User guide

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Toolbars
Toolbar icons are described from left to right.
Standard
Standard Windows file save and load buttons.
Connection
Connect – Click the green button on the left to connect to the BDS receiver using the IP Address of the receiver
saved in the system registry.
Disconnect – Click the red button on the right to close your connection to the BDS receiver.
Scan
Start Button – Starts a new data acquisition (Free Run, Trigger, or Sweep). Pressing the green button will start the
data acquisition, or selecting from the drop-down arrow will start a specific scan mode.
Note: This has the same functionality as the “Mode->Start” menu items.
Stop Button – Pressing the red button will stop data acquisition.
Note: This has the same functionality as the “Mode->Start” menu items.
Graph
Table – Press the left button to show the document data in tabular format.
Time Plot – Press the middle-left button to show the document data plotted on a graph over time.
Note: That this will display a “Sweep View” if in Spectral Search mode.
Waveform – Press the middle-right button to show the most recent dataset as a reconstructed waveform.
Note: This view does not apply while in Spectral Search mode.
Smith Chart – Press the right button to show collected data as a Smith chart. Smith chart data is plotted normal-
ized to 50 Ohms.
Note: This view does not apply while in Spectral Search mode.
Options
Standard Tracking Mode Options –Press the red reticule icon the left to display the Standard Tracking Mode
options dialog.
Spectral Search Mode Options –Press the broom icon on the right to display the Spectral Search (Sweep)
Mode options dialog.