Agilent E4445A Noise Figure Measurement Personality Guide

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Noise Figure Measurement Personality Guide

Agilent Technologies

PSA Series Spectrum Analyzers

Option 219

This manual provides documentation for the following instruments:

PSA Series

E4440A (3 Hz - 26 GHz)

E4443A (3 Hz - 6.7 GHz)

E4445A (3 Hz - 13.2 GHz)

E4446A (3 Hz - 44 GHz) E4447A (3 Hz - 42.98 GHz) E4448A (3 Hz - 50 GHz)

Manufacturing Part Number: E4440-90353

Supersedes E4440-90326

Printed in USA

May 2007

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Contents

Getting Started

What You will Find in this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing Optional Measurement Personalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Do You Have Enough Memory to Load All Your Personality Options? . . . . . . . . . . . 25

How to Predict Your Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Loading an Optional Measurement Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Obtaining and Installing a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Viewing a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using the Delete License Key on PSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Ordering Optional Measurement Personalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Starting the Noise Figure Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving the Instrument State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Keeping Your Measurement Data and Instrument Setups Secure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Making Basic Measurements

What You will Find in this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Entering Excess Noise Ratio (ENR) Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Selecting a Common ENR Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Entering ENR Table Data for Noise Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Saving an ENR Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting the Measurement Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using Sweep Frequency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using List Frequency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using Fixed Frequency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting the Bandwidth and Averaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Effect of Bandwidth and Averaging on Speed, Jitter, and Measurement Accuracy . 50

Selecting the Resolution Bandwidth Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Setting Averaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Calibrating the Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

To perform a calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Selecting the Input Attenuation Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Displaying the Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Selecting the Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Selecting Result Types to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Graphical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Setting the Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Working with Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Indicating an Invalid Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Example of a Basic Amplifier Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Calibrating the Noise Figure Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Making Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Further Information on Noise Figure Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Contents

Table of Contents

Advanced Features

What You will Find in this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Setting up Limit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Creating a Limit Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Using Loss Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Examples where Loss Compensation is applied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring Fixed Loss Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring Table Loss Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Setting Temperature of Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Example Calculation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Making Frequency Converter Measurements

What You will Find in this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Overview of Frequency Converter Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

DUT Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Basic Measurement — No Frequency Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Frequency Downconverting DUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Frequency Upconverting DUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

System Downconverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Comparison of the 8970B, the NFA Analyzer,

and the Option 219 Noise Figure Measurement Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Choosing and Setting Up the Local Oscillator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Selecting a Local Oscillator for Extended Frequency

measurements with Opt. 219. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Selecting a Local Oscillator for Option 219 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Connecting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Setting Up the Noise Figure Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Measuring a Frequency Converting DUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Sidebands and Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Signal Leakage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

LO Leakage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

LO Harmonics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Single Sideband Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Double Sideband Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Fixed LO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Making Frequency Converting DUT Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Making Downconverting DUT Measurements using a Fixed LO and Fixed IF

(Equivalent to Mode 1.4 on an 8970B Noise Figure Analyzer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Making Upconverting DUT Measurements using a Fixed LO and Variable IF

(Equivalent to Mode 1.4 with SUM on an 8970B Noise Figure Meter). . . . . . . . . . . 142

Measurements with a System Downconverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

USB, LSB or DSB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Contents

Measurement Modes with a DSB System Downconverter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Measurement Modes with an SSB System Downconverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

FIXED LO, LSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

FIXED LO, USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Frequency Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Glossary of Restricted Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

General Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Frequency Downconverting DUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Frequency Upconverting DUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

System Downconverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Menu Maps

What You Will Find in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Key to this chapter’s menu map diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Amplitude Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Amplitude Menu - Noise Figure Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

BW/Avg Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

BW/Avg Menu - Noise Figure Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Det/Demod Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Det/Demod Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Display Menus - Monitor Spectrum Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Display Menus - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

File Type Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

File Type Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Frequency Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Frequency Menu - Noise Figure Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Input Output Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Input Output Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Marker Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Marker Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Meas Setup Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Meas Setup Menu - Noise Figure Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

MEASURE Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Mode Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Mode Setup - DUT Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Source Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Span Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

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Contents

Table of Contents

Span Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Sweep Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Sweep Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Trace/View Menu - Monitor Spectrum Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Trace/View Menu - Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Uncertainty Calculator Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Front-Panel Key Reference

Key Descriptions and Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

AMPLITUDE Y Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

BW/Avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Det/Demod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

FREQUENCY Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Peak Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Meas Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

MEASURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Mode Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Mode Setup — DUT Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Mode Setup - Uncertainty Calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

SPAN X Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Sweep Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Trace/View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Language Reference

CALCulate Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Test Current Results Against all Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

CONFigure Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Configure the Selected Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Configure Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

DISPlay Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Full Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Set the Display Line Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Set the Display Line State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Set the Y-Axis Scale per Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Set the Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Set Display Annotation On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Date and Time Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Contents

Date and Time Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Noise Figure Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Select Results for Display (A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Select Results for Display (B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Select Results Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Set Graticule On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Set Graph View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Noise Figure - Set the Y-Axis Scale per Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Noise Figure - Set the Y-Axis Reference Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Noise Figure - Set the Y-Axis Reference Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Zoom Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

FETCh Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Fetch the Current Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

FORMat Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Byte Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Numeric Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

INITiate Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Take New Data Acquisition for Selected Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Continuous or Single Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Take New Data Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Pause the Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Restart the Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Resume the Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

INPut Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

RF Attenuation Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Maximum Microwave Attenuation Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Minimum Microwave Attenuation Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Maximum RF Attenuation Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Minimum RF Attenuation Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

RF Input Port Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

INSTrument Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Select Application by Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Select Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

MEASure Group of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Command Interactions: MEASure, CONFigure, FETCh, INITiate and READ . . . 264

Monitor Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Noise Figure Measurement - Gain Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

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Contents

Table of Contents

Noise Figure Measurement - Noise Factor Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Noise Figure Measurement - Noise Figure Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Noise Figure Measurement - Cold Power Pcold Density Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Noise Figure Measurement - Hot Power Phot Density Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Noise Figure Measurement - Effective Temperature Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Noise Figure Measurement - Tcold Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Noise Figure Measurement - Y Factor Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

MMEMory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Load a Noise Figure ENR Table from a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Load a Noise Figure Frequency List Table from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Load a Limit Line from Memory to the Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Load a Noise Figure Loss Compensation Table from a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Store a Noise Figure ENR Table to a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Store a Limit Line in a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Store a Noise Figure Frequency List Table to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Store a Noise Figure Loss Compensation Table to a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Store a Measurement Results in a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Store a Trace in a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

READ Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Initiate and Read Measurement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

SENSe Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Bandwidth Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Configure Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Default Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Monitor Spectrum or Monitor Band/Channel Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Noise Figure Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

SOURce Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Noise Source Preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

TRACe Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Query Trace Maximum Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Query Trace Minimum Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Query Trace Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Query Trace Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Query Trace Peak to Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Troubleshooting Guide

Common Problems and their Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Problems Measuring Above 3 GHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Contacting Agilent Technologies

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

List of Commands

:CALCulate:CLIMits:FAIL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:GAIN <value>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:GAIN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:MATCh:INPut <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:MATCh:INPut?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:MATCh:OUTPut <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:MATCh:OUTPut?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:NFIGure <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:DUT:NFIGure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:GAIN <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

List of Commands

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:GAIN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:MATCh <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:MATCh? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:NFIGure <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:NFIGure:UNCertainty <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:NFIGure:UNCertainty? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:INSTrument:NFIGure?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:RSS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:SOURce:ENR <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:SOURce:ENR? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:SOURce:MATCh <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:SOURce:MATCh? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:SOURce:TYPE <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

:CALCulate:UNCertainty:SOURce:TYPE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:COUNT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:DISPlay[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:DISPlay[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:TEST[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:TEST[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:TYPE UPPer|LOWer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4:TYPE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

List of Commands

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4[:DATA]<frequency>,

<amplitude>,<connected>[<frequency>,<amplitude>,<connected>] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4[:DATA]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:LLINe[1]|2|3|4[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:[:STATe]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:BPAir:MODE NORMal:REFerence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:BPAir:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

List of Commands

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:SEArch:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:SEArch:CONTinuous? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:SEArch:TYPE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:X <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:X? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

:CALCulate[:NFIGure]:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:Y? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

:CONFigure:<measurement> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

:CONFigure:MONitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

:CONFigure?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

:CONFigure[:NFIGure] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

:DISPlay:[NFIGure]:ZOOM:WINDow OFF|UPPer|LOWer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

:DISPlay:[NFIGure]:ZOOM:WINDow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

:DISPlay:FSCReen[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

:DISPlay:FSCReen[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

:DISPlay:FSCREEN|FULLSCREEN[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

:DISPlay:FSCREEN|FULLSCREEN[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe <power> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe:STATe ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe:STATe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

List of Commands

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision <dB> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel <dB>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:ANNotation:CLOCk:DATE:FORMat MDY|DMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:ANNotation:CLOCk:DATE:FORMat?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:ANNotation:CLOCk[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:ANNotation:CLOCk[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:ANNotation[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

List of Commands

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:ANNotation[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:DATA:CORRections[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:DATA:CORRections[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:DATA:TRACe[1]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:DATA:TRACe[1]NFIGure|NFACtor

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:DATA:TRACe2 NFIGure|NFACtor

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:FORMat GRAPh|TABLe|METer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:FORMat?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:GRATicule[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:GRATicule[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:COMBined[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:COMBined[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision <result>, <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel:VALue <result>, <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel:VALue?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RPOSition <result>, <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

:DISPlay[:NFIGure]:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RPOSition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

:FETCh:<measurement>[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

List of Commands

:FETCh:MONitor[n]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):NFACtor? . . . . . . .271

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):NFIGure? . . . . . . .272

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):PCOLd? . . . . . . . .273

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):PHOT? . . . . . . . . .274

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):TEFFective? . . . . .275

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:CORRected:GAIN?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:TCOLd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

:FETCh[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:UNCorrected :YFACtor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

:FETCh[:NFIGure]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

List of Commands

:FORMat:BORDer NORMal|SWAPped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

:FORMat:BORDer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

:FORMat[:TRACe][:DATA] ASCii|REAL[,32] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

:FORMat[:TRACe][:DATA]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

:INITiate:<measurement>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

:INITiate:CONTinuous?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

:INITiate:PAUSe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

:INITiate:RESTart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

:INITiate:RESume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

:INITiate[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

:INITiate[:NFIGure]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

:INPut:COUPling AC|DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

:INPut:COUPling? AC|DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation <power>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation:MWAVe:MAXimum <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation:MWAVe:MAXimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation:MWAVe:MINimum <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation:MWAVe:MINimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation[:RF]:MAXimum <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

List of Commands

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation[:RF]:MAXimum <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation[:RF]:MAXimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation[:RF]:MINimum <integer>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation[:RF]:MINimum <integer>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

:INPut[:NFIGure]:ATTenuation[:RF]:MINimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

:INSTrument:NSELect <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

:INSTrument:NSELect? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

:INSTrument[:SELect]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

List of Commands

:MEASure:MONitor[n] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):NFACtor? . . . . 271

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):NFIGure? . . . . 272

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):PCOLd? . . . . . . 273

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):PHOT?. . . . . . . 274

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):TEFFective? . . 275

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:CORRected:GAIN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:TCOLd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

:MEASure[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:UNCorrected :YFACtor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

:MEASure[:NFIGure]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

:MMEMory:LOAD:ENR CALibration|MEASurement, <file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

:MMEMory:LOAD:LIMit LLINe1|LLINe2|LLINe3|LLINe4,<file_name>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

:MMEMory:LOAD:LOSS BEFore|AFTer, <file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

:MMEMory:STORe:ENR CALibration|MEASurement, <file_name>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

:MMEMory:STORe:LIMit LLINe1|LLINe2,<file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

:MMEMory:STORe:LIMit LLINe1|LLINe2|LLINe3|LLINe4,<file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

:MMEMory:STORe:LOSS BEFore|AFTer, <file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

:MMEMory:STORe:RESults filename.csv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

:MMEMory:STORe:TRACe TRACe1|TRACe2|ALL, <file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

:MMEMory:STORe:TRACe TRACe1|TRACe2|TRACE3|ALL, <file_name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

:MMEMory[:NFIGure]:LOAD:FREQuency, <file_name>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

List of Commands

:MMEMory[:NFIGure]:STORe:FREQuency, <file_name>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

:READ:<measurement>[n]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

:READ:MONitor[n] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):NFACtor? . . . . . . . .271

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):NFIGure? . . . . . . . .272

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):PCOLd? . . . . . . . . .273

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):PHOT? . . . . . . . . . .274

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA](:CORRected|:UNCorrected):TEFFective?. . . . . .275

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:CORRected:GAIN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:TCOLd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

List of Commands

:READ[:NFIGure]([:ARRay]|:SCALar)[:DATA]:UNCorrected :YFACtor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

:READ[:NFIGure]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

:SENSe:NFIGure:MANual:RF|:MWAVe:FIXed <power> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

:SOURce[:NFIGure]:NOISe[:PREFerence] NORMal|SNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

:SOURce[:NFIGure]:NOISe[:PREFerence]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

:TRACe[:NFIGure][:DATA]:CORRected|:UNCorrected:AMPLitude :MAXimum? <trace> . . . . . .323

:TRACe[:NFIGure][:DATA]:CORRected|:UNCorrected:AMPLitude [:VALue]? <trace>,<freq>. . .324

:TRACe[:NFIGure][:DATA]:CORRected|:UNCorrected:AMPLitude:MINimum? <trace> . . . . . . .324

:TRACe[:NFIGure][:DATA]:CORRected|:UNCorrected:DELTa? <trace>,<freq1>,<freq2> . . . . . .325

:TRACe[:NFIGure][:DATA]:CORRected|:UNCorrected:PTPeak? <trace>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DOWNconv:FREQuency:CONText RF|IF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DOWNconv:FREQuency:CONText?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DOWNconv:LOSCillator:FREQuency <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DOWNconv:LOSCillator:FREQuency? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DOWNconv:LOSCillator:OFFSet LSB|USB|DSB . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DOWNconv:LOSCillator:OFFSet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DUT AMPLifier|DOWNconv|UPConv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:DUT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:DOWNconv[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:DOWNconv[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:FREQuency:CONText RF|IF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

List of Commands

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:FREQuency:CONText? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:LOSCillator:FREQuency <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:LOSCillator:FREQuency? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:LOSCillator:OFFSet LSB|USB|DSB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:SYSTem:LOSCillator:OFFSet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:UPConv:FREQuency:CONText RF|IF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:UPConv:FREQuency:CONText? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:UPConv:LOSCillator:FREQuency <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:UPConv:LOSCillator:FREQuency? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:UPConv:LOSCillator:OFFSet LSB|USB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

List of Commands

[:SENSe]:CONFigure:MODE:UPConv:LOSCillator:OFFSet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

[:SENSe]:DEFaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth[:RESolution]:RATio:AUTO OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . 297

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth[:RESolution]:RATio:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] :RATIO?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio <val> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:COUNt <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:TCONtrol EXPonential|REPeat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:TCONtrol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio <numeric>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio <numeric>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

List of Commands

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

[:SENSe]:MONitor:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

[:SENSe]:MONitor:DETector[:FUNCtion] NORMal |POSitive|NEGative|AVERage . . . . . . . . . .294

List of Commands

[:SENSe]:MONitor:DETector[:FUNCtion]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:OFFSet <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:OFFSet:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:OFFSet:AUTO?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:OFFSet?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN:FULL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN:ZERO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:STARt <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:STARt?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:STOP <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:STOP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency[:CENTer] <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency[:CENTer]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:ATTenuation <rel_power> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:ATTenuation:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:ATTenuation:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:ATTenuation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:GAIN:[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:GAIN[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

List of Commands

[:SENSe]:MONitor:POWer[:RF]:RANGe:AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:POINts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME:AUTO OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME:AUTO?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

[:SENSe]:SWEep:POINts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:AVERage:COUNt <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:AVERage:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:AVERage:TCONtrol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

List of Commands

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:AVERage[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:AVERage[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO OFF|ON|0|1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:COLLect[:ACQuire] STANdard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:DATA

<frequency, <amplitude>[,<frequency>, <amplitude>] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:ID :DATA <string> . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:ID :DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:SERial :DATA <string> . . . . . . . . . 306

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:CALibration:TABLe:SERial :DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:COMMon[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:COMMon[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:MODE TABLe|SPOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:MODE?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:SPOT <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:SPOT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

List of Commands

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:THOT <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR:THOT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]:TABLe :SERial:DATA <string>. . . . . . .307

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]:TABLe :SERial:DATA?. . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]

:TABLe:COUNt?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]:TABLe:DATA

<frequency, <amplitude>[,<frequency>, <amplitude>] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]:TABLe:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]:TABLe:ID :DATA <string>. . . . . . . . . . .307

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:ENR[:MEASurement]:TABLe:ID :DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:MODE FIXed|TABLe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:TABLe:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:TABLe:DATA

<frequency>, <amplitude>[,<frequency>, <amplitude>] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:TABLe:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:VALue <value>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer:VALue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:AFTer[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:MODE FIXed|TABLe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:MODE?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:TABLe:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:TABLe:DATA

<frequency>, <amplitude>[,<frequency>, <amplitude>] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:TABLe:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:VALue <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore:VALue?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:LOSS:BEFore[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:SPOT:MODE ENR|THOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

List of Commands

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:SPOT:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TCOLd:USER:VALue <temperature> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TCOLd:USER:VALue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TCOLd:USER[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TCOLd:USER[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TEMPerature:AFTer <temperature> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TEMPerature:AFTer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TEMPerature:BEFore <temperature> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:CORRection:TEMPerature:BEFore? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:DETector[:FUNCtion] AVERage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

List of Commands

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:DETector[:FUNCtion]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:CENTer <frequency> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:CENTer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:FIXed <frequency> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:FIXed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:LIST:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:LIST:DATA <frequency>[,<frequency>] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:LIST:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:MODE SWEep? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:MODE SWEep|FIXed|LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:SPAN <span> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:SPAN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:STARt <start frequency> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:STARt?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:STOP <stop frequency> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:FREQuency:STOP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:MANual:MWAVe:FIXed <attenuation> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:MANual:MWAVe:FIXed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:MANual:RF:FIXed <attenuation> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:MANual:RF:FIXed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:POWer[:RF]:GAIN[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

List of Commands

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:POWer[:RF]:GAIN[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

[:SENSe][:NFIGure]:SWEep:POINts <integer>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

List of Commands

1 Getting Started

This chapter describes how to install the Noise Figure measurement personality (Option 219) in PSA Series analyzers. It also shows how to license the option so you can make your noise figure measurements.

Getting Started

What You will Find in this Chapter

This chapter takes you through all the necessary steps to install and license the Noise Figure Measurement personality in PSA Series analyzers. This chapter covers:

“Introduction” on page 23

“Installing Optional Measurement Personalities” on page 25

“Starting the Noise Figure Personality” on page 32

“Saving the Instrument State” on page 33

“Keeping Your Measurement Data and Instrument Setups Secure” on page 34

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Getting Started

Introduction

The Option 219 Noise Figure Measurement Personality is a downloadable program (DLP) that is used with the PSA Series spectrum analyzers. You need the following equipment to use the utility:

Table 1-1 Hardware, Firmware and Software

Requirements

Firmware Software Hardware

Revision Number

A.10.00 or later

Noise Figure Measurement Personality

Option 219

Front End Driver Board

Rev. ‘b’ or later

Option 1DS Internal Preamp (100 kHz to 3GHz)

Recommended for best performance in the 100 kHz to 3 GHz range.

Option 110 Internal Preamp (100 kHz to

50 GHz

Recommended if you need to make measurements above 3 GHz.

)

a. The maximum frequency of the Option 110 Preamp is limited

by the frequency range of your spectrum analyzer.

NOTE Agilent Technologies recommends that you install either Option 1DS

(Internal 100 kHz - 3 GHz Preamp) or Option 110 (Internal 100 kHz 50 GHz Preamp), depending on your measurement needs. Option 1DS gives best performance in the 100 kHz to 3 GHz range. Option 110 enables you to perform measurements above 3 GHz up to the frequency limits of your analyzer. If you ever have to measure above 3 GHz, then choose Option 110. The preamp is required for specified performance at all frequencies.

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Chapter 1 23

Getting Started

Introduction

NOTE The Noise Figure Measurement personality (Option 219) requires

Revision b or later of the Front End Driver assembly. This supplies the +28 V output (labelled “NOISE SOURCE DRIVE OUT +28 V (PULSED)” on the rear panel), which is needed to drive the noise source. To see which version is installed in your PSA, press

Show Hdwr. If you have an earlier revision than Revision b, contact your

System,

Agilent Technologies representative. Refer to

http://www.agilent.com/find/psa for further information.

NOTE Model E4445A HA5 - the Noise Figure Measurement personality

(Option 219) can not be installed on the E4445A HA5 model PSA analyzer. These analyzers have the HA5 Low Cost Option installed, and cannot be upgraded to make noise figure measurements. Press

More, Show System to list the installed options.

System,

The next sections describe how to install and access the Noise Figure personality.

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Getting Started

Installing Optional Measurement Personalities

When you install a measurement personality, you need to follow a three step process:

1. Determine whether your memory capacity is sufficient to contain all the options you want to load. If not, decide which options you want to install now, and consider upgrading your memory. Details follow in

“Do You Have Enough Memory to Load All Your Personality Options?” on page 25.

2. Install the measurement personality firmware into the instrument memory. Details follow in “Loading an Optional Measurement

Personality” on page 29.

3. Enter a license key that activates the measurement personality. Details follow in “Obtaining and Installing a License Key” on

page 29.

Adding measurement personalities requires the purchase of an upgrade kit for the desired option. The upgrade kit contains the measurement personality firmware and an entitlement certificate that is used to generate a license key from the internet website. A separate license key is required for each option on a specific instrument serial number and host ID.

For the latest information on Agilent Spectrum Analyzer options and upgrade kits, visit the following web location:

http://www.agilent.com/find/sa_upgrades

Do You Have Enough Memory to Load All Your Personality Options?

If you do not have memory limitations then you can skip ahead to the next section “Loading an Optional Measurement Personality” on

page 29. If after installing your options you get error messages relating

to memory issues, you can return to this section to learn more about how to optimize your configuration.

If you have 64 MBytes of memory installed in your instrument, you should have enough memory to install at least four optional personalities, with plenty of memory for data and states.

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The optional measurement personalities require different amounts of memory. So the number of personalities that you can load varies. This is also impacted by how much data you need to save. If you are having memory errors you must swap the applications in or out of memory as needed. If you only have 48 MBytes of memory, you can upgrade your

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hardware to 64 MBytes.

Additional memory can be added to any PSA Series analyzer by installing Option 115. With this option installed, you can install all currently available measurement personalities in your analyzer and still have memory space to store more state and trace files than would otherwise be possible.

To see the size of your installed memory for PSA Series Spectrum Analyzers:

1. Ensure that the spectrum analyzer is in spectrum analyzer mode because this can affect the screen size.

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2. Press

System, More, Show Hdwr.

3. Read Flash Memory size in the table. If Option 115 is installed, the table will also show Compact Flash Type and Compact Flash Size.

PSA Flash Memory Size

64 Mbytes 32.5 MBytes 30.0 MBytes

48 Mbytes 16.9 MBytes 14.3 MBytes

PSA Compact Flash Memory Size

512 Mbytes (Opt. 115) 512 MBytes

Available Memory Without Option B7J and Option 122 or 140

Available Additional Memory for Measurement Personalities

Available Memory With Option B7J and Option 122 or 140

If you have 48 MBytes of memory, and you want to install more than 3 optional personalities, you may need to manage your memory resources. The following section, “How to Predict Your Memory

Requirements” on page 27, will help you decide how to configure your

installed options to provide optimal operation.

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How to Predict Your Memory Requirements

If you plan to install many optional personalities, you should review your memory requirements, so you can determine whether you have enough memory (unless you have a PSA Series with Option 115). There is an Agilent “Memory Calculator” available online that can help you do this, or you can make a calculated approximation using the information that follows. You will need to know your instrument’s installed memory size and then select your desired applications.

NOTE If you have a PSA Series analyzer with Option 115, there is adequate memory

to install all of the available optional personalities in your instrument.

To calculate the available memory on your PSA, see:

http://sa.tm.agilent.com/PSA/memory/

Select the “Memory Calculator” link. You can try any combination of available personalities to see if your desired configuration is compatible with your installed memory.

NOTE After loading all your optional measurement personalities, you should have a

reserve of ~2 MBytes memory to facilitate mode switching. Less available memory will increase mode switching time. For example, if you employ excessive free memory by saving files of states and/or data, your mode switching time can increase to more than a minute.

You can manually estimate your total memory requirements by adding up the memory allocations described in the following steps. Compare the desired total with the available memory that you identified in the previous section.

1. Program memory - Select option requirements from the table

“Measurement Personality Options and Memory Required” on page 28.

2. Shared libraries require 7.72 MBytes.

3. Recommended mode swap space is 2 MBytes.

4. Screens - .gif files need 20-25 kBytes each.

5. State memory - State file sizes range from 21 kB for SA mode to 40 kB for W-CDMA. The state of every mode accessed since power-on will be saved in the state file. File sizes can exceed 150 kB each when several modes are accessed, for each state file saved.

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TIP State memory retains settings for all states accessed before the Save State

command. To reduce this usage to a minimum, reduce the modes accessed before the Save State is executed. You can set the PSA to boot into a selected mode by accessing the desired mode, then pressing the System, Power

On/Preset, Power On keys and toggle the setting to Last.

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Measurement Personality Options and Memory Required

Personality Options

for PSA Series Spectrum Analyzers

Option File Size

(PSA Rev: A.10)

cdmaOne measurement personality BAC 1.91 Mbytes

NADC and PDC measurement personalities (not

BAE 2.43 Mbytes

available separately)

W-CDMA or W-CDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA

BAF, 210

5.38 Mbytes

measurement personality

cdma2000 or cdma2000 w/ 1xEV-DV measurement personality

1xEV-DO measurement personality 204

GSM (with EDGE) measurement personality 202

Shared measurement library

Phase Noise measurement personality 226

Noise Figure measurement personality 219

Basic measurement personality with digital demod hardware

Programming Code Compatibility Suited (8560

B78, 214

4.00 Mbytes

5.61 Mbytes

3.56 Mbytes

n/a 7.72 Mbytes

2.82 Mbytes

4.68 Mbytes

B7J Cannot be deleted

(2.64 Mbytes)

266

1.18 Mbytes

Series, 8590 Series, and 8566/8568)

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TD-SCDMA Power measurement personality 211

TD-SCDMA Modulation Analysis or TD-SCDMA

212, 213 1.82 Mbytes

5.47 Mbytes

Modulation Analysis w/ HSDPA/8PSK measurement personality

Flexible Digital Modulation Analysis 241

WLAN measurement personality 217

External Source Control 215

Measuring Receiver Personality

233

2.11 Mbytes

3.24 Mbytes

0.72 Mbytes

2.91 Mbytes

(available with Option 23A - Trigger support for AM/FM/PM and Option 23B - CCITT filter)

EMC Analyzer

239

4.06 Mbytes

a. Available as of the print date of this guide. b. Many PSA Series personality options use a 7.72 Mbyte shared measurement library. If

you are loading multiple personalities that use this library, you only need to add this

memory allocation once. c. Shared measurement library allocation not required. d. This is a no charge option that does not require a license key.

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Memory Upgrade Kits

The PSA 64 MByte Memory Upgrade kit part number is E4440AU-ANE. The PSA Compact Flash Upgrade kit part number is E4440AU-115.

For more information about memory upgrade kits contact your local sales office, service office, or see:

http://www.agilent.com/find/sa_upgrades

Loading an Optional Measurement Personality

You must use a PC to load the desired personality option into the instrument memory. Loading can be done from a firmware CD-ROM or by downloading the update program from the internet. An automatic loading program comes with the files and runs from your PC.

You can check the Agilent internet website for the latest PSA firmware versions available for downloading:

http://www.agilent.com/find/psa_firmware

NOTE When you add a new option, or update an existing option, you will get the

updated versions of all your current options as they are all reloaded simultaneously. This process may also require you to update the instrument core firmware so that it is compatible with the new option.

Depending on your installed hardware memory, you may not be able to fit all of the available measurement personalities in instrument memory at the same time. You may need to delete an existing option file from memory and load the one you want. Use the automatic update program that is provided with the files. Refer to the table showing

“Measurement Personality Options and Memory Required” on page 28.

The approximate memory requirements for the options are listed in this table. These numbers are worst case examples. Some options share components and libraries, therefore the total memory usage of multiple options may not be exactly equal to the combined total.

Obtaining and Installing a License Key

If you purchase an optional personality that requires installation, you will receive an “Entitlement Certificate” which may be redeemed for a license key specific to one instrument. Follow the instructions that accompany the certificate to obtain your license key.

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To install a license key for the selected personality option, use the following procedure:

NOTE You can also use this procedure to reinstall a license key that has been deleted

during an uninstall process, or lost due to a memory failure.

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1. Press System, More, More, Licensing, Option to accesses the alpha editor. Use this alpha editor to enter letters (upper-case), and the front-panel numeric keys to enter numbers for the option designation. You will validate your option entry in the active function area of the display. Then, press the

Enter key.

2. Press

License Key to enter the letters and digits of your license key.

You will validate your license key entry in the active function area of the display. Then, press the

3. Press the

Activate License key.

Enter key.

Viewing a License Key

Measurement personalities purchased with your instrument have been installed and activated at the factory before shipment. The instrument requires a License Key unique to every measurement personality purchased. The license key is a hexadecimal number specific to your measurement personality, instrument serial number and host ID. It enables you to install, or reactivate that particular personality.

Use the following procedure to display the license key unique to your personality option that is already installed in your PSA:

Press

Personality key displays the personalities loaded, version

information, and whether the personality is licensed.

NOTE You will want to keep a copy of your license key in a secure location. Press

System, More, then Licensing, Show License, and print out a copy of the display that shows the license numbers. If you should lose your license key, call your nearest Agilent Technologies service or sales office for assistance.

System, More, More, Licensing, Show License. The System,

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Using the Delete License Key on PSA

This key will make the option unavailable for use, but will not delete it from memory. Write down the 12-digit license key for the option before you delete it. If you want to use that measurement personality later, you will need the license key to reactivate the personality firmware.

NOTE Using the Delete License key does not remove the personality from the

instrument memory, and does not free memory to be available to install another option. If you need to free memory to install another option, refer to the instructions for loading firmware updates located at the URL :

http://www.agilent.com/find/psa/

1. Press System, More, More, Licensing, Option. Pressing the Option key will activate the alpha editor menu. Use the alpha editor to enter the letters (upper-case) and the front-panel numeric keyboard to enter the digits (if required) for the option, then press the

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1 Getting Started

What You will Find in this Chapter

Introduction

Installing Optional Measurement Personalities

Do You Have Enough Memory to Load All Your Personality Options?

How to Predict Your Memory Requirements

Loading an Optional Measurement Personality

Obtaining and Installing a License Key

Viewing a License Key

Using the Delete License Key on PSA