The analyzer provides a variety of functions to perform a particular measurement and to customize and optimize the evaluation of results. To ensure that the instrument resources are easily accessible and that user-defined configurations can be conveniently implemented, stored and reused the instrument uses a hierarchy of structures:
Global resources can be used for all measurements, irrespective of the current measurement session or setup.
A setup comprises a set of diagram areas with all displayed information that can be stored to a setup file.
The diagram areas show traces which are assigned to channels. See section Traces, Channels and Diagram Areas.
The analyzer provides global settings that are mostly hardware-related and can be used for all measurements, irrespective of the current measurement session or setup. The settings are stored in independent files and do not enter into any of the setup files. The following settings correspond to global resources:
The data related to global resources are not affected by a Preset of the analyzer. However, it is possible to delete or reset global resource data using the Resets tab in the System Config dialog.
A setup comprises a set of diagram areas with all displayed information that can be stored to a NWA setup file (*.zvx) and reused. Each setup is displayed in an independent window. The setup file contains the following information:
General settings related to the setup
The trace settings for all traces in the diagram areas
The channel settings for all channels associated to the traces
The display settings for each diagram area
The File menu is used to organize setups.
In the System –
External
Tools submenu, you can find demo setups *.vbs for
various measurement scenarios. You can modify the demo setups and store
them to a *.zvx file for later use. Moreover the S-Parameter
Wizard provides predefined, optimized setups for
many measurements.
