Modify Calibration Kits

VNA CalKit Editor, a standalone application, has been integrated into the VNA Firmware.

The following topics discuss Modifying Calibration Kits:

Using VNA CalKit Editor

Concepts

Procedures

Note: Although the User Interface is changed, the existing remote commands can still be used to modify Cal Kits.

 

How to Modify Cal Kits

The series of dialog boxes that follow allow you to modify the standard definitions or class assignments of calibration kit files.

Using Hardkey/SoftTab/Softkey

 

  1. Press Cal > Cal Sets & Cal Kits > Cal Kit...

Edit VNA Cal Kits

Manage Cal Kits dialog box help

Provides access to all Keysight cal kits and allows modification of their standard definitions.

VNA Cal Kits and Firmware Upgrades

  • All VNA cal kits can only be imported by the current firmware revision and later. They can NOT be imported by PAST firmware revisions. Once a Cal Kit has been imported by a later firmware revision, it cannot be imported by the previous version of firmware from which it originated.

Edit... Invokes the Connectors tab of the Edit Kit dialog box to modify selected calibration kit definitions.

Import... Invokes the Import Kit dialog box.

Save... Saves the selected calibration kit definitions using .xkt, .ckt or .prn file type). See VNA Cal Kit File Types topic.

Insert... Invokes a blank Edit Kit dialog box to create new calibration kit definitions.

Delete Deletes selected calibration kit file.

Print... Prints the contents of the selected cal kit to a .prn file.

 

Save Workspace...  Saves ALL cal kits in the VNA to a *.xkw or *.wks file. The *.wks format was the defaultformat used by older revisions of PNA firmware for archiving a group of cal kit definition - it is NOT an Excel spreadsheet file.

Recall Workspace...  Opens an archive of cal kits from past firmware upgrades and 'Save As' operations.

Restore Defaults  Re-installs the default factory contents of all Keysight cal kits from the VNA hard drive. The factory Keysight cal kits are stored on the VNA hard drive at D:\PnaCalKits\factory.

Installed Kits

For more information see Creating Custom Calibration Kits using a New Connector Family.

 

Import Kit dialog box help

Note:  There is no limit to the number of cal kits that can be imported. However, during an Unguided cal, you can access ONLY mechanical cal kits #1 through 95.

Imports calibration kit definitions from hard disk or other drive that are saved in the various formats.  

Files of type  Select the file type of your Cal Kit. Learn more about VNA Cal Kit File Types

File name  Navigate and select your cal kit file.

Open  Imports the selected file. The kit is added at the end of the list of cal kits.

Note: See VNA Cal Kits and Firmware Upgrades

Importing Kits other than current VNA Series Kits

Cal kit files from Keysight "legacy" network analyzers (listed above) may not contain information that the VNA requires. Therefore, the VNA may modify the cal kit name and description, the cal standards, and the cal class assignments 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 gender while VNA cal kits are based on the Device Under Test (DUT) connector gender.  Therefore, when the kit is imported, the standard 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.  

Last modified:

8-Dec-2014

Initial Release