User Manual
Table Of Contents
- PSA Spectrum Analyzers User's and Programmer's Reference
- Table of Contents
- List of Commands
- 1 Using This Document
- 2 Instrument Functions: A - L
- 3 Instrument Functions: M - O
- 4 Instrument Functions: P - Z
- 4.1 Peak Search
- 4.2 Preset
- 4.3 Print
- 4.4 Print Setup
- 4.5 Save
- 4.6 SPAN / X Scale
- 4.7 SWEEP
- 4.8 System
- 4.8.1 Show Errors
- 4.8.2 Power On/Preset
- 4.8.3 Time/Date
- 4.8.4 Alignments
- 4.8.5 Config I/O
- 4.8.6 Reference
- 4.8.7 Show System
- 4.8.8 Show Hdwr
- 4.8.9 Color Palette
- 4.8.10 Diagnostics
- 4.8.11 Restore Sys Defaults
- 4.8.12 Licensing
- 4.8.13 Personality
- 4.8.14 Service
- 4.8.15 Keyboard Lock (Remote Command Only)
- 4.8.16 Remote Message
- 4.8.17 Remote Message Turned Off
- 4.8.18 Power On Elapsed Time (Remote Command Only)
- 4.8.19 SCPI Version Query (Remote Command Only)
- 4.9 Trace/View
- 4.10 Trig
- 5 One-Button Measurement Functions
- 5.1 MEASURE (Spectrum Analysis Mode)
- 5.1.1 Command Interactions: MEASure, CONFigure, FETCh, INITiate and READ
- 5.1.2 Meas Off
- 5.1.3 Channel Power
- 5.1.4 Occupied BW
- 5.1.5 Adjacent Channel Power—ACP
- 5.1.6 Multi-Carrier Power
- 5.1.7 Power Stat CCDF
- 5.1.8 Harmonic Distortion
- 5.1.9 Burst Power
- 5.1.10 Intermod (TOI)
- 5.1.11 Spurious Emissions
- 5.1.12 Spectrum Emission Mask
- 5.1.13 Current Measurement Query (Remote Command Only)
- 5.2 Meas Control
- 5.3 Mode Setup
- 5.4 Restart
- 5.5 Single
- 5.6 Meas Setup (Adjacent Channel Power—ACP)
- 5.7 Trace/View (ACP Measurement)
- 5.8 Meas Setup (Burst Power)
- 5.9 Trace/View (Burst Power)
- 5.10 Meas Setup (ComplementaryCumulativeDistributionFunction—CCDF)
- 5.11 Display (ComplementaryCumulativeDistributionFunction—CCDF)
- 5.12 SPAN X Scale
- 5.13 Marker (ComplementaryCumulativeDistributionFunction—CCDF)
- 5.14 Meas Setup (Channel Power—CHP)
- 5.15 Trace/View (Channel Power Measurement)
- 5.16 Meas Setup (Harmonic Distortion)
- 5.17 Trace/View (Harmonics)
- 5.18 Meas Setup (Intermod (TOI))
- 5.19 Meas Setup (Multi-Carrier Power—MCP)
- 5.20 Trace/View (Multi-Carrier Power Measurement)
- 5.21 Meas Setup (Occupied Bandwidth—OBW)
- 5.22 Meas Setup (Spectrum Emissions Mask—SEM)
- 5.23 Trace/View (Spectrum Emissions Mask)
- 5.24 Display (Spectrum Emissions Mask—SEM)
- 5.25 SPAN X Scale
- 5.26 Marker (Spectrum Emissions Mask—SEM)
- 5.27 Meas Setup (Spurious Emissions)
- One - Button Measurement Functions
- 5.1 MEASURE (Spectrum Analysis Mode)
- 6 Programming Fundamentals
- SCPI Language Basics
- Improving Measurement Speed
- Turn off the display updates.
- Use binary data format instead of ASCII
- Minimize the number of GPIB transactions.
- Avoid unnecessary use of *RST.
- Put ADC Ranging in Bypass for FFT Measurements
- Minimize DUT/instrument setup changes.
- Consider using LAN instead of GPIB.
- Using an Option Mode: Minimize the number of GPIB transactions.
- Using an Option Mode: Avoid automatic attenuator setting.
- Using an Option Mode: Optimize your GSM output RF spectrum switching measurement.
- Using an Option Mode: Avoid using RFBurst trigger for single burst signals.
- Using an Option Mode: When making power measurements on multiple bursts or slots, use CALCulate:D...
- Programming Command Compatibility Across Model Numbers and Across Modes
- Using the LAN to Control the Instrument
- Programming in C Using the VTL
- Overview of the GPIB Bus
- 7 Using the STATus System
- 8 Menu Maps: Spectrum Analysis
- Alpha Editor Keys, 1 of 2
- AMPLITUDE Y Scale Key, 1 of 2 (
- Auto Couple Key, 1 of 3 (
- BW/Avg Key (
- Det/Demod Key (
- Display Key, 1 of 2 (
- File Key, 1 of 6 (
- FREQUENCY Channel Key (
- Input/Output Key (
- Marker Key (
- menu map:marker to;marker to:menu map
- Marker Fctn Key (
- MODE Key (
- Peak Search Key (
- Preset Key (
- Print Setup Key (
- SPAN X Scale Key (
- SPAN X Scale Key for CCDF Measurement (
- Sweep Key (
- System Key, 1 of 4 (
- Trace/View Key (
- Trig Key (
- 9 Menu Maps: One-Button Measurement Functions
- One-Button Measurement Menu Maps
- MEASURE Key
- Meas Control Key
- Mode Setup Key
- Mode Setup Key (2 of 2)
- ACP Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- ACP Measurement: Trace/View Key
- Burst Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- Burst Power Measurement: Trace/View Key
- CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Trace/View Key
- CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Display Key
- CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Span X Scale Key
- CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Marker Key
- Channel Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- Channel Power Measurement: Trace/View Key
- Harmonic Distortion Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- Harmonic Distortion Measurement: Trace/View Key
- Intermod (TOI): Meas Setup Key
- Multi-Carrier Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- Multi-Carrier Power Measurement: Trace/View Key
- Occupied Bandwidth Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Trace/View Key
- Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Display Key
- Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Span X Scale Key
- Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Marker Key
- Spurious Emissions Measurement: Meas Setup Key
- One-Button Measurement Menu Maps
- Index

Index - 10
Index
Index
standard event status register,
IEEE command
, 564
standards setup
, 341
Start Freq key
, 164, 488
start frequencyr
, 488
start measurement
, 330, 568
State
file type
, 127
state
get data
, 564
recalling
, 566
saved
, 45
saving
, 567
State key
, 131
State Saved term
, 45
states
automatic detection
, 97
status
preset
, 573
status byte
clearing
, 563
register system
, 557
status byte, IEEE command
, 567
status subsystem
, 571
Stop Freq key
, 165, 490
stop frequency
, 490
Store Ref Trace key
, 385
string parameter (variables)
, 507
Subnet Mask key
, 265
sweep
menu map
, 616
Sweep Cont/Single key
, 242
SWEEP front-panel key
, 241
sweep points
, 244
sweep states, switching
, 243
sweep time
, 418, 419, 491
Sweep Time key
, 241, 418, 419,
459, 491
sweep time, automatic
, 243
synchronization
, 565, 568
system
menu map
, 617
System front-panel key
, 247
system message
, 280, 281
T
table
range
, 413, 486
setting
range
, 412, 414, 488
talker
, 554
telnet over LAN
, 266
telnet, using
, 527
temperature condition register
,
585, 586
terms
*RST
, 45
book
, 45
definition
, 45
dependencies/couplings
, 45
example
, 45
factory preset
, 45
maximum value
, 45
maximum valuet
, 45
remote command
, 45
state saved
, 45
test
limits
, 111
margin
, 112
Test key
, 111
test, IEEE command
, 568
testing
spurs
, 499
TETRA key
, 338
Third Order Intercept
Meas Setup menu
, 642
throughput, improving
, 511
time
display on/off
, 253
displaying
, 252
setting
, 252, 254
time corrections
, 262
Time key
, 187
limits
frequency
, 115
time parameter (variables)
, 507
time selective spectrum analysis
,
80
time since power-on
, 281
Time/Date key
, 252, 253
timeout errors
, 539
timing control
, 565, 568
Title key
, 122
Total Pwr Ref key
, 362, 442, 461
Total Pwr Refl key
, 458
Trace
file type
, 127
trace
destination
, 146
points
, 158
saving
, 158, 421, 477, 478
transfer data
, 158, 421, 477,
478
Trace + State
format
, 141
key
, 141
Trace + State trace type
, 127
Trace 1 key
, 142, 146
Trace 2 key
, 142, 147
Trace 3 key
, 142, 147
trace averaging
, 451, 452, 582,
583
trace data
moving
, 421, 477, 478
trace data format
, 508
trace display
, 168
trace format
, 160
Trace key
, 133, 284, 368, 369,
378, 405, 406, 448
trace points
, 284
trace type
CSV
, 129
Trace + State
, 127
trace/view
menu map
, 621
Trace/View front-panel key
, 283,
367, 377, 405, 421, 447, 477,
479
transmit frequency error
Occupied BW
, 455
trig
menu map
, 622
Trig Delay key
, 290
TRIG front-panel key
, 287
Trig Input key
, 173
Trig Offset command
, 291
Trig Slope key
, 290
trigger measurement
, 330
trigger, IEEE command
, 568
turning markers off
, 185, 394,
484
type
lower limit
, 110
upper limit
, 110
Type key
, 110, 131, 139, 146,
149, 152, 154
U
units parameter (commands)
, 506
upper
, 110
upper limit
, 109
Upper Offset Limit key
, 439
URL (Agilent Technologies)
, 2
US PCS
band class
, 342
US/K
band class
, 342
user
correction
, 61
User key
, 250
User Preset key
, 222
user’s reference, using
, 44
V
variable parameter (commands)
,
506
variables
angle parameter
, 507
bit_data parameter
, 507
degree parameter
, 507
frequency parameter
, 507