R&S ESCI Analyzer - Traces
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Selection and Setting of Traces – TRACE Key
The R&S ESCI is capable of displaying up to three different traces at a time in a diagram. A trace
consists of a maximum of 501 pixels on the horizontal axis (frequency or time). If more measured values
than pixels are available, several measured values are combined in one pixel.
The traces are selected using the SELECT TRACE softkey in the menu of the TRACE key.
The traces can individually be activated for a measurement or frozen after completion of a
measurement. Traces that are not activated are blanked.
The display mode can be selected for each trace. Traces can be overwritten in each measurement
(CLEAR/WRITE mode), averaged over several measurements (AVERAGE mode), or a maximum or
minimum value can be determined from several measurements and displayed (MAX HOLD or MIN HOLD).
Individual detectors can be selected for the various traces. The autopeak detector displays maximum
and minimum values connected by a vertical line. The max peak detector and min peak detector display
the maximum and minimum value of the level within a pixel. The sample detector displays the
instantaneous value of the level at a pixel. The rms detector displays the power (rms value) of the
measured values within a pixel, the average detector the average value.
Selection of Trace Function
The trace functions are subdivided as follows:
• Display mode of trace (CLEAR/WRITE, VIEW and BLANK)
• Evaluation of the trace as a whole (AVERAGE, MAX HOLD and MIN HOLD)
• Evaluation of individual pixels of a trace (AUTOPEAK, MAX PEAK, MIN PEAK, SAMPLE, RMS,
AVERAGE and QUASIPEAK)
TRACE menu
CLEAR/
WRITE
MAX HOLD
MIN HOLD
AVERAGE
TRACE
MATH
VIEW
DETECTOR
SWEEP
COUNT
COPY
TRACE
ANALOG TR
ON
OFF
TRACE MATH
OFF
T1-T2->T1
TRACE
POSITION
T1-T3->T1
AUTO
SELECT
DETECTOR
SAMPLE
DETECTOR
AUTOPEAK
DETECTOR
MIN PEAK
DETECTOR
MAX PEAK
TRACE
DETECTOR
RMS
DETECTOR
AVERAGE
SELECT
TRACE
AVG MODE
LOG LIN
BLANK
DETECTOR
QPK
ASCII FILE
EXPORT
DECIM SEP
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