<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD><BODY><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bill,</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The easiest way I found to set/use the Cal Factor for that Power Meter is to first manually punch in the Cal Factor tables for each of the sensors. Once done and selected, any CAL performed (using the reference port) will automatically use the 50MHz CF for that sensor. Also, for any measurement, you can simply tell the PM what frequency you are about to measure (it just has to be close) and it will interpolate and set the appropriate Cal Factor. There is a small delay each time a new freq is entered, so I just set it up with the center freq of the range I'm working in and leave it there. I found the error introduced is very tiny, compared with the overall picture. YMMV. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The only exception to this is during a full cal routine of the test station, where broad freq ranges are used and delays are not as important.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just as a side note. I worked in RF power and dealt with rather large load attenuations, so during a detailed test station CAL routine, I would have VEE save a profile of the load attenuator to a cal table on the hard drive. During product testing, I would have VEE recall the appropriate attenuation for the freq I was working at and stuff it in the offset of the Power Meter. If an exact cal point was not available, I would have VEE interpolate between the 2 nearest points. Not only would it now read "corrected" measurements right into VEE, but more important, the PM's front panel always displayed corrected measurements during the test process. This not only helped for "sanity checks", but also when customers (and bosses) would be observing the stations at work and watch the numbers go by.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just a little tip I picked up over the years. I'm sure others in the VRF community do similar things, but as an inexperienced programmer, I had to learn a lot of these things the hard way.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=271081203-23032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mike Groves</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Drago, William @NARDAEAST [mailto:William.Drago@L-3com.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> VRF<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [vrf] E4419B Headaches<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>It is the 50MHz/1mW correction factor that I wanted to change. Yeah, I was looking at the wrong display. Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>I also want to change the measurement cal factor so the info you provided on that is appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>BTW, I have not been able to find the PDF version of the programming manual. All I have is the hard copy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>Bill</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=277110220-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> DANZY,OJ (A-USA,ex1) [mailto:oj_danzy@agilent.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B> VRF<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [vrf] E4419B Headaches<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=672163319-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hello Bill,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=672163319-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=672163319-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The command that you are using is changing the reference cal factor used during the 50 MHz/1mW calibration process. This values is only displayed under [Zero/Cal] as the REF CF: value. The CF value for measurements is set under the [Frequency/Cal Fac] -> Cal Fac setting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=672163319-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=672163319-22032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Check out the command below to change the measurement cal factor and the command you are already using if you want to change the cal factor for the calibration (Reference cal factor).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=672163319-22032005> <P align=left><STRONG><SPAN class=672163319-22032005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>M<SPAN class=672163319-22032005>easurement Calibration Factor:</SPAN><BR>[SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CFACtor|GAIN[1|2][:INPut][:MAGNitude] |numeric_value><SPAN class=672163319-22032005> (page 9-26 of printed manual or 328 of pdf file).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=672163319-22032005>Reference Calibration Factor:<BR><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>CALibration[1|2]:RCFactor |numeric_value> (page 4-12 of printed manual or 240 of pdf file)</P></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=672163319-22032005>O.J.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Drago, William @NARDAEAST [mailto:William.Drago@L-3com.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B> VRF<BR><B>Subject:</B> [vrf] E4419B Headaches<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>I'm trying to write the calibration correction factor to the E4419B.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>I'm using the example in the book: "CAL:RCF 98.7PCT"</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>I can read this back successfully using, "CAL:RCF?"</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>But, the meter display always shows CF: 100%</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>What gives?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><SPAN class=524072119-22032005>Bill</SPAN></FONT></DIV>---</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to vrf as: rsb@soco.agilent.com<BR>To subscribe send a blank email to "join-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To send messages to this mailing list, email "vrf@agilent.com". <BR>If you need help with the mailing list send a message to "owner-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".</BODY></HTML>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have a VEE program that uses ActiveX (right out of the tutorials and various help items you all have contributed)to fill out a test report in MS Word. </font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I created a template with unique tagsthat act as placeholders for my data and then use a search and replacecommand to replace the unique tags with the actual data. I even doa screenshot of and XY plot and crop that before inserting it at the bottomof the sheet. </font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">This all works just fine except forone problem. I do not know how to control the size of the applicationwindow that MS Word puts up. In my program, I generate the test reportand would like the user to be able to see it (reduced size) and click OKif they want a print out. Since I do not know how to control thewindow size and/or location, Word may cover up my OK dialog box from VEE. This usually happens if someone was recently editing a Word documentand made a full screen (which is usually what you do!). The usercan always shrink the MS Word window manually but I would prefer this tobe an automatic feature. For now, manual control is the baselineand the OK box has a timeout with the resulting action being to print thedocument.</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Any suggestions on how to resize theMS Word window and/or send it to the back?</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul Sylvester
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