70 Chapter 4
Making SRL Measurements
How to Make SRL Measurements
SRL Cable Scan Setup using the VBA Utility Program
The E5061A/62A provides a macro program called srl_util.vba, which facilitates
the measurement setup for SRL cable scan.
Operation
Step 1. Press (or ) and (or ) to activate a
trace for which you want to set up.
Step 2. Insert the VBA utility program disk furnished with the analyzer (Agilent part
number: E5061-180x8) in to the floppy disk drive of the analyzer.
NOTE The utility program can be copied into the analyzer’s hard disk drive to be used as a
working file for easier operation.
Step 3. Press to display the softkey menu for macro processing.
Step 4. Press Load Project to display the dialog box, select srl_util.vba in the floppy disk,
and press
Open.
Step 5. Press Select Macro - Module1 main to execute the macro program.
Step 6. The SRL Setup window appears in the lower part of the screen. Click on the
following 2 settings to check-mark them with the mouse as necessary and press OK.
• Connector Fault - Splits the screen vertically into 2 sections and displays trace 2
with fault location on. The display range of trace 2 is set to 0 to 5 m.
• Reverse(S22) - Sets the measurement parameter to S22.
NOTE Executing this macro program automatically makes the following settings in
addition to the above.
Start frequency - 5 MHz, stop frequency - 1 GHz (the display range of trace 1)
Sweep type - Linear Frequency
Number of points - 1601
SRL - ON