Agilent Technologies Agilent E6474A manual Verifying your System, Overview, Preparing the hardware

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Verifying your System

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Overview

There are five tests you can use to verify your system, as listed in Table 2 on page 106.

Table 2 Methods to verify your system

Test Description and Page

“Test 1 - Receiver testing using a signal generator" on page 106

“Test 2 - Receiver testing by measuring a known channel" on page 112

“Test 3 - Receiver testing by measuring the noise floor" on page 114

“Test 4 - GPS receiver testing" on page 116

“Test 5 - Phone testing using a test call" on page 117

•If your system includes an Agilent digital receiver, perform tests 1, 2, or 3 and test 4.

•Tests 1 and 2 provide the highest level of confidence.

•Test 3 should only be used for testing the receiver if you do not have a signal generator and there is no known channel in the system.

•If your system includes a phone, perform test 5.

The verification tests are only used to alert you to possible non-operating conditions. To measure actual receiver specifications, the unit must be measured in a controlled environment, using Agilent Technologies’ prescribed measurement techniques.

Test 1 - Receiver testing using a signal generator

Preparing the hardware

1Connect the system as shown in Figure 50 on page 107, but do not connect the signal generator output. The Agilent

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