There isn't really a straight forward way to do this. The analyzer also can't tell you the max Res BW or the max sweep time possible. However, all of this information is contained in the PSA specification data sheet.
Your question isn't always as straight forward as it sounds. For example when using an external harmonic mixer you would have very different freq ranges depending on your setup.
Anyways, while I am curious about what you are trying to do, I can tell you that you have a few options, but I think I would use a look up table. You can query the instrument model number and then use a table to look up the min and max freqs. The you can also look up the other measurement capabilities of the analyzer.
I think you just cleared up all the questions I have. I am developing a driver for E444xA PSA and I needed to make sure that the user doesn't trigger an error by setting the instrument to sweep at a range beyond the permissible range of the PSA. Looks like I have to manually key in the minimum and maximum frequency. Thanks a lot for you time Cheers!
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There isn't really a straight forward way to do this. The analyzer also can't tell you the max Res BW or the max sweep time possible. However, all of this information is contained in the PSA specification data sheet.
Your question isn't always as straight forward as it sounds. For example when using an external harmonic mixer you would have very different freq ranges depending on your setup.
Anyways, while I am curious about what you are trying to do, I can tell you that you have a few options, but I think I would use a look up table. You can query the instrument model number and then use a table to look up the min and max freqs. The you can also look up the other measurement capabilities of the analyzer.
Please refer to the table on page one of the linked document.
http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb ... -1284E.pdf
You could also start out by going full span and then querying the start and stop freqs if you prefer.
Best regards,