What's New

What's New in VNA Code Version A.10.65

• Noise Figure Option 027 (directly control mechanical tuners)

• Support for VDI PM5 power meter

• Support for U205xXA/U206xXA Series USB Power Sensors

What's New in VNA Code Version A.10.64.04

• Support for external DC meter for SA channel measurements

• Active Hot Parameters enhancements to application (Option 110A/111A)

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.64

• Active Hot Parameters application (Option 110/111)

• Multi-dimensional sweep on a spectrum analyzer channel

• SCPI

• COM

• CalPod temperature correction

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.60

• Spectrum Analyzer enhanced features

• Obsolete SENSe:SA:FFT:DITHer[:STATe]

• Obsolete EnableDitherFFTGridOrigin

• Independent Power Calibration

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.49.09

• Cal All Channels SCPI programming examples
• Apply to all channels button in Calibrate All Selected Channels dialog

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.49.07

• Support for N755xA ECal modules

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.49.05

• Read DC at Compression Point in Smart Sweep
• Memory Interpolation
• CalPod options (301, 302, and 304) are now standard
• CalPod - OSL Averages
• CalPod - VNA CalPod Utilities

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.49

• SA Power Sweep

• DC Source Sweep

• SA Gated Measurement Quick Setup

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.45

• Gated SA

• SA broadband and banded millimeter-wave measurements

• Support for Spectrum Analyzer measurements on PNA-L

• Cal All for millimeter wave measurement classes

• Support for UXG signal generators

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.40

• Spectrum Analyzer Application

• Dynamic Uncertainty for S-Parameters

• Frequency Step Setting

• 15 General-Purpose Markers per Trace

• Marker Symbols Above Trace

• Noise Marker Format

• Coupled Markers Method

• Limit Line Pass/Fail Indicator Positioning

• Trace Hold

Preferences

• Treat Marker 10 as Reference Marker

• Draw Limit Lines in Red

• Coupled Markers (3 preferences)

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.25

• Differential IQ

• Narrowband Compensation to Noise Figure measurements

• CPM Direct Receiver Calibration

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.20.03

• Cal All for External Sources

• Narrowband Compensation for Noise Figure

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.20

• Cal Plane Manager

• Auto Fixture Removal

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.15

• New N5249A PNA-X model (Configuration | Specs)

What's New in PNA Code Version A.10.00

• Windows® Embedded Standard 7

• HiSLiP

• Integrated CalKit Editor

• Increased Number of Points to 100K

• Cal Kits saved and recalled using *.xkt format

• U8480 Power Sensors Supported

• Mechanical Devices: Copy Active Channel

• Search Within (for Markers)

• Dialog Transparency

• Move App to Back

• System time on PNA Status Bar

• Right-click menus on Status Bar

• Elimination of 3 Toolbars

• Enhanced MATLAB® funtionality

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.90

• SMC Phase Reference Cal from 10 MHz

• CalPod as ECal

• External SMU Device

• Equation Editor enhancements

• • New marker functions

  • Use Short Names

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.85

• Support for U2020 X-Series USB Power Sensors

• Delta Match Calibration required on ALL N5231A, N5232A, and N5239A models.

• Unguided TRL Cal allowed on all PNA 4-port models

• Noise Parameters

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.80

• Standard Measurements

• • Calibrate All Channels

  • SE => Balanced Topology

  • Increased Segments in Power Sensor Loss Table

  • EXG Sources supported

  • CalPod

• Application Enhancements

• • SMC with Phase Reference

  • Noise Receiver Cal with Power Sensor

  • PNA models with 50 GHz Noise Receivers

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.60

• New N523xA models

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.50

Standard Measurements

• Unguided Cals can access 95 Cal Kits

• Preference setting to list Recall files

• YouTube Videos

• Display Menu changes

• Undo/Redo

• Quick Start

• Quickly change Scale, Reference Level, and Position

• Redesigned Receiver Leveling dialog

• New External Device configuration:

• • Pulse Generators

  • DC Sources and Meters

  • DC Source Control dialog

Application Enhancements

• External Pulse Generator in Integrated Pulse App

• IMSpectrum in mmWave

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.42

May 2013: Support for U2020X Power Sensors

• New N522x Models

Standard Measurements - available on all Models / Options

• Drag a trace to another window

Application Enhancements

• Copy Channels on all Applications

• "Src 2 out Port 2" factory configuration on PNA-X Opt 423.

• IMD f2 Tone using External Source / Combiner

• IMD and IM Spectrum Tone Power Leveling settings

• IMD, IMDx, and IM Spectrum "Min" and "Max" parameters

• Use a Power Table with mmWave SMC Measurements

• mmWave; Mixer mode - 2-port test set on 4-port PNA

• Guided Power Cal for SMC

• ESG and PSG Sources for Phase Control

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.33

New Options

• Source Phase Control - Opt 088

Application Enhancements

• FCA Update - Opt 082, and 083

Standard Measurements - available on all Models / Options

• Security for External Sources

• 2-Port and 4-Port Fixture Extrapolation and Reverse Ports.

• Phase Coherent "R over R" measurements

• Use Multiple Power Sensors for Guided Power Cal

• Perform Source Power Cal with PMAR Device

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.31

• Support for N1913A and N1914A Power Meters

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.30

• N5247A - 67 GHz PNA-X

Application Enhancements

• Gain Compression on Converters (GCX)

• Support for Dual-Stage Converters in all Apps

Standard Measurements - available on all Models / Options

• Enhanced S-parameter Power Cal

• Marker Display enhancements

• Perform Source Power Cal at multiple power levels

• IF Gain Setting

• Receiver Overload/Compression Warning and Power OFF Preferences

• Confirm changes on Meas Class dialog

• DSP Version 5

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.22

• Use any PNA-X Ports with Noise Figure Opt 028.

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.20

Application Enhancements

• Integrated Pulse Measurements (Opt 008)

• Noise Figure using Standard PNA Receiver (Opt 028)

• Noise Figure on N5244A/45A (Opt H29)

• Edge and Level Trigger in Pulse

• Exclude SC12 Sweep for SMC (Opt 082/083)

• Include Phase with SMC (PNA-X with Opt 083)

• Fixturing in Apps

• Max Output Power for GCA (Opt 086)

Standard Measurements - available on all Models / Options

• Mechanical Device conflicts cause Channel Block (NOT Channel Hold)

• PSAT Marker and Power Normal Operating Point Marker

• Group Delay Aperture Setting

• Active Background Display Color

• Solid or Dotted Grid Lines

• Point Sweep on PNA “C” Models

• Fixture Power Compensation

• Sweep Delay

• Uncertainty equations using RSS Computations

• Preset Power Preference Setting

• Use Last Receiver Leveling Correction for SPC

• Data Save Enhancements

• • Recall .SNP files to view as trace

  • "Save Data As" Dialog

  • Save Balanced Data as SNP files

• Characterize Adaptor Macro Rev. A.02.10

• • Reverse S2P

  • Load the PNA Power Loss Table from an existing S2P file

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.10

• Noise Figure on Converters (NFX)

• AgileUpdate for Customer Releases

• New Help, About Capabilities

What's New in PNA Code Version A.09.00

• External Device Configuration

• Power Meter as Receiver (PMAR)

• Power Offsets and Limits

• Display and Print Colors

• Scale Coupling

• Mechanical Device Settings

• Device side USB

• Increased Number of Channels to 200

• ECal User Chars Saved to PNA Disk Memory

Application Enhancements

• GCA Compression Analysis

• GCA Compression from Saturation

• Receiver Leveling on IMD, FCA, and GCA

• Embedded LO on SMC and IMDx

• Limited Port Mapping on IMD

• Point Averaging on FCA and IMD

• SMC Measurements with mmWave Modules

• mmWave Measurements with no Test Set

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.60

• New 40 GHz and 50 GHz PNA-X Models

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.55

• IMDx (Swept and Spectrum) for Converters

• ADC Measurements in a Gain Compression channel.

• New 13.5 GHz PNA-X Model

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.50

• Fast Antenna Features for the PNA-X

• Receiver Leveling

• Phase Sweep in iTMSA

• Up to 25 User Macros

• Gain Compression Marker

• Port Extensions enhancements

• Electrical Delay enhancements

• Extra Security enhancement

• Save *.CSV and *.MDF File Types

• Noise Figure App enhancements:

• • Scalar Noise Figure measurement

  • Incident Noise Power parameters

• MM Module enhancements:

• • Power Level Control

  • Supports iTMSA

• Max point count to 32,001

• Faster Power Sweeps

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.35

• New N5264A model

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.33

• IMD Application (Opt 087)

• Fast Sweep Mode

• New Equation Editor functions

• 20001 Segments in Power Loss Table

• Data Format Units

• Marker=>CW Freq Function

• Up to 12 User Characterizations

• Characterize Adaptor Macro 2.0

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.20

• iTMSA

• User Preferences dialog

• Uncoupled Power Sweep

• Equation Editor Import Functions

• Wider Traces Preference

• 24 Traces per Window

• LXI Compliance

• GCA Enhancements

• FCA - selectable ports

• Support for N5261A and N5262A MM test sets

• cXL Code Translation Software - Quick Link

What's New in PNA Code Version A.08.00

• Noise Figure Application (Opt 029)

• Gain Compression Application (Opt 086)

• 'Sweep' Trigger Mode

• Custom Cal Window settings (remote only)

• New Equation Editor Functions

• Minimum Number of Points = 1