42 Source User’s Guide
Basic Digital Operation
Licensing
Licensing
You can create your own signal waveforms to output from the transceiver ARB
using a number of methods. One of them is to use Keysight Signal Studio
which is a suite of PC-based signal creation software that allows you to create
customized signals for multiple radio standards. You can also create your own
signals using other signal creation software (such as MATLAB or ADS) and
download them to the transceiver hard disk. You can use Signal Studio Toolkit
to process your customized files for use on the transceiver, if necessary. The
instrument also provides a multi-pack licensing solution, a cost-effective
solution that allows you to license individual Signal Studio waveforms rather
than purchase the Signal Studio software.
Signal Studio
Signal Studio software allows you to create technology-specific waveforms. It
can be downloaded from the Keysight website at:
www.keysight.com/find/signalstudio
To use Signal Studio waveforms on the transceiver, you can either purchase a
Signal Studio license or use waveform multi-pack licensing (see the next
section). The Signal Studio website allows you to purchase the Signal Studio
license and also provides trial licenses. The Signal Studio license is transceiver
specific and therefore cannot be used on a transceiver other than the one
specified in the purchase agreement. Once you have licensed the required
Signal Studio software package, any waveforms that you create using this
package can be used on the transceiver.
Waveform multi-pack licensing
Each license gives you certain number of slots for waveforms. For 45 slots, buy
nine 5-pack licenses. For 500 slots, buy ten 50-pack licenses. For 545 slots,
buy nine 5-pack licenses and ten 50-pack licenses.
Waveform multi-pack licensing (Option 2xx) enables you to create, generate
and permanently license multiple Signal Studio waveforms without the need to
purchase the full Signal Studio license.
A multi-pack license includes a number of license slots which are used to
license waveform segments. The number of license slots varies depending on
the multi-pack license option that has been purchased. When a waveform
segment is licensed, it is assigned to one of the license slots. Waveform
segments licensed with a multi-pack license are perpetual and cannot be
exchanged. Once a waveform is licensed, that license is permanent and cannot
be revoked or replaced.
Note that the Signal Studio files are encrypted waveforms; they are stored on the
hard disk on the transceiver and are moved to the volatile ARB memory for playout.
Other waveforms that you create may not be encrypted.
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