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Tektronix RSA300, RSA500, and RSA600 Series
USB Spectrum Analyzers
Self-Guided Demo
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  • Page 1 Tektronix RSA300, RSA500, and RSA600 Series USB Spectrum Analyzers Self-Guided Demo *P071333002* 071333002...
  • Page 3 Tektronix RSA300, RSA500, and RSA600 Series USB Spectrum Analyzers Self-Guided Demo www.tek.com 071333002...
  • Page 4 Tektronix. All rights reserved. Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its subsidiaries or suppliers, and are protected by national copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction Demo guide overview ............................. Over-the-air demo ............................ EMI spurious search ..........................Fundamental operations of spectrum analyzers ..................Real-time DPX ............................Modulation ..............................Tracking generator ........................... Setup ................................Installing SignalVu-PC ..........................Activating SignalVu-PC ..........................Setting up the connection ..........................
  • Page 6 Table of Contents Demo instructions Demo 1: FM listening (Demo board not needed) ..................Demo 2: ISM band DPX (Demo board not needed) ..................Demo 3: EMI spurious (Demo board not needed) ..................Demo 4: Basic spectrum measurements with markers ................
  • Page 7 Introduction With this guide, you will explore what you can do with the RSA306, RSA306B, RSA503A, RSA507A, RSA603A, and RSA607A USB spectrum analyzers. Applications range from simple frequency / amplitude measurements of RF signals to real-time and modulation analysis that provide you with a complete system view of your device under test. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 8 Introduction Check list for the demo Before beginning the demo, please be sure you have the following items: Item Illustration RSA USB spectrum analyzer RTSA demo board USB Y-cable (to power the board) RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 9 Introduction Item Illustration N-BNC adapter Whip antenna BNC cable USB 3.0 cable RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 10 Introduction Item Illustration N-N Cable (2) (Tracking Generator) 10 dB Type-N attenuator (Tracking Generator) Bandpass Filter, 1500 to 1620 MHz (Tracking Generator) N-N Male Adapter (Tracking Generator) RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Demo guide overview Over-the-air demo The Tektronix RSA300 Series, RSA500A Series, and RSA600A Series USB spectrum analyzers can perform off-air applications. This demo shows how to use the analyzer for these applications. Using the whip antenna provided with the analyzer demonstration kit, you can demodulate and listen to the signals from the local FM broadcasting station, see the realtime spectrum of the signals in the ISM band created by your smart phone, and use the analyzer in interference-hunting.

  • Page 12: Fundamental Operations Of Spectrum Analyzers

    Introduction Fundamental operations of spectrum analyzers The Tektronix RSA USB Signal Analyzers have the ability to perform basic spectrum measurements that most Spectrum Analyzer users are already accustomed to. The goal of these demonstrations is to show how these instruments perform these basic spectrum analyzer capabilities.

  • Page 13: Modulation

    Introduction Modulation Digital modulation is used in virtually all modern communication systems. These systems have penetrated every aspect of our lives at a rapid pace. The growth has put increased stress on the ability to quickly and efficiently analyze a wide variety of digital modulation schemes. In some cases, general modulation schemes have been included in complex standards with rigorous specifications involving manual test procedures according to these standards that require lengthy test setups with skilled engineers.

  • Page 14: Setup

    1. Install SignalVu-PC ■ Install the SignalVu-PC software onto your PC. You can download the software from www.tektronix.com/ downloads, or it is available on the flash drive that is provided with the RSA306. 2. Set up the RSA ■...
  • Page 15 Introduction 4. Connect the RSA to the demo board ■ Connect one end of the BNC cable to the RF port of the RSA. ■ Connect the other end of the BNC cable to the RF port of the board. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 16 Introduction RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 17: Installing Signalvu-Pc

    Introduction Installing SignalVu-PC SignalVu-PC can be downloaded from the Tektronix.com or included in the USB drive in the box. 1. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder you extracted from the archive. 2. Double-click Setup.exe. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.

  • Page 18: Activating Signalvu-Pc

    Introduction Activating SignalVu-PC SignalVu-PC SVE is free to use, so no activation is needed. To activate the other options in SignalVu-PC, do the following: 1. Launch SignalVu-PC. A window will be displayed stating that no license was found. 2. In the dialog, select I have a key--activate now. 3.

  • Page 19: Setting Up The Connection

    Introduction Setting up the connection 1. Double click the SignalVu-PC icon on the Desktop of PC to start the application. Please wait for the automatic connection process to complete before using the software. If the SignalVu-PC application is already connected to another instrument (either USB or network), an automated connection will not take place.
  • Page 20 Introduction Select Search for Instruments. You should see the USB connected RSA in the instrument list. 1. Select Disconnect from Instrument to end the existing connection. 2. Select Search for Instruments. You should see the USB connected RSA in the instrument list. 3.
  • Page 21 Introduction TIP. Connect You can quickly verify connection status by looking at the connection indicator square on the menu bar. It is green when an instrument is connected. It is red when it is not. You can also view the name of the instrument that is connected by hovering the mouse indicator over the .
  • Page 22 Introduction RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 23: Demo 1: Fm Listening (Demo Board Not Needed)

    Demo 1: FM listening (Demo board not needed) The RSA300 Series, RSA500A Series, and RSA600A Series USB Signal Analyzers can demodulate audio signals, which can help you to identify unknown radio signals. You access the Audio Demod tab from the Settings control panel of the DPX Spectrum plot display.
  • Page 24 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Click the Presets button. 2. In the DPX display, set the CF to 97.75 MHz and the Span to 20.5 MHz. 3. Set the RefLev to -30 dBm. TIP. FM broadcasting Throughout the world, the FM broadcast band falls within the VHF part of the radio spectrum. Usually the FM band starts from 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz.
  • Page 25 Demo instructions 5. Click To Center in the bottom marker setting area. This sets the center frequency of the analyzer to the center of the signal. 6. Click the Audio Demod settings. TIP. Demodulation frequency The audio listening feature in RSA uses the center frequency of the measurement as the frequency to demodulate the AM/FM broadcasting signals.
  • Page 26 Demo instructions 7. Select FM – 200 kHz as the demodulation. TIP. Audio on DPX Audio Demodulation is also available when DPX display is running, but the sound quality may be degraded depending on the processor of the host PC. 8.
  • Page 27 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 28: Demo 2: Ism Band Dpx (Demo Board Not Needed)

    Demo instructions Demo 2: ISM band DPX (Demo board not needed) The real time streaming of the RSA combined with the DPX processing of the SignalVu-PC software is designed to address the measurement challenges associated with dynamic RF signals such as the bursted packet transmissions of WLAN and Bluetooth.
  • Page 29 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Click the Preset button. 2. Click the Select Displays icon RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 30 Demo instructions 3. In General Signal Viewing, select DPX from the Available displays box. 4. Click the Add button. This will add the DPX icon to the Selected Displays box (and remove it from the Available displays box). 5. Select the Spectrum display. 6.
  • Page 31 Demo instructions TIP. Internal preamp In the RSA500A/600A, users have access to turn the internal preamplifier on and off. You can click Amplitude control panel, and under the Internal Settings tab, select the Internal Preamp. This will improve the sensitivity of the measurements.
  • Page 32 Demo instructions 8. In the DPX display, set the CF to 2412 MHz or to the center frequency of one of the WLAN channels. See the Tip above. Set the Span to 40 MHz. 9. Select the Split view. 10. Set the RefLev to -40 dBm. 11.
  • Page 33 Demo instructions 13. Under the Ampl Scale tab, set the Max color scale to -40 dBm for the DPXogram Display. 14. In the Traces tab, set the Dot Persistence to Infinite. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 34 Demo instructions TIP. DPX persistence You can set the Dot Persistence to be Variable or Infinite. ■ In variable persistence mode, you specify a decay period that limits how long a point will be displayed. ■ In infinite persistence mode, once a point in the display has been written to, it will remain visible indefinitely. We start with infinite persistence because it ensures that all transients are kept on screen.
  • Page 35 Demo instructions 15. Turn the WLAN function Off, then On in your smart phone/tablet/PC while monitoring with the setup above. Check the DPX display to see if you can see the spectrum of the WLAN signals. If no signal, you can change the center frequency of the RSA to other channels.
  • Page 36 Demo instructions TIP. Wi-Fi test mode To better observe the WLAN activities in the DPX display, you can cause both uplink and downlink activity on your device by navigating to an “internet speed testing” webpage to test both the uploading and downloading speed, and monitor the DPX display of the RSA at the same time.
  • Page 37 Demo instructions The following screen shot shows the real time display in the RSA. You can see a typical WLAN interchange between a nearby smart phone/tablet/PC and a more-distant network access point (AP). The smart phone/tablet/PC signal is nearly 30 dB stronger than the AP's signal because it is closer to the measurement antenna. At the same screen, you can also see the Bluetooth signals, and even the measurements of the time and frequency intervals between those hop signals.
  • Page 38 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 39: Demo 3: Emi Spurious (Demo Board Not Needed)

    Demo instructions Demo 3: EMI spurious (Demo board not needed) The spurious measurement in the RSA is set up to change limits vs. frequency, and antenna correction factors can be applied. Violations above the user-set limits are shown in red on the table. This example shows how to use the spurious display in SignalVu-PC and the RSA to perform EMI pre-compliance and diagnostics.
  • Page 40 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Click Preset. 2. Click the Select Displays icon. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 41 Demo instructions 3. In RF Measurements, select Spurious from the Available displays box. 4. Click Add to add the application to the Selected Displays list. 5. Select the Spectrum icon in the Selected Displays list. 6. Click Remove to clear the icon from the list.
  • Page 42 Demo instructions 9. In the Scale tab, select the Log scale to reset the display to show the frequency axis in a logarithmic scale. Demo9-Step9 TIP. Loss correction The External Gain/Loss Correction tab under the amplitude control panel ( ) allows you to apply a correction to a signal to compensate for the use of external equipment, such as an amplifier or attenuator.
  • Page 43 Demo instructions 10. Under the Ranges and Limits tab, click Load... to select the appropriate limit line and measurement condition. 11. Select FCC Part 15, Rad, Class A (10m).csv for this example. 12. A larger new resized window of the range and limit table can be displayed by clicking Expand. Demo9-Steps10-12 RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 44 Demo instructions You can edit the start and stop range, filter shape, RBW, VBW, detector, threshold and excursion, and limit line. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 45 Demo instructions After loading the spurious table, your display should look similar to the picture below. The green bar is the loaded limit line as standards suggest. RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 46: Demo 4: Basic Spectrum Measurements With Markers

    Demo instructions Demo 4: Basic spectrum measurements with markers When using a spectrum analyzer, one of the first settings is that of the frequency. In this demonstration, we will use markers to locate the CW signal generated from the demo board, and set the appropriate frequency for the measurement.
  • Page 47 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Click the Presets button. 2. Click the Settings icon. 3. Click Max Span to set the Span to the maximum value. 4. Right click the screen, and select Marker to peak. 5. Click To Center in the bottom marker setting area.
  • Page 48 Demo instructions TIP. Right Click on Tablet Touch the screen where you want to right- click, hold until a complete square appears, and then lift your finger. The shortcut menu appears after you lift your finger. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 49 Demo instructions TIP. For Tablet users Activate the on-screen numeric entry of values and Up/Down controls by selecting View: Numeric Keypad. When the Numeric Keypad view is activated, up/ down arrows and a numeric keypad icon will pop up whenever a field requiring input is selected.
  • Page 50 Demo instructions 6. Set the Span to 40 MHz. 7. Click Peak to locate the center frequency of the signal more precisely. 8. Click To Center again. 9. Right click the screen and select Add marker. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 51 Demo instructions 10. Drag the new marker M1 to the noise level. Notice that readouts show: ■ The amplitude and the frequency of the reference marker (MR). ■ The amplitude and the frequency of the selected marker (M1). ■ The difference (ΔM1) between the selected marker position and the position of the reference marker. 11.
  • Page 52 Demo instructions TIP. Undo, Redo, and Recall You can undo anything you do with this control. If you are having trouble with this step, recall the setting from the directory Demo1_CW.tiq C:/SignalVu-PC . This will give you the correct amplitude, frequency, span and marker settings Files/Example Files automatically.
  • Page 53 Demo instructions 12. Select Options from the Tools menu. 13. Under the Prefs tab, set the Color Scheme to Blizzard. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 54 Demo instructions TIP. Ink Saver Mode You can print screen images with a white background. Selecting the scheme color to Blizzard makes the background color changes from black to white in the graphs. RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 55: Demo 5: Power Measurements With Markers

    Demo instructions Demo 5: Power measurements with markers Integrated power between markers is an easy way to measure the power of a modulated signal without setting up a channel power measurement. SignalVu-PC performs integrated power and power density measurements using power markers.
  • Page 56 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Keep the same setting as the last demo, or recall the setting . Click the Stop button to Demo1_CW.tiq pause the measurement. 2. Drag the marker reference (MR) to the left side, and the marker 1 (M1) to the right side, of the OFDM spectrum.
  • Page 57 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 58: Demo 6: Traces And Detectors

    Demo instructions Demo 6: Traces and detectors This demo familiarizes you with the trace detection and function controls available in SignalVu-PC used with the RSA. Instructions for the demo board 1. Keep the same setting (OFDM signal) as the last demo. Demo3OFDM Instructions for the RSA 1.
  • Page 59 Demo instructions 2. Right click the screen, and select All markers off. Demo3Step2 3. Click the Settings icon to display the Settings control panel. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 60 Demo instructions 4. In the Traces tab, select Trace 1, and then set Detection to Avg (VRMS) and Function to Avg (VRMS). 5. Select Trace 2, and then set Detection to +Peak, Function to Max Hold, and enable Show. 6. Select the trace to Trace 3, select Detection to -Peak, Function to Min Hold, and enable Show.
  • Page 61 Demo instructions TIP. Trace detectors process the data underlying the trace to provide the results you need depending upon your application. Available detection methods are +Peak, -Peak, Avg (VRMS), Sample, and CISPR Pk. Trace functions are applied to multiple traces as they are displayed. Available settings are Normal, Average, Max Hold, and Min Hold.
  • Page 62 Demo instructions The results show the three difference traces displayed in the screen at the same time. ■ The Average trace is generated by multiple traces averaged together. There is one vertical value for each underlying frequency data point. Once the specified number of traces have been acquired and averaged to generate the displayed trace, each new trace takes the place of the oldest trace in the calculation.
  • Page 63 Demo instructions TIP. Right-click action menu. You can change marker settings and how waveforms are displayed by using the right- click Actions menu. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 64 Demo instructions Select Select marker and adjust their position. Span zoom Zoom the graph area about the selected point. Right-click in the graph display at a point of interest and drag to increase or decrease the span about the point of interest. Span zoom adjusts the span control. CF pan Adjust the center frequency according to horizontal movement.

  • Page 65: Demo 7: Save And Recall

    Demo instructions Demo 7: Save and recall In SignalVu-PC, you can save different types of data for later recall and analysis. Instructions for the demo board 1. Keep the same setting (OFDM signal) as the last demo. Demo3OFDM RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 66 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Keep the same setting, or recall the setting Demo6_OFDM_trace.tiq. Select Save As from the File menu to open the Save As dialog box. 2. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the setups, or use the default location.
  • Page 67 Demo instructions TIP. Save a User Preset To save a setup so that it appears in the User Presets window, save it to C:\SignalVu-PC Files\User Presets. The saved setup will appear in the User Presets window with the name you give the file. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 68 Demo instructions TIP. File formats you can use to save files Setup files (Setup) Saves all of the setup information for all displays. Screen shot (PNG/JPG/ Saves a capture of the screen in the specified format. BMP) Results Export files (CSV) Saves the trace and numeric data for the selected display.

  • Page 69: Demo 8: Dpx And Transient Capture

    Demo instructions Demo 8: DPX and transient capture The DPX display helps you to see how traces change over time and displays signal events that cannot be seen on a swept spectrum analyzer. DPX Spectrum indicates how traces change in two ways. First, it uses color shading to show how consistent the shape of a trace is.
  • Page 70 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Keep the same setting, or recall the setting Demo6_OFDM_trace.tiq. Click the Select Displays icon. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 71 Demo instructions 2. In General Signal Viewing, select DPX from the Available displays box. 3. Click the Add button (or double-click the DPX icon). This will add the DPX icon to the Selected Displays box. 4. Click the OK button. 5.
  • Page 72 Demo instructions You can see the hopping signals displayed in the DPX spectrum, and compare it in the standard spectrum display on the right side. Note that the standard spectrum display nearly or always misses the transient signal. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 73 Demo instructions 6. Select the DPX display by clicking anywhere on it with the mouse, and click the Settings icon. 7. Under the Bitmap Scale tab, set the Max scale to 3% for the DPX Spectrum display. 8. Under the Ampl Scale tab, set the Min color scale to -80 dBm for the DPXogram display.
  • Page 74 Demo instructions TIP. Changing the color scheme In the “temperature” palette, the highest color (Maximum) is deep red and the lowest (Minimum) is dark blue. Values between Maximum and Minimum are represented by the other colors of the palette. 10. Click Stop to pause the measurement. Right click the DPXogram screen, select Add marker, and drag the marker to one hopping signal.
  • Page 75 Demo instructions TIP. 100% POI The minimum event duration required to ensure 100% Probability of Intercept (POI) or event capture. It depends on interaction between span, RBW, and FFT length. You can use the POI time value to determine if you are at risk of either missing a narrow transient or of its captured amplitude being less than the actual signal.

  • Page 76: Demo 9: Transient Capture - Mask Test And Act On Violation

    Demo instructions Demo 9: Transient capture - Mask test and act on violation The mask test feature in SignalVu-PC allows you to save events of interest automatically and allows you to save an acquisition file in an open data format and/or a screen capture when a signal in the frequency domain violates the mask.
  • Page 77 Demo instructions 2. Under the Tools menu, click Mask Test…. 3. Select DPX: Trace1 in the Search in: field . 4. Select is outside mask in the Test for: field. 5. Click Edit limits… to open the Mask Test Editor. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 78 Demo instructions 6. In the Mask Test Editor, select the DPX Trace1 as the Reference. 7. Click Auto Draw to generate a mask automatically adjusted to the Reference. 8. Click Done. TIP. Mask Test Editor ■ The margins between the mask and the reference trace can be specified by X Margin and Y Margin. ■...
  • Page 79 Demo instructions 9. Under the Actions tab, select Beep, Save acquisition data, Save trace, and Save picture. 10. Click Enable Test. When a mask violation is detected, the system will sound a beep, and save all your selected format of files into the selected folder automatically.
  • Page 80 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 81 Demo instructions TIP. Actions for violations ■ The analyzer can take up to five actions when a match occurs. In Run mode, the analyzer can sound a beep, stop acquisitions, save acquisition data, save trace data, and save a picture of the display. In Replay mode, it can sound a beep and stop analyzing.

  • Page 82: Demo 10: Analog Modulation Analysis

    Demo instructions Demo 10: Analog modulation analysis Analog modulation is the most fundamental modulation method. The analog modulation analysis feature in the RSAs provides measurements to demodulate and analyze amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), and phase modulation (PM). This example shows how to analyze an FM signal with an RSA. Instructions for the demo board 1.
  • Page 83 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. Click the Preset button. 2. Click the Select Displays icon. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 84 Demo instructions 3. In General Signal Viewing, select DPX from the Available displays box. 4. Click the Add button. This will add the DPX icon to the Selected Displays box (and remove it from the Available displays box). RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 85 Demo instructions 5. In Analog Modulation, select FM from the Available displays box. 6. Click the Add button. 7. Click the OK button. TIP. Selecting displays ■ You can also double-click the desired display to add or remove it. ■ Five application presets are available for the display selection.
  • Page 86 Demo instructions 8. Select the DPX display by clicking anywhere on it with the mouse, and set the CF to 2.445315 GHz and the Span to 500 kHz. 9. Click the Analysis control button. 10. Under the Analysis Time tab, set the Analysis Length to 10 ms. 11.
  • Page 87 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 88 Demo instructions 12. Under the Parameters tab, set the Measurement BW to 200 kHz. NOTE. FM measurements readout ■ +Pk: positive frequency deviation ■ –Pk: negative frequency deviation ■ RMS: RMS value of the deviation ■ Pk-Pk: peak-to-peak frequency deviation Pk-Pk/2: peak-to-peak frequency deviation divided by two ■...
  • Page 89 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...

  • Page 90: Demo 11: Digital Modulation Analysis

    Demo instructions Demo 11: Digital modulation analysis The General Purpose Digital Modulation Analysis provides vector signal analyzer functionality. A wide variety of modulation types are supported, allowing you to view your signals in Constellation, Eye and Trellis diagrams, measure the quality of the modulation, display time-domain waveforms for demodulated I & Q signals, EVM, Phase Error, Magnitude Error, and more.
  • Page 91 Demo instructions Instructions for the RSA 1. In the Presets menu, click Application. Step1 RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 92 Demo instructions 2. Select Modulation Analysis for the Preset. 3. Click OK. 4. Click the DPX display and set the CF to 2.445315 GHz and the Span to 10 MHz. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 93 Demo instructions TIP. Save setups as User Presets To save setups so that they appear in the User Presets window, save your setup in the folder C:\SignalVu-PC Files\User Presets. The saved setup will appear in the User Presets window with the name you give the file. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 94 Demo instructions 5. Click the Constellation display icon in the Application Presets window, and then click the Settings icon. 6. Under the Modulation Params tab, select QPSK from the Modulation Type list, set the Symbol Rate to 3.072 MHz, set Measurement Filter to Root raised cosine, Reference Filter to Raised cosine, and Filter parameter to 0.350.
  • Page 95 Demo instructions 10. Look for MR in the Constellation graph. Move the marker to different cells in the Symbol Table. TIP. Modulation filters In most modulation schemes, signals are filtered to reduce the bandwidth prior to transmission. When the signal under test has been passed through a modulation filter, a matching Measurement Filter should be selected in the instrument in order to interpret symbols properly.

  • Page 96: Demo 12: Transmission Gain Measurement (Tracking Generator Needed, Available On The Rsa500/600 Series)

    Demo instructions TIP. Correlated display Not only are all the displays correlated through the shared data set, but the markers, which are inherently correlated, make it very easy to see how a data point in one domain relates to a specific data point in any other. This can greatly reduce troubleshooting time.
  • Page 97 Demo instructions RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 98 (for example, if you'd like to remove a length of connecting cable from the measurement results), calibration kits for Open/Short/Load are available for this. For further information on option SV60, please contact your local Tektronix Sales Representative. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 99 Demo instructions Calibration 1. Make sure the RSA500A/600A is connected to the host PC and then run SignalVu-PC. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 100 Demo instructions 2. Click Select Display button. 3. Select Spectrum from the box of selected displays. 4. Click Remove to remove the spectrum display. 5. Select Transmission Gain from the box of Available displays. 6. Click Add. 7. Click OK. If no cable is connected to the RSA, you may not find the trace on the screen.
  • Page 101 Demo instructions 8. Connect the attenuators, cables, and through connector to the RSA. You should see the trace now, and it is the trace without any calibration. TIP. Tracking Generator Option To make any tracking generator measurements in SignalVu-PC, please make sure you have a RSA500A/600A with hardware Option 04.
  • Page 102 Demo instructions 9. Click Setting control panel. 10. Set the Start Freq and Stop Freq according to your device under test. In this example, we set 500 MHz as the start frequency and 2.5 GHz as the stop frequency. 11. Set the RBW. Lower RBW can reduce the noise floor of the measurement, but may take longer to measure.
  • Page 103 Demo instructions Once you enter the Calibration display, you will see the information of the calibrated condition it made last time, and the change from the last calibration. 15. Click Perform Calibration…. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 104 Demo instructions 16. Click Calibrate, and wait until the calibration finished. Observe the trace line after the calibration. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 105 Demo instructions Attenuator Test 1. Under the Traces tab, select Freeze to keep the current trace (Trace 1) in screen for comparison later. 2. Keep the cables and the through connector, and connect the device under test to the cables. In this example, we test a 10 dB attenuator.
  • Page 106 Demo instructions 3. Under the Traces tab, select Trace 2 in Trace. 4. Select Show. 5. Observe the transmission gain of the attenuator from the trace 2 (the orange trace). It should have 10 dB difference to the blue line (without attenuator).
  • Page 107 Demo instructions 1. Keep the cables and the through connector. Remove the 10 dB attenuator. In this example, we connect a 1500-1620 MHz band pass filter as the device under test. 2. Adjust the Scale and Position by clicking . You can also adjust the scale and position manually.
  • Page 108 Demo instructions You can see the gain response of the band pass filter. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 109 Demo instructions Example I bandpass filter test. RSA Self-Guided Demo...
  • Page 110 Demo instructions Example II bandpass filter test. RSA Self-Guided Demo...

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