Adding a Marker

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Markers can only be used when your View is either Power versus Time, or Spectrum. The Marker keys are disabled when your View is Channel Scanner. If you activate a marker in one view, and then change to another view, the marker(s) will not be transferred to the new View. Markers in each view are independent of each other. If, however, you then return to your original view with the markers, your previous marker settings will be restored.
Markers can be used on traces and masks to help you visually track up to four points. Each marker has the following settings:

• Type: Provides three options, including:
  • Off
  • Normal: Places a diamond-shaped, colored marker, along with a number, 1-4, on the trace.
  • Delta: Associated with a normal marker. Therefore, a normal marker must exist prior to creating the delta marker. The delta marker displays the difference between the normal marker position and the delta marker position. Only one delta marker can be associated with a given normal marker. The normal marker must be active when Delta is selected.
• Trace: Provides three options in the Power versus Time view, and two options in the Spectrum view. The Trace options are:
  • RF Envelope (PvT only): Places the currently selected marker on the RF Envelope trace.
  • Upper Mask (PvT only): Places the currently selected marker on the Upper Mask.
  • Lower Mask (PvT only): Places the currently selected marker on the Lower Mask.
  • Normal (Spectrum view only): Places the currently selected marker on the Normal trace, that is, on an unaveraged trace.
  • Averaged (Spectrum view only: Places the currently selected marker on the Averaged trace. This Trace option is only available if Averaging is turned On, and then only in the Spectrum view.
• Marker to Peak: Places the active marker on the current greatest value of the specified trace. When you press this menu key, you will see 1/32 at the bottom of the key, indicating that the marker is currently placed on the highest (the "1" in 1/32) of the 32 highest trace positions. This display will change every time you press Marker to Next Peak (see below).
• Marker to Next Peak: Moves the active marker left or right to the next greatest value on the trace. Every time you press this menu key, the label at the bottom of the Marker to Peak menu key will cycle from 1/32 to 2/32, then to 3/32, and so forth until it reaches 32/32 At this point, when the Marker to Peak menu key is displaying 32/32, this Marker to Next Peak menu key will be deactivated, and will no longer be available to you. Your marker is then positioned on the 32nd (and last) of the 32 highest peak positions. You will need to press the Marker to Peak menu key to reactivate this Marker to Next Peak menu key.
• The fractional number, that is, 1/32, 2/32, and so forth, that is displayed on the Marker to Peak menu key label indicates that the marker is currently positioned on the first (1/32) of the 32 highest peak positions available, the second (2/32) of the highest peak positions, and so forth.

To add a marker to a trace

	Step	Notes
1	[Marker]
2	[Marker]	Every time you press this menu key, the selected marker number changes by 1.
3	[Type]
4	[Off], [Normal], or [Delta]
5	[Trace]	In the Spectrum view, the Trace key will be disabled if you have Averaging switched Off.
6	In PvT view, select [RF Envelope], [Upper Mask], or [Lower Mask]. In Spectrum view, select [Normal] or [Averaged].	The Trace options you see depend on which view (PvT or Spectrum) you are using.
7	Locate the marker relative to the trace: [Marker to Peak] or [Marker to Next Peak]