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Test and Measurement Division Release Notes Firmware Release 4.61 (XP) with Service Pack 3 for R&S FSU Spectrum Analyzers with order number: 1166.1660.xx New Features: • Auto Login Password for user INSTRUMENT is changed to "894129" for security reasons • Resolution Bandwidth 6.25 kHz supported •...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Contents History ......................... 3 General Topics ......................3 Firmware Update ..........................3 Generation of the update set ....................3 Preparing installation via USB stick or LAN:................4 Performing the firmware update on the instrument ..............4 Known problems during firmware update .................5 Firmware installation of the R&S FS-K7 FM demodulator, R&S FS-K8 BLUETOOTH Analyzer software, R&S FS-K15 VOR/ILS Avionics Measurements Application and R&S FS-K9 Power Sensor Measurement ........................6...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Up-to-date information and upgrades..................32 History Date Rel Note Rev Changes 11 May 2010 First revision for V4.61. 19 October 2010 Hot line phone number for calls from Europe modified. Improvements with Service Pack 1 added. 25 November 2010 Additional improvement for FSQ-K70 with Service Pack 1.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Preparing installation via USB stick or LAN: • Download the update set ZIP file. • Extract the contents of the ZIP file to a temporary folder, e.g. C:\MyTemp. Other files (e.g. release rotes) shall not be stored in these directories.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Deselect applications, not to be installed and start the installation process with INSTALL. REBOOT will abort the update and restart the analyzer application without any changes. The instrument will perform several automatic shutdowns, until the new firmware and all applications are installed properly.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Firmware installation of the R&S FS-K7 FM demodulator, R&S FS-K8 BLUETOOTH Analyzer software, R&S FS-K15 VOR/ILS Avionics Measurements Application and R&S FS-K9 Power Sensor Measurement The R&S FS-K7, R&S FS-K8, R&S FS-K9 and R&S FS-K15 application software package are included in the basic instrument firmware.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 New Functions in Version 4.61 Auto Login Password for user INSTRUMENT is changed to "894129" for security reasons Support for Noise Correction outside of ACP measurement Multi Carrier ACP with up to 18 TX Channels Multi Carrier ACP: Support for save/recall of user defined standards Spurious Emissions Measurement: Supports for save/recall of user defined standards SEM measurement: Supports for save/recall of user defined standards...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 5. (V4.41) Switching back to the internal LCD display does not work if the single display "MONITOR" is configured during power on and no external monitor is connected. This problem only occurs for certain display revisions. Press SETUP –SYSTEM INFO – HW INFO. The HWC in line FSQ indicates 01 if this display revision is installed.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 This issue may happen for certain combinations of Center Freqency, Span, Resolution Bandwidth, Video Bandwidth and Sweeptime and is now fixed. 3. (V4.61) FSQ-K70: Modulation Accuracy – FSK DEV ERROR Peak evaluation does not ignore the sign of the current value.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Known Issues This chapter includes firmware problems related to the basic instrument firmware. For issues related to option packages R&S FS-Kxx please refer to the corresponding release notes of the individual option package. The version numbers in brackets indicate the version in which the issue was observed for the first time. 1.
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 For analyzers with IF Filter Model 03 or newer a VBW of 30MHz can be selected if the RBW is greater than 10 MHz. The hardware setting is identical to VBW of 10MHz (no VBW usage). 7.
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 29. (V4.11) GPIB: Basic remote control of the signal generator which is connected to the additional FSP-B10 GPIB Interface. 30. (V4.11) GPIB: SCPI format for binary block data extended for byte counts > 999.999.999 bytes. 31.
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 60. (V4.21 SP1) For local lockout the alias remote command SYSTem:KLOCk ON | OFF is provided. 61. (V4.31) International keyboard driver package supported (German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese). 62. (V4.31) New dialogs available for file/path selection (e.g. for Trace Export, Firmware Update Path).
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 84. (V4.41) Additional overload indication OVTRC is available. 85. (V4.41) FSU67 allows 70 GHz Full Span. 86. (V4.41) TRAC:IQ sub system: New remote command TRAC:IQ:DATA:FORMAT. 87. (V4.41) Auto Login Password changed for user instrument to "123456". It is now possible to enter the password after remote desktop connection by the front panel.
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 105. (V4.51) Trace Export: Additional ASCII File entries "Preamplifier" and "Transducer" 106. (V4.51) HP emulation: New command "SER?" available to query the serial number 107. (V4.51) New "Instrument Driver Actuator" in the Windows Start menu 108.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Warning: A backgrade to earlier firmware versions is not possible in that case. 127. (V4.61SP2) Resolution Bandwidth 6.25 kHz supported. 128. (V4.61SP2) FS-K9: Support for Power Sensor NRP-Z86 available. 129. (V4.61SP2) PSA / 89600 Emulation available. 130.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 "R&S Analyzer Interface" This link starts the analyzer application. "Start – Program – Accessories – Sytem Tools – Activate Registry Readonly" This link activates function REGISTRY READONLY. Handle this function with care! This function is only available if the Registry Write Filter package is installed. The installation package is available for Windows XP SP2 or SP3.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Remote Control – Description of the Status Registers STATus:OPERation Register In the CONDition part, this register contains information on which actions the instrument is being executing or, in the EVENt part, information on which actions the instrument has executed since the last reading. It can be read using commands "STATus:OPERation:CONDition?"...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Remote Control – Description of Commands TRACe subsystem :TRACe<1|2>:DATA TRACE1 | TRACE2 | TRACE3 | LIST | SPURious | ABITstream | PWCDp | CTABle, <block> | <numeric_value> This command transfers trace data from the control computer to the instrument, the query reads trace data out of the instrument.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 <class>,<channel number>,<absolute level>,<relative level>, <IQ mapping>,<active/inactive>,... Return value: The returned values are scaled in the current level unit. Returned FM-modulated measurement values (activated option R&S FS-K7) are scaled in Hz. Example: "TRAC TRACE1,"+A$ (A$: data list in the current format) "TRAC? TRACE1"...
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Supported 89600 commands Status above :CALibration:AUTO OFF|ON|ALERt available in V4.61 SP2 and above :CALibration:TCORrections AUTO|ON|OFF available in V4.61 SP2 and above :CONFigure:WAVeform available in V4.61 SP2 and above :DIAGnostic:EABY ON|OFF available in V4.61 SP2 and above :DIAGnostic:LATCh:VALue <numeric>...
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Supported 89600 commands Status :MMEMory:MDIRectory <‘dir_name’> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :MMEMory:MOVE <‘file_name1’>,<‘file_name2’> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :MMEMory:STORe:STATe 1,<‘file_name’> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :MMEMory:STORe:TRACe <numeric>,<‘file_name’> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :READ:WAVform? available in V4.61 SP2 and...
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Supported 89600 commands Status [:SENSe]:WAVeform:SWEep:TIME <numeric> available in V4.61 SP2 and above [:SENSe]:WAVeform:TRIGger:EOFFset? available in V4.61 SP2 and above [:SENSe]:WAVeform:TRIGger:INTerpolation ON|OFF available in V4.61 SP2 and above [:SENSe]:WAVeform:TRIGger:SOURce EXTernal<1|2>|IF|IMMediate available in V4.61 SP2 and above :STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition? available in V4.61 SP2 and...
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R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Supported 89600 commands Status :STATus:OPERation:CONDition? available in V4.61 SP2 and above :STATus:OPERation:ENABle <integer> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :STATus:OPERation:NTRansition <integer> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :STATus:OPERation:PTRansition <integer> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :STATus:OPERation[:EVENt]? available in V4.61 SP2 and...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Supported 89600 commands Status :TRIGger[:SEQuence]:IF:SLOPe POSitive|NEGative available in V4.61 SP2 and above :TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe POSitive|NEGative available in V4.61 SP2 and above :TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SOURce IMMediate|VIDeo|EXTernal<1|2> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :TRIGger[:SEQuence]:VIDeo:LEVel <numeric> available in V4.61 SP2 and above :TRIGger[:SEQuence]:VIDeo:LEVel:FREQuency <freq>...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Last minute changes to the R&S FS-K7 operating manual FM Demodulator Main Menu Result Display: Result Display: FM DEMOD FM DEMOD RF Power FM AF Spektrum RF Power AF Spektrum RF Spektrum PM AF Spektrum FILTER AM AF Spektrum RESULT...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Selection of Filter and Deemphasis – AF FILTER Menu The WEIGHTING AF FILTER softkey opens the submenu for WEIGHTING selecting the weighting filter. NONE AF FILTER NONE: Deactivates the weighting filter. This is the default setting.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Remote Control – Description of Commands CALCulate<1|2>:ADEMod:THD:FREQuency:FUNDamental:AUTO[:STATe] ON | OFF This command switches between automatic or manual selection of the fundamental frequency used for the SINAD and THD calculations. With automatic selection the peak in the AF spectrum is used as the fundamental frequency.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 :SENSe<1|2>:FILTer:CCIR:WEIGhted[:STATe] ON | OFF This command activates/deactivates the CCIR weighted filter. The filter is active in the following demodulation bandwidth range: 100 kHz b demodulation bandwidth b 3 MHz Example: "SENS:FILT:CCIR:WEIG ON" ’ activates the weighted CCIR filter Characteristics: *RST-Wert: SCPI:...
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 R&S FS-K9 Extensions In addition to the normal function of MEAS->REF and REFERENCE VALUE softkeys the unit of the power sensor display is changed from the absolut unit dBm or Watt to the relative unit dB or %. Use the UNIT/SCALE key if absolute units are required again.
R&S FSU Firmware Release 4.61 SP3 Properties: *RST value: SCPI: device-specific :[SENSe<1|2>:]PMETer:DCYCle:VALue 0.001 … 99.999 This command sets the duty cycle to a percent value for the correction of pulsemodulated signals. With the correction activated (SENS:PMET:DCYC:STAT ON), the sensor calculates the signal pulse power from this value and the mean power.
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