8-8 Service Guide N5227-90001
General Purpose Maintenance Procedures PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
Error Terms N5227A
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.
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