Accessing Error Terms - Agilent Technologies N5242A 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
NOTE Ensure that calibration correction is active by pressing RESPONSE
verifying that the softkey label reads
Correction on/OFF
To access the error terms from the front panel, perform the following steps:
1. Press RESPONSE
not, press the softkey to toggle it
The
Cal Set Viewer
2. In the list, select the desired cal set.
Cal Set
3. Click the
Standards or Error Terms
standard or the corrected error term data.
4. In the or
Standard
check box to enable the selection.
Enable
5. Compare the displayed measurement trace to previously measured data or to the
uncorrected performance specifications listed in
6. Print numerical data or print a plot of the measurement results.
8-8
key and it will toggle to read
, then
Cal Manage Cals
.
ON
toolbar appears directly above the trace window.
button to view the raw measurement data from the
list, select the standard or error terms to view. Click the
Error Terms
PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
. If not, press the
Correction ON/off
Correction ON/off
. Verify that
Cal Set Viewer ON/off
Table 8-5 on page
Service Guide N5242-90001
N5242A
and
Cal
.
is . If
ON
8-10.