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RSA306B" without buying the SignalVue software

Alaa0000

Hi all

I'm using SCPI and VISA Instrument to program instruments and build my own user interface.

Any one know if I could buy the " RSA306B" without buying the SignalVue software, so it will be cheaper?

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    SignalVu-PC base software comes with the RSA306B and doesn't cost any extra - add on analysis licenses for protocols do cost extra.

    The RSA306B cannot operate without SignalVu-PC as the SCPI programming interface merely controls the SignalVu-PC software. On its own, it is not a SCPI or VISA instrument - it is more like a software defined radio that digitises signals very quickly. If you don't use SignalVu-PC, then your only option is the RSA API which will give you raw samples to play with (at something like 224MB/s) but not many other features.

  • 0 in reply to Gough Lui

    Thanks for your note.

    I thought that using the RSA API option I could build my customized app that can detect and classify some RF signals, do you know any cheap option to do that?
    and what do you think is the benefit of realizing such kind of spectrums, if we couldn't program it?

  • 0 in reply to Alaa0000

    To be honest, I have no idea what you're asking here.

    As I said before, SignalVu-PC is required for the VISA interface to be realised, if you want to use VISA.

    You can use the RSA API to grab raw data from the unit - any specific analysis is then the responsibility of your code. This is NOT VISA based and is a separate API and is the only reason you can access the RSA without SignalVu-PC. You won't be saving any money by going this route and will need to do some more of the heavy lifting yourself.

    A high level overview is given of the differences in interfaces here:

    https://d347awuzx0kdse.cloudfront.net/vicomaus/content-file/programming_appnote_37w-61459_vicom.pdf

    If you're after the raw data for your own analysis, you could go either way. I used SignalVu-PC's IF recorder to record .r3a files containing a stream of 16-bit real values which can then be analysed using other tools (e.g. GNU Radio, MATLAB) with some difficulty (it's not fast to deal with such large files). But if you do this, you're essentially turning the RSA into a rather expensive SDR.

    - Gough

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  • 0 in reply to Alaa0000

    To be honest, I have no idea what you're asking here.

    As I said before, SignalVu-PC is required for the VISA interface to be realised, if you want to use VISA.

    You can use the RSA API to grab raw data from the unit - any specific analysis is then the responsibility of your code. This is NOT VISA based and is a separate API and is the only reason you can access the RSA without SignalVu-PC. You won't be saving any money by going this route and will need to do some more of the heavy lifting yourself.

    A high level overview is given of the differences in interfaces here:

    https://d347awuzx0kdse.cloudfront.net/vicomaus/content-file/programming_appnote_37w-61459_vicom.pdf

    If you're after the raw data for your own analysis, you could go either way. I used SignalVu-PC's IF recorder to record .r3a files containing a stream of 16-bit real values which can then be analysed using other tools (e.g. GNU Radio, MATLAB) with some difficulty (it's not fast to deal with such large files). But if you do this, you're essentially turning the RSA into a rather expensive SDR.

    - Gough

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