User ManualTable of ContentsPSA Spectrum Analyzers User's and Programmer's Reference1Table of Contents3List of Commands131 Using This Document43Book Organization44What is in This Book44Terms Used in This Book452 Instrument Functions: A - L47AMPLITUDE / Y Scale492.0.1 Ref Level492.0.2 Attenuation502.0.3 Scale/Div522.0.4 Scale Type522.0.5 Presel Center542.0.6 Presel Adjust552.0.7 Y Axis Units562.0.8 Ref Lvl Offset582.0.9 Int Preamp592.0.10 Corrections592.0.11 Ext Amp Gain682.0.12 Atten Step682.0.13 Max Mixer Lvl692.1 Auto Couple712.1.1 Auto All712.1.2 FFT & Sweep722.1.3 PhNoise Opt762.1.4 Detector772.1.5 Avg/VBW Type782.1.6 ADC Dither792.1.7 ADC Ranging802.2 BW/Avg832.2.1 Res BW832.2.2 Video BW842.2.3 VBW/RBW862.2.4 Average872.2.5 Avg/VBW Type892.2.6 Span/RBW932.3 Det/Demod952.3.1 Detector952.4 Display1032.4.1 Full Screen1032.4.2 Display Line1032.4.3 Display Line1042.4.4 Active Fctn Position1062.4.5 Limits1082.4.6 Title1222.4.7 Preferences1232.4.8 Display Enable (Remote Command Only)1252.5 File1272.5.1 Catalog1302.5.2 Save1362.5.3 Load1432.5.4 Delete1472.5.5 Copy1512.5.6 Rename1532.5.7 Create Dir1552.5.8 Delete All1572.5.9 Query Trace Data (Remote Command Only)1582.5.10 Move Data to a File (Remote Command Only)1582.5.11 Set Data Byte Order (Remote Command Only)1602.5.12 Format Numeric Data (Remote Command Only)1602.6 FREQUENCY / Channel1632.6.1 Center Freq1632.6.2 Start Freq1642.6.3 Stop Freq1652.6.4 CF Step1662.6.5 Freq Offset1672.6.6 Signal Track1682.7 Input/Output1712.7.1 Input Port1712.7.2 RF Coupling1722.7.3 Input Z Corr1722.7.4 Trig Input1733 Instrument Functions: M - O1753.1 Marker1773.1.1 Select Marker1803.1.2 Normal1803.1.3 Delta1813.1.4 Delta Pair1813.1.5 Span Pair1843.1.6 Off1853.1.7 Marker Trace1853.1.8 Readout1863.1.9 Marker Table1893.1.10 Marker All Off1893.2 Marker Fctn1913.2.1 Select Marker1913.2.2 Marker Noise1913.2.3 Band/Intvl Power1933.2.4 Function Off1943.2.5 Marker Count1943.3 Marker ->1973.3.1 Mkr->CF1973.3.2 Mkr->CF Step1973.3.3 Mkr->Start1973.3.4 Mkr->Stop1993.3.5 MkrD->Span1993.3.6 MkrD->CF1993.3.7 Mkr->Ref Lvl2003.4 Meas Setup (SA with Measurements Off)2013.4.1 Measurement Setup2013.5 MODE2033.5.1 Spectrum Analysis2043.5.2 Application Mode Number Selection (Remote command only)2043.5.3 Application Mode Catalog Query (Remote command only)2064 Instrument Functions: P - Z2074.1 Peak Search2094.1.1 Next Peak2094.1.2 Next Pk Right2104.1.3 Next Pk Left2104.1.4 Min Search2104.1.5 Pk-Pk Search2124.1.6 Mkr->CF2124.1.7 Continuous Pk2124.1.8 N dB Points2134.1.9 Search Param2154.2 Preset2214.2.1 User Preset2224.2.2 Mode Preset2244.2.3 Factory Preset2244.2.4 Save User Preset2254.3 Print2274.3.1 Abort the Printout (Remote Command Only)2274.4 Print Setup2294.4.1 Printer Setup2294.4.2 Orientation2314.4.3 Prints/Page2324.4.4 Eject Page2324.4.5 Page Size2324.4.6 Color2344.5 Save2354.6 SPAN / X Scale2374.6.1 Span2374.6.2 Span Zoom2384.6.3 Full Span2384.6.4 Zero Span2384.6.5 Last Span2394.7 SWEEP2414.7.1 Sweep Time2414.7.2 Sweep2424.7.3 Auto Sweep Time2434.7.4 Points2444.8 System2474.8.1 Show Errors2474.8.2 Power On/Preset2484.8.3 Time/Date2524.8.4 Alignments2554.8.5 Config I/O2624.8.6 Reference2684.8.7 Show System2704.8.8 Show Hdwr2714.8.9 Color Palette2714.8.10 Diagnostics2744.8.11 Restore Sys Defaults2744.8.12 Licensing2764.8.13 Personality2794.8.14 Service2794.8.15 Keyboard Lock (Remote Command Only)2804.8.16 Remote Message2804.8.17 Remote Message Turned Off2814.8.18 Power On Elapsed Time (Remote Command Only)2814.8.19 SCPI Version Query (Remote Command Only)2814.9 Trace/View2834.9.1 Query Trace Data (Remote Command Only)2844.9.2 Trace2844.9.3 Clear Write2854.9.4 Max Hold2854.9.5 Min Hold2854.9.6 View2864.9.7 Blank2864.10 Trig2874.10.1 Free Run2874.10.2 Video2884.10.3 Line2884.10.4 Ext Front2894.10.5 Ext Rear2894.10.6 RF Burst (Wideband)2894.10.7 Trig Slope2904.10.8 Trig Delay2904.10.9 Trig Offset (Remote Command Only)2915 One-Button Measurement Functions2935.1 MEASURE (Spectrum Analysis Mode)2975.1.1 Command Interactions: MEASure, CONFigure, FETCh, INITiate and READ2975.1.2 Meas Off3005.1.3 Channel Power3015.1.4 Occupied BW3045.1.5 Adjacent Channel Power—ACP3055.1.6 Multi-Carrier Power3095.1.7 Power Stat CCDF3125.1.8 Harmonic Distortion3155.1.9 Burst Power3185.1.10 Intermod (TOI)3215.1.11 Spurious Emissions3225.1.12 Spectrum Emission Mask3225.1.13 Current Measurement Query (Remote Command Only)3285.2 Meas Control3295.2.1 Restart3295.2.2 Measure3295.2.3 Pause or Resume3305.2.4 Trigger a Sweep or Measurement (Remote Command Only)3305.2.5 Abort the Sweep or Measurement (Remote Command Only)3315.3 Mode Setup3335.3.1 Radio Std3335.3.2 Radio Std Setup3415.3.3 Retain Params3425.3.4 Enable All Measurements3445.3.5 Autorange of Power Setting (Remote command only)3445.4 Restart3475.5 Single3495.6 Meas Setup (Adjacent Channel Power—ACP)3515.6.1 Avg Number3515.6.2 Avg Mode3535.6.3 Chan Integ BW3535.6.4 Offset/Limits3545.6.5 Meas Type3595.6.6 Optimize Ref Level3605.6.7 Method3605.6.8 Total Pwr Ref3625.6.9 PSD Ref3625.6.10 Limit Test3635.6.11 RRC Filter3635.6.12 Filter Alpha3645.6.13 Noise Correction3645.7 Trace/View (ACP Measurement)3675.7.1 Spectrum3675.7.2 Bar Graph3675.7.3 Combined3685.7.4 Combined View Units3685.7.5 Trace3685.8 Meas Setup (Burst Power)3715.8.1 Avg Number3715.8.2 Avg Mode3725.8.3 Average Type3725.8.4 Threshold Lvl3735.8.5 Meas Method3735.8.6 Burst Width3745.8.7 Optimize Ref Level3755.9 Trace/View (Burst Power)3775.9.1 RF Envelope3775.9.2 Combined3785.9.3 Trace3785.10 Meas Setup (ComplementaryCumulativeDistributionFunction—CCDF)3815.10.1 Meas BW3815.10.2 Counts3825.10.3 Meas Interval3825.10.4 Optimize Ref Level3835.11 Display (ComplementaryCumulativeDistributionFunction—CCDF)3855.11.1 Full Screen3855.11.2 Store Ref Trace3855.11.3 Ref Trace3865.11.4 Gaussian Trace3865.11.5 Preferences3865.12 SPAN X Scale3895.12.1 Scale/Div3895.13 Marker (ComplementaryCumulativeDistributionFunction—CCDF)3915.13.1 Select Marker3925.13.2 Normal3925.13.3 Delta3925.13.4 Off3945.13.5 Marker Trace3945.13.6 Marker All Off3945.13.7 Marker X Position3955.13.8 Marker Y Position (Remote Command Only)3965.13.9 Marker Maximum and Minimum (Remote Command Only)3975.14 Meas Setup (Channel Power—CHP)3995.14.1 Avg Number3995.14.2 Avg Mode4005.14.3 Integ BW4005.14.4 Chan Pwr Span4015.14.5 Optimize Ref Level4025.14.6 RRC Filter4025.14.7 Filter Alpha4025.15 Trace/View (Channel Power Measurement)4055.15.1 Spectrum4055.15.2 Combined4055.15.3 Trace4055.16 Meas Setup (Harmonic Distortion)4095.16.1 Avg Number4095.16.2 Avg Mode4095.16.3 Harmonics4105.16.4 ST/Harmonic4105.16.5 Range Table (On/Off)4125.16.6 Range Table4135.16.7 Optimize Ref Level4195.17 Trace/View (Harmonics)4215.17.1 Harmonics4215.17.2 Harmonics & THD4215.18 Meas Setup (Intermod (TOI))4235.18.1 Avg Number4235.18.2 Avg Mode4255.18.3 TOI Span4255.18.4 Max Mixer Lvl4265.18.5 Optimize Ref Level4265.19 Meas Setup (Multi-Carrier Power—MCP)4295.19.1 Avg Number4295.19.2 Avg Mode4305.19.3 Carrier Setup4305.19.4 Offsets/Limits4385.19.5 Carrier Result4415.19.6 Optimize Ref Level4415.19.7 Method4415.19.8 Power Ref4425.19.9 Limit Test4435.19.10 RRC Filter4445.19.11 Filter Alpha4445.19.12 Noise Correction4455.20 Trace/View (Multi-Carrier Power Measurement)4475.20.1 Spectrum4475.20.2 Combined4475.20.3 Combined View Units4485.20.4 Trace4485.21 Meas Setup (Occupied Bandwidth—OBW)4515.21.1 Avg Number4515.21.2 Avg Mode4525.21.3 Max Hold4525.21.4 Occ BW% Pwr4545.21.5 OBW Span4545.21.6 x dB4555.21.7 Optimize Ref Level4565.22 Meas Setup (Spectrum Emissions Mask—SEM)4575.22.1 Avg Number4575.22.2 Meas Type4585.22.3 Ref Channel4585.22.4 Offset/Limits4625.22.5 Optimize Ref Level4755.22.6 RRC Filter4755.22.7 Filter Alpha4765.23 Trace/View (Spectrum Emissions Mask)4775.23.1 Abs Pwr & Freq4775.23.2 Rel Pwr & Freq4775.23.3 Integrated Power4785.24 Display (Spectrum Emissions Mask—SEM)4795.24.1 Full Screen4795.24.2 Limit Display4795.24.3 Preferences4795.25 SPAN X Scale4815.25.1 Scale/Div4815.25.2 Ref Value4815.25.3 Ref Position4815.26 Marker (Spectrum Emissions Mask—SEM)4835.26.1 Select Marker4835.26.2 Normal4845.26.3 Off4845.27 Meas Setup (Spurious Emissions)4855.27.1 Avg Number4855.27.2 Avg Mode4865.27.3 Range Table4865.27.4 Meas Type4975.27.5 Spur4985.27.6 Ref Level4985.27.7 Fast Spurious Meas499One - Button Measurement Functions2946 Programming Fundamentals501SCPI Language Basics503Command Keywords and Syntax503Creating Valid Commands504Special Characters in Commands505Parameters in Commands506Putting Multiple Commands on the Same Line508Improving Measurement Speed511Turn off the display updates.511Use binary data format instead of ASCII512Minimize the number of GPIB transactions.512Avoid unnecessary use of *RST.513Put ADC Ranging in Bypass for FFT Measurements513Minimize DUT/instrument setup changes.513Consider using LAN instead of GPIB.514Using an Option Mode: Minimize the number of GPIB transactions.514Using an Option Mode: Avoid automatic attenuator setting.515Using an Option Mode: Optimize your GSM output RF spectrum switching measurement.515Using an Option Mode: Avoid using RFBurst trigger for single burst signals.515Using an Option Mode: When making power measurements on multiple bursts or slots, use CALCulate:D...516Programming Command Compatibility Across Model Numbers and Across Modes519Across PSA Modes: Command Subsystem Similarities519Across PSA Modes: Specific Command Differences521Using Applications in PSA Series vs. VSA E4406A522Using the LAN to Control the Instrument524Using ftp for File Transfers524Using Telnet to Send Commands527Using Socket LAN to Send Commands530Using SICL LAN to Control the Instrument531Using HP/Agilent VEE Over Socket LAN536Using a Java™ Applet Over Socket LAN538Using a C Program Over Socket LAN538General LAN Troubleshooting538Programming in C Using the VTL546Typical Example Program Contents546Linking to VTL Libraries547Compiling and Linking a VTL Program547Example Program549Including the VISA Declarations File549Opening a Session549Device Sessions550Addressing a Session551Closing a Session553Overview of the GPIB Bus554GPIB Command Statements5547 Using the STATus System557Common IEEE Commands563Calibration Query563Clear Status563Standard Event Status Enable563Standard Event Status Register Query564Identification Query564Instrument State Query564Operation Complete565Query Instrument Options565Power-On Status Clear566Recall566Reset566Save567Service Request Enable567Read Status Byte Query567Trigger568Self Test Query568Wait-to-Continue568STATus Subsystem571Operation Register571Preset the Status Byte573Questionable Register573Questionable Calibration Register575Questionable Frequency Register576Questionable Integrity Register578Questionable Integrity Signal Register580Questionable Integrity Uncalibrated Register582Questionable Power Register583Questionable Temperature Register585Status System Commands5598 Menu Maps: Spectrum Analysis587Alpha Editor Keys, 1 of 2588AMPLITUDE Y Scale Key, 1 of 2 (590Auto Couple Key, 1 of 3 (592BW/Avg Key (595Det/Demod Key (596Display Key, 1 of 2 (597File Key, 1 of 6 (599FREQUENCY Channel Key (605Input/Output Key (606Marker Key (607menu map:marker to;marker to:menu map608Marker Fctn Key (609MODE Key (610Peak Search Key (611Preset Key (612Print Setup Key (613SPAN X Scale Key (614SPAN X Scale Key for CCDF Measurement (615Sweep Key (616System Key, 1 of 4 (617Trace/View Key (621Trig Key (6229 Menu Maps: One-Button Measurement Functions623One-Button Measurement Menu Maps624MEASURE Key625Meas Control Key626Mode Setup Key627Mode Setup Key (2 of 2)628ACP Measurement: Meas Setup Key629ACP Measurement: Trace/View Key630Burst Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key631Burst Power Measurement: Trace/View Key632CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Meas Setup Key633CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Trace/View Key634CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Display Key635CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Span X Scale Key636CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Marker Key637Channel Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key638Channel Power Measurement: Trace/View Key639Harmonic Distortion Measurement: Meas Setup Key640Harmonic Distortion Measurement: Trace/View Key641Intermod (TOI): Meas Setup Key642Multi-Carrier Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key643Multi-Carrier Power Measurement: Trace/View Key644Occupied Bandwidth Measurement: Meas Setup Key645Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Meas Setup Key646Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Trace/View Key647Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Display Key648Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Span X Scale Key649Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Marker Key650Spurious Emissions Measurement: Meas Setup Key651Index653Size: 10.5 MBPages: 664Language: EnglishOpen manual