Accessing Error Terms - Agilent Technologies N5230A Service Manual

General Purpose Maintenance Procedures
Error Terms

Accessing Error Terms

Error terms can be accessed either manually or programmatically:
Manually
• "Front Panel Access to Error Terms" on page 8-8
Programmatically
• "GPIB Access to Error Terms" on page 8-9
• "COM/DCOM Access to Error Terms" on page 8-9
Manual Access to Error Terms
Front Panel Access to Error Terms
Ensure the calibration correction is active by making sure that
NOTE
has a check-mark in the
on/OFF
To access the error terms from the front panel, perform the following steps:
1. In the menu, point to
System
The
Cal Set Viewer
2. In the list, select the desired cal set.
Cal Set
3. Click the
Standards/ETerms
data from the standard or the corrected error term data. Note that the title of the center
box in the tool bar will toggle between
4. In the or
Standard
check box.
View
5. Compare the displayed measurement trace to the equivalent data trace plots that start
in "Error Term Data" on page
performance specifications listed in
6. Print numerical data or print a plot of the measurement results.
8-8
,
Service Utilities
toolbar appears directly above the trace window.
button to toggle between viewing the raw measurement
Standard
list, select the standard or error term to view. Click the
Error Term
8-10, to previously measured data, or to the uncorrected
Table 8-1 on page
PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
menu.
Calibration
, and then click
Cal Set Viewer
and .
Error Term
8-10.
Service Guide N5230-90014
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Correction
.