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Warranty

Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If any such product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product. Parts, modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance. All replaced parts, modules and products become the property of Tektronix.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, with shipping charges prepaid. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for p roducts returned to any other locations.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care. Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product; b) to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment; c) to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non-Tektronix supplies; or d) to service a product that has been modiﬁed or integrated with other products when the effect of such modiﬁcation or integration increases the time or difﬁculty of servicing the product.

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Table of Contents

Important safety information .......................................................................................................... iii

General safety summary......................................................................................................... iii

Service safety summary ......................................................................................................... v

Terms in this manual . .. .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . . .... . . .... vi

Symbols and terms on the product . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . ... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . vi

Compliance information .............................................................................................................. vii

EMC compliance................................................................................................................ vii

Safety compliance.............................................................................................................. viii

Environmental considerations ................................................................................................... x

Preface................................................................................................................................. xi

Key Features .....................................................................................................................xi

Documentation .................................................................................................................. xii

Upgrades . . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .. .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .. xiii

Conventions used in this manual .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... xiii

Before installation...................................................................................................................... 1

Standard accessories .. . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . 1

Recommended accessories ... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . 2

Product options... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . ... 2

Service options................................................................................................................... 3

Operating requirements. . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . 4

Introduction to the instrument ... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . ..... 6

Front panel (RSA7100) ... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .. .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . 6

Rear panel (RSA7100)... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . 7

Front panel (CTRL7100) . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .. . 8

Rear panel (CTRL7100) .. . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . . 9

How to clean the instrument.................................................................................................... 10

How to return the instrument ................................................................................................... 10

Installation............................................................................................................................. 11

Connection and power on . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... 11

Power off ........................................................................................................................12

fy instrument operation .. . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . . ... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . 12

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How to connect and disconnect an instrument .. . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .. 15

Operation.............................................................................................................................. 16

Basic concepts .................................................................................................................. 16

Elements ofthe display ......................................................................................................... 18

Display categories . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . ... . . . ... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . .22

Select displays ..................................................................................................................23

Start and stop an acquisition ................................................................................................... 30

Markers.......................................................................................................................... 31

IQFlow ........................................................................................................................... 35

Timing reference ................................................................................................................ 42

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Table of Content

Index

Print.............................................................................................................................. 44

Save data........................................................................................................................46

Recall data ......................................................................................................................49

Record data to RAID............................................................................................................ 50

Plot measurem

ents on a map .................................................................................................. 51

Advanced techniques . .... . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . . . .... . . .... . . 65

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Important safet

y information

Important saf

This manual contains information and warnings that must be followed by the user for safe operation and to keep the product in a safe condition.

To safely perform service on this product, additional inform ation is provided at the end of this section. (See page v, Service safety summary.)

ety information

General safety summary

Use the prod or any products connected to it. Carefully read all instructions. Retain these instructions for future reference.

Comply with local and national safety codes.

For correct and safe operation of the product, it is essential that you follow generally accepted safety procedures in addition to the safety precautions speciﬁed in this manual.

The product is designed to be used by trained personnel only.

Only qualiﬁed personnel who are aware of the hazards involved should remove the cover for repair, maintenance, or adjustme

Before us

This pro

uct only as speciﬁed. Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product

nt.

e, always check the product with a known source to be sure it is operating correctly.

duct is not intended for detection of hazardous voltages.

Use pers

While us component manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system.

When incorporating this equipment into a system, the safety of that system is the responsibility of the assembler of the system.

onal protective equipment to prevent shock and arc blast injury where hazardous live conductors are exposed.

ing this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system. Read the safety sections of the o ther

To avoid ﬁre or personal injury

Use proper power cord. Use only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and certiﬁed for the country of use.

Do not use the provided power cord for other products.

nd the product.

Grou

shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product, make sure that the product is properly grounded.

Do not disable the power cord grounding connection.

Power disconnect. The power cord disconnects the product from the power source. See instructions for the location.

Do not position the equipment so that it is difﬁcult to operate the power cord; it must remain accessible to the user at all times to allow for quick disconnection if needed.

This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric

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Important safet

Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markings on the product. Consult

the product man Category (CAT) rating and voltage or current rating of the lowest rated individual component of a product, probe, or accessory.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

The measuring terminals on this product are not rated for connection to mains or Category II, III, or IV circuits.

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed, or with the case open.

Hazardous voltage exposure is possible.

Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this product, have it inspected by

qualiﬁed service personnel.

Disable the product if it is damaged. Do not use the product if it is damaged or operates incorrectly. If in doubt about safety of the product, turn it off and disconnect the power cord. Cl early mark the product to prevent its further operation.

Examine the exterior of the product before you use it. Look for cracks or missing pieces.

Use only speciﬁed replacement parts.

y information

ual for further ratings information before making connections to the product. Do not exceed the Measurement

Do not operate in wet/damp conditions. Be aware that condensation may occur if a unit is moved from a cold to a

warm environment.

Do not op

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

erate in an explosive atmosphere.

Remove the input signals before you clean the product.

Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the installation instructions in the manual for details on installing the product

so it has proper ventilation.

Slots and openings are provided for ventilation and should never be covered or otherwise obstructed. Do not push objects

ny of the openings.

into a

Provide a safe working environment. Always place the product in a location convenient for v iewing the display

and indicators.

Avoid improper or prolonged use of keyboards, pointers, and button pads. Improper or prolonged keyboard or pointer use may result in serious injury.

Be sure your work area meets applicable ergonomic standards. Consult with an ergonomics p ro fessional to avoid stress injuries.

Use care when lifting and carrying the product.

WARNING. The product is heavy. To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the device get help when lifting or

carrying the product. Use a two-person lift or a mechanical aid.

Use only the Tektronix rackmount hardware speciﬁed for this product.

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Servicesafetysummary

The Service safety summary section contains additional information required to safely perform service on the product. Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures. Read this Service safety summary and the General safety summary before performing any service procedures.

To avoid electric shock. Do not touch exposed connections.

Do not service alone. Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this product unless another person capable of

rendering ﬁrst aid and resuscitation is present.

Important safet

y information

Disconnect

power before removing any covers or panels, or opening the case for servicing.

power.

To avoid electric shock, switch off the product power and disconnect the power cord from the mains

Use care when servicing with power on. Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product. Disconnect

power, remove battery (if applicable), and disconnect test leads before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing components.

Verify sa

fety after repair.

Always recheck ground continuity and mains dielectric strength after performing a repair.

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Important safet

y information

Terms in this manual

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.

Symbols and terms on the product

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the m arking.

WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.

When this symbol is marked on the product, be sure to consult the manual to ﬁnd out the nature o f the potential hazards and any actions which have to be taken to avoid them. (This symbol may also be used to refer the user to ratings

The following symbol(s) may appear on the product:

in the manual.)

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Compliance info

rmation

Compliance in

This section lists the EMC (electromagnetic compliance), safety, and environmental standards with which the instrument complies.

EMC compliance

EU EMC Direct

Meets intent of Directive 2014/30/EU for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Compliance was demonstrated to the following speciﬁcations as listed in the Ofﬁcial Journal of the European Communities:

EN 61326-1, EN 61326-2-1. EMC requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory

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use.

CISPR 11. R

IEC 61000

IEC 6100

adiated and conducted emissions, Group 1, Class A

-4-2. Electrostatic discharge immunity

-4-3. RF electromagnetic ﬁeld immunity

-4-4. Electrical fast transient/burst immunity

0-4-5. Power line surge immunity

0-4-6. Conducted RF immunity

formation

ive

IEC 6100

IEC 610

0-4-8. Power frequency magnetic ﬁeld immunity test

00-4-11. Voltage dips and interruptions immunity

EN 61000-3-2. AC power line harmonic emissions

EN 610

00-3-3.

Voltage changes, ﬂuctuations, and ﬂicker

European contact.

Mfr. Compliance Contact Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 19‐045 Beaverton, OR 97077, USA www.tek.com

This product is intended for use in nonresidential areas only. Use in residential areas may cause electromagnetic interference.

Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when this equipment is connected to a test object.

For compliance with the EMC standards listed here, high quality shielded interface cables that incorporate low impedance connection between the cable shield and the connector shell should be used.

Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when this equipment is connected to a test object.

Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to -60 dBm at 80 MHz to 1 GHz and to -45 dBm at 1.4 GHz to

2.7 GHz when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000-4-3 test.

Residual spurious signals in the RF section can typically increase to -55 dBm when the instrument is subjected to electromagnetic interference per the IEC 61000-4-6 test.

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Compliance info

rmation

Australia / New Zealand EMC

Complies with the EMC provision of the Radiocommunications Act per the following standard, in accordance with ACMA:

EN 61326-1 and EN 61326-2-1. Radiated and Conducted Emissions, Group 1, Class A.

Safety compliance

This section lists the safety standards with which the product complies and other safety compliance information.

EU low vo lta

Compliance was demonstrated to the following speciﬁcation as listed in the Ofﬁcial Journal of the European Union:

Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU.

EN 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General R equirements.

ge directive

U.S. nationally recognized testing laboratory listing

UL 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General R equirements.

Canadi

an certiﬁcation

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General Requirements.

Additional compliances

IEC 61010-1. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 1: General R equirements.

ipment type

Equ

Test and measuring equipment.

Safety class

ass 1 – grounded product.

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rmation

Pollution degree descriptions

A measure of the contaminants that could occur in the environment around and within a product. Typically the internal environment inside a product is considered to be the same as t he external. Products should be used only in the environment for which they are rated.

Pollution degree 1. No pollution or only dry, nonconductive pollution occurs. Products in this category are generally encapsulated, hermetically sealed, or located in clean rooms.

Pollution degree 2. Normally only dry, nonconductive pollution occurs. O ccasionally a temporary conductivity that is caused by condensation must be expected. This location is a typical ofﬁce/home environment. Temporary condensation occurs only when the product is out of service.

Pollution degree 3. Conductive pollution, or dry, nonconductive pollution that becomes conductive due to condensation. These are sheltered locations where neither temperature nor humidity is controlled. The area is protected from direct sunshine, rain, or direct wind.

Pollution degree 4. Pollution that generates persistent conductivity through conductive dust, rain, or snow. Typical outdoor locations.

Pollution degree rating

Pollution degree 2 (as deﬁned in IEC 61010-1). Rated for indoor, dry location use only.

IP rating

IP20 (as deﬁned in IEC 60529).

Measurement and overvoltage category descriptions

Measurement terminals on this product may be rated for measuring mains voltages from one or more of the following

ories ( see speciﬁc ratings marked on the product and in the manual).

categ

ory II. Circuits directly connected to the building wiring at utilization points (socket outlets and similar points).

Categ

gory III. In the building wiring and distribution system.

Cate

gory IV. At the source of the electrical supply to the building.

Cate

NOTE. Only mains power supply circuits have an o vervoltage category rating. Only measurement circuits have a

measurement category rating. Other circuits within the product do not have either rating.

Mains overvoltage category rating

Overvoltage category II (as deﬁned in IEC 61010-1).

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rmation

Environmental considerations

This section provides information about the environmental impact of the product.

Product end-of-life handling

Observe the following guidelines when recycling an instrument or component:

Equipment recycling. Production of this equipment required the extraction and use of natural resources. The equipment

may c ontain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health if improperly handled at the product’s end of life. To avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources, we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure that most of the materials are reused or recycled appropriately.

This symbol indicates that this product complies with the applicable European Union requirements according to Directives 2012/19/EU and 2006/66/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries. For information about recycling options, check the Tektronix Web site (www.tek.com/productrecycling).

Perchlorate materials. This product contains one or more type CR lithium batteries. According to the state

of California, CR lithium batteries are classiﬁed as perchlorate materials and require special handling. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate for additional information.

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Preface

The Tektronix RSA7100 Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer offers real time spectrum analysis up to 800 MHz bandwidth, a 14 GHz frequency range (26.5 GHz optional), and streaming storage of up to 2 hours of seamless data at full bandwidth. The RSA7100 is paired with the high-performance CTRL7100 instrument controller running SignalVu-PC. The SignalVu-PC application provides all control and data signals to the instrument over the PCIe cable.

Key Features

16 kHz to 14/26.5 GHz frequency range

High performance spectrum analysis for advanced design veriﬁcation with -134 dBc/Hz phase noise at 1 GHz, 10 kHz offset and typical amplitude accuracy of 0.5 dB at 10 GHz

Standard 320 MHz real time bandwidth; internal preampliﬁer to 3.6 G Hz

Available 800 MHz acquisition bandwidth at frequencies > 3.6 G Hz for advanced Radar, communications, and spectrum managemen

Preface

t requirements

Real time

Streamin environment recording and analysis of long event sequences

Simultaneous streaming and real time analysis for real time monitoring of recording events

Standard real time spectrum analysis with DPX spectrum/spectrogram

Standard measurements including channel power, ACLR, CCDF, OBW/EBW, spurious search and amplitude/frequency/phase versus time provides a complete tool set for development work

Internal GPS receiver available for precise time stamping of events; timing reference sources include GPS, IRIG-B AM, IRI

IQFlow LVDS

performance: 419 nsec for 100% Probability of Intercept at full signal level

g capture to internal RAID of over 2 hours (maximum 2.75 hours) at full 800 MHz bandwidth enables

G-B DC, and 1PPS

™ provides continuous streaming of IQ data from the device to one or more clients, including API, 40 GbE, and

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Preface

Documentation

The following documentation is available for your Tektronix RSA7100 Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer. For the most current documentation, refer to the Tektronix Web site at www.tek.com/manuals.

Product documentation

To read about Use these documents

Installation and basic operation

In-depth operation

Programming commands (SCPI)

Programming commands (API)

Speciﬁcations and performance veriﬁcation

Data security

RSA7100 Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Quick Start User Manual

This manual contains general information about how to put your instrument into service and provides guides to user interface controls. This manual is available in printed form and as a PDF ﬁle. It is available in English, Japanese, Simpliﬁed Chinese, and Russian.

SignalVu–PC H elp

The Help contains detailed information about how to operate the analyzer and measurements. The Help is available in a browse-able chm ﬁle and as a PDF ﬁle in the SignalVu-PC application in the Help button menu.

SignalVu-PC Programmer Manual

This manual contains descriptions of programming commands and their use. This manual is available as a PDF ﬁle.

RSA7100 Series API P rogrammer Manual

This manual contains descriptions of API programming commands and their use. This manual is available as a PDF ﬁle.

RSA7100 Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation Manual

This manual contains the instrument speciﬁcations and procedures to check instrument performance against warranted characteristics. This manual is available as a PDF ﬁle.

RSA7100 Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Declassiﬁcation and Security Instructions

This document helps customers with data security concerns to sanitize or remove memory devices. This document is available as a PDF ﬁle.

Demonstration guides

Interference Hunting

This demonstration guide shows how spectrum management operators can discover and capture signals of interest, using Swept DPX, with as short as 100 us duration and 100% Probability of Intercept (POI) that would be easily hidden with traditional instruments. DPX can now be used to sweep across the entire instrument’s frequency range. With traditional swept spectrum analyzers and vector signal analyzers, only 1 spectrum trace is displayed. With Swept DPX, the instrument dwells at each step to build the entire spectrum with thousands of spectrums displayed in a way that is usable for the engineers or spectrum managers.

EMC Precompliance and EMC testing

With this demonstration guide, you will explore what you c an do with the Tektronix USB spectrum analyzer with EMCVu. Applications range from simple frequency / amplitude measurements of RF signals to real-time and modulation analysis that provide you with a complete system view of your device under test.

Signal Locating

RSA Map tool in the Tektronix RSA/SignalVu-PC/SPECMON lets you use an on-screen map to record the location and value of RSA/SignalVu-PC/SPECMON measurements. With RSA Map you can use a GPS receiver to automatically position measurements at your current location on maps with geophysical reference information. The example in this

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Preface

Demo guide uses a free online m apping source OpenStreetMap to capture maps. OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to crea native format, bitmap image, and embeddable HTML.

LTE

In this demonstration guide, you will learn how to make LTE downlink measurements either using RSA demo board for base station transmitter tests, or using an antenna for the over-the-air signal analysis.

Internet of Things (IoT)

In this demonstration guide, you will learn how to use Tektronix USB RSA to make the standard certiﬁcation tests on IoT devices where they will be deployed. There are a number of technologies to choose from, including Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, ZigBee®, and LoRa®. However, to adhere to the standard, new products will need to meet qualiﬁcation as deﬁned per the standar additional signiﬁcant development cost.

SignalVu-PC

This demonstration guide is designed to help you understand the beneﬁts of SignalVu PC for analysis of waveforms captured by Tektronix DPO/DSA/MSO Series digital oscilloscopes, MDO4000 Multi-Domain Oscilloscopes and Tektronix Real Time Monudaltion, Multi-domain oscilloscope acquisitions, AM/FM/PM/Audio Analysis, Signal Monitoring with RTSA waveforms, and WLAN 802.11ac Signal Analysis.

te a free editable map of the world. It can capture a map anywhere in the world and can export it in its

. W ireless technology standards are needed to ensure that products can interoperate within the ecosystem

d selected. Failing qualiﬁcation can mean design turns that will delay the ﬁnal product release and draw

Signal Analyzers. Applications include: CW Tone, Wideband Radar, Hopping Waveforms, Wideband

Upgrade

Hardware

RAID up

grades are available for the CTRL7100. See the CTRL7100 and RSA7100 datasheets on www.Tek.com for details.

Software

Check the Tektronix Web site for updated versions of the base version of the SignalVu-PC application at www.Tek.com/downloads.

Optional SignalVu-PC licenses for additional capabilities are also available for order. See the SignalVu-PC datasheet on www.Tek.com for details.

Conventions used in this manual

Sequence Step or Item

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Before installa

tion

Before instal

Before installation, unpack the instrument and check that you received all items listed as Standard Accessories. Optional accessories and instrument options are also listed in this section. Check the Tektronix Web site (www.tek.com) for the most current information.

lation

Standard accessories

The instrument ships with the follow ing acc essories.

Accessory Tektronix part number

Quick Start User Manual (this manual)

PCIe cable assembly, PCIe X8, straight connector on both ends, Molex

(Ships with CTRL7100.)

3.5 mm Crown connector, female

Mini Display port to VGA cable

Mouse 119-7054-00

Keyboard 119-8814-00

Controller (CTRL7100) rackmount kit

Convertor (RSA7100) rackmount kit

LVDS RSA7100 Series Converter Kit

(When Option 05 is installed.)

Power cord

071-3504-xx

174-6990-00

—

174-7196-00

016-2120-00

016-2124-00

020-3185-00

See next table

International power cords

Your instrument was shipped with one of the following power cord options. Power cords for use in North America are UL listed and CSA certiﬁed. Cords for use in areas other than North America are approved by at least one authority acceptable in the country to which the product is shipped.

CAUTION. To reduce risk of ﬁre and shock, use the certiﬁed power cord provided with the product.

Opt. A 0 – North America power

Opt. A1 – Universal EUR power

Opt. A2 – United Kingdom power

Opt. A3 – Australia power

Opt. A5 – Switzerland power

Opt. A6 – Japan power

Opt. A10 – China power

Opt. A11 – India power

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Opt. A12 – Braz

Opt. A991–Nop

When ordering the A99 option, it is the responsibility of the end user to be sure that a certiﬁed power cord, for the country or region in which it is installed, is used with this instrument.

Recommended

Option Descriptio

174-6990-00

650-5991-00

119-7114-00

CTRL7100 X-RAID-B

CTRL7100UP X-RAID-C

Product options

The following options are available for your product. For the most updated list of product options, see the product datasheet on www.Tek.com.

il power

ower cord

accessories

PCIe cable,

Additiona

5VGPSSMA

Replacem 12 1-TB drives included, customer installable

Replacement solid-state drives for products with option RSA7100 C7100-C or option CTRL7100 C. 16 2-TB drives included, customer installable

l 512 GB solid-state drive with Windows 10, SignalVu-PC installed

PCIE X8, Straight connector on both ends, Molex

antenna, 5 m cable (included with Option GPS)

ent solid-state drives for products with option RSA7100 C7100-B or option CTRL7100 B .

Option Description

RSA7100 05 Digital IQ through LVDS. The LVDS card comes installed on the CTRL7100 controller

RSA7100 14 Frequency range 16 kHz-14 GHz

RSA7100 16 Frequency range 16 kHz-26.5 GHz

RSA7100 GPS GPS receiver, includes IRIG-B and PPS connectors

RSA7100 NO-GPS No GPS receiver, or IRIG-B and PPS connectors, or calibration report with data

RSA7100 CAL Calibration report with data (ISO 17025)

RSA7100 GPS-CAL GPS receiver, IRIG-B and PPS connectors, and calibration report with data (ISO17025)

RSA7100 SV09

(mandatory option)

RSA7100 C7100-A Controller, no RAID m emory

RSA7100 C7100-B Controller, RAID memory, >40 minutes recording time at 800 MHz bandwidth (requires

RSA7100 C7100-C Controller, RAID memory, > 120 minutes recording time at 800 MHz bandwidth (requires

High performance real time (export class 3A002), node-locked license

STREAMNL/FL-SVPC)

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Before installa

tion

SignalVu-PC licenses for RSA7100 only

The following table shows the SignalVu-PC options that are exclusive to the RSA7100 and that can be installed at the factory (node-locked licenses). Many of these are also available as ﬂoating licenses. For a full list of SignalVu-PC options for use with the RSA7100 and other spectrum analyzers compatible with SignalVu-PC, see the SignalVu-PC datasheet on www.Tek.com.

Option License type Description

B800NL-SVPC

CUSTOM-APINLSVPC

STREAMNL-SVPC

SVMHNL-SVPC

SVPHNL-SVPC

TRIGHNL-SVPC

SV25HNL-SVPC

SV2CHNL-SVPC

PHASNL-SVPC

Node-locked

Node-locked License; Phase Noise measurements

License; 800 MHz acquisition bandwidth - RSA7100

License; Streaming IQ data to a custom API application

License; RSA7100 streaming data to RAID and 40 GbE

License; General Purpose Modulation Analysis to work with analyzer of any acquisition bandwidth and MDO

License; Pulse Analysis to work with analyzer of any acquisition bandwidth and MDO

License; Advanced triggers (Frequency Mask, Density) to work with RSA7100 analyzer

License; WLAN 802.11ac measurement to work with analyzer of any acquisition bandwidth and MDO (requires SV23 and SV24)

License; WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p/n/ac with connection to MDO4000B to work with analyzer of any acquisition bandwidth and MDO

Service options

nstrument includes a 1 year warranty. Read the warranty statement at the front of this manual for details.

The i

ion number

Opt

Purchased with instrument

G3 Three Year Gold Care Plan

G5 Five Year Gold Care Plan

Des

cription

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 3

Before installa

tion

Operating requirements

Power supply requirements

The power supply requirements for your instrument and controller are listed in the following table.

WARNING. To r

operating voltage range.

Source voltage and f

Power consumption 400 W maximum. Maximum line

educe the risk of ﬁre and shock, ensure that the mains supply voltage ﬂuctuations do not exceed 10% of the

RSA7100 CRTL7100

requency

100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50

currentis4.5Aat9

300 W, typical.

0 V line.

/60 Hz

100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50

500 W maximum. Maximum line current is

5.5Aat90Vline.

400 W, typical.

/60 Hz

Over current protection. A 15 A circuit breaker located on the instrument rear panel will trip if an over current condition

is encountered. This will help prevent damage to the instrument. You can reset the circuit breaker by ﬁrst disconnecting the power cable, pressing the circuit breaker to reset it, and then reconnecting the power cable.

Environmental requirements

The environmen ensure that the instrument has warmed up for 20 minutes and meets the environmental requirements listed here.

Requirement RSA7100 CTRL7100

Temperature

Operating 0 °C to +40 °C (

Non-operating

Relative humidity, non-condensing

Operating 10% to 90% up to 40 °C 40% to 70% up to 35 °C

Altitude

Operating Up to 2,000 m (6,561 feet) Up to 3,000 m (9,842 feet)

Non-opera

tal requirements for the instrument and controller are listed in the following table. For instrument accuracy,

ting

+32°Fto+104°F)

–20 °C to +60 °

Up to 12,000 m (39,370 feet) Up to 12,000 m (39,370 feet)

C (–4 °F to +140 °F)

+10 °C to +35 °

–20 °C to +60 °

C(+50°Fto+95°F)

C (–4 °F to +140 °F)

Physica

Speciﬁc

Width

Height

Lengt

Weight

4 RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual

l speciﬁcations

ation

h/Depth

RSA7100 CTRL710

m (17.54 in)

445.5 m

m (6.79 in)

177.1 m

mm (22.75 in)

577.9

ight: 24.2 kg (53.2 lb)

Net we

177.8 m

450.9 m

mm (26 in)

660.4

g (52.4 lb) with Option C7100-B)

23.8 k

m (7.0 in)

m (17.75 in)

Before installa

Cooling

Clearance requirements for the RSA7100. Observe these clearance requirements for the RSA7100 when placing it

on a cart, bench, or rack.

Top/bottom: 44.45 mm (1.75 in)

Sides: 44.45 mm (1.75 in)

Rear: 76.2 mm (3.0 in)

Ensure that no outside fans are blowing into the RSA7100 rear fans.

Clearance requirements for the CTRL7100. Observe these clearance r equirements for the controller when placing it

on a cart, bench, or rack.

Top/bottom: 6.4 mm (0.25 in)

Sides: 6.4 mm (0.25 in)

Front/rear: 76.2 mm (3.0 in)

Rackmounting the RSA7100 and CTRL7100

tion

This system ships with a rackmount kit for each instrument. Instructions for installing the rackmounts are supplied in the kits. Neither of these rackmounts is meant for use in vehicles. They are intended only for racks in a stationary environment, such as a laboratory or factory. If a vehicle rackmount is desired, a tray plus perimeter clamp should be used instead of the rails.

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 5

Introduction to

the instrument

Introduction to the instrument

Connectors and controls are identiﬁed and described in the following images and text.

Front panel (RSA7100)

The following ﬁgure shows the connections and indicators on the front panel of the RSA7100.

Figure 1: RSA7100 with Option GPS includes the IRIG-B and 1 PPS connectors

Item Description

Power status indicator is lit when the convertor (RSA7100) is on.

PCIe port used to connect the convertor (RSA7100) to the controller (CTRL7100) with a PCIe cable to establish a connection through the SignalVu-PC application.

GPS antenna port is a SMA female connector that can be used to connect an optional G NS S antenna.

Noise Source Control port is a BNC female connector that outputs 28 V DC at 140 mA to drive an

rnal noise source.

exte

gger In port is a BNC female external trigger input connector.

Tri

erence Out port is a BNC female connector for reference frequency output.

Ref

ference In port is a B NC female connector for reference frequency input.

F In is a 40 GHz Planar Crown bulkhead with 3.5 mm female coax adapter for RF input.

RIG-B port is a BNC female connector for IRIG-B signal input.

I (Option GPS required.)

1 PPS port is a SMA connector for pulse-per-second signal input. (Option GPS required.)

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Rear panel (RSA7100)

The following ﬁgure shows the connections and indicators on the rear panel of the RSA7100.

Item Description

4 LAN connector.

Power connector used to supply power to the convertor. The CTRL7100, however, actually turns the convertor on.

A 15 A circuit breaker switch located on the instrument rear panel will trip if an over current condition is encoun disconnecting the power cable, pressing the circuit breaker switch to reset it, and then reconnecting the power cable.

Inhibit voltage MON connector.

Inhibit mode switch (Manual/Default).

Fan switch (High / Auto).

Introduction to

tered. This will help prevent damage to the instrument. You can reset the circuit breaker by ﬁrst

the instrument

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 7

Introduction to

the instrument

Front panel (CTRL7100)

The following ﬁgure shows the connections and indicators on the front panel of the CTRL7100.

Item Description

1 Reserved.

3IDbu

6 Pow

9RAIDdrives.

USB connectors.

tton with integrated LED.

Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button. Acts as a reset button that cannot be ignored by any hardware or

Nonsoftware that is masking out interrupts.

System reset button.

er button with integrated LED.

Peripheral bay.

Status LEDs.

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Rear panel (CTRL7100)

The following ﬁgure shows the connections and indicators on the rear panel of the CTRL7100.

Introduction to

the instrument

Item Description

1 Power connector used to supply power to the controller.

6 LAN connectors.

8 ID LED.

VGA port for monitor. (Not used.)

USB connectors (2.0).

LAN connector. (Not used.)

Super Speed USB connectors.

Post (Power On Self Test) ID. If a failure occurs, the speciﬁc ID indicates the test at which the failure occurred.

40 GbE port with status LEDs.

LVDS port with status LEDs.

CAUTION. The pins and casing of the 80-pin connector on the LVDS port in the CTRL7100 controller

are fragile. Use great care when disconnecting and connecting the ribbon cable. If the pins are bent or the casing broken, the LVDS card in the controller may need to be replaced.

PCIe port used to connect the convertor (RSA7100) to the controller (CTRL7100) with a PCIe cable to establish a connection through the SignalVu-PC application.

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 9

Introduction to

Item Description

12 Display ports.

the instrument

S-video port.

NOTE. The CTRL

How to clean

When necessary, clean the exterior surfaces of the chassis with a dry lint-free cloth or a soft-bristle brush. If any dirt remains, use a cloth or swab dipped in a 75% isopropyl alcohol solution. Use a swab to clean narrow s paces around controls and connectors. Do not use abrasive compounds on any part of the instrument because they might damage the instrument.

CAUTION. Avoid getting moisture inside the instrument during exterior cleaning; use just enough moisture to dampen the

cloth or swab. Use only deionized or distilled water when cleaning. Use a 75% isopropyl alcohol solution as a cleanser and rinse with deionized or distilled water. Do not use chemical cleaning agents; they might damage the c hassis. Avoid chemicals that contain benzene, toluene, xylene, acetone, or similar solvents.

7100 does not come with built-in audio. You can install a USB audio device if you desire audio capabilities.

the instrument

Howtoreturntheinstrument

If you return your instrument to Tektronix:

Back up any user software on the hard disk. You may need to reinstall the software after your instrument is returned.

When repacking the instrument for shipment, use the original packaging. If the packaging is unavailable or unﬁt for use,

t your local Tektronix representative to obtain new packaging.

contac

e shipping carton with an industrial stapler or strapping tape.

Seal th

10 RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual

Installation

Before connecting, installing, and powering on the instrument, read the Operating Requirements. (See page 4.)

Connection and power on

Installation

CAUTION. Do not how swap.

1. Unpack the convertor (RSA7100) and the controller (CTRL7100).

2. Ensure you have a monitor ready to connect to the controller.

3. Set the convertor and controller on a surface, close enough together to allow for the PCIe connection.

4. Connect a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and other accessories to the controller.

5. Plug in the provided power cord to the controller and then to a power source. As soon as you plug in the cord to the

power source, the PC will turn on.

6. Plug in the provided power cord to the convertor and then to a power source.

7. With the locking tab facing inward, connect the PCIe cable from the convertor front panel to the controller rear panel port.

CAUTION. The PCIe cable has a locking tab. If you pull on the PCIe cable to disconnect it without ﬁrst using the locking tab,

you could damage the connector. To prevent damage to the connector, pull the locking tab toward you before pulling the cable out to disconnect it.

8. Push the power button on the controller to power on the RSA7100 and CTRL7100 system and to automatically launch

the SignalVu-PC application. The convertor will turn on after power is applied to the controller. The convertor fans are loud and default to 100% at power on. The controller will take several minutes to boot and launch SignalVu-PC. The fans will automatically reduce speed after a minute or so.

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 11

Installation

NOTE. The convertor fans default to 100% when the system is turned on. The fans will automatically reduce speed

after a minute o

9. In the SignalVu-PC application, check that the connection icon at the bottom of the display is green ( ), indicating that

communication between the convertor and analyzer application i s established.

10. Select the Help button on the main menu bar and select User Manual (or press the F1 key on the keyboard) to launch the

SignalVu-PC

Power off

Normal power off

1. Use the Microsoft Windows Shutdown function to turn off the CTRL7100 and RSA7100 system. ( )

Emergency power off

1. The power cord disconnects the RSA7100 from the power source. Disconnect the power cord to turn off the instrument.

rso.

Help. You can view topics about the UI and about all of the measurements and capabilities of the analyzer.

NOTE. A 15 A circuit breaker switch located on the RSA7100 rear panel will trip if an over current condition is encountered.

This will help prevent damage to the instrument. You can reset the circuit breaker by ﬁrst disconnecting the power cable, pressing the circuit breaker switch to reset it, and then reconnecting the power cable.

Verify instrument operation

Once the system is connected and powered on, you can perform diagnostics tests to verify correct operation. For detailed performance veriﬁcation procedures, see the RSA7100 Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Speciﬁcations and Performance

cation Technical Reference, available for download from www.Tek.com/manuals.

Veriﬁ

Conﬁrm basic operation

Do the following to conﬁrm basic system operation after the SignalVu-PC application has launched.

1. Press the Preset button in the SignalVu-PC application. This will launch the Spectrum display, set preset parameters,

and set the analyzer to run state.

2. Check that the spectrum appears.

3. Check that the center frequency i s 1 GHz.

Warm-up

Make sure the SignalVu-PC application is running and that the RSA7100 has powered on before performing diagnostics.

llow the instrument to warm up for at least 20 minutes.

NOTE. The fans will slow down and be quieter once the application is started. This is normal. Fan speed may vary while the

application is running, depending on the internal temperature detected by the instrument.

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Installation

Alignments

When SignalVu-PC is connected to an RSA7100, this menu option is available. The analyzer can adjust itself, optimizing the internal signal path used to acquire the signal you measure. Alignment optimizes the analyzer to take more accurate measurements based on the ambient temperature. The Alignments dialog enables you to specify when alignments occur, either automatically or only when manually initiated.

NOTE. Running an alignment during the warm-up period may result in a failed alignment. If this occurs, wait for the complete

warm-up period of 30 minutes before performing an alignment.

Elements of the Alignments Dialog

ption

Setting

tically align as needed

Automa

ignments only when

Run al Align N ow button is pressed.

Now

Align

Clo

Descri

Speciﬁes that alignments run as ambient conditions require.

Speciﬁes that alignments will never run unless manually initiated.

manually initiate an alignment.

Use to

If the instrument is already aligned and you click the Align Now button, nothing will appear to happen. This is not an error of failure, but means that the instrument is already

ned the speciﬁed temperature range.

alig

ses the Alignments dialog box.

Clo

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 13

Installation

How to activate Microsoft Windows 1 0

The version of Microsoft Windows 10 that ships with this product is shipped in Deferred Activation mode. Microsoft has a default activation method that requires a connection to the Internet. If you do not have a connection, you can activate Windows 10 by phone or you can continue to operate in Deferred Activation mode.

First time activation

You can activate Windows 10 two ways.

1. Connect to the Internet. W indows will automatically activate. You can also go to System Properties to connect and

activate.

2. Call Microsoft and speak with a representative to activate Windows 10. Contact information and a unique activation

code (inst

Activation with removable drives

If the SSD/HD is removed from one controller and inserted into another controller, then the activation process will need to run again. If controller 2 is not connected to the Internet, the activation will fail and an Activate Windows watermark will display on the screen. To activate Windows and remove the watermark, you must connect to the Internet or call Microsoft.

allation ID) will appear in a pop up window.

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How to connect and disconnect an instrument

The Connect menu allows you to connect the PC (with SignalVu-PC installed) to the following instruments:

RSA7100 spectrum analyzer via PCIe port

RSA306, RSA306B, RSA500A series, and RSA600A series spectrum analyzers via USB 3.0

MDO4000B/C Series instrument via USB, wireless, or LAN (Option CON required)

NOTE. Multiple instruments may be connected to the PC that runs SignalVu-PC, but only one instrument at a time can be

connected to SignalVu-PC.

PCIe connection. The SignalVu-PC application always monitors the ports. Anytime an RSA is discovered, a connection

is immediately established causing the Connect status indicator to turn green (

also disconnects the SignalVu-PC application, causing the Connect status indicator to turn red (

If the SignalVu-PC application is already connected to another instrument (either USB, PCIe, or network), an automated connection will not take place. In this situation, do the following:

1. Select Disconnect From Instrument to end the existing connection.

Installation

). Disconnecting the RSA from the PC

2. Select Connect To Instrument. You should see the USB connected RSA in the instrument list.

3. Select the instrument.

4. A Connect Status dialog box will appear to conﬁrm the instrument is connected and SignalVu-PC can receive live

om the instrument.

data fr

NOTE. You can quickly verify connection status by looking at the Connected indicator icon. It is green (

instrument is connected. It is red ( hovering the pointer over the connection icon.

5. When you want to connect to a different instrument, select Disconnect From Instrument to end the current connection.

) when it is not. You can also view the name of the instrument that is connected by

) when an

RSA7100 Series Quick Start User Manual 15

Operation

This Quick Start User Manual provides information to get you started with basic operation and use. A detailed operations guide for the analyzer is available in the SignalVu-PC application and on the Tektronix Web site at www.Tek.com/manuals.

1. Click Help on the main menu bar in the SignalVu-PC application.

2. Select User Manual to open a navigable ﬁle that contains full operation details.

3. You can also select User Manual (PDF) toopenaPDFversionoftheHelpﬁle.

Basic concepts

Real time a

DPX™ technology allows you to view the RF signal as a live display. You can view very short transient signals, multilevel signals, and time-varying events. You also have the ability to measure and trigger on signal density values in the DPX display.

The analyzers allow you to view the captured signals in a wide variety of time-correlated displays. This is useful for device troubleshooting and signal characterization applications. All measurements are based on the same real-time data, however the DPX display has a unique method for processing, storing, and displaying the data.

Tektronix real-time analyzers may have a frequency mask trigger. The frequency mask trigger allows you to set up a spectral mask to capture a signal when a spectral anomaly occurs. This allows the analyzer to check 100% of the input signal before acquiring, and then capture precisely the intermittent RF event of interest.

nalyzers

Measurement displays

The analyzer window can show one or any combination of general purpose and application-speciﬁc displays.

ample shows a DPX Spectrum Split

This ex display. A DPXogram display appears on the top and a DPX Spectrum display

rs on the bottom.

appea

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Operation

This example sh displays, a Spectrum display and a DPX spectrum display.

When you have m open, the display with the check mark icon has control over the acquisition. To give a display prio bar.

This example shows four displays in the window.

ows the window with two

ore than one display

rity over any others, click its title

The acquisition data source can be a live acquisition or a saved acquisition data ﬁle. The sharing of acquisition data between displays allows you to view the same data in multiple ways. For example, you can display a power versus frequency (spectrum) display and a spectrogram diagram at the same time. Because the data source is shared among the different displays, the displays are correlated. That is, a point or set of points w ithin one display is associated with a point or set of points in every other display in the application window.

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Operation

Elements of the display

General application window areas. The main areas of the application window are shown in the following ﬁgure.

NOTE. I

Windows display settings or custom DPI percentage setting.

f values or buttons on the application UI become truncated or displaced, you may need to adjust the Microsoft

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Operation

Speciﬁc elements of the application display window. Speciﬁc elements of the display are shown in the following

ﬁgure and descr

ibed in the following table.

Ref number

1 Recal

4 Displays

Setti

Save Opens the Save As dialog in order to save setup ﬁles, pictures (screen

o/Redo

Und

Settings Opens the Settings control panel for the selected display. Each display has

Description

Displays the Open window in order to recall setup ﬁles, acquisition data ﬁles, or trace ﬁles.

ures), acquisition data ﬁles, or export measurement settings.

capt

Undoes or redoes the previous edit to a dis play or measurement settings, a

set, or a measurement change.

pre

ns the Select Displays dialog box so that you can select measurement

Ope displays.

its own control panel.

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Operation

Ref

Setting

Description

number

6 Trigger

(Only available when an

Opens the Trigger control panel so that you can deﬁne the instrument trigger settings.

RSA306, RSA306B, RSA500A serie

s, RSA600A series, RSA7100 series, or MDO4000B/

C is connected to SignalVu-PC.)

Acquire

Opens the Acquire control panel. When no instrument is connected, it displays the Sample

Rate and Record length of the recalled waveform ﬁle.

With an RSA7100 connected, it also provides access to frequency reference and timing reference controls. This includes IRIG-B and PPS on RSA7100s

n GPS installed.

Analysis control panel so that you can deﬁne the analysis settings

8 Analysis

with Optio

Opens the such as frequency, analysis time, and units.

9Amplitud

Opens the Amplitude control panel so that you can deﬁne the Reference Level, conﬁgure internal attenuation, and specify external gain/loss corrections.

11 Audio Demodulation

GNSS/Antenna Opens the GNSS/Antenna control panel so that you can conﬁgure and activate

rnal GNSS receiver and antenna.

an exte

he Audio control panel so that you can deﬁne the audio demodulation

Opens t

(Only a

vailable when an

settings.

RSA306, RSA306B, RSA500A series,

0A series,

RSA60 or MDO4000B/C is connected to

lVu-PC.)

SIgna

12 Recording

sent on the RSA7100

(Pre

s the Recording control panel so that you can record and conﬁgure

Open recording of signals.

series when option STREAMNL/FL-SVPC

stalled. Present on

is in the RSA306, RSA306B, RSA500A series, and

600A series.)

RSA

13 Favorite User Presets

ck to select from a list of custom favorite User presets and load the selected

Cli preset.

14 Ma

15 Pr

in menu bar

eset

Contains access to menus.

calls the Main preset.

16 Replay Runs a new measurement cycle on the existing acquisition data record using

ny new settings.

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Operation

Ref number

17 Run

18 The Edit Favorites icon allows you access the below menu, which allows you to

Setting

and

Run/Stop toolbar

(Only availa RSA306, RSA306B, RSA500A series, RSA600A seri RSA7100 series, or MDO4000B/C is connecte SIgnalVu-PC.)

ble when an

es,

dto

Description

Run menu and Run/Stop toolbar

Starts and stops data acquisitions and speciﬁes the run conditions. For example, if yo Run menu), a single measurement cycle is run. If you select Continuous in the Run/Stop toolbar (or Run Continuous in the Run menu), the data acquisition

Run menu

The Run menu also includes Resume and Abort.

Resume restarts data acquisition, but does not reset accumulated results, such as Aver temporarily, then continue.

Abort immediately halts the current acquisition/measurement cycle. In-proces

edit the c

ontents of the Favorites bar.

u select Single in the Run/Stop toolbar (or Run Single in the

runs until stopped.

age or MaxHold. This allows you to stop acquisitions

s measurements and acquisitions are not allowed to complete.

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Operation

Display categories

The analyzer uses multiple displays to keep operations simple, yet provide advanced functionality w hen needed. Some of the display categories include:

General Signal Viewing. These displays show graphs for basic signal parameters such as amplitude, phase, and frequency plotted against frequency or time. Examples of these displays include: Spectrum, DPX, Spectrogram, Time Overview, and Phase vs Time.

Analog Modulation. These displays show graphs and measurements for Analog Modulation, Frequency Modulation, and Phase Modulation.

General Purpose D igital Modulation. Available with Option SVMNL/FL-SVPC. These displays show the results of demodulating signals and analyzing them in multiple domains. Examples of these displays include: Constellation, EVM vs Time, Eye, Symbol Table, and Trellis Diagram.

RF M easurements. These displays show the results of automated measurements on RF signals. Examples of these displays include: Channel Power and ACPR, MCPR, SEM, and CCDF.

OFDM Analysis. Available with Option SVONL/FL-SVPC. These displays provide OFDM analysis for W LAN 802.11a/j/g and WiMax 802.16-2004 signals. Examples of these displays include: EVM, Flatness, Channel Response, and Power.

Pulsed RF. Available with Option SVMNL/FL-SVPC. These displays show the results of advanced analysis for pulsed RF signals. Examples of these displays include: Cumulative Histogram, Pulse Statistics, Pulse-Ogram™, Pulse Table, and Pulse Trace.

WLAN Analysis. Available with Options SV23NL/FL-SVPC, SV24NL/FL-SVPC, and SV25HNL/FL-SVPC. Each of these options provide OFDM analysis of WLAN802.11 standards. All three options combined provide analysis for WLAN802.11a/b/g/j/p/n/ac signals. Examples of these displays include: Constellation, Symbol Table, EVM, and Power vs Time.

P25 Analysis. Available with Option SV26NL/FL-SVPC. APCO P25 analysis is a complete set of push-button Telecommunication Industry Association TIA-102 standard-based transmitter measurements, including modulation measurements, power measurements, and timing measurements. These measurements are also compared with the limits that best ﬁt the signal for which the standard applies to p rovide pass/fail results. Examples of these displays include: Constellation, Eye Diagram, and Power vs Time.

Bluetooth® Analysis. Available with Option SV27NL/FL-SVPC. Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) and Bluetooth Basic Rate RF (Radio Frequency) provides 13 transmitter performance m easurements for 10 different test setups in compliance with Bluetooth RF PHY Test Speciﬁcations 4.1.1 and Radio Frequency (RF) Test Speciﬁcations 4.1.1. Examples of these displays include: 20 dB Bandwidth, Constellation, Eye Diagram, and Frequency Deviation vs Time.

LTE™ Analysis. Available with Option SV28-SV PC. LTE. Downlink (Base Station) RF analysis provides transmitter performance measurements for both TDD and FDD (for example, Channel Power, Occupied Bandwidth, ACLR, SEM, C ell ID, and TDD LTE Transmit Power Off) in compliance with Test Speciﬁcations 36.104 (Base Station radio transmission and reception) and 36.141 (Base Station conformance testing). Examples of these displays include: Channel Spectrum, Constellation, and ACLR.

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Select displays

The analyzer provides an easy way to select displays.

1. Click the Displays icon to open

the Select Displays dialog box.

There are two ways to select displays: choose any combination of displays or use an Application Preset.

Operation

Choose any c

1. Click the desired application folder

in the Select Displays dialog box.

The availa folder are listed in the Available Displays pane.

2. Click one of the display icons.

3. Click Add (or double-click the

icon) to a to the Selected displays list. Repeat the procedure to add other display

4. Click OK

The selected displays will open.

ombination of displays.

ble displays for each

dd the selected display

to close the dialog box.

Select displays one by one as needed.

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Operation

Instrument presets

There are several types of available presets in SignalVu-PC.

1. Click the blue Preset button (Main preset) in SignalVu-PC to restore setups to their default values.

2. Click Preset from the main menu bar and select one of the following:

Main

DPX

Standards

Application

User (Favorites)

3. Select the Presets > User (Favorites) menu to open the User Presets window. The Presets drop-down list shows

three default user presets provided with the software.

4. Add your own User presets to the list that appears in the User Presets dialog box as follows:

a. Select Save As from the File menu to open the Save As dialog box.

b. Select to save to C:\SignalVu-PC F iles\User Presets.

c. Enter a ﬁle name. The name you give the ﬁle will appear in the User Presets dialog box list.

d. Select Setup ﬁle to save from the Save as type drop-down list.

e. Click Save.

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Use an Application Preset. Select displays from the presets for your application.

Operation

1. Click Applica

Displays dialog box.

2. Use the pull down list to display the

presets.

NOTE. Some presets appear only if the

associated instrument option is installed.

3. Select a preset from the list.

tion Presets in the Select

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4. The default displays for the selected

preset are shown.

5. Click OK to close the dialog box. The

preset displa

ys will open. (See Table 1.)

Table 1: Application presets

Presets Displays

Time-Frequency Analysis

Spectrum Analysis Spectrum

Modulation Analysis (Option SVMNL/FL-SVPC only) Constellation, DPX Spectrum, Signal Q uality, Symbol Table

Pulse Analysis (Option SVPNL/FL-SVPC only) DPX Spectrum, Pulse Table, Pulse Trace, Time Overview

Spur Search Multi Zone 9k-1GHz Spurious

Frequency vs Time, Spectrogram, Spectrum, Time Overview

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UseaStandardsPreset. When you select a speciﬁc standard from the Standards presets, the analyzer automatically

loads the displ

1. Select Presets > S tandards from the

main menu bar.

ays and settings that are optimal for analysis of signals based on that standard.

2. Use the Pres

and select a preset from the list.

3. The default displays for the selected

preset are shown.

4. Click OK to close the dialog box. The

preset dis

NOTE. Some presets appear only if the

associated option is installed.

et pull down list to display

plays will open. (See Table 2.)

Table 2: Standards presets

Presets Displays

WLAN (Option SV25NL/FL-SVPC) SEM, Time Overview, WLAN Summary, WLAN Constellation

P25 (Option SV26NL/FL-SVPC) MCPR, Time Overview, P25 Summary, P25 Constellation

Bluetooth® ( Option SV27NL/FL-SVPC) BT Eye Diagram, BT Frq Dev vs Time, BT Summary, BT CF

Offset and Drift, Spectrum, Time Overview

NOTE. Bluetooth displays vary depending on the selected Test

Setup.

LTE™ (Option SV28NL/FL-SVPC) LTE Summary, LTE Constellation, Time Overview, Spectrum,

LTE ACLR, LTE Channel Spectrum, SEM

NOTE. LTE displays vary depending on the selected Test S etup.

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Quick tips

To add a display, double-click the icon.

To remove displays, do one of the following:

Select a display icon in the Selected Displays list, and then click Remove.

Double-click a display icon in the Selected Displays list.

Click the Close button in the upper right hand corner of the selected display.

You can mix displays from multiple application folders.

Common information messages

The following table lists some of the common information messages that might appear during normal operation.

Table 3: Common information messages

Message Explanation and recommended action

Acq BW too small for current setup

The displ contains. This can be due to any of the following reasons:

ay needs a wider acquisition bandwidth than the current data record

A display other than the one you intended has been selected. The selected

display has requested a smaller acquisition bandwidth to achieve a better

y or dynamic range for its particular measurement.

accurac

Select the display that contains the message. Click Run if the analyzer is not already acquiring data.

Acquisitions are not running and the measurement now requests a wider

dth than the last acquisition.

bandwi

Click Run to perform a new acquisition with a wider bandwidth.

The data is from a recalled ﬁle.

There is no way to increase the acquisition bandwidth for saved data. You

djust the measurement settings so that less bandwidth is required.

must a

Need swept acq or larger Acq BW When any display requires a swept acquisition, the other displays are unable to

ss the swept data. This is because the swept data is customized for the

proce selected display.

Select the display that you are interested in and the acquisition settings will

matically change to meet the requirements of the selected display.

auto

RBW increased to xx kHz

urrent Spectrum Length or Analysis Length is not long enough to allow

The c a narrower RBW ﬁlter.

If the Length control is set to Manual, try increasing it or setting it to Auto so

t the Analysis Length will increase to the required value.

tha

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Change me asurement settings

The displays have settings that control how signals are acquired and processed. The settings that you can change depend on the selected display. To access the settings (in this case, for the Spectrum display):

1. Click Settings to open the Settings

control panel.

2. Adjust the controls as needed for your

signal or test. F or example, use the Freq & Span tab to set frequency and span. Most of the control panels have tabs that provide easy access to other related controls. ( See page 30, Quick tips.)

3. You can change the appearance of the

display screen in the Prefs tab. Not all of the following controls apply to every display. Some displays have additional controls not described here.

Prefs tab controls

To turn on or off the graticule, select the Show graticule check box.

To turn on or off the marker readout, select the Show Marker readout in graph check box.

To turn on or off the trace legend, select the Show trace legend check box. The trace legend includes information on the

trace number, detection, and function (such as average) for each trace on screen.

To turn on or off the parameter readouts. select the Show parameter readouts check box. This reports the time to

create and display the sweep of the spectrum analyzer. It includes the entire sweep plus any retrace time. When trace averaging is activated, the sweep reports the time for individual traces while collecting the averages, and reports the time for the entire averaged trace when averaging is complete.

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Quick tips

If you have multiple displays on the screen, click anywhere inside one of the other displays to change to the control panel for that display.

You can adjust many of the parameters of your measurement by clicking on the readout in the display. For example, in the spectrum display, dB/div, RBW, VBW, Span, and Center Frequency can all be accessed on the display without bringing up the Settings panel.

Start and stop an acquisition

1. Click the Run button to start an

acquisition.

To select the Run mode, click the drop-list icon to the right of the Run button.

Select Single or Contin uous to set the Run mode.

If the analyzer is in Continuous Run mode, the Replay button is dimmed while acquisitions are active.

2. Click Stop to stop an acquisition.

If an analysis is in process, it will ﬁnish its sequence and then stop.

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Run control

The Run menu provides access to commands that control the acquisition and the measurement sequence. Refer to the Help for information on all of the Run menu selections (Help > User Manual in the SignalVu-PC application). Continuous is the default selection. When you select Continuous, the analyzer will continuously acquire data until you stop the acquisition. Select Single Sequence to run a single acquisition every time you click Run.

Markers

Use markers to measure time, frequency, power and other results. Markers measure absolute values and can also measure the differe

Using markers to measure frequen cy and power

The following procedure shows how to use markers in the Spectrum display to measure frequency and power. The example assumes that all markers are turned off and that a signal is on the screen.

1. Click Markers to open the

Alternately, press the front panel Markers Deﬁne button.

Operation

nce between markers.

Marker toolbar at the bottom of the Analysis window.

2. Select Add Marker from the

drop-down list on the Marker Toolbar.

The ﬁrst marker is designated the marker reference (MR).

3. Position the marker on the

screen using the arrow buttons in

rker toolbar. The left and

the Ma right arrows move the marker to the next peak. The up and down

wsmovethemarkertothe

arro next higher or next lower peak.

The peak excursion preferences are

ntheDeﬁne Peaks menu tab.

set i

You can also drag the marker to the desired position using the touch

een or the mouse.

scr

d the frequency and power

4. Rea

level from the marker readout on the display.

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Quick tip

Marker controls are available directly from the front panel Marker buttons.

Markers display

You can display up to ﬁve markers including the reference marker. Markers can all be placed on the same trace or they can be placed on d

ifferent traces. There are three types of Markers:

Reference M calculating differences when Delta or Power readouts are enabled.

Delta Markers: This marker type is labeled M1 to M4 in the graph. It is used to measure other points on the trace or the difference between the Marker Reference and the Delta marker.

Power Markers: This marker type is labeled M1 to M4 in the graph. It functions the same way as Delta Markers, except it shows powe

The follow the instrument Help.

When you drag markers along a trace with either the touch screen or the mouse, the marker will seek the high points. The marker stays within 20 trace points of the mouse position. If there are no peaks within the current range of trace points, t

When you for pixels (maximum 65,536) along with frequency and power (see the following ﬁgure). You can position the marker at any point in the graph.

Markers attached to the DPX bitmap display the signal density in percent at the selected pixel, rather than the hit count.

arker: This marker type is labeled MR in the graph. It makes absolute measurements and is also used for

r density and integrated power density (dBm/Hz) instead of power level (dBm).

ing information tells you more about how markers function. For more detailed information about markers, see

he marker ﬁnds the highest point.

attach the marker to the bitmap trace in the DPX spectrum display, the m arker readout indicates the hit count

Quick tips

arkers are turned off, click Peak in the Marker toolbar or on the front panel to add the marker reference (MR) and to

If m position it on the maximum peak level on the trace in the selected display.

Click Ta ble in the Marker toolbar to open a tabular display showing the marker information.

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Marker toolbar

The Marker toolbar has several controls to work with markers. (See Table 4.) Some of these controls are similar to those on the front panel.

Table 4: Marker toolbar

Icon Description

Opens the Deﬁne Markers control panel. Use the control panel to add and remove markers and to set marker parameters.

Sets the Measurement Frequency of the instrument to the frequency of the selected marker. This button is only present when the selected display has frequency on the horizontal axis.

Moves the marker to the maximum peak level on the trace. The maximum peak can be either the highest or the lowest point in displays with both positive and negative values on their vertical axis (such as Frequency Error or Phase).

Moves the selected marker to the next peak to the left of the current position.

Moves the selected marker to the next peak to the right of the current position.

Moves the selected marker to the next lower peak value. The peak value refers to the absolute value of the peak amplitude. When repeatedly moving the marker, it can move in any direction depending on the location of the next peak. If the marker is attached to the DPX bitmap trace, this button moves it to the next-lower-amplitude density peak at the same frequency.

Operation

Moves the selected marker to the next higher peak value. The peak value refers to the absolute value of the peak amplitude. When repeatedly moving the marker, it can move in any direction depending on the location of the next peak. If the marker is attached to the DPX bitmap trace, this button moves it to the next-higher-amplitude density peak at the same frequency.

Opens or closes the marker table in the display.

Adding markers

an have up to ﬁve markers. The ﬁrst marker (MR) is a reference marker. The other markers (M1, M2, M3, and M4) can

You c show absolute values or can show both absolute values and the difference values between them and the reference marker.

To add another marker, select Add Marker from the drop-down list in the toolbar or from the front panel button.

Markers can also be added by right-clicking in the desired display and selecting Add marker.

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Deﬁning markers

Use the D e ﬁne Markers control panel to deﬁne the marker settings.

1. Click Deﬁne to open the D eﬁne Markers

control panel.

Alternately, press the front panel Markers Deﬁne button.

Use the control panel to:

Add or delete markers.

Turn markers off.

Assign markers to speciﬁctraces.

Set the marker readouts to absolute, delta, or power.

Deﬁne the threshold and excursion values.

Quick tip

You can add or delete markers using the drop-down list next to Deﬁne in the Marker toolbar, or by right-clicking in the desired display and selecting Add marker.

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IQFlow

Operation

IQFlow™ with SignalVu-PC and the RSA7100 allows you to use the analyzer as a down-converter and then pass the down-converted baseband I/Q signals to external equipment or locations for either additional processing or storage. Connection to an RSA7100 with one of the following options installed is required: 05 (LVDS), STREAM (40 GbE), and CUSTOM-API (API).

The Conﬁgure In/Out menu allows you to access the IQ Streaming control panel with its related features. Select Setup > Conﬁgure In/Out from the Main menu to access the IQ Streaming control panel.

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You c an set the system to continuously stream IQ data from the device to one or more clients from the tabs on the IQ Streaming cont

rol panel.

Tab Descriptio

API (See pa

Ethernet (See page 39.)

LVDS (See page 40.)

ge 37.)

Stream IQ d

(Requires Option CUSTOMAPI.)

Stream IQ data to the 40 GbE card on a client controller.

(Requires Option STREAM.)

Stream IQ data through the LVDS interface to a client controller.

es Option 05.)

(Requir

ata to your custom application.

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Operation

How to use the IQ Strea ming API feature

This IQFlow™ feature allows you to access blocks of streaming IQ data to be used by your custom application. The SignalVu-PC API does not perform any processing, but gives you access to the IQ data stream. The API commands enable the IQ data blocks to be streamed to your custom program, which can then perform tasks such as custom processing, event qualiﬁcation, and event warning. You can specify to send the IQ data block and/or the Trigger time stamp using an API command. The Auxiliary data block is always available for retrieval. The API tab provides access to this streaming function. This feature requires a RSA7100 with Option CUSTOM-API.

Select Setup > Conﬁgure In/Out from the Main menu to access the IQ Streaming control panel and the API tab.

1. Ensure the analyzer system has been running for the prescribed 30 minute warm-up period. If you start to stream data

before this, SignalVu-PC will initiate an alignment. IQ outputs are disabled when an alignment is running and this causes streaming to stop.

The application will also initiate alignments at long intervals. To avoid later interruptions in streaming from the Main menu bar and click Run alignments only when “Align” button is pressed in the Alignments dialog that opens.

2. Run your custom application.

, select Alignments

3. Click the Start button in the Streaming API tab in SignalVu-PC. The button will change to a Stop button when the

data is streaming.

4. Check that the acquisition of data in your custom application is occurring.

5. Click the Stop button when you want to stop the streaming.

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NOTE. Ensure the analyzer system has been running for the required 30 minute warm-up time. If you start to stream data

before this, Si button in the API tab. If you set the analyzer to only run alignments when the Align Now button is pressed, you can avoid interruption in streaming. However, alignments help ensure optimized performance

gnalVu-PC will initiate an alignment, causing streaming to stop. To restart streaming, you need to click the Start

API tab functions

Item Description

Start butto

Dropped Frame

Input Overload Indicates if an overload has been detected in the stream. You can increase the reference level to

Starts the s

Indicates a rate or increase the data block size to avoid missed frames.

avoid Input Overload.

treaming of recorded data to your custom application.

missed frame has been detected in the streaming data. You can decrease the sample

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Operation

How to use the 40 GbE IQ streaming feature

Select Setup > Conﬁgu re In/Out from the Main menu to access the IQ Streaming control panel and the Ethernet tab. This feature allows you to stream IQ data using 40 GbE on a host PC (CTRL7100 running SignalVu-PC) to a 40 GbE receiver on a client PC. This feature requires a RSA7100 with Option STREAM.

1. Open a command prompt on the receiver PC. This is the PC on which you will run your application to receive the data.

2. Type

3. Copy the IP address associated with the 40 GbE card.

NOTE. If needed, you can open the Network & Sharing Center in Windows to view connection properties. The 40 GbE

card is labeled Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet Adapter.

4. Run your application using the IP address and valid port number. For example, you would type

5. In the SignalVu-PC application on the host P C (CTRL7100)

6. Click the Start button in the Streaming Ethernet tab in SignalVu-PC. The button w ill change to a Stop button when the

7. Check that the acquisition of data in your custom application is occurring.

8. Click the Stop button when you want to stop the streaming.

ipconfig to query all addresses associated with an Ethernet connection.

AppCustom.exe 33.0.0.1 21505 in the command prompt and then Enter.

data is streaming.

Ethernet tab functions

Item Description

Start button Starts the stream of 40 GbE data from the host PC (CTRL7100 running SignalVu-PC) to a receiver

(a PC running your custom application).

Address

Port

Dropped frame Indicates a missed frame has been detected in the streaming data. You can decrease the sample

Input overload

Enter the IP address associated with the 40 GbE card in the receiver (PC running your custom application).

Enter the v alid port number of the receiver 40 GbE card.

rate or increase the data block size to avoid missed frames.

Indicates if an overload has been detected in the stream. You can increase the reference level to avoid Input Overload.

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HowtousetheLVDSIQstreamingfeature

This feature allows you to stream IQ data through the LVDS interface to a client controller. This feature requires a RSA7100 with Option 05.

1. While the system is powered off, connect the LVDS cable to the rear panel of the controller hosting SignalVu-PC. (See

page 9, Rear panel (CTRL7100).)

CAUTION. The pins and casing of the 80-pin connector on the LVDS port in the CTRL7100 controller are fragile. Use great

care when disconnecting and connecting the ribbon cable. If the pins are bent or the casing broken, the LVDS card in the controller may need to be replaced.

2. Connect other end of the cable to the LVDS port in the client side of the system.

3. Turn on the host system.

4. Launch SignalVu-PC and select Setup > Conﬁgure In/Out from the Main menu to access the IQ Streaming control panel and the LVDS tab.

5. If you want to test the LVDS device is func t ioning before streaming the IQ data, click Test (Counting Pattern) and check

that data is being received in the client side application.

6. When you ready to stream the IQ data, click On to start streaming of IQ data through the LVDS.

7. You can now view data in your client side application.

LVDS tab functions

Item Description

Off Stops streaming of IQ data through the LVDS.

On Turns on streaming of IQ data through the LVDS.

Test (Counting Pattern)

Suspend Check box to enable detection of the receiver suspend line. The receiver will raise the suspend

Validates that the LVDS in the device is functioning.

line when the buffer is full and lower the suspend line when the buffer is ready to receive data (positive logic).

Default is that the suspend line is ignored (unchecked).

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Item Description

Dropped Frame

Indicates a missed frame has been detected in the streaming data. You can decrease the sample rate to avoid m

Input Overloa

Indicates if a avoid Input Overload.

Operation

issed frames.

n overload has been detected in the stream. You can increase the reference level to

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Operation

Timing reference

The Timing Reference tab is part of the Acquire control panel. It is only available when an RSA7100 with Option GPS is connected (units with an IRIG-B connector). This tab allows you to specify the following sources for the timing reference.

Setting

GPS Speciﬁes the timing reference for GPS from the GPS/Antenna connector on the

PPS Speciﬁes the timing reference for PPS (Pulse Per Second) from the 1 PPS

Syste

-B AM

IRIG

IRIG-B DC When an IRIG-B signal is connected to the instrument using the IRIG-B connector

Valid Time Source This dish icon indicates the lock status of the selected time source. Green

Description

instrument front panel.

Click the of the SignalVu-PC application to access the GNSS and Antenna tabs in the GNSS/An rate and antenna settings.

connector on the instrument front panel. The time code of that signal is used to

e time of SignalVu-PC.

set th

e timing reference to local PC time. This is the default setting.

Set th

an IRIG-B signal is connected to the instrument using the IRIG-B connector

When on the front panel, the system ﬁrst checks if an IRIG-B AM signal is present. If detected, the time code of that signal is used to set the time of SignalVu-PC.

he front panel, the system ﬁrst checks if an IRIG-B DC signal is present. If

on t detected, the time code of that signal is used to set the time of SignalVu-PC.

indicates that the system is locked to the selected time reference. Yellow indicates

at the system is not locked to the selected time reference.

icon or select Setup > GNSS/Antenna from the Main menu bar

tenna control panel. From there you can set GNSS source and baud

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Time stamps and timing reference sources

The default timing reference source upon launch of SignalVu-PC is system time.

If you change the source in the Timing Reference tab in the UI from default to one of the externally generated sources

(GPS, PPS, IRIG-B) without a valid signal, the time will remain system time.

If you set the source to GPS, PPS, or IRIG-B after launch of SignalVu-PC (thus changing the time from the default system time), and then disconnect from that source or otherwise lose the lock to that source, the time used will be that of the previous externally generated source. This will remain so until you set a different source with a valid signal.

GPS, PPS, and IRIG-B sources will update the xmrk ﬁle to include the following parameters: timestamp_source to indicate last valid signal type, event_code to indicate software_marker, and each signal pulse to be noted with a time and sample number. All other event codes, such as triggers and acquisition status events, will reference the last valid external timing reference signal.

IRIG-B signals

You can use the IRIG-B connector on the RSA7100 to connect to an IRIG-B signal generator. SignalVu-PC allows you to select on frame lengths of 1 second. SignalVu-PC can detect IRIG-B AM and DC signals.

e of two IRIG-200-04 standard signals to use for timing reference. IRIG-B is the standard for 1 kHz IRIG signals with

IRIG-B detection is only available on RSA7100 units with Option GPS and an IRIG-B connector.

When switching from any time reference to IRIG-B, it takes several seconds for the time to update with a valid signal.

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1PPS s ignals

A 1P PS (Pulse Per Second) source can be used as a timing reference to sync multiple devices. You can use the 1 PPS connector on the RSA 7100 to sync the RSA7100 to a source.

The PPS selection is only available on RSA7100 units with Option GPS and a 1 PPS connector.

You can print

1. Push the Print button on the front panel or select Print from the File menu.

2. Fill ou and then click OK.

The Print dialog box is the standard Micros printer controls are dependent on your printer.

a copy of the screen and its contents (a screen shot) to a printer or a ﬁle.

t the details in the Print dialog box,

oft Windows Print dialog box. The

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Ink saver mode

You can print screen images with a w hite background.

1. Select Options from the Tools menu.

2. Select the Prefs tab in the control panel.

3. Set the Color Scheme to Blizzard.

The background color changes from black to white in the graphs.

Operation

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Operation

Save data

You can save different types of data for future use.

1. Select Save As. from the File menu to open the Save As dialog box.

2. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the setups, or use the default location.

3. Enter a ﬁle name.

4. Select the type of ﬁle to save. (See

Table 5.)

5. Click Save.

NOTE. See the Data, Settings, and Picture File and Record Setup topics in the SignalVu-PC application Help for more

detailed information about ﬁle types.

Table 5: File types for save

File type File extension Description

Setup ﬁles

Picture

.setup

.png/.jpg/.bmp Screen capture of SignalVu-PC application window. This can be useful

Setup ﬁles enable you to save instrument settings for later recall. Using these ﬁles saves setup time and ensures consistent measurements.

for documenting results in test reports.

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File type File extension Description

Results Export

.csv

Results ﬁles contain the trace points and numeric values that were produced by th

e selected measurement. The header of a Results ﬁle includes key acquisition and analysis settings to aid in the interpretation of the data. The ﬁle is saved as a plain text ﬁle, but the contents are formatted as C

SV (comma-separated values). Results ﬁles can be opened from applications such as Microsoft Excel and MATLAB.

Measurement Settings

.txt

Measurement settings ﬁles contain a list of settings that describe how the instrument is set up for the selected measurement. The list contains measuremen

t settings (for example, Span), trace settings (for example, whether or not a trace is selected) and global settings (for example, Frequency and Reference Level). The list of settings contained in the

epending on which display is selected.

contain the trace results data in binary format. These ﬁles

Selected T

race

Varies with display

ﬁle varies d

Trace ﬁles are only readable by the SignalVu-PC application. Several of the instrument's measurements allow you to recall a Trace ﬁle for visually

g a saved trace to a live trace.

s contain the acquisition data record and complete instrument

Acquisition Data with Setu

.tiq

comparin

These ﬁle setup (in binary format). Use these ﬁles to save data for later recall and analysis. When you save an Acquisition Data ﬁle, the current Setup

s saved with the ﬁle. At the time of recall, you will be asked

is alway whether you want to restore only the acquisition data or both data and setup. If the instrument is already set up for a speciﬁc measurement,

probably want to recall only the acquisition data. Recalling

you will both data and setup returns the instrument to the same state it was inatthetimeyousavedtheﬁle.

me locked with GPS enabled.

GNSS ti

Acquisition Data

.csv

ﬁles contain IQ sample data before it has been processed by

These a measurement. The acquisition data points are saved as IQ pairs. Use this format to import the acquisition data into Microsoft Excel for

er analysis.

furth

Acquisition Data

.mat

e ﬁles contain IQ sample data before it has been processed by

Thes a measurement. The acquisition data points are saved as IQ pairs. Use this format to import the acquisition data into MATLAB for further

ysis.

anal

These ﬁles also contain instrument setting information. You do not have to use the settings information. To remove it, you can load all

ormation to MATLAB, then write out is a .mat ﬁle without the settings

inf information. (See the Acquisition Data Files (.mat) topic in the SignalVu-PC Help for required .mat format.)

Range ﬁle

.csv

These ﬁles contain a list of settings that describe how the instrument is

t up for the Spurious measurement. The ﬁle contains the number of

se ranges enabled, the s tart and stop frequencies for each enabled range, the limits for each enabled range, the mask type and more.

Recorded ﬁle .cdif This combined ﬁle contains header and IF samples (IQ samples for the

SA7100) in Midas 2.0 (Platinum BLUE) format. These ﬁles contain

R acquisition data that was recorded directly to a ﬁle from an RSA306B, RSA500A series, RSA600A series, or RSA7100 spectrum analyzer.

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File type File extension Description

Recorded ﬁle .cdif + .det (or .det12) This is a separate header (.cdif) ﬁle and an IF sample (IQ sample for

(.det or .det12) ﬁle in Midas 2.0 (Platinum BLUE) format.

rding choices table in the Record Setup topic in the

plication. GNSS time locked with GPS enabled.

der ﬁle containing instrument setup information in XML

the time stamp of the GPS, PPS, or IRIG-B event during

Recorded ﬁle

xdat, .xhdr,

.xmrk

RSA7100) data

When using the RSA7100, recordings at 800 MHz bandwidth with the packed data setting on will generate a .cdif and a .det12 ﬁle. (See the Midas reco SignalVu-PC Help for more information about the .det12 ﬁle type.)

These 3 ﬁles (all with the same ﬁle name) are generated when XCOM is the selected format for recording. They can be played back using an external ap

.xdat: sample data ﬁle containing binary IQ samples in normal (16 bit integer) or packed (12-bit integer) data type. .xhdr:hea format. .xmrk:markerﬁle in XML format containing time, l ocation (GPS only), and recording.

Quick tip

Select File > Save to save the information to a ﬁle using the same name, path, and data type as the last time that you saved. If the ﬁle already exists, the ﬁle name sufﬁx number will increment if you previously selected that option in the Tools > Options > Auto Filename control panel tab.

Select File > Save As to open the standard Windows Save dialog box where you can edit the ﬁle name, choose what data type to s ave, and select a folder for storing the ﬁle.

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Recall data

You can recall and reanalyze acquisition data and setup ﬁles previously saved by a Tektronix Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer.

1. Select Recall from the File menu.

Operation

2. In the Open dialog box, browse to the

location of the ﬁle.

3. If you do not see the ﬁle, select the type

of ﬁle from the drop-down list.

4. Double click the ﬁle name to load the ﬁle.

ktip

Quic

If you recall a trace that has an x-axis range that does not fall within the x-axis range of the current graph, the trace will not be visible. A small arrow will point off-screen in the direction of the recalled trace. Use the Frequency and Span (or Span and Offset) controls to bring the trace on the screen in the Spectrum display. In other displays, use Horizontal Scale and Offset (which can also be used in the Spectrum display). These controls are on the Settings > Scale tab.

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Operation

Record data to RAID

The CTRL7100 has been designed to meet the speciﬁed performance of real time DPX operation with simultaneous streaming to RAID. With Option STREAMNL/FL-S VPC installed, you can capture to RAID over 2 hours (maximum of 2.75 hours) at full 800 MHz bandwidth. Longer recording times are available at reduced bandwidths.

Makearecording

The recording feature in SignalVu-PC lets you record the acquisition data directly to an .xdat ﬁle. To make a recording, perform the following procedure:

1. Select Setup > R ecording from the main

menu bar or bar.

click

on the Favorites

2. Select the Record Setup tab in the

Recording control panel.

3. Browse for the location to which you

save the ﬁle (or type in the path).

want to

4. Select

5. Enter

6. If you require 16-bit samples, uncheck

NOTE. At 320 to 800 MHz acquisition bandwidth, data can be packed in 12-bit samples. This is done to reduce the data

ansfer rate requirement and to guarantee gap-free recordings. At 320 MHz acquisition bandwidth and below, packing is not

tr necessary and data is always stored as 16-bit samples.

the base ﬁlename. This will be used for all recorded ﬁles. This base name is appended with additional

mation, creating unique ﬁle names.

infor

the Acq BW or select the Auto

check box to use the detected bandwidth.

the Data packed at 12 bits/sample

00 MHz BW box. If you do select

for 8

the box, you can use an unpacking utility to convert the 12 bits/sample data

6 bits/sample data at a later time.

to 1 (Refer to the SignalVu-PC Help for more information.)

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7. Select the Record tab in the Recording

control panel.

8. Select when you w ant to record from the

Record to disk

drop-down menu.

Operation

9. Deﬁne the num

recording session).

10. Select and set the record time.

11. Click the Start button to start the record

process. The status will show in the right side of the p

ber of ﬁles per run (per

anel.

Plot measurements on a map

The analyzer includes a program named RSA Map that allows you to record measurement results and their location on a map. Use of this application requires the MAPNL/FL-SVPC application license.

Map ﬁles

RSA M ap uses MIF format map ﬁles or Windows bitmap ﬁles (.bmp) to indicate location. The .bmp format map ﬁles can

r geo-referenced (using world map ﬁle format to specify geographic location) or non geo-referenced (which does

be eithe not have a geographic location information).

Launching RSA Map

To launch RSA Map:

1. Select Tools > RSA Map from the

SignalVu-PC main menu bar.

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Operation

RSA Map will launch in a separate window.

Loading a map

Before you can use the RSA Map tool to record measurements y ou must load a map. If you loaded a map in a previous session, that map will remain loaded until it is replaced by a new map. A default and demo map are included in the C:\RSAM

ap Files\Example Files folder if you would like to see what a map looks like prior to loading your own.

1. Select File > Load M ap.

2. Navigate to the location of them map ﬁle

to be loaded, and select the map ﬁle to

ou may need to specify the ﬁle

load (y type of the map.

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Operation

3. Click Open. The RSA Map application

will load the selected map ﬁle.

Set up a GPS receiver

To include GPS-derived coordinates with measurements when they are placed on a map, you must enable GPS in RSA Map.

NOTE. An external GPS receiver with USB interface is recommended. The GPS receiver must output NMEA 0183 serial

stall any necessary software for the GPS receiver before running RSA Map.

data. In

1. Connec

2. Click on the GPS icon.

3. Click the Enable check box.

4. Click the COM port drop-down list arrow

5. Set the Baud Rate as appropriate for the

6. Click Apply to enable GPS.

t a GPS receiver with USB interface to one of the USB ports on the instrument.

isplays the Setup GPS window.

This d

and scroll through the list. Select the port that displays the name of the attached GPS receiver.

connected GPS receiver.

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Operation

When the GPS receiver is communicating with the analyzer, the readouts in the Status area will upda

te to display current location

information.

7. Click OK to accept the GPS settings you

have entered and close the Setup GPS window.

When the analyzer is locked onto the GPS signal, the GPS icon displays a green lock icon.

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Mapping a meas urement

Use the following procedure to map measurement results. Before you use the following procedure, do the following:

Load a map. (See page 52, Loading a map.).

Select Tools > Host Instrument to switch to the SignalVu-PC application and set up the measurement you wish to map. For example, if you want to map Signal Strength, set up the Signal Strength display (Select Displays > RF Measurements > Signal Strength) or the Chan Pwr & ACPR display as required for the signal you will be measuring.

1. In the RSA Map application, select

one of the measurement buttons. The selected measurement is surrounded with a blue highlight and the name of the measurement appears below the Thumbnail area.

Operation

2. Click the Single Measurement button.

3. Click or tap on the map.

If a GPS receiver is active, and you are using a geo-referenced map, a single measurement is placed at the current GPS coordinates.

If a GPS receiver is not active, or if you are using an image map, a single measurement is placed where you tapped the map

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Operation

4. You can select a different measurement

button, and then tap the map to add a new measureme measurement icons at the same location stack on top of each other.

5. To move a measurement result (for

example, if two or more results are stacked), tap the Move Result button.

6. Tap and drag the measurement result

to a new position. If the icon is moved to a new stack of measurements, thentheiconisplacedinthestackin time-of-measurement order.

nt to the map. Multiple

NOTE.

shows a message stating that the limit has been reached, and discards any following m eas urements. Select File > Save As to save the map and measurements to a ﬁle, or select File > Clear All Measurements to clear the map and resume addi

NOTE. To add measurements at a new location on a geo-referenced map with an active GPS receiver, you must physically

move to the new location. If you want to add a m easurement at a point other than the current GPS location, disable GPS bef

NOTE. To move measurement icons on a map, select the Move Result button. Click on the measurement and drag it

to the new location.

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The number of measurements that can be placed on a map is limited to 200. When the limit is reached, RSA Map

ng measurements to the map.

ore placing the measurement.

Operation

Repeat RSA Map measurements

Repeat measurements lets you automatically map a single measurement at a set time interval or change in GPS position. To perform repeat measurements, GPS must be enabled and locked. The map used must be a geo-referenced map.

NOTE. The RSA Map program maps only completed measurement results. If the speciﬁed time interval is less than that

required to take a measurement, RSA Map ignores the speciﬁed time interval and maps results as soon as the measurement acquisition is done. For example, if the instrument requires 20 seconds to take a measurement, but the time interval is set to 10 seconds, then the instrument maps results every 20 seconds.

1. Set up the measurement parameters

(frequency, bandwidth, and so on) in the SignalVu-PC application.

2. Select Tools > RSA Map to return to the

RSA Map application.

3. Enable GPS as previously described.

4. Tap the Repeat Measurements button.

5. Tap the Settings button display the

Settings window.

6. Set the type of measurement interval

(time or distance between measurement positions) as needed.

7. Ta p Done.

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Operation

8. Ta p t h e m ap a t a n

y point to start repeat measurements. The instrument adds a measurements to the map at the current GPS position.

The instrument will repeat measurements based on time or distance as speciﬁed on the

(Settings) >

Repeat Measurement tab.

9. Tap the map to stop measurements:

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Operation

10. Tap the Single Measurement or the

Select icons to exit the RSA Map logging measurements

NOTE. The number of measurements that can be placed on a map is limited to 200. For repeat measurements, w hen the

instrument reaches the measurement limit, a message is brieﬂy displayed, the measurements and map are automatically saved to the c to the map.

mode.

urrent Save R esults directory, the map is cleared, and then RSA Map continues adding measurements

RSA Map measurement icons

The RSA Map application uses icons on the map to represent a measurement taken at that location. You can perform various actions on measurement icons, including viewing the measurement results of an icon, moving the icon, deleting an icon, and attaching a measurement direction arrow to an icon. See the following sections, and the RSA Map online help for more information.

Viewing and deleting measurement icons

To view or delete the measurement results associated with an RSA Map measurement icon:

1. Ta p t h e

2. Tap a measurement icon to open the

Map Measurements dialog box.

3. Tap the measurement of interest in the

list

RSA Map Select button.

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Operation

4. Ta p Open Measurement to open the

measurement screen for the selected measurement. to return to the RSA Map screen.

5. Ta p the Delete Measurement button

to delete the selected measurement. If there are multiple measurements to delete, repeatedly select and tap Delete

Measurement.

6. TapOKtoclosethedialogbox.

Select Tools > RSA Map

NOTE. To delete all the measurement icons from a map, select File > Clear All Measurements.

Draw a

The RSA Map azimuth direction arrow function lets you draw an arrow on a mapped measurement to indicate the direction your antenna was pointing w hen you took a measurement.

1. Tap the Change Azimuth button.

measurements azimuth (direction) arrow

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2. Tap and drag from the center of a

measurement icon in the direction the antenna wa measurement was made. RSA Map draws an arrow from the measurement icon.

The RSA Map measurement thumbnail display shows the direction of the arrow as you draw it. This display shows the True Azimuth and Magnetic Azimuth. As you change the direction of the arrow, the angles shown in the thumbnail display are updated to help you set the direction accurately. The information shown depends on the map type (geo-referenced or image). The example shown is for a geo-referenced map.

s pointing when the

Operation

3. To change the arrow direction, draw a

new line. RSA Map replaces the existing arrow with the new direction arrow.

You can also change the direction of the arrow by tapping the measurement, selecting Change Azimuth from the Map Measurements window and entering a Magnetic Azimuth value for the result.

4. To change the style of the azimuth line,

select View > Azimuth line style – Line or Az imu th line style – Arrow.

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Operation

Delete an azimuth measurement direction arrow

1. Tap the RSA Map

2. Single-tap th

the direction arrow to delete. RSA Map opens the Map Measurements dialog box.

3. Tap the measurement name that has the

direction arrow to delete.

4. Ta p t h e Delete Azimuth button.

5. Ta p OK. RSA Map closes the dialog box

and deletes the direction arrow.

Select button.

e measurement icon with

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Operation

Saving measurement results

RSA Map allows you to save measurement results to a ﬁle for documentation. Saved results can also be recalled to review results. RS A Map saves results in a compressed .zip format. The saved results contain several types of ﬁles:

Measurement data ﬁles (exported results)

Map ﬁle used for the measurements

Google Earth KMZ ﬁle

Recallable results ﬁles (trace and setup ﬁles)

MapInfo-compatible MIF/MID ﬁles

For complete details on the saved archive contents, see the RSA Map Help.

To save measurement results:

1. Select File > Save As.

2. Navigate to the location where you want

to save the results and type a name for the ﬁle.

3. Select Save to save the results.

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Recalling measurement results

To recall saved measurement results:

1. Select File > Recall.

2. Navigate to the location where you want

to save the results and type a name for the ﬁle.

3. Select Save to save the results.

RSA Map loads the contents of the recalled

ement archive.

measur

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Advanced techniques

This section contains advanced operating techniques.

Set up triggering

The analyzer offers real-time power-level triggers, frequency mask trigger, DPX dens ity, and external triggers. It uses a trigger event as a reference point in time for the seamless acquisition of the signal. This allows the analyzer to store both pretrig

ger and posttrigger information.

Operation

To s e t u p t r i deﬁne speciﬁc actions to be taken upon recognition of a trigger event (such as save data, save picture, etc ).

The analyzer has two triggering modes:

ggering, ﬁrst select the Event (source and trigger type). Next, continue to set other optional trigger settings and

Free Run mode. In Free run mode, the instrument initiates acquisitions without considering any trigger conditions. It

is a fast and easy way to see the signals. Free Run is usually adequate for the Spectrum display unless you need to specify a particular time at w hich to collect the data record.

Triggere

conditions that deﬁne a trigger event depend on the selected trigger source. T here are several source selections available for choosing the signal to monitor for a trigger event. Once you select Triggered mode, you must select the source. The trigger

dmode.

sources are:

RF Input

Externa

al Time

Intern

In the Triggered mode, the instrument initiates an acquisition when a trigger event is recognized. The

Trigger type. If RF Input is the selected Source, then you can set the trigger type. Type speciﬁes what type of violation

will deﬁne a trigger event.

Power: This trigger type triggers the analyzer on time-domain signal characteristics. The incoming data is compared to

a user-selected level in dBm. You can select the time-domain bandwidth and trigger on the rising or falling edge. If the RF input signal crosses the speciﬁed level (in the direction set by Slope), a trigger event occurs. A trigger event does not occur if the power level of the signal simply exceeds the level setting; there must be a power level transient that crosses the speciﬁed level.

You can also set a Time Qualiﬁed trigger, when Power is the selected Type, from the Time Qualiﬁed tab.

Frequency Mask: This trigger type allows you to trigger the instrument when a signal in the frequency domain

violates the mask. You can draw a mask to deﬁne the conditions within the real-time bandwidth that will generate the trigger event. It allows you to trigger on weak signals in the presence of strong signals. This triggering is also useful for capturing intermittent signals.

DPX Density: This trigger type enables the instrument to capture any signal you can see in the DPX display, including

difﬁcult to see signals hiding beneath other signals that have a higher amplitude or a greater repetition rate. Using the Trigger On This™ feature, you can draw a box around the area of interest in the graph, set a Density threshold, and the instrument will trigger when the measured Density exceeds your threshold.

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Operation

Accessing trigger parameters

1. Click Trig to open the Trigger control

panel.

Alternately, press the front panel TRIGGER button.

2. As shown in the following steps, click

one of the tabs in the Trigger control panel to deﬁne the trigger parameters.

3. Use the Event tab to select Source and

Type for trigger. Set parameters that deﬁne trigger events. The parameters vary depending on the trigger Source and Type selections.

4. Use the Advanced tab to set parameters

for trigger position.

5. Use the Actions tab to set parameters for

the Save on trigger function. The Save on trigger function allows you to save an acquisition data ﬁle and/or a screen capture when a trigger event occurs.

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Set up a Time Qualiﬁed trigger

TheTimeQualiﬁed trigger allows you to specify a trigger based on timing characteristics. Trigger events that pass the timing qualiﬁcation result in an acquisition. Trigger events that do not pass the timing qualiﬁcation are ignored. Time-qualiﬁcation can be applied when the trigger source is RF Input and the trigger type is Power.

1. Connect the signal source to the RF Input of the RSA7100,

2. In the SignalVu-PC application, set the Span to include the frequency of the signal source.

3. Click

4. Select Triggered.

5. Set Source to RF Input,TypetoPower, select the slope, and set the Level to the amplitude of the signal source.

6. Select the Time Qualiﬁed tab and set the Time 1 and Time 2 values.

to open the Trigger control panel.

7. If desired, you can view the sample rate in the Acquisition Data tab of the Acquire control panel. The sample rate allows

you to ﬁnd the corresponding minimum off time and pulse width in the following table.

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Minimum off time between trigger events and pulse width. The minimum off time is the length of time for which

trigger condit that the end of the ﬁrst event is recognized. It is the same as the minimum pulse width. For example, if the minimum off time is 34 ns and the time difference between pulses is 10 ns, then the data would show one pulse instead of two pulses (assuming no t

ions must be absent between the end of one trigger event and the start of the next trigger event to ensure

rigger violations occurred).

Sample rate

15.6 MS/s

31.2 MS/s

62.5 MS/s

75.0 MS/s

150 MS/s

250 MS/s

500 MS/s

1GS/s

Minimum pulse width

64 ns 64 ns

32 ns 32 ns

16 ns 16 ns

27 ns 27 ns

21 ns 21 ns

20 ns 20 ns

34 ns 34 ns

Minimum off ti

Detectable triggers per second. The analyzer can acquire up to 100,000 triggers per second. However, to ensure no

missed data, keep triggers to ≤ 10,000 triggers per second. As the number of triggers increases, processing speed will slow.

Set up a DPX Density trigger

The DPX Density trigger enables you to capture transient events that may be partially obscured by other higher-amplitude or more frequent signals. If you can see it in the DP X bitmap, you can trigger on it. The DPX Density area measurement

ed to select the region of interest in the display and to m easure its current density. You set a density threshold, and

is us the instrument triggers when the density measurement exceeds your threshold.

The quickest way to set u p a DPX Density trigger is to use a mouse and right-click on a signal of interest in the DPX graph, or press on the screen and hold with your ﬁnger for one second. A menu will pop up. Select Trigger On This.

s action performs several tasks:

Thi

ces the density measurement box at the click point

Pla

s the measurement box to its default size

Set

asures the average density in the box

ts the Trigger mode to Triggered

lects the DPX Density "Higher" trigger type

djusts the trigger threshold to a density value slightly below the current measured value

tarts the acquisition process

ou can also trigger acquisitions based on the density of the DPX Bitmap trace as follows:

elect Triggered mode in the Trigger control panel.

1.S

2. Select RF Input from the Source drop-down list.

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3. Select DPX Density from the Type drop-down list.

4. Set the DPX Density parameters as appropriate. You can do this one of the following ways:

Check the Show measurement box in the Density tab of the DPX Settings control panel to view the m easurement box in the disp

lay. Enter the Frequency and Amplitude in the Density tab.

Operation

Check the Show box in the display. Use the mouse to move and size the measurement box that appears on the display to set the values for Frequency and Amplitude.

NOTE. If the A

using a mouse. Set the amplitude units to any unit other than Watts or Volts to move or resize the measurement box.

To optimize DPX Density trigger settings for your particular signals, open the Trigger control panel. Use the controls for changing t location of the measurement box. Use the Frequency and Amplitude settings to locate the center of the box, and set the +/values to adjust the width and height of the measurement box.

For events that are partially masked by stronger signals, you will often need to adjust the density Threshold based on density m color representing only the stronger signal is 7% and the density measurement including both signals is 9%, you would set the Threshold to 8%.

he polarity of the trigger's threshold comparison (Higher versus Lower), the Threshold value, and the size and

easurements of the event of interest and of the obscuring signal. For example, if the density of the background

measurement box in the Density tab of the DPX Settings control panel to view the measurement

mplitude units (Setup > Analysis > Units) is set to Watts or Volts, you cannot move the measurement box

ur expected signal is a continuous tone and you want to capture events when it hops to a different frequency or drops

If yo to a lower amplitude, move the Density measurement box to surround the peak of the signal, select Lower in the Density control, and set Threshold to 100%. The instrument will trigger when th e signal is absent from the m easurement box.

Hint. The density measurement is the average of the densities for each column of pixels in the box. If your measurement

box is wider than the peak of a CW signal, the density reading will be less than 100%. To get a 100% reading, you can broaden the peak by increasing RBW or narrow the box until there are no colored pixels either above o r below the box. The signal should enter the left side of the box and exit the right side. It should not cross the bottom edge of the box.

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Operation

Create a Frequency Mask

Use the Mask Editor to create a Frequency Mask. The mask is a set of points deﬁned by frequency and amplitude. Access the Mask Editor from the Trigger control panel. (This procedure uses the Spectrum display.)

You can create a Frequency Mask by using either the manual or Auto Draw method. The following procedure explains the manual method. For a procedure on how to use the Auto Draw method, see the topic Mask E ditor (Frequency Mask Trigger) in the online help.

1. Click Trig to open the Trigger control

panel.

2. Select the Event tab in the control panel.

3. Set the Source to RF Input.

4. Set the Type to Frequency Mask.

5. Click Mask Editor to open the Mask

Editor.

The Mask Editor opens with the traces of the Spectrum display in the graph.

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6. Click New in the tool bar. This removes

the existing mask and then creates a default 6-poi

7. Click any point in the mask to select it.

The frequency and amplitude of the selected graph.

nt mask.

point are highlighted in the

Operation

8. Edit the point by doing one of the

following:

Drag and drop the point with the

mouse.

he frequency and amplitude in

Enter t

the table.

Adjust amplitude with the up/down

arrow keys and frequency with the

right arrow keys.

left/

Quick tips

Click Auto draw to generate a mask automatically adjusted to the Reference. Set the X Margin (frequency) and Y

Margin (amplitude) before pressing Auto draw.

Right click on the display screen to add a new point.

Click Add Points and then click on the graph to add a new point in the graph.

Click Next to select the next point in the graph.

Click the X (delete button) to delete the selected mask point.

Click Save to save the mask ﬁle and continue working with the mask editor.

Click Open to load and edit a previously saved mask ﬁle.

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Deﬁne trigger conditions

After you have set up the mask, you can select whether to trigger on the presence or absence of mask violations.

1. Select a condition.

The choices are described in the following table. (See Table 6.) The icons at the bottom of the control panel identify what is considered true or false.

2. Click Triggered.

The instrument will trigger when the trigger conditions are met.

Table 6: Trigger violations

Violation Description

F The instrument triggers whenever the signal has no points in the mask.

T>F

F>T

T>F>T

F>T>F

The instrument triggers whenever the signal violates the mask (above the line).

Onetransitiondeﬁnes the trigger event. The signal must go out of the mask (no violation) after being inside of the mask (violation).

Onetransitiondeﬁnes the trigger event. The signal must go into the mask after being outside of the mask.

Two transitions deﬁne the trigger event. The signal must start inside of the mask, cross outside of the mask, and then cross back into the mask.

Two transitions deﬁne the trigger event. The signal must start outside of the mask (no violation), cross into the mask, and then cross back outside of the m ask.

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Operation

Control acquisitions

When two or more displays are open, the selected display controls the acquisition system. The acquisition requirements for the selected display set the acquisition parameters. While the acquisition parameters are optimized for the selected display, they might not be ideal for other displays. In this case, the other displays might be unable to maintain optimum performance and consequently might be unable to produce results. (This also happens when you analyze recalled data: measurements attempt to deliver results, but may not be able to comply with all their settings.)

You can specify which display controls the acquisition parameters by clicking anywhere in that display. When there are multiple displays, the highlighted display controls the acquisition parameters.

In this example, there are two displays, a Spectrum display and a DPX Spectrum display. The highlighted title bar on the Spectrum display indicates that it is the selected display.

The check mark indicator in the upper left corner of the display indicates that acquisition is optimized for the Spectrum display.

Some displays do not control the acquisition. These displays just show the captured data. Some displays share the same parameters. If any of one of these displays in such a family controls the acquisition, then the acquisition parameters are optimized for all of the displays in that family.

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Operation

Measurements with conﬂicting acquisition requirements

The analyzer lets you open any combination of measurements. You can select the displays that you are interested in and the analyzer will automatically set up the appropr iate analysis and acquisition parameters.

If measurements place conﬂicting requirements on the acquisition parameters, the current selected display takes priority. The following example shows incompatible measurement settings when one display needs real-time data (such as the Amplitude vs Time measurement) while another display requires swept data (such as a Spectrum graph with a very wide span).

1. Click the Preset button (Main preset) to

set the analyzer to the default settings.

2. Tune the analyzer to the frequency of

your signal and then set the span.

3. Click the Displays icon to open the Select

Displays dialog box.

4. Select the General Sig nal Viewing

folder.

5. Select the Amplitude vs Time icon.

6. Click Add to add the icon to the Selected

Displays list.

NOTE. Add the Spectrum display if it is not

already in the Selected Displays list.

7. Click OK to accept the changes and

close the dialog box.

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8. Increase the span in the Spectrum

display to 500 MHz.

Because Spect display, the acquisition parameters adjust automatically to meet the needs of the displa exceeds the real-time bandwidth of the instrument. As a result, the instrument will change t

rum is the selected

y. The 500 MHz span

o swept mode.

Operation

9. Look at the S

“Swept” indicates when acquisitions are swept.

When the ac all measurements usually run. If the acquisitions are swept, only the selected display ca

10. Click the Amplitude vs Time display to

make it the active display.

The acquisition switches back to real-time because the selected display requires real-time. The data is now suitable for the Amplitude vs Time display but doesn't contain the full range of frequencies needed by the Spectrum display.

In this case, the Spectrum is unable to run.

tatus bar. The readout

quisitions are in “Real Time,”

nrun.

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11. Decrease the sp

Spectrum display. Now the acquisitions are real time again.

12. Check the status bar readout to verify

that the acqui

Both of the displays can run now.

Preselec

In the Setup > Acquire control panel there is a preselector setting on the Advanced tab that enables you to s et the state to control image suppression. Two methods of preselection are used in the RSA7100: a ﬁxed low-pass ﬁlter (LPF) and a tunable bandpass ﬁlter (BPF). Due to the narrow-band nature of the tuned BPF, it is necessary to bypass this ﬁlter for wideband analysis of signals with bandwidth >50 MHz. The tuned BPF preselector is enabled depending on the acquisition mode (swept or real-time), frequency range, and user selection of p reselector state (Auto, On, Off). The LPF preselector is naturally wideband, so that ﬁlter is always present, even when the preselector Off m ode is manually selected.

tors for ﬁlter bypass

an to 300 MHz in the

sition is real-time.

1. Click Setup > Acquire on the main menu

to open the Acquire control panel.

2. Select the Advanced tab and choose a

preselector state.

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Preselector states. The following table describes each preselector state so that you can determine which one you want to use.

Preselector setting Description

Auto This setting balances maximizing acquisition bandwidth with image suppression.

The analyzer will operate up to its maximum acquisition bandwidth and may turn off the uW exceeds the acquisition bandwidth, the uWave preselector is engaged and the step size used is 50 MHz/step.

This is the de

On This setting

span exceeds 50 MHz, the instrument is stepped in frequency to create the display.

Off This setting bypasses the preselector ﬁlters (except for the LPF, which is always

present) when the span is greater than the allowed acquisition bandwidth. The maximum av bandwidth at the selected frequency. When the span of the analysis exceeds the available acquisition bandwidth for the selected frequency, the step size of the sweep i

ave preselector to accommodate this. When the requested span

fault setting.

sets the preselector to always be on, independent of span. When the

ailable real time span is equal to the maximum available acquisition

s set to 320 MHz.

Preselector states by acquisition mode.

The following shows preselector states by acquisition mode to help you choose a state.

Acquisition mode Auto

Swept, 50 MHz steps On On CF ≤ 3.6 GHz: On

Swept, 320 MHz steps

Real time span ≤ 50 MHz

Real time span > 50 MHz

Not applicable Not applicable

On On CF ≤ 3.6 GHz: On

CF ≤ 3.41 GHz: On

CF > 3.41 GHz: Off

On Off

CF > 3.6 GHz: Off

CF ≤ 3.41 GHz: On

CF > 3.41 GHz: Off

CF > 3.6 GHz: Off

Not applicable

CF ≤ 3.41 GHz: On

CF > 3.41 GHz: Off

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Mask testing

The analyzer lets you test many trace results for changes in level. You can identify matches crossing a power level or you can create a mask that speciﬁes power level and frequency range limits. You can select which trace to test and specify an action to take when a test condition is met for traces in the Spectrum, DPX, Spurious, and Setting Time displays. The Frequency Settling Time, Phase Settling Time, Spurious, Bluetooth InBand Emission, and Occupied Bandwidth measurements tests provide pass/fail results.

The available choices include only results from displays that are currently open.

Selecting Mask Test from the Tools menu displays the Mask Test control panel. These settings deﬁne test parameters and specify actions to be performed when the test conditions are met.

To start a mask test. Perform the following steps to set up for any mask test.

1. Open the Sp

Spectrum display if it is already open.

2. Select Tools > Mask Search.

3. Select the Enable Test check box to set

the application to perform the test once the conditions are deﬁned.

4. Selec Search in drop-down list box.

ectrum display or select the

t the trace y ou wish to test from the

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5. Verify that the trace you selected in the

Search in list is the selected trace and that the Show b

6. Click the Actions tab to specify what

actions the analyzer should take when a match occurs.

The analyzer can take up to ﬁve actions when a match occurs, depending on the run mode. In Run mode, the analyzer can sound a beep, stop acquisitions, save acquisition data, save trace data, and save a picture of the display. In Replay mode, it can sound a beep and stop analyzing.

ox is checked.

Operation

7. To have the analyzer take an action

when a match occurs, select the desired action.

You can select any combination of actions to perform on a match. If you select all actions, they will all occur when a match is found (in Run mode).

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To perform a Greater Than or a Less Than mask test.

1. Specify what to test for by making a

selection from the Test for drop-down list.

To test for signal levels above o r below a speciﬁed level, select either is greater

than or is less than.

2. Press the Run button to initiate a test.

Click the Replay button on the toolbar to initiate a test on the current data record.

3. Notice the vertical red bar. It highlights results that match the test deﬁnition.

4. Click the close box to remove the Mask Test control panel.

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