Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-30 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Any time I have tied a 53132 into TimeLab, I’ve used the serial port. That does a fine job of “talk only” data dump. Bob > On May 30, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist > wrote: > > > > On 5/28/2018 1:44 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: >> Hi >> TimeLab will work with some counters and

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-30 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 5/28/2018 1:44 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi TimeLab will work with some counters and it will do most of the common plots. It is indeed free ….. Bob The TimeLab manual says it will support any counter that can dump data in Talk Only mode. The Tek manual doesn't mention Talk Only mode.

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-29 Thread Tom Knox
...@aol.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem If this is a badged CNT-91... This is from the current spec. ”The CNT-91 features a frequency range of 0.001Hz to 400 MHz standard with options to 3, 8

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-29 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 5/29/2018 11:58 AM, gandalfg8--- via time-nuts wrote: Unfortunately, I can't help with your enquiry, and am also somewhat confused, as I don't recall seeing a settings entry window for "tau" as a settings option for the built in ADEV function. I take it you do mean the built in option

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-29 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hej Björn, On 05/29/2018 10:03 PM, Björn wrote: > If this is a badged CNT-91... > > This is from the current spec. > > ”The CNT-91 features a frequency range of 0.001Hz to 400 MHz standard with > options to 3, 8, 14 and 20 GHz. ” > > The counter was designed while Pendulum still did R in

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-29 Thread Björn
If this is a badged CNT-91... This is from the current spec. ”The CNT-91 features a frequency range of 0.001Hz to 400 MHz standard with options to 3, 8, 14 and 20 GHz. ” The counter was designed while Pendulum still did R in Stockholm - not very far from Magnus domains. Magnus certainly knows

[time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-29 Thread gandalfg8--- via time-nuts
I have a Tek FCA3103 300 MHz counter that measures ADEV as a built in function. When I bring up the settings menu for the measurement, it has an entry window for "tau" (the averaging time, IE "sigma sub y of tau"). It defaults to 200 ms. I can enter larger values and ADEV gives reasonably

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-28 Thread Azelio Boriani
The now freely available Stable32 has Hadamard, overlap Hadamard, Hadamard total. On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > I have a Tek FCA3103 300 MHz counter that measures ADEV > as a built in function. When I bring up the settings > menu for the measurement, it has

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-28 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi TimeLab will work with some counters and it will do most of the common plots. It is indeed free ….. Bob > On May 28, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist > wrote: > > I have a Tek FCA3103 300 MHz counter that measures ADEV > as a built in function. When I bring up the settings >

[time-nuts] Tektronix FCA3103 ADEV measurement tau setting problem

2018-05-28 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
I have a Tek FCA3103 300 MHz counter that measures ADEV as a built in function. When I bring up the settings menu for the measurement, it has an entry window for "tau" (the averaging time, IE "sigma sub y of tau"). It defaults to 200 ms. I can enter larger values and ADEV gives reasonably