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Table of contents

User’s and

1

SCPI Programming Guide

1

Adobe Acrobat Reader

2

Contents

5

3 Auto Couple

6

6Display

7

8Frequency / Channel

9

10 Marker ->

10

11 Marker

10

12 Marker Fctn

11

13 Meas Control

11

15 Measurement Setup

12

16 MODE

17

18 Peak Search

18

25 Trace/View

21

26 Trig

22

27 Using the STATus System

22

28 Programming Fundamentals

23

List of Commands

25

" on page 62

29

on page 180

39

Using This Document

43

Terms Used in This Book

44

Amplitude / Y Scale

45

2 Amplitude / Y Scale

48

Scale/Div

49

Scale Type

50

Presel Center

51

Presel Adjust

53

3 - 26 GHz

55

External

55

Y Axis Units

56

Amplitude / Y Scale 2

57

Ref Lvl Offset

62

Factory Preset: No

65

“Edit" on page 66

67

Delete All Corrections

69

Ext Amp Gain

70

Atten Step

71

Auto Couple

73

Auto All

74

FFT & Sweep

76

Auto: Best Speed

77

Manual: Swept

77

Manual: FFT

78

FFTs/Span

79

PhNoise Opt

81

Optimize LO for Fast Tuning

82

Detector

84

ADC Dither

86

ADC Ranging

88

Auto Ranging

89

4 BW/Avg

92

BAND:VID?

95

BWID:VID:AUTO ON

95

BWID:VID:AUTO?

95

VBW/RBW

96

Remote Commands:

98

Avg/VBW Type

100

Log-Pwr Avg (Video)

101

Pwr Avg (RMS)

101

Voltage Avg

102

Remote Command:

103

Example:

103

Span/RBW

104

Det/Demod

105

Detector Auto Manual

106

Tip: RMS Detection

107

5 Det/Demod

108

Remote Command Notes:

108

Det/Demod 5

109

Negative Peak

115

Quasi Peak

116

EMI Average

118

EMI Peak

119

MIL Peak

120

RMS (Remote Command Only)

122

Agilent Technologies

123

Full Screen

124

Display Line

125

6 Display

126

Limit 1 or Limit 2

127

Type (Upper Lower)

127

Limit Display

128

Limit Test

128

Margin (On Off)

129

Frequency (or Time)

131

Amplitude

131

Delete Limit

132

Freq Interp

133

Amptd Interp

134

X Axis Units

135

Limits (Fixed Rel)

135

Delete All Limits

136

Active Fctn Position

138

Change Title

141

Clear Title

141

Preferences

142

File Types

144

Catalog

146

Corrections

148

By Date

148

By Name

148

Dir Select

149

Save Now

150

Trace + State

153

Reverse Bitmap

154

Trace 1

154

Trace 2

154

Load Now

156

Destination

158

Delete Now

160

Copy Now

162

Dir From/To

163

Rename Now

164

Key Path: File, Rename

165

Create Dir

167

Delete All

169

Frequency / Channel

175

Center Freq

176

Start Freq

177

Stop Freq

178

Freq Offset

180

Signal Track

181

8 Frequency / Channel

182

Input/Output

183

Input Port

184

RF Coupling

185

Input Mixer (Option AYZ only)

186

18-26.5 GHz (K)

187

26.5-40 GHz (A)

187

33-50 GHz (Q)

187

40-60 GHz (U)

188

50-75 GHz (V)

188

60-90 GHz (E)

188

75-110 GHz (W)

188

90-140 GHz (F)

189

110-170 GHz (D)

189

140-220 GHz (G)

189

170-260 GHz (Y)

189

220-325 GHz (J)

190

Signal ID (Option AYZ only)

191

Signal ID Mode

192

Mixer Config

193

9 Input/Output

194

Mixer Type

194

Mixer Bias

194

Range: –10 to 10 mA

195

321.4 MHz IF Out Opt

196

Marker ->

199

Mkr->CF

200

Mkr->Stop

201

MkrΔ->Span

201

MkrΔ->CF

201

Mkr->Ref Lvl

202

Marker Units

203

Select Marker

206

Delta Pair

207

Span Pair

209

Marker Trace

212

Readout

213

Inverse Time

214

Marker Table

216

Marker All Off

217

Marker Fctn

219

Marker Noise

221

Band/Intvl Power

223

Function Off

224

Marker Count

225

Gate Time

226

Meas Control

227

Restart

228

Pause or Resume

230

(Spectrum Analysis Mode)

233

Meas Off

238

Channel Power

239

Key Path: MEASURE

240

Occupied BW

242

Adjacent Channel Power—ACP

244

Multi-Carrier Power

248

Power Stat CCDF

250

Harmonic Distortion

253

Burst Power

256

Key Access: MEASURE

257

Intermod (TOI)

259

Spurious Emissions

260

Spectrum Emission Mask

261

Measurement Setup

269

Avg Number

271

Avg Mode

272

Integ BW

273

Chan Pwr Span

274

Optimize Ref Level

275

RRC Filter

276

Filter Alpha

277

Max Hold

281

Occ BW % Pwr

282

OBW Span

283

Chan Integ BW

290

Offset/Limits

291

State Frequency Integ. BW

293

Measurement Setup 15

295

Meas Type

296

On, On, Off, Off, Off, Off

299

Total P wr R e f

301

Noise Correction

306

Carrier Setup

310

Ref Carrier Freq

311

Configure Carriers

312

Carrier Pwr Present

313

Carrier Width

314

Carrier IntegBW

315

Offsets/Limits

316

Offset Integ BW

317

Upper Offset Limit

317

Lower Offset Limit

318

Carrier Result

319

Power Ref

322

Function—CCDF)

327

Meas BW

328

Meas Interval

330

Harmonics

335

ST/Harmonic

336

Range Table (On/Off)

337

Range Table

338

Video BW

341

Sweep Time

342

Auto Fill Range Table

343

Meas Setup (Burst Power)

345

Average Type

348

Threshold Lvl

349

Meas Method

350

Burst Width

351

Meas Setup (Intermod (TOI))

353

TOI Span

356

Max Mixer Lvl

357

Abs Start Limit

367

Abs Stop Limit

367

Peak Excursn

368

Pk Threshold

369

Attenuation

369

Detector 1

370

Detector 2

371

Spur is enabled (no

376

Factory Preset: Examine

377

Range: Examine

377

Example: SPUR:TYPE FULL

377

Ref Level

379

Fast Spurious Meas

380

Key Path: Front-panel key

381

Ref Channel

384

Total Pwr Ref or PSD Ref

386

SEM:CARR:AUTO 1

387

SEM:CARR:AUTO?

387

Factory Preset: A

389

F is off, this will be 5

394

Abs Stop

395

Absolute

398

Relative

398

Factory Preset:

399

Abs AND Rel

399

Abs OR Rel

399

Results Index

399

Spectrum Analysis

407

Radio Std

412

J-STD-008

413

GSM/EDGE

414

3GPP W-CDMA

414

Key Type: 1 of N menu

415

Bluetooth™

417

FCC Part 15 Subpart F

417

802.11a

418

802.11b

418

Hiper LAN/2

419

L/SECAM/NICAM

420

G/PAL/NICAM

420

I/PAL/NICAM

420

System E

421

UWB Indoor

421

Example: RAD:STAN UWBINDOOR

422

Radio Std Setup

423

Retain Params

424

Enable All Measurements

425

Peak Search

429

Next Peak

430

Next Pk Right

431

Next Pk Left

432

Min Search

433

Pk-Pk Search

434

Continuous Pk

436

Search Param

437

19 Preset

442

User Preset

443

Mode Preset

444

Factory Preset

446

Save User Preset

447

20 Restart

450

21 Single

452

Span / X Scale

453

22 Span / X Scale

454

Span Zoom

455

Full Span

456

Zero Span

457

Last Span

458

23 Sweep

462

Auto Sweep Time

464

Gate Setup

467

Polarity

468

Gate Source

469

Example: SWE:EGAT:SOUR RFB

471

Show Errors

474

Verbose SCPI On Off

475

Clear Error Queue

476

Power On/Preset

477

Preset Type

478

System 24

479

Time/Date

481

Set Time

482

Set Date

483

Alignments

484

Align All Now

485

Align Subsys

486

Align IF

487

Align ADC

487

24 System

488

Align Current IF Flatness

488

Align Current SysGain

488

Align Audio Digitizer Gain

488

Restore Align Defaults

489

Config I/O

491

Reference

492

10 MHz Out

493

Show System

494

Color Palette

495

Vision Impair 1

495

Vision Impair 2

495

Optical Filter

496

Monochrome

496

Diagnostics

497

Restore Sys Defaults

498

License Key

499

Activate License

500

Delete License

500

Show License

501

Personality

502

Security

503

Managing Security

506

Remote Message

508

Remote Message Turned Off

509

Trace/View

511

Trace 1,2, or 3

514

Clear Write

515

Min Hold

517

Operations

520

1 -> 3

521

2 -> 3

521

Normalize

523

Norm Ref Lvl

524

Norm Ref Posn

525

Ref Trace (Trace 3)

525

Remote Command Example:

526

Free Run

528

Trigger In

531

Ext Rear (Trigger In)

532

RF Burst (Wideband)

533

Trig Slope

534

Trig Dela y

535

Using the STATus System

537

Status System Commands

538

Using the Status Registers

541

Using the STATus System 27

543

Using a Status Register

544

Generating a Service Request

545

Status Byte Register

548

Operation Status Register

553

Questionable Status Register

554

Calibration Query

555

Clear Status

555

Standard Event Status Enable

555

Identification Query

556

Instrument State Query

556

Operation Complete

556

Query Instrument Options

557

Power-On Status Clear

557

Service Request Enable

559

Read Status Byte Query

559

Trigger

559

Self Test Query

560

Wait-to-Continue

560

STATus Subsystem

561

Preset the Status Byte

562

Questionable Register

563

Questionable Power Register

576

Range: 0 to 32767

579

Programming Fundamentals

581

SCPI Language Basics

582

Parameters in Commands

584

Variable Parameters

585

Block Program Data

586

Improving Measurement Speed

589

Avoid unnecessary use of *RST

590

Programming Fundamentals 28

591

Command Subsystem

594

Specific Command Differences

595

Command Description

597

Using Telnet to Send Commands

598

Unix Telnet Example:

599

Telnet Example:

600

Troubleshooting help:

604

Cannot connect to the N8201A

610

If all else fails

612

Normal Response for UNIX

612

Error Messages

612

Linking to VTL Libraries

617

Example Program

618

Opening a Session

619

Device Sessions

620

Addressing a Session

621

Closing a Session

622

Table of contents

SCPI Programming Guide

1

Adobe Acrobat Reader

2

Contents

5

6SCPI Basics

7

8 Basic Function Commands

11

9 Analog Commands

13

LAN Interface

19

Agilent IO Libraries Suite

20

Programming Languages

22

Error Messages

23

Using the LAN Interface

25

Using LAN

26

Using the LAN Interface 2

27

2 Using the LAN Interface

28

2 Turn on power to the PC

29

Verifying LAN Functionality

31

Using VXI-11

33

Using Telnet LAN

34

Using FTP

36

Troubleshooting

37

Right-Pane Functions

38

Left-Pane Functions

38

From a DOS Window

45

From the PCs Control Panel

45

If the LAN LED is Red

46

Programming Examples

51

Running C++ Programs

52

Running C# Examples

53

Running Basic Examples

53

Running Java Examples

53

Running Perl Examples

54

VXI-11 Programming

55

3 Programming Examples

56

Programming Examples 3

57

Sockets LAN Programming and C

60

Sockets on UNIX

61

Sockets on Windows

62

Queries for Lan Using Sockets

63

Programming the

97

Register System

97

Status Register Bit Values

101

Determining What to Monitor

102

Deciding How to Monitor

102

The polling method

103

Generating a Service Request

104

Status Register SCPI Commands

105

Status Byte Group

107

Status Byte Register

108

*SRE <data> command

109

Status Groups

110

Bit Description

116

Agilent Technologies

131

Overview

132

Save and Recall SCPI Commands

133

SCPI Basics

153

SCPI Listings

154

6 SCPI Basics

156

Command Types

157

Command Tree

158

Numeric Parameters

159

Extended Numeric Parameters

160

Discrete Parameters

160

Boolean Parameters

161

String Parameters

161

Real Response Data

161

Integer Response Data

162

Discrete Response Data

162

Numeric Boolean Response Data

162

String Response Data

162

Program Messages

163

File Name Variables

164

C the binary waveform data

165

#B101101 binary equivalent

167

#H2D hexadecimal equivalent

167

#Q55 octal equivalent

167

System Commands

169

7 System Commands

170

:IQ:DEFault

171

:IQ:FULL

171

:IQ:STARt

171

:IQ:STOP

172

:WBIQ:DC

172

:WBIQ:DEFault

173

:WBIQ:FULL

173

:WBIQ:STARt

173

:WBIQ:STOP

174

:CCOunt:ATTenuator

175

:CCOunt:PON

175

:DISPlay:OTIMe

175

:LICENse:AUXiliary

175

:OPTions

176

:OPTions:DETail

176

:REVision

176

Display Subsystem (:DISPlay)

177

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands

178

Supported All

179

System Commands 7

181

Low-Band Filter Subsystem

184

Memory Subsystem (:MEMory)

185

:CATalog[:ALL]

186

:COPY[:NAME]

186

:DATA:APPend

186

:DELete:ALL

187

:DELete:BINary

187

:DELete:LIST

188

:DELete:STATe

188

:DELete:UFLT

188

:DELete[:NAME]

188

:FREE[:ALL]

188

:LOAD:LIST

189

:STATe:COMMent

189

:STORe:LIST

190

:CATalog

191

:HEADer:CLEar

192

:HEADer:DESCription

193

Output Subsystem (:OUTPut)

195

:MODulation[:STATe]

196

[:STATe]

196

Status Subsystem (:STATus)

197

:OPERation:NTRansition

198

:OPERation:PTRansition

198

:OPERation[:EVENt]

199

:QUEStionable:CONDition

201

:QUEStionable:ENABle

202

Range 0–32767

203

:QUEStionable:NTRansition

207

:QUEStionable:POWer:CONDition

207

:QUEStionable:POWer:ENABle

207

:QUEStionable:POWer[:EVENt]

209

:QUEStionable:PTRansition

209

:QUEStionable[:EVENt]

210

System Subsystem (:SYSTem)

211

:ERRor[:NEXT]

212

:ERRor:SCPI[:SYNTax]

212

:OEMHead:FREQuency:STARt

213

:OEMHead:FREQuency:STOP

213

:OEMHead:SELect

213

:OEMHead:FREQuency:MULTiplier

215

:PON:TYPE

215

:PRESet:ALL

216

:PRESet:PERSistent

216

:PRESet:PN9

216

:PRESet:TYPE

217

:PRESet[:USER]:SAVE

217

:SECurity:ERASeall

217

:SECurity:LEVel

217

:SECurity:LEVel:STATe

218

:SECurity:OVERwrite

219

:SECurity:SANitize

219

:VERSion

220

Trigger Subsystem

221

:TRIGger:OUTPut:POLarity

222

:TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe

222

:TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SOURce

222

*RST IMM

223

Unit Subsystem (:UNIT)

224

Basic Function Commands

225

:FLATness:LOAD

226

:FLATness:PAIR

226

:FLATness:POINts

227

:FLATness:PRESet

227

:FLATness:STORe

227

:FREQuency:CENTer

229

:FREQuency:CHANnels:BAND

229

:FREQuency:CHANnels:NUMBer

231

:FREQuency:CHANnels[:STATe]

232

:FREQuency:FIXed

232

:FREQuency:MANual

233

:FREQuency:MODE

234

:FREQuency:MULTiplier

235

:FREQuency:OFFSet

235

:FREQuency:OFFSet:STATe

236

:FREQuency:REFerence

236

:FREQuency:REFerence:SET

236

:FREQuency:REFerence:STATe

237

:FREQuency:SPAN

237

:FREQuency:STARt

238

:FREQuency:STOP

238

:FREQuency[:CW]

239

:PHASe:REFerence

240

:PHASe[:ADJust]

240

:ROSCillator:SOURce

241

:ROSCillator:SOURce:AUTO

241

:LIST:DIRection

243

:LIST:DWELl

244

:LIST:DWELl:POINts

244

:LIST:DWELl:TYPE

245

:LIST:FREQuency

245

:LIST:FREQuency:POINts

246

:LIST:MANual

246

:LIST:MODE

247

:LIST:POWer

247

:LIST:POWer:POINts

248

:LIST:RETRace

248

:LIST:TRIGger:SOURce

248

:LIST:TYPE

249

:SWEep:CONTrol:STATe

250

:SWEep:CONTrol:TYPE

250

:SWEep:DWELl

251

:SWEep:GENeration

251

:SWEep:MODE

252

:SWEep:POINts

252

SWEep:TIME

253

:SWEep:TIME:AUTO

253

:MARKer:AMPLitude[:STATe]

255

:MARKer:AMPLitude:VALue

255

:MARKer:AOFF

255

:MARKer:DELTa?

256

:MARKer:MODe

257

:MARKer:REFerence

257

:ALC:BANDwidth

259

:ALC:BANDwidth

259

:ALC:LEVel

260

:ALC:SEARch

260

:ALC:SEARch:REFerence

261

:ALC:SEARch:SPAN:START

261

:ALC:SEARch:SPAN:STOP

261

:ALC:SOURce

262

:ALC:SOURce:EXTernal:COUPling

263

:ALC[:STATe]

263

:ATTenuation

264

:ATTenuation:AUTO

264

Basic Function Commands 8

265

:PROTection:STATe

266

:REFerence

266

:REFerence:STATe

267

[:LEVel][:IMMediate]:OFFSet

268

Range See data sheet

269

Analog Commands

271

:AM[1]

272

:AM:MODE

273

:AM:WIDeband:SENSitivity

273

:AM:WIDeband:STATe

274

*RST +5.00000000E+001

275

Supported Option UNT

275

*RST +4.00000000E+002

275

Analog Commands 9

277

:AM[1]

278

:AM[1]

279

:AM[1]

279

:AM[1]

280

:AM[1]

280

:AM[:DEPTh]:STEP[:INCRement]

281

:FM[1]

283

*RST UNIF

287

:FM[1]

288

:FM[1]

289

:FM[1]

289

:FM[1]

290

:LFOutput:AMPLitude

291

DC

293

:FUNCtion[1]:SWEep:TRIGger

294

:LFOutput:SOURce

295

:LFOutput:STATe

295

:PM[1]

297

:PM[1]

298

:PM[1]

303

:PM[1]

303

:PM[1]

304

:PM[1]

305

:PULM:INTernal[1]:DELay

307

:PULM:INTernal[1]:DELay:STEP

308

:PULM:INTernal[1]:FREQuency

308

:PULM:INTernal[1]:PERiod

309

:PULM:INTernal[1]:PWIDth

310

:PULM:INTernal[1]:PWIDth:STEP

311

:PULM:INTernal

311

:PULM:SOURce

312

:PULM:STATe

312

Digital Modulation Commands

313

:EXTernal:Filter

314

:EXTernal:Filter:AUTO

314

:EXTernal:HCRest

315

:EXTernal:POLarity

315

:EXTernal:SOURce

315

:IQADjustment:DELay

316

:IQADjustment:EXTernal:GAIN

318

:IQADjustment:GAIN

320

:IQADjustment:IOFFset

321

:IQADjustment:QOFFset

321

:IQADjustment:QSKew

322

:IQADjustment:SKEW

322

:IQADjustment:SKEW:Path

323

:IQADjustment[:STATe]

324

:MODulation:ATTen

324

:MODulation:ATTen:AUTO

325

:MODulation:ATTen:EXTernal

325

:MODulation:FILTer

327

:MODulation:FILTer:AUTO

327

:POLarity[:ALL]

328

:SKEW:PATH

328

:SKEW[:STATe]

329

Supported N8212A

330

*RST +0.00000000E+000

330

Table of contents

Agilent

1

N8201A Performance

1

Downconverter

1

Synthetic Instrument

1

Module, 3 Hz to 26.5 GHz

1

Contents

5

7Glossary

8

Software Installation

9

1 Software Installation

10

Click Open

11

Select IVI Shared Components

13

Click Finish

13

Click Close

15

Software Installation 1

23

Click Next

25

Select SA Remote Web Server

27

Restart the computer!

28

Agilent Technologies

29

Verify the Shipment

30

2 Turn on power to the PC

33

1 From the Windows Desktop

34

Spectrum

36

Analyzer GUI

36

2 Click Add Interface

38

Performing a Self-Test

45

1 Close SA Remote Web Server

46

2 From the Windows Desktop

46

Measurement Procedure

48

Recent Connections

50

Troubleshooting

52

Right-Pane Functions

54

Left-Pane Functions

55

From a DOS Window

62

From the PCs Control Panel

62

If the LAN LED is Red

64

Using the

67

Synthetic Instrument GUI

67

Left Pane

70

Right Pane

70

File Menu

71

Disconnect

72

Load Settings

72

Save Settings

72

Instrument Information

75

Event Log

75

Frequency

76

Frequency List

76

Trigger Detection

77

Execute Trigger

77

Input RF

78

IF Output

78

Reference Oscillator

78

Preselector (Option 123)

79

External Mixer

79

Calibration

80

Event Logging

81

Refresh All Values

82

Front and Rear Panel Features

83

RF INPUT

84

Line Power LED

85

1588 LED

86

COHERENT CARRIERS

86

EXT MIXER

87

IF OUTPUTS

87

TRIGGERS

87

REFERENCES

87

IF LOG VIDEO (Option V7L)

88

AC Power Receptacle

89

LXI Trigger Bus

90

Interconnect Cabling

91

Operational Considerations

92

Preventive Maintenance

93

Repeatability

94

RF Cable and Connector Care

94

Proper Connector Torque

95

Connector Wear and Damage

95

SMA Connector Precautions

95

Cleaning Procedure

96

Preventive Maintenance 5

97

Connector Removal

98

Bent Semirigid Cables

99

Instrument Removal

100

Half-Rack-Width Instrument

101

Bench Top Instrument

101

Instrument Installation

102

5 Preventive Maintenance

104

Service, Support, and Safety

105

Information

105

Safety Summary

106

Equipment Installation

107

Environmental Conditions

108

Before Applying Power

108

Magnetic Susceptibility

109

Vibration

109

Fuses and Circuit Breakers

110

Maintenance

110

Service and Support

113

Return Procedure

114

Shipping the Instrument

114

Glossary

115

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