Boonton 52000 Series USB CW Power Sensor User Manual
User’s Guide
52000 Series USB Power Sensor/Meter
Taking performance to a new peak
Notices
Disclaimer
Warranty
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incidental or consequential damages in connection with the
furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
Refer to the warranty card included with the product. A copy of
the specic warranty terms applicable to your Boonton products
and replacement parts can be obtained from . To request more
information or parts, email sales@boonton.com.
Safety Notices
Before installing and operating these products, please read the safety
statements in “Safety and Specications” on page 61.
2 Introduction
User’s Guide
Welcome Thank you for choosing the 52000 Series USB Power
Sensors/Meter and welcome to the Boonton User’s Guide.
This manual will guide you through the following sections:
• Software installation
• Hardware installation
• Using the software
• Getting more from your system
Introduction
The 52000 CW power sensors/meter are a new series of products
which connect directly to a laptop or desktop computer using
a standard USB port, without the need for a stand alone meter.
Measurements from the sensor can be displayed on the laptop or
desktop computer or can be integrated into your test system with a
set of user-dened software functions – supplied as standard.
This guide will take you through the software installation stages.
Then it will outline some typical hardware congurations and how to
get the most from your software. Finally, you will be shown how to
integrate the sensor into your test environment.
Key Features
The key features of the 52000 CW power sensor/meter are:
• Perfect for most Power measurement uses, including:
• Installation and maintenance
• Manufacturing test
• ATE
• Research and Development
• Easy to use software
• Quick conguration
• Flexible set-up and system integration
• Small, compact and rugged
• Multiple sensor support on single PC
• No reference calibration required
• Low cost alternative to tradition power measurements
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What you should have
Warranty
User’s Guide
Card
USB
Cable
CD
52000 Sensor
52012 CW Power Sensor
ESD
Earth ground must be connected
Max pwr +23dBm avg, +30dBm peak for 1us +/- 10.0VDC Max.
10MHz - 12.4GHz
10nW - 100mW (-50dBm to 20dBm)
Before you start, please check you have the following items (Refer to
Figure 1 “What you should have” on page 4):
• 52000 CW power sensor (52012 or 52018)
• 6 feet (1.82m) USB cable (USB2-AB-06BK)
• Boonton software CD
• Product warranty card
• This User’s Guide
Figure 1 What you should have
If any of these items are missing or damaged, then please contact
your local representative as soon as possible or refer to “Contacting
Boonton ” on page 59.
4 Introduction
Introduction .............................................................................................3
Key Features .............................................................................................3
What you should have ..........................................................................4
Installation Of Software
Install procedure .....................................................................................9
Contents
USB Installation
Driver installation with Windows® XP SP2 .................................. 13
Driver installation with Windows® XP SP1 .................................. 16
Hardware Connections
How to connect your sensor ............................................................ 21
Connection to your PC ...................................................................... 21
Connection to your unit under test (UUT) .................................. 22
Connecting multiple sensors ............................................................ 23
Using The Software
Using the software .............................................................................. 25
Zero your sensor .................................................................................. 26
Making a measurement ..................................................................... 26
Measurements using more than one sensor ............................... 28
How to make a pulse power measurement ................................30
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Measuring GSM mobile signals ...................................................... 31
Making a measurement ..................................................................... 32
Measuring power greater than +20dBm (100mW) .................. 33
Measuring an attenuator using relative mode .......................... 34
How to use measurement limts ...................................................... 35
How to use trace mode ..................................................................... 38
Error and status messages ............................................................... 42
Sensor not zeroed ................................................................................ 42
Sensor frequency, offset and duty cycle enabled .......................42
Sensor overload .................................................................................. 43
High limit exceeded ............................................................................ 43
Low limit exceeded .............................................................................44
Zero sensor - temperature change ................................................. 44
Manually entered cal factor ............................................................. 45
Description Of Software
Description of icons ............................................................................ 46
Description of menu options. ........................................................... 47
Enhanced Features
Integrating your power sensor......................................................... 49
Troubleshooting
How to x “No Sensor Connected” problems .............................. 51
No sensor is attached to your PC.................................................... 52
The wrong USB driver has been installed ..................................... 52
The USB cable or USB port are faulty ............................................53
Incorrectly congured USB hub ..................................................... 53
More than one application has been started ..............................54
Unexpected measurements results ............................................... 54
Check status message ........................................................................54
Your sensor is potentially damaged ............................................... 54
Incorrect offset setting ...................................................................... 54
Incorrect measurement settings ................................................... 54
How to identify your PC operating system ................................. 55
Other useful information .................................................................. 56
What is zeroing? .................................................................................. 56
Pulse measurement and setting the duty cycle. ......................... 56
What is a dB? ........................................................................................57
What is a dBm? .................................................................................... 58
Contact And Support
Contacting Boonton ..........................................................................59
Our Website .........................................................................................59
6 Contents
Safety And Specications
Safety notices ...................................................................................... 60
EC declaration of conformity ........................................................... 61
WEEE Directive ..................................................................................... 62
Product descriptions and requirements ........................................62
Minimum PC requirements ............................................................... 62
52012 Description ............................................................................... 62
52018 Description ............................................................................... 62
52000 Series Specications ............................................................. 63
Index ........................................................................................................65
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8 Installation
1 Installation Of Software
This chapter provides information about installing the Boonton
power sensor/meter software.
Before you start, please check your PC for software compatibility.
Refer to “Minimum PC requirements” on page 63 for more
information.
Install procedure
To install the Boonton software, follow these steps:
Caution Do not connect any hardware to your PC until you have
installed the Boonton software.
Note If you are using Windows XP SP1, disconnect any LAN
connections. This will prevent your PC automatically downloading
the wrong USB drivers.
Do this Comment
1. Insert the CD into your PC The installation should start automatically.
2. (Optional) If the installation
does not start automatically,
select Start > Run and type
d:\BoontonSensorInstallation.exe
3. Select Continue Refer to Figure 2 on page 10.
Where D:\ is the name of your CD drive.
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Figure 2 Start of installation software
4 Check the software matches your sensor types and then select
Continue The sensor part numbers are listed on the side of the sensor.
Refer to Figure 3 on page 10.
Figure 3 Check sensor part number
5 Carefully read all of the License Agreement. If you accept the terms
and conditions of the license agreement, enable the Accept option
and then select Continue.
If you have any questions about this agreement, then please contact
us. Refer to Figure 4 on page 11.
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Figure 4 License agreement
6 Choose the installation location, whether you want a desktop icon
and a shortcut added to your start menu, then select Continue It is
recommended that you use the default installation options.
Refer to Figure 5 on page 11.
Figure 5 Installation location
7 Select Finish when the installation has completed
Refer to Figure 6 on page 12.
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Figure 6 Installation completed
Note At the end of the installation you are asked to connect your
sensor. Refer to “USB Installation” on page 13 for more information.
12 Software Installation
2 USB Installation
This chapter explains the process for installing and enabling the USB
drivers for your 52000 series CW power sensor/meter. These drivers
are required to enable effective measurement data Transfer.
There are two USB driver installation procedures covered in this
chapter – one for Windows® XP SP1 and the other for Windows® XP
SP2. To identify which operating system you have on your PC, refer to
“How to identify your PC operating system” on page 55.
Driver installation with Windows® XP SP2
This section describes how to install and congure your USB drivers
on a PC with Windows® XP and service pack 2 (SP2) operating
system.
Caution Do not connect your sensor and install the USB drivers
unless you have installed the Boonton software. Refer to “Installation
Of Software” on page 9 for more information.
1. Connect your sensor to the USB port of your PC. The Windows
Hardware Wizard starts automatically.
Refer to “How to connect your sensor” on page 21 for more
information.
2. Choose “No not at this time” and select Next.
Refer to Figure 7 on page 14.
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Figure 7 Windows hardware installation wizard
3. Choose “Install from a list or specic location (Advanced)” and
select Next.
Refer to Figure 8 on page14.
Figure 8 USB Driver location
14 USB Installation
4. Choose “Include this location in the search”.
Refer to Figure 9 on page 15.
Figure 9 Choose the installation location
5. Browse to the following location: C:\ProgramFiles\Boonton\Driver.
If you have changed the default installation location, navigate to the
Boonton installation folder.
6. Select Next.
7. (Optional) During the installation Windows may check the driver
compatibility. Select Continue Anyway. The USB sensor driver is a
valid driver and will not damage your system. Refer to Figure 10 on
page 16.
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The USB driver that is installed is a generic USB sensor driver and it
is used for a range of USB sensors. The sensor driver installed on your
PC is called FTDI FT8U2XX Device.
Driver installation with Windows® XP SP1
Figure 10 Continue Anyway with installation
8. The driver will now be installed.
9. Select Finish when the driver installation is complete. Windows
will now conrm it has identied the USB sensor hardware.
This section describes how to install and congure your USB drivers
on a PC with Windows® XP and service pack 1 (SP1) operating
system.
Caution Disconnect any LAN connections to the PC. Windows® XP
SP1 does not provide exible USB driver installation. The operating
system rst attempts to obtain the USB driver from an external
source. This external driver does not provide a working connection
with your sensor.
16 USB Installation
1. Connect your sensor to the USB port of your PC. The Windows
Hardware Wizard starts automatically. Refer to “How to connect your
sensor” on page 21 for more information.
2. Choose “No not at this time” and select Next. Refer to Figure 7 on
page 14.
Figure 11 Windows hardware installation wizard
3. Choose “Install from a list or specic location(Advanced)” and
select Next.
Refer to Figure 8 on page14
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Figure 12 USB Driver location
4. Choose “Include this location in the search”.
Refer to Figure 9 on page15.
Figure 13 Choose the installation location
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5. Browse to the following location: C:\ProgramFiles\Boonton\Driver.
If you have changed the default installation location, navigate to the
Boonton installation folder.
6. Select Next.
7. (Optional) During the installation Windows may check the driver
compatibility. Select Continue Anyway. The USB sensor driver is a
valid driver and will not damage your system.
Refer to Figure 10 on page 16.
Figure 14 Continue Anyway with installation
8. The driver will now be installed.
9. Select Finish when the driver installation is complete Windows will
now conrm it has identied the USB sensor hardware.
Reconnect your LAN connection.
The USB driver that is installed is a generic USB sensor driver and it
is used for a range ofUSB sensors. The sensor driver installed on your
PC is called FTDI FT8U2XX Device. If this is not the driver installed on
your PC, refer to “How to x “No Sensor Connected” problems” on
page 51 for more information.
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20 USB Installation
3 Hardware Connections
USB Cable
Your PC
52000 Sensor
52012 CW Power Sensor
ESD
Earth ground must be connected
Max pwr +23dBm avg, +30dBm peak for 1us +/- 10.0VDC Max.
10MHz - 12.4GHz
10nW - 100mW (-50dBm to 20dBm)
This chapter provides an overview of how to connect your 52000 CW
power sensor/meter in your test environment.
How to connect your sensor
The section describes some typical connection congurations.
Connection to your PC
Connection to your PC is through a USB cable (supplied with
your sensor). The 52000 series CW Power sensor/meter is USB 2.0
compatible. It is recommended that you use the USB cable supplied
with your sensor. Refer to Figure 15 “Sensor to PC connection” on
page 21 for a diagram of the sensor and PC connection.
Figure 15 Sensor to PC connection
The maximum recommended connection length is 5m.
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