BIRD IQC5000B - Playback; Steps to Playback; IQC5000 Supported Playback Acquisition Bandwidths

IQC 5000B Operation Manual
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Playback
The IQC5000B is capable of I/Q baseband and RF playback. The I/Q Baseband playback is intended for normal use,
RF playback capability should be used for testing and system validation only. Do not use RF Playback for normal use.
The IQC5000 is capable of playing bac
k 2 channels of analog I/Q baseband waveforms, and 1 channel at RF. Using
the IQC Control software, the following playback options are available:
 Partial file playback
 Looped file playback
 RF fixed frequency playback at 2.4GHz
 Analog I/Q Playback
Steps to Playback
The high-level steps to playback with the IQC5000 are:
1. Set up the hardware - follow steps in "Hardware Setup – Playback" on page 12
2. Set up the RF target (VSG, spectrum analyzer, system under test,
etc.)
3. Set up the desired playback method - follo
w one of the choices below:
 User Interface - follow steps in "Playback with IQC Control" on page 58.
 Command Server/API – see the IQC5000 API Programming Manual
4. Playback
IQC5000 Supported Playback Acquisition Bandwidths
Select discrete acquisition bandwidths are supported for playback. If playback of a recording is desired, it is
recommended to record at a playback-supported acquisition bandwidth.
Table 16 - IQC5000 Supported Playback Acqu
isition Bandwidth- Keysight
I/Q Sampling Rate
(Sp
s)
Data Rate
(Bytes/s)
Keysight
Recording Spans (Hz)
X-series
with
RTS
Opt
i
on
X-series
without
RTS
Opt
ion
300,000,000 down to
31,250,000 in any step
supported by the signal
analyzer
4x IQ
Sampli
n
g
Rate
255,000,000
dow
n to
24,949
,188
40,000,000
dow
n to
25,000,000
25,000,000 100,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000
12,500,000 50,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000
6,250,000 25,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
3,125,000 12,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000
1,562,500 6,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000
781,250 3,125,000 625,000 625,000