MCS Manual User guide 2 / 152 MCS User Manual Table of Contents MCS Manual.............................................................................................................................................. 4 Installation................................................................................................................................................ 5 System Requirements........................................................................................................................... 6 Installation on Windows........................................................................................................................ 7 Installation on MacOS X....................................................................................................................... 8 Installation on Linux (Packages)...........................................................................................................9 Installation on Linux (Static Build)...................................................................................................... 10 First Start............................................................................................................................................. 11 Getting Support................................................................................................................................... 12 Quickstart............................................................................................................................................... 13 Connect to Device...............................................................................................................................14 Select Sweep Profile........................................................................................................................... 15 Setup Graphics Parameters................................................................................................................16 Setting Up Spectrum View................................................................................................................17 Setting Up Waterfall View................................................................................................................. 18 Main Screen Layout.............................................................................................................................. 19 Menu and Toolbar Actions.....................................................................................................................23 Measurement Menu.............................................................................................................................24 Spectran Menu.................................................................................................................................... 26 Graphics Menu.................................................................................................................................... 28 Edit Menu............................................................................................................................................ 29 Session Menu......................................................................................................................................30 Extras Menu........................................................................................................................................ 31 Help Menu........................................................................................................................................... 33 Toolbar................................................................................................................................................. 36 Views and Controls................................................................................................................................38 Settings Control................................................................................................................................... 39 Result Control......................................................................................................................................42 Spectrum Control and View................................................................................................................ 44 Spectrum Control.............................................................................................................................. 45 Scaling Controls (1)........................................................................................................................ 48 Scaling Controls (2)........................................................................................................................ 50 Trace List and Controls.................................................................................................................. 51 Trigger Controls.............................................................................................................................. 53 Marker Controls.............................................................................................................................. 54 Spectrum View.................................................................................................................................. 56 Waterfall Control and View..................................................................................................................59 Waterfall Control................................................................................................................................60 Waterfall View....................................................................................................................................62 Histogram Control and View............................................................................................................... 64 Histogram Control............................................................................................................................. 65 Histogram View................................................................................................................................. 69 Channelpower Control and View........................................................................................................ 71 Channelpower Control.......................................................................................................................72 Channelpower View.......................................................................................................................... 75 Limits Control and View...................................................................................................................... 78 Limits Control.................................................................................................................................... 79 Limits View........................................................................................................................................ 82 Daylog Control and View.................................................................................................................... 84 Daylog Control...................................................................................................................................85 Table of Contents - © 2012 by Aaronia AG, Germany 3 / 152 MCS User Manual Daylog View...................................................................................................................................... 87 Demodulation Control..........................................................................................................................89 Calibration Control...............................................................................................................................91 Undo / Redo Control........................................................................................................................... 93 Recording and Replay...........................................................................................................................94 Recording a Measurement..................................................................................................................95 Replaying a Recorded Measurement................................................................................................. 96 Converting from MDR to CSV............................................................................................................ 97 Advanced Features................................................................................................................................98 Managing Multiple Devices................................................................................................................. 99 Detailed Device Information.............................................................................................................. 100 Printing and Screenshots.................................................................................................................. 103 Spectrum Markers............................................................................................................................. 104 Marker Editor...................................................................................................................................106 Sessions...........................................................................................................................................