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VSA_89600B_MIMO_Source

Description: Agilent 89600B Vector Signal Analyzer for MIMO Applications

Domain: Timed
C++ Code Generation Support: NO
Associated Parts: VSA 89600B MIMO Source Part

Model Parameters
Name

Description

Default

Units Type

VSATitle

Text for VSA

title bar

Simulation
source

RepeatData

VSA hardware
Reacquire
measurement
control: Repeat,
Reacquire,
Single pass

Enumeration NO

Pause

Pause for user

to manually
adjust VSA
settings: NO,
YES

Enumeration NO

SetupFile

Name of setup
file to recall into
VSA

SetupUse

VSA setup file

recall control:
Always, Once,
No

Always

Enumeration NO

SampleRateOption

Set the sample

rate for the
output signals:
From Traces,
User Specified

From Traces

Enumeration NO

SampleRate

Sample rate
Sample_Rate Hz
sepcified by user

Float

NumberOfAntennas

Number of
receiver
attennas: 2
Antennas, 3
Antennas, 4
Antennas

2 Antennas

Enumeration NO

Antenna1_Trace

VSA trace that

Enumeration NO

NO

Text

Filename

Runtime Range
Tunable
NO

NO

NO

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will supply the

1st antenna's
time domain
trace.: A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H
Antenna2_Trace

VSA trace that

will supply the
2nd antenna's
time domain
trace.: A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H

Enumeration NO

Antenna3_Trace

VSA trace that

will supply the
3rd antenna's
time domain
trace.: A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H

Enumeration NO

Antenna4_Trace

VSA trace that

will supply the
3rd antenna's
time domain
trace.: A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H

Enumeration NO

RecordingFile

Name of
recording file to
recall into VSA
to be played
back

AutoCapture

Capture VSA
input data at
start-up: NO,
YES

Filename

NO

NO

Enumeration NO

ShowAdvancedParams Show advanced NO

parameters: NO,
YES

Enumeration NO

DefaultHardware

Use VSA default NO

hardware
configuration:
NO, YES

Enumeration NO

SetFrequencySpan

Enables the
NO
FrequencySpan
parameter.: NO,
YES

Enumeration NO

FrequencySpan

If non-zero, set
the frequency
span.

SetCenterFrequency

Enables the
NO
CenterFrequency
parameter.: NO,
YES

CenterFrequency

Center
frequency

SetRange

Enables the
NO
Range
parameter.: NO,
YES

Hz

Float

NO

[0:)

Enumeration NO

Hz

Float

NO

(:)

Enumeration NO

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Range

If non-zero and
RecordingFile
not set, set the
range.

Float

NO

[0:)

RecordingLength

If non-zero and
RecordingFile
not set, this
parameter set
the recording
length.

Float

NO

[0:)

GapOut

Enable
outputting
measurement
Gap flag.: NO,
YES

NO

Enumeration NO

This part is to be used with VSA 89600B software. If you only have VSA 89600
software installed, please use VSA_89600_MIMO_Sink part instead.
Important Note: In order to speed up the VSA start-up, all VSA's created by
SystemVue will remain running in the background even when their windows are closed
by the user. They will be closed together on exiting SystemVue. You can manually
close them all via menu *Action -> Exit Vector Signal Analyzer (89600 VSA) * or close
them selectively through the window's task manager.
VSA 89600B MIMO Source is for MIMO applications only. It is designed to retrieve
the time domain data of multiple RF sources captured by VSA SW and stream them
into simulation for measurements such as Bit Error Rate measurement.
To retrieve other measurement data (e.g. spectrum) from VSA SW, please use
VSA_89600B_Source.

VSA MIMO Main Properties

1. VSA Window Title If the VSA SW's window is displayed (by check the Pause VSA box
under the VSA MIMO Advanced Properties tab), this will be the title for that window.
2. Number of Antennas Controls how many RF signals are concurrently captured and
streamed into the simulator from the VSA SW. Note how this parameter changes the
content grouped under the "Outputs" and how it also changes the number of output pins
on the little icon in the top right corner of this window.
3. Data Repetition It controls how data are acquired by VSA 89600B SW. Since the
number of data called for by the simulator and the number of data acquired per
measurement made by the VSA SW may be different, this parameter controls how data
acquired by VSA SW should be used and whether VSA SW should make additional
measurements to feed the data needs of the simulator.
Single Pass: data are acquired from a single measurement by VSA per simulation.
Repeat Data:* data are acquired from a single measurement and repetitively used by
the simulation if the simulation asks for more data than what have been acquired by VSA.
Reacquire Data: data are repeatedly acquired and fed to the simulator if the simulation
requires more data than that can be captured by one measurement. Note that in the
Repeat Data and Reacquire Data modes time-based data may not be continuous
across measurements.
4. Sample Rate Option: The data acquired by the VSA SW has its own sampling rate that
is determined by the measurement setup.
From Traces: The sampling rate used for the simulation is the VSA's sampling rate.
User Specified: Allows a sampling rate to be entered into the Sample Rate field.
5. Sample Rate: Used to specify a sampling rate that is different from what VSA
measurement uses.

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6. Recorded Data File (Optional): If data are read in from some recorded data file (e.g.
SDF data file) in stead of be acquired through "live" measurements via VSA SW, use this
file browser to locate the data file.
7. Output Measurements Gap Flag: When simulation requires more data than that can
be captured by one VSA measurement, multiple measurements need to be made and the
aggregated ("stitched") data are not continuous, i.e. there will be time gaps in the data
stream. This check box allows an additional "Gap" flag out put to notify whether a gap
happened in between 2 captured data. If the value is 0, no gap happened. If it is 1, gap
occurred. To overcome gap, use the Automatic Capture check box described later.
8. Antenna1/2/3/4: This is to specify data from which trace from VSA SW are used to
feed which output pin of the VSA 89600B MIMO part.

VSA MIMO Advanced Properties

1. VSA Setup File: A VSA setup file specified here will be recalled automatically during
simulation start-up. The VSA measurement setup file is saved from the VSA application
file menu, File -> Save -> Save Setup. To adjust VSA setup after a setup file has been
loaded, check the Pause VSA box.
2. Apply Setup File:
Always Setup file will be reloaded per simulation
Once Setup file will be loaded on the first simulation.
No Never load the setup file.
Under current SystemVue releases, since the VSA SW will be restarted per simulation,
Options Always and Once are equivalent. But this may change in the future releases.

3. Override VSA Setup: The VSA setups specified here will be applied to adjust VSA setup

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after the setup file has been loaded.

Input Range is to adjust the maximum expected voltage range of the signal being
measured.
4. Automatic Capture If the data required by the simulation is more than the data held by
each VSA measurement (i.e. its corresponding trace(s)), multiple measurements are
required to provide the required number of data and in general, it will create
measurement gaps that will distort the final measurement results such as Bit Error Rate
(BER). If gap such introduced is not tolerable by the application such as BER, the solution
is to have the VSA SW record enough data for the simulation through one single
continuous measurement then feed these recorded data to the simulation. This check
box is used to achieve this. You can leave the Recording Length as 0 if the setup file
already has a long recording length specified.
5. Use Default Hardware If checked, it will have the 89600B automatically select an
appropriate hardware configuration. Otherwise, the 89600 uses previous hardware
selections. Note that when a source 89600B works together with a VSA_89600B_Sink
part, it can be left set up with Stream input hardware. This problem can be solved via the
RestoreHW parameter of the VSA_89600_Sink component..
6. Pause VSA: If you need to make some modifications to the VSA setup after loading a
VSA setup file bu tbefore simulation starts, you can check this check box so that the VSA
window will be brought up after the setup file has been loaded to allow you to make
those adjustments.

If desired, click the Advanced Options ... button on the bottom left corner of VSA
MIMO Main Properties to view the parameter list. The mapping between the
parameters in the parameter list and the setup controls shown in the 2 Graphic User
Interfaces described above should be straightforward.

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Important Links
1. Download latest VSA SW with 14 day trial license from Agilent Technologies
2. If you did NOT install the Agilent IO library during the VSA SW installation, you can also
download Agilent IO Library yourself.
3. Also see related parts:
VSA_89600B_Sink
VSA_89600B_Source
VSA_89600B_MIMO_Sink

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