Real Time

1. System Requirements

Installation Steps: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

To generate signals using the N7605B Signal Studio for Real-time Fading software, you must have a properly configured PC and a properly configured instrument, as described in the following tables.

Hardware Requirements

Instruments

Requirements

N5172B EXG X-Series RF vector signal generator

Firmware revision B.01.10 or later (how to upgrade

Required options:

N5172B-503 (9 kHz to 3 GHz frequency range)

N5172B-653 (Internal baseband generator, 32 MSa/sec, up to 60 MHz RF bandwidth)

N5172B-660 (upgrade baseband generator with real-time capability)

N5172B-403 (Calibrated AWGN)

Recommended options:

N5172B-506 (9 kHz to 6 GHz frequency range)

N5172B-655 (upgrade baseband generator from 60 to 120 MHz RF bandwidth)

N5182B MXG X-Series RF vector signal generator

Firmware revision B.01.10 or later (how to upgrade)

Required options:

N5182B-503 (9 kHz to 3 GHz frequency range)

N5182B-656 (Internal baseband generator, 32 MSa/sec, up to 80 MHz RF bandwidth)

N5182B-660 (upgrade baseband generator with real-time capability)

N5172B-403 (Calibrated AWGN)

Recommended options:

N5182B-506 (9 kHz to 6 GHz frequency range)

N5182B-657 (upgrade baseband generator from 80 to 160 MHz RF bandwidth)

PC Requirements

200 GB HDD with 2 GB free disk space at runtime (5 GB or higher recommended)

1024 x 768 screen resolution (1280 x 1024 recommended)

Windows 8.1 (Pro/Enterprise) (32/64 bit)1,2:

Windows 7 (Professional/Ultimate/Enterprise)1,2:

Installed GPIB IO interface card, LAN interface card, or USB/GPIB interface connector

Keysight VISA

Microsoft Windows Installer version 2.0 or later


1 No support for Itanium64.

2 Signal Studio is compatible with the 64-bit operating system, but performs at the 32-bit speed.