N9056EM1E Channel Quality Noise Power Ratio (NPR) Measurement


Release Date |
May 2025 |
S/W Version Date |
2025.0501 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.41.06_Win10_Win11.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Fixed issue in Group Delay measurements that caused an “Apply Tone to SG” message to appear when there is no connection to the signal generator (SG) (XSA-48397)
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Fixed issue in Group Delay measurement that caused the Estimated PAPR value with the internal waveform generation to not be displayed (XSA-48402)
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Fixed issue that caused traces to be cleared when switching between screens with different measurements (e.g. Group Delay on one screen, Noise Power Ratio on another screen) (XSA-49215)


Release Date |
January 2025 |
S/W Version Date |
2025.0101 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.40.05_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for N9042B-575, Frequency Range 2 Hz to 75 GHz


Release Date |
September 2024 |
S/W Version Date |
2024.0801 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.39.28_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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In Noise Power Ratio measurement, added support for the reference multi-tone IQ waveform generation internally, and export waveform to an external signal generator (SG) or DUT. Also, estimated PAPR value of internally generated waveform is shown on Meas Setup: Tone menu panel. (2024.0801)
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In Noise Power Ratio measurement, increased maximum settable number of tones from 200,001 to 1,000,001 points (2024.0801)


Release Date |
March 2024 |
S/W Version Date |
2024.0301 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.38.01_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Added support for N5186A MXG Signal Generator connectivity and control, under Meas Setup: Signal Generator: Connection Management menu (2024.0301)
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Added support for “Import Table” that allows to import Notch Data and Tone Data with file types of *.txt, *.csv, and *.mtd (2024.0301)
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Added support for Marker Function feature under Marker: Marker Function menu (2024.0301)

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Fixed issue that caused Phase Distribution / Random Seed to not affect the random sequence for phase (XSA-41688)
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Fixed issue that caused a crash in Noise Power Ratio (NPR) measurement when a notch is set outside of the actual tone span (XSA-41390)
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Fixed issue where Frequency Error was not being reported correctly when demod OSR is greater than 2 (XSA-41148)
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Fixed issue with IMD Reduction that resulted in an Execution Error occurring in some cases even if the desired suppression was reached (XSA-39988)


Release Date |
January 2024 |
S/W Version Date |
2023.1201 |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Installer File Name |
XSA_Installer_A.37.02_Win10.exe |
Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.
NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

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Adds new Noise Power Ratio measurement in the Channel Quality mode