R&S ELEKTRA Release Notes Software V2.10 ELEMI-E 2018 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG Muehldorfstr. 15, 81671 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 41 29-0 Fax: +49 89 41 29 12-164 E-mail: mailto:info@rohde-schwarz.com Internet: http://www.rohde-schwarz.com Subject to change R&S is a registered trademark of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG. Trade names are trademarks of the owners. The software application makes use of several valuable open source software packages. For information, see the "Open Source Acknowledgment" on the user documentation (included in delivery). The following abbreviations are used throughout this document: R&S ELEKTRA is abbreviated as. Release Notes Test & Measurement PAD-T-M: 3574.3288.02/02.00/CI/1/EN
Contents Contents 1... 3 1.1 New s... 3 1.2 Modified s... 5 1.3 Improvements... 6 1.4 Known Issues... 8 1.5 Modifications to the Documentation... 8 2 Software Update... 9 2.1 Updating the Software... 9 3 Customer Support... 10 Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 2
1 Information on the Current and History 1.1 New s The following table lists the new functions and indicates the version in which the new function was introduced: New s of ELEKTRA V2.10: V2.10 FPC driver: Support of device firmware FPC 1.40 including the support to use two detectors in parallel for scan measurements in receiver mode. New s of ELEKTRA V2.00: V2.00 Administration / General Settings: - Download of the scan, limit and transducer settings to EMI receiver is now switchable V2.00 Administration / Report Settings: - Support for individual report templates for each test category V2.00 Added Standard Data files for - EMI conducted and radiated testing New s of ELEKTRA V1.31: V1.31 Support for EMI Receiver Device R&S FPC1500, order no. 1328.6660.03 V1.31 ESL driver: Added support for detector types CISPR Average and RMS Average New s of ELEKTRA V1.30: V1.30 EMI test: the side panel Parameter is now available in interactive measurement mode, to allow straight setting of the measurement receiver parameters. V1.30 Added support to prepare the Test Information of a test in the EMI Test Template V1.30 Added warning messages in EMI test template in case receivers FPC1000 / FPH are used with inappropriate settings V1.30 FPC driver: Support of device firmware FPC 1.21 with improved measurement accuracy for scans with a large number of points in receiver mode V1.30 Added auto-generation of trouble-shooting information for support requests (ALT-X key) Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 3
New s of ELEKTRA V1.21: V1.21 Added Standard data files for R&S HZ-15/R&S HZ-17 Probe Sets and R&S HZ-16 Preamplifier New s of ELEKTRA V1.20: V1.20 Support for EMI Receiver Devices: R&S FPC1000, order no. 1328.6660.02 R&S Spectrum Rider FPH, order no. 1321.1111.xx V1.20 Support for LISN Devices: R&S HM6050, order no. 3593.0374.02, 3594.4415.02, 3593.0368.02 V1.20 Additional standard data (limits, templates etc.) available in configuration wizard V1.20 Added support to use specific trace colors for EMI detectors in Graphic Settings V1.20 Added support for repeated final measurement in a test V1.20 Added support to configure actions on errors occurring in a test V1.20 Added support to export the test report in an editable format (.docx) V1.20 Added support to persist a customized layout on opening a test V1.20 Added support to select the font used in measurement graphics V1.20 Added support to import tables form text files (.CSV format) New s of ELEKTRA V1.10: V1.10 Added support for TEM waveguides V1.10 Added support for continuous overview measurements V1.10 Added standard data (limits, templates etc.) for most frequent use cases to configuration wizard New s of ELEKTRA V1.00: V1.00 Initial version V1.00 Measurement: Automated and interactive execution of the measurement V1.00 Measurement Display: Charts with curves for overview, final measurement and limit lines Tables with numerical results for overview, final measurement and limit lines V1.00 Documentation of the Measurement Results: Configurable test report in PDF format Tables with numerical results for overview, final measurement and limit lines V1.00 Instrument Connections: VXI-11 GPIB (additional hardware required) V1.00 Supported EMI Receiver Devices: R&S ESCI, order no. 1166.5950.xx R&S ESPI, order no. 1164.6407.xx (with operating system Win XP) R&S ESL, order no. 1300.5001.xx Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 4
R&S ESR, order no. 1316.3003.xx R&S ESU, order no. 1302.6005.xx R&S ESRP, order no. 1316.4500.xx R&S ESW, order no. 1328.4100.xx R&S FSL, order no. 1300.2502.xx R&S FSV, order no. 1307.9002.xx R&S FSW, order no. 1312.8000.xx 1.2 Modified s The following table lists the modified functions and indicates the version in which the modification was carried out: Modifications of ELEKTRA V2.10: V2.10 Dashboard: - When entering a keyword in the search field, the search does now take also items from other views into account (not only the items on the dashboard). - Found items can (if possible) be pinned now directly to the dashboard in the shown list of search result. V2.10 EMI Test Template Editor: - In hardware setup section, the type of a selected device is now also shown Modifications of ELEKTRA V2.00: V2.00 EMI Test Template Editor: - New UI layout of the sections Measurement Flow and Flow details. Refer to current manual for details. V2.00 Home / Tools / Export/Import: - The data is now always written to a ZIP-container to save disk space - The data can be read now from a ZIP-container or XML file V2.00 Report Template Editor: - New UI layout to select and configure the components available for the report Refer to current manual for details V2.00 Receiver driver: the minimum required firmware version installed on the device is now - ESW 1.20 - ESR 2.28 SP2 - ESRP 2.28 SP2 - ESU 4.73 SP5 (XP) - ESU 5.74 SP2 (Win7) Modifications of ELEKTRA V1.31: V1.31 EMI Test: The data reduction method Subrange Maxima now uses a logarithmic segmentation of the frequency range for evaluation (replacing the former linear segmentation), which is more suitable to find the relevant critical points. Modifications of ELEKTRA V1.30: V1.30 FPC driver: the minimum required firmware version installed on the device is now 1.21 Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 5
V1.30 EMI test: The layout of the Test Information section has changed Modifications of ELEKTRA V1.21: V1.21 Improved performance in device search view V1.21 Device List: The use of negative correction data values is now possible V1.21 Device List: Extended warnings are shown for cases where the device configuration is not / no longer suitable Modifications of ELEKTRA V1.20: V1.20 Improved performance in search views V1.20 Support for individual usage of the high pass filter of LISN ENV216 in frequency ranges V1.20 Switch LISN control back to manual local control when test execution finished V1.20 Added ClearWrite traces in the test graphics V1.20 Changed the default trace colors in Graphic Settings 1.3 Improvements The following tables list the improvements and indicate which version the issue could be observed: Improvements of ELEKTRA V2.10: V1.10 Receiver driver: When using FSW or ESW instruments as receiver device, in rare cases a message window (SCPI error log) was permanently shown at the device front panel display overlaying the measurement results. This issue is solved. Improvements of ELEKTRA V2.01: V2.00 EMI test: When using the default templates with an EMI Test Receiver model without Time Domain Scan support the template validation works now correct. Improvements of ELEKTRA V2.00: V1.10 EMI test: Opening graphics for result tables referenced from multiple different tests is now supported. V1.10 EMI test using ESPI/ESCI receivers: When running a test, a system message dialog box (overlaying the measurement trace) was sometimes shown on the receiver display. This issue is solved. V1.10 EMI test report: When the receiver operating mode Spectrum Analyzer is used, the final measurement time displayed in the frequency range section of the report is now correct. V1.10 EMI test report: When a report is rendered with EMI graphics in rare cases the traces are not fully shown in the chart. Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 6
Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.34: V1.10 EMI Test: When a remote controlled LISN is used in a test setup, the first switching of the LISN line could be incorrectly performed via remote for cases where the preset mode at the receiver was manually set to Preset Spectrum and the manually set LISN line is different from remote. The results of the final measurement could partly be originated form a different LISN line. This issue is solved. Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.33: V1.31 EMI Test: The data reduction method 'Subrange Maxima' has (besides the correctly identified maximum values) not found some lower local maxima in the processed frequency range, which has now been corrected. Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.32: V1.10 Installer: Adoption of the database from an older installed version could fail in certain cases, which has now been corrected. V1.10 EMI test using ESL receiver: When measuring in Interactive Measurement mode with a CISPR detector, a different measurement bandwidth could be in use on the device for certain frequencies, which has now been corrected. Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.31: V1.10 EMI test using ESL receiver: When Quasi Peak detector is used in combination with Average or RMS detectors for the final measurement the order of the measurement values is now correct. V1.30 Search View: The performance to build up and show the list of saved test has improved, especially if a larger number of tests is available. V1.10 Backup: The automated generation of a backup when closing the application could fail in certain cases, which has now been corrected. Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.30: V1.30 For devices FSV with installed FSV-B24 the preamplifier selection is improved V1.30 For device FPC a measurement time of 500 ms is supported additionally V1.30 For devices ESCI, ESPI the usage of CISPR Average detector is now supported V1.30 Running on Windows versions with Turkish language settings is now supported V1.30 Improved device communication for receiver devices FPC1000 and FPH V1.30 Standard Data: LimitLines improved to show correct gaps (EN55011/25/32) V1.30 Installer: Import of the data base from an older version improved Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.21: V1.21 EMI test with Transducer setup: When repeated mode is used in the overview measurement the correction data is now properly processed V1.21 EMI test: Receiver devices ESL, FSL, FSV without the Option-B5 (Additional Interfaces) are now also supported and can be used for measurement V1.21 Installer: Incidental issues observed with R&S VISA pre-installation package solved V1.21 Graphics: Improved behavior when moving markers and traces to front Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 7
V1.21 Report: Configuration of Image/Photo elements and the Zoom Area for generic graphics works now correct Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.20: V1.20 Measurement report shows correct detectors for final measurement V1.20 Improved device communication (connection and error handling) V1.20 Improved marker handling in measurement graphics V1.20 Migration Tool: Improved conversion for ES-SCAN data containing subfolders Improvements of ELEKTRA V1.10: V1.10 Improved performance and reduced the memory usage during test execution V1.10 Improved handling of device type change in device list 1.4 Known Issues The following tables list the known issues and indicate which version the issue could be observed: Known issues of ELEKTRA V2.10: V2.10 None 1.5 Modifications to the Documentation The current documentation is up-to-date. Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 8
Software Update 2 Software Update Further information The software update file for the is one file including the main software version number e.g. ELEKTRASetup_V1.20.x.exe. It will be referred as ELEKTRASetup.exe later in the text. The file can be found on Rohde & Schwarz web page. 2.1 Updating the Software Go to download page www.rohde-schwarz.com/software/elektra. Click on the download link for ELEKTRA. Save the ELEKTRASetup.exe installation file to a location on your PC for which you have access rights to. Double click on the downloaded file to start the installation. Follow the instructions on the screen. R&S ELEKTRA icon should now appear on the desktop. Double click on the ELEKTRA icon to launch R&S ELEKTRA. A comprehensive user s manual is available in R&S ELEKTRA. For more information and other application notes, please go to www.rohde-schwarz.com/product/elektra. Release Notes 1178.4053.02-01 9
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