Accessing Error Terms - Agilent Technologies E8362C Service Manual

General Purpose Maintenance Procedures
Error Terms

Accessing Error Terms

Error terms can be accessed either manually or programmatically:
Manually
• "Front Panel Access to Error Terms" on page 8-8
Programmatically
• "GPIB Access to Error Terms" on page 8-9
• "COM/DCOM Access to Error Terms" on page 8-9
Manual Access to Error Terms
Front Panel Access to Error Terms
NOTE Ensure the calibration correction is active by making sure that
check-mark in the
To access the error terms from the front panel, perform the following steps:
1. In the menu, point to
System
The toolbar appears directly above the trace window.
Cal Set Viewer
2. In the list, select the desired cal set.
Cal Set
3. Click the
Standards/ETerms
standard or the corrected error term data. Note that the title of the center box in the tool bar will toggle
between and
Standard
4. In the or
Standard Error Term
5. Compare the displayed measurement trace to the equivalent data trace plots that start in
Data" on page 8-10, to previously measured data, or to the uncorrected performance specifications listed
in Table 8-1 on page 8-11.
6. Print numerical data or print a plot of the measurement results.
8-8
menu.
Calibration
, , and then click
Service Utilities
button to toggle between viewing the raw measurement data from the
.
Error Term
list, select the standard or error term to view. Click the
PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
E8362C, E8363C, E8364C
Correction on/OFF
.
Cal Set Viewer
View
Service Guide E8364-90038
has a
check box.
"Error Term