The VNA Cal Kit editor can open the following types of Cal Kit files:
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VNA Families |
File Type |
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Cal Kits supported by current firmware of these VNA models: PNA Series, ENA Series, FieldFox, and PXI Series |
*.xkt |
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Old PNA Series Cal Kits (PNA Firmware A.07.50 to A.09.90) |
*.ckt |
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Old PNA Series Cal Kit (before A.07.50) |
*.ck1 |
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Previous FieldFox format Cal Kits |
*.xml |
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Previous ENA format Cal Kits |
*.ckx |
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8510 Cal Kit |
.CK_* |
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8753, 8752, 8719, 8720, or 8722 Cal Kit |
*.ck |
The current revision of Cal Kit files can be downloaded at http://na.support.keysight.com/pna/caldefs/stddefs.html
The VNA Cal Kit Editor can save Cal Kits in one of three file formats:
*.xkt - Newer format that is based on xml and is shared among VNA families.
*.ckt - VNA binary format, provided for backwards compatibility with older VNA firmware revisions and may not support future new cal kit capabilities, which is expected of the *.xkt format.
*.prn - Cal kit print files. This is a text file format which can be read into spreadsheets, but the Cal Kit Editor does not read-in these files. These files are only produced as a form of documentation.
Cal kit files from Keysight "legacy" network analyzers (listed above) may not contain information that the VNA requires. When loaded into the VNA Cal Kit Editor, the cal kit name and description, the cal standards, and the cal class assignments will be modified in a best effort manner. You may need to correct these modifications after importing your legacy cal kit to meet your specific requirements.
"Legacy" cal kit files are based on the analyzer test port sex. Modern VNA cal kits are based on the Device Under Test (DUT) connector sex. Therefore, when the kit is imported the standard's label and description are reversed and are noted as F- (female) and M- (male) .
When a Coaxial standard is detected in the kit file, a pair of male/female connectors is typically created.
Waveguide standards that are created as connector have no gender.
With the exception of *.xml, the above file types are automatically associated with the CalKit Editor if they are not already associated with a different program. That means, after running CalKit Editor, double-clicking any of the above file types (except *.xml) will open the file using CalKit Editor.
If you have already associated one of these file types with a different program and would like to change it to CalKit Editor, do the following:
Right-click the file, then click Open With
Browse to the CalKitEditor install folder.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Agilent\VNA Cal Kit Editor
Check Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.
Select CalKit Editor.