Using Help


This topic discusses the following:

See Also

Other Quick Start Topics

Help Documentation

This Help file, which is embedded in the analyzer, is the Users Guide and Programming Manual for the VNA. The help file is automatically updated on the VNA when firmware is updated. Only the VNA Installation and Quick Start Guide is shipped with new VNA instruments.

Hardcopy manuals are no longer available for purchase with the VNA.

Copying Help to your PC

With the Help system on your PC, you can read about the analyzer while away from it. You can also Copy and Paste programming code from this Help system directly into your programming environment.

The Help file is located on your analyzer hard-drive at C:\Program Files (x86)\Keysight\Network Analyzer\Help\<filename>.chm. If both the analyzer and PC are connected to LAN, you can map a drive and copy the file directly.

The Help file can also be downloaded from N52xxB PNA Series Help File | Keysight .

Launching Help

The Help system can be launched in the following ways:

  1. From the front panel Help button.

  2. From the Help drop-down menu.

  3. From Dialog Box Help buttons.

Search Tab

TIP: To Search any topic for a keyword, press Ctrl and F.

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The following rules apply for using full-text search:

Search for

Example

Results will show topics containing:

Two words in the same topic

response AND calibration

Both the words "response" and "calibration".

Either of two words in a topic

response OR calibration

Either the word "response" or the word "calibration" or both.

The first word without the second word in a topic

response NOT calibration

The word "response" but not the word "calibration".

Both words in the same topic, close together.

response NEAR calibration

The word "response" within eight words of the word "callibration".

GUI Reference Help

Accessing GUI Reference Help with Help Hardkey

The GUI Reference help can be accessed at any time by clicking on the Help hardkey:

The GUI Reference help accessed by clicking on the Help hardkey corresponds to the currently active Measurement Class, currently selected Hardkey, and currently selected Soft Tab to provide context sensitive help.

The following procedure is a typical example of how to find GUI Reference help using the Help hardkey. This example assumes the Standard Measurement class is currently active, the Sweep hardkey is selected, and the Main Soft Tab is selected.

  1. Click on the Help hardkey. The following is displayed:


  2. Click on a link for information. The links correspond to the Softkeys.

Accessing GUI Reference Help from Table of Contents

The GUI Reference topics displayed in the table of contents are arranged in alphabetical order:

 

The GUI Reference corresponds to the GUI Hardkeys to help find information quickly:

 

The following procedure is a typical example of how to find information using the GUI Reference. This example shows how to search for the Avg BW Hardkey information with the Standard Measurement class selected.

  1. Under GUI Reference in the table of contents, select the Avg BW topic. The following is displayed:



    The links shown on this page correspond to Measurement Class names because some menus change with Measurement Class.
  2. Click on the Standard link. The following is displayed:

      

    Main, Smoothing, and Delay Aperture correspond to the soft tab labels. The links correspond to the softkey labels.
  3. Click on a link for information. The links correspond to the Softkeys.

Help Languages

This help file is offered in English ONLY.

Glossary

The Glossary holds definitions of words, in alphabetical order.

 

Documentation Warranty

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