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Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« on: April 21, 2017, 10:16:43 pm »
ANyone know how to adjust the power calibration?  My 815 is reading -1.5 dB on a NIST 50MHz 1 mW (0 dB) reference.  I did set the autocalibrate with no improvement.  I cannot find the "Acc Calibrate" as mention in the manual. 

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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2017, 12:36:21 am »
ANyone know how to adjust the power calibration?  My 815 is reading -1.5 dB on a NIST 50MHz 1 mW (0 dB) reference.  I did set the autocalibrate with no improvement.  I cannot find the "Acc Calibrate" as mention in the manual. 

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I have a DSA815. I just searched the manual for "Acc Calibrate" and did not find it. Where in the manual did you find that?
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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2017, 01:08:37 am »
Its in the March 2015 DSA 800 series User Manual page 161.  It was not in my original 2013 User Manual so I assumed added later in newer firmware.  I am running firmware v1.08 so I looked at the release notes from past firmware and it seems they added this after v 1.09.  Now I see they are up to 1.15 so maybe I should update the firmware.    Have to read how not to lose my 'licenses'.

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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2017, 01:18:07 am »
Its in the March 2015 DSA 800 series User Manual page 161.  It was not in my original 2013 User Manual so I assumed added later in newer firmware.  I am running firmware v1.08 so I looked at the release notes from past firmware and it seems they added this after v 1.09.  Now I see they are up to 1.15 so maybe I should update the firmware.    Have to read how not to lose my 'licenses'.

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OK.

Regarding your amplitude check, what sort of accuracy were you expecting to observe? Did you look at the specs of this unit?
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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2017, 01:10:19 pm »
The SA specs quote +/- 0.4 dB which I though were pretty good.  It turns out that my -1.5dB loss problem was not with the SA but with the 50 ohm coax cable... switching to a 'brand' name (though still made in China) brought things back to spec...actually within (-)0.25 dB of my NIST source.  Good lesson here, at least for me :-)

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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2017, 01:11:29 pm »
I still would like someone with the latest version firmware to check if there is an additional "Acc Calibrate" function. 

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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2017, 01:36:06 pm »
The SA specs quote +/- 0.4 dB which I though were pretty good.  It turns out that my -1.5dB loss problem was not with the SA but with the 50 ohm coax cable... switching to a 'brand' name (though still made in China) brought things back to spec...actually within (-)0.25 dB of my NIST source.  Good lesson here, at least for me :-)

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Yea I just checked mine @50 MHz 0 dBm with my Agilent 8648A (which isn't as accurate amplitude-wise as your source), but I get -0.48 dBm.

On the bad cables I say welcome to my world. I've had lot's on run-ins with poorly made cables and BNCs.  :(
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Re: Rigol DSA-815 - Amplitude calibration
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2017, 01:37:13 pm »
I still would like someone with the latest version firmware to check if there is an additional "Acc Calibrate" function. 

Jerry NY2KW

Yes, there is.
 


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