8-8 Service Guide N5242-90001
General Purpose Maintenance Procedures PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
Error Terms N5242A
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 that calibration correction is active by pressing RESPONSE and
verifying that the softkey label reads
Correction ON/off. If not, press the
key and it will toggle to read .
To access the error terms from the front panel, perform the following steps:
1. Press RESPONSE , then . Verify that is
ON. If
not, press the softkey to toggle it
ON.
The
Cal Set Viewer toolbar appears directly above the trace window.
2. In the
Cal Set list, select the desired cal set.
3. Click the
Standards or Error Terms button to view the raw measurement data from the
standard or the corrected error term data.
4. In the
Standard or Error Terms list, select the standard or error terms to view. Click the
Enable check box to enable the selection.
5. Compare the displayed measurement trace to previously measured data or to the
uncorrected performance specifications listed in Table 8-5 on page 8-10.
6. Print numerical data or print a plot of the measurement results.
Cal
Correction on/OFF Correction ON/off
Cal
Manage Cals Cal Set Viewer ON/off
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