Trace History

Trace History is a command line utility for using the Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) Trace History feature.

As of 1 Nov 2023, the Trace History feature is only available via SCPI commands. This utility provides a simple interface that can be used on any platform on the command line.

Requirements

• Python ~= 3.4
• rohdeschwarz ~=1.9.2.dev1
• si-prefix ~=1.2

Install

To install the trace-history command line utility, first clone the project repo then run pip install as follows:

cd path/to/trace-history
pip install .

CLI

The command line interface (CLI) help menu can be printed with the --help flag:

trace-history --help

You should see the following output:

usage: trace-history [-h] [--quiet] [--version] [--ip-address IP_ADDRESS]
                     [--timeout-ms TIMEOUT_MS] [--set-file SET_FILE]
                     [--data-path DATA_PATH]
                     sweep_count

positional arguments:
  sweep_count

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --quiet               do not print to stdout
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  --ip-address IP_ADDRESS
                        default: localhost
  --timeout-ms TIMEOUT_MS
                        default: 120000
  --set-file SET_FILE
  --data-path DATA_PATH
                        default: current working directory

Example

See example/README.md for an example use of trace-history.