System Menu

The System Menu offers selections related to the instrument and connectivity to other instruments. You can access it from the multi-touch display. Choices are described below:

Multi-Touch Display Access

For N5186A

For N5185A

Home

Configure Channels (Applies to N5186A only)

Connectors

Settings

State

Configure Analyzer

Home

Returns you to the work-flow based block diagram for configuring the generation of signals. Work-flow begins with Signal configuration of the instrument’s baseband on the left, proceeds to Adjustments of the signal, next Output Modulation is applied, followed by the RF Output settings.

Configure Channels

Applies to N5186A only.

For instruments with more than one channel, opens the Configure Channels dialog where you can select from Independent or Tx Coherent depending on your measurement use case.

Connectors

Opens the Connectors screen where you can configure the instrument's physical connectors, such as Trigger Input, Trigger Output, and Event Connectors.

Settings

Opens the Instrument Settings screen.

State

The State column lists Recall and Save As options for managing system configurations.

Configure Analyzer

Opens the Configure Analyzer screen where you can perform generation-to-analysis workflow.