Programming

Last updated: December 3, 2008

The test set is programmable through a GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) located on the rear panel. This page provides links to documentation to help you program the test set. The table below lists the programming examples for the individual measurements and specifies the TAs and LAs that it applies to. The General Programming section contains even more links to general programming instructions.

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Programming Guide and Comprehensive Examples

The following list contains links to example programs. It is recommended that you follow the first link in the list below if you have not programmed the test set before.

Programming: Getting Started Guide for E1968A GSM/GPRS Mobile Test Application Revision A.02 and E6701C GSM/GPRS Lab Application Revision C.02 - This guide provides a general approach to setting up a connection and obtaining measurement results programmatically. It gives an overview of how to configure the test set's base station emulator, perform key call processing operations and perform measurements.
GSM/GPRS Control Program Example - This example is a complete control program for testing wireless devices in a manufacturing environment.
Testing a GPRS Mobile Station - This procedure details the parameters that you should set in the test set as well as other steps that are necessary to test a GPRS capable mobile station.
Programming a Channel Mode Change - This example demonstrates how to change a mobile station's channel mode to enhance full-rate speech via GPIB.

Programming Examples for Individual Measurements

	Applicable to:
	GSM TA	GPRS TA	EGPRS TA	GSM/GPRS LA	EGPRS LA
Programming an Audio Level Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming an Audio Frequency Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a Bit Error Measurement	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Block Error Rate (BLER) Reports Description	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a Block Error Measurement	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a Phase and Amplitude vs. Time Measurement (CONTinuous Waveform) Programming a Phase and Amplitude vs. Time Measurement (CONT2 Waveform) Programming a Phase and Amplitude vs. Time Measurement (Discrete Waveform)	Yes *	Yes*	Yes*	Yes	Yes
Programming a Decoded Audio Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a Digital Audio Interface (DAI) Test	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a Distortion Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a Downlink Multi-Tone Audio Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a Dynamic Power Measurement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming an EDGE Dynamic Power Measurement	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Programming a Fast Bit Error Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a GSM Bad Frame Indication (BFI) Measurement	No	No	No	No	Yes
Programming a Frame Erasure Rate (FER) Measurement	No	No	No	No	Yes
Programming an AMR In-Band Frame Error Rate Measurement	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming an I/Q Tuning Measurement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a Modulation Accuracy Measurement	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Programming an Output RF Spectrum Measurement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a Phase and Frequency Error Measurement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a Power versus Time Measurement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a RACH Measurement	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Programming a SINAD Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Programming the Spectrum Monitor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming the Spectrum Monitor Calibration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming a Transmit Power Measurement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Programming an Uplink Multi-Tone Audio Measurement	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Program to Establish Dual Transfer Mode Operation	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
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