The menu tree reflects FW version 1.3507 or later
- PAUSE pauses the sweep
- PRESET loads or saves configurations.
- LOAD STARTUP reloads the startup presets.
- LOAD X loads the settings from slot x, the text on the button depends on what is previously saved
- LOAD DEFAULTS loads the factory defaults
- SAVE SETTINGS enables the saving and restoring of some settings over a power cycle
- STORE supports updating the stored presets
- STORE AS STARTUP sets the current settings as the startup preset.
- STORE X stores the current settings in slot X. The text on the button depends on what is previously saved
- FACTORY DEFAULTS resets the startup preset to the factory defaults.
- FREQUENCY sets everything related to the frequencies to scan.
- START sets the scanning to start/stop mode and sets the start frequency
- STOP sets the scanning to start/stop mode and sets the stop frequency
- CENTER sets the scanning to center/span mode and sets the center frequency
- SPAN sets the scanning to center/span mode and sets the frequency span
- ZERO SPAN sets the scanning to center/span mode, sets the span to 0Hz and sets the center frequency
- RBW sets the resolution bandwidth. Keep in mind a low RBW may increase scanning time substantially.
- SHIFT FREQ is used in combination with up/down converters and allows entering the actual START or CENTER frequency before the up/down conversion.
- LEVEL sets everything related to the level of the signals being measured.
- REF LEVEL sets the level in selected unit of the top of the display.
- SCALE/DIV sets the amount of units per division of the display.
- ATTENUATE sets the amount of attenuation applied to the low input.
- UNIT selects the display unit. dBm, dBmV, dBuV, Volt or Watt
- EXT GAIN sets the level offset in dB caused by an external amplifier or attenuator.
- TRIGGER selects the trigger mode
- AUTO is the normal spectrum analyzer scanning mode, triggering is not active.
- NORMAL will display a new scan as soon as a signal in the scan causes a trigger event.
- SINGLE will wait for a signal to cause a trigger event and display the scan.
- LEVEL activates a keypad for entering the trigger level.
- EDGE toggle to select the trigger direction UP or DOWN
- TRIGGER toggle to select the location of the trigger position on the screen as PRE, MID or POST
- INTERVAL set the time grid used for starting a scan, set to zero to deactivate. Useful to see fixed interval repetitive events
- LISTEN puts the tinySA in Listen mode at the frequency of the current active marker.
- TRACE selects a trace and controls various aspects of how the trace is displayed.
- TRACE n selects which trace to control
- ENABLE dis/en-ables a trace display
- FREEZE freezes the trace displayed
- CALC state selects various calculation options over time such as averaging or max hold and display the current CALC state. Selecting again resets the calculation
- OFF disables any calculation
- MIN HOLD sets the display to hold the minimum value measured.
- MAX HOLD sets the display to hold the maximum value measured.
- MAX DECAY sets the display to hold the maximum value measured for a certain amount of scans.
- AVER 4 sets the amount of running averaging to 4.
- AVER 16 sets the amount of running averaging to 16.
- QUASI PEAK sets the quasi peak hold mode
- TABLE->TRACE supports the definition of a static trace
- NORMALIZE will normalize the trace.
- SUBTRACT selects a trace to subtract from the current trace
- TRACE->TRACE copies the current trace data to another trace
- DISPLAY controls various aspects of how the display.
- PAUSE SWEEP pauses the scanning. When paused a 'TRIGGER button will appear for a single scan
- WATERFALL displays the power level over time in a waterfall map. A second click enlarges the waterfall.
- BIG NUMBER displays the current marker data in very big numbers.
- DRAW LINE draws a horizontal blue line on the display at a specified level
- SWEEP TIME sets the target time for a complete sweep in seconds.
- SWEEP POINTS sets the number of sweep points.
- SWEEP ACCURACY sets tradeoffs between sweep time and accuracy
- NORMAL sets the default sweeping mode
- PRECISE sets the precise scanning mode.
- FAST sets the fast sweeping mode.
- NOISE SOURCE optimizes the wide span scanning of noise sources.
- NSPEEDUP sets the acceleration factor for narrow scans.
- WSPEEDUP sets the acceleration factor for wide scans.
- ROTATE DISPLAY rotates the display 180 degrees
- MARKER controls the markers on the display.
- MODIFY MARKER allows selecting a marker and shows a submenu to modify the MARKER TYPE.
- MARKER n is used to select one of four markers
- DELTA n sets the currently selected marker as delta marker.
- NOISE sets the currently selected marker as noise marker.
- TRACKING sets the currently selected marker as tracking marker.
- TRACE n selects the trace on which to position the currently selected marker.
- TRACE AVERAGE sets the currently selected marker to display the average level over the total trace.
- SEARCH activates a sub menu for positioning the marker.
- PEAK SEARCH positions the marker to the global maximum.
- MIN<-LEFT searches the next minimum left of the marker
- MIN->RIGHT searches the next minimum right of the marker
- MAX<-LEFT searches the next maximum left of the marker
- MAX->RIGHT searches the next maximum right of the marker
- ENTER FREQUENCY enter the target frequency of the marker
- TRACKING automatically positions the marker to the strongest signal.
- DELETE deactivates the currently selected marker and moves the menu one level up.
- MARKER OPS allows setting the frequency display range based on the active marker.
- ->START sets the start of the scan to the frequency of the current marker.
- ->STOP sets the stop of the scan to the frequency of the current marker.
- ->CENTER sets the center of the scan to the frequency of the current marker.
- ->SPAN sets the span of the scan to the frequency of the current marker.
- ->REF LEVEL sets the REF LEVEL to the level of the current marker.
- SEARCH MARKER allows positioning a non-tracking marker on signal maxima or minima. See description of SEARCH above
- RESET MARKERS resets all markers to the default state
- MEASURE helps to quickly set the tinySA for certain measurements.
- OFF switches of any measurement related setting and behavior and returns the tinySA to regular operation
- HARMONIC switches to a marker configuration for measuring the level of harmonics of a signal
- OIP3 switches to a marker configuration for measuring the Output IP3 level of a signal
- PHASE NOISE switches to a marker configuration for measuring phase noise of a signal
- SNR switches to a marker configuration for SNR measurement
- -3dB WIDTH switches to a marker configuration for -3dB width measurement.
- AM sets various settings to optimize observations of an AM modulated signal
- FM sets various settings to optimize observations of an FM modulated signal
- THD enables the measurement of the THD defined as the percentage of energy in the harmonics versus the energy in the fundamental.
- CHANNEL POWER enables ACP and channel power measurement.
- LINEAR steps the internal attenuator through all attenuation levels and draws a green line showing the measured maximum level for each attenuation setting.
- CONFIG activates the configuration menu.
- TOUCH activates the touch sub menu
- TOUCH CAL enables the calibration of the touch panel. The results are stored in NVM.
- TOUCH TEST is used to verify touch calibration.
- SELF TEST is used after a cable is used to connect the low and high input/output.
- LEVEL CAL is used to calibrate the power measurement levels.
- CALIBRATE executes the level calibration.
- RESET CALIBRATION resets the calibration to factory defaults.
- VERSION shows the SW version information. Touch screen to return to menu.
- SPUR REMOVAL activates the two spur removal mechanisms.
- SAMPLE REP sets the number of repeat measurements at each frequency.
- DFU switches the tinySA to firmware upgrade mode.
- PULSE HIGH enables a trigger signal from the high input at the start of each low input sweep.
- LO OUTPUT enables the output of the first LO through the high connector
- MINIMUM GRID LINES sets the minimum grid lines to show, set to zero for always 10 grids
- JOG STEP set the frequency step when using the jog switch
- CLEAR CONFIG enter 1234 to reset the configuration to factory defaults.
- CONNECTION activates a sub menu for selecting the connection to the tinySA
- USB selects the USB interface for connection
- SERIAL selects the internal serial interface for connection
- SERIAL SPEED enables the selection of the speed of the serial interface
- LEVEL CORRECTION activates the menu for correcting the input or output level
- INPUT LEVEL allows calibration of the level reading by entering the known level of the signal under marker 1.
- OUTPUT LEVEL allows entering of the actual level of the automatically activated 30MHz output
- IN LOW CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the input level for the low range, see input curve edit
- IN HIGH CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the input level for the high range, see input curve edit
- OUT LOW CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the output level for the low range, see output curve edit
- HAM BANDS enables the gray shading showing the location of the USA ham bands
- EXPERT CONFIG activates the expert configuration menu
- AGC enables/disables the build in Automatic Gain Control.
- LNA enables/disables the build in Low Noise Amplifier.
- BPF enables measurement of the performance of the internal Band Pass Filter.
- BELOW IF switches the LO to below the IF when measuring below 190MHz.
- IF FREQ allows entering the IF frequency used in low mode.
- DECAY sets the decay speed of the quasi peak measurement
- ATTACK sets the attack speed of the quasi peak measurement
- SCAN SPEED allows setting the speed of scanning.
- MIXER DRIVE sets the power output to the mixer.
- CORRECT FREQUENCY allows to enter the actual measured frequency of the 10MHz CAL OUTPUT.
- MODE activates the mode switching menu.
- LOW INPUT activates the 0.1-350MHz input mode
- HIGH INPUT activates the 240MHz-960MHz input mode
- LOW OUTPUT activates the 0.1-350MHz output mode
- HIGH OUTPUT activates the 240MHz-960MHz output mode
- CAL OUTPUT controls the build in calibration reference generator.
