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Controlling T-Series Vector Impedance Analyzer from a netbook

I’ve been using the T-Series Vector Impedance Analyzer program from Times Technology Company to control my dad’s MFJ-226 antenna analyzer (aka Times Technology T200). Both he and I ran into problems with it on a netbook with a screen size of 1024x600. Most of the “interesting” buttons were off screen!

The right solution for Windows 7 and higher appears to be to allow scaling of the netbook’s screen. That’s documented [here](/blog/2016-03-21 22:22:58 GMT-7-increasing-netbook-screen-size/). But for those unfortunates who are stuck on Windows XP or for some other reason can’t increase the screen size, here’s what I ended up doing.

To start/stop the connection to the analyzer:

  • Click the “SWR” button
  • Press [Tab] [Tab] [Cursor back <-] [Space]

To load a file from the analyzer:

  • Click the “Save to File” button
  • Click “Cancel”
  • Press [Tab] [Tab] [Tab] - you are now on the file to load
  • Press [Backspace] [Backspace] [Backspace] [Del] [Del] [Del]
  • Enter the file you want to load from the analyzer (1, 3, 12, etc.)
  • Press [Shift-Tab]
  • Press [Enter]
  • Now you can click the “Save to file” button and save the data.