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tinySA Ultra Menu Tree

The menu tree reflects FW version 1.3507 or later

A nicely formatted PDF file containing the whole menu can be found here

  • 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
    • 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
      • 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.
    • 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
    • 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, the file name is created from the date and time
    • 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.
      • 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.
        • PEAK n sets the minimum amount of dB above the noise floor of a tracking marker.
      • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 high 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 of frequency dependent correction of the input level for the 0-800MHz range, see input curve edit
      • IN LNA CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the input level for the 0-800MHz range with LNA active, see input curve edit
      • IN ULTRA CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the input level for the 800MHz-6GHz range, see input curve edit
      • IN ULTRA LNA CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the input level for the 800MHz-6GHz range with LNA active, see input curve edit
      • OUT CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the output level for the 0-800MHz range, see output curve edit
      • OUT DIR CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the output level for the 800-1130MHz range, see output curve edit
      • OUT ADF CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the output level for the 1130-4400MHz range, see output curve edit
      • OUT MIXER CURVE allows entering of frequency dependent correction of the output level for the 1130-5400MHz 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
      • PROGRESS BAR controls the display of the green progress bar when scanning is slow.
      • DIRECT MODE enables a special mode for
      • LINEAR AVERAGING
      • HARMONIC
      • FREQ CORR sets the correction to be applied to measured or output frequencies in parts per billion
      • NF allows entering the noise figure of the tinySA Ultra
      • DUMP FIRMWARE
      • INTERNALS supports setting some internal parameters. Do not use unless being instructed to do so.
  • MODE activates the mode switching menu.
    • Spectrum Analyzer activates the spectrum analyzer using the RF port for input
    • Signal Generator activates the signal generator using the RF port for output
    • Calibration Output controls the build in calibration reference generator using the CAL port for output.
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