Application Notes for R&S®UPV

Dr. Fabian Guettge 1DC02 R&S ® VISA is a standardized software library that allows fast communications over diverse interfaces with a wide variety of T&M instruments that are detected on the network from PC applications. R&S ® VISA also includes a trace tool that simultaneously monitors communications between multiple applications and T&M instruments, and permits targeted analysis with the aid of efficient

Thomas Lechner 1GA71 This application note proposes a digital level shifter for connecting the I2S interfaces R&S®UPP-B2 and R&S®UPV-B41 to devices under test with a logic voltage different from 3.3 V. I2S, digital audio, interface, logic level, UPP, UPV, UPP-B2, UPV-B41 digital level shifter for I2S digital audio interface Digital Level Shifter for I²S Interfaces UPP-B2 and UPV-B41 Application Note

Miloslav Macko 1MA196 1MA196, Forum, Application, Instrument, Remote, Control, Python, Scripting, R&S Forum, RS Forum, R&SForum, RSForum, Windows, Mac OS Using R&S®Forum Application for Instrument Remote Control R&S®Forum is a free scripting tool for remote control of Rohde & Schwarz instruments. It allows users to create script sequences, as well as interactive remote control of instruments. Script

Frederic Schütze 1MA074 Versatile Software Tool for Rohde & Schwarz Instruments RSCommander is a versatile software tool for a wide range of Rohde & Schwarz spectrum-, network analyzers, signal generators and oscilloscopes. It allows for automatic instrument discovery, making screenshots, reading traces, file transfer and simple script creation. ABFS, AFQ, AFQ100A, AFQ100B, AMU, AMU200A, CBT, ESCI,

Thomas Lechner 1GA69 This application note provides software and instructions for a simple check of the acoustic performance of mobile phones. It targets mainly service centers and repair workshops which have to perform incoming tests of defective mobile phones and final tests of repaired mobiles. A focus is set on short test times and ease of use, without compromising accuracy and repeatability of

Thomas Lechner 1GA68 This application note provides an application program and instructions for performing speech quality tests and delay measurements in a live network, using the R&S®UPV audio analyzer. speech quality, POLQA, mobile network, mobile phone, delay Test of speech quality of mobile phones in a live mobile network Testing Speech Quality of Mobile Phones in a Live Network Application Note

Anke Pfeiffer, Thomas Lechner 1GA67 This application note provides an application program for the audio analyzer R&S®UPV which calculates and displays the loudness of non-stationary sounds according to ISO 532-1 (Zwicker method). The theoretic background of the evaluation method is briefly explained. UPV, loudness, Zwicker, ISO532-1, ISO532 Loudness measurement according to ISO 532-1 Zwicker Loudness

Miloslav Macko 1MA171 This application note outlines two different approaches for remote-controlling Rohde & Schwarz instruments out of MathWorks MATLAB: The first one uses VISA connection and direct SCPI commands. The second approach takes advantage of Rohde & Schwarz VXI plug&play instrument drivers and MATLAB Instrument Control Toolbox. MATLAB, Rohde Schwarz, remote, control, Instrument Control

Thomas Lechner 1GA65 The combination of R&S® CMU200 and R&S® UPV is in use for various tests of mobile phone speech functionality, such as acoustic tests according to 3GPP 26.132 or speech quality tests according to ITU-T P.862 (PESQ®) or ITU-T P.863 (POLQA®). This application note explains how to replace the R&S® CMU200 in these tasks with R&S® CMW500. CMU, CMU200, CMW, CMW500, UPV, UPV-K91, UPV-K92

Klaus Schiffner 1GA64 A large variety of measurements is performed in audio engineering in order to ensure transmission quality of analog and digital devices. An audio analyzer suitable for all these tasks will, therefore, incorporate a multitude of functions, resulting in a correspondingly large number of settings. This application note is to help test engineers using the R&S®UPP and R&S®UPV audio

Klaus Lienhart 1MA236 This document describes how a Windows®-based R&S® T&M instrument is remotely operated by an Android™ tablet as if working on it locally. Step-by-step procedures are provided for setting up and configuring the T&M instrument and the tablet. On the tablet, a special App implements the Windows® 'Remote Desktop' functionality. T&M instrument and tablet are connected via WLAN (also

1MA218 Software tools allow to make the control of T&M instruments more convenient. The adoption of the following tools for Windows®-based T&M instruments is described: ● Synergy:One mouse and one keyboard control a group of T&M instruments ● CamStudio:Video clips of the display of a T&M instrumentare recorded during operation AFQ100B, AMU200A, CMW270, CMW280, CMW500, ESCI, ESR, ESRP, FSMR, FSQ , FSU

Thomas Lechner 1GA62 This application note provides an application program for level alignment, test automation and reporting with PESQ, POLQA and delay measurements on the Audio Analyzer R&S ® UPV or R&S ® UPV66. UPV, UPV66, PESQ, POLQA, Speech, perceptive, objective, UPV-K1, UPV-K61, UPV-K63, delay Test Automation Tool for POLQA® and PESQ® Speech Quality Tests Contents 1 POLQA® and PESQ® Measurements

Klaus Lienhart 1MA216 This document describes how a Windows®-based R&S® T&M instrument is remotely operated by an Apple iPad as if working on it locally. Step-by-step procedures are provided for setting up and configuring the T&M instrument and the iPad. On the iPad, a special App implements the Windows® 'Remote Desktop' functionality. T&M instrument and iPad are connected via WLAN (also denoted as

1MA153 The aim of this application note is to provide information regarding Rohde & Schwarz instrument drivers. This paper shall help application engineers and software developers to easily get an understanding of advanced techniques to develop test and measurement (T&M) applications by utilizing Rohde & Schwarz instrument drivers. Furthermore the nomenclature used for Rohde & Schwarz instrument drivers

1MA035 The use of Rohde & Schwarz device drivers under VEE software is not complicated. However, a number of factors are involved, the errors that occur are often difficult to diagnose. This application provides easy and detailed support for installation and troubleshooting using National Instruments or Agilent GPIB boards. Instrument Driver, Driver, Device, Network Analysis, VEE, VISA, AFGU, AMIQ,

1GA47 This application note explains how to use acoustic calibrations in order to be able to enter or read sound pressure level directly in the Audio Analyzer R&S ® UPV. An application program is described which performs the necessary measurements for the calibration of microphones and loudspeakers, manages the calibration values and enters them into any appropriate user defined setup. UPV,microphone

1EF73 Rohde & Schwarz recognizes the potential risk of computer virus infection when connecting Windows ® -based test instrumentation to other computers via local area networks (LANs), or using removable storage devices. This white paper introduces measures to minimize malware threats and discusses ways to mitigate risks while insuring that instrument performance is not compromised. The paper discusses

1GA61 Acoustic properties like reverberation time and early reflections are important for test rooms as well as for speech intelligibility and music performance in assembly rooms and concert halls. This application note explains the basics behind these properties and offers an application program for their measurement. UPV,UPV66,UPV-K1,room acoustics,reverberation,reflectogram Measurement of Acoustic

1GA60 Most application notes for audio analyzer R&S ® UPV include an application program which runs locally using the universal sequence controller option UPV-K1. This application note explains how sequence control programs can be modified to run on a remote PC using remote control option UPV-K4. UPV,UPV66,UPP200,UPP400,UPP800,remote,GPIB,Visual Basic,VB.NET Using Application Programs for Audio Analyzer

1GA59 This application note describes how measurement results can be logged over time in the audio analyzer R&S ® UPV. A Visual Basic.NET application program is included which stores results to ASCII files. UPV,UPV66,Sequence Control,K1 Recording Measurement Results over Time with Audio Analyzer R&S® UPV Recording Measurement Results over Time with Audio Analyzer R&S® UPV Application Note Products

1MA137 Recent mobile test methods could not evaluate the quality of data reduced speech signals with different coded and decoded signals. The Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) provides the solution for this measuring problem. WCDMA PESQ is an add-on tool for CMUgo for automatic measurement of the PESQ for WCDMA mobile phones according to recommendation ITU-T P.862.1 featuring selectable

1MA119 Recent mobile test methods could not evaluate the quality of data reduced speech signals with different coded and decoded signals. The Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) provides the solution for this measuring problem. GSM PESQ is an add-on tool for CMUgo for automatic measurement of the PESQ for GSM mobile phones according to recommendation ITU-T P.862.1 featuring selectable fading

1MA136 Recent mobile test methods could not evaluate the quality of data reduced speech signals with different coded and decoded signals. The Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) provides the solution for this measuring problem. CDMA2000 ® PESQ is an add-on tool for CMUgo for automatic measurement of the PESQ for CDMA2000 ® mobile phones according to recommendation ITU-T P.862.1 featuring

1GA57 This application note provides a tool for printing a report about measurement results on the audio analyzer R&S ® UPV. The executable can be freely configured to include any result graphs and figures into the report. In addition it is an application example for a class library which can be included into custom application programs to add a printing function. UPV,UPV66,UPV-K1,print,report Printing

1GA56 This application note provides a program which allows to record total harmonic distortion, single harmonic distortion factors and level with one generator sweep. The executable may be installed and used without caring about programming. The source code is provided as basis for custom modifications. UPV,UPV66,THD,sweep,distortion,harmonic distortion Swept Harmonic Distortion Measurements Swept

1GA55 This application note investigates and discusses the influence of wideband noise on harmonic distortion measurements. UPV,UPV66,UPP200,UPP400,UPP800,UPL,UPD,UPP Harmonic Distortion Measurements in the Presence of Noise Harmonic Distortion Measurements in the Presence of Noise Application Note Products: | R&S �UPV/UPV66 | R&S �UPP200 | R&S �UPP400 | R&S �UPP800 It is the purpose of this application

1GA50 PESQ measurements employ a level adaptation algorithm and are hence widely insensitive to absolute level. However, if the tests are performed via a speech codec, the driving level of the codec has an influence on the MOS result. Therefore careful alignment of the level is required. This application note provides an application program which runs on the Audio Analyzer R&S UPV or R&S UPV66 and

1MA197 This white paper summarizes the technology options for supporting voice and short message service (SMS) in LTE, including circuit switched fallback (CSFB), SMS over SGs, and voice over LTE (VoLTE). SMS, Voice, VoIP, LTE, CSFB, GSM, WCDMA, CDMA2000, EVDO, EV-DO, 3GPP, UPV, CMW500, CMW270, VoLTE, SMS over SGs Voice and SMS in LTE Voice and SMS in LTE White Paper This white paper summarizes the

1GA54 This Application Note describes how the R&S ® UPV and R&S ® UPP200 audio analyzers can be used to replace the obsolete Agilent model 8903B audio analyzer in remote control applications. UPV,UPV66,UPP200,UPP400,UPP800,8903B,remote control,replacement,replace,audio,analyzer,analysis,UPP Using R&S audio analyzers in remote control applications to replace the Agilent 8903B Using R&S® audio analyzers

1GA51 This application note describes how to generate the noise field for ambient noise rejection tests according to 3GPP TS 26.132, sections 7.9 and 8.9. UPV,UPV-K9,UPV-K91,3GPP,TS26.132,mobile phone,ANR,Ambient Noise Rejection,pink noise,audio,acoustic Generating the Noise Field for Ambient Noise Rejection Tests Generating the Noise Field for Ambient Noise Rejection Tests Application Note Products

1GA52 Application program and documentation for averaging of 1/n octave spectra on the audio analyzer UPV. 1/n octave,nth octave,spectrum ,audio,UPV,average,averaging Averaging of 1/n Octave Spectra Averaging of 1/n Octave Spectra Application Note Products: | R&S �UPV | R&S �UPV-K1 | R&S �UPV-K6 This document describes an application program for averaging 1/n octave spectra on the R&S® Audio Analyzer

1GA53 Application program with documentation for sending a sequence of logged SCPI commands to the firmware of the R&S ® Audio Analyzer UPV. SCPI,sequencing,remote,command,UPV Simple Sequencing Tool for SCPI Commands Simple Sequencing Tool for SCPI Commands Application Note Products: | R&S �UPV | R&S �UPV-K1 This document describes an application program for sending a sequence of logged SCPI commands

1GA48 This application note explains how to use the Audio Analyzer R&S UPV for measurements of maximum sound pressure level of headphones according to EN50332. It is possible to measure a combination of music player / FM receiver and headphones, the maximum output voltage of a player / FM receiver alone or the wideband characteristic voltage of headphones alone. An application program is available

1GA49 This application note gives background information about the psychoacoustic measurements PESQ ® (Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality) and PEAQ ® (Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality). It also describes how to perform these measurements using the Rohde & Schwarz Audio Analyzer. UPV,UPV66,UPV-K61,UPV-K62,PESQ,PEAQ,MOS,LQO,DI Psychoacoustic Audio Quality Measurements Using R&S® UPV Audio

1MA83 GDE (= Generic Demonstration Engine) is a easy-to-use, free-of-charge remote control command sequencer tool. The big advantage is that the test description is stored in a simple, easy-to-read text file, and loaded in GDE at runtime. This makes it very easy to modify tests by the user or add additional tests to already existing test solutions without redistributing big setup files. Remote Control

RCS0704-0032 This application note describes how to test audio amplifier audio characteristic using the audio analyzer R&S ® UPV in accordance with standard IEC 60268-3. The test items include gain, frequency response, harmonic distortion, modulation distortion, difference-tone intermodulation, dynamic intermodulation distortion, noise and cross-talk. The test items are explained and the test steps

RAC-0703-0029 Rohde & Schwarz instruments can be shared when users wish to use the same instrument. This can be done quite easily with the LAN interface, which comes as a standard option. Through this interface, Rohde & Schwarz instruments can be connected directly to a network, and users with access to the network can manually operate the instrument from a remote computer. This Application Note lists

1GA46 Play-only devices like CD- or MP3 players cannot be measured as traditional 4-pole devices. Therefore traditional transfer function measurements using the generator part of the audio analyzer are not possible. Those devices are tested with a pre-recorded test signal available as wav or MP3 file. This application note describes a fast test together with a setup and an executable which runs the

RAC-0502-0012 This Application Note presents a program which combines FM tuner measurements to form automatically running sequences in line with DIN EN60315-4. It is an extension of Application Note 1GA43 and can be used with the Generator R&S SML and the Audio Analyzer R&S UPV or UPL. SML,UPL,UPV,FM-Stereo,Stereo FM Stereo Tuner Measurement Subject to change – Mike Cheong, Tilman Betz 03.2006 – RAC