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Spectrum analyzer

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Screen controls

Add comment Add comment FFT: Window function FFT: Window function Stop Stop Print Print THD THD Add channel 2 Add channel 2 Frequency axis Frequency axis Horizontal position Horizontal position Horizontal magnification Horizontal magnification Vertical magnification Vertical magnification Vertical position Vertical position Clip indicator Clip indicator
PC based Spectrum analyzer software

Add comment (1)

Press this button to place a comment label in the display. Right click on the comment label to edit the displayed text or the comment label itself.

FFT Window function (2)

Press the Window button to select a windows function for the FFT, e.g. Blackman-Harris, Hanning, Hamming or simply rectangle.

Stop (3)

This causes the continuous measurements to halt. When the same button is pressed again, the measurement is started again.

Print (4)

Make a hard copy of the current signal using the Windows default printer.

Total Harmonic Distortion (5)

Measure the Total Harmonic Distortion. The results can also be printed.

Add channel 2 (6)

Double click here to switch channel 2 on. The spectrum analyzer will now show both channels simultaneously, while the amplitude axes can be set up independently.

Frequency axis (7)

Press the right mouse button to setup the frequency axis.

Horizontal position (8)

Dragging this slider adjusts the horizontal position of the signal. Pressing the right mouse button allows setup of the frequency axis.

Horizontal magnification (9)

Drag this end of the slider (or the other end) to adjust the horizontal magnification. Press the right mouse button to setup the frequency axis.

Vertical magnification (10)

Drag this label of the axis and adjust the vertical magnification. Press the right mouse button to setup channel 1.

Vertical position (11)

Drag the axis and adjust the vertical position of channel 1. Pressing the right mouse button also allows to setup channel 1.

Clip indicator (12)

This led indicates whether the input signal is clipped (creates higher harmonics) or not.

Hot keys

Hot key function
F3 Sample frequency one step lower
F4 Sample frequency one step faster
F5 Channel input range one step lower
F6 Channel input range one step higher
F11 Record length one step shorter
F12 Record length one step longer
1 Reference channel 1 on or off
2 Reference channel 2 on or off
3 Reference channel 3 on or off
4 Reference channel 4 on or off
A Channel signal coupling AC
D Channel signal coupling DC
L Channel Linear / Logarithmic
M Measure mode Maximum values on or off
O Perform a One shot measurement
Ctrl + P Print
R All Reference channels on or off
S Start / Stop continuous measurering
T View the Total record
← / → Move scrollbar slider
Ctrl + ← / Ctrl + → Move left hand side of scrollbar slider
alt + ← / alt + → Move righthand side of scrollbar slider

The channel related hot keys default affect settings for Channel 1. Combined with extra keys they will affect other channels. These keys are listed in the next table.

Key(s) Channel
- Channel 1
Shift Channel 2
Ctrl Channel 3
Ctrl+Shift Channel 4
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