Patent ID: 6937952

Claim:
A method for automatically measuring EIRP power, comprising: receiving a request for an EIRP measurement of a customer carrier signal; activating a cockpit program to (a) select a satellite and transponder with an associated polarization corresponding to the customer carrier signal from a database, (b) select a reference carrier signal based on at least one of the selected satellite and transponder, (c) set a spectrum analyzer to one of a resolution or video bandwidth based on a predetermined code corresponding to the customer carrier signal, and (d) measures a level of the reference carrier signal and a level and bandwidth of the carrier signal within the resolution or video bandwidth based on the settings in (c); activating a power program to calculate an EIRP measurement of the customer carrier signal based on a difference between the measured reference carrier signal level and the measured customer carrier signal level; and providing the EIRP measurement to the customer in response to the request.