About Keysight E6680A/E6680E Wireless Test Set with 89600 VSA Software

The 89600 VSA software supports the KeysightE6680A/E6680E Wireless Test Set. The E6680A/E6680E integrates core signal-analysis capabilities with hardware speed and accuracy, enabling development of solutions for specific requirements. The PXIe form factor is easily scalable for modules in minimal space.

Minimum firmware version required: M.32.20

After the 89600 VSA software has been installed and the interface configured, start the VSA and set up the E6680A/E6680E:

  1. Click Utilities > Hardware > Configurations.

  2. Open the New Hardware Configuration dialog box (Utilities > Hardware > Configurations > Add button). Select the E6680A/E6680E from the list of Possible Logical Instruments and drag it to the Configuration window.

    If the E6680A/E6680E is not in the Possible Logical Instrument list, the 89600 VSA is not communicating with it. Verify theE6680A/E6680E is turned on. Use the Connection Expert of Keysight I/O Control to verify the connection to the E6680A/E6680E.

  3. If there is more than one E6680A/E6680E, select the specific E6680A/E6680E to be used for this configuration in step 2 of the New Hardware Configuration dialog box.
  4. In step 3, name the configuration. Click Ok.
  5. Click Ok.
  6. Select this Analyzer Configuration as the Current Analyzer Configuration in the Configurations tab.

Custom Channel Configurations: When using the Input Channel Configuration dialog to specify or modify the input channel configuration mapping, only the VSA default set of channel configuration mappings is allowed; "invalid" channel configuration mappings are disallowed and the "Apply" button is disabled ("grayed out").

Frequency and Span Limits

When using the E6680A/E6680E, the center frequency limits are a minimum of 330 MHz Megahertz: A unit of frequency equal to one million hertz or cycles per second. and maximum of 7.535 GHz Gigahertz: A frequency measurement which equals one billion hertz.. Frequency domain components of the data are not valid outside of the center frequency limits. The maximum span supported is as follows:

Maximum Span Center Frequencies
100 MHz ≥ 330 MHz And < 550 MHz
200 MHz ≥ 550 MHz And < 1.31 GHz
600 MHz ≥ 1.31 GHz And < 1.9 GHz
800 MHz ≥ 1.9 GHz

See Also

Available Measurement Hardware

E6680A/E6680E Input Extensions

E6680A/E6680E Measurement Setup Parameters