Saluki S3101 Series Quick Start Manual

Saluki S3101 Series Quick Start Manual

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Quick Start Guide
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  • Page 1 S3101 Cable & Antenna Analyzer Quick Start Guide Saluki Technology Inc.
  • Page 2 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com The quick guide applies to the cable & antenna analyzer of the following models: S3101A Cable & Antenna Analyzer (1MHz - 4GHz)  S3101B Cable & Antenna Analyzer (1MHz - 8GHz)  Standard Accessories of S3101 cable & antenna analyzer: Name Qty.
  • Page 3 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Option No. Item S3101-15 Low Loss Test Cable N-JJ (80cm) S3101-16 Functional Soft Case S3101-18 Hard Case (Carrying Case)
  • Page 4 Manual rests with Saluki. Saluki Tech owns the copyright of this manual which should not be modified or tampered by any organization or individual, or reproduced or transmitted for the purpose of making profit without its prior permission, otherwise Saluki will reserve the right to investigate and affix legal liability of infringement.
  • Page 5 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Contacts Service Tel: 886.909 602 109 Website: www.salukitec.com Email: sales@salukitec.com Address: No. 367 Fuxing N Road, Taipei 105, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Content 1. Overview................................7 2. Ready to Use..............................8 2.1. Pre-operation Preparation.........................8 2.1.1. Environmental Requirements......................8 2.1.2. Power Supply Requirements......................8 2.1.3. Electro-Static Discharge (ESD)......................9 2.2. Startup and Utilization..........................10 2.3. Front Panel............................10 2.4. Operating Interface..........................12 2.5. Top Interface............................12 2.5.1.
  • Page 7: Overview

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 1. Overview S3101 is a new Cable and Antenna Analyzer that boosts your troubleshooting and testing speed while optimizing usability. Utilizing the latest advancements in technology, the S3101 has been optimized for field conditions, ease of use, and efficient sweep management capabilities.
  • Page 8: Ready To Use

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 2. Ready to Use S3101 Cable and Antenna Analyzer is designed with exquisite appearance and comfortable operation. It has smaller volume, with the largest overall dimension being only 205mm (H) × 295mm (W) × 70mm (D); and lighter weight, with the single unit weighing totally about 2.5kg (including battery), which is easy to carry for field test.
  • Page 9: Electro-Static Discharge (Esd)

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Input Voltage 100V - 240VAC Rated Input Voltage 1.7A Operating Frequency 50/60Hz Output Voltage/Current 15.0V/4.0A Operating voltage and frequency is subject to that indicated in the nameplate of supplied power adaptor. 2. Powered by DC power supply Voltage: 12V - 18V (with battery uninstalled), 15V - 18V (with battery installed) Current: 2A (at minimum) 3.
  • Page 10: Startup And Utilization

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 2.2.Startup and Utilization Prior to powering S3101A/B, please perform power supply instrument inspection following “Power Requirements” in Section 2.1.2. Power for testing is allowed only after checked to be faultless. Press the power ON/OFF key ( key) for about three seconds and then release the ON/OFF key after hearing a sound of “beep”.
  • Page 11 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 【Marker】: Used to set the marker functions, including marker ON/OFF, marker mode, peak search and marker dragging  mode. 【Cal】: Used to realize the calibration functions, including calibration method, calibration status ON/OFF and selection of ...
  • Page 12: Operating Interface

    2.4.Operating Interface S3101 series is provided with a 7-inch HB TFT true color LED with the function of touch screen and supports soft-key operations of applications through touch screen. The operating interface is as shown in Figure 2.2. S3101A/B provides different interfaces with different color contrast corresponding to different testing environment such as outdoor, nighttime, and normal testing environment;...
  • Page 13: Digital Interface

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Figure 2.4 Power interface 2.5.2. Digital Interface Figure 2.5 Digital Interface SD card slot: Micro SD card can be used in memory space extension of the instrument, or copy of relevant data and documents of the instrument.
  • Page 14: Instrument Symbol

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 2.5.4. Instrument Symbol Instrument symbol shown in the picture (yellow label) means that the maximum input power of test port 1 is +27dBm; the maximum input DC level is 25VDC. Do not connect signals beyond this range to the port in use, which could burn the instrument! 2.6.Battery S3101 Cable &...
  • Page 15 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com main program initialization interface and displays “Initializing, please wait……” After the main program starts, it will show an internal self-test report, and the user can observe whether the instrument is working properly. In order to make the internal components achieve a stable performance indicator, the S3101 should be warmed up for 15 minutes before starting measurement.
  • Page 16: Typical Application

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 3. Typical Application S3101 Cable & Antenna Analyzer offers many measurement formats, and this Chapter will make a detailed instruction on operation steps of several basic measurement formats by three test cases. 3.1.Calibration To ensure accuracy of test results, the instrument needs to be calibrated before test to eliminate the errors.
  • Page 17: Cable Test

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Figure 3.2 Calibration Short Standard Disconnect the open standard with the calibration port, connect the short standard, and press [Short] button, then the screen will prompt “[SHORT] Measuring...”. After completing short standard measurement, the [Short] button on the right side of the menu bar is underlined as [Short], and the prompt massage saying ““Please connect [LOAD], and start calibrating by pressing corresponding soft key”.
  • Page 18 Figure 3.4 Connection method for Return Loss/VSWR Measurement S3101 series mainly tests RF cable. Take the cable with length of 25m, radio frequency of 2.1GHz and VSWR of 1.05 as an example, this part makes a detailed instruction on test steps of return loss (Measurement steps of return loss and VSWR test are the same, therefore, it only takes return loss measurement as example here).
  • Page 19: Cable Loss Measurement

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Figure 3.6 Return Loss or VSWR Test Connection Diagram You can adjust the the amplitude display for easy observation by methods implied in Section 3.5; then, press 【Marker】 to turn on marker function, so that you can check the return loss conditions of the cable at each frequency. Return loss or VSWR is the matching degree of DUT at each frequency point in the whole frequency band.
  • Page 20: Dtf Measurement

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com After the Port 1 is calibrated, connect the measured cable to the Analyzer to ensure the accuracy of cable loss measurement. Terminal of the measured cable shall connect to the open circuit or short circuit, as shown in Figure 3.8. Figure 3.8 Cable Loss Test Connection Diagram Cable loss curve of the measured cable can be obtained through above steps.
  • Page 21 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com S3101A/B provides two measurement formats including DTF return loss and DTF VSWR. As for their difference, we will not explain here again for it is similar to the difference between return loss and VSWR. We will make a detailed introduction for measurement steps on cable length and return loss at each point, through taking the cable with length of 25m, velocity factor of 0.76 and cable loss of 0.26dB/m.
  • Page 22: Antenna Test

    Figure 3.11 Measurement on Length of Cable 3.3.Antenna Test S3101 series can test the return loss/VSWR of general passive receiving antenna. This part will introduce the measurement process of passive antenna by taking terminal antenna TZD-P021Z05-195 as an example. Terminal antenna TZD-P021Z05-195 is kind of receiving antenna with frequency of 2,100MHz, whose standing wave is minimum at 2,100MHz in theory.
  • Page 23: Universal Devices And Parts Test

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com As the antenna has interface with diameter of 3.5mm, N-3.5mm adapter needs to be connected to the test port of Analyzer, and then use the calibration kit (option) with diameter of 3.5mm to calibrate the Analyzer as described in section 3.1. After calibration, connect the measured antenna to Analyzer as shown in Figure 3.12.
  • Page 24: Test Skills

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com As the attenuator to be measured has interface with diameter of 3.5mm, N-3.5mm adapter needs to be connected to the test poet of Analyzer, and then use the calibration kit (option) with diameter of 3.5mm to calibrate the Analyzer as described in section 3.1.
  • Page 25 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com under 【Amptd】. After automatic radio adjustment of default scale and amplitude, the measured return loss curve exampled in Section 3.2 is displayed as in Figure 3.16 and Figure 3.17. Figure 3.16 Return Loss Curve under Default Scale Figure 3.17 Return Loss Curve after Automatic Ratio Adjustment 2.
  • Page 26 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Figure 3.18 Limit Line in Use 3. Alarm: The Analyzer also has alarm function that users can turn on or off this function by [Alarm Off On] when limit line is in use. If test curve of DUT exceeds the set limit line when the alarm function is turned on, Analyzer will raise a “beep ... beep” alarm, through which users can judge whether the product is qualified or not.
  • Page 27 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Figure 3.20 Return Loss Curve Measured Store 5. Cable Model: It has given detailed steps for setting velocity factor and cable loss in DTF test. To make it easier to test and set parameters, S3101A/B offers a series of common cable models for user’s recall.
  • Page 28 Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com measured maximum distance will be. The more the sweep points are, the longer the measured maximum distance will be. In terms of cable loss, nominal value of effective directionality of S3101A/B is equal to or more than 42dB. If the reflected signal energy is less than the effective directionality, the valid test result is not available.
  • Page 29: Getting Help

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com 4. Getting Help Under normal circumstances, problems are caused by hardware, software, or improper operation of users. If there are any problems, first observe error messages and store them; analyze the possible reasons and use the methods provided in “4.1 Basic check”...
  • Page 30: Repair Method

    Tel: 886.909 602 109 Email: sales@salukitec.com www.salukitec.com Service Tel: 886.909 602 109 Website: www.salukitec.com Email: sales@salukitec.com Address: No. 367 Fuxing N Road, Taipei 105, Taiwan (R.O.C.) In addition, please contact us in time if instrument failure occurs, we will provide assistance required. Return-to-factory repair is also supported if necessary.

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