Select toggles conversion OFF and ON.

The five (5) reflection, transmission, and 1/S buttons form a button selection group where the selection of any one button de-selects the other four buttons.

Selects the Z:Reflection impedance display conversion.

Selects the Z:Transmission impedance display conversion.

Selects the Y:Reflection admittance display conversion.

Selects the Y:Transmission admittance display conversion.

Selects an inverted 1/S (One/S) display conversion.

Edit Channel Title button. Select displays the EDIT CHANNEL TITLE dialog box to create a user-defined title for the active channel.

Channel Title toggle button. Select toggles the channel title created by the EDIT CHANNEL TITLE dialog box OFF and ON. If ON, the user-defined channel title appears at the top of the channel display.

This button is only available if the VNA is in 4-Port Mode.

If available, the button displays the RESPONSE SETUP menu where the user can perform a quick-set of the single-ended or mixed-mode response by choosing setting to:

Select displays the RESPONSE SETUP – 4-Port VNAs menu.

This menu item is disabled unless there is a mixer setup completed on the active channel. When it is enabled:

Toggles the trace X-axis time labels ON or OFF. When the X-Axis Time (CW Only) button is ON and CW mode is set, the Bandwidth and Notch buttons are disabled in the ADVANCED SEARCH menu, and the X-axis will be in units of time. When data is saved in .txt, .csv, .tdf, or .tdu formats, time units will be shown instead of the CW frequency.

All Channel Frequency Label button. Select toggles the frequency labels for all channels OFF and ON. The frequency labels appear at the bottom of each channel display. When ON, the labels typically show starting and stopping frequencies and IFBW settings. When OFF, the frequency labels are removed.

If the default Tr# label is replaced, up to 12 alphanumeric characters can be input to identify the trace. If the Tr# label is kept, up to 9 characters can be added for Traces 1 to 9, and up to 8 characters added for Traces 10 to 16. Alternate trace names can be duplicated or unique as required. The user defined trace name replaces the instrument default trace number abbreviation. For example, with Alternative Trace Name = OFF, Trace 1 is default labeled as:

With Alternate Trace Name = ON, and a user-input Alternate Trace Name set as “DUT SN 12345”, the Trace 1 label becomes:

Once setup, a user-defined alternate trace name configuration can be saved as a setup and then recalled as a preset using:

For the selected trace, toggles the alternate trace name ON and OFF.

For all traces on the active channel, turns off all alternate trace names and restores the default trace names.

 

For all traces on the active channel, turns ON all alternate trace names.

Select sets the response mode to single-ended mode where any S-Parameter can be selected in the RESPONSE menu group.

Two Differential Pairs button. Select sets all traces on the 4-Port VNA to mixed-mode with two differential pairs. When the warning dialog appears, select OK to continue. This is the same mixed-mode as set by the MIXED-MODE dialog box.

Select sets all traces on the 4-Port VNA to mixed-mode with one differential pair and two singletons. When the warning dialog appears, select OK to continue. This is the same mixed-mode as set by the MIXED-MODE dialog box.

Select sets all traces on the 4-Port VNA to mixed-mode with one differential pair and one singleton. When the warning dialog appears, select OK to continue. This is the same mixed-mode as set by the MIXED-MODE dialog box.

MAIN | Display | DISPLAY | Display Area Setup | DISPLAY SETUP | X-Axis Display | X-AXIS DISPLAY

MAIN | Display | DISPLAY | Display Area Setup | DISPLAY SETUP | Turn All X-Axis Labels On/Off | X-AXIS LABELS

To enter a channel title label, use any of the following devices:

Use the buttons on the EDIT CHANNEL TITLE dialog box to enter the required text string into the Channel Title field:

To save the Channel Table character string, and return to the DISPLAY SETUP menu, click ENTER.