Anritsu MT8860B Owner's manual

MT8860B
Remote Programming Manual
WLAN Test Set

Remote Programming Manual
MT8860B
WLAN Test Set
Anritsu Company
490 Jarvis Drive
Morgan Hill, CA 95037-2809
USA
P/N: 13000-00202
Revision: J
Printed: September 2009
Copyright 2009 Anritsu Company

WARRANTY
The Anritsu product(s) listed on the title page is warranted against defects in materials and
workmanship for one year from the date of shipment.
Anritsu’s obligation covers repairing or replacing products which prove to be defective during the
warranty period. Buyers shall prepay transportation charges for equipment returned to Anritsu
for warranty repairs. Obligation is limited to the original purchaser. Anritsu is not liable for
consequential damages.
LIMITATION OF WARRANTY
The foregoing warranty does not apply to Anritsu connectors that have failed due to normal wear.
Also, the warranty does not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance
by the Buyer, unauthorized modification or misuse, or operation outside of the environmental
specifications of the product. No other warranty is expressed or implied, and the remedies
provided herein are the Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedies.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANRITSU COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. THE USER ASSUMES THE
ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF PROVIDER OR
MANUFACTURER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT.
NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANRITSU COMPANY OR ITS
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF
BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, EVEN IF ANRITSU
COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE
SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
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NOTICE
Anritsu Company has prepared this manual for use by Anritsu Company personnel and customers
as a guide for the proper installation, operation and maintenance of Anritsu Company equipment
and computer programs. The drawings, specifications, and information contained herein are the
property of Anritsu Company, and any unauthorized use or disclosure of these drawings,
specifications, and information is prohibited; they shall not be reproduced, copied, or used in whole
or in part as the basis for manufacture or sale of the equipment or software programs without the
prior written consent of Anritsu Company.
UPDATES
Updates, if any, can be downloaded from the Documents area of the Anritsu web site at:
http://www.us.anritsu.com

Materials Declaration for the People’s Republic of China

CE Conformity Marking
Anritsu affixes the CE Conformity marking onto its conforming products in accordance with
Council Directives of The Council Of The European Communities in order to indicate that
these products conform to the EMC and LVD directive of the European Union (EU).
C-tick Conformity Marking
Anritsu affixes the C-tick marking onto its conforming products in accordance with the
electromagnetic compliance regulations of Australia and New Zealand in order to indicate
that these products conform to the EMC regulations of Australia and New Zealand.
Notes On Export Management
This product and its manuals may require an Export License or approval by the government
of the product country of origin for re-export from your country.
Before you export this product or any of its manuals, please contact Anritsu Company to
confirm whether or not these items are export-controlled.
When disposing of export-controlled items, the products and manuals need to be broken or
shredded to such a degree that they cannot be unlawfully used for military purposes.

MT8860B Safety-1
Safety Symbols
To prevent the risk of personal injury or loss related to equipment malfunction, Anritsu
Company uses the following symbols to indicate safety-related information. For your own
safety, please read the information carefully before operating the equipment.
Symbols Used in Manuals
Safety Symbols Used on Equipment and in Manuals
The following safety symbols are used inside or on the equipment near operation locations to
provide information about safety items and operation precautions. Ensure that you clearly
understand the meanings of the symbols and take the necessary precautions before operating
the equipment. Some or all of the following five symbols may or may not be used on all
Anritsu equipment. In addition, there may be other labels attached to products that are not
shown in the diagrams in this manual.
Danger
This indicates a very dangerous procedure that could result in serious injury
or death, or loss related to equipment malfunction, if not performed properly.
Warning This indicates a hazardous procedure that could result in light-to-severe
injury or loss related to equipment malfunction, if proper precautions are not
taken.
Caution
This indicates a hazardous procedure that could result in loss related to
equipment malfunction if proper precautions are not taken.
This indicates a prohibited operation. The prohibited operation is indicated
symbolically in or near the barred circle.
This indicates a compulsory safety precaution. The required operation is
indicated symbolically in or near the circle.
This indicates a warning or caution. The contents are indicated symbolically
in or near the triangle.

Safety-2 MT8860B
For Safety
This indicates a note. The contents are described in the box.
This indicates that the marked part should be recycled.
Warning Always refer to the operation manual when working near locations at
which the alert mark, shown on the left, is attached. There is a risk of
personal injury if operations are performed without heeding the
advice in the operation manual. In addition, the equipment
performance may be reduced. Moreover this alert mark is sometimes
used with other marks and descriptions indicating other dangers.
Warning
When supplying power to this equipment connect the accessory 3-pin
power cord to a 3-pin grounded power outlet. If a grounded 3-pin
outlet is not available use a conversion adapter and ground the green
wire, or connect the frame ground on the rear panel of the equipment
to ground. If power is supplied without grounding the equipment,
there is a risk of receiving a severe or fatal electric shock.
Warning
This equipment can not be repaired by the operator. Do not attempt to
remove the equipment covers or to disassemble internal
components. Only qualified service technicians with a knowledge of
electrical fire and shock hazards should service this equipment.
There are high-voltage parts in this equipment presenting a risk of
severe injury or fatal electric shock to untrained personnel. In
addition, there is a risk of damage to precision components.

MT8860B Safety-3
Caution
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage the highly sensitive
circuits in the instrument. ESD is most likely to occur as test devices
are being connected to, or disconnected from, the instrument’s front
and rear panel ports and connectors. You can protect the instrument
and test devices by wearing a static-discharge wristband.
Alternatively you can ground yourself to discharge any static charge
by touching the outer chassis of the grounded instrument before
touching the instrument’s front and rear panel ports and connectors.
Avoid touching the test port center conductors unless you are
properly grounded and have eliminated the possibility of static
discharge.
Repair of damage that is found to be caused by electrostatic
discharge is not covered under warranty.

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MT8860B Contents-1
Table of Contents
Chapter 1—General Information
1-1 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-2 Comments on this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-3 Software Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-4 Notification of Software Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-5 Associated Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-6 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-7 Command Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Chapter 2—Remote Operation Overview
2-1 Requirements when using GPIB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2-2 LAN Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Setting up the LAN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2-3 Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-4 Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-5 Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Chapter 3—IEEE 488.2 Mandatory and Register Commands
*CLS (Clear GPIB Status Bytes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
*ESE (Event Status Enable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
*ESR (Event Status Register Query). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
*IDN (Identification Query). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
*INE (Instrument Status Enable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
*INS (Instrument Status query) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
*OPC (Operation Completed Indication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
*RST (Instrument Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
*SRE (Service Request Enable Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
*STB (Status Byte Register Query) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
*TST (Self Test Query) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
*WAI (Wait to Continue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Chapter 4—Status Reporting
Status Byte Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Standard Event Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Instrument Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-1 Reading Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Direct-Read (Polling) Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Service Request (SRQ) Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-2 Remote Status Reporting Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

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Table of Contents (Continued)
Status Byte when Read by *STB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Status Byte when Read by Serial Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Standard Event Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Instrument Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Chapter 5—General Remote Commands
BOOTSTATUS? (Initial Start-up Self Test Status Request) . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
SHUTDOWN (System Shutdown Command) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Chapter 6—System Commands
BNC (BNC Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
ERRLST (System Error List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
FRST and RST (System Resets). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
GPIBADDR (GPIB Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
LAN (LAN IP Properties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
LAN ADDR (LAN Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
LAN MODE (LAN Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
OPTIONS (Query Enabled Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
REF (10MHz Reference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
STERR (Errors at Start-Up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Chapter 7—Measurement Configuration Commands
ABORT (Abort Measurement Operation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
AUTOCFG (Automatic Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
AUTORNGMODE (Auto Ranging Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
BEACONINT (Beacon Interval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
BSSID (Basic Service Set Identification) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
CFGCHG (Configuration Change). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
CHANNELNUM (Channel Number). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
CLEARDHCP (Clear IP Addresses Allocated by DHCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
DITHER (Enable Dithering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
DRVCFG (Reference Radio Driver Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
DUTIP (DUT IP Address). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
DUTPWR (DUT Transmit Power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
ERRLST (Error List). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
ERRMESS (Error Message Description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
EXTLEVEL (External Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
GATE (Gate Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
IFINTERVAL (Inter Frame Interval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
INTF (Interferer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
IPPARMS (WLAN IP Parameters). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
IPPROP (WLAN IP Properties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
LEVMODE (Levelling Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
MACADDR (MAC Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
MODE (Measurement Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21

MT8860B Contents-3
NUMMEAS (Number of Measurements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
NWAVAIL (Read Networks Available). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
NWINFO (Read Network Information). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
NWMACADDR (Request MAC Addresses). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
NWSELECT (Select Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
NWSSID (Network SSID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
NWTYPE (Network Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
OBWPCT (Occupied Bandwidth Percentage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
OPERRATESET (Operational Rate Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26
PATHADD (Add an Element to the Path Loss Table) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
PATHDEL (Delete an Element from the Path Loss Table) . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
PATHSTATE (Path Loss Table Status). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
PATHTBL (Read all the Points from the Path Loss Table) . . . . . . . . . . 7-28
PAYLOAD (Payload) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
PDPCT (Power Distribution Percentage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29
PERDELAY (PER Measurement Delay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
PERPKTS (PER Test Number of Packets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30
PKTLEN (Packet Length) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
PKTTYPE (Packet Type). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
PLINTERVAL (Packet Loopback Interval). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
PREAMBLE (Preamble Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
PRETRG (Pre Trigger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
PROFAVG (Profile Average State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
PROFCAP (Profile Capture Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
RADIOERR (Radio Error Report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
RADIOSEL (Radio Selection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
RANGE (Range Hold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
RDRANGES (Read Ranges). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
REFRESH (Refresh WLAN Connection). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
SCAN (Scan for Networks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
SFMASK (Spectrum Flatness Mask). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
STATUS (Status Command) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
STERR (Startup Errors). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
TESTMODE (Test Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
TRGSRC (Trigger Source) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
TXINTERVAL (Transmission Frame Interval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
TXPWR (Tx Power Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
TXRATE (Tx Rate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
UNITMACADDR (Unit MAC Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
WLANSTD (WLAN Standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
7-1 Advanced EVM Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
ALPHA (Set ALPHA Level for Root Nyquist Filtering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47

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BT (Set BT level for Gaussian Filtering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
CHANEST (EVM Channel Estimation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
CHIPCLK (DSSS Chip Clock Analysis Length) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
EVMCHIP (DSSS EVM Analysis Length) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
EVMSYM (OFDM EVM Analysis Length) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
FILTER (Set Filter State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
MODE (EVM Analysis Length Setting Method) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50
SYMCLK (OFDM Symbol Clock Analysis Length). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
TRACKING (EVM Pilot Tracking Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
7-2 DSSS Spectral Mask Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
SMDEF (Set Spectral Mask to Defaults) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
SMSEL (Select Spectral Mask) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52
SMLIM (Spectral Mask Limits). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
7-3 Signal Generator Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
STATE (Signal Generator State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54
MODE (Signal Generator Output Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55
Chapter 8—Measurement Requests and Output Results Format
MEAS (Measurement Request). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
RDPROF (Read Profile) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Chapter 9—MT8860B Remote Command Sequences
Example 1: Infrastructure connection with a device (STA) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Example 2: Infrastructure connection with an Access Point (AP) . . . . . . 9-8
Example 3: Ad-Hoc connection (MT8860B creates a Network) . . . . . . 9-11
Example 4: Ad-Hoc connection (MT8860B joins a Network). . . . . . . . . 9-14
Example 5: Receiver sensitivity (PER) test in Network Mode . . . . . . . . 9-17
Example 6: Performing a receiver sensitivity (PER) test in Direct Mode 9-19
Example 7: Performing transmitter measurements in Network Mode . . 9-21
Example 8: Performing transmitter measurements in Direct Mode . . . . 9-23
Example 9: Using an external reference radio with MT8860B. . . . . . . . 9-25
Example 10: Using the signal generator mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Appendix A—Error Codes
A-1 System Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A-2 Measurement Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A-3 RF Card Driver Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A-4 Spectral Card Driver Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
A-5 Reference Radio Card Driver Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A-6 Spectral Card DSP Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Appendix B—GPIB PC Card Set-up
B-1 General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

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B-2 Termination Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B-3 Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C—Terminology Glossary

Contents-6 MT8860B

MT8860B 1-1
Chapter 1 — General Information
1-1 About this Manual
This manual provides detailed information of the GPIB mnemonics for the Anritsu MT8860B
WLAN Test Set.
1-2 Comments on this Manual
Every effort has been made to ensure that this manual is thorough, easy to use, and free from
errors. However, to ensure continued improvement, we would welcome your comments on
this, or any other Anritsu document.
Please contact us at the address below if you have any comments, good or bad, find any errors
or omissions, or have any suggestions on how our documentation could be improved further.
[email protected]
Your comments will be logged and reviewed, and whenever possible, will be reflected in a
subsequent release of the document.
1-3 Software Versions
This manual provides details of the remote operation of the following software versions:
MT8860B: 10.0
Some of the features documented in this manual may not be available to users of software
versions prior to those detailed above. Follow the procedure below to check the versions of the
software you are using.
1. Start LANLook by selecting [Programs] > [Anritsu] > [LANLook] from the Windows
[Start] menu.
2. Establish a remote connection with the MT8860B. To do this, follow the procedure
detailed in chapter 5 of the MT8860B Operation Manual.
3. Select [About Anritsu LANLook] from the LANLook [Help] menu. Check the MT8860B
and LANLook version numbers that display in the dialog.
1-4 Notification of Software Release
The MT8860B software is periodically updated as new features are added to meet market
demands. To receive automatic notification of software releases, send a blank e-mail with the
subject heading of "MT8860B Software Notification Request" to wlan.sup[email protected]m.
You will receive an e-mail when new software is available to download.
Note LANLook is provided free of charge on the Product CD shipped with the MT8860B.
Refer to chapter 3 of the MT8860B Operation Manual for installation details.

Associated Documentation General Information
1-2 MT8860B
1-5 Associated Documentation
In addition to this manual, the following document is also available on the Product CD
shipped with the MT8860B WLAN Test Set.
The pdf file listed above can be viewed using Adobe ReaderTM , a freeware program that can be
downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/.
1-6 Conventions
The following conventions have been adopted in this manual.
MT8860B WLAN Test Set
The official name of the product detailed in this manual is the MT8860B WLAN Test Set.
This name may be shortened to MT8860B throughout this manual.
IEEE802.11
IEEE802.11 may be shortened to 802.11 throughout this manual.
PER / FER
The IEEE 802.11b specification uses the term "frame error rate" (FER) whilst the
specifications for 802.11g refers to "packet error rate" (PER). For the sake of convenience, the
term "packet error rate" or PER is used throughout this manual.
"Test Port In/Out"
Text that appears on the MT8860B front or rear panels is enclosed in quotation marks when
used within a body of text.
1-7 Command Format
The commands are presented in a structured manner as shown below.
Part number Document
13000-00201 MT8860B WLAN Test Set Operation Manual
Set command format For each command, the command name and syntax are
detailed. For example:
COMMAND<ws>[<param1>,<param2>,<paramN>]
Each of the allowable values for the command argument(s) is
described.
Remarks An expanded description of the command, how to use it, and
programming hints or restrictions.
Example An example of the command in use.
Query command format The command used when requesting a response from the
MT8860B.
Response The command string returned from the MT8860B.
Example An example of a response from the MT8860B.

MT8860B 2-1
Chapter 2 — Remote Operation
Overview
The MT8860B WLAN Test Set can be operated remotely by means of an interface that
conforms to:
•IEEE Std 488.1-1987, which defines the electrical, mechanical, and low-level protocol
characteristics of the bus structure, the GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus).
•IEEE Std 488.2-1987, which defines standard codes, formats, protocols, and common
commands for use with the IEEE Std 488.1.
2-1 Requirements when using GPIB
A GPIB card, cable, and the associated control software are required to communicate with the
MT8860B over the GPIB bus.
2-2 LAN Interface Configuration
LAN communication is supported by the MT8860B via the Ethernet connector on the rear
panel of the instrument. It is functionally equivalent to the GPIB connector. The Ethernet
connector enables the MT8860B to be remotely programmed by a LAN connected computer.
The distance between the computer (or network connection device) and the MT8860B is
limited to 100m (10BaseT and 100BaseT).
Setting up the LAN Interface
For LAN operation, the MT8860B must be connected to the LAN and an IP address assigned
to the MT8860B either manually or by using DHCP server.
Typically, there are four ways in which the MT8860B can be connected to a LAN.
Method 1: Direct connection to a “Corporate” (Enterprise) network.
Figure 2-1. Direct Connection to Corporate Network