N7640C Signal Studio for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Test

Simplify Custom Signal Creation

Signal Studio X provides a major step forward over our popular Signal Studio software series. With an updated, modern GUI built with HTML5 and JavaScript, it supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as well as Windows 7 and 10.

Signal Studio X for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) test software is a flexible signal creation tool that will reduce the time you spend on signal simulation. Quickly and easily generate LMR signals for component, transmitter, and receiver test.

Component and transmitter test

Signal Studio uses waveform playback mode to create and customize waveform files needed to test components and transmitters. Its user-friendly interface lets you configure signal parameters, calculate the resulting waveforms, and download files for playback. The applications for these test signals include parametric test of components such as amplifiers and filters, and performance characterization and verification of RF sub-systems.

Receiver test

Signal Studio enables you to create signals for receiver Block Error Rate (BER) for early testing of receiver hardware.

Apply your signals in real-world testing

Once you set up your signals in Signal Studio, you can download them to a variety of Keysight instruments. This offers flexibility in generating signals at various carrier frequencies with different bandwidths for multiple applications. Signal Studio software provides a cost-effective way to tailor your test equipment to your measurement needs.

Component and Transmitter Test

N7640C Signal Studio X enables you to generate LMR APCO25 Phase 1 signals to characterize the power and modulation performance of your components and transmitters. Easily manipulate a variety of signal parameters to simplify signal creation.

• Create spectrally-correct signals for channel power, spectral mask, and spurious testing

• View CCDF, spectrum, time domain, and power envelope graphs to investigate the effects of power ramps, modulation formats, power changes, clipping, and other effects on device performance

Signal Studio X for LMR Test can be used to generate radio test signals for early receiver testing of user equipment or fixed station hardware. You can also evaluate receiver performance at various stages of the receiver chain (RF, IF, and IQ) with Keysight’s 89600 VSA or X-apps measurement application software and signal analyzers and/or oscilloscopes.

Easily testing of receiver hardware

• Generate LMR APCO25 Phase 1 standard-compliant signals for receivers testing with channel coding and pre-defined test pattern
• User definable header ID and voice or data packet payload with full channel coding support
• Specify the modulation type as C4FM, COQPSK, LSM or WCQPSK
• Provide some predefined test pattern as Tone 1011 Hz, Silence, Busy, Interference, Idle, Calibration etc.

Signal Studio X Licensing

Signal Studio X for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) supports two types of licenses: a PC-based license (N7640APPC) and a waveform playback license (N7640EMBC).

• N7640APPC is PC based license which enables you to use Signal Studio X for LMR software to generate, export and make a live connection to download LMR signal waveforms into the signal generator without the embedded N7640EMBC license. N7640APPC is recommended for R&D teams.
• Without N7640APPC, you can still use the N7640C software to generate and export waveforms but you will not have a live connection to the signal generator for downloading.
• N7640EMBC is an embedded license that runs on a signal generator, which enables you to playback LMR signal waveforms with Keysight signal generators offline, without a live connection. N7640EMBC is recommended for manufacturing teams or for pre-generated waveforms.
• N7640APPC is available in the following license types: node-locked, transportable, floating or USB portable, each with perpetual or time-based flexible license terms.
• N7640EMBC is available in the following license types: node-locked, or transportable, each with perpetual or time-based flexible license terms.