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Monitor Graph - Spectrum, Spectrogram, and Cross Domain

This screen displays the spectrum Receivers and Instrument Settings.

This section contains the following sections:

• Configuration

• Mode: Monitoring

• Layout: Single, Stack, and Overlay

• Graph: Select Spectrum, Spectrogram

• Starting /Pausing a Spectrum Measurement

• Closing and Opening Monitoring Tabs

• List of Receivers

• List of Instrument Settings

See also, Spectrum (Occupancy), Spectrum (Cross Domain) - UI, Spectrum and Spectrogram Graph - Record and Playback, and TDoA Icons - Save as PNG, Zoom, and Reset Axis.

Configuration

Enables /disables the spectrum monitoring Receivers, Settings, and Spectrum Markers tabs to provide bigger view of the spectrum monitoring window.

(Configuration is enabled)

Mode: Monitoring

This section describes the monitoring mode choices.

Mode Monitoring Choices for a Spectrum

• Monitor- displays trace for a single receiver

• Record- records up to four traces of receivers for playback or future analysis

• Playback- plays back the recorded receiver traces

Layout: Single, Stack, and Overlay

This section describes the stack layout choices for a Spectrum measurement.

Layout Stack Choices for a Spectrum

• Single - single trace for a single receiver is displayed

• Stack - the traces of up to four instruments is displayed

• Overlay - two to four instrument traces are shown overlaid

Graph: Selecting Spectrum, Spectrogram, and Cross Domain

• Spectrum - Spectrum - Single, Spectrum - Stack, and Spectrum - Overlay trace is displayed

  • See also, Go to description.

• Spectrogram - Spectrogram provides a visual history of the measured spectrum. This display type can be used to locate intermittent signals or to view signal levels and frequencies over time.

• Cross Domain- Displays a specific time section of the spectrogram in time vs. power graph.

Starting /Pausing a Spectrum /Spectrogram Measurement

This section discusses the Start /Pause button features.

Starting and Pausing a Spectrum Measurement

• Start - Starts the spectrum measurement

• Pause - Pauses the spectrum measurement

Closing and Opening Monitoring Tabs

• You can collapse (close) and open a pane view to enable better viewing of the other tabs.

List of Receivers

The list of spectrum receivers table lists the instrument Model, Serial number, and Alias (nickname), that the spectrum measurement uses to acquire the data. Refer to List of Receivers table.

• Select one to four receivers to use in your Spectrum measurement.

List of Receivers table (Example)

Instrument Settings

Displays a list of the Center Frequency, Span, Number of points, Attenuator (dB), Preamp, Auto Resolution Bandwidth (BW) On/Off, Resolution Bandwidth (BW) - (manual), Auto Video Bandwidth (BW) On/Off, and Video Bandwidth (BW) - Manual settings. An example is shown below. Refer to Instrument Settings.

Learn more, refer to your instrument's User's Guide on www.keysight.com.

• Set each instrument's settings as required for your measurement setup.

Instrument Settings (Example)

• Update - After changing the settings, clicking Update to update the currently selected receiver.

• Update to all receivers - After changing the settings, clicking Update to all receivers updates all of the currently active receivers.