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  • Page 1 Spectrum Rider FPH Handheld Spectrum Analyzer User Manual (=E:;2) 1321101102...
  • Page 2 ® This manual describes the following R&S FPH model and options: ● ® R&S FPH (1321.1111.02) ● ® R&S FPH (1321.1111.06) ● ® R&S FPH (1321.1111.13) ● ® R&S FPH (1321.1111.26) ● ® ® R&S FPH-B3 (1321.0667.02), R&S FPH-B4 (1321.0673.02), ●...
  • Page 3 Basic Safety Instructions Always read through and comply with the following safety instructions! All plants and locations of the Rohde & Schwarz group of companies make every effort to keep the safety standards of our products up to date and to offer our customers the highest possible degree of safety. Our products and the auxiliary equipment they require are designed, built and tested in accordance with the safety standards that apply in each case.
  • Page 4 Basic Safety Instructions Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning Caution ! Hot surface Alternating current (AC) Protective conductor terminal Direct/alternating current (DC/AC) To identify any terminal which is intended for connection to an external conductor for protection against electric shock in case of a fault, or the terminal of a protective earth Earth (Ground) Class II Equipment...
  • Page 5 Basic Safety Instructions Operating states and operating positions The product may be operated only under the operating conditions and in the positions specified by the manufacturer, without the product's ventilation being obstructed. If the manufacturer's specifications are not observed, this can result in electric shock, fire and/or serious personal injury or death. Applicable local or national safety regulations and rules for the prevention of accidents must be observed in all work performed.
  • Page 6 Basic Safety Instructions 6. The product may be operated only from TN/TT supply networks fuse-protected with max. 16 A (higher fuse only after consulting with the Rohde & Schwarz group of companies). 7. Do not insert the plug into sockets that are dusty or dirty. Insert the plug firmly and all the way into the socket provided for this purpose.
  • Page 7 Basic Safety Instructions 2. Before you move or transport the product, read and observe the section titled "Transport". 3. As with all industrially manufactured goods, the use of substances that induce an allergic reaction (allergens) such as nickel cannot be generally excluded. If you develop an allergic reaction (such as a skin rash, frequent sneezing, red eyes or respiratory difficulties) when using a Rohde &...
  • Page 8 Basic Safety Instructions 2. Adjustments, replacement of parts, maintenance and repair may be performed only by electrical experts authorized by Rohde & Schwarz. Only original parts may be used for replacing parts relevant to safety (e.g. power switches, power transformers, fuses). A safety test must always be performed after parts relevant to safety have been replaced (visual inspection, protective conductor test, insulation resistance measurement, leakage current measurement, functional test).
  • Page 9 Safety instructions for rechargeable lithium ion batteries Risk of serious personal injury or even death. You must fully observe the following instructions in order to avoid serious personal injury ‒ or even death ‒ due to an explosion and/or fire. 1.

  • Page 10: Table Of Contents

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents Contents 1 Preface....................17 Documentation Overview................... 17 Conventions Used in the Documentation..............18 1.2.1 Typographical Conventions...................18 1.2.2 Conventions for Procedure Descriptions...............18 1.2.3 Other Conventions......................19 2 Welcome to the R&S Spectrum Rider..........20 3 Getting Started..................21 Preparing for Use......................
  • Page 11 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 3.2.3.2 Measurement Result View.................... 38 3.2.3.3 Measurement Trace Window..................39 3.2.3.4 Parameter View......................40 3.2.4 On-screen Keyboard..................... 44 3.2.5 Front Panel Keys......................45 3.2.5.1 POWER Key......................... 45 3.2.5.2 Screenshot Key......................45 3.2.5.3 Softkey.......................... 45 3.2.5.4 System Keys......................... 45 3.2.5.5 Function Keys.......................
  • Page 12 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 3.3.1.3 Measuring CW Signals....................75 3.3.1.4 Measuring Harmonics....................78 3.3.2 Using a Power Sensor....................80 3.3.2.1 Measuring the Power with a Power Sensor..............80 3.3.2.2 Measuring Power and Return Loss................83 3.3.3 Saving and Recalling Results and Settings..............85 4 Instrument Functions................
  • Page 13 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 4.10 Installing Firmware Options..................107 5 Working with the Measurement Wizard........... 108 Performing and Configuring Measurements............108 Evaluating Results....................115 6 Spectrum Analyzer Mode..............117 Performing Spectrum Measurements..............117 6.1.1 Measuring Basic Signal Characteristics..............117 6.1.2 Measuring the Channel Power of Continuously Modulated Signals......118 6.1.2.1...
  • Page 14 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 6.1.6.1 Selecting a Standard....................138 6.1.6.2 Optimizing Measurement Settings................138 6.1.6.3 Viewing the Results in a Table..................138 6.1.7 Measuring the Harmonic Distortion................139 6.1.7.1 Defining the Number of Harmonics................140 6.1.7.2 Optimizing the Display of Harmonics................141 6.1.7.3 Activating the Harmonics List..................141 6.1.8...
  • Page 15 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 6.2.3.7 Setting the Input Impedance..................169 6.2.3.8 Using Transducer Factors................... 169 6.2.4 Setting Bandwidths..................... 169 6.2.4.1 Setting the Resolution Bandwidth................169 6.2.4.2 Setting the Video Bandwidth..................171 6.2.5 Configuring and Triggering the Sweep................172 6.2.5.1 Setting the Sweep Time....................
  • Page 16 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 7 Power Meter..................200 Using a Power Sensor....................200 7.1.1 Connecting a Power Sensor..................202 7.1.2 Performing and Configuring Measurements............... 203 Using a Directional Power Sensor................205 7.2.1 Connecting a Directional Power Sensor..............206 7.2.2 Performing and Configuring Measurements............... 207 8 Using the Internal Power Meter............
  • Page 17 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 11.3.1 Transferring Maps ...................... 232 11.3.2 Transferring Indoor Maps.................... 233 11.3.3 Displaying Maps......................234 11.3.3.1 Adding and Removing Elements.................236 11.3.3.2 Zooming In and Out of the Map.................. 236 11.3.3.3 Aligning the Triangulation and Outdoor Mapping Mode..........236 11.3.3.4 Aligning the Indoor Mapping Mode................
  • Page 18 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 13 Remote Commands................267 13.1 Interfaces and Protocols..................267 13.1.1 LAN Interface......................268 13.1.2 USB Interface......................268 13.1.3 Protocols........................269 13.2 Setting Up the Remote Control Connection............270 13.2.1 Preparing for Remote Control..................270 13.3 Instrument Model and Command Processing............271 13.3.1 Input Unit........................272...
  • Page 19 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 13.6.2.3 Setting the Bandwidths....................298 13.6.2.4 Performing and Triggering Measurements..............300 13.6.2.5 Working with Traces....................304 13.6.2.6 Using Markers......................309 13.6.2.7 Using Limit Lines......................323 13.6.2.8 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions............329 13.6.3 Remote Commands of the Analog Modulation............356 13.6.3.1 Setting the Frequency....................
  • Page 20 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 13.6.7 Making and Storing Screenshots................381 13.6.8 Configuring Data Capture................... 383 13.6.9 Saving Events......................385 13.6.10 Configuring the Instrument..................387 13.6.10.1 Mode Selection......................387 13.6.10.2 Controlling the GPS Receiver..................388 13.6.10.3 Display Configuration....................390 13.6.10.4 Audio Settings......................
  • Page 21 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 14.3 Functions of the Power Meter..................437 14.3.1 Power Meter Measurements..................438 14.3.2 Frequency Parameters....................441 14.3.3 BW Parameters......................441 14.3.4 Amplitude Parameters....................442 14.3.5 Sweep Configuration....................443 14.3.6 Limits Line Parameters....................444 14.3.7 Trace Parameters......................444 14.3.8 Marker Parameters..................... 445 14.4 Functions of the Analog Modulation...............
  • Page 22 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Contents 14.7.6 Trace Functionality...................... 462 14.7.7 Limits Line Parameters....................462 15 Appendix.....................464 15.1 How a Spectrum Analyzer Works................464 List of Commands................469 Index....................476 User Manual 1321.1011.02 ─ 06.00...

  • Page 23: Preface

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Preface Documentation Overview 1 Preface 1.1 Documentation Overview This section provides an overview of the R&S Spectrum Rider user documentation. You find it on the product page at: http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/product/fph.html > "Downloads" Getting started manual Introduces the R&S Spectrum Rider and describes how to set up and start working with the product.

  • Page 24: Conventions Used In The Documentation

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Preface Conventions Used in the Documentation The open source acknowledgment document provides verbatim license texts of the used open source software. http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/product/fph.html > "Downloads" > "Firmware". Application notes, application cards, white papers, etc. These documents contain information about possible applications and background information on various topics, see www.rohde-schwarz.com/appnotes.

  • Page 25: Other Conventions

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Preface Conventions Used in the Documentation is described. The alternative procedure using the keys on the instrument or the on- screen keyboard is only described if it deviates from the standard operating proce- dures. The term "select" may refer to any of the described methods, i.e. using a finger on the touchscreen or a key on the instrument or on a keyboard.

  • Page 26: Getting Started

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use 3 Getting Started The following chapters are identical to those in the printed R&S Spectrum Rider Get- ting Started manual. ● Preparing for Use....................21 ● Instrument Tour....................... 30 ● Trying Out the Instrument..................

  • Page 27: Unpacking And Checking The Instrument

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use Risk of electrostatic discharge (ESD) Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause damage to the electronic components of the instrument and the device under test (DUT). ESD is most likely to occur when you con- nect or disconnect a DUT or test fixture to the instrument's test ports.

  • Page 28: Accessory List

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use Risk of damage during transportation and shipment Insufficient protection against mechanical and electrostatic effects during transportation and shipment can damage the instrument. ● Always make sure that sufficient mechanical and electrostatic protection is provi- ded.
  • Page 29 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Preparing for Use When laid out horizontally for operation from above, the R&S Spectrum Rider is tilted slightly due to the micro-stand at the back. This position provides the optimum viewing angle for the display. To allow easy operation from the front and still be able to read the display, you can swing out the support on the back of the R&S Spectrum Rider.

  • Page 30: Using The Ac Adapter

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use 3.1.1.4 Using the AC Adapter Risk of instrument damage To avoid instrument damage, ● Only use the power supply (R&S HA-Z301, order number 1321.1386.02) included in the delivery. ● Make sure that the AC supply voltage is compatible to the voltage specified on the power supply unit.

  • Page 31: Battery Operation

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use 3.1.1.5 Battery Operation The R&S Spectrum Rider has a smart battery indicator which displays the battery charging status on the [Power] key as well as the battery icon shown at the top right corner of the display screen.

  • Page 32: Battery Maintenance

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use Figure 3-3: External battery charger 1 = Lithium ion battery R&S HA-Z306 2 = External charger R&S HA-Z303 3 = Power supply unit R&S HA-Z301 or car adapter R&S HA-Z302 Risk of traffic accidents, physical injury and property damage ●...

  • Page 33: Switching The Instrument On And Off

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Preparing for Use ● Do not allow metallic objects to come into contact with the terminals. ● Do not solder directly to the battery. Storage The battery self-discharges while not in use. When storing the battery for an extended period of time, make sure to ●...

  • Page 34: Checking The Supplied Options

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use Risk of losing data If a running instrument (without battery) is disconnected directly from the power cord, the instrument loses its current settings. Furthermore, program data may be lost. Press the [Power] key first to shut down the application properly. The following shows the [POWER] key behavior in different operation modes.

  • Page 35: Instrument Tour

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour 3. Check the availability of the installed options as indicated in the delivery note. 4. Check the availability of the hardware options as indicated in the delivery note. 5. Press the "HW/SW Info" softkey. A list with hardware and firmware information is displayed.

  • Page 36: Overview Control

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour It also contains general system configuration on the R&S Spectrum Rider as well as the connectivity of the instrument to PC. ● Overview Control.....................31 ● Connectors of the R&S Spectrum Rider..............32 ●...

  • Page 37: Connectors Of The R&S Spectrum Rider

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour Rotary knob Screenshot key LAN and mini USB ports (behind protective cap) **20 = SD Card Slot (not visible as it is located behind the battery compartment) Instrument damage caused by cleaning agents Cleaning agents contain substances that may damage the instrument.

  • Page 38: Bnc Connector

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour Make sure not to overload the R&S Spectrum Rider when a DUT is connected. The maximum power that is permissible at the RF input is 20 dBm (or 100 mW). The RF input is protected from static discharges and voltage pulses by a limiting cir- cuit.

  • Page 39: Headphone Jack

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour reference signal is supplied via external signal input. The label turns green when the reference signal is detected. The level of the reference signal must be larger than 0 dBm. If there is no reference signal present at the BNC connector, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays an appropriate message.

  • Page 40: Mechanical Locking Device

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour The R&S Spectrum Rider is supplied with power by the AC/DC transformer power sup- ply via the DC connector. You can also use the DC connector to charge the battery. 3.2.2.6 Mechanical Locking Device The Kensington lock is located behind a protective cap on the left side of the R&S Spectrum Rider.

  • Page 41: Sd Card Slot

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour You can connect the R&S Spectrum Rider to a PC via USB or LAN and transfer data in both directions. Configure the USB and LAN connection via the "Instrument Setup" menu. For more information, see Chapter 3.2.7.1, "Configuring the Hardware",...
  • Page 42 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour The touch-sensitive screen offers an alternative means of user interaction for quick and easy handling of the instrument. Risk of touchscreen damage during operation The touchscreen may be damaged by inappropriate tools or excessive force. Observe the following instructions when operating or cleaning the touchscreen: ●...

  • Page 43: Title Bar

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour A touchscreen is a screen that is touch-sensitive, i.e. it reacts in a specified way when a particular element on the screen is tapped by a finger. Touchscreen gesture Special touchscreen features are provided to enhance user experience in using the instrument: ●...

  • Page 44: Measurement Trace Window

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour It displays measurement results of the followings: ● GPS information ● Marker values – Including marker function such as marker noise measurement, frequency coun- ter and N dB down bandwidth measurement when activated. ●...

  • Page 45: Parameter View

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour Device warning messages (e.g IF Ovl) are displayed at the top right-hand corner of the window. Device Warning Message ● IF Ovl: This message indicates that the downconverter of the intermediate fre- quency (IF) is overloaded in R&S Spectrum Rider.
  • Page 46 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour "Detect" Select "Detect" to display the trace detector menu with a list of settings ("Auto Peak", "Max Peak", "Min Peak", "Sample", "RMS"). "Trig" Select "Trig" to display the gate trigger menu with a list of settings ("Free Run", "Ext.
  • Page 47 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour "SWT" Select "SWT" to display an entry box to configure the sweep time of the spectrum measurement. "Config Overview" Select "Config Overview" to display the configura- tion overview window for more configuration options for the spectrum measurement.
  • Page 48 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Select "Amplitude" to configure reference level, reference offset, preamplifier (R&S FPH-B22, order number 1321.0680.02), RF attenuation level and mode. It also provides configuration to set the transducer table used in the signal measurement. Note: When the optional pream- plifier (R&S FPH-B22) is absent, the menu item "RF Preamplifier"...

  • Page 49: On-Screen Keyboard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Select "Analysis" to configure trace mode, trace detector and the number of count used to average up the measurement for the trace display. It also provides configuration to set the "Trace Math" method used to calculate the differences in the current trace measure- ment and measurement saved...

  • Page 50: Front Panel Keys

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 3.2.5 Front Panel Keys The following chapter illustrates the function of the front panel keys. 3.2.5.1 POWER Key The [POWER] key is located on the lower left of the front panel. It starts up and shuts down the instrument.

  • Page 51: Function Keys

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour SYSTEM keys Descriptions PRESET Resets the instrument to the default state. SETUP Provides basic instrument configuration functions: ● Reference frequency (external/internal) and hardware selection ● Date, time, display, audio and regional configuration ●...

  • Page 52: Keypad

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour FUNCTION keys Descriptions Sets the resolution bandwidth and the video bandwidth. SWEEP Sets the sweep time. Sets the trigger mode, trigger threshold and the trigger delay of the external trigger signal. Selects continuous measurement or single measurement.

  • Page 53: Navigation Controls

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour It contains the following keys: Type of key Description Alphanumeric keys Enter numbers and (special) characters in edit dialog boxes. Decimal point Inserts a decimal point "." at the cursor position. Sign key Changes the sign of a numeric parameter.

  • Page 54: Managing Options

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour The rotary knob has several functions: ● Increments (clockwise direction) or decrements (counter-clockwise direction) the instrument parameters at a defined step width in the case of a numeric entry ● Shifts markers and limit lines on the screen ●...

  • Page 55: Checking Options

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 6. Enter the correct code again. 3.2.6.2 Checking Options In the "Setup" menu, the R&S Spectrum Rider shows all options that are currently installed. 1. Press the [SETUP] key. 2. Select the "Installed Options" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider shows a list of all available options and the current status of the option: ●...
  • Page 56 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Install Registered License Keys and Activate Licenses – Follow this link if you have purchased a registered license. Registered licenses only work in combination with a specific device ID. – Register Licenses, Install License Keys and Activate Licenses Follow this link if you have purchased an unregistered license.

  • Page 57: Configuring The R&S Spectrum Rider

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour – Move Portable License Follow this link if you want to move a portable license. Moving a portable license is possible without unregistering the license. – Online help icon Opens a detailed online help to the corresponding topic. ●...

  • Page 58: Configuring Antennas

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Using auto accessory detection If you are using any accessories while working with the R&S Spectrum Rider, the instrument is able to identify the connected hardware. To enable this setting: 1. In the "Instrument Setup" dialog box, select the "Auto Accessory Detection" item. A drop-down menu to select the accessory detection opens.
  • Page 59 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Enabling the antenna 1. In the "Instrument Setup" dialog box, select the "Antenna" menu item. A drop-down menu to select the antenna opens. 2. Select the "HL300", "HE300" or "HE400" "Antenna" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider enables the selected antenna.
  • Page 60 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Showing compass information 1. In the "Instrument Setup" dialog box, select the "Showing Compass Information" menu item. A drop-down menu to enable or disable the display of compass information opens. 2. Select "On" to enable the display of compass information. The R&S Spectrum Rider displays the compass information at the top of the map display.
  • Page 61 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour The R&S Spectrum Rider informs you that the antenna is disabled to determine the antenna information. 2. Select "YES" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider tries to determine the antenna characteristics. It shows the results in a dialog box.

  • Page 62: Using The Gps Receiver

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour 4. When calibration completes, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays a "Calibration Suc- cessful" message. The R&S Spectrum Rider displays the calibration result. 3.2.7.3 Using the GPS Receiver The R&S Spectrum Rider can locate your exact position if you connect the GPS receiver (R&S HA-Z340, order number 1321.1392.02) to the USB connector.
  • Page 63 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour Location to secure GPS receiver (R&S HA-Z340) Figure 3-6: Location of GPS receiver ● Tighten the knob screw supplied with the GPS receiver to the screw track at the back of R&S Spectrum Rider. ●...

  • Page 64: Configuring Date And Time

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour When the "Show GPS Information" item is set on, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays the GPS coordinates and number of satellites in the Measurement Result View when sufficient connection is established to the GPS satellites. When the satellite connection is lost, the GPS coordinates and number of satellites are displayed with a white bar.

  • Page 65: Selecting Regional Settings

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Setting the date 1. In the "Instrument Setup" dialog box, select the "Set Date" item. 2. Enter the date you want with the numeric keys. The sequence depends on the selected date format. See "Setting the date format"...

  • Page 66: Configuring The Display

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour The following is a list of languages that the instrument supports: English Spanish Japanese Russian French Italian Chinese Hungarian German Portuguese Korean Traditional Chinese 1. In the "Instrument Setup" dialog box, select the "Language" item. A drop-down menu opens to select the language.
  • Page 67 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour The display of the R&S Spectrum Rider is a TFT color LCD display. The ideal brightness of the display depends on the intensity of the backlight. To strike a balance between battery operating time and screen display quality, set the backlight intensity to the minimum brightness needed.

  • Page 68: Configuring The Audio Output

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour a) "Color" selects a color display. b) "Black & White" selects monochrome display. c) "Printer Friendly" inverts the colors. Adjusting the keyboard backlight 1. In the "Instrument Setup" dialog box, select the "Keyboard Backlight" item. 2.
  • Page 69 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour Setting the key click volume The key click volume sets the volume of the sound that the R&S Spectrum Rider pro- duces when you press a key or select a softkey. 1.

  • Page 70: Configuring Power Supply

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour 3.2.7.8 Configuring Power Supply The "Current Power Source" shows the source that the R&S Spectrum Rider is pow- ered by. When you are using the battery to power up the R&S Spectrum Rider, the remaining "Battery Level"...

  • Page 71: Resetting The R&S Spectrum Rider

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour 2. Select either "Repetitive" or "Once" to turn on the audio signal. If you have selected "Once", the R&S Spectrum Rider beeps once if the battery runs out of power. For a continuous beep, select "Repetitive". 3.

  • Page 72: Connecting The R&S Spectrum Rider To A Pc

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour ● Select "Yes" to perform the reset. During the reboot, it shows a corresponding message. ● Select "No" to cancel the reset. 3.2.8 Connecting the R&S Spectrum Rider to a PC The R&S Spectrum Rider comes with the R&S InstrumentView software package.
  • Page 73 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour For a direct connection between a PC and the R&S Spectrum Rider, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) has to be turned off (which is the default state). 1. In the "Instrument Settings" dialog box, select the "DHCP" item. A drop-down menu opens to select the DHCP state.
  • Page 74 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour After you have matched the subnet mask, you can define the IP address. When both devices are in the same subnet, the first three digits of the IP address are usually the same. See example below: Example: IP address for PC: 192.168.1.10 IP address for R&S Spectrum Rider: 192.168.1.20...
  • Page 75 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 3. Select the "Add" button to create a new network connection. 4. Specify a name for the new network connection, e.g. R&S Spectrum Rider. 5. Enter the IP address for the R&S Spectrum Rider (in this case 192.168.1.20). 6.
  • Page 76 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 7. Select the new connection labeled R&S Spectrum Rider. 8. Select the "Connect" button to establish the connection. Connecting the R&S Spectrum Rider in an existing LAN You can either get the R&S Spectrum Rider IP address automatically from the DHCP server or manually assign a fixed address.

  • Page 77: Usb Connection

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Instrument Tour The R&S Spectrum Rider is now allocated an IP address and the subnet mask by the DHCP server. This can take several seconds. The IP address and subnet mask are automatically set in the corresponding input fields and are no longer available for editing.

  • Page 78: Trying Out The Instrument

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument 4. Select the "Scan" button to identify the R&S Spectrum Rider. 5. Confirm the selection with the "Connect" button. 3.3 Trying Out the Instrument This chapter provides a short overview of the first steps of the measurements you can perform with the R&S Spectrum Rider.
  • Page 79 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument The main difference between the two modes is that the attenuation level is 5 dB to 10 dB higher in case of "Auto Low Distortion" than it is for "Auto Low Noise". In the default state, "Auto Low Distortion"...

  • Page 80: Using The Preamplifier

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument 3.3.1.2 Using the Preamplifier The R&S Spectrum Rider has an optional preamplifier (R&S FPH-B22, order number 1321.0680.02) to increase sensitivity. Depending on the frequency, the gain of the amplifier is in the range from 15 dB to 20 dB and increases the sensitivity by 10 dB to 15 dB.
  • Page 81 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument Signal generator settings: ● Frequency: 500 MHz ● Level: -25 dBm Measuring the level 1. Press the [PRESET] key. The R&S Spectrum Rider is reset to its default state. After the preset, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays the frequency spectrum over its full frequency span.
  • Page 82 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument 1. Press the "REF" softkey at the "Parameter view". The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an entry box to enter the reference level. 2. Enter a reference level of -25 dBm. The R&S Spectrum Rider reduces the reference level by 5 dB.

  • Page 83: Measuring Harmonics

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument tion, and consequently the accuracy of the marker frequency readout, therefore depend on the frequency span that has been selected. The R&S Spectrum Rider has a frequency counter to increase the accuracy of the marker-frequency readout.
  • Page 84 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument ● Level: -20 dBm Detecting harmonics 1. Press the [PRESET] key. The R&S Spectrum Rider is reset to its default state. After the preset, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays the frequency spectrum over its full frequency span.

  • Page 85: Using A Power Sensor

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Trying Out the Instrument 9. Press the [MARKER] key. The R&S Spectrum Rider sets a marker on the trace maximum. The trace maxi- mum corresponds to the signal. 10. Select the "New Marker" softkey at the "Measurement footer bar". The R&S Spectrum Rider activates a delta marker and places it on the next trace maximum.
  • Page 86 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Trying Out the Instrument 1 = Supported power sensor (e.g R&S FSH-Z1, R&S NRP-Z11) 2 = Power sensor connector (DUT) 3 = USB binder adaptor (R&S FSH-Z101) 4 = USB port connector Measuring the power 1.
  • Page 87 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument 2. Disconnect the power sensor from any signal sources. 3. Select the "Continue" softkey to start zeroing. The R&S Spectrum Rider starts the zeroing process. 4. Wait for the zeroing process to finish. After zeroing is done, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays the message "Power sen- sor zero done"...

  • Page 88: Measuring Power And Return Loss

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Trying Out the Instrument The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an entry box to enter the frequency. 2. Enter the frequency of the signal. 3. Confirm the entry with one of the unit keys. The R&S Spectrum Rider transfers the new frequency to the power sensor which then corrects the measured power readings.
  • Page 89 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started R&S Trying Out the Instrument 1 = Directional power sensor R&S FSH-Z14 or Z44 2 = Source 3 = Load 4 = USB binder adaptor (R&S FSH-Z144) 5 = USB port connector Measuring the power 1.

  • Page 90: Saving And Recalling Results And Settings

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Getting Started Trying Out the Instrument To get the best results, you should also define the frequency of the signal. For more information on the measuring power and return loss, see "Power Meter" in the R&S Spectrum Rider user manual.

  • Page 91: Instrument Functions

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions R&S Screen Layout and Elements 4 Instrument Functions This chapter provides information about the basic functionality and the user interface of the R&S Spectrum Rider. ● Screen Layout and Elements.................. 86 ● Touchscreen Gesture Element................88 ●...

  • Page 92: Configuration Overview Screen Layout

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Screen Layout and Elements Title Bar 2 = Battery status Measurement Result View 4 = Date and time 5 = Reference position 6 = Currently selected menu item 7 = Available menu item 8 = Unavailable menu item 9 = Active menu item 10 = Invalid trace indicator and overload information...

  • Page 93: Touchscreen Gesture Element

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Touchscreen Gesture Element 1 = Current selected block 2 = Scroll bar 3 = Associated block (see Table 3-3) 4 = Drop down list When a block is selected in the "Config Overview" window, a blue frame is displayed around the selected block.

  • Page 94: Change Reference Level

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Touchscreen Gesture Element 4.2.2 Change Reference Level Swipe up or down vertically in the trace window to adjust the reference level of the spectrum measurement. Alternatively, select the "REF" button in the Parameter View adjust the reference level or press the [AMPT] key on the front panel to display the "Ref Level"...

  • Page 95: Change Span

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Touchscreen Gesture Element 4.2.3 Change Span Pinch or stretch two fingers horizontally to adjust the span of the spectrum measure- ment. Alternatively, select the "Span" in the Parameter View to adjust the span of the spectrum measurement or press the [SPAN] key on the front panel and select the "Manual Span"...

  • Page 96: Move Marker

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Touchscreen Gesture Element 4.2.5 Move Marker Tab and drag on the marker icon to change the marker position in the trace window. Alternatively, select the marker label in the Measurement Result View to adjust the marker position on the spectrum measurement or press the [MARKER] key on the front panel and select the "Select Marker"...

  • Page 97: Delete All Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Touchscreen Gesture Element 4.2.6 Delete All Markers Draw an "X" on the trace window to delete all markers from the spectrum measure- ment. Alternatively, press the [MARKER] key on the front panel and select the "Delete Marker"...

  • Page 98: Preview Screenshot

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Touchscreen Gesture Element 4.2.8 Preview Screenshot Swipe horizontally to the left or right direction in the trace window to preview the screenshot. Alternatively, select the "Prev" or "Next" softkey to preview the screenshot. 4.2.9 Skip Wizard Measurement Swipe horizontally to the left direction to skip a wizard measurement.

  • Page 99: Presetting The R&S Spectrum Rider

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Presetting the R&S Spectrum Rider 4.3 Presetting the R&S Spectrum Rider Before you prepare a measurement, it is recommended to preset the R&S Spectrum Rider. During a preset, the R&S Spectrum Rider resets all settings to their default state.

  • Page 100: Configuring Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Taking Screenshots 4.4 Configuring Measurements The "Config Overview" dialog box provides an overview of the current configuration of the R&S Spectrum Rider. In addition, you can also change the configuration in this dia- log box.
  • Page 101 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions R&S Taking Screenshots You can take and store a screenshot of the current screen anytime with the screenshot key. ► Press the screenshot key. The R&S Spectrum Rider takes the screenshot. If available, the R&S Spectrum Rider stores the screenshot on an external storage device (USB flash drive or micro-SD card).
  • Page 102 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Taking Screenshots Previewing screenshots The R&S Spectrum Rider provides functionality to preview screenshot. Special touchscreen gesture You can swipe horizontally to the left or right direction to preview the screenshot. Chapter 4.2.8, "Preview Screenshot", on page 93.

  • Page 103: Saving On Events

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Saving On Events 4.7 Saving On Events The R&S Spectrum Rider provides functionality that automatically saves measurement information if a certain situation or event occurs. Saving events is possible in all operating modes. 1.
  • Page 104 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Saving On Events Event types To use the "Save on Event" functionality, you have to select an event type that triggers the capture of the selected data. The R&S Spectrum Rider supports several event types.

  • Page 105: Managing Datasets

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets Storage device To use the "Save on Event" functionality, you need either an SD card or a USB stick to store the data. The internal memory is probably not sufficient. 1. Press the [SETUP] key. 2.
  • Page 106 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets For more information on working with templates and datasets, refer to the documenta- tion of the R&S InstrumentView software package. Data synchronization The R&S InstrumentView features data synchronization that matches the data availa- ble between the R&S Spectrum Rider and the PC.

  • Page 107: Saving Datasets

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets ● Saving Datasets....................102 ● Restoring Datasets....................105 ● Deleting Datasets....................106 4.8.1 Saving Datasets The R&S Spectrum Rider allows you to save the data that is analyzed at any time. 1. Press the [SAVE/RECALL] key. 2.

  • Page 108: Alternative Ways To Save Datasets

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets The folder structure shows all the available data storage devices. Possible storage devices are the internal memory of the R&S Spectrum Rider, micro-SD card or USB flash drive. The default storage device depends on which devices are connected to the R&S Spec- trum Rider.

  • Page 109: Renaming Filename

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets 1. Press the [SETUP] key. 2. Select the "User Preference" softkey. 3. Select the "Capture Dataset" item and set it "On". If the "Capture Dataset" menu item is set "On", the R&S Spectrum Rider saves a dataset of the current measurement if an event occurs.

  • Page 110: Restoring Datasets

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets 4.8.2 Restoring Datasets You can preview and load previous saved measurement results with the recall function of the R&S Spectrum Rider. This function also provides easy access to previous mea- surement settings so that you do not have to set up the R&S Spectrum Rider again. 1.

  • Page 111: Loading A Dataset

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Managing Datasets The R&S Spectrum Rider shows a preview of the measurement results and the measurement settings contained in the selected dataset. 5. Select the "Prev" or "Next" softkey to preview the datasets available in the selected folder.

  • Page 112: Updating The Firmware

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Instrument Functions Installing Firmware Options 3. Select the desired files or file directories in the file manager. Alternatively, press the "Mark" softkey to select the desired files or files directories. 4. Select the "Edit" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider displays a submenu for selection.

  • Page 113: Working With The Measurement Wizard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements 5 Working with the Measurement Wizard When testing antennas and making measurement which involves complex signals, it is often necessary to perform a sequence of standardized and recurring measurements, often in an environment that is not easily accessible.
  • Page 114 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements Load the measurement wizard Now that the measurement set is available on the R&S Spectrum Rider, you can per- form the measurement wizard. 1. Press the [Wizard] key. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens the wizard dialog box.
  • Page 115 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements Figure 5-2: Measurement setting dialog Table 5-1: Measurement setting parameters Measurement parameters Descriptions General User Name of the person that performs the measurement. Measurement Name of the measurement wizard set. This field is a read- Definition only field that shows the measurement name as defined in the R&S InstrumentView software package.
  • Page 116 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements ► Select the "Meas Spec" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens the "Meas Spec" dialog box. Figure 5-3: Measurement specification dialog box 1 = Measurement step in a wizard set 2 = Individual measurement step status Performing a Sequence of Measurements Now that you have updated all...
  • Page 117 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements 1 = Image of a measurement step defined in the R&S InstrumentView software package. 2 = Wizard message box 3 = See Table 5-2 1. Select the "Start Meas" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider starts to go through the measurements that are part of the measurement wizard set.
  • Page 118 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider prompts you to save measurement result and exit the wizard measurement. ● Select the "Interrupt" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens the wizard interrupt dialog box. There are three selections in the wizard interrupt dialog box, you can either: –...
  • Page 119 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Performing and Configuring Measurements 4. After all the measurements are completed, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays a message "All Measurements Done" in the wizard message box. Select the "Continue" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider prompts you to save or discard the measurement results.

  • Page 120: Evaluating Results

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Evaluating Results Softkey Description Finish Wizard Ends the measurement sequence and returns to the "Measurement Wizard" dialog box. The results of the measurements you have already finished are kept in the memory of the R&S Spectrum Rider. Ending the sequence is possible when you turn on "Allow to skip measurements and finish wizard sequence"...
  • Page 121 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Working with the Measurement Wizard Evaluating Results The report generator function in R&S InstrumentView allows you to create measure- ment reports for the full measurement set or a selection of dataset only. You can also perform simple tasks like activating or deactivating markers that have been set during the measurement.

  • Page 122: Spectrum Analyzer Mode

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6 Spectrum Analyzer Mode The default operating mode of the R&S Spectrum Rider is the spectrum analyzer. The spectrum analyzer provides the functionality to perform measurements in the fre- quency domain, e.g.

  • Page 123: Measuring The Channel Power Of Continuously Modulated Signals

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6.1.2 Measuring the Channel Power of Continuously Modulated Signals The channel power measurement selectively measures the power of modulated sig- nals. Unlike a power meter that performs measurements over its entire frequency range, the channel power measurement measures the power of a specific transmission channel.

  • Page 124: Selecting The Standard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 1 = Measurement mode 2 = Channel power numerical 3 = Channel bandwidth 4 = Channel bandwidth graphical (blue lines) 5 = Channel power measurement softkey menu 6.1.2.1 Selecting the Standard If you need to perform measurements that are conform to a telecommunications stan- dard, you can activate one of the predefined standards that are already stored in the R&S Spectrum Rider memory.

  • Page 125: Setting The Channel Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements It uses a resolution bandwidth of 3 MHz, a video bandwidth of 3 MHz and the peak detector. After finishing the automatic measurement, the R&S Spectrum Rider sets the optimal reference level. 6.1.2.3 Setting the Channel Bandwidth The channel bandwidth specifies the frequency range around the center frequency,...

  • Page 126: Unit For Power Display

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 2. Select the "Power Display" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select channel power measurement mode. 3. Select the "Max Hold" menu item. The power display (see item 2 of Figure 6-1) switches from [Power] to "Max Power".

  • Page 127: Selecting A Standard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-2: Screen layout for the occupied bandwidth 1 = Occupied bandwidth measurement mode 2 = Occupied bandwidth numerical 3 = Measurement standard 4 = Channel bandwidth 5 = Power percentage 6 = Occupied bandwidth graphical (blue lines) Parameter view Configuration overview...

  • Page 128: Setting The Reference Level

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements You can create and edit standards with the R&S InstrumentView and transfer them to theR&S Spectrum Rider via the USB or the LAN interface. The number of standards the R&S Spectrum Rider can store in its memory depends on the number of other data sets stored on the R&S Spectrum Rider.

  • Page 129: Setting The Channel Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6.1.3.3 Setting the Channel Bandwidth The channel bandwidth specifies the frequency range around the center frequency, over which the R&S Spectrum Rider performs the power measurement. 1. Press the [MEAS] key. 2.

  • Page 130: Power Measurements On Tdma Signals

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements The largest possible span for the channel power measurement is ten times the channel bandwidth. At larger spans, the result of the channel power measurement would be increasingly imprecise, because too few points of the trace occur in the channel to be measured.

  • Page 131: Selecting A Standard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-3: Screen layout for TDMA power measurements 1 = TDMA power measurements mode 2 = TDMA power 3 = Measurement standard 4 = Measurement time 5 = Measurement limits 6 = Trigger level 7 = Trigger delay Parameter view...

  • Page 132: Setting The Reference Level

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements If the measurement time you have entered was greater than the sweep time, the R&S Spectrum Rider sets a burst length equal to the sweep time. To work with a greater burst length, you have to increase the sweep time first.

  • Page 133: Measuring The Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (Aclr)

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 4. Select either the "External Rise" or "External Fall" menu item (rising or falling edge). The R&S Spectrum Rider activates the trigger and shows the results of the mea- surement.
  • Page 134 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode R&S Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-4: Screen layout for ACLR measurements 1 = ALCR measurement mode 2 = Marker information 3 = Tx channel power measurement 4 = Measurement standard 5 = Adjacent channel power measurement 6 = Limit check information Measurement Result View Parameter view...
  • Page 135 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements If the span is automatically calculated by the R&S Spectrum Rider with the "Auto Span" function, the span is calculated as follows: – (No. of transmission channels - 1) x transmission channel spacing + 2 x trans- mission channel bandwidth + measurement margin with the measurement margin being approx.

  • Page 136: Selecting A Standard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements It is best to use the RMS detector. This detector correctly indicates the power irre- spective of the characteristics of the signal to be measured. The whole IF envelope is used to calculate the power for each measurement point.
  • Page 137 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 2. Select the "Adj Channels" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the number of adjacent channels. 3. Enter the number of adjacent / alternate channels you need for the measurement. The borders of Tx channels are displayed red in the trace diagram, the borders of adjacent and alternate channels are displayed green.
  • Page 138 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Setting the channel spacing In the R&S Spectrum Rider, the channel spacing is defined as the distance between the center frequency of the transmission channel and the center frequency to the next transmission channel or the distance between the center frequency of the transmission channel and the center frequency of the adjacent channel.

  • Page 139: Normalization Of Measurement Results

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements If the spacings are not equal, the channel distribution according to the center frequency is as follows: ● Odd number of TX channels The middle TX channel is centered to center frequency. ●...

  • Page 140: Selecting The Reference Channel

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6.1.5.5 Selecting the Reference Channel When determining relative power values for the adjacent channels, you can set a spe- cific transmission channel as the reference channel. 1. Press the "Channel Settings" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the power display settings.

  • Page 141: Measuring The Spectrum Emission Mask

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 4. Select the desired channel input field to change the limit. 5. Enter the limit value you need. 6. Select the channel checkbox to activate the channel limit. 7. Select "Done" to apply the changes. The R&S Spectrum Rider applies the limit checks on the ACLR measurement.
  • Page 142 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 2. Select the "Meas Mode" softkey. 3. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the measurement mode. 4. Select the "Spectrum Emission Mask"" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider starts to measure the spectrum emission mask. Note that the frequency range of the actual measurement depends on the start and stop frequency you have set on the R&S Spectrum Rider.

  • Page 143: Selecting A Standard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements subrange. Thus, the number of markers depends on the number of subranges defined for the Spectrum Emission Mask and in turn depends on the standard you are measur- ing against. The numerical marker information (frequency and level) for these markers is part of the SEM list.

  • Page 144: Measuring The Harmonic Distortion

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Measurement items Descriptions PASS / FAIL information If the signal is within the limits of the spectral mask, the R&S Spectrum Rider shows , if not, it shows Range [Hz] Frequency range.

  • Page 145: Defining The Number Of Harmonics

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-6: Screen layout for the harmonic distortion measurement 1 = Harmonics measurement mode 2 = Harmonics list 3 = Total harmonics distortion in % 4 = Total harmonics distortion in dB Parameter view Configuration overview 7 = Markers indicating harmonics (blue lines)

  • Page 146: Optimizing The Display Of Harmonics

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6.1.7.2 Optimizing the Display of Harmonics The R&S Spectrum Rider places the markers on the other harmonics even if they are outside of the display range. 1. Press the [MEAS] key. 2.
  • Page 147 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-7: Screen layout for the AM modulation depth measurement 1 = AM modulation depth measurement mode Measurement Result View 3 = Modulation depth Parameter view Configuration overview 6 = Threshold line (blue line) 7 = Trace 8 = Markers 9 = AM modulation depth softkey menu...

  • Page 148: Setting A Threshold

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6.1.8.1 Setting a Threshold You can set a threshold that defines the minimum power level the signal must have. If the power of the signal is below the threshold, the R&S Spectrum Rider will not set the markers and therefore will not calculate the modulation depth.
  • Page 149 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Equipped with option spectrum result display (R&S FPH-K15, order number 1321.0715.02) , you can view measurement results in a spectrogram. The spectrogram result display shows the spectral density of a signal in the frequency domain and over time simultaneously.

  • Page 150: Controlling The Spectrogram Update

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-8: Screen layout for the spectrogram 1 = Operating mode Measurement result view Parameter view 4 = Spectrum result display (optional) 5 = Marker / delta marker (vertical lines) 6 = Time lines T1 and T2 (horizontal lines) 7 = Spectrogram 8 = Scroll direction...

  • Page 151: Browsing Through The Signal History

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements The spectrogram result display is filled with results until you change a measurement setting. When a setting is changed, the spectrogram clears the existing result and starts to fill again. You can also clear the spectrogram manually.

  • Page 152: Configuring The Display

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements The scrollbar icon on the right side of the spectrogram indicates the position of the spectrogram part currently displayed on the screen: ● A single down arrow in the right lower corner of the spectrogram indicates that the uppermost frame still represents the most recently recorded trace.
  • Page 153 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Example: If a spectrogram reference level is at -10 dBm, the signal parts with an amplitude of -10 dBm would be blue in the spectrogram. For signal parts with a very small amplitude, it is dark green. Everything in between is a shade of the colors between.
  • Page 154 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements The result however, still does not show signal differences in detail. The only thing that happened is that the colors have shifted, in the example to yellow, because the color that corresponds to the reference level has shifted from green to blue.
  • Page 155 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider will then display the signal parts that are above the refer- ence level in only one color, which is the color at the upper border of the color map. Auto range Alternatively, you can perform an auto range action to adjust the reference range and the reference level of the spectrogram for optimal display.

  • Page 156: Recording A Spectrogram

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements 6.1.9.4 Recording a Spectrogram You can save the data of the spectrogram for documentation or for further analysis of the recorded data. 1. Press the [MEAS] key. 2. Select the "Settings" softkey. 3.
  • Page 157 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-9: Long time recording settings dialog box Long time recording Descriptions settings "Recording Mode" There are three selections for the recording mode: "Timer", "Immediately" and "Limits Failure" When "Long Time Recording Settings" is enabled with recording mode "Timer", the configured "Start Date"/ "Start Time"...
  • Page 158 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Long time recording Descriptions settings "Stop Recording if Bat- The recording of the spectrogram data is stopped and an automatic save of tery Low" the recorded spectrogram data is performed when a battery low detection is triggered.
  • Page 159 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Note2: The recording of the spectrogram data stops according to the settings con- figured in Figure 6-9. Figure 6-10: Spectrogram recording 6. If you want to stop the spectrogram recording prematurely, press the "Long Time Rec"...

  • Page 160: Playback Of A Spectrogram

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode R&S Performing Spectrum Measurements 10. Select "Long Time Rec" softkey to start a spectrogram recording. 6.1.9.5 Playback of a Spectrogram If you have recorded a spectrogram and save it in the internal memory of the R&S Spectrum Rider , a USB stick or an SD card, you can view the results of that measure- ment later.
  • Page 161 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements You can now select a specific spectrogram frame that is in the memory of the R&S Spectrum Rider. 1. Select the "Select Time Line" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the position of the first time-line (T1).

  • Page 162: Using Isotropic Antennas

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider activates a marker and sets it on the peak level of the currently displayed spectrum. 2. Use the rotary knob to move the marker on the horizontal axis to the frequency you want to analyze or enter the frequency directly with the number keys.
  • Page 163 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode R&S Performing Spectrum Measurements To work with the isotropic antenna, you need a USB adapter (TSEMF-CV, order num- ber 1158.9250.02) to connect the antennas control cable via the USB interface of the R&S Spectrum Rider. Test setup The test setup consists of an R&S Spectrum Rider and one of the isotropic antennas.
  • Page 164 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Performing Spectrum Measurements Using transducer factors The isotropic antenna is like a transducer. It has a characteristic frequency response and it is necessary to correct the measurement results by these characteristics. The transducer factors (*.isotrd) for each of the supported isotropic antennas are provided with the R&S Spectrum Rider.

  • Page 165: Configuring Spectrum Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 1. Select the "Meas Mode" softkey. 2. Select the "Isotropic Antenna" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a new menu to select the measurement aspect. ● "Auto" Shows the total field strength over all three antenna axes. The displayed result is a combination of the results for each antenna element.

  • Page 166: Configuring The Horizontal Axis

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The "Configuration Overview" provides quick access and allows easy configuration on the parameters that affect the spectrum measurement from input to signal processing to output and signal analysis by stepping through each of the following dialog boxes: ●...

  • Page 167: Defining The Center Frequency

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements If you know the frequency of the signal you are measuring, it is best to match the cen- ter frequency to the signal's frequency. If you are investigating signals, e.g. harmonics, that are within a particular frequency range, the best option is to enter a start and stop frequency to define the span.

  • Page 168: Setting A Frequency Offset

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements This step size is ideal for measurements on harmonics. When you increase or decrease the center frequency, the center frequency automatically moves to the next harmonic. ● "Manual" An entry box is displayed to define the value. This step size makes it easy to investigate a spectrum with frequencies at con- stant intervals.

  • Page 169: Setting The Span

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider adjusts the horizontal axis according to your input, begin- ning with the start frequency and ending with the stop frequency. If you have entered a stop frequency that is outside the maximum frequency range, the R&S Spectrum Rider sets the stop frequency to the possible maximum.

  • Page 170: Configuring The Vertical Axis

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements Time domain measurements You can also activate time domain measurements without having to enter the value manually. When measuring in the time domain, the span is 0 Hz. In that state, the R&S Spectrum Rider measures the signal at the current center frequency only.

  • Page 171: Setting A Display Range

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements Special touchscreen gesture Alternatively, define the reference level by swiping vertically across the touchscreen to change the reference level Chapter 4.2.2, "Change Reference Level", on page 89. By default, the reference level corresponds to the grid line at the top of the diagram. You can also change the position of the reference level to another grid line if you have a signal that would otherwise overlap with the top of the diagram area.

  • Page 172: Setting A Reference Offset

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements relevant for the marker level display because the unit of the marker level is the same as the reference level. 1. Press the [AMPT] key. 2. Select the "Unit" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the display unit.
  • Page 173 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements ● Manual Manual selection of the attenuation. You can check the status of the RF attenuation and the preamplifier in the "Configura- tion Overview" dialog and in the Parameter View area. Reference Level Preamplifier OFF Preamplifier ON...

  • Page 174: Using The Preamplifier (R&S Fph-B22)

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 6.2.3.6 Using the Preamplifier (R&S FPH-B22) To increase the input sensitivity, the R&S Spectrum Rider provides an integrated 20 dB preamplifier after the input mixer. In the default state of the R&S Spectrum Rider, the preamplifier is turned off. If you want to measure signals with low powers, you can turn it on.
  • Page 175 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements rate adjacent frequencies. The measurement result observed depends on the pass- band of a resolution filter. The resolution bandwidth (RBW) has several effects on measurements. ● To be able to display two or more signals whose frequencies are close together separately, you need a (resolution) filter whose bandwidth is small enough.

  • Page 176: Setting The Video Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements Automatic adjustment of the sweep time In its default mode, the R&S Spectrum Rider automatically adjusts the sweep time as soon as you change the resolution bandwidth. This adjustment makes sure that the settling time required for the selected resolution filter is properly taken into account.

  • Page 177: Configuring And Triggering The Sweep

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements width and is the same as the resolution bandwidth. If you change the resolution band- width, the R&S Spectrum Rider adjusts the video bandwidth accordingly. The effects of the video bandwidth on measurements are as follows. ●...

  • Page 178: Selecting The Sweep Mode

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements ● The sweep depends on the span. If you increase the span, you also have to increase the sweep time. In its default state, the R&S Spectrum Rider couples the sweep time to the span and the resolution bandwidth to avoid invalid settings.

  • Page 179: Working With Trigger Functionality

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 6.2.5.3 Working with Trigger Functionality If you have to perform measurements according to certain signal conditions, you can use a trigger. A trigger responds to certain events. If a trigger is active, the R&S Spec- trum Rider starts to measure if the trigger conditions are met.
  • Page 180 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements time. In this way, you can include time differences between the trigger event and the measurement. The range of the trigger delay is from 0 s to 100 s. The resolution depends on the sub- range.
  • Page 181 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 1. Press the [SWEEP] key. 2. Select the "Trigger" softkey. 3. Select the "Gated Trigger" menu item. In order to get appropriate results, you have to set the gate delay and gate length in a way that the measurement is active during the interesting part of the signal.

  • Page 182: Working With Traces

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements Figure 6-11: Gate trigger measurement 1 = Gate trigger settings mode 2 = Gate delay 3 = Gate length 4 = RF frequency 5 = Gate trigger softkeys menu 6 = Span 0 Hz (time domain) 7 = Measurement of LTE signal within the gate length 6.2.6 Working with Traces...

  • Page 183: Selecting The Detector

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements In its default state, the R&S Spectrum Rider overwrites the trace after each sweep. You can apply all detectors in this mode. ● Average The trace is the result of the moving average over several sweeps. The R&S Spectrum Rider calculates the (moving) average of the power levels for each pixel over a particular number of sweeps in the range from 2 to 999.
  • Page 184 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider provides several types of detectors. ● Auto Peak If the auto peak detector is active, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays both the maxi- mum and the minimum power levels that were measured in the frequency range covered by a pixel.

  • Page 185: Working With A Second Trace

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider provides automatic selection of the detector. In that case, the R&S Spectrum Rider selects the detector that is most suitable for the current trace mode. Table 6-1: Auto selection of trace detector Trace Mode Detector...

  • Page 186: Working With Memory Traces

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements You can put both traces into the internal memory of the R&S Spectrum Rider and restore them later. Note that the memory trace 1 and memory trace 2 have the same color (i.e.

  • Page 187: Using Trace Mathematics

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider shows the corresponding memory trace. If active, it labels the "Memory <x>" menu item with an active radio button. 6.2.6.5 Using Trace Mathematics Trace mathematics subtract the memory trace from the live trace and vice versa and then display the results.

  • Page 188: Positioning Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements ence between the frequency at the point marked by the main marker and the frequency at the point marked by the delta marker. To measure complex signals, you can activate up to six markers. Marker 1 is always a normal marker and the reference of all delta markers.

  • Page 189: Positioning A Delta Marker

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 2. Confirm the marker position by pressing the rotary knob. Measurement Result View shows the horizontal position of all markers and the corresponding vertical value. You can select any marker in the Measurement Result View for further marker function using the marker softkey menu.

  • Page 190: Automatic Positioning Of Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 1. Select the delta marker you want to convert in the Measurement Result View. The selected marker is highlighted in the Measurement Result View and its corre- sponding label in the trace window turns focus with a blue frame around the marker label.

  • Page 191: Using Marker Search Limits

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 3. Select the "Delete Selected" menu item. 4. Confirm the selection by pressing the rotary knob. The R&S Spectrum Rider deletes the marker. Deactivating markers If you delete marker 1 (M1), all delta markers that are relative to that marker are also deleted.
  • Page 192 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the marker position. 5. Enter a desire marker position. 6. Confirm the entry with one of the unit keys 7.

  • Page 193: Using Marker Functions

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements The R&S Spectrum Rider turns off the marker search limit function for the selected marker. 4. To turn off the marker search limits function for all markers, select "All Markers" softkey and repeat the above steps 6.2.7.8 Using Marker Functions...
  • Page 194 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 1. Press the [MARKER] key 2. Select the "Marker Function" key 3. Enable the "Noise" checkbox menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider shows the level at the marker frequency in dBm/Hz. If you are using a delta marker for the measurement, the results have the unit dBc/Hz with marker 1 being the reference.
  • Page 195 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 1. Press the [MARKER] key. 2. Select the "Marker Function" softkey. 3. Select the "Frequency Count" checkbox menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider displays the counted marker frequency with a resolution of 0.1 Hz.
  • Page 196 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 1. Press the [MARKER] key. 2. Select the "Marker Function" softkey. 3. Select the "n dB Down" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider displays two temporary markers on the left and on the right of the reference marker, "M1".
  • Page 197 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements Spectrum Rider demodulates the signal at the marker frequency. The frequency sweep then stops at the marker frequency for that time before finishing the sweep. 1. Press the [MARKER] key. 2.

  • Page 198: Using Limit Lines

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements 6.2.8 Using Limit Lines Limit lines help you to identify if a signal complies with certain level characteristics. A limit line is made up out of two or more points that are connected to a line. Each of the points that define the shape of the limit line consists of two coordinates.

  • Page 199: Selecting A Limit Line

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Configuring Spectrum Measurements lines you can store in the memory depends on other datasets available on the R&S Spectrum Rider or if you are using an external storage device (e.g. memory stick). For more information on limit lines, see Chapter 4.8, "Managing Datasets",...

  • Page 200: Performing Limit Checks

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Working with Channel Tables 3. Select the "Remove" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider removes the limit line. 6.2.8.2 Performing Limit Checks If limit lines are active, the R&S Spectrum Rider automatically checks the trace for limit violations after each frequency sweep.
  • Page 201 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Working with Channel Tables 3. Select the "Channel Downlink" or "Channel Uplink" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens the "File Manager" dialog to select a channel table. 4. Select one of the available channel tables. After activating the channel table, the R&S Spectrum Rider is set up according to the information contained in the channel table.

  • Page 202: Using Transducer Factors

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Using Transducer Factors 6.4 Using Transducer Factors The frequency-dependent transducer factor of transducers and antennas can be directly considered in the measurement result. A transducer factor consists of a numeric value and a unit. The R&S Spectrum Rider corrects the level values of the trace by the values of the transducer.

  • Page 203: Unit For Measurements With Transducers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Using Transducer Factors For example, to compensate for the cable loss between the transducer and the RF input, the R&S Spectrum Rider can use two transducers at the same time. One of them must have the unit dB, however, i.e.

  • Page 204: Setting The Reference Level

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Spectrum Analyzer Mode Using Transducer Factors the level at the marker position are assigned the unit of the transducer. If dBμV/m is selected as the transducer unit, a switch to absolute level indication in V/m is possible. 1.

  • Page 205: Power Meter

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Power Sensor 7 Power Meter R&S Spectrum Rider option R&S FPH-K9 (order number: 1321.0709.02) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the power meter mode. For highly accurate power measurements, you can connect a power sensor to the R&S Spectrum Rider and perform measurements.
  • Page 206 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Power Sensor ● R&S NRP-Z92 ● R&S NRP-Z96 ● R&S NRP-Z98 ● R&S NRP-Z211 ● R&S NRP-Z221 The FSH sensor does not have a USB connector, but binder adapter instead. The cable identified by FSH-Z144 (USB to binder adapter) is required to connect these sen- sors on the USB port.

  • Page 207: Connecting A Power Sensor

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter R&S Using a Power Sensor 6 = Measurement frequency 7 = Configuration overview icon 8 = Power sensor softkey menu 7.1.1 Connecting a Power Sensor The R&S Spectrum Rider controls and powers the power sensors via the USB inter- face on the top of the instrument.

  • Page 208: Performing And Configuring Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Power Sensor Message Cause Remedy Power sensor error The power sensor signals an Contact a Rohde & Schwarz ser- error to the R&S Spectrum Rider vice center. Unknown power sensor model The R&S Spectrum Rider cannot connected identify the device connected to...
  • Page 209 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Power Sensor 3. Disconnect the power sensor from any signal sources. 4. Select the "Continue" softkey to start zeroing. 5. Select "Cancel" softkey to abort zeroing, for example, if you cannot disconnect the signal source.

  • Page 210: Using A Directional Power Sensor

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Directional Power Sensor ● A normal measurement time increases the stability of results for signals with low levels or modulated signals. ● A long measurement time is appropriate for signals with very low-power levels (<-50 dBm) To eliminate noise and the effects of noise on the measurement effectively, use the R&S FSH-Z1 power sensor.

  • Page 211: Connecting A Directional Power Sensor

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Directional Power Sensor Figure 7-2: Screen layout of the directional power mode 1 = Selected transmission standard 2 = Connected power sensor model 3 = Reference for relative power measurements 4 = Power offset 5 = Readout of the forward power 6 = Analog readout of the forward power 7 = Readout of the matching value...

  • Page 212: Performing And Configuring Measurements

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter R&S Using a Directional Power Sensor 7.2.2 Performing and Configuring Measurements After you have connected a power sensor, the R&S Spectrum Rider immediately starts to measure the signal power. When measuring high powers, pay strict attention to the following instructions to avoid personal injury and to prevent the power sensor from being destroyed Risk of skin burns and / or damage to the R&S Spectrum Rider Measuring high powers may lead to skin burns and / or damage to the R&S Spectrum...
  • Page 213 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Directional Power Sensor The R&S Spectrum Rider indicates the weighting mode at the forward power head- ing. ● "Average" = average power ● "Peak Envelope" = peak envelope power Selecting the unit for the power readout When using a directional power sensor, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays the forward power as a logarithmic level value in dBm (relative value) or as a linear value in W or mW (absolute value).
  • Page 214 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Power Meter Using a Directional Power Sensor 1. Press the "AMPT" key. 2. Select the "Ref Offset" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to define the reference offset. 3. Enter the offset you require. The selected offset displayed as "OFS"...

  • Page 215: Using The Internal Power Meter

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Using the Internal Power Meter 8 Using the Internal Power Meter R&S Spectrum Rider option R&S FPH-K19 (order number: 1321.0721.02) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the internal power mode. With the installation of internal power meter option, the R&S Spectrum Rider also sup- ports power measurements without using a power sensor.
  • Page 216 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Using the Internal Power Meter ● Selecting the unit ● Defining the reference level ● Taking additional loss or gain into account For more information, see Chapter 7.1.2, "Performing and Configuring Measurements", on page 203. Defining the channel bandwidth In addition, you can select the channel bandwidth.

  • Page 217: Performing Pulse Power Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements 9 Performing Pulse Power Measurements R&S Spectrum Rider option R&S FPH-K29 (order number: 1321.0738.02) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the pulse power meter mode. When you equip the R&S Spectrum Rider with the pulse power measurement, R&S FPH-K29 (order number: 1321.0738.02) and connect one of the wideband power sen- sors available from Rohde &...
  • Page 218 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Figure 9-1: Power vs time display 1 = Connected power sensor model and type of algorithm for power calculation 2 = Numerical results showing the pulse characteristics 3 = Reference for relative power measurements 4 = Power offset 5 = Video bandwidth 6 = Scale of the x-axis...
  • Page 219 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Figure 9-2: Graphical representation of pulse characteristic Pulse characteristic Description Pulse Width Time that the pulse remains at the top level ("ON"). This is the time between the first positive edge and the subsequent negative edge of the pulse in sec- onds, where the edges occur at crossings of the mid threshold.

  • Page 220: Configuring The Numerical Result Display

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Configuring the Power vs Time Result Display Pulse characteristic Description Start Time Time offset, relative to the beginning of the trace (0 sec), where the pulse begins (start of the rise time). Stop Time Time offset, relative to the beginning of the trace (0 sec), where the pulse stops (end of the fall time).

  • Page 221: Determining Pulse Characteristics

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Configuring the Power vs Time Result Display ● Selecting the Result Unit..................219 ● Scaling the Y-Axis....................219 ● Using Markers....................... 219 9.2.1 Determining Pulse Characteristics Selecting an algorithm for base and top power calculation The R&S Spectrum Rider provides several methods (or algorithms) to calculate the base and top power of a pulse.

  • Page 222: Selecting The Video Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Configuring the Power vs Time Result Display 1. Press the [MEAS] key. 2. Select the "Ref Power Config" softkey. 3. Define the reference levels as required. You can always reset the reference levels to their default value with the "Set to Default" menu item.

  • Page 223: Triggering Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Configuring the Power vs Time Result Display Selecting the detector When you are averaging traces, you can also select a detector. The detector defines the way the measured data is evaluated and which data is displayed. In the Power vs Time result display, you can select the "Average"...

  • Page 224: Selecting The Result Unit

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Performing Pulse Power Measurements Configuring the Power vs Time Result Display 9.2.5 Selecting the Result Unit In the pulse measurement application, the R&S R&S Spectrum Rider can display mea- sured power in relative units (dBm) or in absolute units (W). 1.

  • Page 225: Analog Modulation

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation 10 Analog Modulation R&S Spectrum Rider option R&S FPH-K7 (order number: 1321.0696.02) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the analog modulation mode. The Analog Modulation measurement analyzes the AM or FM modulated signals and calculates the analog modulation parameters using the measurement results.
  • Page 226 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Figure 10-1: AM Domain Chapter 3.2.3.1, "Title Bar", on page 38 2 = AM or FM modulation Analog Modulation Parameters 4 = Modulation trace window Demodulation Bandwidth Measurement time 7 = Carrier frequency "Configuration Overview"...
  • Page 227 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Chapter 3.2.3.1, "Title Bar", on page 38 2 = AM or FM modulation Upper Limit Lower Limit 5 = "PASS" or "FAIL" result of the limit test Analog Modulation Parameters Demodulation Bandwidth 8 = Carrier frequency Measurement time 10 = "Configuration Overview"...

  • Page 228: Demodulation Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Sample Rate, Measurement Time and Audio Lowpass Filter 10.1 Demodulation Bandwidth The demodulation bandwidth is not the 3 dB bandwidth but the useful bandwidth which is distortion-free with regard to phase and amplitude. See Table 10-2.
  • Page 229 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Sample Rate, Measurement Time and Audio Lowpass Filter Table 10-2: Relationship on Demodulation Bandwidth, Sample Rate and Measurement Time Demodulation Bandwidth <= Output Sample Rate Measurement Time (ms), "MST" (kHz), "Manual DBW" 2000000 2500000 989000 1250000...
  • Page 230 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Sample Rate, Measurement Time and Audio Lowpass Filter Selection of Audio Output Sample Rate Modulating Frequency (Hz) Lowpass, DPD (Digi- Maximum Frequency Minimum Frequency tal Predistortion) fil- 96400 32500 62500 25000 39100 15000 25000 10000 12500...

  • Page 231: Performing And Configuring Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Performing and Configuring Measurements Selection of Audio Output Sample Rate Modulating Frequency (Hz) Lowpass, DPD (Digi- Maximum Frequency Minimum Frequency tal Predistortion) fil- 10.3 Performing and Configuring Measurements After the "Analog Modulation" mode is activated, the R&S Spectrum Rider immediately starts to measure the modulated signals.

  • Page 232: Defining Frequency

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Performing and Configuring Measurements 10.3.2 Defining Frequency The frequency defines the carrier frequency of the modulated signals. Carrier Frequency For more information, see Chapter 6.2.2.1, "Defining the Center Frequency", on page 162. Carrier Frequency Step Size For more information, see Chapter 6.2.2.2, "Defining a Frequency Step Size",...

  • Page 233: Defining Demodulation Bandwidth And Audio Lowpass Filter

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Performing and Configuring Measurements Scale Adjustment The scale adjustment is only available in the "FM Domain" of "Mod Trace" measure- ment. 1. Press BW key. 2. Select the "Scale Adjust" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider performs an auto adjustment on the vertical axis in the FM Domain of "Mod Trace"...

  • Page 234: Defining Fm Broadcast

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Analog Modulation Performing and Configuring Measurements 10.3.5 Defining FM Broadcast Depending on the country-specific requirements, it maybe necessary to suppress the display of higher frequency component of the modulation signal. FM Broadcast The FM broadcast is only enabled with the demodulation bandwidth setting at 200 kHz or 300 kHz.

  • Page 235: Interference Analyzer

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Interference Analysis 11 Interference Analyzer R&S Spectrum Rider option R&S FPH-K15 (order number: 1321.0715.02) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the interference analysis mode. R&S FPH-K16 (order number: 1321.0615.02)) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the signal strength mapping mode.

  • Page 236: Signal Strength Mapping

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 11.2 Signal Strength Mapping In the signal strength mapping mode, the R&S Spectrum Rider provides two map mea- surements for selection: Outdoor mapping Indoor mapping. 1. Press the [MODE] key. 2.

  • Page 237: Transferring Maps

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps ● Collecting Map Data....................243 ● Analyzing Geographic Data.................. 253 ● Analyzing Indoor Data ..................254 11.3.1 Transferring Maps Map folder The map folder contains the individual map data. You can create an arbitrary map folder name to store the map data, otherwise the R&S Spectrum Rider may not be able to find the map data.

  • Page 238: Transferring Indoor Maps

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 11.3.2 Transferring Indoor Maps Before you can use the features of the indoor mapping application, you have to create an indoor map (for example a floor plan). These maps are created with features availa- ble in the R&S InstrumentView software package, and are based on an image of the area you would like to measure.

  • Page 239: Displaying Maps

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps ● The R&S Spectrum Rider calculates and displays the distance between measure- ment points (in meters or feet, depending on the regional settings). ● You are able to embed the collected data into maps with a larger scale. Thus, you are able to, for example, combine measurement data recorded with the "Outdoor Mapping"...
  • Page 240 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps In the "Indoor Mapping" operating mode, the "Auto Select" menu is only available if the R&S Spectrum Rider could not find any indoor maps. Screen layout of the map display The screen layout of the map display is customizable.

  • Page 241: Adding And Removing Elements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 11.3.3.1 Adding and Removing Elements The result display is made up out of several elements that you can add or remove as you like. 1. Press the [MEAS] key. 2. Select the "Settings" softkey. 3.

  • Page 242: Aligning The Indoor Mapping Mode

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Using the touchscreen gesture Use the touchscreen gesture to navigate on the map area: ● Swipe in your desired direction (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) to navigate the position on the map. ●...

  • Page 243: Selecting Colors For Map Locations

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Using the touchscreen gesture For more information on the touchscreen gesture, see "Using the touchscreen gesture" on page 237. You can use the touchscreen gesture to move large steps on the current position of the map and fine-tuning the position further with the keypad keys (see "Manual alignment"...
  • Page 244 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the color. 5. Select the color of your choice. The R&S Spectrum Rider applies the selected color to the associated geotag. In addition to the geotag, you can also define a custom color for the triangulation results.
  • Page 245 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps ● Yellow color: Signal reception is average. ● Green color: Signal reception is good. Figure 11-3: Display the geotag in outdoor mapping To change the default color of the geotag signal strength, do the following: 1.

  • Page 246: Measuring Interference

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Superimposed geotags If one or more geotags superimpose each other, you can define rules as to which tag (or its color) is displayed. ● Press the [MEAS] key. ● Select the "Settings" softkey. ●...

  • Page 247: Using Limits

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 3. Select the "Traingulation" mode. The R&S Spectrum Rider enters the triangulation measurement mode. 4. Select the "Settings" softkey. 5. Select the "GPS Settings" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the different GPS settings. 6.

  • Page 248: Collecting Map Data

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 11.3.5 Collecting Map Data Geotag A geotag is a tag for a particular location that contains information about that location. This information includes, for example, GPS coordinates, the time of the measurement or level that has been measured.
  • Page 249 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 4. Select the "Current Position" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider creates a geotag of your current position. A geotag cre- ated this way is based on the coordinates of the GPS receiver and it includes the azimuth.
  • Page 250 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Figure 11-4: Save On Event map measurement The R&S Spectrum Rider adds all geotags that you create to the "GPS Position List", "Managing geotags" on page 245. 1. Press the [MEAS] key. 2.
  • Page 251 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Figure 11-5: GPS position list 1 = Outdoor mapping measurement mode 2 = Checkbox to include the geotag on the map display 3 = GPS information ("Latitude", "Longitude") of the geotag location 4 = Signal strength of the measurement 5 = Name of the geotag location 6 = Selected geotag in the GPS position list...
  • Page 252 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Figure 11-6: Complete geotag information dialog box 1 = Outdoor mapping measurement mode 2 = Item number in the GPS position list 3 = Complete information of the selected geotag 4 = Select "Previous"...

  • Page 253: Triangulation

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 2. Enter the "Name" or "Description" in the input field. Displaying geotags You can also display as many geotags as you want on the map. See Figure 11-3. 1. Select the "GPS Position" softkey. 2.
  • Page 254 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the different geotags saving options. 3. Select the "Azimuth Only" menu item. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens an input field to change the azimuth (the GPS data itself is not changed).

  • Page 255: Indoor Mapping

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Adding the triangulation result to the GPS position list 1. Select the "GPS Position" softkey. 2. Select the "Save" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu to select the different geotags saving options.
  • Page 256 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps Figure 11-8: Tags on indoor mapping When the cross-hairs is at the correct location, proceed as follows to save the mea- sured data. 1. Press the rotary knob to confirm the measured data. The R&S Spectrum Rider creates a tag at your current position, represented by a colored dot on the map.
  • Page 257 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a dialog box which contains a list of tags that you have saved. In this list, the R&S Spectrum Rider shows some basic information about the geotag. For information of the items in the "Indoor Position List", see Figure 11-5.

  • Page 258: Analyzing Geographic Data

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps 2. Select the "Indoor Position List" menu item. 3. Select the tag you want to remove or includes. 4. Select the "Include" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider unchecks / checks the checkbox at the "Include" column and removes / adds it on the map Saving measurement data When you are done with the measurement, you can save the measurement data in...

  • Page 259: Analyzing Indoor Data

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer Working with Maps forms .gpx files into ".kmz" files (required by Google Earth). It also contains a plug-in that illustrates the signal levels measured at the GPS coordinates that you have added to the .gpx file. For more information on the conversion of .gpx file to ".kmx"...
  • Page 260 ® Spectrum Rider FPH Interference Analyzer R&S Working with Maps Figure 11-10: Indoor mapping with signal strength and indices displayed. User Manual 1321.1011.02 ─ 06.00...

  • Page 261: Receiver Mode

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode 12 Receiver Mode R&S Spectrum Rider option R&S FPH-K43 (order number: 1321.0621.02) option is required to operate the R&S Spectrum Rider in the receiver mode. Equipped with firmware option R&S FPH-K43, you can perform receiver and channel measurements (or scans) with your R&S Spectrum Rider.
  • Page 262 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode 1. Measurement (or receive) frequency 2. Power level measured at the receive frequency 3. Horizontal bargraph that graphically represents the currently measured power level. In the default state, the R&S Spectrum Rider performs the measurement on a single receive frequency.

  • Page 263: Defining The Receive Frequency

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode 12.1.1.1 Defining the Receive Frequency Channel frequency scan The R&S Spectrum Rider performs a scan of maximum 711 sweep points across the spectrum span. In single frequency measurement mode, the R&S Spectrum Rider determines the power level of a single frequency only.
  • Page 264 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode 1. Press the [AMPT] key. 2. Select the "Unit" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu that contains the possible units for selection. 3. Select the unit. Defining the bargraph scale The scale of the bargraph is defined by the reference level and level range.

  • Page 265: Performing Frequency Scans

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode The range is from 0 to 10, where "0" corresponds to the left side of the bargraph and "10" corresponds to the right side of the bargraph. You can also select the level range that the bargraph covers. In the default state, the bargraph covers 100 values of the unit you have selected (e.g.
  • Page 266 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode Figure 12-1: Frequency scan measurement 1 = Operating mode Measurement result view Parameter view 4 = Marker 5 = Refresh button to refresh maximum hold power level of the receiver frequency 6 = Upper limit threshold indicator 7 = Lower limit threshold indicator 8 = Scan results...

  • Page 267: Defining The Scan Range

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Selecting the Measurement Mode The "Polygon" trace style shows the trace as a continuous, horizontal line. The gaps between the actual measurement frequencies are interpolated. 12.1.2.1 Defining the Scan Range The scan range defines the frequency range that the scan takes place in. Therefore, you have to define a start and stop frequency for the scan range and a scan step size.

  • Page 268: Using Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Configuring Measurements in Receiver Mode Figure 12-2: Channel scan 1. Press the FREQ key. 2. Select the "Freq Mode" softkey. The R&S Spectrum Rider opens a submenu containing the different channel options for selection. 3.

  • Page 269: Selecting Detectors For Emi Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Configuring Measurements in Receiver Mode ● Working with Traces....................266 ● Using Transducers....................266 ● Using Limit Lines....................266 ● Save measurements..................... 266 12.2.1 Selecting Detectors for EMI Measurements ● Max Peak If the max peak detector is active, the R&S Spectrum Rider displays only the maxi- mum power of the signal that was measured during the measurement time.

  • Page 270: Selecting The Measurement Bandwidths For Emi Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Configuring Measurements in Receiver Mode Selecting the trace mode and working with memory traces For more information on trace modes and memory traces, see Chapter 6.2.6.1, "Selecting the Trace Mode", on page 177 and Chapter 6.2.6.4, "Working with Memory Traces", on page 181.

  • Page 271: Working With Traces

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Receiver Mode Configuring Measurements in Receiver Mode Selecting the scan mode When you enter the receiver mode, the R&S Spectrum Rider repeatedly measures the receive frequency or set of frequencies over the measurement time you have defined. If you want to perform a single measurement or scan only, select single scan mode.

  • Page 272: Remote Commands

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Interfaces and Protocols 13 Remote Commands The commands required to perform measurements in the Spectrum application in a remote environment are described here. ● Interfaces and Protocols..................267 ● Setting Up the Remote Control Connection............

  • Page 273: Lan Interface

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Interfaces and Protocols The modulesVISA32.BAS and VPPTYPE.BAS can be found in the following location: <VXIpnpPath>\WinNT\Include (typically C:\VXIpnp\WinNt\Include). Resetting the R&S Spectrum Rider Manual operation is designed for maximum possible operating convenience. In con- trast, the priority of remote control is the "predictability"...

  • Page 274: Protocols

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Interfaces and Protocols 13.1.3 Protocols VXI-11 Basics The VXI-11 standard is based on the ONC-RPC protocol which in turn relies on TCP/IP as the network/transport layer. The TCP/IP network protocol and the associated net- work services are preconfigured.

  • Page 275: Setting Up The Remote Control Connection

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Setting Up the Remote Control Connection Figure 13-2: VXI-11 channels between instrument and controller The number of controllers that can address an instrument is practically unlimited in the network. In the instrument, the individual controllers are clearly distinguished. This dis- tinction continues up to the application level in the controller, i.e.

  • Page 276: Instrument Model And Command Processing

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Instrument Model and Command Processing – status = viOpenDefaultRM(defaultRM) 'open default resource manager – status = viOpen(DefaultRM, "TCPIP::172.16.10.10", 0, 0, 'in case of USB connection – status = viopen(DefaultRM, "TCPIP::xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", 0, 0, 'in case of a LAN connection, with xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx = IP address –...

  • Page 277: Input Unit

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Instrument Model and Command Processing Figure 13-4: Instrument model in the case of remote control ● Input Unit.......................272 ● Command Recognition..................272 ● Data Base and Instrument Hardware..............273 ● Status Reporting System..................273 ● Output Unit......................

  • Page 278: Data Base And Instrument Hardware

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Instrument Model and Command Processing ple GET (Group Execute Trigger) is only executed after the commands received before. Each recognized command is immediately transferred to the internal instrument settings data base but not executed immediately. The command recognition detects syntax errors in the commands and transfers them to the status reporting system.

  • Page 279: Scpi Command Structure And Syntax

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax "Query UNTERMINATED" to the status reporting system. No data are sent to the con- troller, the controller waits until it has reached its time limit. This behavior is defined by IEEE 488.2 and SCPI.

  • Page 280: Device-Specific Commands

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Table 13-1: Examples Command Operation Description RESET Resets the device. *RST EVENT STATUS ENABLE Sets the bits of the EVENT STA- *ESE 253 TUS ENABLE register. EVENT STATUS QUERY Queries the contents of the *ESR? EVENT STATUS register.

  • Page 281: Multiple Keywords

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Multiple keywords Some key words occur in several levels within one command system. Their effect depends on the structure of the command, i.e. at which position in the header of a command they are inserted.

  • Page 282: Parameter

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Example: STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle 1 is equivalent to STAT:QUES:ENAB 1 Upper and lower case notation of commands Upper-case and lower-case notation only serves to distinguish the two forms in the manual, the instrument itself does not distinguish upper-case and lower-case letters.

  • Page 283: Overview Of Syntax Elements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Example – [SENSe:]BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] or SENS:BAND:RES is equivalent to BAND Parameters in square brackets can be incorporated optionally in the command or omitted as well – MMEMory:NETWork:MAP<string>,<string>[,<string>,<string>, <boolean>] Entries in square brackets are optional or can be omitted. ●...

  • Page 284: Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Syntax Element Description The colon separates the key words of a command. In a program message, the separating semicolon marks the uppermost command level. The semicolon separates two commands within a program message.

  • Page 285: Special Numeric Values

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax 13.4.2.2 Special Numeric Values The texts MINimum, MAXimum, DEFault, UP and DOWN are interpreted as special numeric values. In case of a query, the numeric value is returned. ●...

  • Page 286: Strings

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Example: Setting command: INPut:COUPling GROund Query: INPut:COUPling?, Response: GRO 13.4.2.5 Strings Strings must always be entered in quotation marks (' or "). Example: SYSTem:LANGuage "SCPI" or SYSTem:LANGuage 'SCPI' 13.4.2.6 Block Data Block data are a transmission format which is suitable for the transmission of large...

  • Page 287: Responses To Queries

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Example: CALL InstrWrite(analyzer, "SENSe:FREQuency:STARt 1E6;:SENSe: FREQuency:STOP 1E9") This program message is represented in its full length and contains two commands separated from each other by the semicolon. Both commands are part of the SENSe command system, subsystem FREQuency, i.e.

  • Page 288: Command Sequence And Command Synchronization

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands 13.5 Command Sequence and Command Synchronization What has been said above makes clear that all commands can potentially be carried out overlapping. In order to prevent an overlapping execution of commands, one of the commands *OPC, *OPC? or *WAI must be used.

  • Page 289: Common Commands

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Each section describes the commands for one of the operating modes available in the R&S Spectrum Rider, beginning with the description of common commands required to operate the instrument. The structure is based on that of the R&S Spectrum Rider user manual.
  • Page 290 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands List of Common Commands ● on page 285 *CLS ● on page 285 *ESE ● on page 285 *ESR? ● on page 286 *IDN? ● on page 286 *IST? ●...
  • Page 291 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands *IDN? Identification Returns the instrument identification. Return values: <ID> "Rohde&Schwarz,<device type>,<part number>/serial num- ber>,<firmware version>" Example: Rohde&Schwarz,FPH,1321.1111.02/100001,V2.21 Usage: Query only *IST? Individual status query Returns the contents of the IST flag in decimal form. The IST flag is the status bit which is sent during a parallel poll.
  • Page 292 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands *RST Reset Sets the instrument to a defined default status. The default settings are indicated in the description of commands. The command is equivalent to SYSTem:PRESet. Usage: Setting only *SRE <Contents>...

  • Page 293: Remote Commands Of The Spectrum Analyzer

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Return values: <ErrorCode> integer > 0 (in decimal format) An error occurred. No errors occurred. Usage: Query only *WAI Wait to continue Prevents servicing of the subsequent commands until all preceding commands have been executed and all signals have settled (see also command synchronization and *OPC).
  • Page 294 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 290 [SENSe:]FREQuency:MODE ● on page 291 [SENSe:]FREQuency:OFFSet ● on page 291 [SENSe:]FREQuency:SPAN ● on page 291 [SENSe:]FREQuency:SPAN:AUTO ● on page 292 [SENSe:]FREQuency:SPAN:FULL ● on page 292 [SENSe:]FREQuency:STARt ●...
  • Page 295 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <CouplingState> CENTerf | DIVTen | OFF CENTerf Sets the step size equal to the center frequency. DIVTen Couples the step size to the span (10 %). Turns off the coupling (manual step size). *RST: DIVTen Example:...
  • Page 296 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <SweepMode> SWEep | CW | FIXed | SCAN SWEep Selects the frequency domain (span > 0). Selects the time domain (span = 0). FIXed Selects the time domain (span = 0). SCAN Selects the frequency domain (span >...

  • Page 297: Configuring The Vertical Axis

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: FREQ:SPAN:AUTO ON Turns on the automatic span determination. [SENSe:]FREQuency:SPAN:FULL This command restores the full span. This command is an event and therefore has no query and no *RST value. Example: FREQ:SPAN:FULL Restores full span.
  • Page 298 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Commands independent of the operating mode Note that some of the commands for configuring the vertical axis are also valid for other operating modes. If a command is available in another mode, it is indicated by the list in the respective section.
  • Page 299 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <ScalingType> LINear | LOGarithmic LINear Selects a linear scale (%). LOGarithmic Selects a logarithmic scale. *RST: LOGarithmic Example: DISP:TRAC:Y:SPAC LIN Selects linear scaling of the level axis. DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe] <DisplayRange> This command defines the display range of the vertical axis.
  • Page 300 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The numeric suffix at DISPlay and TRACe are irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <RefLvlOffset> Sets the reference level offset. Range: -100 dB to 100 dB *RST: 0 dB Default unit: dB Example: DISP:TRAC:Y:RLEV:OFFS –10dB DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]:RPOSition <RefLvlPosition>...
  • Page 301 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <AttenMode> LDIStortion | LNOise LDIStortion Selects "Auto Low Distortion" mode. LNOise Selects "Auto Low Noise" mode. *RST: LDIS Example: INP:ATT:MODE LNO Sets the attenuation mode to Auto Low Noise. INPut:ATTenuation:AUTO <State>...
  • Page 302 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>[:STATe] <State> This command turns a transducer factor on and off. Before turning it on, you have to select a transducer factor with [SENSe: on page 297. ]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:SELect The numeric suffix at TRANsducer specifies the primary or secondary transducer. Parameters: <State>...

  • Page 303: Setting The Bandwidths

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <Unit> DBM | DBMV | DBUV | VOLT | WATT | DUVM | DUAM | V | W | V_M | W_M2 | RHO | MRHO Note that the availability of units depends on the operating mode.
  • Page 304 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands [SENSe:]BANDwidth[:RESolution]:AUTO <State> This command couples and decouples the resolution bandwidth to the span. Parameters: <State> ON | OFF *RST: Example: BAND:AUTO OFF Decouples the resolution bandwidth from the span. [SENSe:]BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO <State>...

  • Page 305: Performing And Triggering Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <State> ON | OFF *RST: Example: BAND:VID:AUTO OFF Turns off video bandwidth coupling. [SENSe:]BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO <State> This command couples and decouples the video bandwidth to the resolution band- width. Parameters: <State>...
  • Page 306 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands INITiate[:IMMediate] This command initiates a new measurement sequence. With sweep count > 0 or average count > 0, this means a restart of the indicated num- ber of measurements. With trace functions MAXHold, MINHold and AVERage, the pre- vious results are reset on restarting the measurement.
  • Page 307 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: INIT:CONT OFF Turns on single sweep mode. [SENSe:]SWEep:POINts <NrofPoints> This command queries the number of measurement points in a single sweep. This command is a query and therefore has no *RST value. Parameters: <NrofPoints>...
  • Page 308 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 303 [SENSe:]SWEep:EGATe:TIME ● on page 304 TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel:VIDeo ● on page 304 TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe ● on page 304 TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SOURce [SENSe:]SWEep:EGATe <GateTrigger> This command turns a gated trigger setting mode on and off. Parameters: <GateTrigger>...

  • Page 309: Working With Traces

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel:VIDeo <VideoTrigLevel> This command defines the level of the video trigger. Video trigger is available for time domain measurements (span = 0). Parameters: <VideoTrigLevel> Range: 0 PCT to 100 PCT *RST: 50 PCT Example:...
  • Page 310 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 305 CALCulate<1...2>:MATH<1...2>:COPY:MEMory ● on page 306 CALCulate<1...2>:MATH<1...2>:STATe ● on page 306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>[:STATe] ● on page 306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:MEMory[:STATe] ● on page 306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:MODE ● on page 307 FORMat:BORDer ●...
  • Page 311 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MATH<1...2>:STATe <State> This command turns trace mathematics on and off. The numeric suffix at CALCulate and MATH are irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <State> ON | OFF *RST: Example: CALC:MATH:STAT ON Switches on the trace mathematics.
  • Page 312 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <DisplayMode> WRITe | AVERage | MINHold | MAXHold | VIEW | FREeze | INFinite *RST: WRITe You can turn off the trace with DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>[:STATe] . For more information, see chapter "Trace Mode". Example: SWE:CONT OFF SWE:COUN 16...
  • Page 313 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <Format> ASCii | REAL ASCii Returns the data in ASCII format, separated by commas. REAL Returns the data as 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers in the "definite length block format". *RST: ASCii In REAL, 32 format, a string of return values would look like:...

  • Page 314: Using Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands TRACe<1...2>[:DATA]? [<arg0>] This command queries the trace data of the current measurement. It also transfers data from a file to a particular trace. With FORMat[:DATA] command, you can set the data format. The numeric suffix at TRACe selects the number of the trace.
  • Page 315 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 311 CALCulate<1...2>:DELTamarker<1...6>:MINimum[:PEAK] ● on page 311 CALCulate<1...2>:DELTamarker<1...6>:X ● on page 312 CALCulate<1...2>:DELTamarker<1...6>:X:RELative ● on page 312 CALCulate<1...2>:DELTamarker<1...6>:Y? ● on page 313 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>[:STATe] ● on page 313 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:AOFF ●...
  • Page 316 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Event CALCulate<1...2>:DELTamarker<1...6>:MAXimum[:PEAK] This command positions a delta marker on the current trace maximum. If necessary, the corresponding delta marker is activated first. This command is an event and therefore has no *RST value and no query. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command.
  • Page 317 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Note that it is possible to place the marker outside the visible trace. In that case, this value is invalid. If necessary, the corresponding delta marker is activated first. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command.
  • Page 318 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameter or measuring functions Output unit DBM | DBPW | DBUV | DBMV | DBUA dB (lin/log) WATT | VOLT |AMPere dB (lin), % (log) The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at DELTamarker selects the deltamarker.
  • Page 319 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:MAXimum[:PEAK] This command positions a marker on the current trace maximum. If necessary, the corresponding marker is activated first. This command is an event and therefore has no *RST value and no query. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command.
  • Page 320 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands If necessary, the corresponding delta marker is activated first. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker. Parameters: <FrequencyOrTime> Indicates the coordinate on the horizontal axis. The unit in spectrum analyzer mode depends on the measure- ment, e.g.
  • Page 321 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <SearchLimit> Sets the left marker search limit. The unit in the spectrum analyzer mode depends on the mea- surement, e.g. Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain. Range: Maximum span.
  • Page 322 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker. Parameters: <MarkerPosition> Numeric value of the marker position. Example: INIT:CONF OFF CALC:MARK2 ON Turns on single sweep mode and marker 2.
  • Page 323 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:COUNt:FREQuency? This command performs a frequency measurement at the marker position and returns the result. To get a valid result, you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end to make sure that the R&S Spectrum Rideractually reaches the frequency you want to measure.
  • Page 324 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker. Parameters: <Mode> FREQuency | CHANnel FREQuency Sets the marker frequency mode to frequency input (in Hz). CHANnel Sets the marker frequency mode to channel input (as a channel number).
  • Page 325 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: CALC:MARK3:FUNC:DEM ON Switches on the demodulation for marker 3. CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:DEModulation:HOLD <HoldTime> This command defines the hold time at the marker position for the demodulation with span > 0. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command.
  • Page 326 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NDBDown <MarkerDistance> This command defines the distance of the n dB down markers to the reference marker. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker.
  • Page 327 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:STATe <State> This command turns the n dB Down marker function on and off. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker. Parameters: <State>...

  • Page 328: Using Limit Lines

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: INIT:CONT OFF Turns on single sweep mode. CALC:MARK2 ON CALC:MARK2:FUNC:NOIS ON Turns on marker 2 and assigns the noise measurement to that marker. INIT;*WAI CALC:MARK2:NOIS:RES? Performs the measurement and queries the noise marker results.
  • Page 329 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 328 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:UPPer:THReshold CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:BEEP[:STATe] <State> This command turns the beeper that beeps if a limit line is violated on and off. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at LIMit selects the limit line.
  • Page 330 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands <X-scale> ABSolute | RELative Scale of the x-axis. <Y-unit> DB | DBM | DBMV | DBUV | V | VOLT | W | WATT | DBUVM | DBUAM | V_M | W_M2 | VSWR Unit of the y-axis.
  • Page 331 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:DLINe:STATe <State> This command turns display lines on and off. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. Suffix: <1...2> 1...2 Parameters: <State> ON | OFF *RST: Example: CALC:DLIN:STAT OFF Turns on the display line.
  • Page 332 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:UNIT:X? This command queries the horizontal unit of a limit line. This command is a query and therefore has no *RST value. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at LIMit selects the limit line.
  • Page 333 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Setting only CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:UPPer:SELect <LimitLine> This command selects the upper limit line. This command is an event and therefore has no *RST value and no query. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at LIMit selects the limit line.

  • Page 334: Configuring And Using Measurement Functions

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <Threshold> Numeric value whose unit depends on the unit you have cur- rently selected for the vertical axis. Default unit: dBm Example: CALC:LIM1:UPP:THR -10DBM Defines a threshold of -10 dBm. 13.6.2.8 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions The R&S Spectrum Rider provides measurement functions that allow you to perform...
  • Page 335 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands You have to set the frequency mode with [SENSe:]FREQuency:INPut: on page 290 to channel first. MODE<1..3> The numeric suffix at CHANnel is irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <ChannelNumber> Numeric value that selects the number of the channel to be ana- lyzed.
  • Page 336 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <ChannelTable> String containing the name of the channel table. *RST: Example: [SENSe:]CHANnel:TABLe:SELect<1...3> on page 330. [SENSe:]CHANnel:TABLe:SELect:UPLink <ChannelTable> This command selects a channel table configured for downlink signals. Parameters: <ChannelTable>...
  • Page 337 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 320 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:LEVel:ONCE ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult? on page 334 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:SELect <MeasType> This command selects a power measurement and turns the measurement on. The numeric suffix at CALculate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <MeasType>...
  • Page 338 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The configuration for a standard is in line with the specifications and includes parame- ters like weighting filter, channel bandwidth and spacing, resolution and video band- width, as well as detector and sweep time. The numeric suffix at CALculate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command.
  • Page 339 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. The numeric suffix at MARKer selects the marker. Example: CALC:MARK:FUNC:LEV:ONCE Initiates an automatic level adjust routine. Usage: Event CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult? <arg0> This command queries the results of power measurements.
  • Page 340 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <arg0> MCACpower | ACPower | CPOWer | OBANdwidth | OBWidth | TDMA MCACpower | ACPower Returns the results for ACLR measurements. The number of return values depends on the number of TX and adjacent channel.
  • Page 341 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Measuring the Channel Power The following commands configure channel power measurements. To perform the actual measurement, use the commands described in section Chapter 13.6.2.4, "Per- forming and Triggering Measurements", on page 300.
  • Page 342 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <Unit> DBM | DBMV | DBUV | VOLT | WATT | DUVM | DUAM | V | W | V_M | W_M2 *RST: Example: CALC:MARK:FUNC:CPOW:UNIT DBM Sets the unit to dBm. CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult:PHZ <State>...
  • Page 343 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:OBAN:BANDwidth:PCT <Percentage> This command defines the percentage of the total power that defines the occupied bandwidth. Instead of OBANwidth, you can also use the alias OBWidth. The numeric suffix at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <Percentage>...
  • Page 344 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands TDMA Measurements The following commands configure TDMA measurements. To perform the actual mea- surement, use the commands described in section Chapter 13.6.2.4, "Performing and Triggering Measurements", on page 300. List of commands ●...
  • Page 345 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 344 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing[:ACHannel] ● on page 344 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing:ALTernate<1...11> ● on page 344 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing:CHANnel<1...11> ● on page 345 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:TXCHannel:COUNt CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:ACPower:UNIT <Unit> This command selects the unit of the ACLR results. The numeric suffix at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command.
  • Page 346 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The adjacent channel is the first pair of channels next to the transmission channels. If you set the channel bandwidth for these channels, the R&S Spectrum Ridersets the bandwidth of the alternate channels to the same value. Instead of BANDwidth, you can also use the alias BWIDth.
  • Page 347 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Instead of BWIDwidth, you can also use the alias BANDth. Parameters: <AdjChBw> *RST: 14 kHz Default unit: GHz Example: [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:TXCHannel:COUNt on page 345. [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:BWIDth:ALTernate<1...11> <AltChannelBandwidth> This command defines the bandwidth of the alternate channels. If you set the channel bandwidth for the first alternate channel, the R&S Spectrum Ridersets the bandwidth of the other alternate channels to the same value.
  • Page 348 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:PRESet:RLEVel This command adjusts the reference level to the measured signal power. This automatic routine makes sure that the that the signal power level does not over- load the R&S Spectrum Rider or limit the dynamic range by too small a S/N ratio. To determine the best reference level, theR&S Spectrum Rider aborts current mea- surements and performs a series of test sweeps.
  • Page 349 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <TxRefCh> The actual value range depends on the number of active trans- mission channels. Range: 1 to 12 *RST: Example: [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:TXCHannel:COUNt on page 345. [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing[:ACHannel] <AdjChannelSpacing> This command defines the spacing between the transmission channel and its adjacent channel.
  • Page 350 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <TxChannelSpacing> *RST: 20 kHz Default unit: GHz Example: [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:TXCHannel:COUNt on page 345. [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:TXCHannel:COUNt <#ofTxChannels> This command defines the number of transmission channels. The command is available for measurements with span > 0. Parameters: <#ofTxChannels>...
  • Page 351 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel[:RELative] on page 346 ● CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel[:RELative]: on page 347 STATe ● CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:ABSolute on page 347 ● CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:ABSolute[: on page 347 STATe] ● CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:RESult? on page 348 ● CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>[: on page 348 RELative] ●...
  • Page 352 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The suffix at CALCulate and LIMit are irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <RelativeLimit> Range: 0 dB to 100 dB Default unit: dB Example: CALC:LIM:ACP:ACH 30 Defines a limit of 30 dB. CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel[:RELative]:STATe <State>...
  • Page 353 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <State> ON | OFF *RST: Example: CALC:LIM:ACP:ACH:ABS:STAT ON Activates the absolute limit check. CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:RESult? This command queries the result of the limit check of the adjacent channels. To get a valid result, you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result.
  • Page 354 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>[:RELative]:STATe <State> This command turns the relative limit check for an alternate channels on and off. You have to activate the general ACLR limit check before using this command with on page 346 first.
  • Page 355 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: CALC:LIM:ACP:ALT3:ABS:STAT ON Activates the absolute limit check for the third alternate channel. CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>:RESult? This command queries the result of the limit check of the alternate channels. To get a valid result, you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result.
  • Page 356 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands List of commands ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics[:STATe] on page 351 ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:DISTortion? on page 351 ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:LIST? on page 351 ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:NHARmonics on page 352 ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics:PRESet on page 352 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics[:STATe] <State> This command turns the harmonic distortion measurement on and off.
  • Page 357 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands This command is a query and therefore has no *RST value. The suffix at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <Return values> returns one value for every harmonic. The first value is the absolute power of the first harmonic.
  • Page 358 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Event Measuring the AM Modulation Depth The following commands configure AM Modulation Depth measurements. To perform the actual measurement, use the commands described in section Chapter 13.6.2.4, "Performing and Triggering Measurements", on page 300.
  • Page 359 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 354 [SENSe:]ESPectrum:PRESet:SETTings ● on page 354 [SENSe:]SWEep:MODE [SENSe:]ESPectrum:PRESet[:STANdard] <FileName> This command loads one of the predefined spectrum emission masks for a telecommu- nications standard. Parameters: <FileName> String containing the filename of the spectrum emission mask.
  • Page 360 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands List of commands ● on page 355 INPut:ANTenna:MEASure ● on page 355 INPut:ANTenna:STATe ● [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:ISOTropic[:STATe] on page 355 INPut:ANTenna:MEASure <Direction> This command selects the direction that the isotropic antenna measures. Parameters: <Direction>...

  • Page 361: Remote Commands Of The Analog Modulation

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: CORR:TRAN:ISOT? only an example 13.6.3 Remote Commands of the Analog Modulation The chapter provides information on remote commands that configure and perform analog modulation measurements. Availability of remote commands for the analog modulation Note that the listed remote commands take effect only if R&S FPH-K7 is installed on the R&S Spectrum Rider ●...

  • Page 362: Defining The Vertical Axis

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands 13.6.3.2 Defining the Vertical Axis The following chapter describes command necessary to define the vertical scale such as the x-axis deviation per division and settings affecting the amplitude of the measure- ments.

  • Page 363: Defining The Fm Broadcast

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 358 [SENSe:]FILTer:LPASs [SENSe:]ADEMod:BANDwidth:DEModulation <Bandwidth> This command sets the demodulation bandwidth. Parameters: <Bandwidth> Range: 3 KHz to 2 MHz Default unit: GHz Example: ADEM:BAND:DEM 2MHz Defines an analog demodulation bandwidth of 2 MHz. [SENSe:]ADEMod:BWIDth:DEModulation <Bandwidth>...

  • Page 364: Defining The Sweep Mode

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: FILT:DEMP:TCON 50 us Sets the time constant for the FM deemphasis filter to 50 us. [SENSe:]FILTer:DEMPhasis[:STATe] <State> This command switches the FM deemphasis filter on or off. Parameters: <State>...

  • Page 365: Setting The Measurement Mode

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands CALCulate<1...2>:ADEModulation:LIMit:SELect <Filename> This command loads a limit line for the selected measurement mode. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. Suffix: <1...2> 1...2 Parameters: <Filename> String containing the filename of the limit line. Example: CALC:ADEM:LIM:SEL 'GSM.aamlim' Selects the filename for limit line.

  • Page 366: Reading Out Measurement Results

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 388 INSTrument:NSELect CALCulate:FEED <Measurement> This command switches the measurement mode. Parameters: <Measurement> String containing the measurement mode of analog modulation: Example: CALC:FEED 'XTIM.AM' Switches the measurement mode to AM Time. Example: CALC:FEED 'XTIM.FM' Switches the measurement mode to FM Time.
  • Page 367 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Query only CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer:FUNCtion:ADEMod:CARRier[:RESult]? This command displays the Carrier Power value for both AM/FM. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. Suffix: <1...2> 1...2 Example: CALC:MARK:FUNC:ADEM:CARR? Reads out the Carrier Power value for both AM/FM.
  • Page 368 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <MeasType> PPEak | MPEak | MIDDle | RMS PPEak +Peak value MPEak -Peak value MIDDle -±Peak value/2 RMS value Example: CALC:MARK:FUNC:ADEM:FM RMS Reads out the RMS value for FM. Usage: Query only CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer:FUNCtion:ADEMod:SINad[:RESult]?

  • Page 369: Remote Commands Of The Power Meter

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: CALC:MARK:FUNC:ADEM:FERR? Reads out the Carrier Offset value for both AM/FM. Usage: Query only CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer:FUNCtion:ADEMod:MINDex[:RESult]? This command displays the Modulation Index value for AM. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. Suffix: <1...2>...

  • Page 370: Configuring Power Level Readout

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands [SENSe:]PMETer:FREQuency <Frequency> This command sets the frequency of the power sensor. Parameters: <Frequency> Specified in the data sheet. Default unit: GHz Example: PMET:FREQ 500 MHZ Sets the power sensor's frequency to 500 MHz. CALCulate<1...2>:PMETer:CPOWer:BANDwidth <ChannelBW>...
  • Page 371 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands This command is an event and therefore has no *RST value and no query. The numeric suffix at CALCulate is irrelevant for this command. Parameters: <ONCE> ONCE Example: CALC:PMET:REL ONCE CALCulate<1...2>:PMETer:RELative[:MAGNitude]:OFFSet <RefLvlOffset>...

  • Page 372: Defining The Measurement Time

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands 13.6.4.3 Defining the Measurement Time The following chapter describes commands to define the measurement time of the power sensor. List of commands ● on page 367 [SENSe:]PMETer:MTIMe [SENSe:]PMETer:MTIMe <MeasTime> This command sets the duration of measurements.

  • Page 373: Defining The Video Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <Detector> AVERage | PENVelope AVERage Displays the average power. PENVelope Displays the peak envelope power. *RST: Example: PMET:DET AVER Selects the Average weighting mode. 13.6.4.6 Defining the Video Bandwidth Selecting a video bandwidth is only possible when you are measuring the peak enve- lope power with the R&S FSH-Z44 power sensor based on a customized (= user) stan- dard.

  • Page 374: Selecting A Telecommunication Standard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <Return values> The return values depend on the power sensor in use and the selected suffix at FETCh. Measurements with R&S FSH-Z1 or R&S FSH-Z18: FETC1:PMET? power in dBm. FETC2:PMET? n/a Measurements with R&S FSH-Z14 or R&S FSH-Z44: FETC1:PMET? forward power in dBm.

  • Page 375: Remote Commands Of The Receiver Mode

    ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands R&S Remote Control - Commands 13.6.5 Remote Commands of the Receiver Mode The chapter provides information on remote commands that configure and perform measurements receiver. Availability of remote commands for EMI measurements Note that the listed remote commands take effect only if option R&S FPH-K43 Receiver Mode and Channel Scanner are installed.

  • Page 376: Configuring The Vertical Axis

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands [SENSe:]SCAN:STEP <StepSize> This command defines the step size in the receiver scan range. Parameters: <StepSize> Numeric value in Hz. The range is from 1 Hz to fmax. *RST: Default unit: GHZ Example: SCAN:STEP 1kHz Defines a step frequency of 1 kHz.

  • Page 377: Setting The Bandwidth

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 297 [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:SELect ● on page 297 [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:UNIT? ● on page 297 UNIT<1...2>:POWer For a detailed description of all commands not included here refer to Chapter 13.6.2.2, "Configuring the Vertical Axis", on page 292in spectrum analyzer mode.

  • Page 378: Working With Traces

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Performing the Measurement List of Commands ● on page 288 *WAI ● on page 300 ABORt ● on page 373 DISPlay<1...2>:BARGraph:PHOLd:RESet ● on page 301 INITiate[:IMMediate] ● on page 301 INITiate:CONTinuous ●...

  • Page 379: Using Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:MEMory[:STATe] ● on page 306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:MODE ● on page 374 DISPlay[:WINDow]:TRACe:STYLe ● on page 307 FORMat:BORDer ● on page 308 [SENSe:]DETector<1...2>[:FUNCtion] ● on page 309 TRACe<1...2>[:DATA]? ●...

  • Page 380: Using Limit Lines

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 314 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:MAXimum:NEXT ● on page 314 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:MINimum[:PEAK] ● on page 314 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:X ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:X:SLIMits<1...2>[:STATe] on page 315 ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:X:SLIMits<1...2>:LEFT on page 315 ● CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:X:SLIMits<1...2>:RIGHt on page 316 ●...

  • Page 381: File Management

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 328 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:UPPer:SELect For a detailed description of commands refer to Chapter 13.6.2.7, "Using Limit Lines", on page 323 in spectrum analyzer mode. 13.6.6 File Management The following commands perform various tasks in the context of file management. These commands are independent from the operating mode.
  • Page 382 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands MMEMory:CATalog:DIRectories? This command queries the directories of the current directory. This command is a query and therefore has no *RST value. Example: MMEM:CDIR '\Public' Opens directory \Public. MMEM:CAT:DIR? Returns all directories in the \Public directory. Usage: Query only MMEMory:CDIRectory <PathName>...
  • Page 383 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands <Block> <block_data> Data block with the structure: # represents hash sign <number> represents length of the length information <number> represents length information of the binary data (number of bytes) <data>...
  • Page 384 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <FileName> String containing the path and filename. <Year> Range: 1980 to 2099 <Month> Range: 1 to 12 <Day> Range: 1 to 31 Example: MMEM:FILE:DATE '\Public\Screen Shots\Screen0001.png',2006,04,01 Sets the date to April, 1st, 2006. MMEM:FILE:DATE? '\Public\Screen Shots\Screen0001.png' Returns the modification date of the file Screen0001.png.
  • Page 385 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands <SettingsFile> String containing the path and filename. Example: MMEM:LOAD:STAT 1, '\Public\Datasets\Dataset001.set' Loads the settings from the file Dataset001. Usage: Setting only MMEMory:MDIRectory <DirectoryName> This command creates a new directory. This command is an event and therefore has no *RST value and no query.

  • Page 386: Making And Storing Screenshots

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: MMEM:RDIR '\Public\Screen Shots\ Deletes the directory 'Screen Shots'. Usage: Setting only MMEMory:STORe:STATe <1>, <TargetFile> This command stores the current device settings in a *set file. This command is an event and therefore has no *RST value and no query. Parameters: <1>...
  • Page 387 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 383 MMEMory:NAME DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:STORe <TargetFile> This command makes a screenshot of the current display content in png or jpg format and stores it on the R&S Spectrum Rider internal memory. You can select a filename for the screenshot in png format with MMEMory:NAME on page 383 and select the file format of the screenshot with...

  • Page 388: Configuring Data Capture

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Event MMEMory:NAME <FileName> This command defines the path and filename that the R&S Spectrum Rider uses for storing screenshots (see on page 382). The path and filename HCOPy[:IMMediate] comply with DOS conventions.
  • Page 389 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <State> ON | OFF *RST: Example: SYST:CAPT:DAT ON Includes datasets into the data capture. SYSTem:CAPTure:GPX[:STATe] <State> This command includes or excludes GPX information from the data capture. Parameters: <State>...

  • Page 390: Saving Events

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands 13.6.9 Saving Events The following commands configure the circumstances under which the R&S Spectrum Rider saves events. These commands are independent from the operating mode. Using the commands requires a GPS receiver and a storage device (SD card or mem- ory stick).
  • Page 391 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: SYST:SOEV:SOUR LIM SYST:SOEV:LIM:MODE FAIL Saves all sweeps that contain a violation of a limit check. SYSTem:SOEVent:RECording:STORage <arg0> This command selects the storage device to save the coordinates to. Parameters: <arg0>...

  • Page 392: Configuring The Instrument

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: SYST:SOEV ON Turns on saving coordinates on an event. SYST:SOEV:REC:STOR USB Selects a USB device as the storage device. SYST:SOEV:SOUR TIM SYST:SOEV:TIME:INT 5 Saves the coordinates every 5 seconds. SYSTem:SOEVent[:STATe] <State>...

  • Page 393: Controlling The Gps Receiver

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <OperatingMode> SANalyzer | PM | ADEModulation | RECeiver | MAPS | ACT SANalyzer spectrum analyzer power meter ADEModulation analog modulation RECeiver receiver MAPS cable and antenna analyzer *RST: Example: INST SAN Selects spectrum analyzer mode.
  • Page 394 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 390 SYSTem:POSition:LATitude? ● on page 390 SYSTem:POSition:LONGitude? ● on page 390 SYSTem:POSition:VALid? SYSTem:POSition:ALTitude? This command queries the altitude of the current position of the R&S Spectrum Rider. Example: SYST:POS:ALT? Return value would be, for example, 554.1.

  • Page 395: Display Configuration

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands SYSTem:POSition:GPS[:STATe] <State> This command turns the GPS receiver on and off. Note that the GPS receiver only works if a connection between the R&S Spectrum Rider and a GPS signal transmitter is established. Parameters: <State>...
  • Page 396 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 391 DISPlay<1...2>:CMAP:DEFault ● on page 392 DISPlay<1...2>:DATE:FORMat DISPlay<1...2>:BRIGhtness <Brightness> This command sets the brightness of the display backlight. The numeric suffix at DISPlay is irrelevant for this command. Suffix: <1...2>...

  • Page 397: Audio Settings

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Event DISPlay<1...2>:DATE:FORMat <DateFormat> This command sets the display date format. The numeric suffix at DISPlay is irrelevant for this command. Suffix: <1...2> 1...2 Parameters: <DateFormat> DDMMyyyy | MMDDyyyy *RST: DDMMyyyy Example:...

  • Page 398: Setting Up A Network Connection

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands SYSTem:BEEPer:VOLume <Volume> This command sets the volume of the system beeper. Parameters: <Volume> Range: 0 to 1 *RST: Example: SYST:BEEP:VOL 0.50 Sets the volume of the beeper to 50%. SYSTem:BEEPer:KEY:VOLume <Volume>...

  • Page 399: System Settings

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands SYSTem:COMMunicate:LAN:SUBMask <Submask> This command sets the subnet mask of the R&S Spectrum Rider Parameters: <Submask> String containing the subnet mask ('x.x.x.x'). *RST: 255.255.255.0 Example: SYST:COMM:LAN:SUBM '255.255.255.0' Sets the subnet mask address to 255.255.255.0. SYSTem:COMMunicate:SOCKet:ADDRess <IPAddress>...
  • Page 400 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ● on page 395 [SENSe:]ROSCillator:SOURce ● on page 396 SYSTem:ACCessory ● on page 396 SYSTem:ACCessory:AUTO ● on page 396 SYSTem:BNC:MODE ● on page 397 SYSTem:DATE ● on page 397 SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]? ●...
  • Page 401 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands If you use an external reference signal, make sure to connect the signal to the Ext Ref BNC connector of the R&S Spectrum Rider. Parameters: <Format> INTernal | EXTernal INTernal Internal reference.
  • Page 402 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: SYST:BNC:MODE BIAS Sets the BNC socket to bias. SYSTem:DATE <Year>, <Month>, <Day> This command sets the date for the internal calendar. Parameters: <Year> Range: 1980 to 2099 <Month> Range: 1 to 12 <Day>...
  • Page 403 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands SYSTem:ERRor:COUNt? This command queries the number of errors currently in the error queue. This command is a query and therefore no *RST value. Example: SYST:ERR:COUN? Usage: Query only SYSTem:FORMat:IDENt <Format> This command sets the response format to the *IDN? query.
  • Page 404 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Usage: Query only SYSTem:LANGuage <Language> This command sets the language of the user interface. You can query a list of available languages with on page 399. SYSTem:LANGuage:CATalog? Parameters: <Language> String containing the language.
  • Page 405 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands SYSTem:PRESet:FACTory This command initiates an instrument reset back to factory settings. This command is an event and therefore has no query and no *RST value. Example: SYST:PRES:FACT Resets the R&S Spectrum Rider to its factory settings. Usage: Event SYSTem:PRESet:MODE <Mode>...
  • Page 406 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Whilst the data records are stored on the instrument hard disk with SAVE/RECALL (MMEMory:STORe, MMEMory:LOAD), it is possible to store the data in an external com- puter by means of SYSTem:SET. The receive terminator has to be set to EOI to ensure reliable transfer of data (setting SYST:COMM:GPIB:RTER EOI).

  • Page 407: Status Reporting System

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Example: SYST:VERS? Usage: Query only 13.6.11 Status Reporting System The status reporting system stores all information on the present operating state of the instrument, and on errors which have occurred. This information is stored in the status registers and in the error queue.
  • Page 408 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands PTRansition part The Positive-TRansition part acts as an edge detector. When a bit of the CONDition part is changed from 0 to 1, the associated PTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1.

  • Page 409: Overview Of The Status Register

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The service request enable register SRE defined in IEEE 488.2 can be taken as ENABle part of the STB if the STB is structured according to SCPI. By analogy, the ESE can be taken as the ENABle part of the ESR.

  • Page 410: Event Status Register (Esr) And Event Status Enable Register (Ese)

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The STATUS BYTE is read using the command *STB? or a serial poll. The STB is linked to the SRE. The latter corresponds to the ENABle part of the SCPI registers in its function.
  • Page 411 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Table 13-7: Meaning of the bits in the event status register Bit No. Meaning Operation Complete This bit is set on receipt of the command *OPC exactly when all previous commands have been executed.
  • Page 412 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Table 13-9: Meaning of bits in STATus:QUEStionable register Bit No. Meaning 0 to 1 These bits are not used BATTERY LOW If the instrument is running without any external power supply and the charging level of the inter- nal battery is approximately lower than 5%, this bit is set to indicate that the system is shut down automatically in approximately 5 minutes.

  • Page 413: Application Of The Status Reporting Systems

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Table 13-11: Meaning of bits in STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit register Bit No. Meaning LIMit 1 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 1 is violated. LIMit 2 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 2 is violated. 2 to 14 Not used This bit is always 0.
  • Page 414 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands ter initiate an SRQ. In order to make use of the possibilities of the service request effectively, all bits should be set to "1" in enable registers SRE and ESE. Example: Use of the command *OPC to generate an SRQ at the end of a sweep ●...

  • Page 415: Reset Values Of The Status Reporting System

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands larly since faulty commands from the controller to the instrument are recorded there as well. 13.6.11.6 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System Table 13-13 contains the different commands and events causing the status reporting system to be reset.
  • Page 416 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands The OPERation status register contains information about the calibration status of the instrument. The QUEStionable status register contains information about the status of the refer- ence and local oscillator, possible overloads of the instrument and the status of limit checks and limit margins.
  • Page 417 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands STATus:PRESet This command resets the edge detectors and ENABle parts of all registers to a defined value. All PTRansition parts are set to FFFFh, i.e. all transitions from 0 to 1 are detec- ted.
  • Page 418 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands STATus:OPERation:NTRansition <DecimalValue> This command controls the Negative TRansition part of the OPERation register. Setting a bit causes a 1 to 0 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated regis- ter.
  • Page 419 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition? This command reads out the CONDition section of the QUEStionable register. The command does not delete the contents of the EVENt section. Usage: Query only STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency:CONDition? This command reads out the CONDition section of the QUEStionable register. The command does not delete the contents of the EVENt section.
  • Page 420 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Parameters: <DecimalValue> Range: 0 to 65535 STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit:ENABle <DecimalValue> This command controls the ENABle part of the QUEStionable register. The ENABle part allows true conditions in the EVENt part of the status register to be reported in the summary bit.
  • Page 421 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit:NTRansition <DecimalValue> This command controls the Negative TRansition part of the QUEStionable register. Setting a bit causes a 1 to 0 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated regis- ter.
  • Page 422 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Remote Commands Remote Control - Commands Setting a bit causes a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated regis- ter. The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register.

  • Page 423: Menu And Softkey Overview

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview General Functions 14 Menu and Softkey Overview This chapter shows an overview of all instrument functions in the form of softkey and menu overview. ● General Functions....................418 ● Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer..............
  • Page 424 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview General Functions Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Bandwidth Man- 1 Hz, 3 Hz, 10 Hz, 30 Hz, 100Hz, 300 Hz, 1 kHz, 3 kHz, 10 kHz, 30 kHz, 100 kHz, 300 kHz, 1 MHz, 3 MHz, Auto...
  • Page 425 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview General Functions Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Subnet Mask Gateway Date and Time Set Date Set Time Time Zone Regional Language English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portu- guese, Japanese, Chi- nese, Korean, Russian, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese...
  • Page 426 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview General Functions Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Preset Key Preset Mode User Defined Default Preset Dataset Working Directory User working directory Working directory Save On Event Save On Event Event Source Time Interval Limit Failure...

  • Page 427: File Management

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview General Functions Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Mainboard Revision Mainboard Serial Num- Frontboard Part Number Frontboard Revision Frontboard Serial Num- Controller Version Software Software Version Installed Options Option Administration Install Option Installation Status Exit...

  • Page 428: Operating Mode Selection

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview General Functions Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection File Manager Mark Edit Rename Copy Paste Delete Preview Prev Next Exit Load Refresh Exit 14.1.3 Operating Mode Selection The [MODE] key opens the mode menu that contains functionality to select the operat- ing mode of the R&S Spectrum Rider.

  • Page 429: Functions Of The Spectrum Analyzer

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer 14.2 Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer This section contains all softkeys and menus that are available in spectrum analyzer mode. ● Measurement Selection..................424 ● Frequency Parameters..................433 ●...
  • Page 430 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Channel Power Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction [Auto...
  • Page 431 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction [Auto Standard Load Refresh Exit Level Adjust Channel BW...
  • Page 432 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Manual SWT Burst Length Spectrum Emission Mask Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power Occupied Bandwidth TDMA...
  • Page 433 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction [Auto Standard Load Refresh Exit Level Adjust Channel Settings Tx Channel Adj Channel Channel BW Channel Tx Spacing Channel Adj Spacing...
  • Page 434 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Harmonic Distortion Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Iso Direction [Auto...
  • Page 435 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Spectrogram Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power Occupied Bandwidth TDMA Spectrum Emission Mask ACLR Harmonic Distortion AM Modulation Depth Spectrogram Spectrogram Playback Isotropic Antenna...
  • Page 436 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Save On-screen KB Exit Clear Hold Spectrogram Playback Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Mode Spectrum Channel Power Occupied Bandwidth...
  • Page 437 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Tone Long Time Rec Rec Settings Exit Live Update "Spectrogram Play- back" on page 431 Save On-screen KB Exit Recall Load...

  • Page 438: Frequency Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer 14.2.2 Frequency Parameters The [FREQ] key opens the frequency menu that contains functionality to set up the horizontal axis of the measurement diagram. Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Center Freq...

  • Page 439: Sweep Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Ref Level Range / RefPos Auto Range Range Linear Ref Position Unit dBmV dBuV Ref Offset Att / Amp / Imp Preamp Manual Att Auto Low Distortion...

  • Page 440: Bw Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Manual SWT Auto SWT Cont Sweep Single Sweep Trigger Free Run Video 0 - 100 % Eternal Rise External Fall Delay 1 - 10 s...

  • Page 441: Limit Lines

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Spectrum Analyzer Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Show Enable Trace 2 Enable Memory 1 Enable Memory 2 Trace⊳Memory Select Trace Trace Math Math Position Trace - Memory Memory - Trace 14.2.8 Limit Lines The [LINES] key opens a menu that contains the functionality to control display and...

  • Page 442: Functions Of The Power Meter

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection New Marker Marker Type Delete Marker Delete Selected Delete All Delta Delete All Select Marker Marker Function Noise Frequency Count N dB Down N dB...

  • Page 443: Power Meter Measurements

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter ● Limits Line Parameters..................444 ● Trace Parameters....................444 ● Marker Parameters....................445 14.3.1 Power Meter Measurements The [MEAS] key opens a menu that contains the functionality to configure measure- ments with the power meter.
  • Page 444 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection VSWR dB (Return Loss) Zero To Ref Standard Correction Off EDGE 3GPPWCDMA cdmaOne cdma200 1x DVB-T TETRA USER 4 kHz 200 kHz 600 kHz...
  • Page 445 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter Pulse Power Measurement The pulse power measurement is available only if you have installed option R&S FPH- K29. Table 14-1: Pulse power measurement with numeric mode Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters...

  • Page 446: Frequency Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter 14.3.2 Frequency Parameters The [FREQ] key opens a menu that contains the functionality to set the frequency. Table 14-3: Power Meter, Directional Power Meter, Channel Power Meter, Pulse Power Measurement Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters...

  • Page 447: Amplitude Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection 200 kHz 600 kHz Table 14-5: Channel Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Channel BW Table 14-6: Pulse Measurement Softkey Menu or Dialog items...

  • Page 448: Sweep Configuration

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Refresh Exit Select Secondary Load Refresh Exit Table 14-9: Pulse Power Measurement Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Ref Level -70 to 30 dBm...

  • Page 449: Limits Line Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Power Meter Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Trigger Free Run Positive Negative Trigger Level -30 to 20 dBm Trigger Delay -51.1875us to 53 s Trigger Hysteresis 0.1 to 10 dB Dropout Time 0 to 10s...

  • Page 450: Marker Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Analog Modulation 14.3.8 Marker Parameters The [MARKER] key opens a menu that contains functionality to configure the marker on the trace Table 14-14: Pulse Power Measurement with trace mode Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters...

  • Page 451: Frequency Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Analog Modulation AM Domain, FM Domain Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection AM Domain FM Domain Audio Lowpass DBW/1 DBW/10 DBW/30 DBW/100 Mod. Trace Mod. Summary To perform the analog modulation measurement, select the required modulation domain (AM Domain or FM Domain) and the required measurement setting (Mod.

  • Page 452: Amplitude Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Analog Modulation 14.4.4 Amplitude Parameters The [AMPT] key contains functionality to configure the level parameters. Table 14-17: AM Domain, FM Domain Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Ref Level Dev per Division 1-100%...

  • Page 453: Functions Of The Wizard

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Wizard Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Clear Limits Auto Beep 14.5 Functions of the Wizard This section contains all softkeys and menus that are available in the measurement WIZARD.
  • Page 454 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Wizard Softkey Menu or Dialog Parameters Parameters selec- items tion Interrupt Leave Menu Resume Sequence Cancel Skip Continue Next Meas Repeat Meas Interrupt Finish Wizard Cancel Interrupt Leave Menu Resume Sequence Cancel Skip...

  • Page 455: Receiver Mode Measurement

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Receiver Softkey Menu or Dialog Parameters Parameters selec- items tion Meas Spec Meas Results Mark Edit Rename Copy Paste Delete Preview Prev Next Exit Refresh Exit Exit Press [WIZARD] key to resume back the wizard measurement. 14.6 Functions of the Receiver This section contains all softkeys and menus that are available in receiver mode.

  • Page 456: Functions Of The Receiver

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Receiver Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Fixed Channel Channel Scan 14.6.2 Frequency Parameters The [FREQ] key opens a menu that contains the functionality to set the frequency or channel.

  • Page 457: Bw Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Receiver Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Ref Offset Att / Amp / Imp Preamp Manual Att Auto Low Distortion Auto Low Noise Imp 50Ω 75 Ω RAM 75 Ω...

  • Page 458: Trace Functionality

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Receiver Table 14-21: AM Domain, FM Domain Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Meas Time Cont Scan Single Scan Trigger Free Run Video External Rise External fall Gated Trigger Trogger Delay Gate Settings...

  • Page 459: Markers

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Receiver Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Trace - Memory Memory - Trace 14.6.7 Markers The [MARKER] key opens a menu to control markers and use marker functions. Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters...

  • Page 460: Functions Of The Maps

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Load From File Remove Lower Limit Set Threshold Load From File Remove Auto Beep 14.7 Functions of the Maps This section contains all softkeys and menus that are available in map mode.
  • Page 461 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Azimuth Only Triangulation Go To Triangulation GPS Position List Include View Previous Next Edit Exit Delete Delete All Triangulate Exit Zoom in Zoom out...
  • Page 462 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection HE300 HL300 Compass Maps Auto Select "Map folder name" World Available only if option R&S FPH-K16 is installed. Available only if a connected USB stick is scanned to locate the available map folders. "Map folder"...
  • Page 463 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Exit Exit Zoom in Zoom out Settings Show GPS Information Compass Information Power Bar Power Result Hardware Settings Colors Current Position Color Saved Positions Color Triangulation Color...
  • Page 464 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Indoor Position Capture Position Save Results On-screen KB Exit Clear Indoor Position List Indoor Position List Include View Delete Delete All Exit Select GPX File...

  • Page 465: Frequency Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Light Blue Cyan Green Yellow Average Coverage Level Bad Coverage Color Magenta Light Blue Cyan Green Yellow Bad Coverage Level Default Indicator Best Average...

  • Page 466: Amplitude Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Freq 14.7.3 Amplitude Parameters The [AMPT] key opens the amplitude menu that contains functionality to set up the ver- tical axis in the map mode.

  • Page 467: Bw Parameters

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Load Exit 14.7.4 BW Parameters The [BW] key contains functionality to configure bandwidth parameters. Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection 3kHz - 2MHz...
  • Page 468 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Menu and Softkey Overview Functions of the Maps Softkey Menu or Dialog items Parameters Parameters selection Load From File Remove Auto Beep User Manual 1321.1011.02 ─ 06.00...

  • Page 469: Appendix

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Appendix How a Spectrum Analyzer Works 15 Appendix In this appendix, additional information on how a spectrum analyzer work is given. 15.1 How a Spectrum Analyzer Works Basically, it is possible to measure and analyze RF signals either in the time domain or the frequency domain.
  • Page 470 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Appendix How a Spectrum Analyzer Works Applying the Fourier transform to the periodic square wave transforms it into the fre- quency domain. The spectrum analyzer would show the fundamental (or frequency of the square wave) and its harmonics. The spectrum analyzer uses a narrow bandpass filter for measurements in the fre- quency domain.
  • Page 471 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Appendix How a Spectrum Analyzer Works The first local oscillator is tuned with a sawtooth which simultaneously acts as the x deflection voltage for the display. In practice, synthesizer technology is used to gener- ate the frequency of the first local oscillator and for a digital display. The instantaneous sawtooth voltage therefore determines the input frequency of the spectrum analyzer.
  • Page 472 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Appendix How a Spectrum Analyzer Works larly useful when sine signals are to be measured in the vicinity of the spectrum ana- lyzer’s intrinsic noise. The sine signal produces a video signal that is a DC voltage. At the IF, however, the noise is distributed over the whole bandwidth or, in the case of the video signal, over half the bandwidth of the resolution filter.
  • Page 473 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Appendix How a Spectrum Analyzer Works used by the spectrum analyzer to determine the RMS value of the measured values. It is therefore a measure of the spectral power represented by a pixel. The sample detec- tor takes an arbitrary measurement value and displays it (in the Fig.

  • Page 474: List Of Commands

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands List of Commands [SENSe:]ADEMod:BANDwidth:DEModulation....................358 [SENSe:]ADEMod:BWIDth:DEModulation.....................358 [SENSe:]ADEMod:FM:OFFSet?........................361 [SENSe:]ADEMod:MTIMe?..........................359 [SENSe:]BANDwidth:VIDeo...........................299 [SENSe:]BANDwidth:VIDeo:AUTO........................299 [SENSe:]BANDwidth[:RESolution].........................298 [SENSe:]BANDwidth[:RESolution]:AUTO......................299 [SENSe:]BANDwidth[:RESolution]:CISPr...................... 372 [SENSe:]BANDwidth[:RESolution]:CISPr:AUTO................... 372 [SENSe:]BWIDth:VIDeo..........................299 [SENSe:]BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO........................300 [SENSe:]BWIDth[:RESolution]........................298 [SENSe:]BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO......................299 [SENSe:]CHANnel:TABLe:SELect:DOWNlink....................330 [SENSe:]CHANnel:TABLe:SELect:UPLink....................331 [SENSe:]CHANnel:TABLe:SELect<1...3>......................330 [SENSe:]CHANnel:TABLe:SET........................331 [SENSe:]CHANnel<1...3>..........................329 [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:ISOTropic[:STATe]..............355 [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:SELect..................297 [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>:UNIT?..................297 [SENSe:]CORRection:TRANsducer<1...2>[:STATe]..................297 [SENSe:]DETector<1...2>[:FUNCtion]......................
  • Page 475 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:BANDwidth[:CHANnel]..................340 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:BWIDth:ACHannel.................... 341 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:BWIDth:ALTernate<1...11>................342 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:BWIDth[:CHANnel]....................341 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:MODE....................... 342 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:PRESet:RLEVel....................343 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:REFerence:TXCHannel:AUTO................. 343 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:REFerence:TXCHannel:MANual..............343 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing:ALTernate<1...11>................344 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing:CHANnel<1...11>................344 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:SPACing[:ACHannel]..................344 [SENSe:]POWer:ACHannel:TXCHannel:COUNt...................345 [SENSe:]ROSCillator:SOURce........................395 [SENSe:]SCAN:STARt...........................370 [SENSe:]SCAN:STEP............................371 [SENSe:]SCAN:STOP........................... 371 [SENSe:]SWEep:COUNt..........................301 [SENSe:]SWEep:EGATe..........................303 [SENSe:]SWEep:EGATe:HOLDoff.........................303 [SENSe:]SWEep:EGATe:LENGth........................303 [SENSe:]SWEep:EGATe:TIME........................303 [SENSe:]SWEep:MODE..........................
  • Page 476 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands CALCulate<1...2>:DELTamarker<1...6>[:STATe]................... 310 CALCulate<1...2>:DLINe..........................325 CALCulate<1...2>:DLINe:STATe........................326 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:ABSolute..............347 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:ABSolute[:STATe]............347 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel:RESult?...............348 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel[:RELative]..............346 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ACHannel[:RELative]:STATe............347 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>:ABSolute............349 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>:ABSolute[:STATe]...........349 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>:RESult?............350 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>[:RELative]............348 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:ALTernate<1...11>[:RELative]:STATe........... 349 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:ACPower:STATe...................346 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:BEEP[:STATe]....................324 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:COMMent?....................324 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:DEFine......................324 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:DELete......................325 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:FAIL?......................326 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:LOWer:SELect..................... 327 CALCulate<1...2>:LIMit<1...2>:LOWer:THReshold..................
  • Page 477 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:HARMonics[:STATe].............. 351 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:LEVel:ONCE................320 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:LEVel:ONCE................333 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:MDEPth:RESult?..............353 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:MDEPth[:STATe]..............353 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NDBDown................321 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:FREQuency?............321 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:RESult?..............321 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NDBDown:STATe..............322 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NOISe:RESult?..............322 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:NOISe[:STATe]...............322 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:OBAN:BANDwidth..............337 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:OBAN:BANDwidth:PCT............338 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:OBW:BANDwidth..............338 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:OBW:BANDwidth:PCT............338 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:PRESet..............332 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:PRESet:CHECk?............333 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult:PHZ...............337 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:RESult?..............334 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer:SELect..............332 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:POWer[:STATe]..............332 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:REFerence................323 CALCulate<1...2>:MARKer<1...6>:FUNCtion:TDMA:BURSt.................339...
  • Page 478 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:STORe.........................382 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:MEMory[:STATe]................306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:MODE..................306 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y:SPACing................... 293 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]..................294 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]:ADJust............... 293 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision..............357 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel...............294 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel:OFFSet............294 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>:Y[:SCALe]:RPOSition..............295 DISPlay<1...2>[:WINDow]:TRACe<1...2>[:STATe]..................306 FETCh<1...2>:PMETer...........................368 FORMat:BORDer............................307 FORMat[:DATA]............................. 307 HCOPy:DEVice:LANGuage........................... 382 HCOPy[:IMMediate]............................382 INITiate:CONTinuous.............................301 INITiate[:IMMediate]............................301 INPut:ANTenna:MEASure..........................355 INPut:ANTenna:STATe...........................355 INPut:ATTenuation............................295 INPut:ATTenuation:AUTO..........................296 INPut:ATTenuation:MODE..........................
  • Page 479 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?.......................414 STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle........................414 STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency:CONDition?..................414 STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency:ENABle....................414 STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency:NTRansition..................415 STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency:PTRansition..................416 STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency[:EVENt]?....................413 STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit:CONDition?......................414 STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit:ENABle......................415 STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit:NTRansition..................... 416 STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit:PTRansition..................... 416 STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit[:EVENt]?......................413 STATus:QUEStionable:NTRansition......................415 STATus:QUEStionable:POWer:CONDition?....................414 STATus:QUEStionable:POWer:ENABle......................415 STATus:QUEStionable:POWer:NTRansition....................416 STATus:QUEStionable:POWer:PTRansition....................417 STATus:QUEStionable:POWer[:EVENt]?...................... 413 STATus:QUEStionable:PTRansition......................416 STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]?........................
  • Page 480 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH List of Commands SYSTem:POSition:ALTitude?.........................389 SYSTem:POSition:GPS:CONNected?......................389 SYSTem:POSition:GPS:CORRection:FREQuency?..................389 SYSTem:POSition:GPS:QUALity?.........................389 SYSTem:POSition:GPS:SATellites?.......................389 SYSTem:POSition:GPS[:STATe]........................390 SYSTem:POSition:LATitude?.........................390 SYSTem:POSition:LONGitude?........................390 SYSTem:POSition:VALid?..........................390 SYSTem:POWer:SOURce?........................... 399 SYSTem:POWer:STATus?..........................399 SYSTem:PRESet............................399 SYSTem:PRESet:FACTory..........................400 SYSTem:PRESet:MODE..........................400 SYSTem:PRESet:USER..........................400 SYSTem:REBoot............................400 SYSTem:SET..............................400 SYSTem:SET:LOCK............................381 SYSTem:SET:UNLock............................381 SYSTem:SHUTdown............................401 SYSTem:SOEVent:DISTance:INTerval......................385 SYSTem:SOEVent:LIMits:MODE........................385 SYSTem:SOEVent:RECording:STORage......................386 SYSTem:SOEVent:SOURce..........................386 SYSTem:SOEVent:TIME:INTerval.........................

  • Page 481: Index

    R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Index Index Channel table ..............195 Clear / write ..............174 AC adapter ................ 25 Clear status Accessory detection ............52 Remote ..............285 AM demodulator .............. 191 Command sequence AM modulation depth ............141 Remote ..............
  • Page 482 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Index Free run ................174 Sweep ............... 172 Frequency ................. 75 SWEEP ..............434 Counter ..............189 Trace ................. 177 Mode ................. 195 TRACE ..............435 Offset ................ 163 Keypad ................47 settings ............. 203, 207 Settings ..............
  • Page 483 R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Index RBW ................169 Receiver n dB down ............... 190 Channel scan ............256 Navigation controls Fixed scan ..............256 Rotary knob ..............48 Receiver Mode ..............370 Noise power ..............188 AMPT ................ 451 BW ................
  • Page 484 Index R&S ® Spectrum Rider FPH Trace ................177 Maps ................. 455 Trace (second) ..............180 New marker .............. 183 Trace average ..............177 Power meter ............. 437 Trace mathematics ............182 Receiver ..............450 Trace memory ..............181 Spectrum analysis ............ 424 Trace mode ..............

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