NARDA SignalShark User manual

User Manual
Version 2018-9b

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Table of Contents
Quick Start ..............................................................................11
Connecting to power supply system.......................................................................................11
Connecting antenna ...............................................................................................................11
Connecting the handle to the device .................................................................................11
Connecting the antenna to the handle...............................................................................12
Switching the device on..........................................................................................................12
Screen Details ........................................................................................................................13
Touchscreen Functions ..........................................................................................................14
Touch gestures ..................................................................................................................14
Locking the touchscreen....................................................................................................14
Button bar ..........................................................................................................................14
Types of buttons in the button bar .....................................................................................14
Introduction.............................................................................17
About the SignalShark user documentation ...........................................................................17
About this device ....................................................................................................................18
The Real Time Spectrum Analyzer....................................................................................18
The Monitoring Receiver....................................................................................................19
The RF Direction Finding & Localization System ..............................................................20
Features .................................................................................................................................20
RF parameters...................................................................................................................21
Display...............................................................................................................................21
Connectivity .......................................................................................................................21
Power supply .....................................................................................................................21
Overview of options................................................................................................................21
Antenna handle ......................................................................................................................22
Narda directional antennas ....................................................................................................23
About this online help .............................................................................................................25
User interface language.....................................................................................................25
Typographical conventions ................................................................................................25
Control elements................................................................................................................25
User actions.......................................................................................................................26

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Device Overview .....................................................................27
Display and control panels .....................................................................................................27
Top side panel with connectors..............................................................................................28
Left side with battery compartment ........................................................................................29
Bottom side panel with connectors.........................................................................................29
Connecting Antennas and Cables ........................................31
Connecting Narda Directional Antennas ................................................................................31
Connecting the handle to the device .................................................................................31
Connecting the antenna to the handle...............................................................................32
Connecting non-directional Narda antennas ..........................................................................32
Connecting a Narda antenna directly to the device ...........................................................32
Connecting a Narda antenna to the device using a Narda cable ......................................33
Connecting cables and antennas from other manufacturers..................................................34
Connecting cables and antennas directly to the device.....................................................34
Connecting third party antennas to the handle ..................................................................34
Basic Operation......................................................................37
Operation from battery ...........................................................................................................37
Battery indicators ...............................................................................................................37
Charging the batteries .......................................................................................................38
Changing the batteries ...........................................................................................................38
Hot swappable features .....................................................................................................38
Operation from AC adapter / charger .....................................................................................39
Keypad and keyboard ............................................................................................................39
Integrated keypad ..............................................................................................................39
External USB keyboard .....................................................................................................39
Switching the device on and off..............................................................................................40
Touchscreen control...............................................................................................................41
Displaying detailed system information ..................................................................................42
Changing general settings......................................................................................................43
Creating a screenshot ............................................................................................................43
Using Tasks and Views ..........................................................................................................44
Tasks .................................................................................................................................44
Views .................................................................................................................................45
Managing tasks and views.................................................................................................46

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Screen Overview.....................................................................49
System information area ........................................................................................................50
Progress bar ......................................................................................................................51
Toolbar ...................................................................................................................................51
Button bar...............................................................................................................................52
Types of buttons in the button bar .....................................................................................52
Measurement info bar ............................................................................................................54
Measurement settings .......................................................................................................54
Status of running measurement.........................................................................................54
Using Markers.........................................................................55
Setting markers individually....................................................................................................56
Using the Marker Configuration menu....................................................................................57
Using the Marker Configuration menu ...............................................................................57
Markers button bar.............................................................................................................57
Markers..............................................................................................................................58
FXD Marker .......................................................................................................................59
Search ...............................................................................................................................59
Functions ...........................................................................................................................60
Working with delta markers ...............................................................................................61
Spectrum View........................................................................63
Available Buttons....................................................................................................................63
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ................................64
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level) .............................................................................64
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator)...........................................................................65
Settings in the context menu .............................................................................................65
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop)......................................66
Selecting the entry mode (Entry Mode) .............................................................................66
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent..............................................................................................66
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart..............................................................................................66
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) ..........................................................67
Selecting the filter type ......................................................................................................67
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW)......................................................68
Settings in the context menu .............................................................................................68
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time) .........................................................................69
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .............................................................69
Setting the number of measurements (Scan. No) .............................................................69
Setting the measurement sequence (Seq Mode) ..............................................................69
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode) ............................................................................70

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Selecting traces (Traces) .......................................................................................................70
Changing general display settings (Display) ..........................................................................71
Lmax..................................................................................................................................72
Lrange................................................................................................................................73
Normal Range....................................................................................................................73
Unit ....................................................................................................................................73
Level Meter View.....................................................................75
Available buttons ....................................................................................................................75
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ................................76
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level) .............................................................................76
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator)...........................................................................77
Settings in the context menu .............................................................................................77
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune)........................................................................................78
Setting the tuner frequency (Ftune) ...................................................................................78
Setting the step width (Fstep)............................................................................................78
Setting the channel / EMC bandwidth (CBW / EBW) .............................................................78
Selecting a filter type .........................................................................................................79
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW)......................................................79
Enabling/disabling oversampling (CBW only)....................................................................79
Setting the video time (Tvideo)...............................................................................................79
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time) .........................................................................79
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .............................................................80
Setting the number of measurements (Scan. No) .............................................................80
Setting the measurement sequence (Seq Mode) ..............................................................80
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode) ............................................................................80
Setting the detectors (Detectors)............................................................................................81
Detector 1, Detector 2, Detector 3 .....................................................................................81
Persistence........................................................................................................................81
Changing display settings (Display and Tone) .......................................................................81
Changing display settings..................................................................................................82
Using tone search (Display and Tone) ...................................................................................84
Persistence View ....................................................................85
Available buttons ...............................................................................................................85
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ................................86
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level) .............................................................................86
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator)...........................................................................87
Settings in the context menu .............................................................................................87

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Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop).....................................88
Selecting the entry mode (Entry Mode) .............................................................................88
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent..............................................................................................88
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart..............................................................................................88
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .........................................................89
Selecting the filter type ......................................................................................................89
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW)......................................................90
Settings in the context menu .............................................................................................90
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time) .........................................................................90
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) .............................................................91
Selecting the persistence type (Pers. Type) ......................................................................91
Setting the number of measurements (Scan. No) .............................................................91
Setting the measurement sequence (Seq Mode) ..............................................................91
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode) ............................................................................91
Changing the general display settings ...................................................................................92
Lmax..................................................................................................................................92
Lrange................................................................................................................................93
Normal Range....................................................................................................................93
Unit ....................................................................................................................................93
Max. Probability / Min. Probability......................................................................................93
Limits .................................................................................................................................94
Spectrogram View ..................................................................95
Available buttons ...............................................................................................................95
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ................................96
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level) .............................................................................96
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator)...........................................................................97
Settings in the context menu .............................................................................................97
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop)......................................98
Selecting the entry mode (Entry Mode) .............................................................................98
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent..............................................................................................98
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart..............................................................................................98
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .........................................................99
Selecting the filter type ......................................................................................................99
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW)....................................................100
Settings in the context menu ...........................................................................................100
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time) .......................................................................100
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) ...........................................................101
Setting the number of spectrogram frames (Sgram Frames) ..........................................101
Setting the number of measurements (Scan. No) ...........................................................101
Setting the measurement sequence (Seq Mode) ............................................................101

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Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode) ..........................................................................101
Setting the detectors (Detectors)..........................................................................................102
Changing general display settings (Display) ........................................................................103
Lmax................................................................................................................................103
Lrange..............................................................................................................................104
Normal Range..................................................................................................................104
Unit ..................................................................................................................................104
Peak Table View....................................................................105
Available buttons .............................................................................................................105
Setting the reference level / attenuation value (Ref. Level / Attenuator) ..............................106
Setting the reference level (Ref. Level) ...........................................................................106
Setting the attenuator value (Attenuator).........................................................................107
Settings in the context menu ...........................................................................................107
Setting the measurement frequency (Fcent / Fspan, Fstart / Fstop)...................................108
Selecting the entry mode (Entry Mode) ...........................................................................108
If Entry Mode is set to Fcent............................................................................................108
If Entry Mode is set to Fstart............................................................................................108
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW) .......................................................109
Selecting the filter type ....................................................................................................109
Setting the resolution / EMC bandwidth (RBW / EBW)....................................................110
Settings in the context menu ...........................................................................................110
Setting the measurement time (Meas. Time) .......................................................................110
Configuring the measurement performance (Config) ...........................................................110
Setting the lower and upper frequency limits (Lower Freq. Lim. / Upper Freq. Lim.) ......111
Setting the threshold (Threshold) ....................................................................................111
Switching limits on / off (Limits) .......................................................................................111
Setting the number of measurements (Scan. No) ...........................................................111
Setting the measurement sequence (Seq Mode) ............................................................111
Defining the stop behavior (Stop Mode) ..........................................................................111
Editing the peak excursion value (Peak Excursion).........................................................112
Exclude low frequencies (Exclude LO) ............................................................................112
Selecting traces (Traces) .....................................................................................................112
Changing general display settings (Display) ........................................................................113
Administration ......................................................................115
Operating System.................................................................................................................115
System partitions .............................................................................................................115
User management ...........................................................................................................115
Updating the operating system ........................................................................................116
Activating Windows..........................................................................................................117

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Internet security and malware protection.........................................................................117
Narda Recovery Environment..........................................................................................118
Narda Recovery Stick ......................................................................................................119
Related documents..........................................................................................................121
Installing Options..................................................................................................................122
Updating the firmware ..........................................................................................................122
Remote Control.....................................................................123
Legal Disclosure...................................................................125
Narda Safety Test Solutions Software License Agreement .................................................125
Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................................128
General Acknowledgements............................................................................................128
Open Source Acknowledgements ...................................................................................128
Glossary ................................................................................135
Index ......................................................................................137