Performing An Az/El Scan Measurement - Diamond Engineering 6000 User Manual & Setup Manual

Chapter 3 - Making Measurements

Performing an AZ/EL Scan Measurement

1. Be sure Rotator Power is Securely attached and plugged in
2. Attach Antenna to rotator platform using a SMA connector
3. Turn Platform Power ON.
4. On your analyzer select S21, POLAR Plot and the proper instrument
state -Example: 4 to 6 Ghz @ 201 Points.
5. The Total Degrees Slider must be set to 360 degrees or the software
will not sort measurements correctly.
6. Select the total Number of degrees you want the platform to move using the "Total Degrees Slider", the total
amount will be shown in the slider window.
*remember the number of measurements you select is multiplied by the number of elevation measurement points,
this will cause large files and may cause problems for some computers depending on resolution)
7. Select your Direction using the "CW/CCW" selection
8. Move the platform to the Elevation start position using the vertical slider and the "Manual Move" button.
(If the vertical position of the platform does not match the software readout - level the platform first, Pg. --)
9. Set the Vertical movement slider to the desited elevation stop position.
10. Press the "Scan AZ/EL" button to begin making measurements.
11. During the measurement process you will see the Rotator Platform make a complete horizontal sweep then
move to the next desired elevation point and will repeat the horinzontal sweep. You should also see some data
starting to appear on your screen, The Scan AZ/EL button will remain greyed out during the measurement process.
Once the button returns to it's normal state your measuring process is complete and you may continue on to Data
Processing.
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