Wiltron Site Master S110 User manual

Form 080/01
Complimentary Reference Material
This PDF has been made available as a complimentary service for you to assist in
evaluating this model for your testing requirements.
T G offers a wide range of test equipment solutions, from renting short to long
term, buying refurbished and purchasing new. Financing options, such as
Financial Rental, and Leasing are also available on application.
T G will assist if you are unsure whether this model will suit your requirements.
Call T G if you need to organise repair and/or calibrate your unit.
If you click on the “Click-to-Call” logo below, you can all us for FREE!
TMG Corporate Website TMG Products Website
Disclaimer:
All trademarks appearing within this PDF are trademarks of their respective owners.

Site Master 
S110, S111, S330, S331
Personal SWR/RL and
Fault Location Tester
User’s Guide
Hand-Held Tester For Antennas, Transmission
Lines And Other RF Components

WARRANTY
The WILTRON product(s) listed on the title page is (are) warranted
against defects in materials and workmanship for one year from the
date of shipment.
WILTRON’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 WILTRON for war-
ranty repairs. Obligation is limited to the original purchaser. WILTRON
is not liable for consequential damages.
LIMITATION OF WARRANTY
The foregoing warranty does not apply to WILTRON 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 the
environmental specifications of the product. No other warranty is ex-
pressed or implied, and the remedies provided herein are the Buyer’s
sole and exclusive remedies.
TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows for Workgroups are registered
trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.
Site Master, Site Master 110, Site Master S110, Site Master S111, Site
Master 330, Site Master S330, and Site Master S331 are trademarks of
Wiltron Company.
NOTICE
WILTRON Company has prepared this manual for use by WILTRON
Company personnel and customers as a guide for the proper installa-
tion, operation and maintenance of WILTRON Company equipment
and computer programs. The drawings, specifications, and informa-
tion contained herein are the property of WILTRON 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
WILTRON Company.

Table of Contents
General Information . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Standard Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Performance Specifications . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Control Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Test Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Remote Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Making common function selections . . . . 2-20
Applying Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Setting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Setting Scale/Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Determining Remaining Battery Life . . . . . . . . 2-22
Making frequency-domain measurements 2-23
Return Loss or SWR Measurement . . . . 2-23
Selecting a Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Performing a Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Making a Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Scaling the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Adjusting Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
June 1996 10580-00005
Copyright 1995, Wiltron Co. Revision: E

Adjusting a Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Saving a Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Recalling a Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Storing a Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Recalling a Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Cable Loss Measurement . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Selecting a Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Performing a Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Making a Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Scaling the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Adjusting Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Adjusting a Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Saving a Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Recalling a Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Storing a Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Recalling a Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Making distance-domain measurements . 2-34
Selecting a Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Performing a Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Performing a DTF Measurement . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Printer Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Printing a Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Self Test Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Range Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Using the Soft Carrying Case . . . . . . . . 2-46
ii

Software Tools Program . . . . . . . 3-1
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Communication Port Setting . . . . . . . . 3-2
Changing COM Port Settings–Windows 3.1 . . . . 3-2
Changing COM Port Settings–Windows 95 . . . . . 3-4
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Plot Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Multiple trace capture (preferred method) . . . . . 3-7
Single trace capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Program Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Fault Location Software . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Smith Chart Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Saving a Plot as a Windows Metafile . . . 3-12
Saving Data to a Spreadsheet . . . . . . . . 3-12
“Drag-n-Drop” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
iii

Version Number Supported Features
1.0, 1.1 Initial Release
2.0 Adds:
Remote Operation
Printer Support
Internal Cable Table
Marker Peak Search
CW Mode
3.0 Adds:
DTF Windowing
Calibration Storage
Cable Loss Measurement
Site Master Firmware Version Table
iv

How to Use this Manual
The operation of the Site Master  is straightforward and intuitive .
However, you may find it helpful to review the operation of the keys
and menus prior to first-time use.
Descriptions of the keys and menus, along with measurement proce-
dures, are provided in Chapter 2.
First-time users and maintenance supervisors will benefit from perus-
ing the material in Chapter 1. This chapter describes the instrument and
provides listings of options and performance specifications.
Please Recycle
This product contains a recharageable
battery. This battery may be recyclable.
It may be illegal to dispose of this bat-
tery in municipal waste sites. Check
with your local solid-waste disposal
authority.
v