Agilent Part Number E6380-90019
Revision F January
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 Contents
 Overview of the Test Set’s Built-In Tools
 Cdma Measurements Screens and Control Fields
 Analog Measurements Screens and Control Fields
 Contents
 Contents
 Configuration Screens and Control Fields
Control Fields on the Configuration Screens 227
 Signaling Encoder and Decoder Screens and Control Fields
AMPS-TACS, NAMPS-NTACS Encoder and Decoder 253
 Connectors
Connectors
 Accessories, Manuals, Support
Error Messages
 General Information
 Manufacturers Declaration
Herstellerbescheinigung
 Safety Considerations
 Instrument must be made inoperative and be secured against
Connected to the earth terminal of the power source
Adjustments described in the manual are performed with
Any unintended operation
 Mains plug shall only be inserted in a socket outlet
This product is a Safety Class I instrument provided with a
Protective earthing ground incorporated in the power cord
Provided with a protective earth contact. Any interruption
 Lifting and Handling
Consumables
 Product Markings
 Certification
 Declaration of Conformity
 Its programming instructions due to such defects
Defects in material and workmanship when properly installed
Like-new
Price upon prompt return of the product
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 Straight/90 8120-1692 Inches, mint gray
Power Cables
Power Cables
 Used in the following locations Peru
 Used in the following locations Switzerland
 JIS C 8303, 100
Straight/90 8120-4754 Inches, dark gray
 90 /Straight 8120-1351 Inches, mint gray
 LineNeutral
 8120-4379 Inches, jade gray
Straight/90 Used in the following locations System Cabinets
 Power Cables
 Product Description
 Sinad SNR
 Conventions Used in This Manual
What is in This Manual
Documentation
 Document Part Number Usage
Which Document is Required?
Document Navigation
 Trademark Acknowledgments
 Getting Started
 Before Connecting a Radio on
 Before Connecting a Radio
 Using the cursor-control Knob or Screen Keys
Changing the Test Set’s Display
 To change the measurement screen
 To change a unit-of-measure field
Changing the Control Fields
Unit-of-Measure Field
 Underlined Entry Field
To Change an underlined entry
 One-of-Many Field
To make a one-of-many choice
 To change a value
Numeric-Entry Fields
Numeric-Entry Field
 Decimal Values
Hexadecimal Values
 How do I Verify that the Test Set is Operating Properly?
 Cdma Spectrum
 Operating Overview
 Operating Overview
 Displaying Cdma Measurements
ADC Full Scale ADC FS
 Magnitude Error, Phase Error
 Diagram
Selecting Code Domain Measurements
 Displaying Analog Measurements
Frequency Error, Frequency
Transmitter TXPower
RF Measurements
 FM Deviation, AM Depth, AC Level
Measurement AF Anl In Setting
Displaying AF Measurements
SINAD, Distortion, SNR, AF Frequency, DC Level
 Displaying SINAD, Distortion, SNR, DC Level, or AF Frequency
 To set the meter’s end points and scale intervals
Displaying Measurement Results on a Meter Scale
To display the meter scale
 Operating Overview
 Calibrating the Channel Power Measurement Cdma Analyzer
 Calibrating the Channel Power Measurement Code Domain
 Calibrating the Adjacent Channel Power ACP Measurement
 Specifying An Increment Value for the Arrow Keys or Knob
Changing the Increment or Decrement Setting
Using the Factor of 10 Increment/Decrement Keys
 To set high and low limits
Using Measurement Limit Indicators
To reset or remove limits
 To remove a limit
 Setting a Measurement Reference
To set a reference
 How the Test Set Averages Measurements
Averaging Measurements
To use measurement averaging
 Setting an RF Generator/Analyzer Offset
To set an RF Offset
 To recall an instrument setup
Saving and Recalling Instrument Setups
To save an instrument setup
Press Recall
 To clear all save registers
Poweron Settings
To remove clear an individual save register
Register Names
 Instrument Hardware Changes
Base Settings
Memory Considerations
 Using User Keys
Using Pre-Defined User Keys
 To release local user keys
Assigning and Releasing User Keys
To assign local user keys
To assign global user keys
 Replacing Batteries
 Overview of the Test Set’s
 Overview of theTest Set’s Built-In Tools
 Using the RF Tools Program
 Loading and Running RF Tools
Software Menu Screen
 Test Results/BTS Utility Setup
Test Results/BTS Utility Setup Screens
 To use a printer for data collection
 Measurement Description
Swept Gain
To use a laptop interface other than the BTS Laptop Utility
Making the Measurement
 Selecting the Swept Gain Measurement Test
 Press k1 Begin Tst
Level value to avoid damage to that device
Level for the Duplex OUT level in dBm parameter
 Example of a Swept Gain Plot Screen
 Specifications
Discrete Frequency Insertion Loss
 Second display is enlarged for easier reading
Press k1 Proceed when you are finished with this screen.
Particular test
 Swept Insertion Loss
10 Selecting the Swept Insertion Loss Measurement
 11 Swept Insertion Loss Setups
 Estimating Swept Insertion Loss Using a Single Connection
 Swept Return Loss
 Select Main Menu Swept Return Loss
 Power level. To avoid damage to the ANT in port, enter an
13 Swept Return Loss Setups
 14 Example of a Swept Return Loss Plot Screen
 Specifications
 Time domain can be used to find the physical distances.
Cable Fault
Test Signal Can Cause Interference
Locations by viewing it in units of distance
 Select Main Menu Cable Fault Measurement
 Toggles the selection between feet and meters
Greatest accuracy is obtained when you enter a cable length
Cable length, enter a value 1.5 times the estimated length
K1 HELIAX, k3 RG, or k5 Custom
 17 Cable Fault Setups
 18 Example of a Cable Fault Plot Screen
 Replot Data Files
Typical cable fault return loss measurements
Cable Fault Performance
 Select Main Menu
 Transfer Stored Data
21 Transfer Stored Data Screen
 SA Spectrum Analyzer Self Calibration ON/OFF
22 SA Self Calibration OFF/ON Screen
 Catalog PC Memory Card
 23 Catalog Memory Card Screen
 Using the Code Domain Analyzer
Selecting the Code Domain Analyzer’s Controls Menus
 24 Code Domain Analyzer Menus IS-95
 25 Code Domain Analyzer Menus IS-2000
 Relationship between Span, Resolution Bandwidth, and Sweep
Using the Spectrum Analyzer
Setting Resolution Bandwidth and Sweep Rate
Automatic Calibration
 Selecting the Spectrum Analyzer’s Controls Menus
26 Spectrum Analyzer Controls Menus
 Delta Level
Using the Spectrum Analyzer’s Delta Markers
Delta Frequency
 Reference Marker Ref Mrkr Level and Frequency
 Using the Spectrum Analyzer Mask
Displaying the Spectrum Analyzer Mask
 Point
Settings for mask in Figure
Defining the Fixed Mask’s Limits
Point Level Frequency
 Turning Off the Mask’s Failure Beeper
Defining the Relative Mask’s Limits
Turning Off the Mask
 Measuring AC and DC Voltages
Using the Voltmeter and Audio Frequency Counter
Set to Audio
AC Level Set to DC Level or AF Freq Set to match source
 Using the Oscilloscope Scope
29 Inputs and Filters for the Oscilloscope
 Selecting the Oscilloscope’s Input
 Triggering the Oscilloscope
Using the Oscilloscope’s Marker
Selecting the Oscilloscope’s Filters
 Using Ibutil Programs
Copypl
 Securing aTest Procedure
 Clearing RAM
 Using the Listopts list options Program
 Using the Demo Program
 Using the Stplt store or plot Program
Step
 Cdma Measurements Screens and Control Fields
 130
 Avg Pwr
Average Power Measurements
Cdma Measurements
Screens on which this measurement is displayed
 Screens on which this measurement is made
Adjacent Channel Power Measurements
Channel Power Measurements
Chan Pwr
 Rho Measurements
Rho
 Code DOM Code Domain Analyzer
Frequency Error Freq Err
Estimated Rho Est Rho
 Time Offset
 Carrier Feedthrough
 Chapter 137
 Phase Error
Error Vector Magnitude EVM Measurements
Magnitude Error
 Code Domain Power, IS-95
Code Domain Measurements IS-95
 Selecting Absolute or Relative Code Domain Power, IS-95 only
Code DOM Code Domain Analyzer, IS-95 only
 Code Domain Timing Timing
Fast Power
Code Domain Phase Phse
 Advantages of Using IS-2000
Code Domain Measurements IS-2000
 Building a tree using the Bit Reverse method
Interpreting IS-2000 Channel Ordering
 Channel numbers. The Walsh index utilizes Walsh orders 0
 11 Code Domain Power, Bit Reverse Ordering
Available Measurements in the Code Domain
 Code Domain Power, IS-2000
Reading Code Domain Power, IS-2000
 Code Domain Power & Noise
Code DOM Code Domain Analyzer, IS-2000
 Code Domain Complex Power
Code Domain Fast Power Synchronize
 IQ Constellation Diagram, IS-2000 only
PN Offset Search
 ACP Cal
Control Fields for Cdma Measurements
# of Frames
ACP Fltr BW
 Amplitude
ACP Offset
ADCfs or ADC FS
Code DOM Code Domain Analyze screen gain controls menu
 Anl Dir
Analyzer Cdma analyzer
Analyzer code domain analyzer
COD DOM Code Domain Analyzer main controls menu
 Carrier FT or Carrier Feedthru
Anl Special
Auto Zero
Chan Num
 Chn Pwr Cal
Chan Size
CD pwr unit
 COD DOM Code Domain Analyzer all menus
Controls
CW RF Path
 Data Rate
 Data Source
 Freq Err
Even Sec
Find PN
 COD DOM Code Domain Analyzer gain controls menu
Gain
Gen Dir
 Gen Mode
Gen Special
 Lvl
Input Atten
Input Port
Code DOM Code Domain Analyzer gain controls menu
 Marker Pos
Power Level
Marker Lvl
Meas Intvl or Meas Int
 Measurement
COD DOM Code Domain Analyzer fast power setup controls menu
Meas Order
Num Avgs
 Ofs Trnsfer
Phase/div
COD DOM Code Domain Analyzer FP setup controls menu
Output Port
 PN Offset
Phse
PN Incrment
 PN Offset or PN Ofs
Pwr Gain
 Pwr Scale IS-95
Pwr Intvl
Pwr Ref
Pwr Scale IS-2000
 Pwr Zero
Qual Event
 Rate RC-5
Rate RC-3
Rate RC-4
Code DOM Code Domain Analyzer trigger controls menu
 RF In/Ant
RF Channel
RF Gen Freq
Screens on which this field is displayed
 Threshold
Sprd Fact Spread Factor
Start Frame
 Time
Time/div
 Time Offset
Time Ofs
 Trig Event
Tune Freq
 Walsh Chan
Walsh Order
 Control Fields
 178
 AM Depth Measurement
Analog Measurements
AC Control
 AF Freq Measurement
DC Level Measurement
 Distn Distortion Measurement
FM Deviation Measurement
 Frequency Error Measurement
Frequency Measurement
 TX Power Measurement
 SNR Measurement
Is signal to noise ratio of the audio input signal
Sinad Measurement
 #Pts
Signaling Decoder All Modes
Control Fields for Analog Measurements
AF Anl
 AF Cnt Gate
AFGen1 Freq
 AFGen1 To
AFGen2 Freq
 Signaling Encoder All Modes
AFGen2 To
 Atten Hold
Spec ANL RF generator controls menu
 Auto/Norm
Audio In Lo
Audio Out
Scope trigger controls menu
 Spec ANL main controls menu
Center Freq
Spec ANL all menus except mask controls
 De-Emp Gain
Cont/Single
DC FM Zero
De-Emphasis
 Detector Types
Detector
Display
 Edit Mask
EditPt
 Filter
Ext Load R
Ext TTL
 FM Coupling
 Reference Marker Frequency Level Delta Marker
Freq Delta Mrkr
Freq mask
 Freq Ref Mrkr
Spec ANL all menus when in normal mode except mask controls
Freq normal marker
Normal Marker Frequency Level
 Gain Cntl
If Filter
 Input Gain
Spec ANL auxiliary controls menu
 Internal
 Lvl Delta Mrkr
Level div
Level mask
 Scope all control menus
Lvl marker
Lvl normal marker
 Marker To Peak
Lvl Ref Mrkr
Marker To Peak+
Scope marker controls menu
 Mask Type
Marker To
Mask Beep
Spec ANL marker controls menu
 Mod In To
No Pk/Avg
 Normalize
Norm/Delta
 Offset Freq
Notch Freq
Notch Gain
 Pk Det To
 Scope marker controls menu Spec ANL marker controls menu
Port/Sweep
Position
 Ref Mrkr
Pos/Neg
Ref Level
 Spec ANL RF generator or main controls menu
Reset
RF Cnt Gate
 Spec ANL RF Gen controls menu
Maximum signal levels are printed on the connector panel
Key or turn the Test Set off and on to reset it
This field selects the input port for the spectrum analyzer
 Scope To
Sensitivity RF analyzer
 Sensitivity spectrum analyzer
Settling
 Speaker Vol
Span
Speaker ALC
Sets the span of frequencies to be displayed on the screen
 Squelch
 Time-per-division is selected from a list of choices
Track/Fixed
This field selects the horizontal sweep time per division
Scope main controls menu
 Trig-Delay
Resolution
 TX Pwr Meas
 TX Pwr Zero
Vert/div
 Vert Offset
 Configuration Screens
 224
 Changing the Beeper’s Volume
Configuring the Instrument
Setting the Date and Time
Turning Off User Messages
 To interrupt printing
Configuring for Printing a Screen
Printing a Screen
 Abort Print
Control Fields on the Configuration Screens
Screens Where Field is Present
Antenna
 Base Freq User Defined
Beeper
 Cdma Std
Call
Chan Space User Defined
 230
 Data Length
Command Escape Character
Connection Time-out
 Duplex Out
Date
Display User Messages
 FF at Start
Ext Ref
FF at End
Firmware
 Flow Control
Inaccessible
OUT connector
Frame Clock Output
 Gen-Anl
Gen-Anl User Defined
 Ibasic Echo
Hold-off Delay
Gpib Adrs
 Lines/Page
Incoming Call Security
Inst Echo
Mode
 Modem Configuration
Model
 Modem Initialization/Configuration
Modem Mode
 Opt Cdma TB
Notch Coupl
Number to Call
Parity
 Printer Port
Password
Printer Adrs
Print Title
 Range Hold
 Remote Mode
Ref Select
 Retries
RF Chan Std
 See the RF Chan Std on page 244 for more information
RF Display
RF Gen Volts
 RF In/Out
RF Level Offset
 RF Offset
Save/Recall
 Serial No
Serial Baud
Serial9
This field displays the serial number of the Test Set
 Stop Length
Serial Port
Status
 Total RAM
 Signaling Encoder and Decoder
 Decoder Frequency Measurements
Signaling Encoder and Decoder Screens
Decoder’s Signal Source
Encoder
 Encoder/Decoder Interaction
AMPS-TACS, NAMPS-NTACS Encoder and Decoder
Control and Voice Channel Identifiers
 Interpreting Decoded Data
Decoder Mode Differences
AMPS-TACS, NAMPS-NTACS Decoder
Recc and AMPS-TACS RVC Measurements
 Decoding the Reverse Control Channel Recc Data
 NAMPS-NTACS Reverse Voice Channel Measurements
Measure Field
 Decoding NAMPS-NTACS Reverse Voice Channel RVC Data
 Dtmf Sequence Encoder and Decoder
Measurement Limits
 Function Generator Encoder and Decoder
Decoding Considerations
 Arm Meas
Control Fields for the Signaling Encoder and Decoder
Delay
Bursts
 Channel
Signaling Decoder Modes AMPS-TACS, NAMP-NTAC
Busy/Idle
Data hex
 Data Level
Signaling Decoder
Signaling Encoder
Data Rate analog
 DSAT/DST hex
Signaling Encoder Modes NAMP-NTAC
Signaling Decoder Modes NAMP-NTAC
 Filler Focc
Data you enter here
 Hi Tone
Frequency
Gate Time
 Input Level
De-emphasis Effects on Input Level
 Lo Tone
Examples of Input Level Settings
Signaling Decoder All Modes
Measure
 Message Focc
AMPS-TACS/NAMPS-NTACS Focc Message and Filler Data Format
 Signaling Encoder Modes AMPS-TACS
Message FVC AMPS-TACS
 Message FVC NAMPS-TACS
Message/DST FVC
 Num of Bits
Signaling Decoder All Modes Signaling Encoder All Modes
Signaling Encoder Modes Dtmf Signaling Decoder Modes Dtmf
Off Time
 Normal Operation
On Time
Polarity
Inverted Operation
 Recc Data hex
Signaling Encoder Modes Dtmf
Pre-Emp
SAT Freq FVC
 Send Filler Focc
Send
Send Dsat FVC
 Sine Units
Send Mode
Signaling Encoder Modes Func Gen
Single/Cont
 Decoder Operating Considerations
Standard
Stop
Encoder Operating Considerations
 Stop Filler Focc
Symbol Frequencies Hz
Stop Dsat FVC
Stop Meas
 Trig Level
Signaling Decoder Modes AMPS-TACS, NAMP-NTAC, Func Gen
Trigger Pattern bin
 Examples of Twist and Pre-emphasis Interaction
Twist
Twist and Pre-emphasis Interaction
Example
 Waveform
 Connectors
 Connectors
Operating Considerations
 ANT
 Audio
 Audio OUT
 Data
 EXT REF
 EXT Scope Trig
 Parallel
Parallel Port Pin Assignments
 RF IN/OUT
 Serial Port Pin Assignments
Serial 9, 10,
Serial Port Pin Assignments
Pin Description
 Video OUT
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 Modifications
 External Monitor
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Getting Help
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 Error Messages
 Example 11-1 Positive numbered error messages take the form
General Information About Error Messages
Positive Numbered Error Messages
Example 11-2 For example
 Example 11-4 Ibasic error messages take the form
Negative Numbered Error Messages
Ibasic Error Messages
Example 11-3 For example
 Example Gpib error messages take the form
Gpib Error Messages
Text Only Error Messages
Example Text only error messages take the form
 Warbles and Beeps
Non-Recoverable Firmware Error
Message Display
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