
12. AUTO CALIBRATION
12.1 Overview
AutoCal (Auto Calibration) is the PC side calibration tool that perform Rx and Tx calibration with
Agilent 8960 or other equipment. AutoCal generate calibration data by communicating with phone
and measuring equipment and write it into calibration data block of flash memory in GSM phone.
12.2 Requirements
• Microsoft Windows98/ME
• AutoCal.exe
• GSM phone
• Agilent 8960 ( or other equipment )
12.3 Menu and settings
• Edit ➞ Ramp : Show reference power ramp window. Reference ramp is used in APC
procedure. You can open or save reference ramp data and edit it on notepad.
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Figure 12-1. Reference ramp window.
• Edit ➞ Make bin & write : Make binary file from measured calibration data and write to the
phone. The name of binaryfile is cal.bin by default. You can
change it at Option ➞ Settings ➞ Bin files tab.
• Edit ➞ Make bin as : Make binary file as the other name.
• Edit- ➞ Make RF & BB bin : Make RF(AGC, APC) bin and BB(ADC) bin separately.•
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Connection ➞ Connect to phone : Connect to the phone which you want to measure. This
procedure checks whether the PC is connected to
“Ag8960” or not. If not connected to “Ag8960” try to
connect to “Ag8960”. After that it performs sync. procedure
with phone. If the sync. procedure is successful state
column on statusbar changed to SETUP else you should
disconnect phone and try it again from the beginning. All
measurement is performed at state SETUP
• Connection ➞ Disconnect phone : Disconnect phone.
• Connection ➞ Port setting : Show COM port setting dialog you can change port
number, baud rate etc.
• Connection ➞ Connect to Ag8960 : Connect to Agilent 8960.
• Connection ➞ Disconnect Ag8960 : Disconnect Agilent 8960.
• Option ➞ Settings ➞ Gpib state : Show current primary Gpib state.
• Option ➞ Settings ➞ MPL : Set max Tx power level used in APC procedure.
• Option ➞ Settings ➞ CL : Set cable loss value.
• Option- ➞ Settings ➞ Bin file : Set default binary file name.
Figure 12-2. Buttons and status bar
1. Connect to phone
2. Disconnect phone
3. Port setting
4. Connect to Ag8960
5. Disconnect Ag8960
6. AGC tab
7. APC tab
8 . Result window
9 . Band setting
10 . Sync. Button
(button 2 + button 1)
11. Start measure
12. Save result
13. Clear result window
14. Port connection state
15. Retry button
16. Ag8960 connection
state
17. Informations.
18. Current state.