Multi-instrument setups
R&S
®
SMM100A
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Use the default settings "User 3 > Direction = Input" and "Signal = Global Trig-
ger 1".
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Select "Baseband > ... > Trigger In > Trigger Source > Ext. Global Trigger 1".
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In R&S
SMM100A#1, set "System Config. > Setup > Global Connectors">
"User
6"
>"Direction = Output".
Set "User 6 > Signal = Manual Trigger".
To trigger the signal generation form R&S
SMM100A#1, select "Global Connectors >
Execute Trigger".
Alternatively, send the remote control command
.
R&S
SMM100A#1 generates a short high signal and outputs it at the User connector.
The signal acts as a common external trigger signal for all R&S
SMM100A and all
basebands.
9.3
Control and operation of external instruments
In test scenarios that require more than one RF signal, the I/Q analog signal can be
routed to and processed by external instruments. Typically, the generated I/Q streams
are further processed by R&S SGS.
Other applications like the radar echo generation or the generation of WLAN 802.11ad
signals at 58.3 GHz require connected R&S FSW or R&S SZU.
The R&S
SMM100A provides all settings required to configure the output connectors,
to establish the connections to the connected RF instruments and to control them. The
settings are grouped in the "System configuration" >
dialog. In this
dialog, you find an overview of all available I/Q input and output connectors and config-
ure the connection to the external instruments.
Once the connection is established, the R&S
SMM100A acts as a
primary instrument
and controls the
setup-related parameters
of any connected further processing exter-
nal instrument. Control applies to connected instruments, for example., R&S SGS (also
in combination with R&S SGU), R&S SZU, R&S FSW.
9.3.1
Prerequisites for control of external instruments from the
R&S
SMM100A
Required are the following connections between the R&S
SMM100A and the external
instruments:
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Physical remote control connection
over LAN or USB
The remote control connection to the external instruments must be in status
con-
nected
.
Chapter 9.4.2, "External RF and I/Q settings"
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Physical signal connection
for the digital or analog I/Q signal
Control and operation of external instruments