Rohde & Schwarz R&S ZVA 8 - Step Size; Numeric Entry Bar; Display Formats and Diagram Types

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• Cancel discards the current selection and closes the keyboard. The input field of the calling
dialog is left unchanged.
The on-screen keyboard allows you to enter characters, in particular letters, without an external
keyboard; see Data Entry. To enter numbers and units, you can also use the DATA ENTRY keys on the
front panel of the instrument.
Step Size
A step symbol next to a numeric input field opens the Step Size dialog to define an increment for
data variation using the Cursor Up/Down
buttons in the dialogs or the rotary knob.
• The input value for the step size takes effect immediately; see Immediate vs. Confirmed Settings.
• Auto activates the default step size for the current input parameter.
• Close closes the Step Size dialog.
Numeric Entry Bar
Single numeric values can be entered using the input field of the numeric entry bar. The numeric entry
bar appears just below the menu bar as soon as a function implying a single numeric entry is activated.
In contrast to dialogs, it does not hide any of the display elements in the diagram area.
The numeric entry bar contains the name of the calling function, a numeric input field including the
Cursor Up/Down
buttons for data variation and a step symbol , and a Close button. Besides it is
closed automatically as soon as an active display element in the diagram area is clicked or a new menu
command is activated.
Display Formats and Diagram Types
A display format defines how the set of (complex) measurement points is converted and displayed in a
diagram. The display formats in the Trace – Format menu use the following basic diagram types:
• Cartesian (rectangular) diagrams are used for all display formats involving a conversion of the
measurement data into a real (scalar) quantity, i.e. for dB Mag, Phase, Delay, SWR, Lin Mag,
Real, Imag and Unwrapped Phase.
• Polar diagrams are used for the display format Polar and show a complex quantity as a vector
in a single trace.
• Smith charts are used for the display format Smith and show a vector like polar diagrams but
with grid lines of constant real and imaginary part of the impedance.