACTive State This command includes or excludes trace data when storing or loading a configuration file Suffix 1 3 irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 i e no traces are stored Examp...

Страница 459: ...strument configuration files in the current directory You can select the directory with MMEMory CDIRectory on page 452 Example MMEM CLE ALL MMEMory CLEar STATe 1 FileName This command deletes an instrument configuration file Parameters 1 FileName String containing the path and name of the file to delete The string may or may not contain the file s extension Example MMEM CLE STAT 1 TEST MMEMory LOA...

Страница 460: ... using the MMEMory LOAD STATe com mand without a previous MMEMory SELect ITEM command may vary depending on previous actions in the GUI or in previous scripts even if the script starts with the RST command It is therefore recommended that you use the appropriate MMEMory SELect ITEM command before using MMEMory LOAD STATe Parameters 1 FileName String containing the path and name of the file to load...

Страница 461: ...figuration in a dfl file The file name depends on the one you have set with MMEMory STORe 1 2 STATe on page 461 This command adds a consecutive number to the file name Suffix 1 2 irrelevant Example MMEM STOR STAT 1 Save Saves the current instrument settings in the file Save dfl MMEM STOR STAT NEXT Saves the current instrument settings in the file Save_001 dfl MMEM STOR STAT NEXT Saves the current ...

Страница 462: ...SEL Spectrum2 Selects the channel for Spectrum2 SYST PRES CHAN EXEC Restores the factory default settings to the Spectrum2 channel Usage Event Manual operation See Preset Channel on page 98 11 8 4 Storing and Printing Screenshots Useful commands to perform measurements described elsewhere MMEMory NAME DISPlay LOGO 463 HCOPy ABORt 463 HCOPy CMAP it DEFault ci 463 HCOPy CMAP it HSL 464 HCOPy CMAP it...

Страница 463: ...e PRINter SELect 1 2 473 DISPlay LOGO State Activates deactivates the printout of the Rohde Schwarz company logo at the top of each page Parameters State 1 0 ON OFF 1 ON Logo is printed 0 OFF Logo is not printed RST 1 Example DISP LOGO OFF Manual operation See Print Logo on page 199 HCOPy ABORt This command aborts a running hardcopy output Example HCOP ABOR HCOPy CMAP it DEFault ci This command de...

Страница 464: ... changes for a screenshot HCOP CMAP DEF4 HCOPy CMAP it HSL hue sat lum This command selects the color for various screen elements in print jobs Suffix it Selects the item for which the color scheme is to be defined Parameters hue hue tint Range 0 to 1 sat sat saturation Range 0 to 1 lum lum brightness Range 0 to 1 Example HCOP CMAP2 HSL 0 3 0 8 1 0 Changes the grid color Manual operation See Defin...

Страница 465: ...ally changed to be a PDF file for the currently selected printing device HCOPy Selects all measurement results displayed on the screen for the current channel or MultiView diagrams traces markers marker lists limit lines etc including the channel bar and status bar for printout on a single page Displayed items belonging to the software user interface e g softkeys are not included The size and posi...

Страница 466: ... 1 2 SYSTem COMMunicate CLIPboard Sends the hardcopy to the clipboard RST SYST COMM CLIP Example To print on a printer Destination printer deactivate print to file HCOP DEST1 SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter Define the printer name SYST COMM PRIN SEL myFavoritePrinter Print HCOP IMM Example To print to a PRN file Destination printer HCOP DEV LANG GDI Define the printer name SYST COMM PRIN SEL myFavorite...

Страница 467: ...le The printer driver configured under Windows is used to generate a printer specific file format Example To print a screenshot to a PNG file Destination PNG file HCOP DEV LANG PNG Define file name MMEM NAME C R_S instr user MeasurementTestReport png Print HCOP IMM Manual operation See Destination File on page 203 HCOPy IMMediate 1 2 This command initiates a print job If you are printing to a file...

Страница 468: ...onsisting of multi ple pages HCOPy CONTent on page 465 Parameters arg0 1 0 ON OFF 1 ON The page number is printed 0 OFF The page number is not printed RST 1 Example HCOP PAGE COUN STAT ON Manual operation See Print Page Count on page 199 HCOPy PAGE MARGin 1 2 BOTTom arg0 This command defines the margin at the bottom of the printout page on which no ele ments are printed The margins are defined acc...

Страница 469: ... the margin at the right side of the printout page on which no elements are printed The margins are defined according to HCOPy PAGE MARGin 1 2 UNIT on page 470 Suffix 1 2 1 2 Printing device Parameters arg0 RST 4 23 mm Example HCOP PAGE MARG2 RIGH 2 Manual operation See Margins on page 205 HCOPy PAGE MARGin 1 2 TOP arg0 This command defines the margin at the top of the printout page on which no el...

Страница 470: ...intout The command is only available if the output device is a printer or a PDF file Suffix 1 2 1 2 Printing device Parameters arg0 LANDscape PORTrait RST PORTrait Example HCOP DEV LANG1 PDF HCOP PAGE ORI2 LAND Manual operation See Orientation on page 205 HCOPy PAGE WINDow 1 2 CHANnel STATe arg0 arg1 This command selects all windows of the specified channel to be included in the print out for HCOP...

Страница 471: ...t Parameters arg0 integer RST 1 Example HCOP PAGE WIND2 COUN 2 Manual operation See Windows Per Page on page 205 HCOPy PAGE WINDow 1 2 SCALe arg0 This command determines the scaling of the windows in the printout for HCOPy CONTent on page 465 Suffix 1 2 irrelevant Parameters arg0 1 0 ON OFF 1 ON Each window is scaled to fit the page size optimally not regard ing the aspect ratio of the original di...

Страница 472: ... is the same as its index To determine the name and index of all active windows in the active channel use the LAYout CATalog WINDow query arg2 1 0 ON OFF 1 ON The window is included in the printout 0 OFF The window is not included in the printout RST 1 Example HCOP PAGE WIND2 STAT IQ Analyzer 1 1 Manual operation See Print Multiple Windows on page 199 HCOPy TDSTamp STATe 1 2 arg0 This command incl...

Страница 473: ...ge 203 SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter SELect 1 2 arg0 This command selects the printer that processes jobs sent by the R S FSPN Use HCOPy DESTination 1 2 to select another output destination Suffix 1 2 1 2 Printing device Parameters arg0 String containing the printer name Use SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate FIRSt on page 473and SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate NEXT on page 473 to query all av...

Страница 474: ... MMEM MSIS C Selects drive C as the default storage device Connecting a network drive MMEM NETW USED Returns a list of all drives in use in the network MMEM NETW UNUS Returns a list of free drive names in the network MMEM NETW MAP Q Server ACLRTest Maps drive Q to the directory Server ACLRTest Saving data on the instrument MMEM MDIR C R_S INSTR USER Results Creates a directory called Results on dr...

Страница 475: ...ry MMEM CAT C R_S INSTR USER Results xml or MMEM CAT xml Returns a list of all xml files in the directory C R_S INSTR USER Results MMEM CAT LONG xml Returns additional information about the xml files in the directory C R_S INSTR USER Results 11 8 6 3 Storing Instrument Settings In this example we will store the instrument settings for the Spectrum channel INST SEL SPECTRUM Selects measurement chan...

Страница 476: ...SER Screenshot bmp Select all screen elements for printing HCOP ITEM ALL Add a comment to the printout HCOP ITEM WIND TEXT ACLRResults Store the printout in a file called Screenshot bmp HCOP Store another printout in a file called Screenshot_001 bmp HCOP NEXT 11 8 6 6 Printing on a Printer HCOP DEST2 SYST COMM PRIN Prints the data on a printer SYST COMM PRIN ENUM FIRS SYST COMM PRIN ENUM Returns t...

Страница 477: ...11 9 1 Basic Instrument Setup SYSTem CLOGging 477 SYSTem REBoot 477 SYSTem SHUTdown 477 SYSTem DATE 478 SYSTem TIME 478 SYSTem CLOGging State This command turns logging of remote commands on and off Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 ON 1 Writes all remote commands that have been sent to a file The destination is C R_S INSTR ScpiLogging ScpiLog no where no is a sequential number A new log file is started...

Страница 478: ...ce Frequency SENSe ROSCillator COUPling BANDwidth 478 SENSe ROSCillator COUPling BANDwidth MODE 479 SENSe ROSCillator COUPling MODE 479 SENSe ROSCillator LBWidth 479 SENSe ROSCillator O640 480 SOURce si EXTernal ext ROSCillator EXTernal FREQuency 480 SENSe ROSCillator OSYNc 480 SENSe ROSCillator SOURce 481 SENSe ROSCillator SOURce EAUTo 481 SENSe ROSCillator TRANge 482 SENSe ROSCillator EXTernal F...

Страница 479: ...width mode ROSC COUP BAND MODE AUTO SENSe ROSCillator COUPling MODE State This command turns the coupling of the internal reference frequency on and off Parameters State AUTO Automatically turns the coupling on and off depending on the current measurement scenario OFF Decouples the reference frequencies ON Couples the reference frequencies RST AUTO Example Synchronize reference frequencies ROSC CO...

Страница 480: ...Switches the reference off ON 1 Switches the reference on Example Output reference signal of 100 MHz ROSC O100 ON Manual operation See Reference Frequency Output on page 229 SOURce si EXTernal ext ROSCillator EXTernal FREQuency Frequency This command defines the frequency of the external reference oscillator If the external reference oscillator is selected the reference signal must be connected to...

Страница 481: ... connec tor is used if none is available an error flag is displayed in the status bar EAUTo The external reference is used as long as it is available then the instrument switches to the internal reference Example ROSC SOUR EXT Manual operation See Reference Frequency Input on page 228 SENSe ROSCillator SOURce EAUTo This command queries the current reference type in case you have activated an auto ...

Страница 482: ...h a locked state During this locking process NO REF is displayed in the status bar WIDE The larger deviation 6 ppm allows the instrument to syn chronize to less precise external reference input signals Example ROSC TRAN WIDE Manual operation See Tuning Range on page 229 SENSe ROSCillator EXTernal FALLback State Defines how the instrument reacts if an external reference is selected but none is avai...

Страница 483: ...rol commands In order to recognize when the acquisition of correction data is completed the MAV bit in the status byte can be used If the associated bit is set in the Service Request Enable SRE register the instrument generates a service request after the acquisition of correction data has been completed Return values CalibrationFailed ON OFF 0 1 OFF 0 Calibration was successful ON 1 Calibration w...

Страница 484: ...ine frequencies Manual operation See Calibration Frequency MW on page 239 DIAGnostic SERVice INPut PULSed CFRequency Frequency This command defines the frequency of the calibration signal Before you can use the command you have to feed in a calibration signal with DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect on page 485 Manual operation See Calibration Frequency RF on page 239 DIAGnostic SERVice INPut RF SPECt...

Страница 485: ...sizer 2 on page 239 DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SYNThtwo FREQuency Frequency This command selects the frequency which the synthesizers are calibrated for The command is available when you select the synthesizer as the calibration source with DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect on page 485 Parameters Frequency Default unit Hz Example DIAG SERV INP SEL SYNT DIAG SERV INP SYNT 10MHZ Manual operation See Cal...

Страница 486: ...ndicates a possible deviation Suffix si irrelevant Return values Temperature Temperature in degrees Celsius Example SOUR TEMP FRON Queries the temperature of the frontend sensor 11 9 4 Customizing the Screen Layout Configuring Screen Elements 486 Selecting Colors and Schemes 489 CMAP Suffix Assignment 491 11 9 4 1 Configuring Screen Elements Useful commands to configure screen elements described e...

Страница 487: ...219 DISPlay SBAR STATe State This command turns the status bar on and off Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1 Example DISP SBAR OFF Manual operation See Status Bar on page 219 DISPlay SKEYs STATe State This command turns the softkey bar on and off Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1 Example DISP SKEY OFF Manual operation See Softkey Bar on page 219 DISPlay TBAR STATe State This command turns the toolb...

Страница 488: ...s and menus RST 1 Example DISP TOUC STAT ON Manual operation See Deactivating and Activating the Touchscreen on page 217 DISPlay WINDow n TIME State This command adds or removes the date and time from the display Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example DISP TIME ON Manual operation See Date and Time on page 219 DISPlay WINDow n TIME FORMat Format This command selects the time...

Страница 489: ... on page 220 11 9 4 2 Selecting Colors and Schemes Useful commands to select colors and schemes described elsewhere HCOPy CMAP it DEFault ci HCOPy CMAP it HSL HCOPy CMAP it PDEFined DISPlay CMAP it DEFault ci 489 DISPlay CMAP it HSL 490 DISPlay CMAP it PDEFined 490 DISPlay THEMe CATalog 491 DISPlay THEMe SELect 491 DISPlay CMAP it DEFault ci This command selects the color scheme for the display Th...

Страница 490: ...uffix it 1 n Selects the item for which the color scheme is to be defined Parameters hue tint Range 0 to 1 sat saturation Range 0 to 1 lum brightness Range 0 to 1 Example DISP CMAP2 HSL 0 3 0 8 1 0 Changes the grid color DISPlay CMAP it PDEFined Color This command selects a predefined color for various screen elements Suffix it 1 n Selects the item for which the color scheme is to be defined Param...

Страница 491: ...ion See Theme on page 222 11 9 4 3 CMAP Suffix Assignment Several commands to change the color settings of individual items of the display or printout are available Which item is to be configured is defined using a CMAP suffix The following assignment applies Suffix Description CMAP1 Background CMAP2 Grid CMAP3 Common Text CMAP4 Check Status OK CMAP5 Check Status Error CMAP6 Text Special 1 CMAP7 T...

Страница 492: ...eck Text CMAP31 Limit and Margin Check Margin CMAP32 Table Overall Title Text CMAP33 Table Overall Title Background CMAP34 Table Overall Text CMAP35 Table Overall Background CMAP36 Table Value Title Text CMAP37 Table Value Title Background CMAP38 Table Value Text CMAP39 Table Value Background CMAP40 Trace 5 CMAP41 Trace 6 these settings can only be defined via the theme DISPlay THEMe SELect and ar...

Страница 493: ...anual operation See GPIB Address on page 283 SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF RTERminator Terminator This command selects the GPIB receive terminator Output of binary data from the instrument to the control computer does not require such a terminator change Parameters Terminator LFEOI EOI LFEOI According to the standard the terminator in ASCII is LF and or EOI EOI For binary data transfers e g trace d...

Страница 494: ...g remote control operation Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example SYST DISP UPD ON Manual operation See Remote Display Update on page 284 SYSTem ERRor CLEar REMote This command deletes all contents of the Remote Errors table Note The remote error list is automatically cleared when the R S FSPN is shut down Example SYST ERR CLE REM Manual operation See Display Remote Errors on page 285 See Clear...

Страница 495: ...ification String on page 283 SYSTem KLOCk State This command activates the local lockout remote control or returns to the local mode Parameters State ON LLO local lockout OFF GTL go to local RST OFF Example SYST KLOC ON Activates LLO remote control Manual operation See Local on page 289 SYSTem LANGuage Language This command selects the system language Example SYST LANG PSA Emulates the PSA Manual ...

Страница 496: ...executed depending on the state of the wideband option It is only available for PSA89600 emulation Parameters State ON OFF HIGH OFF The option is indicated as B7J ON The 40 MHz wideband is used The option is indicated as B7J 140 HIGH The 80 MHz wideband is used The option is indicated as B7J 122 RST OFF Manual operation See Wideband on page 286 SYSTem SHIMmediate STATe State Determines when the re...

Страница 497: ...e Event Manual operation See Set Hardware Immediately on page 285 11 9 6 Configuring HUMS This section includes all commands needed for R S HUMS remote operations DIAGnostic HUMS DELete ALL 498 DIAGnostic HUMS FORMat 498 DIAGnostic HUMS STATe 498 DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS ALL 498 DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS DELete ALL 499 DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS DELete 499 DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS VALue 499 SYSTem COMMunicate REST E...

Страница 498: ...ata in JSON format XML Returns the HUMS data in XML format RST JSON Example Return data in JSON format DIAG HUMS FORM JSON DIAGnostic HUMS STATe State This command turns the HUMS service and data collection on and off Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST ON Example Turn on HUMS service DIAG HUMS STAT ON DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS ALL This command returns all key value tags that you have assigend to the instr...

Страница 499: ...st For more information see DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS ALL on page 498 Example Delete tag DIAG HUMS TAGS DEL 0 Usage Setting only DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS VALue ID Key Value DIAGnostic HUMS TAGS VALue ID This command adds or modifies a key value pair device tag The query returns the key value pair for a given ID or an empty string if the ID is unknown Parameters Key String containing key name of the queried...

Страница 500: ...containing the community name Example Set community name SYST COMM SNMP VERS V12 SYST COMM SNMP COMM RO ABC Usage Setting only SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP COMMunity RW CommunityString This command sets the SNMP community string for read write access Prerequisites for this command Select an SNMP version that supports communities SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP VERSion on page 502 Setting parameters CommunitySt...

Страница 501: ...le Return SNMP location SYST COMM SNMP LOC SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP USM USER Name Access Level Auth_pwd Priv_pwd This command defines a SNMP user profile Prerequisites for this command Select SNMPv3 SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP VERSion on page 502 Setting parameters Name String containing name of the user Access RO RW Defines the access right a user can have Level NOAuth AUTH PRIVacy Defines the securit...

Страница 502: ...name of SNMP user profile to be deleted Example Delete SNMP user profile SYST COMM SNMP USM USER DEL Peter Usage Setting only SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP USM USER DELete ALL This command deletes all SNMP user profiles Example Delete all SNMP user profiles SYST COMM SNMP USM USER DEL ALL Usage Event SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP VERSion SnmpVersion SYSTem COMMunicate SNMP VERSion SnmpVersion This command sel...

Страница 503: ...YSTem ERRor NEXT 506 SYSTem FIRMware UPDate 506 SYSTem FORMat IDENt 506 SYSTem PRESet FILTer 507 DIAGnostic INFO CCOunt Relay This command queries how many switching cycles the individual relays have per formed since they were installed Query parameters Relay ACDC Mechanical Attenuation Coupling ATT5 Mechanical Attenuation 05 DB ATT10 Mechanical Attenuation 10 DB ATT20 Mechanical Attenuation 20 DB...

Страница 504: ...ent serial serial number of the component order order number of the component model model of the component code code of the component revision revision of the component subrevision subrevision of the component Example DIAG SERV HWIN Queries the hardware information FRONTEND 100001 003 1300 3009 03 01 00 00 MOTHERBOARD 123456 002 1300 3080 02 00 00 00 Usage Query only DIAGnostic SERVice VERSinfo Th...

Страница 505: ...rs MessageType ALL INFO WARNing FATal ERRor MESSage ChannelName String containing the name of the channel The parameter is optional If you omit it the command works for the currently active channel Return values Messages String containing all messages of the selected type for the speci fied channel Each message is separated by a comma and inserted in parentheses If no messages are available empty ...

Страница 506: ...bers indicate device specific errors negative error numbers are error messages defined by SCPI If the error queue is empty the error number 0 No error is returned For details on error queues see Chapter 10 1 7 Status Reporting System on page 263 Usage Query only SYSTem FIRMware UPDate Directory This command starts a firmware update using the msi files in the selected directory The default path is ...

Страница 507: ...er RST NORMal Example Select the 6 dB filters as the default filter type SYST PRES FILT PULS 11 9 8 Using Service Functions DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction 507 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction LASTresult 508 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults DELete 508 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults SAVE 508 DIAGnostic SERVice SINFo 508 SYSTem PASSword RESet 509 SYSTem PASSword CENable 509 DIAGnostic SERVice SFU...

Страница 508: ...al operation See Clear Results on page 241 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults SAVE FileName This command saves the results of the most recent service function you have used Parameters FileName String containing the file name Manual operation See Save Results on page 241 DIAGnostic SERVice SINFo This command creates a zip file with important support information The zip file con tains the system c...

Страница 509: ...eturns to the most restrictive service level Manual operation See Password on page 241 SYSTem PASSword CENable arg0 Provides a password for subsequent service functions Parameters arg0 string Example SYST PASS CEN 894129 Manual operation See Password on page 241 11 9 9 Reference Command Set of 5052 Emulation CALCulate PN xch DATA CARRier CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc BDMarker X STARt CALCulate PN xch...

Страница 510: ...ALCulate PN xch TRACe trc MARKer mk SEARch EXECute RPEak CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc MARKer mk SEARch PEAK EXCursion CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc MARKer mk STATe CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc MARKer mk X CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc MARKer mk Y CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc SMOothing APERture CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc SMOothing STATe CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc SPURious OMISsion CALCulate PN xch TRACe trc SP...

Страница 511: ...r PN SOURce TRIGger SOPC 11 9 10 Reference Command Set of Emulated PSA Models Despite the differences in system architecture and device features the supported com mands have been implemented in a way to ensure a sufficiently high degree of corre spondence with the original In many cases the selection of commands supported by the R S FSPN is sufficient to run an existing GPIB program without adapta...

Страница 512: ... RLEVel OFFSet numeric FORMat BORDer NORMal SWAPped FORMat DATA ASCii REAL UINT MATLAB numeric INITiate CONTinuous OFF ON INITiate IMMediate INSTrument CATalog INSTrument NSELect numeric MMEMory CATalog dir_name MMEMory COPY file_name1 file_name2 MMEMory DATA file_name definite_length_block MMEMory DELete file_name MMEMory LOAD STATe 1 file_name MMEMory LOAD TRACe 1 file_name MMEMory MDIRectory di...

Страница 513: ...F SENSe WAVeform PDIT ON OFF SENSe WAVeform SRATe numeric SENSe WAVeform SWEep TIME numeric SENSe WAVeform TRIGger EOFFset SENSe WAVeform TRIGger INTerpolation ON OFF SENSe WAVeform TRIGger SOURce EXTernal 1 2 IF IMMediate STATus QUEStionable CONDition STATus QUEStionable ENABle number STATus QUEStionable NTRansition number STATus QUEStionable PTRansition number STATus QUEStionable EVENt STATus QU...

Страница 514: ...te GPIB SELF ADDRess integer SYSTem DATE year month day SYSTem ERRor NEXT SYSTem KLOCK SYSTem MESSage string SYSTem PRESet SYSTem TIME hour minute second SYSTem VERSion TRACe COPY src_trace dest_trace TRACe DATA TRACE1 TRACE2 TRACE3 TRACE4 TRACE5 TRACE6 definite_length_block comma_separated_ASCII_data TRACe MODE WRITe MAXHold MINHold VIEW BLANk TRIGger SEQuence DELay numeric TRIGger SEQuence DELay...

Страница 515: ...ionable TEMPerature Register on page 274 STATus QUEStionable TIMe Register on page 274 General Status Register Commands 515 Reading Out the CONDition Part 516 Reading Out the EVENt Part 516 Controlling the ENABle Part 517 Controlling the Negative Transition Part 518 Controlling the Positive Transition Part 518 11 10 1 General Status Register Commands STATus PRESet 515 STATus QUEue NEXT 516 STATus ...

Страница 516: ...lName STATus QUEStionable FREQuency CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable LIMit n CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable LMARgin n CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable POWer DCPNoise CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature CONDition ChannelName STATus QUEStionable TIME CONDiti...

Страница 517: ...For more information on the enable part see Chapter 10 1 7 2 Structure of a SCPI Status Register on page 265 STATus OPERation ENABle SumBit STATus QUEStionable ENABle SumBit STATus QUEStionable ACPLimit ENABle SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable EXTended ENABle SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable EXTended INFO ENABle SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable FREQuency ENABle SumBit ChannelName ...

Страница 518: ...tion SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable PNOise NTRansition SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable POWer NTRansition SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable POWer DCPNoise NTRansition SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature NTRansition SumBit ChannelName STATus QUEStionable TIME NTRansition SumBit ChannelName These commands control the Negative TRansition part of a register Setting a ...

Страница 519: ...tion in the corresponding bit of the associated regis ter The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register Suffix n Window Parameters SumBit Range 0 to 65535 ChannelName String containing the name of the channel The parameter is optional If you omit it the command works for the currently active channel 11 11 Programming Examples Some advanced programming e...

Страница 520: ... recognized subroutine for evaluation END SUB REM Private mbSession As MessageBasedSession Sub Main Console WriteLine Example of initialization _ of the SRQ in the case of errors Dim SRQWaitTimeout 4000 Timeout As Integer for WaitOnEvent Opening session Try Analyzer is alias instead of using resource string For example on TCP use TCPIP0 192 168 1 2 inst0 INSTR mbSession CType ResourceManager GetLo...

Страница 521: ...ubroutine for evaluation Srq End If Catch exp As Exception Console WriteLine exp Message End Try Catch exp As InvalidCastException Console WriteLine Resource selected must be a message based session Catch exp As Exception Console WriteLine exp Message End Try Close session mbSession Dispose Wait for end Console WriteLine Press any key to end Console ReadKey End Sub 11 11 1 2 Waiting for the Arriva...

Страница 522: ...quest Then If SRQ is recognized subroutine for evaluation Srq End If Non blocking user inputs possible This method is recommended if the waiting time until the event to be signaled by an SRQ is long longer than the selected timeout and user inputs should be possible dur ing the waiting time or if the event is not certain to occur This method is therefore the preferable choice for waiting for the e...

Страница 523: ...mouse triggered events to be executed by the associated elements For example it allows the operation of buttons and input fields while the user waits for an instrument setting to be completed The following programming example describes the Hold function which returns control to the operating system for the period of the waiting time selectable in millisec onds Rem Rem The waiting function below ex...

Страница 524: ...SRQ routine REM REM Subroutine for evaluation Service Request Routine Public Sub Srq Try Dim mySTB As Short mbSession ReadStatusByte Serial poll read status byte Console WriteLine Reading Service Request Routine mySTB ToString If mySTB 0 Then This instrument has bits set in the STB If mySTB And 16 0 Then Call Outputqueue If mySTB And 4 0 Then Call ErrorQueueHandler If mySTB And 8 0 Then Call Quest...

Страница 525: ...e Public SUB ErrorQueueHandler ERROR SPACE 100 Make space for error variable CALL InstrWrite analyzer SYSTEM ERROR CALL InstrRead analyzer ERROR Debug Print Error Description ERROR END SUB REM REM Subroutine for reading the error queue Sub ErrorQueueHandler Dim result As String Dim hasErr As Boolean True Do mbSession Write SYST ERR result mbSession ReadString Dim parts As String result Split If pa...

Страница 526: ...ENt Read QSR Console WriteLine Questionable Status myQSR Catch exp As Exception Console WriteLine exp Message End Try End Sub REM Subroutine for evaluating Operation Status Register Public Sub Operationstatus Dim myOSR As String Nothing Try myOSR mbSession Query STATus OPERation EVENt Read OSR Console WriteLine Operation Status myOSR Catch exp As Exception Console WriteLine exp Message End Try End...

Страница 527: ...Esrread Try Dim myESR As Short mbSession Query ESR Read ESR If myESR And 1 0 Then Console WriteLine Operation complete If myESR And 2 0 Then Console WriteLine Request Control If myESR And 4 0 Then Console WriteLine Query Error If myESR And 8 0 Then Console WriteLine Device dependent error If myESR And 16 0 Then Console WriteLine Execution Error Program aborted Output error message Stop Stop softwa...

Страница 528: ...the existing event logs see To create Windows event log files on page 529 System Configuration The System Configuration dialog box in the Setup menu provides information on Hardware Info hardware assemblies Versions and Options the status of all software and hardware options instal led on your instrument System Messages messages on any errors that may have occurred An xml file with information on ...

Страница 529: ...ws Start Button in the bottom left corner 2 Enter Event Viewer and select Enter 3 Select and expand Windows Logs in the Console Tree 4 Right click on each subsection and select Save All Events As Figure 12 1 Event Viewer 5 Enter a file name and select Save Collect the error information and attach it to an email in which you describe the prob lem Send the email to the customer support address for y...

Страница 530: ...omer sup port center A team of highly qualified engineers provides support and works with you to find a solution to your query on any aspect of the operation programming or applica tions of Rohde Schwarz products Contact information Contact our customer support center at www rohde schwarz com support or follow this QR code Figure 12 2 QR code to the Rohde Schwarz support page Contacting Customer S...

Страница 531: ...o tection and packing material designed for the product If you do not have the original packaging use similar materials that provide the same level of protection Securing When moving the product in a vehicle or using transporting equipment make sure that the product is properly secured Only use items intended for securing objects Transport altitude Unless otherwise specified in the data sheet the ...

Страница 532: ...ions e g tem perature range and climatic load meet the values specified in the data sheet 14 3 Transporting Lifting and carrying See Lifting and carrying the product on page 12 Chapter 3 1 1 Lifting and Carrying on page 17 Packing Use the original packaging material It consists of antistatic wrap for electrostatic pro tection and packing material designed for the product If you do not have the ori...

Страница 533: ...labeled as follows cannot be disposed of in normal household waste after it has come to the end of its service life Even disposal via the municipal collection points for waste electrical and electronic equipment is not permitted Figure 14 1 Labeling in line with EU directive WEEE Rohde Schwarz has developed a disposal concept for the eco friendly disposal or recycling of waste material As a manufa...

Страница 534: ...FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK 388 SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK FACTor 388 SENSe FREQuency SPAN 389 SENSe FREQuency STARt 359 SENSe FREQuency STOP 359 SENSe LIST BWIDth RESolution RATio 361 SENSe LIST BWIDth RESolution USMall 364 SENSe LIST RANGe r BWIDth RESolution 362 SENSe LIST RANGe r FREQuency STARt 362 SENSe LIST RANGe r FREQuency STOP 363 SENSe LIST RANGe r XCOunt 363 SENSe POWer RLEVel MOD...

Страница 535: ... SWEep XOPTimize THReshold 366 SENSe SWEep XOPTimize STATe 366 SENSe TIME STARt 367 SENSe TIME STOP 367 CAL 312 CLS 313 ESE 313 ESR 313 IDN 313 IST 313 OPC 314 OPT 314 PCB 314 PRE 314 PSC 314 RST 315 SRE 315 STB 315 TRG 315 TST 316 WAI 316 ABORt 325 CALCulate n DELTamarker m AOFF 425 CALCulate n DELTamarker m LINK 425 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum LEFT 433 CALCulate n DELTamarker m MAXimum NEX...

Страница 536: ... li CONTrol MODE 443 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SHIFt 444 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol SPACing 444 CALCulate n LIMit li CONTrol DATA 443 CALCulate n LIMit li COPY 439 CALCulate n LIMit li DELete 439 CALCulate n LIMit li FAIL 448 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer MODE 445 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer OFFSet 439 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer SHIFt 445 CALCulate n LIMit li LOWer SPACing 446 CALCulate n LIMit l...

Страница 537: ...se s TRACe t DECades X 372 CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t DECades Y 373 CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t DECades STATe 373 CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t USERdefined STATe 374 CALCulate n SNOise s TRACe t Y 374 CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STARt 368 CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation STOP 368 CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation TRACe 369 CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation WEIGhting 370 CALCulate n RANGe j EVALuation...

Страница 538: ...SERVice INPut SYNThtwo FREQuency 485 DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect 485 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction 507 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction LASTresult 508 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults DELete 508 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction RESults SAVE 508 DIAGnostic SERVice SINFo 508 DIAGnostic SERVice STESt RESult 485 DIAGnostic SERVice VERSinfo 504 DISPlay ANNotation CBAR 486 DISPlay ANNotation FREQuency 48...

Страница 539: ...Wer 353 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet 417 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet STATe 417 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RPOSition 396 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RVALue 397 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe UNIT 397 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w SELect 403 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w TRACe t STATe 416 DISPlay WINDow n SUBWindow w ZOOM AREA 410 DISPlay WINDow n SUBW...

Страница 540: ...72 HCOPy IMMediate 1 2 467 HCOPy IMMediate 1 2 NEXT 467 INITiate SEQuencer ABORt 319 INITiate SEQuencer IMMediate 319 INITiate SEQuencer MODE 320 INITiate n CONMeas 326 INITiate n CONTinuous 326 INITiate n IMMediate 327 INPut 1 2 ATTenuation 354 INPut 1 2 ATTenuation AUTO 354 INPut 1 2 LOSCillator SOURce 338 INPut 1 2 LOSCillator SOURce EXTernal LEVel 338 INPut 1 2 RLEVel 389 INPut ip COUPling 337...

Страница 541: ...y SELect CHANnel ITEM ALL 456 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM DEFault 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM HWSettings 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM LINes ALL 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM NONE 457 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM SGRam 458 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM TRACe ACTive 458 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM TRANsducer ALL 458 MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM WEIGhting 459 MMEMory SELect ITEM ALL 456 MMEMory ...

Страница 542: ...ce si EXTernal ext ROSCillator EXTernal FREQuency 480 SOURce si TEMPerature FRONtend 486 STATus OPERation CONDition 516 STATus OPERation ENABle 517 STATus OPERation NTRansition 518 STATus OPERation PTRansition 518 STATus OPERation EVENt 516 STATus PRESet 515 STATus QUEStionable ACPLimit CONDition 516 STATus QUEStionable ACPLimit ENABle 517 STATus QUEStionable ACPLimit NTRansition 518 STATus QUESti...

Страница 543: ...onable POWer DCPNoise NTRansition 518 STATus QUEStionable POWer DCPNoise PTRansition 519 STATus QUEStionable POWer DCPNoise EVENt 517 STATus QUEStionable POWer ENABle 517 STATus QUEStionable POWer NTRansition 518 STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition 519 STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt 517 STATus QUEStionable PTRansition 518 STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature CONDition 516 STATus QUEStionable TEMPera...

Страница 544: ...FIRMware UPDate 506 SYSTem FORMat IDENt 506 SYSTem IDENtify FACTory 495 SYSTem IDENtify STRing 495 SYSTem KLOCk 495 SYSTem LANGuage 495 SYSTem LXI LANReset 495 SYSTem LXI MDEScription 496 SYSTem LXI PASSword 496 SYSTem PASSword RESet 509 SYSTem PASSword CENable 509 SYSTem PRESet 462 SYSTem PRESet CHANnel EXEC 462 SYSTem PRESet FILTer 507 SYSTem PSA WIDeband 496 SYSTem REBoot 477 SYSTem SEQuencer 3...

Страница 545: ...List of commands R S FSPN 545 User Manual 1179 4363 02 01 TRIGger SEQuence IFPower HOLDoff 392 TRIGger SEQuence LEVel EXTernal 1 2 392 TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe 393 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce 393 ...

Страница 546: ... Range 108 114 Case sensitivity SCPI 254 Channel Creating remote 317 319 Deleting remote 318 Duplicating remote 317 Querying remote 318 Renaming remote 318 Replacing remote 317 Selecting remote 319 Channel bar Hiding restoring 219 Information 43 channel settings Presetting 186 Channel settings Display 43 Channels see also Measurement channels 56 Sequential operation 80 Switching 43 Clear status Re...

Страница 547: ...Format 218 Hiding restoring 219 Instrument setting 217 Date and Time Printing 200 DC connectors 123 DC power 123 DC source Fix 127 Sweep 127 Tuning 127 DCL 251 Decimal separator Trace export 160 DEF 256 Default Restoring settings 185 Default values Remote 315 Deleting Limit line values 181 Delta markers 169 Defining 169 Device Softkey 200 203 205 Device ID 237 DHCP 282 292 Diagnostics Hardware 241...

Страница 548: ...e Storage settings 192 filename Data files 190 Settings 191 193 Firmware Updating 233 Firmware Update Remote control 506 Focus Changing 53 Format Data 424 Data remote 421 Date and time 218 see also File format 165 Frequency External reference 229 Offset 108 Reference 227 Frequency channel bar 44 Frequency response 131 Frequency search 107 Front panel Hiding restoring 219 Frontend Temperature remot...

Страница 549: ...84 85 RUN SINGLE 84 85 86 Keywords Mnemonics 253 L LAN Configuration 287 Configuring 294 Connector 38 Interface 244 IP address 245 LAN configuration 296 Password 288 Ping 296 Remote control interface 243 Reset 288 Settings 286 VISA 244 VXI protocol 245 Web browser interface 294 Legacy format IDN 284 Level channel bar 44 Level offset 103 Level search 103 LFEOI GPIB terminator 284 Limit check Activa...

Страница 550: ...s Evaluation methods 143 Menus Context sensitive 52 Messages Commands 252 Instrument 252 Instrument responses 253 Interface 252 Microsoft Windows Access 24 MIN 256 MIN trace information 45 Mini front panel Hiding restoring 220 Key combination 221 Using 227 Minimum 173 Marker positioning 173 Next 173 MKR Key 167 MKR Key 171 MKR Key 172 Mnemonics 253 Optional 255 Monitor External 224 Settings 224 Mu...

Страница 551: ...is 131 Ports User 349 Position Limit line values 181 POWER Key 31 Power seonsors 35 Power supply Connector 38 PPC 251 PPE register 264 268 PPU 251 Preset channel settings 186 Key 185 Recalling settings 195 Presetting Channels 98 Pretrigger 135 Print Screen Softkey 201 Printer Selecting 203 Printers Installing 204 Printing Colors 221 222 225 Medium 203 Screenshots 201 206 Probe power 36 Programming...

Страница 552: ...OVLD status display 49 Rotary knob 34 RUN CONT Key 84 85 RUN SINGLE Key 84 85 86 S Safety instructions 11 16 Save Recall Mode Settings 192 Savesets Settings 188 Saving Data types 189 Functions 190 Instrument settings 194 Limit lines 181 Screenshots 206 Settings 190 Softkey 190 Scale Y axis 104 SCPI Parameters 255 Syntax 253 version 251 SCPI confirmed commands 252 Screen See Touchscreen 222 Screens...

Страница 553: ...l On Off 193 Status 51 Trace Config 163 Trigger Offset 135 SPD 251 SPE 251 Specifics for Configuration 98 Split Window 62 Split screen mode 31 Splitters Window size 62 Spot noise 119 Spur Color 121 Spur removal 45 120 Spurious Color 121 SRE service request enable register 267 SRQ service request 267 275 Start frequency 108 Startup recall Remote 459 Startup Recall Softkey 193 Status Queries 276 Sta...

Страница 554: ... restoring 218 Overview 50 touchscreen Alignment 211 214 Touchscreen Alignment 212 216 Colors 222 De Activating 217 Displayed items 218 Overview 30 Settings 216 Theme 222 Trace information 45 Trace number 45 Window title bar 44 Trace labels 163 Trace math Settings 163 Trace mode 129 Trace offset 45 Trace smoothing 45 153 157 Traces Configuration Softkey 163 Copying 163 Copying remote control 419 E...

Страница 555: ...e bar 44 Windows Adding 60 146 Adding remote 404 Arranging 61 147 Closing 61 146 Closing remote 409 Configuring 98 Dialog boxes 54 Layout remote 406 Maximizing remote 403 Querying remote 404 405 Replacing remote 406 Size 62 Splitting remote 403 Types remote 404 WRH trace information 45 WRONG_FW Error 49 210 233 X X axis Limit lines 180 X value Marker 168 XCORR 113 XCORR Factor channel bar 44 Y Y a...

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