User`s guide

118 Agilent E6474A User’s Guide
4 Use Your System
Test 5 - High Speed Scanner Testing by Measuring Known Channels
Setting Up the Hardware
1 Connect the system components per the instructions in
Chapter 3.
2 Power the system on.
Testing the Scanner
1 Start the E6474A software.
2 Refer to “Identifying the Devices" on page 94, and perform
the procedure if you have not already done so.
3 Select known active channels in the High Speed Scanner
Properties dialog box. Click Help in the dialog box for
instructions.
4 Click View > Scanner Table to open the view.
5 Click Log > Start Live Mode.
Passing the Test
You should see an indication of signal strength from the active
channels in your area. If low values are indicated for all
channels, verify that the antenna is connected properly, and
that the correct channel numbers have been added to the scan
list in the High Speed Scanner Properties dialog box.
Test 6 - High Speed Scanner Testing Using a Signal Generator
Setting Up the Hardware
1 Connect the system components per the instructions in
Chapter 3, but do not connect the scanner’s antenna.
2 Power the system on.
NOTE
This procedure requires that you have the appropriate signal generator for
the scanner technology that you are testing.