R&S®FPC - FAQ

How to connect the FPC via USB for remote control?The R&S®FPC is not a normal USB device.When you connect the R&S®FPC via USB cable to the PC it will be recognized in the Device Manager as a Network Adapter:This meens you have to use a TCP/IP address to connect to the FPC.The TCP/IP address is fixed to:172.16.10.10

I got a new device but no calibration certificate.Is there no calibration certificate for my device available?You can download the calibration certificate from the following page:https://www.rohde-schwarz.com

My R&S FPC device is not available in my VISA software. All the necessary drivers are installed as desribed in the manual, however ist does not work using USB or network connection.In the NI forum I found an article telling me, that it is not possible to connect the FPC via NI Visa. What do I have to prepare, that I can use R&S Visa as well as the NI VISA?This knowledge article assumes the correct

I want to set my FPC Spectrum Analyzer to logarithmic frequency scale. I found something in the manual, but when I try to set it in the frequency menu, I don't find the described menu.Logarithmic frequency scaling is available in the receiver mode while performing a Frequency Scan. This mode is more or less stepped frequency scan with assimilated step sizes at zero Span.(Refering to manual Version

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I have many dataset files (*.SET) with trace data. How can I convert the trace data to ASCII format file (*.CSV)?With the program InstrumentView you can do this:https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/software/fph/Just open the SET-file in the InstrumentView and save it then as CSV-file.

I use the FPC1500 in Network Analyzer Mode for S11 Reflection as well as S21 Transmission measurement and always perform calibration / normalization for each mode before I begin with the real measurement job.When I then change from reflection to transmission, I can see, that my normalization got lost. This also seems to happen with the S11 calibration.What can I do to avoid that?When performing measurement