HP (Hewlett-Packard) E6380-90019 User Manual

HP 8935 CDMA Cellular/PCS Bas e St ati o n

Main Menu

Test Set

Reference Guide

Firmware Version: A.01.00 and above

HP Part N u mber E6380- 90019

Revision A

Printed in U.S.A.

November 1997

Notice

Main Menu

Information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

This material may be reproduced by or for the U.S. Government pursuant to the Copyright License under the clause at DFARS

52.227-7013 (APR 1988).

Contents

Main Menu

Product Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

In This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Conventions Used in this Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

1. Getting Started

Before Connecting a Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Changing the Test Set’s Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Changing the Measurement Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Changing the Control Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

How do I Verify that the Test Set is Operating Properly? . . . . . . . . . 31

Instrument Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2. Operating Overview

Displaying CDMA Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Channel Power, Rho, EVM, Average Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Code Domain Measurements (Power, Timing, Phase). . . . . . . . . . . 35

Displaying Analog Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

RF Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Displaying AF Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Displaying Analog Measurement Results on a Meter Scale . . . . . . 39

Using Channel Numbers to Set Analyzer and Generator Frequencies40

Calibrating the Channel Power Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Changing the Increment or Decrement Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Specifying An Increment Value for the Arrow Keys or Knob . . . . . 42

Using the Factor of 10 Increment/Decrement Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Measurement Limit Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Setting A Measurement Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Averaging Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

How the Test Set Averages Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting an RF Generator/Analyzer Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Saving and Recalling Instrument Se tups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Memory Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Instrument Hardware Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using USER Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using Pre-Defined USER Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Assigning and Releasing USER Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Replacing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

3. Overview of the Test Set’s Built-In Tools

Using RF Tools Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Swept Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Discrete Freq Insertion Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Swept Insertion Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Swept Return Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Cable Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Replot Data Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Main Menu

Transfer Stored Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

SA (spectrum analyzer) Self Calibration ON/OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Catalog PC (Memory) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Set Up Printer/Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using the Code Domain Analyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Selecting the Code Domain Analyzer’s Controls Menus . . . . . . . . . 67

Using the Spectrum Analyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Automatic Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Setting Resolution Bandwidth and Sweep Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting the Spectrum Analyzer’s Controls Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Using the Voltmeter and Audio Frequency Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using the Oscilloscope (Scope) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Selecting the Oscillo sc op e’s Inp u t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Selecting the Oscillo sc op e’s F ilte rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Triggering the Osc illo sc ope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using the Oscilloscop e ’ s Mark er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using IB_UTIL Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

COPY_PL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

FILE_XFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

RAM_USAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Securing a Test Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Clearing RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using the LISTOPTS (list options) Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Using the DEMO Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using the ST_PLT (store or plot) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

4. CDMA Measurements - Screens and Contr ol Fields

CDMA Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Average Power Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Channel Power Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Rho Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Code Domain Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Control Fields for CDMA Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

ADCfs or ADC FS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Analyzer (CDMA analyzer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Analyzer (code domain analyzer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Anl Dir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Anl Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Auto Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Car FT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chn Pwr Cal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

CW RF Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Data Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Data Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Even Sec In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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Main Menu

Freq Err. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Gen Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Gen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Gen Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Input Atten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Input Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Lvl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Meas Intvl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Num Avgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Ofs Trnsfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Output Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

PN Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Pwr Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Pwr Intvl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Pwr Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Pwr Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Qual Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

RF Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

RF Gen Freq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

RF In/Ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Time Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

TmOfs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Trig Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Tune Freq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Walsh Chan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

5. Analog Measurements - Screens and Contr ol Fields

Analog Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

AC Level Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

AM Depth Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

AF Freq Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

DC Level Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Distn (Distortion) Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

FM Deviation Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Frequency Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Frequency Error Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

TX Power Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

FM Deviation Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

AF Freq (Audio Frequency) Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

SINAD Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

SNR Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Control Fields for Analog Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

AF Anl In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

AF Cnt Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

AFGen1 Freq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Main Menu

AFGen1 To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

AFGen2 Freq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

AFGen2 To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Atten Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Audio In Lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Audio Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Auto/Norm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Auto Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Center Freq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Cont/Single . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

De-Emp Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

De-Emphasis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Detector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Ext Load R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Filter 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Filter 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

FM Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Freq (marker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Gain Cntl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

IF Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Input Atten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Input Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Input Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Internal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Level (div) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Lvl (marker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Marker To Peak+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Marker To Peak- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Marker To (spectrum analyzer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Mod In To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

No Pk/Avg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Notch Freq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Notch Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Offset Freq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Output Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Pk Det To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Port/Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Ref Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

RF Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

RF Cnt Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

RF Gen Freq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

RF In/Ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Scope To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Sensitivity (RF analyzer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Sensitivity (spectrum analyzer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Settling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Speaker ALC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Speaker Vol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Time/div . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Track/Fixed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Trig-Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Tune Freq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

TX Pwr Meas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

TX Pwr Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Vert/div . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Vert Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

6. Configuration - Screens and Control Fields

Configuring the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Setting the Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Changing the Beeper’s Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Turning Off User Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Configuring for Printing A Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Printing a Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Control Fields on the Configuration Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Abort Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Antenna In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Base Freq (User Defined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Beeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Chan Space (User Defined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Data Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Display User Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Duplex Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Ext Ref In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

FF at End:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

FF at Start:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Frame Clock Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

(Gen)-(Anl) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

(Gen)-(Anl) (User Defined). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

HP-IB Adrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

IBASIC Echo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Inst Echo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Lines/Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Notch Coupl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Opt CDMA TB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

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Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Printer Port: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Print Title:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Range Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Ref Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

RF Chan Std. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

RF Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

RF Gen Volts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

RF In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

RF Level Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

RF Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Save/Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Serial Baud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Serial_9 In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Serial No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Stop Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Total RAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

7. Connectors

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

10 MHz REF OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

16 × CHIP CLOCK 19.6608 MHz OUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

ANALOG MODULATION IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

ANT IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

AUDIO IN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

AUDIO OUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

BASEBAND OUT (I and Q). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Chassis Ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

CHIP CLOCK 1.2288 MHz OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

DATA IN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

DUPLEX OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

EVEN SECOND SYNC IN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

EXT REF IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

EXT SCOPE TRIG IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

FRAME CLOCK OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

HP-IB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

MEMORY CARD Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

PARALLEL PORT 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

PARALLEL PORT 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

RF IN/OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

SCOPE MONITOR OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

SERIAL PORTs 9, 10, and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

TRIGGER QUALIFIER IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

VIDEO OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

8. Accessories, Manuals, Support

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

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Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Manuals (English and non-English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Test Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

HP Support for Your Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Customer Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

9. Error Me ss a ges

General Information About Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Positive Numbered Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Negative Numbered Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

IBASIC Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

HP-IB Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Text Only Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

The Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Non-Recoverable Firmware Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Text Only Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

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Manufacturer’s

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Declaration

This statement is provided to comply with the requirements of the German Sound Emission Directive, from 18 January 1991.

This product has a sound pressure emission (at the operator position) < 70 dB( A).

• Sound Pressure Lp < 70 dB(A).

• At Operator Position.

• Normal Operation.

• According to ISO 7779:1988/EN 27779:1991 (Type Test).

Herstellerbescheinigung

Diese Information steht im Zusammenhang mit den Anf orderungen der Maschinenlärminformationsverordnung vom 18 Januar 1991.

• Schalldruckpegel Lp < 70 dB(A).

• Am Arbeitsplatz.

• Normaler Betrieb.

• N ach I SO 7779:198 8/ E N 27779:19 91 (Typprüfu n g) .

Safety

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Considerations

GENERAL This product and related documentation must be reviewed for

familiarization with safety markings and instructions before operation. This product has been designed and tested in accordance with IEC

Publication 1010, "Safety Requirements for Electronic Measuring Apparatus," and has been supplied in a safe condition. This instruction documentation contains information and warnings which must be followed by the user to ensure safe operation and to maintain the product in a safe condition.

SAFETY EARTH GROUND A uninterruptible safety earth ground must be provided from the main

power source to the product input wiring terminals, power cord, or supplied power cord set.

CHASSIS GROUND TERMINAL To prevent a potential shock hazard, always connect the chassis ground

terminal to earth ground when operating this instrument from a dc power source.

SAFETY S Y M BOLS Indicates instrument damage c an occur if indica ted operating l imits are

exceeded. Refer to the instructions in this guide. Indicates hazardous voltages. Indicates earth (ground) terminal

WARNING A WARNING note denotes a hazard. It calls attention to a

procedure, practice, or the like, which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in personal injury. Do n ot proceed beyond a WARNING sign until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.

CAUTION A CAUTION note denotes a hazard. It calls attention to an operation

procedure, practice, or the like, which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to or destruction of part or all of the product. Do not proceed beyond an CAUTION note until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.

Safety Considerations for this Instrument

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WARNING This product is a Safety Class I instrument (provided with a

protective earthing ground incorporated in the power cord). The mains plug shall only be inserted in a socket outlet provided with a protective earth contact. Any interruption of the protective conductor inside or outside of the product is likely to make the product dang erous. Intentional interruption is prohibited.

Do not expose to or operate this instrument in outdoor

atmospheric conditions such a s direct rain, hail, sleet, snow, icing, sunshine or wind. Op erate th is i nstrument onl y within its specified temperature humidity conditions.

This instrument is equipped with internal gr ound fault circuit

interrupter class A.

• This device does not protect against electrical shock due to contact with both circuit conductors or a fault in supply wiring to product.

• Do not use extension cord to connect this product to power receptacle. At tention-ne pas utiliser de ra llonge pour raccorder le detecteur-disjoncteur a la prise de courant.

• Replace cordset only with HP 8120 series. Attention Remplacer uniquement par un cordon amovible numero

8120.

• Do not use in wet location. Ne pas utilise r dans un emplacement mouille.

WARNING Whenever it is likely tha t the protection has been im paired, the

instrument must be made inoperative and be secured against any unintended operation.

If this instrument is to be energized via an autotransformer (for voltage reduction), make sure the common terminal is connected to the earth termina l of the power source.

If this product is not used as specified, the protection provided by t he equipm en t c o ul d b e i mpa i re d. Th is pr o d uc t m u s t b e u se d in a normal condition (in which all means for protection are intact) only.

No operator servi ceable parts in t his product. Refer servicing to qualified personnel. To prevent electrical shock, do not remove covers.

Servicing inst ructions are for use by qualified personnel only.

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To avoid electrical shock, do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified to do so.

The opening of covers or removal of parts is likely to expose dangerous voltages. Disconnect the product from all voltage sources while it is being opened.

Adjustments described in the manual are performed with power supplied to the instrument while protective covers are removed. Energy available at many points may, if contacted, result in personal injury.

The power cord is connected to internal capacitors that my remain live for 5 seconds after disconnecting the plug from its power supply.

For Continued protection against fire hazard, replace the line fuse(s) only with 250 V fuse(s) or the same current rating and type (for example, normal blow or time delay). Do not use repaired fuses or short circuited fuseholders. FUSE: T 5.0A

CAUTION Always use the three-prong ac power cord supplied with this product.

Failure to ensure adequate earth grounding by not using this cord may cause personal injury and/or product damage.

This product is designed for use in Installation Category II and Pollution Degree 2 per IEC 1010 and IEC 664 respectively. For indoor use only.

This product has autoranging line voltage input, be sure the supply voltage is within the specified range.

Ventilation Requirements: When installing the product in a cabinet, the convection into and out of the product must not be restricted. The ambient temperature (outside the cabinet) must be less than the

maximum operating temperature of the product by 4° C for every 100 watts dissipated in the cabinet. If the total power dissipated in the cabinet is greater than 800 watts, then forced convection must be used.

To prevent electrical shock, disconnect instrument from mains (line) before cleaning. Use a dry cloth or one sl ightly d ampened with water to clean the external case parts. Do not attempt to clean internally.

Product Markings CE - the CE mark is a registered trademark of the European

Community. A CE mark accompanied by a year indicated the year the desi gn was pro ven.

CSA - the CSA mark is a registered trademark of the Canadian Standards Associatio n .

CERTIFICATION Hewlett-Packard Company certifi es that this p r oduct met its published

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specifications at the time of shipment from the factory. Hewlett-Packard further certifies that its calibration measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and

Technology, to the extent allowed by the Institute’s calibration facility, and to the calibration facilities of other International Standards Organization members.

WARRANTY This Hewlett-Packard instrume nt produc t i s warr anted a gainst d ef ec ts

in material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of shipment. During the warranty period, Hewlett- Packard Company will at its option, either repair or replace products which prove to be defective.

For warranty service or repair, this product must be returned to a service facility designated by HP. Buyer shall prepay shipping charges to HP and HP shall pay s hipping cha rges, duti es, and taxes for product s returned to HP from another country.

HP warrants that its software and firmware designated by HP for use with an instrument will execute its programming instructions when properly installed on that instrument. HP does not warrant that the operation of the instrument, or software, or firmware will be uninterrupted or error free.

LIMITATION OF WARRANTY

EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES

ASSISTANCE Product maintenance agreements and other customer assistance

The foreg o in g warranty shall not apply t o de fe ct s re su lting from improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer, Buyer-supplied software or inte rfa cing, una uthor ized modification or misuse, operation outside of the enviro nmental sp ec ifications for the pro duct, or im proper site preparation or maintenance.

NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. HP SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. HP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASE ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.

agreements are available for Hewlett-Packard products. For any assistance, contact your nearest Hewlett-Packard Sales and Service Office.

Table 1 Regional Sales and Service Offices

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Eastern USA Sales Office Hewlett-Packard Company 2101 Gather Rd. Rockville, MD 20850 Tel: (301) 258-2000

Southern USA Sales an d S ervice Hewlett-Packard Company 1995 North Park Place Atlanta, GA 30339 Sales Tel: (404) 955-1500 Fax: (404) 980-7292 Service Tel: (404) 850-2544 Fax: (404) 980-7292

Western USA Sales an d S ervice Hewlett-Packard Company 24 Inverness Place East Englewood, CO 80112 Sales Tel: (303) 649-5000 Fax: (303) 649-5787 Service Tel: (303) 649-5512 Fax: (303) 649-5787

Eastern USA Sales Office Hewlett-Packard Company 2101 Gather Rd. Rockville, MD 20850 Tel: (301) 258-2000

Southern USA Service Center Hewlett-Packard Company 930 E. Campbell Road Richardson, TX 75081 Tel: (214) 699-4331

Western USA Sales and Service Hewlett-Packard Company 1421 South Manhattan Avenue Fullerton, CA 92631 Sales Tel: (714) 999-6700 Fax: (714) 778-3033 Service Tel: (714) 758-5490 Fax: (714) 778-3033

Midwestern USA Sales and Service Hewlett-Packard Company 5201 Tollview Drive Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel: (708) 342-2000

Western USA Service Center Hewlett-Packard Company 301 E. Evelyn Avenue Mountain View, CA 94041 Tel: (415) 694-2000 Fax: (415) 694-0601

United States of America Customer Information Center Hewlett-Packard Company Tel: (800) 752-0900 6:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time Parts Direct: 1-800-227-8164

South Eastern Europe Sales an d S ervice Hewlett-Packard Ges. m.b.h. Liebigasse 1 P.O. Box 72 A-1222 Vienna, Austria Telephone: 43 222 2500 0 Telex: 13 4425

European Multicountry Region Sales and Service Hewlett-Packard S.A. P.O. Box 95 150, Route dv Nant_dl_AVRIL CH-1217 Meyrin 2 Geneva , Switzerland Telephone: (41/ 22) 780-8111 Fax: (41/22) 780-8542

Northern Euro pe Sales and Service Hewlet t-Packard Nederland B.V . Startbaan 16 1187 XR Amstelveen, The Ne therlands P.O. Box 667 Telephone: 31/20 5476911 X 6631 Fax: 31-20-6471825NL

Asia

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Product Description

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The HP 8935 CDMA Cellular/PCS Base Station Test Set offers full signal gene ration and an alysis capab il ity and support for c el lular frequency bands and international PCS frequency bands.

You can perform the following CDMA measurements using the Test Set:

• Signal Quality Measurements

• Rho (ρ)

• Time Offset

• Frequency Error

• Carrier Feedthrough

• Code Domain Measurements

• Code Domain Power

• Code Domain Timing

• Code Domain Phase

• Average Power

• Channel Power

• Error Vector Magnitude The Test Set’s CDMA generator also has the following capabilities:

• Reverse Channel Source with Data Buffer

• AWGN (built-in calibrated E The Test Set also supports CDMA reference clocks and triggers. In addition to its CDMA measurements and capabilities, the Test Set

also provides the following analog measurements:

• AC Level

• A M De pth

• AF Frequency

•DC Level

• Distortion

• Frequency and Frequency Error

• Transmitter Power

• F M Deviatio n

• Audio Frequency

•SINAD

•SNR

b/No

levels)

In This Book

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• Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” on page 23 familiarizes you with the front panel controls. It introduces the differ ent types of control fields that are used to make measurements

• Chapter 2, “Operating Overview,” on page 33 provides general information about how to change measurement screens and change control field settings. This chapter also provides some utility procedures: calibrating channel power, setting a reference, setting measurement limits, setting a generator/analyzer offset, averaging measurements, saving and recalling setups, and using USER keys.

• Chapter 3, “Overview of the Test Set’s Built-In Tools,” on page 55 introduces the RFTOOLS program. This program automates some measurements: cable fault location, swept return loss, swept and discrete insertion loss, spectrum analyzer self-calibration. The program also includes utilities for printing and data collection.

Basic operation of the built-in signal strength meter, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, and code domain analyzer is also included in this chapter.

• Chapter 4, “CDMA Measurements - Screens and Control Fields,” on

page 81 explains the measurements that can be made from these

screens and the fields that control the measurement’s parameters. CDMA measurements include average power measurements,

channel power measurements, rho measurements (including frequency error, time offset, and carrier feedthrough), EVM measurements (including phase error and magnitude error), and code domain measurements (including timing, phase, and power).

• Chapter 5, “Analog Measurements - Screens and Control Fields,” on

page 115 explains the measurements that can be made from these

screens and the fields that control the measurement’s parameters. Analog measurements include ac/dc level, AM depth, AF frequency,

distortion, frequency and frequency error, transmitter power, FM deviation, SINAD, and SNR.

• Chapter 6, “Configuration - Screens and Control Fields,” on page

159 explains the configuration controls for the Test Set.

• Chapter 7, “Connectors,” on page 183 describes the function and physical attributes of each connector on the Test Set.

• Chapter 8, “Accessories, Manuals, Support,” on page 195 describes any available upgrades, accessories, training and support for the Test Set.

• Chapter 9, “Error Messages,” on page 203 provides any available information about error recovery when messages are displayed.

Conventions Used in this Book

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Screen names are shown as follows: CODE DOM. Keys are shown in the following typeface:

CDMA Gen. Shifted functions

(labeled in blue above the keys) are accessed by pressing and releasing the blue Shift key, and then the key below the blue label.

Fields and messages displayed on the CRT are shown in the following typeface: Input Atten.

The term “Test Set” is used to refer to the HP 8935. The screens shown in this manual may not exactly match the screens

displayed on the Test Set’ s CRT. Some di fferences may b e due to cont rol field settings, while other differences may be due to instrument revisions.

Which Document is Required?

Table 2 Document Navigation

Document Part Number Usage

CDMA Application Guide E6380-90016 Use this manual for basic CDMA measure ments and

AMPS Application Guide E6380-90017 Use this manual for making AMPS base station

The following documents are part of the HP 8935 document set. Use the table to help you decide which document you need.

for get ti n g sta rted with th e Te s t Se t.

measurements.

Reference Guide E6380-90019 Use this manual for screen and field descriptions and

general operation information about the Test Set.

Programmer’ s Guide E6380-90018 Use this manual to learn HP-IB syntax and for learning

how to program the Test Set.

Assembly Level Repair Guide

E6380-90015 Use this manual to perform calibration on the Test Set

and for general service information.

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1 Getting St arted

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• “Before Connecting a Radio” on page 24

• “Changing the Measurement Screen” on page 25

• “Changing the Control Fields” on page 26

• “Instrument Quick Check” on page 31

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Before Connecting a Radio

NOTE The RF IN/OUT port should be used for all transmitter

tests when the radio is connected directly to the Test Set. (All UUT transmitter power measurements are made through this port). Off - the- air measur ement s can be made using the ANT IN port.

CAUTION Overpower Damage — Refer to the Test Set’s side panel

for maximum input power level at the RF IN/OUT, DUPLEX OUT, and ANT IN connectors. Exceeding these levels can cause permanent instrument damage.

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Changing the Test Set’s Display

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Changing the Measurement Sc reen

The measurement screen is changed using the titlebar at the top of the screen and the cursor-control knob, using the GENERATOR/ANALYZER keys, or by using the UTILS keys. Rotate the knob to move the cursor from field to field or to change settings. Press the knob to make selecti ons (s ee “Changing the Control F ields” on

page 26 for more information about fields).

Figure 1-1 Using the cursor-control Knob or Screen Keys

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Changing the Test Set’s Display

Titlebar

Push the knob to make a selection. Rota te the k n ob to move the cursor , or change settings.

USER

k1’

k2’

Pause/

Continue

k3’ k3

Ref Set Incr

10 k4’ k4

Lo Limit

Release k5

Push to Select

Shift

Out of Lock

Cancel

Volume Squelch

Meter Incr Set

Press one of the GENERATOR/ANALYZER or UTILS keys for a shortcut to the measurement or configuration screens.

CDMA Gen

RF Gen

Avg Incr x 10

Hi limit

GENERATOR/ ANALYZERSOFTWARE

DATA ENTRY

A EEX

Yes On/Off

CDMA Anl

AF Anl ScopeReset RF Anl

No ppm W

STATE

Code

Preset

Dom

Meas Reset

Spec

Hold

Anl

Save Recall

Enter

ADRS Local

dB GHz

dBm

UTILS

Prev MHz V

Printer

Config

Print s kHz mV

I/O

+/-

Config

Inst

Config

Error Hz

Message V

dBV

Help

To change the measurement screen

Step 1. Select the titlebar at the top of the screen (placement of the

titlebar may vary slightly on some screens).

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Step 2. Select the measurement screen from the list of choices.

Step 1. Press a screen key:

Spec Anl, AF Anl, Scope, Prev, Inst Config, Help, Pr i nter Config, I/O Config, Error Message.

CDMA Gen, CDMA Anl, Code Dom, RF Gen, RF Anl,

AF Anl, Scope, Printer Config, I/O Config, and Error Message are shifted functions (labeled in blue above a key). You must press and release the blue

Shift key then the key below the blue

label to access the screen (or other function) labeled in blue. Pressing the

Prev key displays the previous screen.

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Changing the Test Set’s Display

Changing the Control Fie lds

There are several types of control fields in the Test Set. This section describes some of the different types of fields.

Unit-of -M easure Fi eld

Unit-of-measure can be changed to display measurements in different values or magnitudes. The unit-of-measure field can also be used to turn a measurement on or off (use the On/Off Yes key).

Figure 1-2 Unit-of-Measure Field

Unit-of-Measure

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To change a unit-of-measure field

Step 1. Position the cursor at the unit field on the display. Step 2. Press a key labeled with a different unit-of-measure

(such as W) . If the new units are valid, the measurement value is d isplayed

in the unit. If the new units are not valid, the message Invalid

keystroke. is displayed and the units are not changed.

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Underlined Entry Field

Underlined entry fields provide a choice of two settings (toggle).

Figur e 1- 3 Und erline d E n tr y F i el d

Underlined Entry Field

To Change an underlined entry

Step 1. Position the cursor at the field. Step 2. Push the cursor-control knob or the

underline under the desired choice. The underlined setting is immediately activated when

selected.

Enter key to move the

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One-of-Many Field

One-of-many fields display a list of choices when selected.

Figure 1-4 One-of-Many Field

One-of-Many Field

Choices:

Chan Pwr Rho EVM Avg Pwr

To make a one-of-many choice

Step 1. Position the cursor at the field. Step 2. Push the cursor-control knob or the

Enter key to display the

choices.

Step 3. Move the cursor through the choices by turning the knob. Step 4. Push the cursor-control knob or the

Enter key to make the

choice. The choice is immediately activated when selected.

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Numeric-Entry Fields

Values for numeric entry fields can be entered and changed using various methods, depending on your testing needs.

Figure 1-5 Nume ri c -Entr y Fi e l d

Numer ic E ntry Field

To change a value

Step 1. Position the cursor at the field. Step 2. Key in the desired number using the DATA ENTRY keys. Step 3. Press

Enter to select the choice.

Step 1. Position the cursor at the field. Step 2. Push the cursor-control knob (the flashing >> cursor appears) . Step 3. Turn the knob to increment or decrement the value. (The

current increment value may not be appropriate for your operation. See See “Changing the Increment or Decrement

Setting” on page 42.)

Step 4. Push the cursor-control knob or the

Enter key to select the

choice. OR

Step 1. Position the cursor at the field. Step 2. Push the cursor-control knob to highlight the desired choice.

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Step 3. Use the up-arrow or down-arrow keys to increment or

decrement the value.

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Changing the Test Set’s Display

Decimal Valu e s

Decimal values are used for most numeric entry fields. The acceptable entries for decimal values are 0 through 9,, +/-, and EEX.

The

+/- key is used for entering negative numbers. EEX key is used to enter values in exponential notation. For

The example to enter 10-9 you would enter 1, 0, EEX (Shift, +/-), +/-, 9.

Hexadecimal Values

Hexadecimal (Hex) values are used for entering some signaling parameters. The acceptable entries values are 0 through 9 and A through F. No unit-of-measure is associated with these values.

Hexadecimal values are either entered from the keypad (A through F are shifted functions) or for some fields, values are selected from a list of choices.

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