The menu tree reflects FW version 1.3507 or later (including Ultra+ updates)
A nicely formatted PDF file containing the whole menu can be found here
Spectrum Analyzer
- 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 default settings
- SAVE SETTINGS enabling this option will automatically save various settings at power down and restore them at next startup
- LOAD from SD loads a preset from the SD card
- 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
- STORE -> SD stores the current settings on the SD card
- SAVE AS PNG (If SD present) saves a screenshot directly to SD card
- 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.
- MULTI BAND this option enables a segmented scan over multiple bands
- xHz yHz Settings for one band
- START start frequency of band
- END end frequency of band
- CENTER center frequency of band
- SPAN span of band
- LEVEL trigger or warning level for this specific band
- NAME allows setting a name for this band
- DISABLE disables this band in a multi band scan.
- ALTERN enabling this option forces an alternating full screen scan of each band. When disabled all bands are concatenated in one screen
- BANDS->SD writes the multi band definition to the SD card
- SD->BANDS loads a multiband definition from the SD card
- VBW sets the VBW as fraction of the RBW or to automatic.
- SHIFT FREQ is used in combination with up/down converters and allows entering the actual START or CENTER frequency before the up/down conversion.
- MARKER -> CENTER set the center of the span to the frequency of the active marker.
- 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 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.
- LNA controls the internal LNA. With LNA enabled the internal attenuator is disabled
- 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 sets the trigger level
- TRIGGER LEVEL when multiband is not used it activates a keypad for entering the trigger level
- TRIGGER TRACE x selects a trace (1-4) to be used as trigger level and shows the trace table menu
- 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
- BEEP outputs a beep via the audio output whenever a trigger level is exceeded. Also works in AUTO mode
- AUTO SAVE when enabled saves the scan on SD card when the trigger level is exceeded.
- 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.
- AVER sets forever averaging. Click again to restart
- 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
- TRACE->SD writes the current trace data to the inserted SD card
- SD->TRACE reads a trace from SD and stores into a frozen 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, use values between 1 and 20.
- WSPEEDUP sets the acceleration factor for wide scans, use values between 1 and 20.
- 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.
- PEAK n sets the minimum amount of dB above the noise floor of a tracking marker.
- PEAK EXCURSION sets the minimum change in level to be considered a peak.
- 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
- n MARKERS enables n=2,4,6 or 8 markers
- 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.
- OCCUPIED WIDTH requests a dBc level and continuously measures the occupied width of the displayed strongest signal at the specified dBc level
- 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 as visible in the scan.
- 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.
- NOISE FIGURE submenu with functions related to NOISE FIGURE measurements
- MEASURE TINYSA NF measures the tinySA NOISE FIGURE at the specified frequency.
- STORE TINYSA NF stores the measured NOISE FIGURE.
- VALIDATE TINYSA NF validates the correctness of the measurement.
- MEASURE AMP NF measures the NOISE FIGURE of an amplifier.
- STORAGE various SD card storage related functions.
- LOAD CAPTURE loads a previously saved screen image
- LOAD SETTINGS loads previously saved settings
- LOAD CMD loads and executes a command file
- LOAD CONFIG loads a previously saved config
- AUTO NAME enables automatic naming of saved files using date and time.
- SAVE CAPTURE saves a capture of the screen
- SAVE SETTINGS saves the current settings
- SAVE CONFIG saves the current configuration
- MHz CSV when enabled sets the format of saved traces to be compatible with many wireless microphone management softwares
- SAVE TRACES saves the enabled traces
- 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 performs a self test after a cable is used to connect the CAL and RF connectors
- LEVEL CAL is used to calibrate the power measurement levels.
- CALIBRATE 100kHz to 5.34GHz uses the CAL output for level calibration.
- CALIBRATE above 5.34GHz requires an external 5.34GHz signal to remove the harmonic step at 5.34GHz
- 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.
- BRIGHTNESS allows the use of the jog switch to change the brightness of the display
- DATE TIME sets the date and time. The tinySA Ultra will remember the time and date as long as the battery is charged
- SET TIME sets the time.
- SET DATE sets the date.
- PULSE HIGH enables a trigger signal from the CAL output at the start of each low input sweep.
- LO OUTPUT enables the output of the first LO through the CAL connector
- ENABLE ULTRA enables ultra mode input and output.
- 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 at some frequencies
- 30MHz LEVEL allows entering of the actual level of the automatically activated 30MHz low output
- 1GHz LEVEL allows entering of the actual level of the automatically activated 1GHz low output
- 1.2GHz LEVEL allows entering of the actual level of the automatically activated 1.2GHz low output
- IN CURVE allows entering frequency dependent correction tables
- OUT CURVE allows entering frequency dependent correction tables
- HAM BANDS enables the gray shading showing the location of the USA ham bands
- EXPERT CONFIG activates the expert configuration menu
- PROGRESS BAR controls the display of the green progress bar when scanning is slow.
- DIRECT MODE enables a special mode for measuring close to the IF frequency.
- LINEAR AVERAGING enables linear power averaging (standard for power calculations).
- HARMONIC sets the harmonic to use in harmonic mode.
- FREQ CORR sets the frequency correction in ppb.
- NF allows entering the noise figure of the tinySA Ultra.
- DUMP FIRMWARE allows dumping firmware to SD.
- INTERNALS supports setting some internal parameters.
Signal Generator
- OUTPUT ON|OFF switches the output ON or OFF
- FREQ sets the output frequency. See explanation on frequency slider
- Sine wave: 100kHz - 800MHz (Ultra) / 900MHz (Ultra+). Square wave: up to 4.4GHz. RF Test signal: up to 5.4GHz (Ultra) / 7.3GHz (Ultra+ ZS407).
- LEVEL sets the output level. See explanation of level slider
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- Sine mode: Selectable between -115dBm and -19dBm in 1dB steps.
- Accuracy: +/- 2dB between -72dBm and -19dBm (less accurate below -72dBm).
- Above 800/900MHz: Level accuracy is reduced (refer to mode selection below).
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- MOD controls the modulation of the output
- NONE disables the modulation
- AM enables AM modulation
- FM enables FM modulation
- FREQ sets the modulation frequency (50Hz - 5kHz for AM; up to 1kHz for FM)
- AM DEPTH sets the AM modulation depth (10% - 100%)
- FM DEVIATION sets the FM deviation (1kHz - 300kHz)
- SWEEP controls the sweep function
- SPAN sets the span of the sweep
- LEVEL CHANGE sets the level change over one sweep
- SWEEP TIME sets the sweep time
- SWEEP POINTS sets the number of points (Up to 290 for Basic / 450 for Ultra)
- START SWEEP starts the sweep when either span or level change has been set.
- EXTERNAL GAIN sets the external gain (positive) or attenuation (negative) correction.
- OUTPUT (Above 800/900MHz) allows selection between:
- CLEANEST: Square wave, up to 4.4GHz (6GHz ZS407). Coarse frequency steps and less accurate level.
- HIGHEST ACCURACY: Reduced harmonics, up to 5.4GHz (7.3GHz ZS407). Fine frequency resolution and fine level steps.
