Waterfall
Display
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SR785 Dynamic Signal Analyzer
The SR785 can store waterfall measurements in the waterfall buffer in one of two ways
depending on the setting of the <Save Option> softkey. If <Save Option> is set to "All,"
each time the SR785 stores a record it stores enough information to recreate every
measurement in the current measurement group. In this mode you can go back after the
waterfall storage is complete and look not just at the measurement that was displayed
while the waterfall was stored, but at any measurement in the group. Of course, in this
mode more waterfall memory is required to store each record.
If <Save Option> is set to "Active Meas Only," only the currently displayed
measurement is stored, so you can not go back later and change the measurement.More
waterfall records can be stored in this mode however.
The number of measurement records which are stored in waterfall memory is set by the
Waterfall Total Count. The maximum Total Count depends upon the allocated memory
the type of measurement, and the setting of <Save Option> as described above.The
amount of waterfall memory available for each display is always half of the allocated
waterfall memory. For example, 500 blocks of allocated waterfall memory is allocated as
250 blocks for each display. For 400 line FFT measurements, This memory can store 250
measurement records from each display in waterfall memory in the "Active Meas. Only"
save mode. If <Save Option> is switched to "All" the number of records for each display
is reduced to 142.
The rate at which measurement records are added to waterfall memory is set by the
Waterfall Skip/Storage Interval. This allows the waterfall memory to hold a longer time
history as well as setting a variable storage rate.
In FFT, Order, and Time/Histogram group, for every record added to memory, a skip
number of measurements are not stored. For example, a skip of 0 stores every
measurement in memory. A skip of 10 stores every 11th measurement in memory (store
1, skip 10). The skipped measurements are still computed and affect (exponential)
averaging, they are simply not stored. The elapsed time between stored records
(1/storage rate) is simply skip+1 times the FFT acquisition time times the time record
increment. (In the case of triggered measurements, skip+1 times the trigger period). This
allows the time between stored records to be determined exactly.
In Octave group, the Storage Interval is set as a time. In this case, a snapshot is stored to
memory every Storage Interval amount of time.
Waterfall Display
To view a waterfall display, set [Waterfall]<Display> to Waterfall. The View Count sets
the number of records displayed and the Trace Height sets the percentage of the display
height for the Y axis. Scroll Angle and Fast Angles set the angle at which successive
records are scrolled in the display. Scrolling at an angle allows changes at a constant
frequency to be viewed more easily but takes longer to update the display. Fast Angles
limits the choice of Angles to those which scroll faster. The Threshold sets the baseline
suppress threshold and Hidden Lines specifies whether portions of a record which are
‘hidden’ behind other records will be shown.
The Paused Drawing mode determines how the display is drawn when the measurement
is paused. Normal displays the newest record at the top (back). Oldest at Top displays
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