You can customize your analyzer screen by showing or hiding the following display elements. All of these selections are made from the Response > Display menu.
Windows (Separate topic)
Marker Display (Separate topic)
Display Colors (Separate topic)
Expanded display capabilities of the PNA-X
See other 'Setup Measurements' topics
You can display different labels for traces status, Y-axis and X-axis labels.
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Show Labels
Trace Status shows the following:
How to show/hide Trace Status.
"Y-axis Labels" - allows user to show or hide the y-axis labels. How to show/hide Y-axis Labels.
How to show/hide X-axis Labels. X-axis Annotation for All Traces Show the X-axis annotation for all traces. (Left: Checked, Right: Unchecked)
Trace Annotation for All Traces Select to display trace annotation for all traces. (Left: Checked, Right: Unchecked)
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How to set VNA Grid and display tables.Each window can display only one table at a time. |
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Grid Lines: Solid | Dotted - Set whether to display ALL open window grid lines in solid or dotted lines. The selected setting is shown in CAPS. Once set, new windows are created using this setting. Grid lines return to SOLID when the VNA is Preset. Set the color of the grid using Display Colors. Y-axis Divisions - Set the desired rows of Y-axis, it can shows 2 to 30. None - Turn OFF the table. You can display a table of marker settings. These settings include the:
You can display, set up, and modify a table of limit test settings. These include:
You can display, set up, and modify a table of maximum ripple limit over frequency range settings. These include:
Learn more about Ripple limits. You can display, set up, and modify a table of segment sweep settings. These include:
Learn more about Segment Sweep. You can display,set up, and modify a table of modulation distortion measurement parameters. Each row represents a measurement band. Each column represents a measurement parameter. Learn more about the Distortion Table. Spurious, Integrated Noise, Spot Noise Tables You can display,set up, and modify a tables of phase noise measurement parameters. |
You can display different toolbars to allow you to easily set up and modify measurements.
How to display Toolbars |
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Show Toolbar Note: There is also a Cal Set toolbar available for Monitoring Error Terms
Softkey is a combination of softkeys and SoftTabs. Softkeys are automatically turned ON when one of the 'function' hardkeys is pressed. This setting allows you to turn the softkeys OFF to show more measurement space on the screen. The softkeys will reappear when another function hardkey is pressed.
These keys also known as Front Keys, perform interface operations that are equivalent to those of keys in the INSTRUMENT keys, RESPONSE keys, STIMULUS keys and UTILITY keys on the front panel of VNA. Learn more.
The Port Extension toolbar allows you to set Port Extensions while viewing the measurement trace. Learn more about Port Extensions. Transform (Time Domain) Toolbar
The Time Domain toolbar allows you to do the following:
The markers toolbar allows you to set up and modify markers. It shows:
Tip: To use the Front Panel Knob to change marker position, first click the Stimulus field of the marker toolbar and then turn the knob.
Learn more about Cal Set Viewer. This allows you to hide all toolbars with a single selection. NOT available on sofkeys. Other Bars
The Main Title shows the title of VNA window and Minimize / Maximize icons.
When used with softkeys, this area allows numeric values to be entered for settings. From the keyboard, enter G for Giga, M for Mega or milli, K for kilo and so forth.
When enabled, the status bar is displayed along the bottom of the VNA screen. The primary status bar shows the following: Tip: Right-click on many of these items in the status bar for quick access to settings.
Note: A second level status bar appears when using External Test Set Control or Interface control. The status bar state (ON or OFF) will not change when the VNA is Preset. The VNA system date and time can be shown in the far right corner of the status bar. The format is: year-month-day hr:min and can NOT be changed. To hide the clock, right click the mouse on the clock and then click Hide Clock. Learn how to set the VNA time settings. Check to enable the active port feature. All VNA port numbers will be displayed in a status bar whether they are active or not. The currently active port will be highlighted in blue. If the ports change state more quickly than 4 Hz in standard channel, all active ports will be highlighted with a constant blue color. The location of the active port indicators depend on the state of the "2 Bars" selection, the number of VNA ports and the width of the display. Selecting Measurement Class other than Standard will disable the Active Port Pane. If both Application and Standard measurement channels are selected, the indications for Standard channel will only be shown on the pane. Use-Case example: 1. "2 Bars" is OFF. The active port indicators on 2nd bar.
2. "2 Bars" is ON. The active port indicators on 1st bar.
3. "2 Bars" is ON. The active port indicators on 3rd bar. (when number of port indicators > (Wapp-1000)/20, where Wapp is application width in pixels.)
Top - Display sheet tabs above display. Bottom - Display sheet tabs below display. |
How to set Tools settings |
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Tools function to create a shortcut icon to display on Active Entry or Softkey Toolbar. The maximum icons can display on Active Entry is 9, while Softkey Toolbar is 12. New Window - Create a new window.
New Channel - Create a new channel on active window.
New Channel + Window - Create a new trace and channel to a new window.
New Trace - Create a new trace on active window.
New Trace + Window - Create a new trace to a new window, but the channel is remain.
New Sheet - Create a new sheet.
New Trace + Sheet - Create a new trace to a new sheet, but the channel is remain.
New Channel + Sheet - Create a new trace and channel to a new sheet.
Home - Display VNA Home softkeys.
Favorite - Set favorite application. To Add a Favorite, press and hold any softkey for three seconds and select the desired Favorite number (Favorite 1 to 3).
Help - Shows Help file.
Show Task Bar - Shows Window bar.
Preference - Display preference dialog box.
Tile Windows
Manages Files - Use to manage the saved files in the "D:\" drive folder. Learn more.
Minimize Application - Restore VNA screen. Learn more.
About Network Analyzer - Display About Network Analyzer dialog box.
Undo - Recover to previous version. Learn more.
Redo - Set to latest version. Learn more.
Screenshot - Save screen figure to "D:\" drive (D:\).
Delete - Delete the active window.
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How to set colors |
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Menu Color Theme - Select color theme Display Colors... - See Display Colors Print Colors... - See Print Preview |
You can create and display a title for each window.
The limit is set by the number of windows that are displayed.
The title (My Window) is annotated in the upper-left of the window as follows:
How to enter a Window Title |
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A Trace Title overwrites the Measurement Parameter in the Trace Status area, the Status Bar and hardcopy prints.
This title has priority over Equation Editor titles.
The practical limit is about 70 characters if there is only one trace.
Spaces are accepted but not displayed; use underscores.
The title is annotated as follows:
How to enter a Trace Title |
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Frequency/stimulus information is displayed at the bottom of each window on the screen. It shows:
Channel number
Start value
Stop value
How to show/hide Frequency/Stimulus information
The Network Analyzer application can be minimized to show the desktop and Windows taskbar.
Click System > Main > Minimize Application.
To restore the VNA application, double-click the VNA application on the desktop.
Cleared - Title bars for all VNA window are hidden. This allows more room to display measurement results.
