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Roland Roed 1C109 This document describes Bluetooth Low Energy RF over-the-air RX and TX measurements using advertising channels for communication with Bluetooth Low Energy devices. With the R&S®CMW-KD611 software option, the R&S CMW tester is able to perform a large number of Bluetooth Low Energy RF tests without operating in the Direct Test Mode. The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered
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
Yong Shi GFM327 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.1 has introduced Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) to enrich the direction finding (DF) feature. This application note gives the guidance of how to perform the BLE 5.1 DF RF tests according to the RF test specification of BT 5.1 by using the Rohde & Schwarz test solutions. bluetooth, 5.1, direction finding, cmw, rf, bluetooth le, low energy
Bernhard Schulz 1MA108 The Bluetooth® wireless standard has been an unparalleled success. It has found its way into virtually all smartphones, PCs, cars, entertainment hardware and wearables. Bluetooth SIG reports that more than 8 billion devices are currently in use. Bluetooth supports Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and direction finding methods, making it a sure bet for the future as well.
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,
R. Wagner,B. Schulz,A. Mandel 1MA282 More and more everyday items such as household appliances, vehicles, lights, etc. are now connected to the Internet, forming what is known as the "Internet of Things". Even clothing with sewn-in sensors to measure vital functions can now connect to the Internet and transmit data to cloud services. These different things use a variety of wireless technology standards
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
Alexander Nähring 1MA281 IoT devices have tight requirements for power consumption in order to achieve expected battery life times of multiple years without a connection to a power supply. In order to verify the power consumption and expected battery life time, voltage and current have to be measured accurately for different operating states of the device under test. This application note explains
DH The R&S ® CMW Wideband Radio Communication Tester offers an elaborate parametric test concept, including all RF test cases up to Bluetooth ® 5, that makes this flexible test platform ideal for designing and verifying Bluetooth ® Low Energy (LE) circuitsand modules. cmw, Wireless Communication Testers & Systems The R&S®CMW wireless communication tester offers an elaborate parametric test concept,
Roland Roed 1C108 This document describes the adaptive frequency hopping mechanism for improved signaling performance in Bluetooth Basic Rate and Enhanced Data Rate devices. The R&S CMW provides this feature for remote operation in TX, Loopback and Connection test mode. Thereby the R&S CMW acts as a master, while the Equipment under Test (EUT) represents the slave(s) of the piconet. Bluetooth,Bluetooth
Klaus Lienhart 1C105 This document describes the direct test mode mechanisms for testing Bluetooth Low Energy devices and explains how the direct test mode connection is established. The R&S CMW uses a USB port for the direct test mode connection while the Equipment under Test (EUT) may provide a USB port, a serial port or even a 2-wire UART interface for this purpose. Installing or assigning the right
Klaus Lienhart 1C107 This document describes WLAN tests which rely on communication (signaling) between R&S ® CMW and device under test (DUT) and on transmission of packet data over WLAN. On the R&S ® CMW side the WLAN Signaling application is required, for some tests also the Data Application Unit (DAU). The test principles and the necessary settings are explained and background infor-mation is given
Klaus Lienhart 1C106 For establishing a WLAN connection between R&S ® CMW and device under test (DUT), the WLAN properties at the R&S ® CMW have to be adapted to the test conditions. These can vary in several aspects, particularly due to the different WLAN standards and characteristics of the DUT. This document describes the critical parameters and provides step-by-step procedures for the configuration
Bernhard Schulz 1MA261 The Rohde & Schwarz Bluetooth RF test solution with the R&S ® CMW and R&S ® CMWrun is closely aligned to the Bluetooth RF Test Suite. Most of the tests can be performed with the equipment under test connected to a single CMW which is remotely controlled via R&S ® CMWrun running on an external computer. Some of the tests require an additional signal generator. This document describes
1MA208 This application note introduces the IVI High Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP) and outlines its features. HiSLIP is the successor to the VXI-11 LAN remote control protocol. This document also describes guidelines for using this protocol. CMW, CMW500, FSW, FPS, FSV, FSVR, ZNB, ZNC, RSC, SMBV, SMBV100A, SMA, SMA100A, SMB, SMB100A, SMB100B, SGS, SGS100A, FPS, ZNBT, RTO, RTE, SMW, SMW200A,
Klaus Lienhart 1CM101 The R&S CMW500/270 can generate and measure standard-compliant WLAN IEEE 802.11ac signals with bandwidths from 20 MHz up to 160 MHz. This document explains the CMW solution for the signals with 160 MHz bandwidth and describes the required configurations step by step. WLAN, 802.11ac, 160 MHz CMW Support of WLAN 802.11ac CMW Support of WLAN 802.11ac Application Note Products: |
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
The R&S®CMW-B400B audio board offers the flexibility to measure and quantify audio applications with the R&S®CMW270/280/500 radio communication testers. R&S CMW, Wireless Communication Tester & Systems Analog and digital audio measurements with the R&S CMW. Your task Today’s mobile devices feature multimode connectivity. The complex chipsets containing 2G, 3G, LTE, WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, FM stereo
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
1MA179 This application note discusses WLAN standard IEEE 802.11n. It first describes the most important amendments to previous releases and the ambitious new measurement tasks. Then, it describes how to deal with these tasks using Rohde & Schwarz instruments. The main focus here is on transmission over several TX and RX antennas (MIMO). Building multistandard signals using Rohde & Schwarz generators
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,
1MA170 This white paper introduces a novel attribute based architecture for VXIplug&play instrument drivers. The presented architecture uses the attribute based concept of IVI-C instrument drivers to introduce a two-layer design for VXIplug&play instrument drivers. Moreover the use of attributes is shown for the Rohde & Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer (rsspecan) instrument driver. Remote Control, Instrument
1CM100 The duration of a measurement in multi evaluation list mode is sensitive to the test setup. This document describes various methods to achieve optimized performance for such measurements. The availability of the methods depends on the CMW500 version. CMW500,Partial Save/Recall,Reset,Vertical Fetching Optimizing the Performance of Multi Eval. List Mode Tests Optimizing the Performance of Multi
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
1MA142 Modern radio communication systems have to provide higher and higher data rates. As conventional methods like using more bandwidth or higher order modulation types are limited, new methods of using the transmission channel have to be used. Multiple antenna systems (Multiple Input, Multiple Output – MIMO) gives a significant enhancement to data rate and channel capacity. This application note
