Trace Menu

The Trace menu permits the selections for the active trace.

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Trace List

View all the traces defined in the VSA, set visibility, and select trace data.

   

New Trace

Add a new trace to the measurement.

   
(trace toolbar) The trace toolbar selects the active trace, adds and removes traces, and changes trace visibility.
   

Data

Select which measurement results to show in the active trace.

 

 

Properties  

Format

Specify Y-axis coordinates for the active trace.

Coupling

Synchronize settings between two or more overlaid traces.

Y scale

Set up Y-axis scale parameters, including units, reference level, reference position, and units per division.

X scale

Set up X-axis scale parameters, including left and right reference values.

Average

Average multiple sweeps of measurement data in a trace.

Digital Demod

Set up digital demodulation trace parameters, including symbol table format, symbol shape, ideal state shape and size, eye length, and time unit.

 

 

Calculation

 

Results Window

Show marker values in the Markers window.

OBW...

Enable and set up the OBW Occupied bandwidth is closely related to channel power. It indicates how much frequency spectrum is covered by some given percentage (often 99%) of the total power of the modulated signal./BW markers, specify the OBW reference power (percent), X dB Bandwidth Threshold (dB), and the centroid-to-center frequency function.

ACP...

Enable and set up the Adjacent Channel Power Ratio markers, specify the reference channel BW, and up to 5 separate measurement adjacent channels.

Limit Tests...

Compare trace data to defined limits and indicate a pass or fail condition.

   
   

Spectrogram / Color Map

Set up spectrogram and other 3D Map type parameters, including buffer depth, color count, map color, enhancement, and threshold value.

 

 

Math Functions

Create mathematical expressions that operate on trace data.

   

Stimulus-Response / X-Y...

Configures Stimulus-Response measurements for the active Graph trace.

   

Auto Scale

Automatically scales the X and Y axes to fit all the trace data in the trace grid boundaries.

   

Overlay

Enable trace overlay for the current trace. This shows multiple trace data overlaid in a single trace window when more than one trace data window is docked as a tab.

   
Copy Trace

Copy the currently active trace to one of the data registers or to the clipboard.