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Common Measurement Settings

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the instrument, occupying a large amount of memory, and each sweep point increases

the overall measurement time.

The number of sweeps to be performed in single sweep mode is defined by the

"Sweep Count". Values from 0 to 200000 are allowed. If the values 0 or 1 are set, one

sweep is performed. The sweep count is applied to all the traces in a diagram.

If the trace configurations "Average", "Max Hold" or "Min Hold" are set, the "Sweep/

Average Count" also determines the number of averaging or maximum search proce-

dures (see "Analyzing Several Traces - Trace Mode" on page 579).

For details on how the number of sweep points and the sweep count affect the trace

results on the screen, see "Mapping Samples to sweep Points with the Trace Detector"

on page 575.

8.5.1.9 How Often Data is Measured: Sweep Mode

How often the spectrum is swept depends on the sweep mode. Either a certain number

of sweeps can be defined ("Sweep Count") which are performed in "Single Sweep"

mode, or the sweep is repeated continuously ("Continuous Sweep" mode).

By default, the data is collected for the specified number of sweeps and the corre-

sponding trace is displayed. When the next sweep is started, the previous trace is

deleted.

However, the data from a single sweep run can also be retained and displayed

together with the new data ("Continue Single Sweep" mode). This is particularly of

interest when using the trace configurations "Average" or "Max Hold" to take previously

recorded measurements into account for averaging/maximum search (see "Analyzing

Several Traces - Trace Mode" on page 579).

8.5.2 Bandwidth, Filter and Sweep Settings

Access: "Overview" > "Bandwidth"

The remote commands required to define these settings are described in Chap-

ter 14.7.2, "Configuring Bandwidth and Sweep Settings", on page 1030.

How to perform a basic sweep measurement is described in Chapter 7.1.2, "How to

Perform a Basic Sweep Measurement", on page 133.

Bandwidth, Filter and Sweep Configuration

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