Anritsu PSN50 will it work with windows?? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: APKVblog
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 30, 2024, 02:05:09 pm
content: Hi all,I found many PSN50 in good prices. I really would like to buy it...But...Can anyone confirm if it is working with Windows software AnritsuPSN50 avialable on EEVblog??Or maybe there's other soft that works?I have to be sure that i'm not gonna waste money (it is a half of moth salary for me)Can anyone help?TIA

author: squadchannel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2024, 04:06:55 pm
content: There seems to be a software called CalXpert that is used for calibration, but it is not available.In my search, I found it.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/anritsu-psn50-calxpert-software-discontinued-do-you-have-it/

author: APKVblog
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 30, 2024, 05:09:50 pm
content: CalXpert is for calibration onlyhttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/anritsu-psn50-calxpert-software-discontinued-do-you-have-it/In this topic is a link to AnritsuPSN50.zip file with software i'm talking about.

author: Aiy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2024, 06:32:21 pm
content: Hi there,I took a look at the PSN50.zip exe file.If the USB device enumerates as a serial port I would say you have a good chance to get it to work.From the EXE I can see the following commands (judged by them being capital letters), and a tentative description.ABORTTRG - Abort a level triggered buffered readingAUTOAVG - Set averaging mode to autoAUTOAVGMOD - Set modulation averaging?AUTOAVGRES - Set averaging to ?AUTOAVGSNR - Set averaging to ?AUTOAVGSRC - Set averaging source?AUTORNG - AutorangingAVGCNT - ?AVGTYP - ?BUFFLEN - Set buffer lengthBURSTPERIOD - Set burst period?BURSTWIDTH - Set burst width?CCDFPERIOD - ?CCDFTHRESH - ?CFCAL - Set calfactortCFFREQ - Set cal factor frequencyCFFREQ? - Request cal factor frequencyCFTBLNUM - Set calfactor table numberCHAPERT - ?CHMOD - ?CHOLD - ?CHRES - Set reading resolution?CHUNIT - Set power units, (dbm, mW, W are defined as strings in the exe)?CLEARTBL - Clear calibration table <-- careful with this one!CWDUTY - Set CW dutycycle (percent?)CWREL - Set measurement mode to relative?DATALOG - ?DELETE - ? <-- Careful with this oneEAVG - Set averaging?ENHMOD - ?FIXOFF - ?FREQ - Set frequency?GATEPARAMS - ?GC - ?GENABLE - Gating enable?GETALLSETTINGS - I suppose it would return all settings =)GETOFFSET - dB offset fetch? Not sure, it should end with a questionmark if it were a requestIDN? - Request identificationKILL - End measurement?LAT - ?MODULATIONGROUP - ?MZ - probably a suffix when setting cal frequency?OFFTBL - Select offset table?PAGEREAD - Read a page from ?PAGEWRITE - Write a page to ? <-- Careful with this onePEPPERIOD - ?POW? - Requests a single power readingPWRALL - ?PWRMODE - ?RDBUF - Read buffered dataRECALL - Preset recall?REVERSE - Measure reverse power?RSDS - ?RST - Reset sensorSAVE - Preset save?SCOPEPARAMS - ?SETOFFSET - Set attenuation?SETRNG - Set range?START - Start buffered acquisitionSTATUS? - Request status of buffered acquisition?STOP - Stop buffered acquisitionSW_RESTORE - Factory reset? <-- careful with this oneTRCCNT - ?TRGARMTYP - Set trigger arming type?TRGDLY - Set trigger delayTRGEDG - ?TRGFLEV - ?TRGFTIM - ?TRGHLDOFF - Trigger holdoff?TRGHYST - Trigger hysteresis?TRGLVL - Set trigger levelTRGNOISE - ?TRGNOISEALG - ?TRGSRC - Set trigger sourceTRGSTLDLY - ?TRGSWLVL - ?TSLTPARAMS - ?TWKRNG - ?UPGRADE - ? <-- careful with this oneVIDEOBW - Set videobandwidthZERO - Zero sensorThe demo exe seems to support the following devices:MA24104A, MA24105A, MA24106A, MA24018A, MA24118A, MA24126A, MA24240A, PSN50.Only a subset of the commands above probably works, you have to run through them.The screenshot that ua4yhz has in the other thread shows a temperature from the sensor, perhaps there is a TEMP? command that the demo exe cannot do.As a final hint, the demo exe seems to end each sent line with carriage return + newline \r\n (or maybe just newline \n), don't forget to add that when you throw commands at the sensor.Best regards

author: APKVblog
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 30, 2024, 07:58:42 pm
content: Quote from: Aiy on July 30, 2024, 06:32:21 pmThank you for usefull informations. Still i need someone who can confirm or deny that is working. Even with this price it is a lot of money for me.