HP N7800A

Agilent N7800A
Calibration and Adjustment
Software for Agilent
RF/µW Instruments
Agilent customers choosing
to perform their own periodic
maintenance (performance
verification and adjustments)
can now use the same
automated software used
in Agilent Service Centers.
Agilent strives to provide the
best service available for a
broad range of instruments, but
you may be a customer who
balances cost, quality, and cycle
time requirements by performing
your own calibrations whenever
possible. You may have the
necessary equipment, facility,
manpower, and skill, but for
complex RF/μW instruments, you
could benefit greatly from having
robust automated routines to
facilitate the calibration task.
The current families of Agilent RF/µW
products are tested in Agilent Service
Centers using a robust common software environment. We are offering
licenses to customers who would
like to use the same software. These
licenses guarantee you have access
to the most current versions of test
software, while also protecting
Agilent intellectual property from
inappropriate use.
This licensing applies to products in
the following instrument families:
PSA
ESA
VSA
CSA
EMI
X-series
PSG
ESG
MXG
NFA
PNA
P-Series
E8663B N4010A
E6601A
U200x
N9039A
896xx
Upconverters
Gain confidence in calibrations
and adjustments: take advantage
of Agilent’s experience and
expertise in calibration and
adjustment software.
• Measurement uncertainty analysis
based on international standards 1
• Broad set of lab standards supported,
all guaranteed to meet uncertainty
requirements
• ISO/IEC 17025 and ANSI/NCSL
Z540.3 compliance
• Automatic adjustments where
applicable
• Flexible test executive, data export,
and system management included
• Free web download of latest versions
covering latest models and options
• Network installation capability, with
centralized data base
Maximize your cal lab’s effectiveness,
while minimizing turnaround time
and cost.
With Agilent calibration software,
you eliminate the time and expense
involved in developing software
yourself and you gain the confidence
of knowing that your instruments are
calibrated in accordance with the
manufacturer’s recommended procedures. The software is designed with
the flexibility you need to increase
your company’s productivity and
improve quality. As new instruments
and/or options are released, you will
save time by simply downloading the
latest revision of software from the
web. See page 7 for a full list of software features.
Downconverters
For a complete list of instrument
model numbers, please refer to the
table in page 6. As other families of
instruments become supported with
compatible PC-based calibration and
adjustment software, they will be
added to the licensing program. See
page 6 for minimum PC requirements.
Records indicate that over 10% of products appearing otherwise “healthy”
actually fail some datapoint during testing, requiring adjustment. Even if
they do not need hardware replacement or repair, such adjustment would
require a round trip to a service provider if the adjustment tools are not
available to a self-maintainer. Likewise, even when hardware can be
repaired in the field, it often requires post-repair adjustment to ensure
the instrument is performing within specifications.
Yes
Run
performance tests
No
Run
adjustments
Pass?
Yes
Install
new parts
Done
Fig. 2 Calibration, Adjustment, and Repair process
1.
Pass?
ISO Guide to Expression of Measurement Uncertainty, 1995.
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No Diagnose &
order parts
Save time and expense by
automatically adjusting products
that fail specifications.
The days of screwdriver “tweaks” are
long gone. Many of the performance
advantages offered by Agilent products
are due to the ability to “fine tune”
the hardware under microprocessor
control. Amplifier gains, filter corners,
DC offsets, and other functions can be
adjusted according to measurement
environment and component aging.
These adjustments require complex
iterative external measurements and
calculations to characterize the instrument and then make the appropriate
adjustments. Intimate knowledge of
the architecture and detailed circuitry
are required, so such adjustment capability is available only in the Agilent
calibration and adjustment software.
Service Center records indicate that
roughly 10% of the products calibrated
initially fail some specification, but can
be brought into compliance simply
through automatic adjustment,
eliminating the need for any hardware
“repair”. From your perspective, that
means saving a round-trip to an
Agilent facility for adjustment.
Automatically generate and
report results of measurement
uncertainty analyses.
While the gains Agilent software offers
in shorter turnaround times and lower
costs are important, Agilent has taken
even greater steps in ensuring that
calibration quality meets the highest
possible standards. The software
generates a measurement uncertainty
analysis for each test point in any
calibration you perform. That analysis
is based upon the strictest possible
interpretation of the regulatory
standards, and is guaranteed to
meet or exceed the requirements
laid out by ISO 17025 or ANSI Z540.
The engineering derivation of each
uncertainty analysis often encompasses
20 to 30 pages of complex equations, so
having them embedded in the software
saves your metrology staff many
weeks of complex calculations and
analysis. You can generate the report
format of your choice, to comply with
the requirements of the standard(s)
you must meet. Test results can be
exported if you wish to maintain
calibration records elsewhere.
laboratory must make use of these
Universal 90-day licenses if/when
you calibrate outside equipment for
commercial purposes. As the user,
you can choose whether to provide
a commercial calibration or a
Z540/17025 calibration by choosing
the corresponding 90-day license.
You only need to buy one
license for each calibration
station that is to be operated
using our software.
Product number Description
N7800A-U1S
N7800A-U1R
A licensed station can test all
covered instrument models in any
quantity for one year, and can test
any new models/options released
during the license period.
N7800A-U9C
Such a “seat license” may not
be used to provide commercial
calibration services for Agilent
instruments.
N7800A-U9Z
You may use this seat license as a
self-maintainer calibrating equipment
you own, or equipment that is an
integral part of a government program
in which you are participating. This
includes contractors who are operating
calibration laboratories in support of
government or military organizations.
However, you may not use this seat
license to provide general commercial
calibration service.
The seat license must be renewed
annually to maintain your access to
the latest software revisions.
For calibration labs providing
commercial calibration services,
we offer licenses to enable the
calibration and/or adjustment
of any covered instrument for a
period of 90 days.
When activated, these licenses are
linked to a specific serial number and
provide adequate time for testing,
adjusting, repairing, and re-testing of
that specific instrument. Even if you
are primarily a self-maintainer, your
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N7800A-UPZ
TME Non-commercial
seat license new
install
TME Non-commercial
seat license,
renewal,
(requires existing
install)
Universal 90-day
license, individual
instrument, Agilent
Commercial
Calibration
Universal 90-day
license, individual
instrument Agilent
ANSI Z540 and
ISO 17025 calibration
Universal perpetual
license, individual
instrument, Agilent
ANSI Z540 and
ISO 17025 calibration
If your instrument volume does
not justify a seat license, or your
operational model would be better
addressed by long-term individual instrument licenses, we offer perpetual
licenses for individual instruments.
They provide full ANSI Z540 and ISO
17025 analysis and reporting, and can
be used with any instrument model
covered by our Calibration Software.
You are entitled to use our software
tools for the lifetime of the product,
and to any new revisions of software
that might be issued. The license can
be installed on as many systems, in
as many places as you wish, so there
are no geographic or time restrictions.
The only limitation is that the license
is valid only for the specific instrument
serial number used to activate the
license.
All licenses include access to both
performance verification tests and to
automatic adjustments (if required to
make the instrument pass specification).
All licenses enable you to create full
test result reports that can be
exported to other systems. All
self-maintainer seat licenses and the
U9Z 90-day licenses enable you to report all uncertainty calculations within
the final tabular report and graphs.
Most software and licensing
transactions with Agilent can
be made quickly, online, at any
time. Licenses are activated
through a simple interaction
with an Agilent web site.
When a license is purchased, you
receive a uniquely numbered Certificate
of Entitlement that you must then
activate (“redeem”) online. You
may go to the Agilent web site at
agilent.com/find/softwarelicense
at any time. Using your order number
and your certificate number, you
activate a license by:
1) entering the MAC address of the
test station PC to be licensed, in
the case of “seat” licenses, or
2) entering the model and serial
number of an instrument to be
licensed, in the case of individual
perpetual or 90-day licenses.
Shortly afterward, you will receive an
email with the electronic license file(s)
attached. Using the instructions supplied, you import those licenses into
your TME system, and you are then
ready to calibrate.
Software may be downloaded, or you
can check for the latest software
revisions online.
Visiting our web site at www.agilent.
com/find/calibrationsoftware is an
excellent way to examine the thorough
“Help” text included. Many details, such
as system configuration, required test
equipment (and alternatives), and test
descriptions, are included in the help
text.
See page 7 for a collection of important
web links pertaining to Cal SW Licensing.
In addition, the calibration and
adjustment application for each
product family can be purchased on
a CD (for a nominal charge) under
the following product numbers,
should you be unable or unwilling
to download it free from the web:
Product
number
N7805A
N7810A
N7811A
N7812A
N7813A
N7814A
N7815A
N7817A
N7820A
N7821A
N7822A
N7823A
N7824A
N7830A
N7831A
N7832A
N7833A
N7840A
N7845A
N7846A
N7851A
Application
E6601A Wireless comms
test set
PSA Cal and adjust
ESA Cal and adjust
VSA (E4406A) Cal and
adjust
CSA Cal and adjust
X-Series Cal and adjust
896xx Cal and adjust
EMI Cal and adjust
PSG Cal and adjust
ESG-C (E4428C, E4438C)
Cal and adjust
MXG Cal and adjust
E8663B Cal and adjust
ESG-B Cal and adjust
NFA Cal and adjust
N4010A Cal and adjust
P-Series Power meters cal
N8300A Wireless network
test set
PNA Cal
Upconverter synthetic
Instruments cal and adjust
Downconverter synthetic
instrument cal
U200x Power sensor cal
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New software packages are released
continually. For the most current list
of software CDs, go to:
agilent.com/find/calibrationsoftware
You may order the CD-ROM set
containing the calibration software
for the corresponding product family.
Each software CD-ROM set includes
test and adjustments for all products
and options within that product family.
For your convenience, every CD-ROM
set includes a copy of the Agilent Test
Management Environment (TME) test
executive. The test executive need only
be loaded once (whether downloaded
or loaded from CD). After that, it is
necessary only to load the product
family-specific application software.
Nothing has been done to disable
older versions of Agilent test software.
If you are using older versions of our
test software (without uncertainty
analysis reporting), you may continue
to use that software to calibrate the
corresponding products. However,
please note that the older versions
cannot reside on the same PC as the
newer, licensed version. Attempting to
have them on the same PC will result
in file corruption that is difficult to
correct. In addition, the older versions
will not be updated for new products
and options.
Combine the advantages you
have as a self-maintainer with
the experience that Agilent
has in high-performance
metrology to achieve the
optimum level of internal
process control and external
accreditation.
Your “cost of calibration” will be
predictable from year-to-year,
because all technical support, software
updates, new products and options,
and revision control are included in the
price of a single renewable license.
Automated test times are far less
than the manual equivalent.
They are also guaranteed to return
more consistent, repeatable results
across all test conditions.
If you normally require a Z540 or
17025 calibration before you can put
equipment into program use, you can
now perform such a calibration on
your own, rather than arranging for a
special calibration from Agilent or other
service providers. Your “incoming
inspection” can be run as a Z540
(or 17025) calibration.
ANSI Z540 and ISO 17025 uncertainty analyses are guaranteed
to meet all requirements.
If you are trying to achieve certification,
you can rely on the Agilent uncertainty
analyses to meet the strictest interpretations of Z540/17025 requirements.
The exact same analyses are used in
our certified Service Centers. All seat
licenses include Z540/17025 reporting
capability. For the 90-day licenses, you
can choose whether to pay a modest
price premium for Z540/17025 over
the commercial calibration license
price. Agilent TME software already
meets the requirements of Z540.3.
Agilent calibration routines are
available at the time of product/
option introduction.
If you purchase a newly-released
product or option, you can immediately
verify its performance, rather than
waiting 1-2 years for other software
alternatives (i.e. creating your own
test software or purchasing software
from a third party).
A knowingly maladjusted
instrument was chosen to gather
this data, to demonstrate how
measurement uncertainty can affect
the pass/fail conclusion associated
with measurement data that never
exceeds the actual specification
limit. “Indeterminate,” in this
case, should be taken to mean
“Adjustment Recommended,”
Fig. 3 Reports show Measured Value, Specification, and Uncertainty
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Minimum PC System
Requirements
Instruments Covered
For the latest list of instruments covered please see:
agilent.com/find/calibrationsoftware
Product family
PSA spectrum analyzers
ESA spectrum analyzers
Models
E4440A, E4443A, E4445A, E4446A, E4447A, E4448A
E4401B, E4402B, E4403B, E4404B, E4405B,
E4407B, E4408B, E4411B, E7401A, E7402A,
E7403A, E7404A, E7405A
VSA vector signal analyzer E4406A
VSA vector signal analyzer 896xxA
CSA spectrum analyzer
N1996A
EXA signal analyzer
N9010A
MXA signal analyzer
N9020A
EMI receiver
N9039A
PSG signal generators
E8241A, E8244A, E8247C, E8251A, E8254A, E8257C,
E8257D, E8267C, E8267D
ESG signal generators
E4428C, E4438C, E4400B, E4420B, E4421B, E4422B,
E4423B, E4424B, E4425B, E4426B, E4430B, E4431B,
E4432B, E4433B, E4434B, E4435B, E4436B, E4437B
MXG signal generators
N5181A, N5182A
E8663B signal generator
E8663B
NFA noise figure analyzers N8972A, N8973A, N8974A, N8975A
Wireless connectivity
N4010A
test set
PNA network analyzers
E8356A, E8357A, E8358A, E8361A, E8362A, E8362B,
E8363A, E8363B, E8364A, E8364B, E8801A, E8802A,
E8803A, N3381A, N2282A, N3383A, N5230A
Upconverter synthetic
N8211A, N8212A
instrument
P-series power meters
N1911A, N1912A, add N8262A
Wireless comms test set
E6601A
U2000-series power sensors U200xA
Wireless network test set N8300A
Downconverter synthetic
N8201A
instrument
● PC Hardware
• 450 MHz Pentium II
(600 MHz or faster recommended)
• 128 MB RAM
(256 MB or more recommended)
• 200 MB available hard drive
NOTE: Data storage will average
approximately 200 MB of disk
space per 100 full instrument
calibrations. Test data is saved for
every test that is run within TME
therefore overall data storage
needs will vary depending on the
number of instruments calibrated.
• Minimum 800 x 600 display with
256 colors
• GPIB card (One of the following
cards must be installed prior to
installing this application):
• Agilent 82350A*
• NI GPIB/TNT**
• NI PCI-GPIB**
● Operating system supported:
• Windows 2000 (SP3 or higher)
• XP Professional (SP1 or SP2)
● Additional software:
• I/O Libraries
– Agilent VISA* (Recommended
version M.01.01.04 or later)
or
– NI VISA** (Recommended
version 3.2 or later ***)
• Web Browser
– Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 or higher
* Agilent Visa & GPIB drivers can be
downloaded from the Agilent Technologies
website at: www.agilent.com
** National Instruments Visa library can be
downloaded from the website: www.ni.com
*** Version 3.2 of the National Instruments VISA
will fix an issue found in the TME installation.
If any version of NI VISA prior to 3.2 is
installed on the target system, you may
experience an error during installation of the
Agilent IO library to be used with TME.
The kernel error that occurs will not affect
the performance of TME once the installation
completes. To avoid the error, upgrade to
Version 3.2 of the NI VISA before executing
the TME installation.
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Licensed Software Features
Feature
Fully meets audit requirements
Important Web Links
(externally accessible)
Seat
License or
Individual
Perpetual
License
90-day
90-day
Z540/
Commercial
17025
Individual
Individual
License
License
X
X
X
Fully traceable to national and international standards
X
X
X
Agilent quality measurement methods
X
X
X
Networked Installation
X
X
X
(processes comply with ISO 17025)
Determination of malfunction
X
X
X
Instrument adjustment if found out of
tolerance
X
X
X
Full after calibration performance data
X
X
X
Full “on receipt” performance data
X
X
X
Calibration suitable for general use
X
X
X
Increased measurement confidence
from many more test points
X
X
X
Complete instrument functionality tested
X
X
X
Measurement uncertainties provided
with the calibration data
X
X
Full conformance to ANSI Z540 and
IEC/ISO17025 requirements
X
X
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