Is is possible to recall previously saved touchstone file (.s4p) on the N5230A PNA-L 4 port Network Analyzer? I would like to see the sweep from data received from one of our customers.
Hi, not possible. We have this on our list. The best option now is to open it an excel file, using space delimiting, to chart the data. If you have ADS, you can read it directly into ADS to view it that way. If you really want to see it on the analyzer, and you have ADS, you can read it into ADS, save it as a citifile, and read it in that way. Or, ask your customer to re-save the data as a Citifile, we can read those directly.
As Dr_Joel pointed out, there is no built-in way to do this on the PNA, but there is a utility that we provide as a download to help you display data from S1P and S2P files as traces on a PNA. The utility can be downloaded from here:
http://na.tm.agilent.com/pna/apps/applications.htm
Look for the DataViewer application. The utility has some limitations, so please read the description carefully.
Regards,