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  • Page 1 Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 2 227.7103-5 (c), as applicable in any Do not proceed beyond a WARNING technical data. notice until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met. Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 3: Safety Symbols

    Standby supply. Unit is not completely connected from AC mains when Frame or chassis (ground) terminal switched off Equipment protected throughout by Protective earth (ground) terminal double insulation or reinforced insulation Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 4: Safety Considerations

    Only qualified, service-trained personal who are aware of the hazards involved should remove instrument covers. Always disconnect the power cable and any external circuits before removing the instrument cover. Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 5 In Case of Damage Instruments that appear damaged or defective should be made inoperative and secured against unintended operation until they can be repaired by qualified service personnel. Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 6: Environmental Conditions

    Environmental Conditions The ZA0060A is designed for indoor use and in an area with low condensation. The table below shows the general environmental requirements for this instrument. Environmental cond ition Requirement Operating condition – 0 to 40 °C Temperature Storage condition –...

  • Page 7: Safety And Regulatory Information

    – Canada: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.61010-1-12; CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-2-030-12 – USA: ANSI/UL Std. No. 61010-1:2012; ANSI/UL Std No.61010-2-030:2012 EMC regulation – IEC 61326-1:2012 / EN 61326-1:2013 – Canada: ICES/NMB-001:2006 – Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 11:2011 Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 8: Regulatory Markings

    This instrument complies with the WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) marking requirement. This affixed product label indicates that you must not discard this electrical or electronic product in domestic household waste. Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 9: Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment (Weee) Directive 2002/96/Ec

    The affixed product label is as shown below. Do not dispose in domestic household waste. To return this unwanted instrument, contact your nearest Keysight Service Center, or visit http://about.keysight.com/en/companyinfo/environment/takeback.shtml for more information. Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 10: Sales And Technical Support

    To contact Keysight for sales and technical support, refer to the support links on the following Keysight websites: – www.keysight.com/find/X8711A (product-specific information and support, software and documentation updates) – www.keysight.com/find/assist (worldwide contact information for repair and service) Keysight ZA0060A Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    ..... . .53 Troubleshooting Procedure and Error Messages ....54 Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 12 ........58 Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    Custom IoT Device Functional Test Solution Quick Start Guide Introduction The Keysight ZA0060A is a custom solution based on the X8711A IoT device functional test solution. It is an over-the-air signaling tester that enables you to test your IoT device’s transmitter and receiver easily and effectively. It is as simple...

  • Page 14: To Prepare Instruments For Use

    – 34999-60011 USB cables Type A/Micro B – RF cable* – Shield box* – Device under test (DUT)* * These accessories are not included in the ZA0060A Custom IoT device NOTE functional test solution. Software requirements – Keysight License Manager version 5.2 or above...

  • Page 15: Hardware Configuration

    2 Connect the following cables with reference to the image below. RF cable from the 5 (RFIO Port) of 34999B module to the back of the shield box. Do not remove the terminator at 4 (AuxIO Port). Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 16 34999-60011 USB cable from 3 (USB Port) to 8 (USB Interface Connector) of the 34999B RF module. The input power measurement range of the ZA0060A low power WLAN option is NOTE from -4 to -44 dBm at the RFIO port. WLAN devices can transmit at higher power up to +36 dBm.

  • Page 17: Software Installation

    Software Installation The Install wizard is a centralized application that contains necessary installers and software packages for the ZA0060A solution. Download the latest Install wizard to access the new releases of the software packages. 1 Download and install the X8711A & ZA0060A Install wizard from www.keysight.com/find/ZA0060A-installwizard.
  • Page 18 34999 Utility application is a compulsory software and will be selected by default when it is not installed in your PC. 5 When the status reflects the latest version installed, you may close the Install wizard. Next, proceed to redeem your licenses. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 19: Tap And Measurement Suite License Redemption

    5 Review the summary of the licenses on your certificate and click Add Certificate. You should see a confirmation message indicating that you have successfully added the certificate. 6 When you see the selection below, click Yes followed by OK to redeem your licenses. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 20 For USB portable licenses, click Add a new USB Portable FlexNet ID host and enter the Flexnet ID printed on the USB dongle. 8 Select the license to assign to the specific Host ID and click Assign Licenses. Review the details and click Continue. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 21 9 You should see a page below. Click Yes to assign more license(s) to other hosts. Otherwise, click No and followed by Continue. 10 Enter your email address and click Submit. You should receive an email shortly. For more information, view the Keysight Software Manager Help File. NOTE Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 22: Tap And Measurement Suite License Installation

    Click the tools icon (1) followed by Install License File (2). b Locate the local copy of the License file (.lic) and click Open. c Successful license installation will be listed as below. 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 to install more than one licenses. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 23: Usb Portable License

    4 Connect the dongle to a USB port. The Flexnet ID is printed on the USB dongle. With the USB dongle connected to your PC, you can also retrieve the FlexNet ID in the Environment tab of KLM 6 as shown below. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 24 5 Launch Keysight License Manager 6 from your computer’s Start menu. Click the Add/remove a license to your local machine. 6 Click the Add a license to this floating license server to be used by other machines option. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 25 7 Click Browse and browse to the location of the license File. Click Next. When you are prompted to run a service in a pop-up window, click Yes. 8 You should see the image below the licensing actions were completed successfully. Click Done. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 26 You may need to click Refresh if it is not listed. In this example, KS83301B is successfully installed in the KLM 6. 10 Go to the Windows menu, search for 'Edit the system environment variables' and press Enter to view the window below. Click Environment variables. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 27 Ensure that only one of LM_LICENSE_FILE variable is created in either User or NOTE System variables. 12 Click New to create the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable and enter the information as shown below. Click OK and you may close all the windows related to environmental variables. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 28 BLE measurement suite in TAP with the KS83301B license installed. 14 Repeat these steps on each machine on which you plan to use the USB portable license. View the Keysight Licensing Administrator’s Guide for more information. NOTE Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 29: Getting Started: Zigbee Signaling Test Plan

    DUT and place it in the shield box. Click Run to start the test plan. 6 Observe the Log panel as it will display a 'Passed' or 'Failed' message when the test completes. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 30 DUT to establish a connection. The PAN ID of the system needs to match the PAN ID of the DUT, or the PAN ID of the DUT needs to match the PAN ID of the test system Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 31 – Uplink: Set the signal path from the 34999B module to the DUT. – Dynamic: Set this path to enable the 34999B module to switch between uplink and downlink dynamically based on the incoming or outgoing signal direction. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 32 – Timeout: Set the time (seconds) to wait for the link to be established between 34999B and DUT. – Execution Mode: Select either GUI or CLI mode. Choosing GUI will prompt a pop-up window to show that the link is being established. You will not see any pop-up window using CLI mode. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 33 – Scan Delay: Set the time delay (milliseconds) between each packet request. This is dependent on the response time of the DUT. The value set should be slightly longer than the beaconing period of DUT. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 34 Tx power below. – Power Statistic: List the computed average, maximum, and minimum Tx power based on data points recorded within 'Lower and Upper Trigger Power Level' set, according to the reading count set. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 35: Getting Started: Bluetooth

    Microsoft Excel. Test Steps and Description ® Initialize Bluetooth 5 Rad io ® ® This test step is the root test step for Bluetooth 5 signaling test to initialize the Bluetooth 5 radio. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 36 00:00:00:00:00:00 and the No PER mode to show that the DUT does not support Active Scan or Connect Request. When this test step reports a ‘Pass’ verdict, it will perform the Active Scan and/or Connect Request steps depending on the PER mode the DUT supports. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 37 This test step will display the average, maximum, and minimum advertising intervals upon completion. The ZA0060A systems uses the DUT’s advertising interval when performing the NOTE Active Scan Packet Error Rate measurement (PER). To optimize the PER results for accuracy, it is recommended to set the Advertising Interval (via User Entry) to twice the maximum advertising interval.
  • Page 38 – Retries: Set the number of attempts to obtain power measurement. If Retries are set >1 then the system will attempt additional measurements if the NOTE results are outside of the specification limits (USL and LSL). As such correctly setting the specification limits is important. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 39 – Low power module is from -95 to -20 dBm. ® This test step will report a 'Pass' only when the Active Scan and Connect Request for Bluetooth 5 test steps report a 'Pass' (subject to the PER mode supported). Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 40 This test step will also report the Scan Response Bytes and Scan Data Bytes described below. – Scan Response Bytes: Total bytes of device's scan data. – Scan Data Bytes: Content of device's scan data. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 41 This test step will also report the Scan Response Bytes and Scan Data Bytes described below. – Scan Response Bytes: Total bytes of device's scan data. – Scan Data Bytes: Content of device's scan data. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 42 – If the BLE Active Scan PER measurement results (in %) are not repeatable, try to increase the Packet Count and/or Scan Delay. The default 10 packets may be insufficient for accurate PER measurements. You can adjust Packet Count in the Active Scan test step. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 43: Bluetooth

    – Scan Delay from Measure Advertising Interval Step: Select the check box to use the Interval settings from Measure Advertising Interval test step or clear the check box to enter the desired value in the Custom Scan Delay option (default value is set at 170 milliseconds). Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 44 1dB step points. from the pass to fail point. The Early Fail Count, Delay between Step, Reconnect Retries, and Preferred Mode parameters are as described under Linear Adjustment test step. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 45 – End test when fail: Check this box to end the test plan when this test step reports a Fail. The Early Fail Count, Delay between Step, Reconnect Retries, and Preferred Mode parameters are as described under Linear Adjustment test step. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 46: Uuid Read Write Tests

    This will be very DUT dependent and the user will need to understand the operation of the DUT. Read UUID by characteristic values Select the desired characteristic values for the test step to read the UUID of the supported characteristics as shown below. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 47: Getting Started: Wlan Signaling Test Plan

    – Select the Enable Aux IO check box to enable signal routing to the AuxIO port and it will not use the onboard power detector. The Enable Aux IO check box is disabled by default. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 48 DUT Tx Power to track the incoming DUT transmission signal. – Downlink: Set the signal path from the DUT to the 34999B module. – Uplink: Set the signal path from the 34999B to the DUT. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 49 SSID. You will need to connect your device within the Time Out period set or the test plan will report this step as Fail. – The CLI mode will run this test step using TAP’s CLI. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 50 – Packet Size: Set the size of the transmitted data packet size from 24 to 1400 bytes. – Packet Interval: Set the interval time (in milliseconds) between data packets. – Timeout: Set the timeout to receive each packet response during the PER test. Range from 100 to 2000 milliseconds. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 51 – Gate Above and Below: Set the boundary of results (in percentage) to be taken into calculation. For example, setting a reading count of 10 with Gate Above and Below at 10% and 90% respectively will only consider the second reading to ninth to compute the Tx power. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 52: Wlan Signaling Per Sensitivity Search Test Plan

    This test plan functions to scan and discover WLAN Access Points within the area after initializing the radio. Upon the completion of the test plan, you should see a list of WLAN devices listed in the Step Settings panel, under the Results tab. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting Procedure And Error Messages

    – Use Keysight 34999 Utility software to verify the license(s). You can refer to the Help File in the software for more information. – To obtain licenses, contact your local Keysight representative to purchase the license(s) for your test requirement. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 54: Com Port Error

    1 From the Start menu, search for Device Manager and look for Ports (COM & LPT) section. 2 Expand Ports and look for USB Test and Measurement Device (34999B)(COM#). Based on the example below, the COM Port number (#) is Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 55: Keysight 34999B Not Detected In Device Manager

    34999 Utility software. On TAP, you will see a message “Failed to open source (Unable to obtain controller firmware version...” – Ensure 34999B in slot 200 as shown in To Prepare Instruments for Use section. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 56: 34972A Connectivity Error

    Interactive IO to test the existing connection between Connection Expert and 34972A. – If the Connection Expert can communicate with the instrument but unable to do so using TAP, exit and restart TAP. Observe if the same problem persists. Keysight ZA0060A Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 57: Test Plan Execution Error Messages

    Could Not Create ‘<Test Step>’: License Required: KS8330XA You will see the following message when you do not have the measurement suite plug-ins license. You will need to purchase the following license that are offered in the ZA0060A: ® ®...
  • Page 58 This information is subject to change without notice. Always refer to the English version at the Keysight website for the latest revision. © Keysight Technologies 2020 Edition 2, March 2020 Printed in Malaysia *ZA0060-90000* ZA0060-90000 www.keysight.com...

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