D.A.R.E!! Instruments RPR2006P

General

First open the advanced device driver configuration window by following these steps:

    Configuration

       Configuration

          Device Drivers (panel)

Now select Power meters from the drop down list of the available Device Drivers Types. Assuming that several powermeters are already added, choose your powermeter (e.g. DARE!! Instruments RPRxxxxX), double click or use the "Edit" button. In the new window which is showed click the "Advanced" button. You now have a window with several tabs and the different settings to configure you Powermeter.

Powermeter

General settings of the powermeter.

Frequency range

Specification of used frequency range of the powermeter.

Reference

Specification of used reference frequency of the powermeter.

Option

Filter settings of the powermeter.

Communication

Communication settings of the powermeter.

RadiCentre

Connection type settings of the powermeter.

Firmware

Firmware update of the powermeter.

Powermeter

In the first screen it is possible to configure some general settings of the Powermeter. The working of both Levelling and Monitoring settings are exactly the same. The difference between these settings is the timing when the Levelling measurements and the timing when the Monitoring measurements are taking place during the test. This is also depending on which test is performed.

• Pre Wait time: the minimum time that should be waited before the measurements starts
• Measure: the minimum amount of measurements that has to be performed to determine if the <Max. Difference> condition is met
• Wait time: the minimum time that should be waited between each measurement
• Max. Difference: the maximum difference that is allowed between the <Measure> measurement value(s); the highest and the lowest values are compared.
• Max. Measure: the maximum amount of measurements that could be performed, before there is a final measurement value available (which could meet these conditions, or not)

According these settings RadiMation will perform a minimum of three measurements with a maximum of ten with a wait time between measurements with a minimum of 75ms. The following cases are possible:

First case (after the first - minimum amount of - measurements are performed): The first (<Measure>) 3 measurements are performed and the results are WITHIN the difference of (<Max. Difference>) 0.1dB, then the last measurement value (of those three measurements) is used.

Second case (more measurements are needed): The first (<Measure>) 3 measurements are performed and the results are NOT WITHIN the difference of (<Max. Difference>) 0.1dB, then one new measurement is performed and RadiMation will use again the last three measurements (thus, the first measurement will be neglected) to determine if the results are now within the difference of (<Max. Difference>) 0.1dB. This process will repeat until the third or fourth case;

Third case (after new measurement(s)): The above settings and conditions are met (before the <Max. Measure> value is reached), the measurement value of the last measurement performed is then used as the correct measurement value. Or;

Fourth case (last measurement is done): The above settings and conditions are not met after the last measurement is done (and the <Max. Measure> value is reached), then measurement value of the last measurement performed is used as the correct measurement value.

Frequency range

The frequency range of the device provided by the manufacturer is here shown and set as default.

It is possible for the end-user to overrule these settings and to manual adjust the frequency range to another value. If a change is to be made, just disable the check-box and modify the corresponding frequency. Be careful changing these setting as RadiMation is no longer able to verify if the driver is used outside his specified range and serious damage may occur to your device.

Reference

Normally it is desired that the reference frequency is used from the signal generator. So, when during the test the frequency has changed the power meter will measure on this frequency as well. If it is desired to have a fix reference frequency it is possible to overrule the default setting. The end-user should select the Fixed reference frequency and specify a frequency value.

Option

At the second tab you will find the filter selection.

From the drop-down menu you can select the filtering of the Powermeter. If a higher filter is selected then the sampling rate will also be higher. Default the filtering is set to automatic; 'Filter Auto'. The used filter is then depending on the actual power level which is being measured and will normally vary between filter 3 and filter 7.

An overview of the different filters and the corresponding sampling range:

Filter:	Sampling rate:
1	10
2	30
3	100
4	300
5	1000
6	3000
7	5000

For more information read the operation manual of your RadiPower device.

RadiCentre

Here you can set the right connection type of the communication with the Powermeter device.

• If the Powermeter is connected directly to your computer without intervention of a RadiCentre or an other device, you should select "Directly to PC".
• If the Powermeter is connected to a RadiCentre 1, you should select "RadiCentre 1".
• If the Powermeter is connected to an other RadiCentre with multiple slots, you should select "RadiCentre Multi-slot".

Additionally, when you have selected the "RadiCentre Multi-slot" you have to select the right "Device Identification" from the drop down menu, which is corresponding with the used slot and port in the RadiCentre. Thus, for example for this configuration a RadiCentre USB1004A plug-in card could be used, and is placed in slot 1 with the RadiPower sensor connected to port A. In addition, all commands should use this prefix 1A. Your Powermeter itself is always connected by USB. However, the communication with the RadiCentre is important when configuring your RadiPower, this will be further explained under communication.

Communication

The type of communication can here be configured. When your RadiCentre is connected by USB, select "USB" from the list of Communication Streams and click "Ok". Otherwise, choose the correct type of communication used as interface for the RadiCentre.

It is very important when you have connected your device with the USB interface to detect the device identification number. Otherwise, the device will not be recognized by RadiMation. To do so, click 'Configure', you will get the following screen:

Click the 'Detect' button and after that confirm with 'Ok'. Your USB communication is now correctly established.

The Advanced GPIB settings are mainly used to introduce (small) delays in the communication stream with the device. Especially in cases of (very) old equipment this setting is very useful, because the device can't handle the speed of commands RadiMation is sending to it. This setting screen is accessible whenever GPIB communication is possible. It is not always allowed by the end-user to change these configuration settings. When not accessible the settings are not grayed-out, but will just be reset to the default again. Normally, it is best to just keep the default settings if you have successful communication with the device.

The default settings for a serial connection can't be changed by the user. Therefore, these settings are grayed out. Logically, the COM port selection is still available for configuration.

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Firmware

It is also possible to update the firmware of your Power meter to a newer version. When you have download and extract the newest version of the firmware you can use the "Browse" button to select the .upd file. Click "Update firmware" to update the firmware and wait for the process to finish.

The D.A.R.E!! Instruments RPR2006P device driver is a Power Meter which is supported by RadiMation^®.

Related pages

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This information about an equipment is automatically generated from the list of supported device drivers from RadiMation.

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