HP 8590 E-Series User Manual page 281

Trace
accesses a softkey menu that allows you to select the item to be stored in
spectrum analyzer memory: the trace to be saved (trace A, trace B, or trace
C), limit-line tables, or amplitude-correction factors. To save a trace, select the
trace to be saved, enter the trace-register number and press [ENTER]. To save
limit-line tables or amplitude-correction factors, press LIMIT LINES (to save
limit-line tables) or AMP COR (to save amplitude-correction factors), enter the
trace-register number and press CENTER). Valid trace-register numbers are 0
through the maximum register number. The maximum register number is the
number x displayed after MAX REG # = x during a save or recall operation. If
a screen title is present, it is saved with the trace data. The time and date
that the trace was stored is appended to the screen title. If windows are being
used, only the trace of the active window will be saved.
When comparing a trace displayed in view mode with a recalled trace, it is
possible to over-write the displayed trace by recalling the trace data. This can
happen because the instrument state is saved (and recalled) with the trace
data. For example, if you save trace A when it is in clear-write mode, place
trace A in view mode, then recall the trace data into trace B, trace B will be
placed in view mode, but the trace mode of trace A is changed to clear-write
mode (since the trace mode of trace A was clear-write when it was saved). To
avoid this problem, change the trace mode of the traces to view or blank mode
before saving the trace data.
Front-Panel Key Access: ISAVE)
Track
Gen displays softkey menus for use with a built-in tracking generator.
Front-Panel Key Access: [AUXJ
Option 010 or 011 only.
TRACKING
PEAK activates a routine that automatically adjusts the tracking adjustment to obtain
the peak response of the tracking generator on the spectrum-analyzer display.
Note
For tracking peak to function properly, the tracking generator must be
connected to the spectrum analyzer.
Before making a stimulus-response measurement, care must be taken to
maximize the tracking adjustment of the tracking generator to ensure
maximum available dynamic range.
Front-Panel Key Access: l$YZZJ
Key Descriptions