Chapter 5
Site Master Software Tools
Introduction
This chapter provides a description of the Site Master Software Tools provided with the Site Master. Site Master Software Tools (SMST) is a Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME pro- gram for cable and antenna trace analysis. The program help function provides on screen instructions on display modification, trace overlay, and multiple plot printing.
Features
Site Master Software Tools provides the following features:
Download traces saved in the Site Master memory to the PC for storage and analysis
DTF and Smith Chart analysis capability
Trace Overlay allows the viewing of two plots simultaneously
Ability to save captured plots as data files (.dat file format) or as records representing site information in a database file
Ability to convert Return Loss measurements to
Ability to zoom in or out to analyze a particular region of the plot
Ability to modify Plot Properties
Ability to output plots to a printer for hard copy records
Capture of the current trace in the unit
System Requirements
The Site Master Software Tools program will run on most any computer running Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME. Minimum requirements and recommendations are:
Intel Pentium 100 MHz microprocessor (Pentium II 350 MHz or better recom- | 5 |
mended) |
16 MB of RAM (64 MB or above recommended)
Hard disk drive with approximately 15 MB of available space (An additional 20 MB free space for storage of captured plots is recommended.)
A serial (COM) port for communication with the Site Master
NOTE: It is recommended that Windows NT 4.0 users install NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or above. In addition, Windows 2000 and Windows ME may re- quire installation of the latest Service Pack. Please contact Microsoft Corpora- tion for further information on obtaining and installing service packs.
