Have anyone used R&S FSEA30 with Labview for Phase Noise Measurement?

Hi,
I just accquired a Rohde & Schwarz FSEA30 spectrum analyser. I wonder if anyone here can share their experience in using Labview 8.21 Professional to perform Phase Noise Measurement. I believe Labview 8.21 is far more flexible and powerful than R&S' discontinued FS-K4 Phase Noise Measurement software, which is still being offered at US$3,000 (refurbished). 
Any links to necessary info and software would be most welcomed.
Thanks
Patrick
Message Edited by PatrickKan on 01-17-2007 03:21 AM

Hi Patrick,
I've used LV to carry out Phase Noise measurements on both R&S and Agilent Spectrum Analyzers ( using LV6.0 to LV7.1).  I have used LV8.2 for other purposes..   I tend to prefer R&S over Agilent, especially when programming LV code.  In both cases I've used LV drivers or simply sending instrument commands via GPIB.  The FSEA30 is a very nice SA. 
The advantage of the FS-K4 software is that it does the calculations for you, thus greatly reducing implementation time.  And for a company, it may very well be worth the investment, especially at US$3K. 
Sharing software (vi's in this case) is / will be difficult, since the developped sw is owned by the company for whom it was developped.  For instance, I no longer work for the co where this was done for the R&S.  Recently, I implemented a routine for an Agilent SA.  It had a built-in option to carry out the measurements, so the implementation was merely setting up the SA, go into Phase Noise mode (MOV PH commands, PH_F, PH_MEAS, etc) and that was it.  I seem to recall something similar for the R&S, which was a few years ago..  but I think it also had an option to do the PN measurements..   (I will now have to visit R&S website to refresh my memory).
All & all, using LV8.2 & R&S SA is a perfect combination.  Their LV drivers are quite useful and simple to use.  I like how they are listed on the block diagram of the tree.vi.
RayR

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