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Important Information for Those Upgrading from A.01.xx Firmware.

Firmware revision A.02.xx incorporates many changes. Once this firmware is installed, it is difficult to return to the older A.01.xx firmware. Besides the changes listed below, installation of revision 2.0 has some important implications. View implications list. (opens in new window)


New Features in A.02.02 - from A.01.50 (released 07 Dec 2001)
  1. Support for 3 port analyzers, including selection of all 9 S parameters, selection of receiver "C" and associated ratios, and power level control on port 3.

  2. Revised "Calibration Wizard" which supports guided and unguided calibrations. Guided calibrations provide additional features of "adapter removal", "unknown thru" and "full 3 port cal type". Both guided and unguided now support "sliding load" calibration standards and more than one standard for a given frequency span (also called "banded standards").

  3. Exposed the internal calibration set concept, similar to that developed for the 8510 Network Analyzer, but with more capability and flexibility. Briefly, it allows for the creation and application of up to 100 cal sets, each of which can be independently applied to a channel. Further, the cal set structure allows for the storage of different calibrations within the set based on cal type.

  4. Added "User Defined PRESET" which allows user to customize the front panel PRESET functionality.

  5. Support for rear panel connectors "AUX I/O", "TEST SET I/O", and "HANDLER I/O".

  6. Added Electronic Calibration (ECal) "Confidence Check".

  7. Enabled viewing of limit lines on multiple traces in a single window.

  8. Added "Manage Files..." under File menu to provide user a File Manager functionality within the network analyzer environment.

  9. Power level flatness correction using "Power Calibration, Source Power Cal." Also, related "Receiver Power Cal" for accurate absolute power measurements. Power meters currently supported: 437B, 438A, E4416A, E4417A, E4418A/B and E4419A/B (also the predecessor models -- EPM-441A, EPM-442A). Interpolation for both types of correction are also implemented.

  10. Marker Improvements:
    • Coupled Markers
    • Two controls have been added for Marker Readout:
    • One Readout Per Trace - when set, the marker readout area shows one line of readout for the active marker on each trace in the window
    • Optional Large Marker Readout - Marker Readout appears in a larger font. (View, Meas Display, Large Marker Readout)
    • Markers now supported on Memory Only traces.

  11. S3P ASCII file format for data files.

  12. User defined measurements by means of the "Custom Measurement" capability (MR-Chain). This allows a user to insert any data manipulation within the measurement chain, resulting in real-time custom measurements. Contact Agilent for more information.

  13. If the display is disabled due to SCPI command DISPlay:ENABle OFF, the display will now be restored by either front panel Preset or scpi *RST. Remote Preset will not restore the display. Also, changed *RST and front panel Preset to re-enable the display if it had been disabled by DISPlay:ENABle OFF.

  14. Support for 16 independent channels. However, for display purposes, the current limitation of no more than 4 windows, and no more than 4 traces per window still applies. Thus, to display all 16 channels requires a separate trace for each channel spread across 4 windows.

  15. Added .jpg format for screen dumps. White background on direct draw surface is now used for screen dumps.

  16. Newly revised Product Overview, which now includes the new additions to the PNA Series analyzers.

  17. Menu selection to allow user to minimize the application (under View.)

  18. Limit lines are now updated for non active traces.

Bugs Fixed
  1. Marker increment fixed for segment sweeps
  2. Omitted SCPI commands for some arbitrary ratios now included
  3. GPIB Talker/Listener swapping when in user mode now functions if properly configured
  4. Delay reference value now allows negative values.
  5. SCPI - calc:marker:format now accepts IMPedance or ADMittance.
  6. Results of Marker->Delay no longer depend on format.
  7. And many others minor bugs fixed and many minor enhancements made.
Last Updated: Dec 12, 2001

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