View/Trace - Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series User Manual

View/Trace

Accesses the trace keys that allow you to store and manipulate trace
information. Each trace is comprised of a series of data points in which
amplitude information is stored. The analyzer updates the information
for any active trace with each sweep.
Selects the menu keys used for trace 1, trace 2, or trace 3 functions.
Trace 1 2 3
Press
When using normalization, the mode of traces 2 and 3 should not be
CAUTION
changed.
Erases any data previously stored in the selected trace and
Clear Write
continuously displays any signals during the sweep of the analyzer.
This function is activated for trace 1 at power-on and by pressing
Preset
Maintains the maximum level for each trace point of the selected trace
Max Hold
(1, 2 or 3), and updates each trace point if a new maximum level is
detected in successive sweeps.
Changing the vertical scale (
NOTE
Restart
window in Zone Span (
Maintains the minimum level for each trace point of the selected trace
Min Hold
(1, 2 or 3), and updates each trace point if a new minimum level is
detected in successive sweeps.
Changing the vertical scale (
NOTE
Restart
window in Zone Span (
Holds and displays the amplitude data of the selected trace. The trace
View
register is not updated as the analyzer sweeps. If a trace is deactivated
by pressing
View
Stores the amplitude data for the selected trace, and removes it from
Blank
the display. The selected trace register will not be updated as the
analyzer sweeps. This function is activated for traces 2 and 3 at
power-on and by pressing
Accesses the following
Operations
More 1 of 2
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until the number of the desired trace is underlined.
Trace 1 2 3
.
, turning averaging on (
Span
, turning averaging on (
Span
the stored trace data can be retrieved by pressing
Blank,
.
Operations
,
Amplitude Scale Type
,
BW/Avg Average, On
, ) restarts the held trace.
Zone
,
Amplitude Scale Type
,
BW/Avg Average, On
, ) restarts the held trace.
Zone
.
Preset
menu keys: Key Access:
Front-Panel Key Reference
View/Trace
, Log or Lin), pressing
), or switching
, Log or Lin), pressing
), or switching
,
View/Trace
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