Essential Software (SA + IQ Analyzer)

• Corrected Windows 11 settings such that the password for the Instrument account will not expire after 42 days (XSA-51759)

• Fixed issue that caused an Execution Error and error Event Log entries when the Peak Search or Marker buttons are pressed; equivalent SCPI commands are OK (XSA-51595)

• Fixed issue that caused crash when Display button was pressed on analyzers that did not have license for Option EDP, Enhanced Display Package (XSA-51596)

• Fixed issue that caused a “Settings conflict” error message to be generated when sending SCPI command “SENS:CORR:NOISE:FLOOR OFF” to an analyzer that did not have Opt NF2 licensed (XSA-50665)

• First version to support Option W11, Microsoft Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC operating system

• Added support for N9042B-575, Frequency Range 2 Hz to 75 GHz for N9042B UXA Signal Analyzer

• Add generic trace menu in Spectrum and Waveform measurements of the IQ Analyzer (Basic) model

• Fixed issue in IQ Analyzer (Basic) mode’s Spectrum measurement where marker value was incorrect, resulting in N7814A TME calibration software app test for Noise Density failing (XSA-47871)

• Fixed issue that caused pressing Align Now Expired to stop the analyzer from sweeping if there were no expired alignments (XSA-47571)

• Fixed issue with LXI web interface that caused the Get Image feature to take 1.5 to 2 minutes to capture an image (XSA-43571)

• Fixed issue that caused the most significant digits in the Marker Table from being displayed (XSA-49469)

• Fixed issue that caused SCPI server to not work properly and display “hislip-1” device (XSA-34123)

• Fixed issue that caused the Control Instrument feature in the LXI web interface to not work properly (XSA-48920)

• Fixed issue that caused spikes to appear with Corrections On and NFE set to either Full or Adaptive (XSA-48818)

• Fixed issue causing N9032B PXA and N9042B UXA to hang when responding to SCPI command “SYST:DEF ALL” (Restore Default) (XSA-47866)

• Fixed issue that prevented access to the LXI web page on analyzers upgraded to A.39.28 (XSA-48028)

• Fixed issue in the MeasResults file in Swept SA measurements where the Marker Frequency values did not have the same precision as the frequencies displayed on screen (XSA-41595)

• Fixed issue where the Reference Level and Max Mixer Level values were not being recalled properly if Max Mixer Lvl Rules is set to Compression (XSA-46952)

• Fixed issue with Peak Table that caused the trace to show more peaks than the Max Number of Peaks value (XSA-38589)

• Fixed issue that caused a “More recent calibration data available” dialog to appear when unsealing a new instrument or after performing a recovery (XSA-48512)

• Fixed issue that caused Backlight Control to not be turned back on after pressing the ESC key (XSA-47083)

• Added support for N9069EM0E Noise Figure measurement application on the N9032B-555 PXA models

• For U9361C/F/G/M RCAL Receiver Calibrator control, added a remote SCPI command to set RCAL Tone Spacing Multiplier (:SYST:CAL:ROW[n]:TSM value) to apply to the default tone spacing used when making vector calibrations. This allows multi-tones to be denser, enabling better flatness improvements at higher frequency ranges

• Enabled the Secure Boot feature in BIOS with TPM (Trusted Platform Module)

• Added support for VDI Spectrum Analyzer Extender (SAX) WR8.0SAX and WR8.0SAX-M for F-Band (90 – 140 GHz), as Keysight models N9029AV08 and N9029BV08, respectively

• Fixed issue causing the Gate View to display the signal incorrectly when Gate Method is Video (XSA-42159)

• Fixed issue in IQ Waveform measurement that caused a step in the trace at 8,000,000th sample (XSA-42884)

• Fixed issue causing Fast Power queries to take longer to complete than necessary (XSA-46700)

• Fixed issue in External Source Control that caused both start and stop frequencies to be changed when only the start frequency or only the stop frequency needed to be changed (XSA-44786)

• Fixed issue in Complex Spectrum measurement of IQ Analyzer mode that caused the Couple Markers feature to not work (XSA-39788)

• Fixed issue in IQ Waveform measurement causing the Phase Noise Optimization (PNO) setting to not be set properly when starting the XSA application. (XSA-40116)

• Fixed issue in IQ Analyzer mode causing the Filter Alpha parameter to not be recalled properly in both the Complex Spectrum and IQ Waveform measurements (XSA-41982)

• Fixed issue in IQ Analyzer mode causing the application to crash if the marker is adjusted using the left / right arrow keys (XSA-46652)

• Fixed issue causing Res BW Switching Uncertainty performance verification test to fail (XSA-44696)

• Fixed issue to allow recalling CSV correction files that contain transducer units to be imported into Correction 2, Correction 3, etc (previously, only Correction 1 was allowed to accept transducer units) (XSA-44954)

• Fixed issue the prevented VSA from disconnecting when switching from VSA back to XSA application (XSA-43734)

• Added new security feature option, N90xxB/BU-SF3, Secure RAM Boot

• Added 55 GHz frequency range option to the N9032B as N9032B-555

• In Swept SA measurement, increased available markers from 12 to 24

• In IQ Analyzer Waveform measurement, added support for Marker Peak Search Start / Stop range settings, under the Peak Search Config menu

• In IQ Analyzer Waveform measurement, added support for “Adjust Attenuation for Minimum Clip” feature under the Amplitude: Attenuation menu

• For Fast Power measurement (SCPI only， license N90EMFP2B required), added support for Trigger Output settings of Off, MainTrigger, and ReadyForTrigger (2024.0301)

• Fixed issue causing XSA application to freeze when pressing RESTART while *.screen file is in process of being recalled (XSA-31960)

• Fixed issue with Trace Math power sum feature that was limiting the sum to +30 dBm (XSA-43397)

• Fixed issue causing a null reference exception if Peak Table was activated while the display Theme was set to Dark (XSA-41404)

• Fixed issue in IQ analyzer measurement on N9042B that caused IF Path to not be set correctly when the center frequency was at its maximum value (XSA-39328)

• Fixed issue with LXI web interface that prevented the Get Image feature to work properly when connected through intranet (internet is OK) (XSA-42374)

• Fixed issue causing Backlight Intensity value to not properly survive a power cycle (XSA-41029)

• Fixed issue in Fast Power measurement that resulted in errors when making measurement on low SNR signals (XSA-37943)

• Added new security feature option, N90xxB/BU-SF3, Secure RAM Boot

• Added 55 GHz frequency range option to the N9032B as N9032B-555

• Added support for Wake-on-LAN (WoL) feature via 1GB LAN port. Requires CPU option PC8, PC9, PCA, or PCBj

• Several minor UI enhancements to SCPI Recorder feature

• Added support for SCPI queries for time zone, UTC date and time for IQ Streaming to N9042B. Requires license N9042B-ST1/ST2

• Fixed issue causing front panel LEDs to not indicate the correct IF Input when using a VDI CCD external mixer (XSA-39149)

• Fixed issue that only allowed Wide Bandwidths (Option RBE) to be enabled when RTSA was licensed (XSA-38868)

• Fixed issue that caused Relative Burst Trigger to not be available in hardware configurations with the 25 MHz Digital IF (analyzers that did not have one or more of options B40, DP2, or MPB) (XSA-37649)

• Fixed error causing Status History log to show “Program Error; Check FPGA image” if the analyzer did not have one or more of Option B85, B1A, B1X, B2X, or B5X. (XSA-39225)

• Fixed error in SCPI Recorder causing incorrect SCPI command to be recorded for Save Trace+State (XSA-38147)

• Fixed error in SCPI Recorder causing the incorrect SCPI command to be recorded for Input External Mixer (XSA-32495)

• Fixed error in SCPI Recorder that resulted in duplicate entries being made when recalling a SCPI recording file (XSA-38789)

• Fixed issue causing font to not stand out when saving report in Filled theme (XSA-27293)

• Fixed issue causing binary files (state files) in Error Reports to be truncated (XSA-37498)

• Fixed issue causing XSA application to crash with an Argument Exception (Parameter is not valid) error being thrown by DrawEngine.wpf.DrawEngineCtl.GetHdc(). (XSA-35511)

• Fixed issue causing XSA application to crash by InvalidOperationException from SystemOverlayManagerViewModel.SuppressInformationOverlays method (XSA-35509)

• Fixed issue causing amplitudes in zero span with RBW set to 10 MHz and sweep time less than 733us to read approximately 2.5 dB low (XSA-39924)

• Fixed issue causing the internal web server to not work with instrument software versions A.36.0x (XSA-38563)

• Fixed issue that caused a spike to appear at 3.6 GHz when sweeping across band break with NFE ON (XSA-34443)

• Fixed issue that caused Limit pass/fail message to appear even when Limit Test is Off on analyzers with multi-touch UI (softkey UI is OK) (XSA-33677)

• Fixed issue causing markers to not work properly in RTSA mode when recalling trace+state (XSA-35853)

• Corrected descriptions of CONF, INIT, READ, and MEAS topics in the Help documentation (XSA-36164)

• Corrected SCPI command that appears when pressing Show SCPI Command in SCPI Recorder for external mixing (XSA-33208)

• In several measurements, corrected the SCPI command that appears when pressing Show SCPI command. For example, in Log Plot measurement, “:SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer <value>” should be “:SENSe:FREQuency:CARRier <value>” (XSA-32736)

• Fixed issue that caused the XSA application to crash if Page Setup is clicked when no printer is available (XSA-28112)

• Corrected Help files related to Peak Excursion and Peak Threshold default settings (XSA-34434)

• Fixed issue preventing the Meas Mode to be changed between Continuous and Single on the second Spectrum Analyzer measurement tab (XSA-32792)

• Corrected Help files to properly describe parameters required for SCPI command to query trace peaks, “CALCulate:DATA[n]:PEAKs?” (XSA-35093)

• Fixed issue causing Binblock data queries to return extra bytes when using the MMEM:DATA? query command (XSA-37735)

• Added support for VDI Mixer WR6.5 CCD-K5 (D-Band) on N9042B with Opt EXW

• Modified UI to allow importing corrections for VDI mixers used with Opt EXW ports on N9042B.

• Added support for VDI Mixer CCD M4 in IQ Analyzer (Basic) and Swept SA measurements on N9042B with options N9042B-EXW and N9042B-EDC

• Added support of LO shift capability for V3050A Frequency Extender’s software preselection, thus improving performance above 90 GHz

• Added support for VDI SAX modules in Mixer Preset menu for external mixers.

• Added Dark color theme as a choice for Display Theme in the User Interface menu.

• Extended maximum number of peaks in Marker Peak Table from 20 to 500.

• In IQ Analyzer (Basic) mode, added Spectrum Inversion Normal | Invert toggle under Meas Setup, Advanced

• In SCPI Recorder menu, added a direct access key jump.

• Added support for saving SCPI Recording as a Python Script (*.py) in SCPI Recorder

• Added a new Play behavior “Play Selected” for each row when recalling a saved SCPI recording file in SCPI Recorder.

• Added support for recording action for Save/Recall in SCPI Recorder.

• Fixed issue that caused a spike to appear at 3.6 GHz when sweeping across band break with NFE ON (XSA-34443)

• Fixed issue that caused Limit pass/fail message to appear even when Limit Test is Off on analyzers with multi-touch UI (softkey UI is OK) (XSA-33677)

• Fixed issue causing markers to not work properly in RTSA mode when recalling trace+state (XSA-35853)

• Corrected descriptions of CONF, INIT, READ, and MEAS topics in the Help documentation (XSA-36164)

• Corrected SCPI command that appears when pressing Show SCPI Command in SCPI Recorder for external mixing (XSA-33208)

• In several measurements, corrected the SCPI command that appears when pressing Show SCPI command. For example, in Log Plot measurement, “:SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer <value>” should be “:SENSe:FREQuency:CARRier <value>” (XSA-32736)

• Fixed issue that caused the XSA application to crash if Page Setup is clicked when no printer is available (XSA-28112)

• Corrected Help files related to Peak Excursion and Peak Threshold default settings (XSA-34434)

• Fixed issue preventing the Meas Mode to be changed between Continuous and Single on the second Spectrum Analyzer measurement tab (XSA-32792)

• Corrected Help files to properly describe parameters required for SCPI command to query trace peaks, “CALCulate:DATA[n]:PEAKs?” (XSA-35093)

• Added support for VDI CCD (Keysight N9029ACST) on N9042B with N9042B-EXW to allow wide-bandwidth measurements at millimeter wave frequencies using the High LO and High IF ports

• Fixed issue causing the analyzer to hang when using client side buffers due to CompletedTransfer not occurring after AbortComplete with 101 info (XSA-34793)

• Fixed memory tests error of performance counters broken (XSA-32600)

• Fixed issue causing the measurement app to hang when RCal plugged in and selecting a USB source (XSA-34671)

• Fixed issue in Swept SA measurement that VDI WR6.5CCD-M4 has wideband residual response (XSA-34778)

• Fixed issue causing negative Trigger Delays to be clipped at -150ms (should be -10s) on analyzers with 25 MHz Digital IF (XSA-33729)

• Added support for SCPI Recording for SAVE/RECALL actions

• Removed :TRIGger:SEQuence:FRAMe:PATH NARRow|WIDE command from instruments that do not support the feature (XSA-31117)

• Fixed issue that caused RCal module to not be visible in Cal Source menu after having been connected and disconnected several times (XSA-30829)

• Fixed issue causing the Marker Table to not respond to changes in some parameters on N9041B (XSA-29166)

• Fixed issue causing User View to not always be recalled correctly when recalling a state file (XSA-31784)

• Fixed issue causing SENS:WAV:SRAT? to return incorrect value on analyzers with 25 MHz Digital IF installed (XSA-33554)

• Fixed issue causing RF Burst triggers to not be stable with changes in Absolute Trigger Level (XSA-32161)

• Fixed issue causing RCal corrections to be applied for IF Paths that are not being used (XSA-31094)

• Fixed issue causing excessive IF flatness errors when using the V3050A Frequency Extender with N9042B at frequencies near 106 GHz in the 4 GHz IF Path (XSA-29967)

• Fixed issue causing the Move Up and Move Down features in SCPI Recorder to behave unexpectedly (XSA-32590)

• Fixed issue causing text on the fourth row of the Meas Bar to be partially hidden (XSA-28716)

• Allow “Insert *OPC?” control to always appear in SCPI Recorder, even when Continuous SCPI Recording is Off (XSA-32591)

• Fixed memory leak issue caused by frequent loading and unloading of multiple applications (XSA-30842)

• Fixed issue causing Print function to not work properly (XSA-33528)

• Fixed issue in IQ Analyzer mode causing the IF Path (when set to Auto) to not update properly when switching from Complex Spectrum measurement to IQ Waveform measurement (XSA-27781)

• Fixed issue causing time gated measurements to auto couple to a sweep time that is too fast for analyzers without Opt EP0 (XSA-31339)

• Enlarged font of text in Metrics window of IQ Analyzer’s Waveform measurement (XSA-32353)

• N-dB Points and Band Power markers now work properly if Frequency Offset is non-zero (XSA-30371)

• Added Optical Data Interface (ODI) option for IQ Streaming to N9032B and N9042B. Requires license N9032B-ST1/ST2 or N9042B-ST1/ST2, as appropriate

• Added new setting of Power Reference Plane to switch RF and Baseband. Requires license for N9030B-BBA or N9020B-BBA, as appropriate.

• Added new utility of Configure Applications in System menu to select applications to preload at next application startup. Requires license N90xxSA2E.

• Added new feature of Unload Modes in Configure Applications to dispose the entire mode in memory without restarting application. Requires license N90xxSA2E.

• SCPI Recorder support added for WLAN, Bluetooth, and PA Test measurement apps (2022.1201)

• Fixed issue that caused recalling Screen Config + State to not restore Global Center Frequency selection (XSA-29462)

• Fixed issue causing the Trace Math trace to not be updated properly (XSA-29587)

• Fixed issue related to displaying Trigger Delay and setting of Trigger Delay via SCPI when the value is below +/- 100ns (XSA-28572)

• Fixed issue causing the Span to be set incorrectly in the Channel Power measurement after Meas Preset or sending CONF:CHP command with CCARrier count set to 2 (XSA-31067)

• Fixed issue that caused the Enable Wideband IF FFT in the SEM measurements to not work in modes other than WLAN (XSA-27710)

• Fixed issue with External Source Control that required the XSA application to be restarted if the source was power cycled (XSA-29991)

• Fixed issue causing 27.8 kHz frequency error when RBW Filter Type = Flattop and Options FS1 and FS2 are enabled (XSA-28901)

• Fixed issue that caused the Control Size SCPI command to not take effect immediately; manual behavior is OK (XSA-27845)

• Fixed issue causing unexpected behavior when Trigger Delay value is negative and RBW > 8 MHz when measuring in zero span (XSA-26557)

• Fixed issue causing the SW Preselector annotation to be incorrect when recalling a state (XSA-28189)

• Fixed issue that caused marker settings to be corrupted when Gate View is toggled on and off (XSA-27798)

• Fixed issue that caused the Playback of the SCPI Recorder to place the peak marker in the incorrect location (XSA-28040)

• Fixed issue causing the Min Fast line to be missing when using Time Gating with A.33.04 (XSA-28990)

• Fixed issue with SCPI Recorder that resulted in a recording limit warning not being set if Record Limit was set to zero and a key is pressed (XSA-23556)

• Fixed issue with SCPI Recorder that caused the Recording Limit to overflow instead of being clipped to the minimum value (XSA-27796)

• Fixed issue with SCPI Recorder that caused consecutive “Meas Preset” commands to not collapse (XSA-27463)

• Fixed issue in Power Suite measurements that caused Trig Holdoff to not work when Gate Source is set to RF Burst (XSA-28414)

• Fixed issue in Spurious Emissions measurement that caused NFE to not work when MeasBW > 1 x RBW (XSA-30670)

• Fixed issue with RCal causing a communication error when IF Gain = All and IF Path = 4 GHz ( XSA-29996)

• Fixed issue in Spectrogram and RTSA measurements that caused a crash when toggling between Display Trace and Start Time (XSA-29112)

• Fixed issue that caused RCal cal table to be lost upon instrument crash and reboot (XSA-29998)

• Fixed issue that caused RCal CalGroup 3 to migrate to CalGroup1 or CalGroup2 after XSA is restarted or rebooted (XSA-29960)

• Fixed issue causing “Help on this setting” to not bring up the LNA help section when appropriate (XSA-27642)

• Added support of Fault Tolerant Floating Licenses (FTFL)

• SCPI Recorder (NEW)

  • Added error handling for unavailable SCPI commands

  • Time out handling for long-responding-time SCPI commands

  • Delete a selected recorded item

• Fixed issue that caused analyzer to freeze up when set to a long sweep time, such as 2000s (XSA-25523)

• Fixed issue that prevented restoring cal files from non-secure drive onto secure drive (XSA-26976)

• Fixed issue that required the user to be logged in as “Administrator” in order to perform instrument software upgrade, even if the non-Administrator login (for example, “AdminX”) has administrator privileges (XSA-26218)

IQ Analyzer (Basic) Mode

• Fixed issue on N9042B with 4 GHz analysis bandwidth option (Opt R40) that prevented using a V3050A with frequency range option F09 to tune up to 90 GHz in IQ Analyzer mode (XSA-28242)

• Fixed issue that caused setting a waveform sample rate > 300 Mbps to not auto couple the IF path to >= 1 GHz if R10, R15, R20, or R40 is present (XSA-25732)

• Fixed issue in Complex Spectrum measurement that caused maximum span to be 40 MHz when N9042B is set to center frequency >26.5 GHz on analyzer with Opt 544 (XSA-27055)

• Adds support for following options on N9021B MXA Signal Analyzer:

  • N9021B-508 Frequency Range, 10 Hz to 8.4 GHz

  • N9021B-513 Frequency Range, 10 Hz to 13.6 GHz

  • N9021B-526 Frequency Range, 10 Hz to 26.5 GHz

  • N9021B-P08 Preamplifier, 8.4 GHz

  • N9021B-P13 Preamplifier, 13.6 GHz

  • N9021B-P26 Preamplifier, 26.5 GHz

  • N9021B-C35 Connector, RF Input, 3.5mm

• Updated the copyright date on the XSA splash screen (XSA-25509)

• Fixed issue on N9041B that caused the XSA application to crash when setting the measurement to Swept SA, RF Input Port to RFIN2, and Sweep Type = FFT (XSA-25408)

• Fixed issue on N9042B that resulted in lower power readings in Swept SA measurement when RBW is set to 10 MHz and span is set to zero span (XSA-25551)

• Fixed issue that caused analyzer to intermittently ignore command to set the Res BW to 51 kHz (XSA-23733)

• Fixed issue that caused Enhanced Display Package (EDP) functionality to not appear in N9042B when a license for N90E1EDP-1FP was installed (XSA-23564)

• Fixed issue that caused the attenuator in the V3050 Frequency Extender to appear to be set to 25 dB when attenuator can only be set in 2 dB steps between 0 and 26 dB (XSA-23536)

• Fixed issue that caused the Video BW annotation to disappear on a multi-touch analyzer in the Swept SA measurement when the span is set to 0 Hz (zero span) (XSA-21696)

• Fixed issue that caused 10 second delay from sweep start to Analog Out signal being active when using long sweep times (XSA-23172)

• Fixed issue that caused glitches to appear on Screen Video output (Analog Out) after an alignment completed (XSA-21698)

• Fixed issue that caused RCal SCPI command :SYST:CAL:ROW4:DUPL to duplicate row 3 instead of row 4 (XSA-23586)

• Disabled the Dock / Undock windows feature (XSA-21612)

• Fixed issue in Hardware-Accelerated Fast Power measurement that caused measurement to return invalid or stale trace data after a preceding IQ Time (SCPI: FCAP) acquisition if INIT:CONT was set to OFF (XSA-21339)

IQ Analyzer (Basic) Mode

• Fixed issue that caused data saved in *.MAT format to be unreadable in MATLAB if the data contained an odd number of IQ pairs (XSA-23473)

• Fixed issue in IQ Waveform measurement that caused a “Execution error, See details to Windows Event Log Under SA” message to appear after running a simple script 31 times (XSA-23676)

• Fixed issue that caused data saved in *.MAT format to be unreadable in MATLAB if the data contained an odd number of IQ pairs (XSA-23473)

• Fixed issue in IQ Waveform measurement that caused a “Execution error, See details to Windows Event Log Under SA” message to appear after running a simple script 31 times (XSA-23676)

• Fixed issue that caused DANL failures with RBW of 1 Hz when the RF Input 2 is selected (XSA-23265)

• Fixed issue that caused noise floor with Noise Floor Extension (NFE) enabled to be too high when RF Input 2 is selected (XSA-23266)

• New Core software license, N9060ES1E, enables SA and IQ Analyzer (Basic) modes, but does not enable Power Suite measurements (i.e. Adjacent Channel Power, Channel Power, etc).

  N90EMPSMB is required for Power Suite measurements if N9060EM1E is not present.

N9032B PXA Signal Anlyzer

• Added support for Opt CRW on analyzers with Opt R15 and R20

• Fixed issue that caused misleading “Command Protected” error message to appear when floating license was not available (XSA-21853)

• Fixed issue causing exception errors to occur when performing a User Preset (XSA-21247)

• Fixed issue causing Constraint Exception to occur after performing Auto Tune and then pressing Undo on multi-touch analyzer (XSA-18505)

• Fixed issue on analyzers with Opt EDC to set oscilloscope V/div setting to yield more optimum signal-to-noise ratio (XSA-21269)

• Fixed issue that caused Gating feature to not work in some instances when Gate Method is LO and Gate View is Off (XSA-21409)

• Fixed issue causing “Error communicating with RCal module” in cases where the RCal module does not have Opt CPX (XSA-21326)

• Fixed issue that caused amplitude errors near 26.8 GHz on millimeter wave EXA and MXA analyzers when Sweep Time Rules = Normal (XSA-18739)

• Fixed issue that caused the noise floor to not be properly displayed when Noise Floor Extension (NFE) is used in conjunction with RCal (XSA-17573)

• Fixed issue that caused analyzer to stop sweeping in some External Mixing setups after a few hours (XSA-18912)

• Fixed issue that caused crash when analyzer is performing an alignment (XSA-19239)

• Fixed issue that caused XSA application to crash due to OutOfMemory condition caused by underestimation of memory demand (XSA-16290)

• Fixed issue that caused DLL loading errors (XSA-21239)

• Fixed issue that issue that caused Video Trigger level to be clipped to +30 dBm even when there was a large negative value for External Gain entered (XSA-21804)

• Fixed issue in IQ Waveform measurement that caused trace updates to stop when maximum number of acquisition points is reached on analyzers with Opt R20 (XSA-18180)

• Fixed issue that caused the AifNGBVariableAttenuatorAlignmentAlgorithm to fail during power-up alignments (XSA-23114)

• Fixed issue which caused DANL failures at the lowest frequency in the Full Bypass (FBP) signal path when Sweep Type is FFT (XSA-22654)

• Added support for PC8 and PC9 CPUs

• Introduced N90EMPSMB Power Suite measurement application, which adds enhancements to analyzers with N9060C or N9060EM1E; N90EMPSMB will be required for all Power Suite measurements for analyzers with N9060ES1E

• Added support for 10 MHz RBW in SA model across all measurements

• Fixed issue that prevented RCal module from being selected as a calibrator source (XSA-18247)

• Fixed issue that caused a spur to appear in the Spurious Emissions measurement when no signal was applied to the RF Input (XSA-16940)

• Fixed in Adjacent Channel Power measurement that caused Noise Correction to only be applied to Trace 1 (XSA-17513)

• Fixed issue that caused analyzer to lock up when Sig ID was on in External Mixing with very wide spans (i.e. 50 GHz) (XSA-17153)

• Fixed issue that caused Gating to not work properly for faster sweep times (XSA-17255)

• Fixed issue in external mixing that caused amplitude under-response and LO unlocks when using an M1971V Harmonic Mixer in the Dual Conversion path at 60 GHz (XSA-17636)

• Fixed issue that caused RCal calibration to fail if stop frequency is >= 3.3 GHz on MXA (UXA and PXA are OK) (XSA-19051)

• Fixed issue with the internal web pages where the links to the software download pages were directing the user to the pages for a different model (XSA-13585)

• Fixed issue that caused slow-downs to occur under specific conditions (XSA-16431)

• Fixed issue in ACP measurement that caused sweeps to appear incomplete, although the measurement data is still valid (XSA-16046)

I/Q Analyzer (Basic) Mode

• Fixed issue that caused Fast Capture transfer times to be slower in A.28.05 compared to A.27.02 (XSA-16326)

• Fixed issue that caused Fast Capture transfer times to be slower in A.28.05 compared to A.27.02 (XSA-16326)

• Gate Length is now grayed out when Gate Type is set to Variable

• Fixed issue that caused floating licenses to not always be checked-in and checked-out as expected (XSA-16479)

• Fixed issue causing Sequencer to ignore the measurement standards setting when switching between different measurements (for example, from ACP to Channel Power) (XSA-10513)

• Fixed issue on CXA that caused crash if a frequency offset value was entered that resulted in the new stop frequency being greater than the maximum frequency of the analyzer (XSA-13270)

• Fixed issue that caused the Local button to obscure some of the display annotation when display is set to Full Screen on multi-touch analyzers (XSA-15436)

• Modified Help information to note that Corrections data are included when saving a State or saving a Screen Config + State (XSA-11418)

• Fixed issue that resulted in the analyzer not detecting when a USB external mixer (i.e. M1970-Series or M1971-Series) is unplugged from USB (XSA-12444)

• Fixed issue when using USB external mixers that resulted in LO Alignment failures when instrument software version A.27.xx is installed (XSA-12474)

• Fixed issue that caused Help system to encounter an error when searching for IEEE-488.2 commands (for example, *TRG, *IDN, etc) (XSA-12902)

Swept SA Measurement

• Fixed an issue in Wide Bandwidth mode (Option RBE) that resulted in amplitude errors when External Gain setting was a non-zero value (XSA-11409)

• Fixed issue in N9030B and N9040B analyzers with Opt EP0 that resulted in trace data saved in CSV format reporting the incorrect Phase Noise Optimization setting for settings of Best Close, Balanced, and Best Wide (XSA-9225)

IQ Analyzer (Basic) Mode

• Fixed issue on UXA that caused a segmented capture with VSA to return 0 Acquisition Points (XSA-12625)

• Fixed issue on millimeter wave EXAs running A.27.02 that resulted in 4.8 GHz calibrator to not appear immediately after boot-up (XSA-10411)

• Added support for U9361M/F RCal modules

• Added Phase and Amplitude vs Time (PAvT) measurement

Swept SA Measurement

• Fixed issue that caused crashes when sequence of tuning analyzer and reading peak amplitude is repeated under remote control (XSA-5682)

• Fixed issue that caused incorrect results in FFT sweeps with FFT Width = 40 MHz (XSA-8766)

• Fixed issue that caused sweep times to be much slower in Swept SA measurement when switching from SA mode to Analog Demod mode and then back to SA mode. Only occurs on analyzers with Opt FS1 and/or FS2 and when an alignment has been performed while in Analog Demod mode (XSA-6725)

• Fixed issue that caused time domain signals measured with Video Trigger and negative trigger delay settings to exhibit intermittent time shift. Problem only occurs on analyzers with 25 MHz Digital IF assembly. (XSA-5642)

• Fixed issue that caused time domain signals measured with negative trigger delay to exhibit excessive jitter and trace dropouts. Problem only occurs on analyzers with 25 MHz Digital IF assembly. (XSA-5641)

• Fixed in with zero span measurements made with Average detector where trace appears much coarser than it should be (~31 sweep points versus 1001 sweep points) (XSA-5951)

Spurious Emissions Measurement (all modes)

• Fixed issue that caused Video Trigger selection to be missing in Spurious Emissions Measurement (SEM) (XSA-8364)

IQ Analyzer (Basic) Mode

• Fixed issue that caused N9040Bs with older Opt H1G hardware to exhibit poor flatness when the Full Bypass Path (Opt FBP) is selected (XSA-7688)

• Added Auto Peak Excursion and Auto Peak Threshold features. Default setting is On.

• Removed requirement to enter administrator password to perform calibration data backup and restore

• Added SCPI command to turn Peak Threshold Line On/Off (SCPI command: MARKer:PEAK:THReshold:LINe[:STATe] )

• Fixed issue that caused analyzer to boot up in a non-sweeping state if Power-On State was set to User Preset but the User Preset State was set to its defaults (Save User Preset had not been pressed) (XSA-4685)

• Fixed issue in SEM measurement that caused limit mask to move slightly when averaging is on (XSA-4050)

• Added support for NFE corrections to be applied to Trace 2 and Trace 3 in the ACP measurement (XSA-3935)

• Modified the maximum span in an SEM measurement to be dependent upon the input port (for example, RF Input versus External Mixing input) (XSA-4093)

• Fixed issue that caused a glitch in the first division when using the sample detector in zero span with a 1us sweep time (XSA-782)

• Fixed issue with Auto Excursion that resulted in peak excursion values that were much too small when the Wide Bandwidths feature (Option RBE) was enabled (XSA-742)

• Provides improved control of LO drive levels to the instrument front end mixing stages, which should improve reliability on the N9041B

• Provides full support of the secure flash memory that resides in the new CPUs, designated as N90xxA/B-PC6S and N90xxA/B-PC7S

• Fixed issue causing Trace Normalize to not work when NFE is set to Full or Adaptive (530667)

• Fixed issue that caused fixed and delta markers to not always be recalled properly the first time. A second recall of the same state was necessary for the markers to be properly positioned. (529181)

• Fixed issue that caused Coupled Markers to not be recalled properly unless previous state was Preset state or a state without Coupled Markers (529572)

• Fixed issue with Corrections feature where the current register was not properly updated when importing data into a new register (526854)

• Fixed issue in I/Q Analyzer mode where the Remote Command Results table was missing in the help text for the Complex Spectrum measurement. Issue is only with multi-touch GUI; traditional GUI is OK. (527064)

• Fixed issue that caused keyboard response to be very slow when using Spectrogram display in zero span with 40us sweep time setting (526362)

• Fixed issue with multi-touch GUI where the measurement app may hang-up after pressing the touchscreen for a long time (530990)

• Fixed calculation of Auto Sweep Time in Power Suite measurements to be more consistent with Swept SA measurements (527365)

• Fixed issue where RF Burst Trigger was not working properly when set to negative trigger delay (528627)

• Fixed issue where VSA would get a SocketException error with reason of “An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used” when using IPv6 address and segmented capture with UXA (VSA is running on UXA). OK if using IPv4 address. (531252)

• Added display trace caret when waiting for gate or trigger

• Improved limit line annotation to display the comment associated with a limit line

• Fixed issue that caused “Settings conflict: Timebase DAC not available with Pulse selected” error message to appear when Freq Ref In was set to Pulse or Sense and 1pps signal is connected to EXT REF INPUT (519362)

• Fixed issue that caused “INST:SCReen:MULTiple ON” SCPI command to not work on multi-touch analyzers in software versions A.19.xx through A.22.xx (518624)

• Corrected help text relating to Delete a User View on multi-touch analyzers (520252)

• Fixed issue that caused traces to turn red when the trace did not in fact exceed the limit line (516558)

• Fixed issue on analyzers with licenses for N7699A-D24 or N90x0A/B-DST that prevented the Update FPGA feature to recognize and enable the TDS FPGA (513412)

• Added documentation to Complex Spectrum for interpreting results of MeasResults.csv files (513794)

• Fixed issue to allow Corrections files with an extension of either “CSV” or “csv” to be recognized as valid files to be recalled (522622)

• NFE corrections are applied to correctly to multiple traces with all detector scenarios (523620)

• Removed erroneous “Settings Conflict; Feature not available for option SF2” message that would appear on boot-up of analyzers with Option SF2 (512876)

• Fixed issue causing query timeout when using External Mixing SCPI command [:SENSe]:MIXer:MPATh:AUX:CORRection? (513182)

• Fixed saving Measurement Data on Spurious Emissions measurement (522161)

• Fixed issue that caused XSA application to crash when creating a new measurement screen after having activated the Marker Function in the Monitor Spectrum measurement (521453)

• Fixed issue in SEM measurement that caused the table value for Lower Freq (Hz) to not be displayed correctly (520636)

• Corrected the Phase Noise Optimizations settings for CXA and PXAs with Opt EP1 (524328)

• Fixed issue in Spurious Emissions measurement where some N9030As with Opt FS1 might make an erroneous measurement in narrow (i.e. 100 Hz) RBW (522601)

• Fixed issue on analyzers with Option H1G that caused Chirp Cal Alignment to indicate false failures (CS1498333)

• Fixed issue that caused false RF Alignment errors upon boot-up on N9010A/B, N9020A/B, N9030A/B analyzers with Option B40 running A.23.05, A.23.06, or A.23.07 instrument software version (519951)

• In measurements that have Auto Sweep Points selection, added “Settings Alert: Set Auto Sweep Points to On” message if the RBW is set to a value narrower than one sweep point

• Added ability to show USB preamp serial number in the Show Hardware screen

• Added ability to select Average Detector when Wide Bandwidths (Option RBE) is On

Power Suite Measurements

• On analyzers with multi-touch UI, added the ability to set Sweep Points in the SEM measurement to values between 201 and 10,001

• In measurements that have Auto Sweep Points selection, added “Settings Alert: Set Auto Sweep Points to On” message if the RBW is set to a value narrower than one sweep point

• Fixed issue on multi-touch UI that caused Zoom Sweep Time to not be set properly in the Zoom Span if Span = 0 Hz (508979)

• Fixed issue that caused some text to not switch back to English after having the Language previously been set to Japanese and then back to English (508980)

• Fixed issue that caused a crash when recalling a VSA state file and the VSA version installed is something other than the preferred version (509971)

• Fixed issue in IQ Analyzer mode of N9041B that caused “Error locking IF Output resource” error when IF Path was set to External prior to switching into VSA software (510105)

• Fixed issue in millimeter-wave analyzers that caused Coupling annotation to display “AC” when recalling a state that had been saved on an analyzer that had AC coupling set; millimeter-wave analyzers do not support AC coupling (510473)

• VSA: Fixed issue that caused inability to connect VSA to XSA application when analyzer is using a local link address, such as a self-assigned IP address or a router-assigned IP address (514710)

• Fixed issue that caused analyzers running Win10 to minimize the XSA application approximately every 10 minutes, shutting off SCPI communications due to analyzer being set to Tablet mode (510743)

• Fixed issue that caused “FREQ:SYNT:AUTO ON” SCPI command to generate (Settings Conflict” message when sent to an older N9000A that did not have LO Synthesizer hardware to support the command (509881)

• Fixed issue in SEM measurement when Radio Std Preset is set to 802.11ay caused by insufficient trace points for sweeping the Carrier Power region (509483)

• Fixed issue that caused the Dual Conversion path of the M1971-Series mixers to not be available in several Power Suite measurements that used Swept LO and supported Signal ID (509777)

• In ACP measurement on multi-touch UI, fixed issue that caused Noise Correction to not initiate a new noise trace acquisition when the Meas Method changed (510312)

• Fixed issue in ACP and SEM measurements to update the 5G NR preset limit values to the latest standard (510317)

• Fixed issue in ACP measurement that caused Noise Corrections to not be applied correctly for complex corrections and amplitude corrections (510980)

• Fixed issue in Burst Power measurement where CSV measurement results could contain one million zeros for MeasResults3 and MeasResults4 if Min and Max traces not used (510987)

• Fixed issue in Spurious Emissions measurement which caused intermittent Memory Access Violation Exception errors (511130)

• Fixed issue on N9041B which caused the input to be switched momentarily from Input 2 to Input 1 and then back to Input 2 if a Preselector Center is being performed at frequencies less than 50 GHz (507949)

• Fixed issue that caused Power Bandwidth Accuracy to not meet specification (512822)

• Added ability to change the Screen Video level (for Opt YAS or YAV) between 0 to 1V into an open circuit (current behavior) and 0 to 2V into an open circuit. This allows compatibility with 856x portable spectrum analyzers whose Video Out signal was 0 to 1 V into 50ohms.

• Added SCPI command to lock the analyzer’s PC. New command is :SYSTem:LWSTation to lock the workstation.

• Added WLAN 802.11ay presets to Power Suite on N9060EM1E

• Fixed issue with External Mixing that caused LO Alignment of M1970V-002 mixer to fail when the customer’s state was recalled (503999)

• Fixed incorrect links for Support and Manuals on LXI web pages of N90x0B models (506259)

• Fixed issue that caused Zoomed trace to not function if trace is in View (507086)

• Fixed issue in External Mixer mode where amplitude corrections were not being applied for non-smart mixers on multi-touch analyzers (509264)

• Fixed issue that caused the Limit Line settings to be lost when switching between two SA measurement tabs on multi-touch analyzers (506629)

• Fixed issue that caused the USB-TMC driver to not be properly installed when upgrading instrument software on analyzers with Windows10 OS (508386)

• Fixed issue with External Source Control (Option ESC) on multi-touch analyzers causing the annotated sweep time in the lower right corner of the display to be much faster than the actual sweep time (506358)

• Fixed issue that caused negative trigger delay to not work as expected on EXAs and MXAs with the 25 MHz Digital IF assembly and all CXAs (501933)

• Fixed issue in SEM measurement with Gate View displayed where changing the Gate View Sweep Time from initial value of 20ms causes Gate View Sweep Time annotation to be replaced with “Span 0 Hz” (503197)

• Fixed issue on analyzers with Option LNP that caused signals at exactly 3.6 GHz to disappear if the RBW is set to 300 Hz or less in a span of 100 kHz (502167)

• Added support for N9041B-EDC, External Digitizer Control)

• Added support for Option EDC, External Digitizer Control, on the N9041B in IQ Analyzer (Basic) mode

• Added Network licensing “borrow” feature

• Increased maximum number of points in the List Mode to 10,001

• Max Ref Level adjustment for Amplitude Correction – allows users with large amplitude corrections to keep the signal from going off the top of the screen

• ACP Measurement: Added -6 dB selection to Integration BW in the Advanced menu (multi-touch UI only)

• Fixed issue in Monitor Spectrum measurement where, with Auto Align set to Normal, the screen would freeze briefly approximately once per minute (499695)

• Fixed issue in Swept SA measurement where display was not properly switching from start/stop frequency annotation to center/span annotation when remotely controlled (498502)

• Fixed issue that caused limit line editor to crash intermittently (501113)

• Fixed issue in SEM measurement that caused Signal ID to not function properly when Input is set to External Mixing (499121)

• Fixed issue that was preventing switching into Dual Conversion mode of M1971-Series external mixers after switching into SEM measurement (499964)

• Fixed issue that caused analyzer set to External Mixing with M1971E external mixer to stop sweeping if start frequency is set > 68.5 GHz (499967)

• Fixed issue on analyzers with Opt H1G that required different settings of IF Gain depending upon the vintage of hardware (500427)

NOTE:

A.20.22 fixes the defect found in instrument software versions A.20.03 and A.20.04 that caused measurement accuracy issues. Any analyzer running A.20.03 or A.20.04 should be upgraded to A.20.22 or later.

• Support for Windows 10 operating system on PC6 and PC7 CPUs

• Alternate Mixing Mode feature added to I/Q Analyzer (Basic) mode

• Added ability to read in S2P corrections files from PNA directly into X-Series I/Q Analyzer (Basic) measurement application and apply them

• Extended Estimated Sweep Time feature to work with software preselection (N9041B only)

• Change Max Mixer Level limits on Port 2 of N9041B UXA

• Enabled use of Noise Floor Extension on N9041B UXA with Port 2.

• Added Screen Sequencer which permits multiple screens to be updated sequentially in a Multi-screen view on analyzers with the Multi-Touch UI.

• Trace Zoom usability improvements

• I/Q Analyzer (Basic) Mode

  • Added SCPI command to query whether the LO injection of the current mixing mode state is High side or Low side

• • Fixed issue where sending SCPI command to save a file does not clear any previous “Saved file” message from the screen (485198)

• • Fixed issue on analyzers with Multi-touch GUI where, when recalling screen config + state, not all window settings are recalled properly (490576)

• • Fixed issue where LXI web page’s Get Image feature does not work properly when “Change background to printer friendly colors” box is checked (494932)

• • Fixed issue where Corrections were not working correctly with NFE set to Full or Adaptive (495035)

• • Fixed issue on analyzers with Multi-touch GUI where the state file was not recalled properly if Display Theme had been set to Outline (478804)

• • Fixed issue where grayout messages for Zoom Center and Zoom Span were incorrect when in Zero Span and Zoom Center was missing from the Sweep menu when in Swept Span (485433)

• • Fixed issue on analyzers with Multi-touch GUI where the Display Line settability when in Linear scale was too coarse (492457)

• • Fixed issue where Video Trigger was not triggering at the correct level when External Gain was enabled (496183)

• • Fixed issue where the Estimated Sweep Time annotation value did not always agree with the value set (497773)

• • Fixed issue on analyzers with Multi-touch GUI where the Print Page Setup screen does not allow setting of the margins and the units of the margins are not displayed (495720)

• • Fixed issue in ACP measurement that caused IndexOutOfRangeExceptions and crashes when successive Noise Correction On/Off cycles were being performed using the IBW method (479983)

• • Fixed issue in ACP measurement where Noise Correction was over compensating the trace when Low Noise Path was enabled (496042)

• • Fixed issue that caused M1970 Series mixers to not be recognized after an M1971 Series mixer had been disconnected (489184)

• • Fixed issue that caused flatness correction data to be lost when upgrading from versions <= A.18.56 to version A.20.03 through A.20.19 (498426)

• I/Q Analyzer (Basic) Mode

  • • Fixed issue where it was not possible to set span to >12.5 MHz when the I/Q inputs were selected with I/Q Path set to I+jQ (495405)

  • • Fixed issue where Help system was missing information on saving IQ Spectrum Data to file (495608)

WARNING:

Instrument software versions A.20.03 and A.20.04 have been found to contain a critical defect which may impact measurement accuracy. Do Not Upgrade to either of these versions.

If you recently upgraded to either A.20.03 or A.20.04, upgrade to A.20.22 or later

• Fixed issue where Err -221, Settings Conflict error was generated when a state that had Electronic Attenuator feature enabled was recalled into an analyzer that did not have the required Option EA3 (494985)

WARNING:

Instrument software versions A.20.03 and A.20.04 have been found to contain a critical defect which may impact measurement accuracy. Do Not Upgrade to either of these versions.

If you recently upgraded to either A.20.03 or A.20.04, upgrade to A.20.22 or later

• Added support for Option FBP, Full Bypass Path on N9040B ordered with options H1G and 550

• Added a means to select which version of VSA software to run via the mode selection for multi-touch instruments

• In CCDF measurement, a warning message appears when the bandwidth chosen is wider than the preselector (YTF) bandwidth

• Calibration files are now stored using MariaDB instead of SQL

• Fixed issue where SCPI commands “DISPlay:WINDow:FORMat:ZOOM” and “DISPlay:WINDow:FORMat:TILE” did not work. (486835)

• Fixed issue where dragging-and-dropping a floating window could cause the XSA application to crash (490414)

• Fixed issue with Zoom Trace where the blue bar did not always reflect the relative size of the zoomed trace relative to the un-zoomed trace (494134)

• Fixed issue where using the “DISPlay:ENABle OFF” and “SYST:KLOCK ON” SCPI commands together did not result in the display being blanked on analyzers with multi-touch GUI (494710)

• Issue fixed that caused states saved with Electronic Attenuator enabled to cause an Err -221, Settings Conflict error message when the state is recalled on an analyzer not equipped with Opt EA3, Electronic Attenuator (494985)

• Fixed issue in Swept SA measurement where signal would disappear in a span of 50 kHz and RBW of 10 Hz if Opt FS1 and/or Opt FS2 was present (491002)

• Channel Power Measurement: Fixed issue that caused PASS/FAIL indicator to flash irregularly even when Limit Testing was off (484158)

• I/Q Analyzer (Basic) Mode

  • Fixed issue in Complex Spectrum measurement that caused peaks at the start and stop frequency to not be detected by Peak Search algorithm (486366)