An occupancy report divides up a frequency range into sub-channels and shows the typical traffic at each sub-channel frequency. Occupancy reports are:

Determine the frequency range of interest and then collect trace data in that frequency space. The target receivers can collect up to 4000 points per trace. You will need to set the number of points such that you have at least one point/sub-channel. If you have more than one point/sub-channel, the highest measured power in the sub-channel is used in the report. For instance, if you are interested in monitoring the 500 MHz to 600 MHz, and you want 25 kHz channel spacing, then you will need at least (600 MHz – 500 MHz)/25 kHz = 4000 trace points.

Occupancy Report Generator works with auto-archived databases or manually created Vision database. Specify the folder location that holds the desired database. Auto-archived databases are stored in a sub-folder of the active database folder. Each archived database has its own sub-folder, named with the date and time stamp at which the archive was created. The databases will be listed on the left side of the report generator window. Each folder is listed by name, and there is a check box next to the folder names to include or exclude particular folders in the generated report.

To generate the Occupancy Report, click Generate from the Report menu on the main menu bar. It may take several seconds to generate the report, depending on the number of traces and archive folders being processed. There can be a lot of data to process. The lower right-hand corner of the window has a progress bar that indicates the progress through the selected archive databases.

The report includes a pass/fail status for each sub-channel when the power bar is:

The power bar for each sub-channel also shows three vertical black lines. The first is the minimum power measured, the second is the mean power, and the third is the maximum power measured for the given sub-channel.

Normally, the report will show the sub-channels in frequency order. There is an option to group the sub-channels by pass/fail status. To do so, click to toggle “Show By Pass/Fail Status” menu item under the Reports main menu.

To generate the Occupancy Report to appear as shown in Occupancy Reports, click Generate from the Report menu on the main menu bar or press F5 as a shortcut to generate the report. It may take several seconds to generate the report, depending on the number of traces and archive folders being processed. There can be a lot of data to process. The lower right-hand corner of the window has a progress bar that indicates the progress through the selected archive databases.

Type in the Start Frequency. Press “k” (kHz), “M” (MHz), or “G” (GHz). Range is 9 kHz to maximum range of measuring instrument up to 54 GHz.

Type or enter the channel Stop Frequency. Press “k” (kHz), “M” (MHz), or “G” (GHz). Range is 9 kHz to maximum range of measuring instrument up to 54 GHz.

Type in the Power Threshold. (dBm)

Type in the Channel Width. (kHz)

Click to view folder where reports are archived.

Check to append a custom header to the report output. Type in the custom header.

Check to append a custom footer to the report output. Type in the custom footer.

Export file field separator.

Export file field separator.

Export file field separator.

Below the folder list in the lower-left corner of the program window there is a graph that will show either a histogram of the power at the selected sub-channel as shown in Figure: Power Histogram of Selected Sub-Channel, or a histogram showing the time-of-day power readings for the selected sub-channel as shown in Figure: Time-of-Day Power Histogram. The gray shading indicates there is no data available during that time. If it is black, no shading and no bar, then there are traces at those time, but everything was below threshold. You can toggle between these two views with the Power and Time Of Day buttons below the graph. There is also a Copy button that will place the graph onto the Windows Clipboard.