55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Quick Start Guide Version 2.0 Revision date 9/22/2014 ©Copyright in 2013-2014, by BOONTON Electronics, a subsidiary of the Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. Parsippany, NJ, USA. All rights reserved.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Key Features.......................................................................................................................................... 3 3 Technical Specifications of Boonton 55 Series Wideband USB Sensor................................................. 4 4 Safety Summary ..........
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor 1 Introduction The 55 series wideband USB power sensors are the latest series of products from Boonton Electronics that turn your PC or laptop using a standard USB 2.0 port into a state of the art power meter without the need for any other instrument. RF power measurements from the USB sensor can be displayed on your computer or can be integrated into a test system with a set of user-defined software functions.
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5 Series Wideband USB Sensor 4 Safety Summary The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation and maintenance of the Boonton 55 Series Wideband USB Power Sensor. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual violates safety standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of the instruments. Boonton Electronics Corporation assumes no liability for the customer’s failure to comply with these requirements.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor 6 Installing Boonton Power Analyzer Suite Software This section describes the installation and use of Boonton Power Analyzer Suite software for 55 series wideband USB sensors. Before you start, check your PC for software compatibility. Caution: Do not connect the power sensor to your PC until you have installed the Boonton Power Analyzer software.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor (5) Once IVI Shared Components installation is completed, then Microsoft DirectX setup wizard will appear and will guide you through the installation process. (6) Now Boonton Peak Analyzer Suite software installation wizard will appear. Select "Run" in order to continue with the installation process. (7) Read the license agreement, accept it and then follow the instruction by clicking several buttons.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor (8) By default software will be installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\Boonton\Peak Power Analyzer Suite\ . (9) Start the installation process by following windows wizard instructions, accepting license agreement and click several buttons. This will install all necessary driver files and required DLL files. (10) During installation, you will notice the software installation progress as below: (11) Once the installation is done successfully, Click button to exit the wizard.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor (12) Now a sensor device can be connected to the USB port of the PC. Refer to the section "Connecting USB sensor to the PC" on next pages. (13) When the sensor device is connected to the USB port, there will be a one-time driver file installation. Wait until you see an automatic device detection message and Windows OS installs the driver file. 7 Connecting Sensors to the PC Connect the Boonton 55 series USB sensor to your PC through the supplied USB cable.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor 9 RF Power Measurements The RF Power measurements and related applications are the part of Boonton Power Meter products and is available free of charge from Boonton official website under resource library. All Boonton power meter instruction manuals cover the details of RF power measurement techniques.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor (2) Under "Available Resources", a pop up box will appear as below with the list of connected devices name and hardware information. The initial view of the Boonton Peak Power Analyzer software will look like as below: (3) Check the “Select” box, select the tab "New Virtual Pwr Analyzer" at the bottom, a new Virtual Power Analyzer window will show up. If you have a RF signal connected already to the USB sensor, the measured signal should display on the window.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor The following diagram shows the guide diamonds with arrows that appear when you drag a tool window toward the center of the Boonton software main window. The diamond on the right edge only appears when you drag a tool window toward the edge of the software. Note: Each tool windows are highlighted as rectangular box to be positioned by dragging toward each individual direction of the main window.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor The Main Toolbar: The software provides a main toolbar that is located at the top of the main program window and hosts shortcuts to commonly used functions and measurements. Making Pulse Measurement: In order to display a pulse measurement user need to select icon from the main toolbar. The trace button tries to adjust level scaling, trigger level and timing according to the applied signal. All other parameters are set back to defaults.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor The suggested measurement window setup for a pulse measurements by selecting sensor models are listed below as an example. Following screenshot is provided as a recommended default setup. Figure : Main application window of Boonton Power Analyzer Suite for pulse signal measurement. Boonton Power Analyzer software allows to use custom entry fields for most numeric data under both Channel Control View and Time/Trigger View.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor User can also perform zoom feature in details be selecting four options from the lower toolbar of the trace window. Available options for zoom are: Horizontal & Vertical, Horizontal, Pan and None with Undo and Redo selections. Export as PDF: Any trace window can be exported, printed and saved as a PDF document by selecting button from the lower toolbar of the trace window. Exported trace file can be used for any report file or documentation.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Channel: You can select an individual or all channels (for multi-channels) by using drop down list. Sensor model with serial number and firmware version displayed under this channel parameter. Multi-Channel: Simultaneous measurement of multiple channels can be performed by selecting from drop down list. The Multi-Channel capability of the software provides up to 8 parallel power measurements by allowing 8 resources per Virtual Power Analyzer software.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Trigger/Time: By selecting trigger of a pulse signal. icon you will be able to customize all related settings for both timebase and Time base: Boonton software uses a fixed grid of 10 divisions for the time-scale. The time resolution is set per division with the lowest possible value of 5 ns/div. Trigger Delay: Trigger delay can be adjusted both manually entering numerical value into the field or using up-down arrow keys.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Marker Settings: Marker settings will allow you to change both marker 1 and marker 2 positions by using either arrow keys or entering numerical values into the field. It will also display the delta value between two markers. Pulse Definition: Pulse definition setting allows user to define distal, mesial and proximal values for pulse thresholds. It is also possible to change pulse unit from watts to volts.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Automatic Measurements: Selecting icon will allow you to display a tabulated field with a list of parameters for a RF pulse measurements including marker measurements. Below is an example screenshot for automatic parameters displayed for a pulse measurements. NOTE: All field parameters are customizable, can be edited or deleted from the list.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Display Settings: This option allows user to select different trace and graph colors for multiple channels including color options by selecting both enable/disable features for Average, Envelope, Maximum and Minimum trace of the measurement. It is also possible to adjust marker color, background, grid colors and more under "Graph Colors" section of the display settings.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Statistical Measurement: For statistical measurements, user need to select icon from menu bar to view a CCDF graph. The sidebar on CCDF screen will allow user to customize the horizontal scale, horizontal offset, cursor type, cursor position and dB offset. User can also enable/disable capture including reset for that. By selecting icon, a tabulated field parameters will be displayed on the left side of the software for statistical measurements by default .
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor 11 Remote Programming Remote programming via API is available with the current installation process of Boonton Peak Power Analyzer software. The Boonton 55xxx IVI driver documentation and help files are accessible at this following folder location by default once the software installation is completed. For Windows 7 the files location is at C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\Btn55xxx, and for Windows 8.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor 12 Software Upgrade All future updates on Boonton Peak Power Analyzer software will be available and can be downloaded from Boonton product page under the section "Manual and Software": http://boonton.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Inspection: If a 55 Series power sensor malfunctions, perform a visual inspection of the instrument. Inspect for signs of damage caused by excessive shock, vibration or overheating. Inspect for broken or damaged connection port at sensor head, or accumulations of dust or other foreign matter. Correct any problems you discover and conduct a performance test using Boonton Power Analyzer software to verify that the instrument is properly recognized by windows OS and operational.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor If this is NOT the driver listed in your Device Manager, then use the following procedure to remove the installed driver and configure the correct driver: Device driver software was not successfully installed In the event of device driver software was not installed successfully, try the following: Under Device manager>Other devices, you will see a yellow icon for 55xxx Peak Sensor select "55xxx Peak Sensor" and right click on that Select "Disable" and then "Enable" again
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor USB Port cannot supply 500 mA Usually a USB 2.0 port is capable of supplying 500 mA current through its port. If the event of a power supply issue with USB 2.0 port, you can verify the actual rating by visiting Device Manager > USB Controllers > Generic USB Hub and then right click and check the properties windows under "Power" tab. Incorrectly configured USB hub Some USB hub devices require custom driver installation.
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor Unexpected measurements results If you suspect that you are getting unexpected measurements, then use the following procedures to correct the potential fault: • Check the status messages displayed on the right-side of the application • Your sensor is potentially damaged • Incorrect offset setting • Incorrect measurement settings Frequent "Comm Errors" or corrupted measurements You may experience some "comm errors" or corrupted measurement results if you try to use peak sensors
55 Series Wideband USB Sensor 17 Contact and Support To contact Boonton please contact your local representative or use the following e-mail address, phone or fax: Boonton Electronics 25 Eastmans Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 United States Phone: +1 (973) 386-9696 Fax: +1 (973) 386-9191 Email: info@boonton.com Web: http://www.boonton.com/ Notices © Copyright in 2013-2014, by BOONTON Electronics (A WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP COMPANY). This document contains information which is protected by copyright.
