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R&S®ZVH Remote Control Operation

1. Characteristics RST value 5 SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt GDELay Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis for the group delay measurement format Parameter lt DisplayRange gt Numeric value in the range from 10 ns to 100000 ns The number you enter is rounded up to the next possible display range For example if you enter 9 the R amp S ZVH automatically sets the display range to 10 Example DISP GDEL Y SCAL 20E 9 Sets the display range to 20 nanoseconds Characteristics RST value 100 ns SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 139 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode DISPlay lt n gt PHASe REFerence lt RefValue gt This command sets the reference value for the phase measurement format Parameter lt RefValue gt Numeric value in the range from 100000 to 100000 Example DISP MAGN REF 10 Sets the reference level to 10 dB Characteristics RST value 0 dB SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt PHASe REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt This command defines the position of the reference value on the display for the phase measurement format Each step shifts the reference position one grid line up or down Parameter lt RefPosition gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 10 Example DISP LOSS REF POS 5 Sets the reference to the center of the display i
2. Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer STATe lt State gt This command turns a power measurement on and off You can select a power measurement with CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer SELect lt Measurement gt Parameter ON Particular power measurement active OFF Basic spectrum measurement Example CALC MARK FUNC POW OFF Switches off the power measurement KJ 55555 EGEN E Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 110 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet lt Standard gt This command selects one of the predefined configurations for a telecommunications standard This command only works if you have turned on power measurements with CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer STATe lt State gt The configuration for a standard is in line with the specifications and includes parameters like weighting filter channel bandwidth and spacing resolution and video bandwidth as well as detector and sweep time Parameter lt Standard gt string containing the file name of the standard Example CALC MARK FUNC POW PRES 3GPP WCDMA chpstd Selects the 3GPP WCDMA standard for channel power measurements Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet CHECk This command checks
3. Characteristics RST value AUTO SCPI device specific 7 3 8 10 Measuring Spurious Emissions The following commands configure Spurious Emission measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements List of commands e SENSe FREQuency CARRier STARt lt Frequency gt p 134 e SENSe FREQuency CARRier STOP lt Frequency gt p 134 e SENSe SWEep MODE lt State gt p 133 SENSe FREQuency CARRier STARt lt Frequency gt This command defines the start frequency of the 3GPP carrier Parameter lt Frequency gt Numeric value in Hz Example FREQ CARR STAR 1910MHZ Defines a carrier start frequency of 1910 MHz Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe FREQuency CARRier STOP lt Frequency gt This command defines the start frequency of the 3GPP carrier Parameter lt Frequency gt Numeric value in Hz Example FREQ CARR STOP 1990MHZ Defines a carrier stop frequency of 1990 MHz oeo a a a EE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 134 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 3 8 11 Using an Isotropic Antenna This chapter describes all commands available to set up measurements with an isotropic antenna You can use an isotropic antenna with all measurement modes that are described above List of commands e
4. SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution lt ResBW gt This command defines the resolution bandwidth Parameter lt ResBW gt Numeric value in Hz The available value range is from 1 Hz to 3 MHz in 1 3 5 steps In addition you can select a 200 kHz bandwidth Example BAND 100 kHz Sets the resolution bandwidth to 100 kHz Characteristics RST value AUTO is set to ON SCPI conform SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt This command couples and decouples the resolution bandwidth to the span Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example BAND AUTO OFF Decouples the resolution bandwidth from the span Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 80 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo lt VideoBW gt This command defines the video bandwidth Parameter lt VideoBW gt Numeric value in Hz The available value range is from 1 Hz to 3 MHz in 1 3 steps Example BAND VID 10kHz Sets the video bandwidth to 10 kHz Characteristics RST value AUTO is set to ON SCPI conform SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo AUTO lt State gt This command couples and decouples the video bandwidth to the resolution bandwidth Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example BAND VID AUTO OFF Turns off video bandwidth coupling Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform
5. SCPI conform SYSTem POWer STATus This command queries the remaining power of the battery This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values Numeric value in the range from 0 to 100 Example SYST POW STAT Example SYST POW STAT Characteristics RST value SCPI conform EEE a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 195 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem PRESet Resets the R amp S ZVH to its default state or a state defined by the user depending on SYSTem PRESet MODE This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example SYST PRES Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem PRESet FACTory This command initiates an instrument reset back to factory settings This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example SYST PRES FACT Resets the R amp S ZVH to its factory settings Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem PRESet MODE lt Mode gt This command selects the preset mode Parameter lt Mode gt DEFault default preset state USER user defined preset state Example SYST PRES MODE USER Selects a user defined preset Characteristics RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 196 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem PRESet USER lt Preset gt This command sele
6. eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 23 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Ech Parameters e INF NINF INFinity Negative INFinity NINF Negative INFinity NINF represent the numerical values 9 9E37 or 9 9E37 respectively INF and NINF are only sent as device reponses e NAN Not A Number NAN represents the value 9 91E37 NAN is only sent as device response This value is not defined Possible causes are the division of zero by zero the subtraction of infinite from infinite and the representation of missing values Example Setting command SENSe FREQuency STOP MAXimum Query SENSe FREQuency STOP Response 3 559 5 2 3 Boolean Parameters Boolean parameters represent two states The ON state logically true is represented by ON or a numerical value unequal to 0 The OFF state logically untrue is represented by OFF or the numerical value 0 The numerical values are provided as response for query Example Setting command CALCulate MARKer STATe ON Query CALCulate MARKer STATe Response 1 5 2 4 Text Text parameters observe the syntactic rules for key words i e they can be entered using a short or long form Like any parameter they have to be separated from the header by a white space In the case of a query the short form of the text is provided Example Setting command INPut COUPling GROund Query INPut COUPling Response GRO 5 2 5 Strings String
7. lt ModificationTimeFile_n gt Example MMEM CDIR Public Limit Lines Opens directory Limit Lines MMEM CAT Returns all files in Public Limit Lines Characteristics RST value SCPI conform eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 165 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management MMEMory CATalog DIRectories This command queries the directories of the current directory This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt UsedMemory gt lt FreeMemory gt lt DirName 1 gt lt ModificationDateDir 1 gt lt ModificationTimeDir_1 gt lt DirName_n gt lt ModificationDateDir_n gt lt ModificationTimeDir_n gt Example MMEM CDIR Public Opens directory Public MMEM CAT DIR Returns all directories in the Public directory Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific MMEMory CDIRectory lt Directory gt This command changes the current directory Parameter lt Directory gt String containing the path to another directory Example MMEM CDIR VPublic Opens directory Public Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory COPY lt SourceFile gt lt DestinationFile gt This command copies one or more files to another directory This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt SourceFile gt String containing the path and file name of the source file lt Destinati
8. Example SENSe BANDwidth RESolution AUTO This command couples the resolution bandwidth of the instrument to other parameters The following command has the same effect BANDwidth AUTO Do not omit an optional keyword if it includes a numeric suffix that is relevant for the effect of the command QD Optional keywords with numeric suffixes Example DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt MAXimize lt Boolean gt Command DISP MAX ON refers to window 1 In order to refer to a window other than 1 you must include the optional WINDow parameter with the suffix for the required window DISP WIND2 MAX ON refers to window 2 5 1 2 4 Long and Short Form The key words feature a long form and a short form Either the short form or the long form can be entered other abbreviations are not permitted Example STATus QUEStionable ENABle 1 is equivalent to STAT QUES ENAB 1 Upper and lower case notation of commands Upper case and lower case notation only serves to distinguish the two forms in the manual the instrument itself does not distinguish upper case and lower case letters Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 19 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Ech Structure of a Command 5 1 2 5 Parameter The parameter must be separated from the header by a white space If several parameters are specified in a command they are separated by a comma A few queries permit the parameters
9. Example FORM ASC Selects the ASCII data format Characteristics RST value ASCii SCPI conform MEASurement ISUP lt State gt This command turns interference suppression on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example MEAS ISUP ON Turns interference suppression on Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific MEASurement ISUP APER lt Aperture gt This command defines the aperture size for interference suppression Parameter lt Aperture gt Numeric value that defines the aperture Example MEAS ISUP APER 0 8 Sets an aperture of 0 8 Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI device specific TRACe lt t gt DATA lt Destination gt This command queries the current trace data You can set the data format with the FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt Parameter lt Destination gt TRACe1 reads out trace 1 TRACe2 reads out trace 2 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 49 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Return value The R amp S ZVH returns 631 values Each value corresponds to one pixel of a trace The result and unit depends on the measurement format Example TRAC DATA TRACEL Reads out the data for trace 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform UNIT LENGth lt Unit gt This command selects the length unit Parameter lt Unit gt METer FEET Example UNIT LENGth FEET Selects feet as the length unit Charact
10. 07 164 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management 7 6 File Management The following commands perform various tasks in the context of file management These commands are independent from the operating mode List of commands MMEMory CATalog p 165 MMEMory CATalog DIRectories p 166 MMEMory CDIRectory lt Directory gt p 166 MMEMory COPY lt SourceFile gt lt DestinationFile gt p 166 MMEMory DATA lt FileName gt lt BlockData gt p 167 MMEMory DELete lt File gt p 168 MMEMory FILE lt File gt p 168 MMEMory FILE DATE lt FileName gt lt Date gt p 168 MMEMory FILE TIME lt FileName gt lt Time gt p 169 MMEMory INIT p 169 MMEMory LOAD STATe 1 lt FileName gt p 170 MMEMory MDIRectory lt Directory gt p 170 MMEMory MOVE lt SourceFile gt lt NewFileName gt p 170 MMEMory RDIRectory lt Directory gt p 171 MMEMory STORe STATe 1 lt FileName gt p 171 SYSTem SET LOCK lt FileName gt p 172 SYSTem SET UNLock lt FileName gt p 172 MMEMory CATalog This command queries the files of the current directory You can select directories with MMEMory CDIRectory lt Directory gt This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt UsedDiskSpace gt lt FreeDiskSpace gt lt FileName_1 gt lt SizeFile_1 gt lt Modification DateFile_1 gt lt ModificationTimeFile_1 gt lt FileName_n gt lt SizeFile_n gt lt ModificationDateFile_n gt
11. Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DEFine lt Name gt lt Comment gt lt Unit gt lt Scale gt lt Unit gt lt x1 gt lt y1 gt lt xn gt lt yn gt This command defines the shape of a limit line After you have defined the shape of the limit line you still have to activate it with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer SELect lt LimitLine gt before it takes effect Parameters lt Name gt String containing the name of the limit line Note if a limit line with the same name already exists it will be overwritten lt Comment gt String containing a comment for the limit line lt X unit gt Unit of the x axis HZ S M lt Scale gt Scale of the x axis ABS REL lt Y unit gt Unit of the y axis DB DBM DBUV DBMV DBUVM DBUAM VSWR V W lt x1 gt lt xn gt Data points on the x axis Note a limit line may consist of up to 100 horizontal data points lt y1 gt lt yn gt Data points on the y axis Example CALC LIM DEF Line Example HZ ABS DBM 10000000 10 10000000 0 20000000 0 Defines a limit line with three data points Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 103 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete This command deletes a limit line This command is an event and there
12. DELTamarkersm gt MAXimum NEXT ervunvvovrrnnvvnnnnnnrrnnnnenvvnnervvnnnnenrrnnr 52 CAL Culate nz DE TamarkermzMAxvimmumfPDEART 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarkersm gt MINimum PEAK ccceeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeees 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X tCoordinatez 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative Distancez 53 CA Culate nz DEL Tamarkercmzsvd 54 CAL Culate nz DE TamarkermzlGTATelftate z nenene renr re nese eerr rnrn 51 CALCulate lt n gt DLINe zAmpitudez 101 CALCulate lt n gt DLINe STATe lt State gt aaaiaeeeeeeeuneerrinesrrinrrrrnrriinnriinnnnrnnnrnernna 101 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt BEEP STATe Giatez 102 CA COulate nzLUlMitzckz COMMent 102 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DEFine ranurvnrrnnnnvnrrnnnnvvnnnnenrrnnnnenrvnnenvvnnnnenrrannnenrrnnenennnnnenern 103 CALCulate lt n gt LlMit lt k gt DELete iiscesienseinsesrrerrrnierriiesnriinnrnrrtsriunnnrinnnnninn rrenen 104 CAkCGulate lt sn gt LIMitek gt FAN cceccssted ccc vinccitenainadeavadd iiin AAA AAE 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer SELect lt LimitLine gt mmunrrrnunvvnnnnnvrrannnenrrsnanvvsvnnenrrn 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer THReshold Level 105 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe lt State gt m mmmmvvssererrrarrrevrrrservvsnerenrrannnenrrnnerevsnnenere 105 CA COulate nzLUlMitzcks UNITA 105 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 215 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands S
13. FONG DEM HOLD 3s Sets a hold time of 3 seconds Characteristics RST value DEModulation is set to OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation SELect lt Demodulation gt This command selects the type of demodulation type for the audio demodulator Parameter lt Demodulation gt AM FM Example CALC MARK FUNC DEM SEL FM Selects FM demodulation Characteristics RST value AM SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 97 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown lt Distance gt This command defines the distance of the n dB down markers to the reference marker Parameter lt Distance gt Distance of the temporary markers to the reference marker in dB Example See CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown STATe lt State gt Characteristics RST value 3 dB SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown FREQuency This command queries the horizontal position of the n dB down markers Return value lt frequency1 gt absolute frequency of the n dB marker to the left of the reference marker in Hz lt frequency1 gt absolute frequency of the n dB marker to the right of the reference marker in Hz Example See CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown STATe lt State gt Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CAL
14. RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 211 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System STATus QUEStionable CONDition STATus QUEStionable FREQuency CONDition STATus QUEStionable LIMit CONDition STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition This command reads out the CONDition section of the QUEStionable register The command does not delete the contents of the EVENt section Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus QUEStionable ENABle lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable FREQuency ENABle lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable LIMit ENABle lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable POWer ENABle lt SumBit gt This command controls the ENABle part of the QUEStionable register The ENABIe part allows true conditions in the EVENt part of the status register to bereported in the summary bit If a bit is 1 in the enable register and its associated event bit transitions to true a positive transition will occur in the summary bit reported to the next higher level Parameter lt SumBit gt 0 to 65535 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus QUEStionable NTRansition lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable FREQuency NTRansition lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable LIMit NTRansition lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable POWer NTRansition lt SumBit gt This command controls the Negative TRansition part of the QUEStionable register Setting a bit causes a 1 to 0 transition in the correspondin
15. SENSe CHANnel TABLe SET lt Direction gt This command selects the link direction for measurements with channel tables Parameter lt Direction gt DOWN Downlink UP Uplink Example See SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect lt ChannelTable gt Characteristics RST value UP SCPI device specific EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 109 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 8 2 Power Measurements The following commands configure power measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements List of commands CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer SELect lt Measurement gt p 110 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer STATe lt State gt p 110 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet lt Standard gt p 111 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet CHECk p 111 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion LEVel ONCE p 112 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer RESult lt Measurement gt p 112 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer SELect lt Measurement gt This command selects a power measurement and turns the measurement on Parameter ACPower Adjacent channel leakage ratio ACLR MCACpower aka adjacent channel power or multi carrier adjacent channel CPOWer Channel power measurement OBANdwidth Occupied bandwidth OBWidth TDMA TDMA power Example CALC MARK FUNC POW SEL CPOW Selects the channel power measurement
16. SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt This command defines the length of the trigger delay Parameter lt TriggerDelay gt Numeric value in the range from 0 s to 100 s EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 45 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example TRIG HOLD 500us Defines a trigger delay of 500 us Characteristics RST value 0s SCPI conform TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt TriggerSlope gt This command selects the slope of the trigger signal The trigger slope affects all trigger sources Parameter lt TriggerSlope gt POSitive NEGative Example TRIG SLOP NEG Selects a negative trigger slope Characteristics RST value POSitive SCPI conform TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSource gt This command selects the trigger source that initiates a measurement Parameter lt TriggerSource gt IMMediate Free Run EXTernal External trigger For more information see R amp S ZVH operating manual chapter Setting the Sweep Example TRIG SOUR EXT Selects the external trigger input as source of the trigger signal Characteristics RST value IMMediate SCPI conform EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 46 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 5 Working with Traces The following commands set up the trace and the various functions associated with it e g trace math
17. The current release notes are provided on the internet Internet Site The internet site at http www rohde schwarz com product zvh html provides the most up to date information on the R amp S ZVH The most recent manuals are available as printable PDF files in the download area Also provided for download are firmware updates including the corresponding release notes instrument drivers current data sheets application notes and image versions Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 6 R amp S ZVH Conventions Used in the Documentation Conventions Used in the Documentation The following conventions are used throughout the R amp S R amp S ZVH Software Manual Typographical conventions Convention Description Graphical user interface elements All names of graphical user interface elements both on the screen and on the front and rear panels such as dialog boxes softkeys menus options buttons etc are enclosed by quotation marks KEYS Key names are written in capital letters and enclosed by quotation marks Input Input to be entered by the user is displayed in italics File names commands File names commands coding samples and screen output are program code distinguished by their font Links Links that you can click are displayed in blue font References References to other parts of the documentation are enclosed by quotation marks Other conventions e Remote commands Remote commands may include abb
18. device specific Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer This section provides a detailed description of all remote control commands required to configure and perform measurements with the spectrum analyzer These commands are available in spectrum analyzer mode only DQ Availability of remote commands for spectrum measurements Note that the listed remote commands take effect only if you have installed option R amp S ZVH K1 and after you have entered the spectrum analyzer operating mode Contents Configuring the Horizontal Axis on page 72 Configuring the Vertical Axis on page 74 Setting the Bandwidths on page 80 Performing and Triggering Measurements on page 82 Working with Traces on page 89 Using Markers on page 94 Using Display Lines and Limit Lines on page 101 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions on page 107 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 1 Configuring the Horizontal Axis The following commands configure the horizontal frequency axis of the active display List of commands SENSe JFREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt p 34 SENSe JFREQuency CENTer STEP lt StepSize gt p 34 SENSe JFREQuency CENTer STEP LINK lt StepSizeCoupling gt p 35 SENSe FREQuency INPut MODE lt InputMode gt p 72 SENSe JFREQuency MODE lt OperationMode gt p 72 SENSe JFREQuency OFFSet lt FrequencyOffset gt p 73 SEN
19. lt GateLength gt p 86 SENSe SWEep EGATe TIME lt SweepTime gt p 86 TRIGger SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt p 45 TRIGger SEQuence LEVel VIDeo lt TriggerLevel gt p 87 TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt TriggerSlope gt p 46 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSource gt p 88 For a detailed description of all commands not included here refer to Triggering Measurements in CAT mode SENSe SWEep EGATe lt State gt This command turns a gated trigger on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example SWE EGAT ON Activates the gated trigger Characteristics RST value off SCPI device specific SENSe SWEep EGATe HOLDoff lt GateDelay gt This command defines the length of the gate delay Parameter lt GateDelay gt Numeric value in the range from 0 s to 100 s e Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 85 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example SWE EGAT HOLD 2 5 Sets a gate delay of 2 5 seconds Characteristics RST value 0s SCPI device specific SENSe SWEep EGATe LENGth lt GateLength gt This command defines the gate length Parameter lt GateLength gt Numeric value in the range from 10 us to 100 s Example SWE EGAT LENG 2 5 Sets a gate length of 2 5 seconds Characteristics RST value 400 us SCPI device specific SENSe SWEep EGATe TIME lt SweepTime gt Thi
20. reserved SYNC reserved reserved reserved oe not used reser IST Message not used QUE Stionable POWer QUE Stionable Status reserved reserved reserved reserved Operation Complete reserved reserved reserved Query Error reserved Device Dependent Error reserved Execution Error EXTemalREF erence Command Error reserved reserved reserved Power On reserved Event Status Register reserved SRQ Message Event Status Enable ek not used 0 CALibrating QUE Stionable FRE Quency 1 reserved 2 reserved LIMitt FAL 3 reserved UMit2 FAIL 4 reserved reserved 5 reserved reserved 6 reserved reserved 7 reserved reserved 8 reserved reserved 9 reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved reserved not used eeben i rese Operation Status net usod QUE Stionable LIMit Figure 7 2 Overview of the status registers R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands EEE EE EE Status Reporting System 7 10 3 Status Byte STB amp Service Request Enable Register SRE The STB is already defined in IEEE 488 2 It provides a rough overview of the instrument status by collecting the pieces of information of the lower registers It can thus be compared with the CONDition part of an SCPI register and assumes the highest level within the SCPI hierarchy A special feature is that bit 6 acts as the sum bit of the remaining bits of the status byte The STATUS BYTE is read using the command
21. with DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SPACing Fora linear scale you can not modify the display range as it is fixed Parameter lt DisplayRange gt numeric value in the range from 10 dB to 200 dB Example DISP TRAC Y 110dB Sets the display range to 110 dB Characteristics RST value 100dB SCPI device specific DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel lt ReferenceLevel gt This command defines the reference level With a reference level offset 0 the value range of the reference level is modified by the offset Parameter lt ReferenceLevel gt numeric value that sets the reference level the unit depends on UNIT POWer The available value range is specified in the data sheet Example DISP TRAC Y RLEV 60dBm Sets the reference level to 60 dBm Characteristics RST value 20dBm SCPI conform DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet lt Offset gt This command defines a reference level offset Parameter lt Offset gt numeric value dB that sets the reference level offset The available value range is from 200dB to 200dB Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 75 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example DISP TRAC Y RLEV OFFS 10dB Characteristics RST value 0dB SCPI conform DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RPOSition lt ReferencePosition gt This command defines the position of the reference le
22. 20 mrho Example DISP REFL Y SCAL 100 Sets a display range of 100 mrho Characteristics RST value 1000 mp SCPI device specific eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 141 Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode DISPlay lt n gt REFLection UNIT lt Unit gt This command defines the unit of the reflection coefficient Parameter lt Unit gt RHO MRHO Example DISP REFL UNIT RHO Sets the unit to RHO Characteristics RST value MRHO SCPI device specific Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 3 Setting the Bandwidths The following commands configure the filter bandwidths of the R amp S ZVH Note that both groups of commands BANDwidth and BWIDth are the same List of commands e SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution lt MeasBW gt p 44 e SENSe JBANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt p 44 For a detailed description of commands refer to Setting the Bandwidth in CAT mode 7 4 4 Performing and Triggering the Measurement The following commands configure the sweep List of commands WAI p 32 ABORt p 82 INITiate IMMediate p 82 INITiate CONTinuous lt SweepMode gt p 83 SENSe SWEep COUNt lt SweepCount gt p 83 SENSe SWEep POINts lt Points gt p 45 SENSe SWEep TIME lt SweepTime gt p 84 SENSe SWEep TIME AUTO lt State gt p 84 TRIGger SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt p 45 TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt Trigg
23. Analyzer Disconnect DUT from port 1 Disconnect DUT from port 2 Calibration done Calibration has been finished No further actions required Example CAL STAR F2PCal Selects and initiates a full 2 port calibration and would return e g Connect Open to Port 1 Connect the open before resuming calibration Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem PRESet CALibration DISCard lt State gt This command turns the mechanism that discards or keeps user calibration after a preset on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example SYST PRES CAL DISC ON Discards user calibration after a preset Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific 7 2 8 7 Working with a DTF List The following commands configure the DTF peak list The peak list is available for DTF measurements only List of commands CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK COUN p 69 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK DATA lt y gt p 69 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK STATe lt State gt p 69 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK THReshold lt Threshold gt p 70 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 68 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK COUNt This command queries the number of entries in the DTF list Return value lt DTFListEntries gt Example CALC TRAN DTF PEAK COUN Queries the number of values in the DTF list Cha
24. DATE FORMat lt DateFormat gt rrrnnaravvrnnnnnvvrnnnrnvvrnnnrsnnrnnsrsnnrrnerrnnrrnsernnnne 183 DISPlay GDELay APERture STEP Aperture 154 DISPlay LOSS REFerence lt RefValue gt sssseeessesssrreseernnseinnnseinneninnnnntennnsnenuantannannt 38 DISPlay LOSS REFerence POSition Reitoetonz 39 DISPlay LOSS Y SCALe Displavbangez rnnt 39 DISPlay MAGNitude REFerence lt RefValue gt usseesseeesseerrsseerrsstrrrssrrrrssrrrnsstrrnsnnt 40 DISPlay MAGNitude REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt eessen 40 DISPlay MAGNitude Y SCALe Dsplavbiangez 40 DISPlay MAGNitude Y SPACing lt Scaling gt arsrvnnnannvvvnnnnsvrvnnersvrnnnrrsrrrnnersrrrnnersvvnneenn 41 DISPlay VSWR Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt rarsrvrnnansvrvnnnnvrrvnnersvrnnnersvrnnnersrrnnersvrnneenn 42 DISPlay WINDOW STORG cnencieroninncniaiin a A 173 DiSbPlavWINDowl TRACe iGMEMon GTATelGiatez 47 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt TraceMode gt s ssssenensnsseeernrrensseerrrrrensseene 48 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt raceMode gt ssssssesinsnssesetnrrensseerrrrrrenssrent 90 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SPACing lt Scaling gt marsrrvnnervvrvnnnrsvrvnnnrsrrrnnnrsrvnnnenn 74 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe Displavbange ze 75 DiSblavWINDowl TRAC ect WISGCA eltAlluet ne nreeerrrnnrenesene 38 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel lt ReferenceLevel gt onnnnnneneen 75 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 216 R
25. Harmonic Distortion measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements The numeric suffixes lt n gt and lt m gt at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant List of commands CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics STATe lt State gt p 129 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics DISTortion p 129 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics LIST p 130 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics NHARmonics lt Harmonics gt p 130 e CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet p 131 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics STATe lt State gt This command turns the harmonic distortion measurement on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example See CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics DISTortion TOTal This command queries the total harmonic distortion of the signal To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Parameter TOTal Return value lt Distortion gt lt DistortiondB gt Pair of values one showing the THD in
26. INPut ANTenna MEASure lt Direction gt p 135 e INPut ANTenna STATe lt State gt p 135 e SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt t gt ISOTropic STATe p 136 INPut ANTenna MEASure lt Direction gt This command selects the direction that the isotropic antenna measures Parameter lt Direction gt AUTO automatically selects the direction X Y Z measures the corresponding direction only Example INP ANT MEAS X Measures in x direction Characteristics RST value AUTO SCPI device specific INPut ANTenna STATe lt State gt This command turns the use of an isotropic antenna on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example INP ANT STAT ON Activates the isotropic antenna Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 135 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt t gt ISOTropic STATe This command queries if the currently selected transducer is an isotropic antenna When you use the command for 3GPP WCDMA measurements in the Digital Modulation operating mode the command also turns the use of an isotropic antenna on and off The numeric suffix lt t gt at TRANsducer selects the primary or secondary transducer and is in the range lt 1 2 gt Return values 0 transducer is not an isotropic antenna 1 transducer is an isotropic antenna Example CORR TRAN ISOT Characterist
27. MARKer lt m gt Y p 58 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe lt State gt This command turns delta markers on and off If you set the suffix at DELTamarker to 1 or use no suffix the R amp S ZVH interprets this as delta marker 2 because the first marker has to be a normal marker If more than one normal marker 2 to 6 are already active the command turns these marker into delta markers If no delta marker is active yet the command activates the delta marker and positions it on the trace maximum Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC DELT3 ON Turns delta marker 3 on or turns marker 3 into a delta marker Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 51 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt AOFF This command turns off all active delta markers This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example CALC DELT AOFF Turns off all delta markers Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum PEAK This command positions a delta marker on the current trace maximum If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC DELT3 MAX Moves delta marker 3 to the maximum p
28. Positive TRansition part acts as an edge detector When a bit of the CONDition part is changed from 0 to 1 the associated PTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1 PTR bit 1 the EVENt bit is set PTR bit 0 the EVENt bit is not set This part can be written into and read at will Its contents is not affected by reading 7 10 1 3 NTRansition part The Negative TRansition part also acts as an edge detector When a bit of the CONDition part is changed from 1 to 0 the associated NTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1 NTR Bit 1 the EVENt bit is set NTR Bit 0 the EVENt bit is not set This part can be written into and read at will Its contents is not affected by reading With these two edge register parts the user can define which state transition of the condition part none 0 to 1 1 to 0 or both is stored in the EVENt part 7 10 1 4 EVEN part The EVENt part indicates whether an event has occurred since the last reading it is the memory of the condition part It only indicates events passed on by the edge filters It is permanently updated by the instrument This part can only be read by the user Reading the register clears it This part is often equated with the entire register 7 10 1 5 ENABle part The ENABle part determines whether the associated EVENt bit contributes to the sum bit see below Each bit of the EVENT part is ANDed with the associated ENABle bit symbol amp The results of al
29. S ZVH Table of Contents El 52 2 Spe ial Numeric Vales sssaaa aia ai NEESS Ed Ee 23 9 2 3 Boolean Parameters cnca 24 524 TOK eun NEES dd codelatacechanbecaceetbacdevvanecadssteuccelsneecaavsthun tevsederadstatvedysneds 24 5 25 ONJE EE 24 5 26 Block Dila EE 25 5 3 Structure of a Program Message rrsrnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvenennn 26 54 RESPONSES to QUETIES ieiisescssccitececcccan cence tent ecesansescceeecs serves saneue EEN EERSTEN REESEN 27 6 Command Sequence and Command Synchronization 28 7 Remote Control COMMAMNAS rrvrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvvnnnnennnnnnne 29 7 1 GommonCommands vu isen cccted es banen sectce ed teutened bn ed kode ed ASTANA seeteneeseeteenddeeteneie 30 7 2 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer servnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnennn 33 7 2 1 Configuring the Horizontal AXiS 0 cecceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeceeaaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeenenaeeeeeeaas 34 7 2 2 Configuring the Vertical Avis 38 Taa Setting the Bandwdth E 44 7 2 4 Performing and Triggering Measurements sesseessssissesrreserrrssttrresrtrrsstrnsstrnrsstennnnt 45 7 2 4 1 Performing the Measurement rmrnaanovnnnnannvnnnnannvnnanannvnnnnannvnnnnannnnnnnannnnnenannnnnenannnnse 45 7 24 2 Triggering Measurement ceccceceeeeeenceteeeenteeeecensneeceaeeeseeenseseeceneeeeecenseseeeeneees 45 TaS Working With TOCOS sea fincas dp cases edd ENEE
30. SENSe JSWEep COUNt lt SweepCount gt Note that synchronization to the end of the average count is possible only in single sweep mode Parameter lt TraceMode gt AVERage MAXHold MINHold VIEW WRITe You can turn off the trace with DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt STATe lt State gt For more information see the operating manual chapter Trace Mode Example SWE CONT OFF SWE COUN 16 Turn on single sweep mode and sets the number of measurements to 16 DISP TRAC MODE MAXH Activates MAXHold mode for the trace INIT WAI Starts the measurement and waits for the end of the 16 sweeps eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 90 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value WRITe SCPI device specific FORMat BORDer lt ByteOrder gt This command selects the format of binary data Parameters lt ByteOrder gt SWAPped The least significant byte is transferred first little endian NORMal The most significant byte is transferred first big endian Example FORM BORD NORM Changes the byte order to normal mode Characteristics RST value SWAPped SCPI conform SENSe DETector lt t gt FUNCtion lt Detector gt This command selects the detector Parameter lt Detector gt APEak NEGative POSitive SAMPle RMS For more information see the operating manual chapter Detectors Example DET POS Sets the detector to p
31. State gt This command turns the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example SYST COMM SOCK DHCP ON Activates DHCP Characteristics RST value ON SCPI device specific EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 187 Configuring the Instrument SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet PORT lt Port gt This command sets the port number for the connection Parameter lt Port gt Port number Example SYST COMM SOCK PORT 1000 Sets the port number to 1000 Characteristics RST value 5555 SCPI device specific Configuring the Instrument 7 9 6 System Settings This chapter describes all commands that define or query general system settings List of commands INPut IMPedance PAD lt MatchingPad gt p 189 SENSe ROSCilator SOURce lt RefSource gt p 190 SYSTem ACCessory p 190 SYSTem ACCessory AUTO lt State gt p 190 SYSTem BNC lt 1 2 gt MODE lt BNCFunction gt p 191 SYSTem DATE lt Date gt p 191 SYSTem ERRor NEXT p 192 SYSTem ERRor ALL p 192 SYSTem ERRor COUNt p 193 SYSTem ERRor CODE NEXT p 193 SYSTem ERRor CODE ALL p 193 SYSTem HELP HEADers p 194 SYSTem HELP SYNTax p 194 SYSTem LANGuage CATalog p 195 SYSTem POWer SOURCe p 195 SYSTem POWer STATus p 195 SYSTem PRESet p 196 SYSTem PRESet FACTory p 196 SYSTem PRESet MODE lt Mode gt p 196 SYSTem PRESet USER lt Preset gt p 197 SYSTem REBo
32. TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value ALT1 40 kHz ALT2 60 kHz ALT3 80 kHz etc SCPI device specific A a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 121 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing CHANnel lt Tx gt lt Spacing gt This command defines the spacing between transmission channels If you set the channel spacing for the first transmission channel the R amp S ZVH sets the bandwidth of the other transmission channels to the same value The command works hierarchically to set a spacing between the 9th and 10th and 8th and 9th channel you have to set the spacing between the 8 and 9th channel first The suffix at CHANnel selects the transmission channel Parameter lt Spacing gt Numeric value in Hz Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value 20 kHz SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt This command defines the number of transmission channels The command is available for measurements with span gt 0 Parameter lt TxChannels gt Numeric value from 1 to 12 Example CALC MARK FUNC POW SEL CPOW Selects the channel power measurement POW ACH TXCH COUN 2 Defines 2 transmission channels POW ACH ACP 2 Defines 2 pairs of neighboring channels to the left and right of the TX channel s POW ACH SPA
33. a transition from 1 to Oina CONDition bit is not detected The ENABle part of the STATus OPERation and STATus QUEStionable registers are set to 0 i e all events in these registers are not passed on Example STAT PRES Characteristics RST value SCPI conform A oU Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 209 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System STATus QUEue NEXT This command returns the earliest entry to the error queue and deletes it Positive error numbers indicate device specific errors negative error numbers are error messages defined by SCPI If the error queue is empty the error number 0 no error is returned This command is identical with the command SYSTem ERRor Example STAT QUE Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus OPERation EVENt This command reads out the EVENt section of the OPERation register The command at the same time deletes the contents of the EVENt section Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus OPERation CONDition This command reads out the CONDition section of the OPERation register The command does not delete the contents of the EVENt section Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus OPERation ENABle lt SumBit gt This command controls the ENABle part of the OPERation register The ENABIe part allows true conditions in the EVENt part of the status register to bereported in the summary bit If a bit
34. abort of the core channel the interrupt channel transmits spontaneous service requests of the instrument Link setup itself is very complex For more details refer to the VXI 11 specification Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 11 R amp S ZVH Interfaces and Protocols Protocols Core channel program response control messages as Abort channel abort T Controller Interrupt channel service request Figure 2 2 VXI 11 channels between instrument and controller The number of controllers that can address an instrument is practically unlimited in the network In the instrument the individual controllers are clearly distinguished This distinction continues up to the application level in the controller i e two applications on a computer are identified by the instrument as two different controllers Controller Instrument e Controller Controller Figure 2 3 Remote control via LAN from several controllers The controllers can lock and unlock the instrument for exclusive access This regulates access to the instrument of several controllers Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 12 R amp S ZVH Setting Up the Remote Control Connection eee ene Preparing for Remote Control 3 Setting Up the Remote Control Connection 3 1 Preparing for Remote Control The short and simple operating sequence below shows how to put the instrument into operation a
35. address does not fit in the network environment it can be changed Refer to the Quick Start Guide chapter Setting up a LAN or USB Connection to a PC for instructions on how to change the IP address Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 13 R amp S ZVH Instrument Model and Command Processing Input Unit 4 Instrument Model and Command Processing The block diagram in Fig 1 2 shows how SCPI commands are serviced in the instrument The individual components work independently and simultaneously They communicate with each other by means of so called messages USB interface Input unit with Ethernet input buffer Command recognition Instrument settings database Status reporting system pp pp Instrument hardware USB interface Output unit with Ethernet output buffer Figure 4 1 Instrument model in the case of remote control 4 1 Input Unit The input unit receives commands character by character from the controller and collects them in the input buffer The input unit sends a message to the command recognition as soon as the input buffer is full or as soon as it receives a delimiter lt PROGRAM MESSAGE TERMINATOR as defined in IEEE 488 2 or the interface message DCL If the input buffer is full the traffic is stopped and the data received up to then are processed Subsequently the traffic is continued If however the buffer is not y
36. amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet Offset 75 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RPOSition lt ReferencePosition gt 76 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt STATe lt State gt eccccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeneeeeeeees 90 DISPlay lt n gt GDELay REFerence HRetalue z 138 DISPlay lt n gt GDELay REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt eere 139 DISPlay lt n gt GDELay Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt mrrnrrnararvrnnnnvnvrnnnrnnnrnnnrrnnrrnnrennnne 139 DISPlay lt n gt IMPedance REFerence POSition lmpedancez 148 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe REFerence lt RefValue gt nmmmummerrmmmvrrverrvvrverrrrverrrrrrerrernrrer 140 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe REFerence POSition bRefboetonz 140 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe UNWRap tate 141 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt mmrrnvrnnarevvrrnnrenvrnnnrrnnrrnrrrnnrrenrennnne 140 DISPlay lt n gt REFLection UNIT lt Unit gt mmnsrvrrnaravvrnrersvvrnnerrrvrnenrrnrnenrrnnrneerrnnrressennnne 142 DISPlay lt n gt REFLection Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt mmnanvrnnnnvvvrnnnnnnnrrnnrrnnrrenrrnnnne 141 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MAXimum Topvaluez 42 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MINimum Bottomyaluez 41 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM AREA STAT lt State gt eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerreseerresetrrssrrrssrrrrsseeenn 148 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM FACTor lt ZoomFactor gt umssrrrnar
37. dd deier 47 26 Using Markers cae ged ceca tie dE edd ENEE Eege dee 51 Tar Using UE Tu lgl EI 60 7 2 8 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions rarnvrnnnnnnnrrnnnonvrrnnvennrrnnrennrreneennnne 61 7 2 8 1 Selecting the Measurement Port 61 7 2 8 2 Selecting the Cable Characteristics aessseeesrsesesrnesssnnaseennearsnnaanenneatannaatenneanannaaeen 62 7 2 8 3 Selecting the Measurement Mode rrrnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvvnnnnnnvrnnnensrrnnnnnsvrnnnsrsrrnnnersrrnnsersrnnnenn 62 7 2 8 4 Selecting the Measurement Format 63 7 2 8 5 Reading Out Measurement HResuts ccc ceeeeeee scene eeseeeeeeeseeeaeeeseeeaeeeteeaeeeeeeaaees 64 7 2 8 6 Calibrating the Measurement cece eeeneeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeeaeeeseneaeeeeeeeaeeeeeenaees 65 2 3 Working with DTF Listuugdsuisstassedradadseisnrd Eed esi enh lean and 68 7 3 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer arvrnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnennn 71 7 3 1 Configuring the Horizontal AXiS 2 0 0 ceeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeneeeeeeaeeeseeaaeeeeeeaeeeseeaeeeeeenaeeeeeeaas 72 7 3 2 Configuring the Vertical Avis 74 7 3 3 Setting the Bandwidths vs ussthummntjrisedpeaipiedanni anda pekende EE 80 7 3 4 Performing and Triggering Measurements seeseessseissesrresetrrsstrrsstrrnsttnnssterrssrennnnt 82 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 2 R amp S ZVH Table of Contents 7 3 4 1 Performing the Measurement ssannnasaaannnnnaaannnnddannnnasadnnnndddannenddaannnndddannandddnkeeda a
38. eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 81 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 4 Performing and Triggering Measurements The following commands control the actual measurement process including trigger functionality 7 3 4 1 Performing the Measurement The following commands initialize a measurement and set up the sweep List of commands e WAI p 32 e ABORt p 82 e INITiate IMMediate p 82 e INITiate CONTinuous lt SweepMode gt p 83 e SENSe SWEep COUNt lt SweepCount gt p 83 e SENSe SWEep POINts p 84 e SENSe SWEep TIME lt SweepTime gt p 84 e SENSe SWEep TIME AUTO lt State gt p 84 ABORt This command aborts the current measurement and resets the trigger system This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example ABOR INIT IMM Aborts a measurement and starts a new one Characteristics RST value SCPI conform INITiate IMMediate The command initiates a new measurement sequence With sweep count gt 0 or average count gt 0 this means a restart of the indicated number of measurements With trace functions MAXHold MINHold and AVERage the previous results are reset on restarting the measurement In single sweep mode synchronization to the end of the indicated number of measurements can be achieved with the command OPC OPC or WAI In continuous sweep mode synchronization to the s
39. et 77 ell Fe 40 group delaw 143 magnitude EE 41 OT 144 Reference value ele EN EEE cased 6 10101 go UE magnitude phase power meter Resolution bandwidth Restoring 00 os Se 5 Result display rrrrnnnonnnnrrrrnnnnvrnnnrrnnnnnnrnnnnrrrnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnen SEL WE Vd electrical ue ET 157 POWEr MEG degen ege eege deed 168 samma 171 Scale le E 39 SCreenshot TEE 179 SINGIS SWECP EE 84 eet ee WT 47 Smith chart CU 152 SPAM EE 35 Spectrum emission maek 136 Spurious EMISSIONS lt ccsciccsccecesoesieesssescisusccsessscccasedecnassozess 138 Standard compliance check 112 Standard Selection 2 0 0 eee eeeeeeseeeeeeneeenenaees Clg Te Start measur ment vcsccceceassceastessevecieseineteasdencanaserececaseseesd Stop Be Ee Seep ONID eeng deeg ata aa iE aS Sweep mode Sweep points Sweep time TDMA burst length TDMA measurement Trace mathursarnetdrdtevandkledvddeuddrekedensin Trace MEMOPy dree sde deeg raaa diana Trace mode dee eege enges die anara isade iat ele Le Re E Trace Selection isciani DEEN Tracking goenerator arisida riisiin rinadi aian VANS TEE Transducer isotrpoic antenna marsrrnrrrnrnnnonnrnnrnnnnnn 140 Transducer factor unt 79 Transducer selechon naerenn nananana 79 Transmission channels rrrrrrnrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnrnrrrnrsrnrsnrserer 125 power sensor vector voltmeter Video bandwidth Video trigger level
40. exist the R amp S ZVH creates a new transducer factor Example CORR TRAN2 SEL FSH Z38 sectrd Selects the FSH Z38 secondary transducer factor Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe CORRection TRANsducer lt c gt UNIT This command queries the unit of the current transducer factor Example CORR TRAN2 UNIT Queries the unit of the primary transducer Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 78 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific UNIT POWer lt Unit gt This command selects the unit of the vertical axis The availability of units depends on the operating mode and type of measurement Parameter lt Unit gt DBM DBUV DBMV V W DUVM DUAM V_M W_M2 Note that the availability of units depends on the operating mode Example UNIT POW DBUV Sets the power unit to dBuV Characteristics RST value DBM SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 3 Setting the Bandwidths The following commands configure the filter bandwidths of the R amp S ZVH Note that both groups of commands BANDwidth and BWIDth are the same List of commands SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution lt ResBW gt p 80 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt p 80 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo lt VideoBW gt p 81 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo AUTO lt State gt p 81
41. function signal generation measurement etc The controller is not included The term data base denotes a database that manages all the parameters and associated settings required for setting the instrument hardware Setting commands lead to an alteration in the data set The data set management enters the new values e g frequency into the data set however only passes them on to the hardware when requested by the command recognition This only takes place at the end of a program message The data are checked for compatibility with the current instrument settings before they are transmitted to the instrument hardware If the execution is not possible an execution error is signaled to the status reporting system The corresponding settings are discarded Before passing on the data to the hardware the settling bit in the STATus OPERation register is set refer to section STATus OPERation Register The hardware executes the settings and resets the bit again as soon as the new state has settled This fact can be used to synchronize command servicing Queries induce the data set management to send the desired data to the output unit a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 15 R amp S ZVH Instrument Model and Command Processing Status Reporting System 4 4 Status Reporting System For detailed information refer to section Status Reporting System 4 5 Output Unit The output unit collects the information requested by the cont
42. gt This command queries the results of power measurements To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode Before you can use this command you have to select the power measurement with CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer SELect lt Measurement gt and activate it with CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer STATe lt State gt This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Parameter and return value ACPower Returns the results for ACLR measurements MCACpower aka adjacent channel power or multi carrier adjacent channel The number of return values depends on the number of TX and adjacent channel The order of return values is power of the transmission channel power of the lower adjacent channel power of the upper adjacent channel power of the lower alternate channel 1 power of the upper alternate channel 2 etc The unit of the return values depends on the scaling of the vertical axis e logarithmic scaling returns the power in the currently selected unit see UNIT POWer e linear scaling returns the power in W Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 112 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CPOW er Returns the results for channel power measurements The return value is the power of the channel The unit depends on the scaling of the vertical ax
43. gt Magnitude of the return loss in dB Example CALC VVM MAGN RES Queries the current return loss of the DUT Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate VVMeter PHASe REFerence This command queries the reference value for the phase of the DUT To get a result you first have to turn on the reference value with CALCulate VVMeter REFerence STATe lt State gt This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values lt ReferenceValue gt Reference value for the phase in degrees Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 156 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode Example CALC VVM PHAS REF Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate VVMeter PHASe RESult This command queries the phase of the measurement results This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values lt Phase gt Phase of the return loss in degrees Example CALC VVM PHAS RES Queries the current phase of the DUT Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate VVMeter REFerence STATe lt State gt This command saves the current measurement values as reference values The reference values can be used for comparison measurements Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC VVM REF ON Activates the reference values Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific Soft
44. gt ON OFF Example SYST ACC AUTO ON Turns on automatic accessory detection Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 190 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem BNC lt 1 2 gt MODE lt BNCFunction gt This command configures the BNC sockets The numeric suffix at BNC selects the BNC socket you want to configure Parameter lt BNCFunction gt REFerence input for external reference signal BNC1 TRIGger input for external trigger BNC1 BIAS BIAS port BNC1 and BNC2 IF3 IF output BNC2 INTernalbias Internal DC BIAS BNC 2 Example SYST BNC2 MODE TRIG Sets the seconds BNC socket to trigger input Characteristics RST value BNC 1 TRIGger BNC 2 IF3 SCPI device specific SYSTem DATE lt Date gt This command sets the date for the internal calendar Parameter lt Date gt Numeric value indicating the date You have to enter the date as comma separated values after the string with the file name The sequence is year month day The available value range is 1980 2099 1 12 1 31 Example SYST DATE 2000 6 1 Sets the date to 1 6 2000 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 191 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem ERRor NEXT This command queries the oldest entry in the error queue and deletes it This comm
45. gt p 126 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative STATe lt State gt p 126 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute lt Limit gt p 127 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute STATe lt State gt p 127 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RESult p 128 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt This command turns the limit check for ACLR measurements on and off You have to use CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative STATe lt State gt or CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative STATe lt State gt in combination with this command to select the channels the limit check should be performed on Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC LIM ACP ON Activates the limit check R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative lt Limit gt This command defines the relative limit of the adjacent channels The reference value for the relative limit value is the measured channel power Note that the relative limit has no effect on the limit check if it is below the absolute limit value See CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute lt Limit gt This mechanism allows automatic checking of the absolute basic values of adjacent channe
46. if the current settings are in line with the settings defined by the standard selected with CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet lt Standard gt Note that the command only checks those parameters that are defined by the standard This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value 0 R amp S ZVH settings violate a standard configuration 1 R amp S ZVH setting comply with the standard Example CALC MARK FUNC POW PRES CHEC Queries compliance to the standard currently in use Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 111 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion LEVel ONCE This command adjusts the reference level to the measured signal power This automatic routine makes sure that the that the signal power level does not overload the R amp S ZVH or limit the dynamic range by too small a S N ratio To determine the best reference level the R amp S ZVH aborts current measurements and performs a series of test sweeps After it has finished the test it continues with the actual measurement This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC MARK FUNC LEV ONCE Initiates an automatic level adjust routine Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer RESult lt Measurement
47. information on which actions the instrument has executed since the last reading It can be read using the commands STATus OPERation CONDition or STATus OPERation EVENt Table 7 3 Meaning of the bits in the STATus OPERation register CALibrating This bit is set as long as the instrument is performing a calibration Not used This bit is always 0 7 10 4 2 STATus QUEStionable Register This register contains information about indefinite states which may occur if the unit is operated without meeting the specifications It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable CONDition and STATus QUEStionable EVENt Table 7 4 Meaning of bits in STATus QUEStionable register These bits are not used BATTERY LOW If the instrument is running without any external power supply and the charging level of the internal battery is approximately lower than 5 this bit is set to indcate that the system will be shut down automatically in approx 5 minutes be TEMPerature This bit is set if a questionable temperature occurs LIMit device specific W This bit is set if a limit value is violated CALibration The bit is set if a measurement is performed unaligned label UNCAL r This bit is always 0 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 204 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System 7 10 4 3 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency Register This register contains information about the reference frequ
48. is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value 0 not calibrated 1 calibrated Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 151 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode Example CAL MODE Queries the calibration state Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALibration STATus This command queries if the R amp S ZVH is fully calibrated for the current measurement This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value NORMalized full factory or user calibration APPRoximate approximate calibration measurement uncertainty must be anticipated Example CAL STAT Queries the calibration status of the R amp S ZVH Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 4 7 4 Selecting the Result Display The following commands select the result display for two port measurements List of commands e MEASurement lt n gt FUNCtion SELect lt ResultDisplay gt p 152 MEASurement lt n gt FUNCtion SELect lt ResultDisplay gt This command selects the result display Parameter lt ResultDisplay gt 11 S12 821 S22 Example MEAS FUNC SEL S11 Characteristics RST value S11 SCPI device specific EEE EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 152 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 7 5 Selecting the Measurement Format The following commands are for selecti
49. longer period of time for execution If a new command is received during execution of the corresponding function this may either lead to either to an aborted measurement or to incorrect measurement data The following list includes the commands for which a synchronization via OPC OPC or WAI is mandatory Table 6 2 Commands with mandatory synchronization overlapping commands Command Purpose INIT start measurement sweep INIT CONT OFF Set to single sweep CALC MARK FUNC xx All Marker function queries Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 28 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Responses to Queries 7 Remote Control Commands The following chapters provide a detailed description of all remote control commands currently available for the R amp S ZVH and its firmware options Each section describes the commands for one of the operating modes available in the R amp S ZVH beginning with the description of common commands required to operate the instrument The structure is based on that of the operating manual Common Commands on page 30 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer on page 33 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer on page 71 Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode on page 137 Remote Commands of the Power Meter on page 158 Each section is subdivided into various tasks required to perform measurements with the R amp S ZVH also based on the structure of the operating manual Some commands
50. lt MatchingPad gt sesssesssseeereserrsserrnsetrrssterrsstirnssennnstennnnnt 189 INSTrument NSELect lt OperatingMode gt AA 177 INSTrument SELect Operatngode nennen nenna 176 MEASurement ISUP lt State gt inene aa a ai a A aria 49 MEASurement ISUP APER Aperture 49 MEASurement MODE MeasMode 62 MEASurement PORT Portz 61 MEASurement lt n gt FORMat lt MeasFormat gt sessessnineseeseeerrtrrseerrrnnrnnstrrenrnn nenene nnt 155 MEASurement lt n gt FORMat Meaestomatz 63 MEASurement lt n gt FUNCtion SELect lt ResultDisplay gt rrrrrarnnvrnnnnnnnrrnnnonnrrnnnrnnnnn 152 MEASurement lt n gt MODE lt MeasMode gt s ssnssssssssesrinnsessrtrnrrnnstrrtttnnrnnsntrrtrnn renner nnt 150 MMEMorv CAT alog DiRechortes 166 MMEMory CAT lO 2 cscecctcanctacecasteest pane ccessndzeeeseducaces phdcetetiadasuetondayderphdadvathdecstetanuctenia 165 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 217 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System MMEMory CDIRectory lt Directory gt rrnnrrnnrrnnrennrrnnrennrrnnrennrrenrennrrenrennrrnerennrresrennnne 166 MMEMory COPY Gourcetiez Destnatontle z re nseerrnn nenene 166 MMEMory DATA lt FileName gt lt BlockData gt rrrrnnnnnrrnrrnrnrnrrnnrnrrnnrrnnrrnrnnnnnnnnnnn 167 MMEMory DELete SFile gt ccscccccccsetccscceeectaceet na idndt ankesak drekk de takene kadre bad 168 MMEMory FILE File gt na eaaa EENE Rad AENEAN a EA AER 168 MMEMory FILE DATE Eilehamez Da
51. no effect for data that you send to the R amp S ZVH The R amp S ZVH automatically recognizes the data it receives regardless of the format Parameter lt DataFormat gt Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 92 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer ASCii ASCii format separated by commas REAL 32 32 bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers in the definite length block format In REAL 32 format a string of return values would look like 42524 lt value 1 gt lt value 2 gt lt value n gt with 4 Number of digits of the following number of data bytes 4 in this example 2524 Number of following data bytes 2524 corresponds to the 631 sweep points of the R amp S ZVH lt value gt 4 byte floating point value Example FORM ASC Selects the ASCii data format Characteristics RST value ASCii SCPI conform 7 3 6 7 3 6 1 7 3 6 2 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Using Markers e Markers and Delta Markers on page 94 e Marker Functions on page 94 Markers and Delta Markers The following commands are for setting and controlling markers and deltamarkers In spectrum mode mode the suffix lt n gt at CALCulate selects the trace The suffix lt m gt at MARKer is in the range 1 6 and selects the marker or deltamarker List of commands CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe lt State gt p 51 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt AOFF p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt
52. p 184 e SYSTem BEEPer KEY VOLume lt Volume gt p 185 SYSTem AUDio VOLume lt Volume gt This command sets the volume of the internal speaker Parameter lt Volume gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 1 Example SYST AUD VOL 0 40 Sets the volume to 40 Characteristics RST value 0 3 30 SCPI device specific SYSTem BEEPer VOLume lt Volume gt This command sets the volume of the system beeper Parameter lt Volume gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 1 Example SYST BEEP VOL 0 50 Sets the volume of the beeper to 50 Characteristics RST value 0 6 60 SCPI conform me EE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 184 Configuring the Instrument SYSTem BEEPer KEY VOLume lt Volume gt This command sets the volume of the keyboard click noise Parameter lt Volume gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 1 Example SYST BEEP KEY VOL 0 10 Sets of keyboard clicking volume to 10 Characteristics RST value 0 3 30 SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument 7 9 5 Setting up a Network Connection This chapter describes all commands that are used if the R amp S ZVH is part of a network List of commands SYSTem COMMunicate LAN ETHernet p 186 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN GATeway lt Gateway gt p 186 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN SUBMask lt SubnetMask gt p 187 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet ADDRess lt IPAddress gt p 187 SYSTem C
53. p 36 For a detailed description of the commands refer to Configuring the Horizontal Axis in CAT mode EEE EE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 137 Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 2 Configuring the Vertical Axis The following commands configure the level axis y axis and level parameters of the active display The suffix lt n gt at DISPlay selects the measurement screen in dual trace mode The range is lt 1 2 gt List of commands DISPlay lt n gt GDELay REFerence lt RefValue gt p 138 DISPlay lt n gt GDELay REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt p 139 DISPlay lt n gt GDELay Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 139 DISPlay lt n gt IMPedance REFerence POSition lt Impedance gt p 148 DISPlay lt n gt LOSS REFerence lt RefValue gt p 38 DISPlay lt n gt LOSS REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt p 39 DISPlay lt n gt LOSS Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 39 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude REFerence lt RefValue gt p 40 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt p 40 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 40 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude Y SPACing lt Scaling gt p 41 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe REFerence lt RefValue gt p 140 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt p 140 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 140 DISPlay lt n gt PHASe UNWRap lt State gt p 141 DISPlay lt n gt REFLection Y SCALe l
54. queries the data of the lower screen Display of four S parameters split screen mode TRACE1 queries the data of S11 TRACE2 queries the data of S21 TRACE3 queries the data of S22 TRACE4 queries the data of S12 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 144 Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode Return value The R amp S ZVH returns 631 values Each value corresponds to one pixel of a trace The result and unit depends on the measurement format Note that for the MPHase format simultaneous measurement of magnitude and phase you can read out the magnitude data with the parameter TRACE1 and the phase data with the parameter TRACE2 Example TRAC DATA TRACEL Reads out the data for trace 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 6 Using Markers and Deltamarkers 7 4 6 1 Markers and Deltamarkers The following commands are for setting and controlling markers and deltamarkers If not otherwise noted the numeric suffix lt 1 6 gt at MARKer or DELTamarker select the marker to be controlled The suffix lt n gt at CALCulate selects the measurement screen in dual trace mode and is in the range lt 1 2 gt The suffix lt m gt at MARKer selects the marker and is in the range lt 1 6 gt List of commands CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe lt State gt p 51 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt AO
55. rrrnnnrrnnrnnrnrrnnnnn 122 SENSe JPOWer ACHannel SPACing ACHannel lt Spacing gt nrrnnnnnnrnnrnnrnrrnnnnn 121 SENSe JPOWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt ssneseeseeneeeneeenn 122 SENSe ROSCilator SOURce lt RefSource gt mrmmnrnnrrnrvnvrrrrnrrrnrrrrrnrrnnrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnenn 190 SENSe SWEep COUNt Gweeptountz 83 SENSe SWEep EGATe lt State gt A 85 SENSe SWEep EGATe HOLDoff Gatelielayz 85 SENSe SWEep EGATe LENGth lt GateLength gt sssssssssessenrrensseettnrrensseenrnnnnnnsnent 86 SENSe SWEep EGATe TIME Gweepfme z 86 SENSe SWEep MODE lt State gt ccccccceceeeceecce cece eeeeceeeceeeeeeeseceeaeeeeeeeeeseneeaeees 133 SENSe JSWEep POINtS anaa AANE ENEE seed dead Eed see 84 SENSe JSWEep TIME ween me 84 SENSe SWEep TIME AUTO f tate nnne ent 84 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect DOWNlink lt ChannelTable gt rrnrnnnnonnnnrnnnnnr 109 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SElect UPLink lt ChannelTable gt rrrnnnnnnnnnnrnnrnnrnrrnnnnr 109 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SET lt Direction gt cccccececeecceceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeesenaeees 109 SOURce TG AT Tenuation lt TGAttenuation gt ccccceeceeceeceeeeeeeeeeecceeeeeeeeeeseseaeees 43 GTATusOPERaton CONDtion eect ee teed teceaeeeeeeeeeeeneieaeeeeeeeeeteees 210 STATus OPERation ENABle Gumbrz nenne 210 STATus OPERation NTRansition lt SUMBit gt c cccececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetencaeae
56. the maximum span The unit depends on the measurement e g Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain Example CALC DELT MOD REL Delta marker positions are relative to marker 1 CALC DELT2 X 10 7MHz Positions delta marker 2 10 7 MHz to the right of marker 1 CALC DELT2 X CALC DELT2 X REL Queries the absolute and relative position of delta marker 2 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative lt Distance gt This command positions a delta marker on a position relative to the reference marker If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first Parameter lt Distance gt Numeric value that defines the distance of the marker to the reference marker Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 53 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer The range depends on the current scaling of the horizontal axis The unit depends on the measurement e g Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain Example CALC DELT3 X REL 5 kHz Sets the delta marker at a distance of 5 kHz to the reference position Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y This command queries the vertical position of a delta marker The result is always a
57. the measurement to 50 m Characteristics RST value 3 m 10 ft SCPI device specific CALCulate DTF DISTance STOP lt StopDistance gt This command defines the end point of the cable measurement Parameter lt StopDistance gt numeric value in the range from 3 m 10 ft to 1500 m 4921 ft The unit is either meter or feet depending on your selection Example CALC DTF DIST STAR 500m Sets the end point of the measurement to 500 m Characteristics RST value 1500 m 4921 ft SCPI device specific mn Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 37 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 2 Configuring the Vertical Axis The following commands configure the vertical axis of the active display Note that some of the commands for configuring the vertical axis are also valid for other operating modes If a command is available in another mode it is indicated by the list in the respective section O Commands independent of the operating mode List of commands DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe ADJust p 38 DISPlay lt n gt LOSS REFerence lt RefValue gt p 38 DISPlay lt n gt LOSS REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt p 39 DISPlay lt n gt LOSS Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 39 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude REFerence lt RefValue gt p 40 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt p 40 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude Y SCALe lt Displ
58. use the command you first have to turn on search limits with CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt If you perform a measurement in zero span this command this command limits the evaluation range on the trace The numeric suffix at MARKer is irrelevant Parameter lt SearchLimit gt Numeric value that sets the right marker search limit The value range corresponds to the maximum span The unit depends on the measurement e g Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain Example CALC MARK X SLIM ON CALC MARK X SLIM LEFT 10MHz CALC MARK X SLIM RIGH 100MHz Turns search limits on and defines a search range from 10 MHz to 100 MHz Characteristics RST value is set to the right diagram border when switching on search limits SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y This command queries the absolute vertical position of a marker If necessary the corresponding marker is activated first To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end between activating the delta marker and reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode EEE a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 58 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Return values lt MarkerPosition gt numeric value of the marker position In CAT mode the unit depends on the measure
59. 3 7 Using Display Lines and Limit Lines 7 3 7 1 Display Lines The following commands define the position of the display line The suffix lt n gt at CALCulate is irrelevant List of commands e CALCulate lt n gt DLINe lt Amplitude gt p 101 e CALCulate lt n gt DLINe STATe lt State gt p 101 CALCulate lt n gt DLINe lt Amplitude gt This command defines the position of a display line Parameter lt Amplitude gt Numeric value with a variable range and unit You can use any unit you want the R amp S ZVH then converts the unit to the currently selected unit If you omit a unit the R amp S ZVH uses the currently selected unit Example CALC DLIN 20dBm Sets the display line threshold to 20 dBm Characteristics RST value STATe to OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DLINe STATe lt State gt This command turns display lines on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC DLIN STAT OFF Turns on the display line Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific e Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 101 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 7 2 Limit Lines The following commands define limit lines and perform the corresponding limit checks The suffix lt n gt at CALCulate is irrelevant The suffix lt k gt at LIMit selects the limit line and is in the range lt 1 2 gt List of commands CALCulate l
60. 3 9005 12 07 173 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Making and Storing Screenshots HCOPy IMMediate This command makes a screenshot of the current display contens in png format and stores it on the R amp S ZVH internal memory You can select a file name for the screenshot in png format with MMEMory NAME lt FileName gt and select the file format of the screenshot with HCOPy DEVice LANGuage To make a screenshot in jpg format use DISPlay WINDow STORe This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example HCOP DEV LANG PNG MMEM NAME Public Screen Shots Test png HCOP Makes and stores a screenshot of the current screen in a file Test png Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific MMEMory NAME lt FileName gt This command defines the path and file name that the R amp S FSH uses for storing screenshots see HCOPy IMMediate The path and file name comply with DOS conventions This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the file name Example MMEM NAME Public Screeshots Test png Stores the screenshot on the in the corresponding directory on the R amp S ZVH Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 174 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring Data Capture 7 8 Configuring Data Capture The following
61. 7 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect lt ChannelTable gt p 108 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect DOWNlink lt ChannelTable gt p 109 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SElect UPLink lt ChannelTable gt p 109 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SET lt Direction gt p 109 SENSe CHANnel lt ChannelNumber gt This command selects the channel to be analyzed You have to set the frequency mode with SENSe FREQuency INPut MODE to channel first Parameter lt ChannelNumber gt numeric value that selects the number of the channel to be analyzed R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example See SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect lt ChannelTable gt Characteristics RST value depends on the channel table SCPI conform SENSe JCHANnel TABLe SELect lt ChannelTable gt This command selects a channel table configured for the link direction you have selected with SENSe CHANnel TABLe SET lt Direction gt Note that if you have previously selected a channel table with SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect DOWNlink lt ChannelTable gt or SENSe CHANnel TABLe SElect UPLink lt ChannelTable gt this command replaces that file Parameter lt ChannelTable gt String containing the file name of the channel table Example CHAN TABL SET UP Selects channel tsble selection for uplink signals CHAN TABL SEL TV China CHNTAB Loads the channel table with the name TV
62. ARK FUNC POW RES PHZ ON Displays the measured Channel Power Hz Characteristics RST value dBm SCPI device specific 7 3 8 4 Measuring the Occupied Bandwidth The following commands configure the measurement of the Occupied Bandwidth To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements The suffix lt m gt at MARKer is irrelevant List of commands e CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion OBANdwidth BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt p 115 e CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion OBANdwidth BANDwidth PCT lt OBW gt p 116 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion OBANdwidth BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt This command defines the channel bandwidth for occupied bandwidth measurements Instead of OBANwidth you can also use the alias OBWidth Parameter lt Bandwidth Numeric value in Hz Example CALC MARK FUNC OBW BAND 1 MHZ Sets the channel bandwidth to 1 MHz Characteristics RST value 3 84 MHz SCPI device specific EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 115 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion OBANdwidth BANDwidth PCT lt OBW gt This command defines the percentage of the total power that defines the occupied bandwidth Instead of OBANwidth you can also use the alias OBWidth Parameter lt Percentage gt Numeric value in the range from 10 to 99 9 Example CALC MARK FUN
63. C OBW BAND PCT 95 Sets the power percentage to 95 Characteristics RST value 99 SCPI device specific 7 3 8 5 TDMA Measurements The following commands configure TDMA measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements The suffix lt m gt at MARKer is irrelevant List of commands e CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TDMA BURSt lt BurstLength gt p 116 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TDMA BURSt lt BurstLength gt This command defines the burst length of the TDMA signal Parameter lt BurstLength gt Numeric value in seconds The value range depends on the current sweep time Example CALC MARK FUNC TDMA BURS 80 US Sets the burst length to 80 us Characteristics RST value 470 us SCPI device specific mn Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 116 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 8 6 Measuring the Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio The following commands configures Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio ACLR measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements The suffix lt y gt selects one of the 11 alternate channels The range is lt 1 11 gt The suffix lt k gt at LIMit is irrelevant e Configuring and Performing the ACLR Measurement on page 117 e ACLR Limit Check on page 123 Configuring and Performing the ACLR Measurement The fo
64. C CHAN2 20KHZ Defines a distance of 20 kHz between the first and the second Tx channel POW ACH BAND CHAN2 120KHZ Defines a bandwidth of 120 kHz for the second TX channel POW ACH REF TXCH MAN 2 Selects the second Tx channel as reference channel POW ACH SPAC 10KHZ Defines a distance of 10 kHz from the TX channel to the adjacent channel Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 122 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer POW ACH BAND ACH 120KHZ Defines a bandwidth of 120 kHz for the adjacent channel POW ACH SPAC ALT 20KHZ Defines a distance of 20 kHz from the adjacent to the first alternate channel POW ACH BAND ALT 120KHZ Defines a bandwidth of 120 kHz for the first alternate channel Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI device specific ACLR Limit Check The following commands configure and perform limit checks when measuring the adjacent channel power The suffix lt k gt at LIMit is irrelevant List of commands CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt p 123 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative lt Limit gt p 124 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative STATe lt State gt p 124 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute lt Limit gt p 125 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute STATe lt State gt p 125 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RESult p 125 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative lt Limit
65. CE nsssssssssniensesserrrrnrserertnnrnnssrrrrrnn nenne 112 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet lt Standard gt mmrrnnnnrnrrnnrnnnrrnrnnnnnn 111 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer PRESet CHECK rrrnnrernrorrnnrrrrrnrernrrrrnnnnnn 111 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer RESult lt Measurement gt c cceeee 112 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer SELect lt Measurement gt rrnnnnnnnnnrrnvnnnnnn 110 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer STATe lt State gt nsnnnnnnneeeeennnene nener ee nenen 110 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt FREQUCNCY mnrrvvrennvvrrvrrrrvrrrrrrnrrrnrrnnrrerrennrrerrrnnnnn 95 CAL CulateMAhker mz COUNUTGTATel Gtate z 95 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FREQuency MODE lt lnputMode gt sieer 96 CAL CulateMAhker mzEUNG nonCEN Ter 96 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt 114 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer MODE lt DisplayMode gt onise 114 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer UNIT lt Unit gt erennrrrrnnrrrrrnrerrrrrrnnnnnn 114 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation HOLDoff Time 97 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation SELect lt Demodulation gt 97 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation STATe lt State gt rrrrrnnrnnnnnn 96 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown lt Distance gt mmrrrrnrnnrrnrvnnvrrrrnrrnrnnnnnn 98 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown FREQUEnCy
66. Ch Measurements with R amp S ZVH Z1 or R amp S ZVH Z18 FETC1 PMET power in dBm FETC2 PMET n a Measurements with R amp S ZVH Z14 or R amp S ZVH Z44 FETC1 PMET forward power in dBm FETC2 PMET reflected power in dBm Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 163 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter Example FETC2 PMET Returns nothing for R amp S ZVH Z1 R amp S ZVH Z18 and the reflected power for R amp S ZVH Z14 Z44 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 5 4 5 Selecting a Standard These commands apply radio communication standards to measurements with the power sensor Note that the selection of a standard is available only for the power sensors R amp S FSH Z1 Z14 Z18 and Z44 CALCulate PMETer PRESet STATe lt State gt This command turns the use of a standard on and off Parameters lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC PMET PRES ON Activates usage of a standard Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate PMETer PRESet SELect lt Standard gt This command selects the standard for power sensor measurements Parameter lt Standard gt GSM EDGE WCDMA CDMAOne CDMA2000 DVBT DAB TETRA USER Example CALC PMET PRES SEL GSM Selects the GSM standard for power sensor measurements Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific EEE EE Software Manual 1173 9005 12
67. China for the uplink CHAN TABL SEL TV Italy chntab CHAN TABL SEL UPL TV Italy chntab Both commands replace the uplink channel table TV China with TV Italy Downlink channel tables are not affected by the commands sent so far FREQ INP MODE CHAN CHAN 10 Select a particular uplink channel e g 10 instead of a center frequency To select an additional downlink channel table use either CHAN TABL SET DOWN CHAN TABL SEL TV Italy chntab or CHAN TABL SEL DOWN TV Italy chntab Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific mn 23 ee Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 108 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect DOWNIink lt ChannelTable gt This command selects a channel table configured for downlink signals Parameter lt ChannelTable gt string containing the name of the channel table Example See SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect lt ChannelTable gt Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe CHANnel TABLe SElect UPLink lt ChannelTable gt This command selects a channel table configured for uplink signals Parameter lt ChannelTable gt string containing the name of the channel table Example See SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect lt ChannelTable gt Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific
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69. Culate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown RESult This command queries the frequency spacing or bandwidth of the n dB down markers Return value lt Bandwidth gt Bandwidth in Hz Example See CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown STATe lt State gt Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 98 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown STATe lt State gt This command turns the n dB Down marker function on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC MARK FUNC NDBD STAT ON Turns on the n dB marker function CALC MARK FUNC NDBD 3 Positions two temporary markers 3 dB below a reference marker CALC MARK FUNC NDBD FREQ Queries the frequency position of the n dB Down markers would return e g 100000000 200000000 CALC MARK FUNC NDBD RES Queries the measurement result would return e g 100000000 Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NOISe STATe lt State gt This command turns the noise measurement for all markers on and off You can query the results of the noise power density at the marker position with CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NOISe RESult Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example See CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NOISe RESult Characteristics RS
70. DISPlay BRIGhtness lt Brightness gt This command sets the brightness of the display backlight Parameter lt Brightness gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 1 Example DISP BRIG 0 80 Sets the brightness of the display to 80 Characteristics RST value 0 5 50 SCPI device specific DISPlay CMAP lt ColorScheme gt This command sets the color scheme of the display Parameter lt ColorScheme gt COLor color BW black amp white PF printer friendly Example DISP CMAP BW Sets the screen colors to black and white Characteristics RST value COLor SCPI conform EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 182 Configuring the Instrument DISPlay CMAP DEFault This command sets the display to the default state This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example DISP CMPA DEF Restores the original color scheme Characteristics RST value SCPI conform DISPlay DATE FORMat lt DateFormat gt This command sets the display date format Parameter lt DateFormat gt DDMMyyyy MMDDyyyy Example DISP DATE FORM DDMMyyyy Characteristics RST value DDMMyyyy SCPI device specific R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument 7 9 4 Audio Settings This chapter describes all commands to control the audio functions of the R amp S ZVH List of commands e SYSTem AUDio VOLume lt Volume gt p 184 e SYSTem BEEPer VOLume lt Volume gt
71. Depth measurement on and off The numeric suffixes at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC MARK FUNC MDEP ON Activates the harmonic distortion measurement Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 131 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion MDEPth RESult This command queries the results of the AM modulation depth measurement This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt ModulationDepth gt Modulation depth in Example CALC MARK FUNC MDEP RES Queries the AM modulation depth Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 3 8 9 Measuring the Spectrum Emission Mask The following commands configure Spectrum Emission Mask SEM measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements List of commands SENSe JESPectrum PRESet STANdard lt Standard gt p 133 SENSe ESPectrum PRESet SET Tings p 133 SENSe SWEep MODE lt State gt p 133 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TXPower RESult p 132 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TXPower RESult This command queries the TX channel power Return value lt Power gt The power is either the peak power or the channel power d
72. Example DISP LOSS REF POS 5 Moves the reference to the fifth grid line from the bottom Characteristics RST value 10 SCPI device specific DISPlay LOSS Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis for the cable loss measurement format Parameter lt DisplayRange gt Numeric value in the range from 1 dB to 100 dB Example DISP LOSS Y SCAL 20 Defines a display range of 20 dB Characteristics RST value 100 dB SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 39 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer DISPlay MAGNitude REFerence lt RefValue gt This command defines the reference value for the magnitude measurement format Parameter lt RefValue gt Numeric value in the range from 80 dB to 30 dB Example DISP MAGN REF 10 Defines a reference level of 10 dB Characteristics RST value 0 dB SCPI device specific DISPlay MAGNitude REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt This command defines the position of the reference value in the diagram for the magnitude measurement format Each step shifts the reference position one grid line up or down Parameter lt RefPosition gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 10 Example DISP MAGN REF POS 5 Moves the reference to the fifth grid line from the bottom Characteristics RST value 10 SCPI device specific DISPlay MAGNitude Y SCALe lt DisplayRa
73. FF p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum PEAK p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum NEXT p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MINimum PEAK p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt p 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative lt Distance gt p 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y p 54 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe lt State gt p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum PEAK p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum NEXT p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MINimum PEAK p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MODE lt MarkerMode gt p 146 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt p 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits LEFT lt SearchLimit gt p 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits RIGHt lt Searchlimit gt p 58 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y p 147 For a detailed description of commands not described below refer to Using Markers in CAT mode CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MODE lt MarkerMode gt This command selects the type of information a marker shows Parameter ADMittance admittance in complex format real imaginary IMPedance impedance in complex format real imaginary NADMittance standardized admitt
74. FICATION QUERY queries the instrument identification Return values lt InstrumentName gt lt SerialNumber Model gt lt FirmwareVersion gt Example for R amp S ZVH Rohde amp Schwarz ZVH4 100005 014 1 20 IST INDIVIDUAL STATUS QUERY returns the contents of the IST flag in decimal form The IST flag is the status bit which is sent during a parallel poll Parameter O 1 OPC OPERATION COMPLETE sets bit 0 in the event status register after all preceding commands have been executed This bit can be used to initiate a service request OPT OPTION IDENTIFICATION QUERY queries the options included in the instrument and returns a list of the options installed The options are separated from each other by means of commas Parameter K lt number gt software options For a list of all available options and their description refer to the CD ROM Example K40 K41 K42 K45 RST RESET sets the instrument to a defined default status The command essentially corresponds to pressing the PRESET key e Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 31 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Common Commands SRE SERVICE REQUEST ENABLE sets the service request enable register to the indicated value Bit 6 MSS mask bit remains 0 This command determines under which conditions a service request is generated The query form SRE reads the contents of the service request enable register in decimal form B
75. In a serial poll just as with command STB the status byte of an instrument is queried However the query is realized via interface messages and is thus clearly faster The serial poll method has already been defined in IEEE 488 1 and used to be the only standard possibility for different instruments to poll the status byte The method also works with instruments which do not adhere to SCPI or IEEE 488 2 The VISUAL BASIC command for executing a serial poll is IBRSP Serial poll is mainly used to obtain a fast overview of the state of several instruments connected to the controller Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 206 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System 7 10 5 3 Query by Means of Commands Each part of any status register can be read by means of queries The individual commands are listed in the description of the STATus Subsystem The returned value is always a number that represents the bit pattern of the queried register This number is evaluated by the controller program Queries are usually used after an SRQ in order to obtain more detailed information on the cause of the SRQ 7 10 5 4 Error Queue Query Each error state in the instrument leads to an entry in the error queue The entries of the error queue are detailed plain text error messages that can be displayed via manual operation using the setup menu or queried via remote control using the command SYSTem ERRor Each call of SYSTem ERRor provide
76. MAXimum PEAK p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum NEXT p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MINimum PEAK p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt p 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative lt Distance gt p 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y p 54 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe lt State gt p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum PEAK p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum NEXT p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MINimum PEAK p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt p 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits LEFT lt SearchLimit gt p 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits RIGHt lt Searchlimit gt p 58 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y p 58 For a detailed description of all commands not included here refer to Using Markers in CAT mode Marker Functions The following commands perform various kinds of analysis at the marker position The suffix lt m gt at MARKer is irrelevant except where noted List of commands CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt FREQuency p 95 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt STATe lt State gt p 95 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FREQuency MODE lt InputMode gt p 96 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCti
77. MINimum MAXimum and DEFault to be entered Refer to Parameters for a detailed description of the various parameters Example SENSe FREQuency STOP MAXimum Response 3 5E9 This query requests the maximal value for the stop frequency 5 1 2 6 Special Characters l A vertical stroke in parameter definitions indicates alternative possibilities in the sense of or The effect of the command differs depending on which parameter is used Example DISPlay FORMat SINGle SPLit If parameter SING1e is selected full screen is displayed in the case of SPLit split screen is displayed A selection of key words with an identical effect exists for several commands These keywords are indicated in the same line they are separated by a vertical stroke Only one of these keywords needs to be included in the header of the command The effect of the command is independent of which of the keywords is used Example n ENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution The two following commands with identical meaning can be created They set the requency of the fixed frequency signal to 1 kHz SENSe BAND 1 SENSe BWID 1 E Key words in square brackets can be omitted when composing the header The full command length must be accepted by the instrument for reasons of compatibility with the SCPI standards Example SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution SENS BAND RES is equivalent to BAND Parameters in squar
78. Manual 1173 9005 12 07 113 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt This command defines the channel bandwidth for channel power measurements Parameter lt Bandwidth gt Numeric value in Hz Example CALC MARK FUNC CPOW BAND 4 MHZ Sets the channel bandwidth to 4 MHz Characteristics RST value 3 84 MHz SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer MODE lt DisplayMode gt This command selects the display mode for channel power measurements Parameter lt DisplayMode gt CLR Clear Write MAX Max Hold Example CALC MARK FUNC CPOW MODE CLR Selects clear write trace mode Characteristics RST value CLR SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer UNIT lt Unit gt This command selects the unit of the vertical axis for channel power measurements Parameter lt Unit gt DBM DBMV DBUV VOLT WATT V W Example CALC MARK FUNC CPOW UNIT DBM Sets the unit to dBm Characteristics RST value dBm SCPI device specific eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 114 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion POWer RESult PHZ lt State gt This command turns the display of the channel power per Hertz on and off Parameter ON OFF Example CALC M
79. OD Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 2 8 3 Selecting the Measurement Mode The following commands select the measurement mode List of commands e MEASurement lt n gt MODE lt MeasMode gt p 62 MEASurement MODE lt MeasMode gt This command selects the measurement mode Parameter lt MeasMode gt DTFault Distance to fault measurement LOSS Cable loss measurement REF Lection Reflection S11 measurement TRANsmission Transmission S21 measurement option R amp S ZVH K39 Example MEAS MODE LOSS Activates cable loss measurement Characteristics RST value REFLection SCPI device specific EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 62 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 8 4 Selecting the Measurement Format The following commands select the measurement format in CAT mode List of commands e CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX STATe lt State gt p 63 e MEASurement lt n gt FORMat lt MeasFormat gt p 63 CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX STATe lt State gt This command turns the display of the maximum and average VSWR on and off Use CALCulate TRACe VSWR AVG RESUult and CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX RESult to query the corresponding results Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC TRAC VSWR MAX STAT ON Displays the VSWR results Characteristics RST value MAGNitude SCPI device specific MEASurement lt n gt FORMat
80. OMMunicate SOCKet DHCP STATe lt State gt p 187 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet PORT Portz p 188 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN ETHernet This command queries the MAC address of the R amp S ZVH This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Example SYST COMM LAN ETH Returns the MAC address Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem COMMunicate LAN GATeway lt Gateway gt This command sets the gateway in the LAN Parameter lt Gateway gt String containing the identifier of the gateway Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 186 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem COMMunicate LAN SUBMask lt SubnetMask gt This command sets the subnet mask of the R amp S ZVH Parameter lt SubnetMask gt String containing the subnet mask x x x x Example SYST COMM LAN SUBM 255 255 255 0 Sets the subnet mask address to 255 255 255 0 Characteristics RST value 255 255 255 0 SCPI device specific SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet ADDRess lt IPAddress gt This command sets the IP address of the R amp S ZVH Parameter lt IPAddress gt String containing the IP address x x x x Example SYST COMM SOCK ADDR 172 76 68 30 Sets the IP address of the R amp S ZVH to 172 76 68 30 Characteristics RST value 172 76 68 24 SCPI device specific SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet DHCP STATe lt
81. Offset gt This command sets an offset for the reference value Parameter lt Offset gt Numeric value in dB Example CALC PMET REL 10 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific UNIT lt 2 gt PMETer POWer lt Unit gt This command selects the unit of the power sensor The suffix lt z gt at UNIT has the following effects Power Measurement with R amp S ZVH Z1 and R amp S ZVH Z18 Unit 1 Power unit Unit 2 not available Power Measurement with R amp S ZVH Z14 and R amp S ZVH Z44 Unit 1 Forward Power Unit 2 Reflected Power Parameter lt Unit gt DBM WATT W DB VSWR Note on the parameter DB when applied to UNIT 1 the power is relative to the reference level when applied to UNIT2 the return loss is displayed fee EEE EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 160 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter Note on the parameter VSWR the parameter is only available if applied to UNIT2 Example UNIT1 PMET POW DBM When measuring with the R amp S ZVH Z1 or R amp S ZVH Z18 sets unit to dBm When measuring with the R amp S ZVH Z14 or R amp S ZVH Z44 sets unit of forward power to dBm Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 5 3 Defining the Measurement Time The following chapter describes commands to define the measurement time of the power sensor e SENSe PMETer MTIMe lt MeasTime gt p 161 SENSe PMETer MTIMe lt Mea
82. PI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 41 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MAXimum lt TopValue gt This command defines the top value of the vertical axis for the VSWR measurement format Parameter lt TopValue gt Numeric value in the range from 1 1 to 71 Example DISP VSWR Y SCAL MAX 25 Defines a top value of 25 for the vertical axis Characteristics RST value 21 SCPI device specific DISPlay VSWR Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis for the VSWR measurement format Parameter lt DisplayRange gt Numeric value in the range from 1 1 to 71 The number you enter is rounded up to the next possible display range For example if you enter 5 the R amp S ZVH automatically sets the display range to 1 6 Example DISP VSWR Y SCAL 50 Defines a display range of 1 71 Characteristics RST value 1 21 SCPI device specific INPut ATTenuation lt Attenuation gt This command defines the input attenuation In spectrum mode the attenuation is coupled to the reference level If you set the attenuation independently the R amp S ZVH turns off this coupling The R amp S ZVH adjusts the reference level if it can not be set for the current RF attenuation Parameter lt Attenuation gt Numeric value in in the range from 0 dB to 40 dB in 5 dB steps Softwa
83. PI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth ALTernate lt y gt lt Bandwidth gt This command defines the bandwidth of the alternate channels If you set the channel bandwidth for the first alternate channel the R amp S ZVH sets the bandwidth of the other alternate channels to the same value The command works hierarchically to set a bandwidth of the 10th and 8th channel you have to set the bandwidth of the 8th channel first Instead of BANDwidth you can also use the alias BWIDth Parameter lt Bandwidth gt Numeric value in Hz Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value 14 kHz SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel MODE lt PowerMode gt This command selects the way the R amp S ZVH displays the power of adjacent channels The number of adjacent and alternate channels has to be greater than 0 for the command to work Parameter lt PowerMode gt ABSolute shows the absolute power of all channels RELative shows the power of adjacent and alternate channels in relation to the transmission channel Example POW ACH MODE ABS Shows absolute powers for all channels Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 119 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer SENSe POWer ACHannel PRESet RLEVel This command adjusts the reference level to the measured signal powe
84. PI Command Structure and Syntax EEE ee en Responses to Queries 5 4 Responses to Queries A query is defined for each setting command unless explicitly specified otherwise It is formed by adding a question mark to the associated setting command According to SCPI the responses to queries are partly subject to stricter rules than in standard IEEE 488 2 e The requested parameter is transmitted without header Example INPut COUPling Response DC e Maximum values minimum values and all further quantities which are requested via a special text parameter are returned as numerical values Example SENSe FREQuency STOP MAX Response 3 5E9 e Numerical values are output without a unit Physical quantities are referred to the basic units or to the units set using the Unit command Example SENSe FREQuency CENTer Response 156 for 1 MHz e Truth values Boolean values gt are returned as 0 for OFF and 1 for ON Example SEN Ze BANDwidth AUTO Response 1 for ON e Text character data is returned in a short form Example SYSTem COMMunicate SERial CONTrol RTS Response STAN for standard Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 27 R amp S ZVH Command Sequence and Command Synchronization Responses to Queries 6 Command Sequence and Command Synchronization What has been said above makes clear that all commands can potentially be carried out overlapping In order to pre
85. PS QUALIity p 179 SYSTem POSition GPS SATellites p 180 SYSTem POSition LATitude p 180 SYSTem POSition LONGitude p 180 SYSTem POSition VALid p 181 SYSTem POSition ALTitude This command queries the altitude of the current position of the R amp S ZVH lt altitude gt Altitude in meters above sea level If the GPS receiver is inactive this query returns 0 Example SYST POS ALT Return value would be for example 554 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POSition GPS STATe lt State gt This command turns the GPS receiver R amp S HA Z240 on and off Note that the GPS receiver only works if a connection between the R amp S ZVH and a GPS signal transmitter is established Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example SYST POS GPS ON Activates the GPS receiver Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 178 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem POSition GPS CONNected This command queries if the R amp S ZVH is currently connected to the GPS receiver Return values 0 no connection to a satellite 1 connection to a satellite established Example SYST POS GPS CONN Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POSition GPS CORRection FREQuency This command queries the frequency correction factor The R amp S ZVH calculates this factor from a referen
86. R amp S ZVH Remote Control via LAN or USB Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 ROHDE amp SCHWARZ Test amp Measurement Software Manual The Software Manual describes the following R amp S ZVH models and options e R amp S ZVH K40 1309 7013 02 for the R amp S ZVH models e R amp S ZVH4 1309 6800 24 e R amp S ZVH8 1309 6800 28 The contents of this manual correspond to firmware version 1 50 or higher 2014 Rohde amp Schwarz GmbH amp Co KG Muehldorfstr 15 81671 Munich Germany Phone 49 89 4129 0 Fax 49 89 4129 12 164 E mail info rohde schwarz com Internet http www rohde schwarz com 81671 Munich Germany Subject to change Data without tolerance limits is not binding R amp S is a registered trademark of Rohde amp Schwarz GmbH amp Co KG Trade names are trademarks of the owners The following abbreviations are used throughout this manual R amp S ZVH is abbreviated as R amp S ZVH Customer Support Technical support where and when you need it For quick expert help with any Rohde amp Schwarz equipment contact one of our Customer Support Centers A team of highly qualified engineers provides telephone support and will work with you to find a solution to your query on any aspect of the operation programming or applications of Rohde amp Schwarz equipment Up to date information and upgrades To keep your instrument up to date and to be informed about new application no
87. RO ALE EE 192 SYSTem ERRor CODE ALL niisccccsisesscssisdevesisessevsseeatevadeessessaesieevsasesscvsavestvesiseseesas 193 SGv GtemERbor CODEINEXTI 193 SYSTem ERRO COUNT 2 desen ANS SE SEENEN add iets SES 193 SYSTEM ERROr NEXT sne eb rede aa a aa a aa i a abled 192 eh HK reel ie E RE 194 GvGfemHELbGvhNtfavg esre tn rttr e esne rr rnnr ner rnrn re nenn 194 SYSTem LANGuage lt Language gt mmrnnrrnnrennrrnnrennrrenrennrrenrennrrenrennrrenrennrneerennrreseennnne 194 GvGfemlANGuaoeCATalogi nnne enn 195 Gem bOGmion AL Tude 178 Gem bOGmion GbGCOhNNected 179 GvVGTemPOZSmon GPS CObecthon FERE Ouency 179 SYSTem POSition GPS QUALIty mmennrrnnrrnnvrvnrennrrnnrrnnrrenrennrrenrennrrenrrnnrreerenrresrennnne 179 SYSTem POSition GPS SATellites ramunvrrrrrnnvvnnnnerrrannnvnrrrnnrvvnnnnenrrannnenrrnnenensnnnenern 180 Gv GtembOGmgon GPGIGTATel Gtatez ne eeee etrr tr rs erertrnrrn nenret nnne nne 178 SYSTem POSItion LATitUde o oo eee cece aa E AENA 180 SYSTem POSition LONGitude rarurvnrrannnvvrvnnvnvvnnnnenrranenenrrnnenvvnnnnenvrannnenvrnnanensnnnenern 180 GvGTem bOSitonVAL dy 181 SYSTem POWer GOLUlbcei A EE A 195 Eh d ale deM H TEE 195 SYSTem 5 EE EEE 196 SYSTem PRESet CALibration DISCard lt State gt onnnnnnoeosnennnnnnoessnnrrrreresnrrnrrrreeen 68 SYSTtem PRESetFAC TOY curseone deed 196 SYSTem PRESet MODE Mode 196 SYSTem PRESet USER besetz 197 SYSTEM REBOOT EE 197 SYSTem SET LOCK Filehamez 172 SYSTem SET UNL
88. STB or a serial poll The STB is linked to the SRE The latter corresponds to the ENABIe part of the SCPI registers in its function Each bit of the STB is assigned a bit in the SRE Bit 6 of the SRE is ignored If a bit is set in the SRE and the associated bit in the STB changes from 0 to 1 a service request SRQ is generated which triggers an interrupt in the controller if this is appropriately configured and can be further processed there The SRE can be set using the command SRE and read using the command SRE Table 7 1 Meaning of the bits used in the Status Byte Error Queue not empty The bit is set when an entry is made in the error queue If this bit is enabled by the SRE each entry of the error queue generates a service request Thus an error can be recognized and specified in greater detail by polling the error queue The poll provides an informative error message This procedure is to be recommended since it considerably reduces the problems involved with remote control QUEStionable status sum bit The bit is set if an EVENt bit is set in the QUEStionable status register and the associated ENABIe bit is set to 1 A set bit indicates a questionable instrument status which can be specified in greater detail by polling the QUEStionable status register MAV bit message available The bit is set if a message is available in the output buffer which can be read This bit can be used to enable data to be automatically r
89. Se JFREQuency SPAN lt Span gt p 35 SENSe FREQuency SPAN AUTO lt State gt p 36 SENSe JFREQuency SPAN FULL p 73 SENSe JFREQuency STARt lt StartFrequency gt p 36 SENSe JFREQuency STOP lt StopFrequency gt p 36 For a detailed description of all commands not included here refer to Configuring the Horizontal Axis in CAT mode SENSe FREQuency INPut MODE lt InputMode gt This command selects the frequency mode Select the Channel frequency mode only if you want to work with channel tables In this case the input of the center frequency is not a frequency value but a channel number Parameter lt InputMode gt FREQuency sets the frequency input mode to frequency input Hz CHANnel sets the frequency input mode to selection of a channel Example FREQ INP MODE CHAN Sets the frequency mode to work with channel tables Characteristics RST value FREQ SCPI device specific SENSe FREQuency MODE lt OperationMode gt This command the measurement domain frequency or time In the time domain CW and FlXed set the frequency with SENSe FREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt In the frequency domain SWEep set it with SENSe FREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt SENSe FREQuency SPAN lt Span gt SS Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 72 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer SENSe FREQuency STARt lt StartFrequency gt SENSe FREQuenc
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91. T value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NOISe RESult This command queries the result of the noise measurement To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 99 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Return value lt NoiseLevel gt The unit depends on UNIT POWer Example INIT CONT OFF Turns on single sweep mode CALC MARK2 ON CALC MARK2 FUNC NOIS ON Turns on marker 2 and assigns the noise measurement to that marker INIT WAI CALC MARK2 NOIS RES Performs the measurement and queries the noise marker results Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion REFerence This command matches the reference level to the power level of a marker If you use a delta marker the R amp S ZVH turns it into a normal marker This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC MARK1 FUNC REF Matches the reference level to the power level of marker 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 100 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7
92. This command turns the frequency counter at the marker position on and off You can read out the result with CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt FREQuency Frequency counting is possible only for one marker at a time If it is activated for another marker it is automatically deactivated for the previous marker To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end to make sure that the R amp S ZVH actually reaches the frequency you want to measure This is only possible in single sweep mode The suffix lt m gt selects the marker Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example INIT CONT OFF CALC MARK ON Turns on single sweep mode and marker 1 CALC MARK COUN ON Turns on the frequency counter for marker 1 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 95 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer INIT WAI CALC MARK COUN FREQ Performs a measurement and queries the results of the frequency counter Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FREQuency MODE lt InputMode gt This command selects the marker frequency display mode Parameter lt InputMode gt FREQuency sets the marker frequency mode to frequency input Hz CHANnel sets the marker frequency mode to channel input channel number Example CALC MARK FREQ MODE FREQ Selects the frequency display mode Charact
93. UTO is set to ON SCPI conform SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt This command couples or decouples the measurement bandwidth to the span Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example BAND AUTO OFF Switches off the coupling of the resolution bandwidth to the span Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform mn Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 44 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 4 Performing and Triggering Measurements 7 2 4 1 Performing the Measurement The following commands configure the sweep List of commands e INITiate CONTinuous lt SweepMode gt p 83 e SENSe SWEep POINts lt Points gt p 45 For a detailed description of commands refer to Performing and Triggering Measurements in spectrum analyzer mode SENSe SWEep POINts lt Points gt This command selects the number of measurement points Parameter lt Points gt 101 201 401 601 631 801 1001 1201 Example SWE POIN 101 Defines 101 measurement points Characteristics RST value 201 SCPI conform 7 2 4 2 Triggering Measurements The following commands set up trigger conditions if you are using a trigger for the measurement List of commands e TRIGger SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt p 45 e TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt TriggerSlope gt p 46 e TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSource gt p 46 TRIGger
94. VSWR no unit Example CALC TRAC VSWR MAX STAT ON CALC TRAC VSWR AVG RES Queries the average VSWR Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 64 7 2 8 6 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX RESult This command queries the maximum VSWR measurement result The command is available when the calculation of the VSWR has been turned on with CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX STATe lt State gt Return value Maximum VSWR no unit Example CALC TRAC VSWR MAX STAT ON CALC TRAC VSWR MAX RES Queries the maximum VSWR Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Calibrating the Measurement The following commands control calibration of cable measurements List of commands CALibration ABORt p 65 CALibration AT Tenuation STATus p 66 CALibration CONTinue p 66 CALibration MODE p 66 CALibration STARt lt CalibrationMethod gt p 67 SYSTem PRESet CALibration DISCard lt State gt p 68 CALibration ABORt This command aborts calibration This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example CAL ABOR Aborts calibration Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer CALibration ATTenuation STATus This command queries the current calibra
95. acteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF This command turns off all active markers delta markers and active marker measurement functions This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example CALC MARK AOFF Turns off all markers Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum PEAK This command positions a marker on the current trace maximum If necessary the corresponding marker is activated first This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC MARK2 MAX Moves marker 2 to the maximum peak Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 55 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum NEXT This command positions a marker on the next smaller trace maximum If necessary the corresponding marker is activated first This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC MARK2 MAX NEXT Moves marker 2 to the next smaller maximum peak Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MINimum PEAK This command positions a marker on the current trace minimum If necessary the corresponding marker is activated first This command
96. airs of adjacent channels Parameter lt ChannelPairs gt Numeric value in the range from 1 to 12 The number corresponds to a pair of adjacent channels one channel on the left and one on the right of the transmission channel Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth CHANnel lt Bandwidth gt This command defines the channel bandwidth of the transmission channels Instead of BANDwidth you can also use the alias BWIDth Parameter lt Bandwidth gt Numeric value in Hz Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value 14 kHz SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth ACHannel lt Bandwidth gt This command defines the channel bandwidth of the adjacent channel The adjacent channel is the first pair of channels next to the transmission channels If you set the channel bandwidth for these channels the R amp S ZVH sets the bandwidth of the alternate channels to the same value Instead of BANDwidth you can also use the alias BWIDth Parameter lt Bandwidth gt Numeric value in Hz Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt A ee Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 118 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value 14 kHz SC
97. ameters Text Character strings Block data The type of parameter required for each command and the allowed range of values are specified in the command description 5 2 1 Numeric Values Numeric values can be entered in any form i e with sign decimal point and exponent Values exceeding the resolution of the instrument are rounded up or down The mantissa may comprise up to 255 characters the exponent must lie inside the value range 32000 to 32000 The exponent is introduced by an E or e Entry of the exponent alone is not permissible In the case of physical quantities the unit can be entered Permissible unit prefixes are G giga MA mega MOHM and MHZ are also possible K kilo M milli U micro and N nano If the unit is missing the basic unit is used Example SENSe FREQuency STOP 1 5GHz SENSe FREQuency STOP 1 559 5 2 2 Special Numeric Values The texts MINimum MAXimum DEFault UP and DOWN are interpreted as special numeric values In case of a query the numeric value is returned e MIN MAX MINimum and MAXimum denote the minimum and maximum value e DEF DEFault denotes a preset value which has been stored in the EPROM This value conforms to the default setting as it is called by the RST command e UP DOWN UP DOWN increases or reduces the numerical value by one step The step width can be specified via an allocated step command for each parameter which can be set via UP DOWN
98. ance in complex format real imaginary NIMPedance standardized impedance in complex format real imaginary NORMal normal marker RPDB reflection coefficient in complex format magnitude dB phase Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 146 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Ech Remote Commande of the Network Analyzer Mode RPL reflection coefficient in complex format magnitude lin phase RSCalar reflection coefficient in complex format real imaginary Example CALC MARK MODE ADM Selects admittance in complex format with real and imaginary components Characteristics RST value NORMal SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y This command queries the measurement results at the marker position If necessary the corresponding marker is activated first To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end between activating the delta marker and reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode Return value The return value depends on the marker format you have selected with CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MODE ADMittance lt real part gt lt imaginary part gt IMPedance lt real part gt lt imaginary part gt NADMittance lt real part gt lt imaginary part gt NIMPedance lt real part gt lt imaginary part gt NORMal lt value gt trace value RPDB lt magnitude in dB gt lt phase gt RPL lt magnitude line
99. and is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt error number gt lt error description gt lt error number gt number that contains information about the error negative number error as defined in the SCPI standard positive number error that is specific to the R amp S ZVH lt error description gt string containing a short error description If the error queue is empty the command returns 0 no error Example STAT ERR Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem ERRor ALL This command queries the complete error queue This command is a query and therefore no RST value Return value lt error number gt lt error description gt lt error number gt number that contains information about the error negative number error as defined in the SCPI standard positive number error that is specific to the R amp S ZVH lt error description gt string containing a short error description The number of values depends on the length of the queue If the error queue is empty the command returns 0 no error Example SYST ERR ALL Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 192 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem ERRor CODE NEXT This command queries the code of the next error in the error queue This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt error number gt number tha
100. annels and adjacent alternate channels has to be greater than 0 for the command to work Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 120 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Parameter lt RefChannel gt Numeric value from 1 to 12 The actual value range depends on the number of active transmission channels Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing ACHannel lt Spacing gt This command defines the spacing between the transmission channel and its adjacent channel A change of the adjacent channel spacing causes a change in the spacing of all alternate channels above the adjacent channel Parameter lt Spacing gt Numeric value in Hz Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt Characteristics RST value 14 kHz SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing ALTernate lt y gt lt Spacing gt This command defines the spacing between alternate channels If you set the channel spacing for the first alternate channel the R amp S ZVH sets the bandwidth of the other alternate channels to the same value The command works hierarchically to set a spacing of the 10th and 8th channel you have to set the spacing of the 8th channel first Parameter lt Spacing gt Numeric value in Hz Example See SENSe POWer ACHannel
101. ar gt lt phase gt RSCalar lt real part gt lt imaginary part gt Example INIT CONT OFF CALC MARK2 ON Turns on single sweep mode and marker 2 INIT WAI CALC MARK2 Y Performs a measurement and queries the marker position Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 147 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 6 2 Marker Functions The following commands perform various kinds of analysis at the marker position The suffix lt n gt at DISPlay selects the measurement screen in dual trace mode and is in the range lt 1 2 gt List of commands DISPlay lt n gt IMPedance REFerence POSition lt Impedance gt p 148 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM AREA STAT lt State gt p 148 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM FACTor lt ZoomFactor gt p 149 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM X lt HorizShift gt p 149 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM Y lt VerticalShift gt p 149 DISPlay lt n gt IMPedance REFerence POSition lt Impedance gt This command sets the reference impedance for the smith chart measurement format The impedance can be between 1mQ and 10 kQ Parameter lt Impedance gt Numeric value in the rnage from 1 mQ to 10 kQ Example DISP IMP REF POS 75 OHM Sets the reference impedance to 75 Ohm Characteristics RST value 50 SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM AREA STAT lt State gt This command turns the marker zoom funct
102. ataset Example SYST SET UNL Dataset001 set Removes write protection from the file Dataset001 set Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific gege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 172 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Making and Storing Screenshots 7 7 Making and Storing Screenshots The following commands manage screenshots These commands are independent from the operating mode List of commands DISPlay WINDow STORe p 173 HCOPy DEVice LANGuage p 173 HCOPy IMMediate p 174 MMEMory NAME lt FileName gt p 174 DISPlay WINDow STORe This command makes a screenshot of the current display contens in png or jpg format and stores it on the R amp S ZVH internal memory You can select a file name for the screenshot in png format with MMEMory NAME lt FileName gt and select the file format of the screenshot with HCOPy DEVice LANGuage This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example HCOP DEV LANG PNG MMEM NAME Public Screen Shots Test png DISP WIND STOR Makes and stores a screenshot of the current screen in a file Test png Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific HCOPy DEVice LANGuage This command selects the file format for screenshots Parameter PNG JPG Example HCOP DEV LANG PNG Selects the png format for screenhots Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 117
103. ate PMETer RELative MAGNitude OFF Set lt Offset gt rrrnnrrnnrrrnrrrrnnrnnn 160 CA Culate TRACeCAbBlelENGREGu 153 CALCulate TRACe CABLe LENGth STATe lt State gt msnrrnnrerrrrrrnrrrrrrnrrrrrrrrnnnnnn 153 CALCulate TRACe CABLe LOSS RESUlt ooo ccc ccc eccccsseeeeeeeeeceseeeeeeesaaaueeewaaaes 64 CALCulate TRACe CABLe TIME RESult o oo cece cece eeccesceeeeeseseeeeseeeeseesanaeeeenaas 154 CALCulate TRACe CABLe TIME STATe f toate z aeee en erre rereerrrrn renn 154 CA COulate TRACeVGWRAVGHREGOh 64 CA COulate TRACeVGWRMAXREGu 65 CA Culate TRACeVGWbR MAX GTATe Gtatez 63 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK COUN evvvvrnavvvvvrnnrvvnnnnenrrnnnnnnvvnnenvvnnnnenrrnnn 69 CAL Culate TR AhNstom D TFaultrPDEAK DAT Ac 69 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK THReshold lt Threshold gt ruuvrvvrruvvvunnnenrrnn 70 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK STATe lt State gt nannnnnneeeeeeenennneneseerr nnne en 69 CALCulate VVMeter MAGNitude REFerence rmrunrrannnvnrvrnervvnnnnenrrannnenrrnnenevsnnnenern 156 CALCulate VVMeter MAGNitude RESult ruruvvravnnerrrannnenrrnnnnvvnnnnenvrnnnnenrrnnenennnnnenern 156 CA COlatevVVhMeierDHAGetterencei 156 CA COlatevVVhMeierDHAGehRE Gu 157 CALCulate VVMeter REFerence STATe lt State gt m mmmmmmerrmererrrrrrmrrrrrrerrrrrrrrnnnn 157 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt AOFF i muevvvrrervvnnnnnnrrnnannnvvnnnrvvnnnnenrrnnenenvvnnenvvnnnnenrrnnn 52 CALCulate lt n gt
104. ay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel lt ReferenceLevel gt p 75 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet lt Offset gt p 75 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RPOSition lt ReferencePosition gt p 76 INPut AT Tenuation lt Attenuation gt p 42 INPut AT Tenuation MODE lt AttenuationMode gt p 76 INPut AT Tenuation AUTO lt State gt p 77 INPut GAIN STATe lt State gt p 77 INPut IMPedance lt Impedance gt p 77 SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt c gt STATe lt State gt p 78 SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt c gt SELect lt TransducerFactor gt p 78 SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt c gt UNIT p 78 UNIT POWer lt Unit gt p 79 For a detailed description of all commands not included here refer to Configuring the Vertical Axis in CAT mode DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SPACing lt Scaling gt This command selects the scaling of the vertical axis Parameter lt Scaling gt LOGarithmic logarithmic scaling LINear linear scaling Example DISP TRAC Y SPAC LIN Selects linear scaling of the level axis Characteristics RST value LOGarithmic SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis Note that you have to set a logarithmic scaling before you can use this command
105. ayRange gt p 40 DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude Y SPACing lt Scaling gt p 41 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MINimum lt BottomValue gt p 41 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MAXimum lt TopValue gt p 42 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 42 INPut AT Tenuation lt Attenuation gt p 42 SOURce TG AT Tenuation lt TGAttenuation gt p 43 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe ADJust This command automatically scales the vertical axis for ideal display results This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example DISP TRAC Y ADJ Determines the ideal scaling for the y axis Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific DISPlay LOSS REFerence lt RefValue gt This command defines the reference value for the cable loss measurement format Parameter lt RefValue gt Numeric value in the range from 100 dB to 100 dB Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 38 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example DISP LOSS REF 10 Defines a reference level of 10 dB Characteristics RST value 0 dB SCPI device specific DISPlay LOSS REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt This command defines the position of the reference value in the diagram for the cable loss measurement format Each step shifts the reference position one grid line up or down Parameter lt RefPosition gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 10
106. ce signal provided by the GPS receiver R amp S HA Z240 The reference signal is used to determine the deviation of the internal clock of the instrument The deviation can be turned into a correction factor for the measured frequency Return values lt floating point value gt If the GPS receiver is inactive this query returns 0 Example SYST POS GPS CORR FREQ Queries the frequency correction factor Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POSition GPS QUALity This command queries the quality of the GPS signal Return values INSufficient LOW MEDium HIGh EXCellent Example SYST POS GPS QUAL Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific EEE ez Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 179 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SYSTem POSition GPS SATellites This command queries the number of tracked satellites Return values lt number of satellites gt Example SYST POS GPS SAT Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POSition LATitude This command queries the latitude of the current position of the R amp S ZVH Return values lt sign gt lt degrees gt lt minutes gt lt seconds gt lt sign gt no sign northern hemisphere negative sign southern hemisphere lt degrees gt degrees of latitude integer value lt minutes gt minutes of latitude integer value lt seconds gt seconds of latitude fl
107. commands configure the data capture These commands are independent from the operating mode List of commands e SYSTem CAPTure COUNter lt Counter gt p 175 e SYSTem CAPture MODE lt MODE gt p 175 SYSTem CAPTure COUNter lt Counter gt This command defines the start of the file name counter The counter numbers the files stored when you capture data screenshots datasets etc Parameter lt Counter gt String containing the number with which to start numbering files Example SYST CAPT COUN 0100 Starts numbering files with 0100 e g Measurement0100 png Characteristics RST value 0000 SCPI device specific SYSTem CAPture MODE lt MODE gt This command selects the data types that the R amp S ZVH saves when you capture the current measurement data Parameter lt Mode gt SCReen Saves a screenshot DATaset Saves a dataset BOTH Saves a screenshot and a dataset Example SYST CAPT MODE BOTH Captures both a screenshot and a dataset of the current measurement Characteristics RST value SCReen SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 175 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument 7 9 Configuring the Instrument The following commands configure general instrument settings These commands are independent from the operating mode Contents Mode Selection on page 176 Controlling the GPS Receiver on page 178 Display Configuration on page 182 Au
108. cts a file containing a user defined preset state Parameter lt Preset gt filename of the user defined preset state Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem REBoot This command initiates a reboot of the R amp S ZVH This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example SYST REB Restarts the R amp S ZVH Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem SHUTdown This command turns the R amp S ZVH off This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example SYST SHUT Turns the R amp S ZVH off Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem TIME lt Time gt This command sets the internal clock Parameter lt Time gt Numeric value indicating the time You have to enter the time as comma separated values after the string with the file name The sequence is hour minute second The available value range is 0 23 0 59 0 59 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 197 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument Example SYST TIME 12 30 30 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem TZONee lt TimeShift gt This command defines a shift of the system time to select another time zone Parameter lt TimeShift gt Numeric vakue indicating the time shift You have to enter the time shift as comma separated value The equence is hour minute The available value range is 0 23 0 59 Exampl
109. ded here refer to Working with Traces in CAT mode CALCulate MATH EXPRession DEFine lt Expression gt This command defines the mathematical expression for relating traces to trace 1 You have to activate trace mathematics with CALCulate MATH lt t gt STATe lt State gt first Parameter lt Expression gt IMPLied memory Subtracts the trace in memory from the current trace memory IMPLied Subtracts the current trace from the trace in memory Example CALC MATH MTRACE TRACE Selects the subtraction of the current trace from trace in the memory Characteristics RST value SCPI conform CALCulate MATH STATe lt State gt This command turns trace mathematics on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 89 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example CALC MATH STAT ON Switches on the trace mathematics Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI conform DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt STATe lt State gt This command turns a trace on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example DISP TRAC2 ON Turns the trace on Characteristics RST value ON for TRACe1 OFF for TRACe2 SCPI conform DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt TraceMode gt This command selects the trace mode If you are using the average max hold or min hold trace mode you can set the number of measurements with
110. dio Settings on page 184 Setting up a Network Connection on page 186 System Settings on page 189 7 9 1 Mode Selection This chapter describes all commands that select the operating mode of the R amp S ZVH List of commands e INSTrument SELect lt OperatingMode gt p 176 e INSTrument NSELect lt OperatingMode gt p 177 INSTrument SELect lt OperatingMode gt This command selects the operating mode Parameter lt OperatingMode gt ACT cable and antenna analyzer NAN network analyzer PM power meter SANalyzer spectrum analyzer VVMeter vector voltmeter Example INST SAN Selects spectrum analyzer mode Characteristics RST value ACT SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 176 Configuring the Instrument INSTrument NSELect lt OperatingMode gt This command selects the operating mode Parameter 1 spectrum analyzer 2 network analyzer 5 power meter 11 cable and antenna analyzer 12 vector voltmeter Example INST NSEL 1 Selects spectrum analyzer mode Characteristics RST value 11 SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument 7 9 2 Controlling the GPS Receiver This chapter describes all commands that control the GPS receiver List of commands SYSTem POSition ALTitude p 178 SYSTem POSition GPS STATe lt State gt p 178 SYSTem POSition GPS CONNected p 179 SYSTem POSition GPS CORRection FREQuency p 179 SYSTem POSition G
111. e SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute STATe lt State gt This command turns the absolute limit check for the adjacent channel on and off You have to activate the general ACLR limit check before using this command with CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt first Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC LIM ACP ACH ABS STAT ON Activates the absolute limit check Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RESult This command queries the result of the limit check of the adjacent channels To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 125 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Return value The return value consists of two values one for the lower and one for the upper adjacent channel FAILed limit check failed PASSed limit check passed Example CALC LIM ACP ACH RES Queries the limit check results The command would return e g FAILED FAILED Upper and lower adjacent channels violate a limit Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative lt Lim
112. e SYST TZON 01 00 Shifts the time an hour ahead Characteristics RST value 0 0 SCPI device specific SYSTem VERSion This command queries the SCPI version the remote control is based on This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value 1999 0 Example SYST VERS Characteristics RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 198 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System 7 10 Status Reporting System The status reporting system stores all information on the present operating state of the instrument and on errors which have occurred This information is stored in the status registers and in the error queue The status registers and the error queue can be queried via Ethernet The information is of a hierarchical structure The register status byte STB defined in IEEE 488 2 and its associated mask register service request enable SRE form the uppermost level The STB receives its information from the standard event status register ESR which is also defined in IEEE 488 2 with the associated mask register standard event status enable ESE and registers STATus OPERation and STATus QUEStionable which are defined by SCPI and contain detailed information on the instrument The output buffer contains the messages the instrument returns to the controller It is not part of the status reporting system but determines the value of the MAV bit in the STB 7 10 1 St
113. e the fifth grid line from the bottom Characteristics RST value 10 SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt PHASe Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis for the phase measurement format Parameter lt DisplayRange gt Numeric value in the range from 90 to 100000 The number you enter is rounded up to the next possible display range For example if you enter 80 the R amp S ZVH automatically sets the display range to 90 eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 140 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode Example DISP PHAS Y SCAL 180 Sets the display range of the phase measurement to 180 Characteristics RST value 360 SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt PHASe UNWRap lt State gt This command removes the restriction limiting the value range to 180 Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example DISP PHAS UNWR ON Activates the phase unwrap Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt REFLection Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis for the reflection coefficient measurement format Parameter lt DisplayRange gt Numeric value in the range from 1 dB to 1000 mrho The number you enter is rounded up to the next possible display range For example if you enter 18 the R amp S ZVH automatically sets the display range to
114. e brackets can be incorporated optionally in the command or omitted as well Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 20 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax Ech Structure of a Command Example MMEMory NETWork MAP lt string gt lt string gt string gt lt string gt lt boolean gt Entries in square brackets are optional or can be omitted Parameters in curly brackets are optional and can be inserted once or several times or omitted Example ENSe LIST FREQuency lt numeric value gt lt numeric value gt he following are valid commands ENS LIST FREQ 10 ENS LIST FREQ 10 20 ENS LIST FREQ 10 20 30 40 S T S S S 5 1 2 7 Numeric Suffix If a device features several functions or features of the same kind e g inputs the desired function can be selected by a suffix added to the command Entries without suffix are interpreted like entries with the suffix 1 Optional keywords must be specified if they select a function with the suffix Example SYSTem COMMunicate SERial2 BAUD 9600 This command sets the baud rate of a second serial interface Suffix counting In case of remote control suffix counting may differ from the numbers of the corresponding selection used in manual operation SCPI prescribes that suffix counting starts with 1 Suffix 1 is the default state and used when no specific suffix is specified Some standards define a fixed numbering starting wi
115. e command OPC exactly when all previous commands have been executed Query Error This bit is set if either the controller wants to read data from the instrument without having sent a query or if it does not fetch requested data and sends new instructions to the instrument instead The cause is often a query which is faulty and hence cannot be executed Device dependent Error This bit is set if a device dependent error occurs An error message with a number between 300 and 399 or a positive error number which denotes the error in greater detail is entered into the error queue Execution Error This bit is set if a received command is syntactically correct but cannot be performed for other reasons An error message with a number between 200 and 300 which denotes the error in greater detail is entered into the error queue Command Error This bit is set if a command is received which is undefined or syntactically incorrect An error message with a number between 100 and 200 which denotes the error in greater detail is entered into the error queue ee SC Power On supply voltage on This bit is set on switching on the instrument Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 203 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands senn tene sitt Status Reporting System 7 10 4 1 STATus OPERation Register In the CONDition part this register contains information on which actions the instrument is being executing or in the EVENt part
116. e commands for configuring the horizontal axis are also valid for other operating modes If a command is available in another mode it is indicated by the list in the respective section O Commands independent of the operating mode List of commands SENSe FREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt p 34 SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP lt StepSize gt p 34 SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK lt StepSizeCoupling gt p 35 SENSe JFREQuency SPAN lt Span gt p 35 SENSe JFREQuency SPAN AUTO lt State gt p 36 SENSe JFREQuency STARt lt StartFrequency gt p 36 SENSe JFREQuency STOP lt StopFrequency gt p 36 CALCulate DTF DISTance STARt lt StartDistance gt p 37 CALCulate DTF DISTance STOP lt StopDistance gt p 37 SENSe FREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt This command defines the center frequency of the R amp S ZVH In spectrum analyzer mode the command also defines the measuring frequency for time domain measurements span 0 Parameter lt Frequency gt Numeric value in Hz The range depends on the operating mode and is specified in the data sheet Example FREQ CENT 100MHz Defines a center frequency of 100 MHz Characteristics RST value fmax 2 with fmax maximum frequency SCPI conform SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP lt StepSize gt This command defines the center frequency step size Parameter lt StepSize gt Numeric value in Hz The range is from 1 Hz to fmax Softwa
117. e gt This command sets the measurement mode for network analysis measurements Parameter lt MeasMode gt SCALar scalar measurements VECTor vector measurements Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 150 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode Example MEAS MODE SCAL Starts a scalar measurement Characteristics RST value VECTor SCPI device specific 7 4 7 3 Calibrating the Measurement The following commands query and control calibration for two port measurements List of commands e CALCulate CALKit USER OFFSet lt p gt LENGth lt ElecLengthOffs gt p 151 e CALibration MODE p 151 e CALibration STATus p 152 CALCulate CALKit USER OFFSet lt p gt LENGth lt ElecLengthOffs gt This command sets the offset of the electrical length It is taken into account for phase measurements and in the Smith Chart when phase correction for additional cables and adapters has to be performed The offset is taken into account for phase measurements and the Smith chart if you perform phase correction for additional cables and adapters Parameter lt ElecLengthOffset gt Numeric value in the range from 0 mm to 100 m Example CALK USER OFFS2 LENG 500 MM Sets the offset length of port 2 to 500 millimeter Characteristics RST value 0 mm SCPI device specific CALibration MODE This command queries if the current measurement is calibrated This command
118. e upper limit line Characteristics RST value SCPI conform CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer THReshold lt Level gt This command defines the level of an upper threshold limit line Parameter lt Level gt Numeric value whose unit depends on the unit you have currently selected for the vertical axis Example CALC LIM UPP THR 10DBM Defines a threshold of 10 dBm Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 106 7 3 8 7 3 8 1 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Configuring and Using Measurement Functions The R amp S ZVH provides measurement functions that allow you to perform advanced measurements and can also be controlled remotely General measurement functions e Working with Channel Tables on page 107 Power measurements Power Measurements on page 110 Measuring the Channel Power on page 113 Measuring the Occupied Bandwidth on page 115 TDMA Measurements on page 116 Measuring the Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio on page 117 Measuring the Spectrum Emission Mask on page 132 Measuring Spurious Emissions on page 134 Other measurements e Measuring the Harmonic Distortion on page 129 e Measuring the AM Modulation Depth on page 131 Isotropic Antenna e Using an Isotropic Antenna on page 135 Working with Channel Tables Use the following commands to work with channel tables List of commands SENSe JCHANnel lt ChannelNumber gt p 10
119. ead from the instrument to the controller ESB bit Sum bit of the event status register It is set if one of the bits in the event status register is set and enabled in the event status enable register Setting of this bit indicates a serious error which can be specified in greater detail by polling the event status register MSS bit master status summary bit The bit is set if the instrument triggers a service request This is the case if one of the other bits of this registers is set together with its mask bit in the service request enable register SRE OPERation status register sum bit The bit is set if an EVENt bit is set in the OPERation status register and the associated ENABle bit is set to 1 A set bit indicates that the instrument is just performing an action The type of action can be determined by polling the OPERation status register Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 202 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Ee Status Reporting System 7 10 4 Event Status Register ESR and Event Status Enable Register ESE The ESR is defined in IEEE 488 2 It can be compared with the EVENt part of a SCPI register The event status register can be read out using command ESR The ESE is the associated ENABle part It can be set using the command ESE and read using the command ESE Table 7 2 Meaning of the bits in the event status register Bit No Meaning Operation Complete This bit is set on receipt of th
120. eak Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum NEXT This command positions a delta marker on the next smaller trace maximum If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC DELT2 MAX NEXT Moves delta marker 2 to the next smaller maximum peak Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MINimum PEAK This command positions a delta marker on the current trace minimum If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 52 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example CALC DELT3 MIN Moves delta marker 3 to the trace minimum Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt This command positions a delta marker on a particular coordinate on the horizontal axis Note that it is possible to place the marker outside the visible trace In that case this value is invalid If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first Parameter lt Coordinate gt Numeric value that indicates the coordinate on the horizontal axis The range corresponds to
121. eceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaees 150 Measurement AD OM EE 83 er EE 120 AM modulation dert 135 elle EE 114 harmonic distortion rrrrrrrrrrrerrrervrrrrrrvrvrnrvrnrrrnesnnnne 133 network analysis ee eee eee eeeeeeeteseeeeteeeeeenaeees 154 D EN 100 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 223 R amp S ZVH Index occupied bandwidth rrorvnnnnonnnrnrrnnnnnnrnnnnrrrnnennnrrnnnnnn 117 SONS CU OM eege 111 spectrum emission mask cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeees 136 SPUriOUS EMISSION cceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 138 STAM rae sedagi rai raa asdi aedd ada dreg eten 83 RUE 119 Measurement Control 46 Measurement Tomat 157 Measurement results rrnrrnnnnnnnnnnnrrrnnnnnnrnnnnnnrnnnnnnnrnnnnnn 113 Measurement time ee EE 166 Memory trade scicsescccessescessscecsaseesevesssesnascscesssseiceseenereveszceas 48 Moder 182 n dB down 100 Network tee dn oaan nastean neaei aaa snr ae AE edd 192 Noise measurement 100 Occupied bandwidth osnvrnnonvrnnnnnvrnnnnnvrnnnvrennvnvrnnnrnvrnnnr 117 Operating ul e 182 Option K42 KAn Phase unwrap Oase e Position Power evstem 201 Power Gercentage 119 Tue TE 78 Preset tege eege eege d Seege eege 31 202 Reference Impedance A 152 Reference eye 76 Adj StMENt iriiria nrin 113 123 POWEr MAE eege ee eee SNE 165 Reference level offset AAA 76 Reference position esessseieeeeeseirreteeerrtirrttestrrrrnnntersre
122. eeeeeeeeteees 211 STATus OPERation PTRansition lt SUMBit gt ccceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeteees 211 STATus OPERaton EVEN 210 STATUS PRESE Lunnan Bu sm se ae me dee Eege 209 STATus QUEStionable CONDItION srvrrrrnnrvrrronnrrrrrrnnrrerrrnnrrrrrrnnrnrrrrnnnnrrrrnnnnesrrnnnne 212 STATus QUEStionable ENABle lt SumBit gt cccceceeeeeeeeceeceeeeeteeeetieaeeeeeeneeteees 212 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency CONDiti0n urannrrnnronnrrvnnonnrrnnrrnnrrrnrenrrenernnnne 212 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency ENABle Zum bn 212 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency NTRansition lt SumBit gt eeen 212 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency PTRansition lt SumBit gt rnrnnanonnrrnnnonnrrnnnrnnnnn 213 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency EVENt rorrnnnennronnnnrnrrnnrrrrrrnrnnrnrnnnrennrrnrnnnnnn 211 STATus QUEStionable LIMit CONDItION sroreronnrrrrrrnnrrrrrrnnrrrrrrnnrrerrrnnnrrrrrnnrrrrrrnnnne 212 STATus QUEStionable LIMit ENABle Gumbtz 212 STATus QUEStionable LIMit NTRansition lt SUMBit gt ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeee 212 STATus QUEStionable LIMit PTRansition Gumbntz 213 STATus QUEStionable LIMit EVENt 0 00 cccecceceesneceeecsneeeeeseeeeeeesaeeeeesseeeeseaaes 211 STATus QUEStionable NTRansition Gumbnz nenne 212 GTATusOUEGtonable POWWerCONDmton nenne 212 STATus QUEStionable POWer ENABle Gumbitz renn 212 STATus QUEStionable POWer NTRansition lt SUMBit gt oronnn
123. eessen 98 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 214 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown RESUult uruurrannnvvrrnnnnvvnnnnnnrrannnenvvnnern 98 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown STATe lt State gt ie 99 CA COulateMAhkermz FUNGCHonchNOlGebRtEGutr 99 CAL CulateMAhkermzFUNGC noncNOlGelGiATel Gtatez ereenn 99 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion OBANdwidth BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt 115 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion OBANdwidth BANDwidth PCT lt OBW gt 116 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion POWer RESult PHZ Giate 115 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion REFerence rarunrrunnnnnrvnnannvnnnnnnrrannnnnrrnnenensnnnennrn 100 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TDMA BURSt Bure engt 116 CALCulate MATH STATe Gate 89 CALCulate MATH EXPRession DEFine Evpressionz rnrn 89 CALCulate MATH lt t gt COPY MEMOry rrverervvvvnvnnvvvrnnnnsvvrnnnrrrrrrnrrennrrenrennrresrennrreerennnne 47 CALCulate PMETer CPOWer BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt ammevvvavrrnrrrannnvnrrsnavvvsvnnenrrs 159 CALCulate PMETer PRESet BANDwidth VIDeo Bandwidih z 163 CALCulate PMETer PRESet SELect Gtandard z 164 CALCulate PMETer PRESet STATe lt State gt nnmmmmmmererererrrrrrmrrrrrrrerrrrrrrnnnnn 164 CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude HRenalue renn 159 CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitudeJ AUTO ONCE arrnnnnnnrnnnnnrnnrnnnnnnrrnrnnnnnn 160 CALCul
124. ematics or the selection of the detector The suffix lt t gt at TRACe and MATH selects the trace the command works on List of commands CALCulate MATH lt t gt COPY MEMory p 47 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MEMory STATe lt State gt p 47 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt TraceMode gt p 48 FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt p 48 MEASurement ISUP lt State gt p 49 MEASurement ISUP APER lt Aperture gt p 49 TRACe lt t gt DATA p 49 UNIT LENGth lt Unit gt p 50 CALCulate MATH lt t gt COPY MEMory This command copies the current trace into the memory of the R amp S ZVH This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example CALC MATH COPY MEM Copies the trace into the memory Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MEMory STATe lt State gt This command turns the memory trace on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example DISP TRAC MEM ON Turns on the memory trace Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 47 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt TraceMode gt This command selects the trace mode If you are using the average max hold or min hold trace mode you can set the number of measurements with SENSe JSWEep COUNt lt SweepCoun
125. en am men Benk 82 CALCulate CALKit USER OFF Set lt p gt LENGth lt ElecLengthOffs gt 0 eee 151 CALCulate DTF CABle PRESet lt CableModel gt cc eceecceceeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeetsesenaeees 62 CALCulate DTF DISTance STARt lt StartDistance gt snsesseeeeenr tenereet nr renssrrr nnne nn 37 CALCulate DTF DISTance STOP toptietancez 37 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute mit 125 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute STATe tate z 125 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RESult cececeececceeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeteeee 125 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative lt Limit gt mrrrnnrrrrrnrernrrrrnnrnnn 124 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative STATe lt State gt mrrrrrrrrrnnn 124 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute lt Limit gt aisses 127 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute STATe lt State gt 0 0 0 127 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RESult nsrmerenvrrvrenvrrvnrennrrrnrrnnnnn 128 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative mm 126 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative STATe lt State gt 126 CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt mmmmrrrrrrrrrrnrerrrrrrnrrrrrrnrrrnrrnrnnnnnn 123 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion AC Power UNIT Unptz 117 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion LEVel ON
126. ency It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable LIMit FREQuency and STATus QUEStionable FREQuency EVENt Table 7 5 Meaning of bits in STATus QUEStionable FREQuency register EXTernal REFerence This bit is set if an external reference is used 9 to 14 Not used This bit is always 0 7 10 4 4 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Register This register contains information about the observance of limit lines It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable LIMit CONDition and STATus QUEStionable LIMit EVENt Table 7 6 Meaning of bits in STATus QUEStionable LIMit register LIMit 1 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 1 is violated 1 LIMit 2 FAIL This bit is set if limit line 2 is violated This bit is always 0 7 10 4 5 STATus QUEStionable POWer Register This register contains information about possible overload states It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition and STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt Table 7 7 Meaning of bits in STATus QUEStionable POWer register 2 IF_Overload This bit is set if the IF path is overloaded IFOVL is displayed This bit is always 0 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 205 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System 7 10 5 Application of the Status Reporting Systems In order to be able to effectively use the status reporting system the information contained there must be transmitted to the controller and further
127. ep end before reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value The return value consists of two values one for the lower and one for the upper alternate channel FAILed limit check failed PASSed limit check passed Example CALC LIM ACP ALT2 RES Queries the limit check results for the second alternate channels The command would return e g FAILED FAILED Upper and lower alternate channels violate a limit Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific ACLR Result Query The following commands query results specific to the adjacent channel power measurement The suffixes lt n gt and lt m gt at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant List of commands e CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TXPower RESult p 128 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TXPower RESult This command queriesthe total TX channel power Use CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion POWer RESult lt Measurement gt to query the power of each TX channel Return value lt Power gt Example CALC MARK FUNC TXP RES Queries the total channel power over all TX channels Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 128 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 3 8 7 Measuring the Harmonic Distortion The following commands configure
128. epending on the selected standard Example CALC MARK FUNC TXP RES Queries the total channel power over all TX channels Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 132 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe JESPectrum PRESet STANdard lt Standard gt This command loads one of the predefined spectrum emission masks for a telecommunications standard Parameter lt Standard gt String containing the file name of the spectrum emission mask Example ESP PRES W CDMA 3GPP semstd Loads the SEM for 3GPP WCDMA Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe JESPectrum PRESet SETTings ONCE This command optimizes the settings for the SEM measurement This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Parameter ONCE Example ESP PRES SET ONCE Initializes an adjustment of the settings Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe SWEep MODE lt State gt This command turns the spectrum emission mask measurement on and off Parameter AUTO turns on spectrum mode ESPectrum turns on SEM measurements LIST turns on spurious emission measurements Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 133 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example SWE MODE ESP Starts the SEM measurement
129. er TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSource gt This command selects the trigger source Parameter lt TriggerSource gt IMMediate Free Run EXTernal External trigger VIDeo Video trigger For more information see R amp S ZVH operating manual chapter Setting the Sweep Example TRIG SOUR EXT Selects the external trigger input as source of the trigger signal Characteristics RST value IMMediate SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 5 Working with Traces The following commands set up the trace and the various functions associated with it e g trace mathematics or the selection of the detector The suffix lt t gt is in the range 1 2 and selects the number of the trace List of commands CALCulate MATH lt t gt EXPRession DEFine lt Expression gt p 89 CALCulate MATH lt t gt COPY MEMory p 47 CALCulate MATH lt t gt STATe lt State gt p 89 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt STATe lt State gt p 90 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MEMory STATe lt State gt p 47 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt TraceMode gt p 90 FORMat BORDer lt ByteOrder gt p 91 SENSe DETector lt t gt FUNCtion lt Detector gt p 91 SENSe DETector lt t gt FUNCtion AUTO lt State gt p 91 TRACe lt t gt DATA lt Destination gt p 92 FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt p 92 For a detailed description of all commands not inclu
130. erSlope gt p 46 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSource gt p 46 For a detailed description of commands refer to Performing and Triggering Measurements in CAT mode and Performing and Triggering Measurements in spectrum analyzer mode R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 5 Working with Traces The following commands set up the trace and the various functions associated with it e g the selection of the detector List of commands DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MEMory STATe lt State gt p 47 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt MODE lt TraceMode gt p 48 FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt p 48 FORMat BORDer lt ByteOrder gt p 91 SENSe JDETector lt t gt FUNC tion lt Detector gt p 91 SENSe JDETector lt t gt FUNC tion AUTO lt State gt p 91 TRACe DATA p 144 For a detailed description of commands not described here refer to Working with Traces in CAT mode and Working with Traces in spectrum analyzer mode TRACe DATA This command reads out the trace data of the current measurement With the FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt command you can set the data format Parameter The available parameters depend on the format of the result display Display of one S parameter TRACE1 queries the data of the currently displayed data Display of two S parameters split screen mode TRACE1 queries the data of the upper screen TRACE2
131. eristics RST value METer SCPI conform R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 6 Using Markers The following commands position and control markers and deltamarkers The suffix lt n gt at CALCulate is irrelevant The suffix lt m gt at MARKer selects the marker or delta marker List of commands CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe lt State gt p 51 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt AOFF p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum PEAK p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MAXimum NEXT p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt MINimum PEAK p 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt p 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative lt Distance gt p 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y p 54 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe lt State gt p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum PEAK p 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum NEXT p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MINimum PEAK p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt p 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt p 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits LEFT lt SearchLimit gt p 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits RIGHt lt Searchlimit gt p 58 CALCulate lt n gt
132. eristics RST value FREQ SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CENTer This command matches the center frequency to the frequency of a marker If you use a delta marker the R amp S ZVH turns it into a normal marker The suffix lt m gt selects the marker This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC MARK1 FUNC CENT Matches the center frequency to the frequency of marker 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation STATe lt State gt This command turns the audio demodulator on and off when the measurement hits a marker position With a span greater than 0 you can define a hold time at the marker position with CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation HOLDoff lt Time gt eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 96 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer In zero span the demodulation is on permanently Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC MARK3 FUNC DEM ON Switches on the demodulation for marker 3 Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation HOLDoff lt Time gt This command defines the hold time at the marker position for the demodulation with span gt 0 Parameter lt Time gt Numeric value in the range from 10 ms to 500 s Example CALC MARK
133. et full when receiving the delimiter the input unit can already receive the next command during command recognition and execution The receipt of DCL clears the input buffer and immediately resets the command recognition EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 14 R amp S ZVH Instrument Model and Command Processing Command Recognition 4 2 Command Recognition The command recognition analyses the data received from the input unit It proceeds in the order in which it receives the data Only DCL is serviced with priority for example GET Group Execute Trigger is only executed after the commands received before Each recognized command is immediately transferred to the internal instrument settings data base but not executed immediately The command recognition detects syntax errors in the commands and transfers them to the status reporting system The rest of a program message after a syntax error is analyzed further if possible and serviced After the syntax test the value range of the parameter is checked if required If the command recognition detects a delimiter it passes the command to an execution unit that performs the instrument settings In the meantime the command recognition is ready to process new commands overlapping execution A DCL command is processed in the same way 4 3 Data Base and Instrument Hardware Here the expression instrument hardware denotes the part of the instrument fulfilling the actual instrument
134. etwork transport layer The TCP IP network protocol and the associated network services are preconfigured TCP IP ensures connection oriented communication where the order of the exchanged messages is adhered to and interrupted links are identified With this protocol messages cannot be lost Remote control of an instrument via a network is based on standardized protocols which follow the OSI reference model see Fig below Application SCPI Presentation XDR VXI 11 Session ONC RPC Transport TCP UDP Network Figure 2 1 Example for LAN remote control based on the OSI reference model Based on TCP UDP messages between the controller and the instrument are exchanged via open network computing ONC remote procedure calls RPC With XDR VXI 11 legal RPC messages are known as VXI 11 standard Based on this standard messages are exchanged between the controller and the instrument The messages are identical with SCPI commands They can be organized in four groups program messages control command to the instrument response messages values returned by the instrument service request spontaneous queries of the instrument low level control messages interface messages A VXI 11 link between a controller and an instrument uses three channels core abort and interrupt channel Instrument control is mainly performed on the core channel program response and low level control messages The abort channel is used for immediate
135. fore has no RST value and no query Example CALC LIM2 DEL Deletes the second limit line Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL This command queries the result of a limit check To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end before reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode Return value 0 for PASS and 1 for FAIL Example INIT WAI CALC LIM1 FAIL Performs a measurement and queries the result of the check for limit line 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer SELect lt LimitLine gt This command selects the lower limit line This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt LimitLine gt String containing the file name of the lower limit line Example CALC LIM LOW SEL GSM Lower rellim Selects the lower limit line Characteristics RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 104 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer THReshold lt Level gt This command defines the level of a lower threshold limit line Parameter lt Level gt Numeric value whose unit depends on the unit you have currently selected for the vertical axis Example CALC LIM LOW THR 10DBM Defines a threshold
136. g bit of the associated register The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register Parameter lt SumBit gt 0 to 65535 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 212 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System Example STAT QUES NTR 65535 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus QUEStionable PTRansition lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable FREQuency PTRansition lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable LIMit PTRansition lt SumBit gt STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition lt SumBit gt This command control the Positive TRansition part of the QUEStionable register Setting a bit causes a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated register The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register Parameter lt SumBit gt 0 to 65535 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform gege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 213 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System Alphabetical List of Remote Commands CLS Jari data asia eile Eaten dite ead edd ee lade ie ee d 30 TESE uppe isete badiske cde a sls aa deal bea tabi dened 30 EE Sei Ree ee ee ee el A EEG 30 ADN ads nad a ener da pe mer erp e reer erry 31 ST hand rn a a ak rd a Met Mabel ie SEET 31 PE 31 W IEE EN ROT EE EN ORE gaa alias EE Mee e MEET 32 STB id anse Peas anser badeland kid 32 WEE 32 TET 32 WA 32 ABOR 1 pakt
137. he ideal span on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example FREQ SPAN AUTO ON Turns automatic span determination on and off Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific SENSe FREQuency STARt lt StartFrequency gt This command defines the start frequency for measurements in the frequency domain span gt 0 Parameter lt StartFrequency gt Numeric value in Hz The range depends on the operating mode and is specified in the datasheet Example FREQ STAR 20MHz Defines a start frequency of 20 MHz Characteristics RST value 0 SCPI conform SENSe FREQuency STOP lt StopFrequency gt This command defines the stop frequency for measurements in the frequency domain span gt 0 Parameter lt StopFrequency gt Numeric value in Hz The range depends on the operating mode and is specified in the datasheet Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 36 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example FREQ STOP 2000MHz Defines a stop frequency of 2 GHz Characteristics RST value fmax SCPI conform CALCulate DTF DISTance STARt lt StartDistance gt This command defines the start distance of the cable measurement Parameter lt StartDistance gt Numeric value in the range from 3 m 10 ft to 1500 m 4921 ft The unit is either meter or feet depending on your selection Example CALC DTF DIST STAR 50m Sets the starting point of
138. his manual mn ES Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 29 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Common Commands 7 1 Common Commands The common commands are taken from the IEEE 488 2 IEC 625 2 standard A particular command has the same effect on different devices The headers of these commands consist of an asterisk followed by three letters Some of the common commands refer to the Status Reporting System List of Common Commands CLS p 30 ESE p 30 ESR p 30 IDN p 31 IST p 31 OPC p 31 OPT p 31 RST p 31 SRE p 32 STB p 32 TRG p 32 TST p 32 WAI p 32 CLS CLEAR STATUS sets the status byte STB the standard event register ESR and the EVENt part of the QUEStionable and the OPERation register to zero The command does not alter the mask and transition parts of the registers It clears the output buffer ESE EVENT STATUS ENABLE sets the event status enable register to the value indicated The query form ESE returns the contents of the event status enable register in decimal form Parameter 0 to 255 ESR STANDARD EVENT STATUS QUERY returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form 0 to 255 and subsequently sets the register to zero Parameter 0 to 255 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 30 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Common Commands IDN IDENTI
139. ics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 136 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode 7 4 Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode The chapter provides information on remote commands that configure and perform two port measurements with the tracking generator These commands are available in network analyzer mode only DQ Availability of remote commands for the Network Analyzer Note that some of the listed remote commands take effect only if options R amp S ZVH K42 Vector Reflection and Transmission Measurements and or R amp S ZVH K45 Vector Voltmeter are installed Contents Configuring the Horizontal Axis on page 137 Configuring the Vertical Axis on page 138 Setting the Bandwidths on page 143 Performing and Triggering the Measurement on page 143 Working with Traces on page 144 Using Markers and Deltamarkers on page 146 Configuring the Measurement on page 150 7 4 1 Configuring the Horizontal Axis The following commands configure the horizontal axis of the active display List of commands SENSe FREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt p 34 SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP lt StepSize gt p 34 SENSe JFREQuency CENTer STEP LINK lt StepSizeCoupling gt p 35 SENSe FREQuency SPAN lt Span gt p 35 SENSe FREQuency SPAN FULL p 73 SENSe FREQuency STARt lt StartFrequency gt p 36 SENSe FREQuency STOP lt StopFrequency gt
140. ics PRESet Characteristics RST value 2 SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 130 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet This command optimizes the settings for the harmonic distortion measurement This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example CALC MARK FUNC HARM ON Activates the harmonic distortion measurement CALC MARK FUNC HARM NHAR 4 Sets the number of harmonics to 4 CALC MARK FUNC HARM PRES Adjusts the settings of the measurement CALC MARK FUNC HARM LIST CALC MARK FUNC HARM DIST TOT Queries the position of the harmonics and the total harmonic distortion Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 3 8 8 Measuring the AM Modulation Depth The following commands configure AM Modulation Depth measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements The numeric suffixes lt n gt and lt m gt at CALCulate and MARKer are irrelevant List of commands e CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion MDEPth STATe lt State gt p 131 e CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion MDEPth RESult p 132 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion MDEPth STATe lt State gt This command turns the AM Modulation
141. ion in a Smith chart on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example DISP ZOOM AREA ON Activates the marker zoom function Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 148 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM FACTor lt ZoomFactor gt This command sets the zoom factor of the marker zoom function in a Smith chart Parameter lt ZoomFactor gt 2 4 8 Example DISP ZOOM FACT 4 Sets the zoom factor to 4 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM X lt HorizShift gt This command shifts the zoom window horizontally in the Smith chart 0 marks the center on the horizontal axis Parameter lt HorizShift gt Numeric value in the range from 50 to 50 Example DISP ZOOM X 10 Shift the zoom window 10 to the right Characteristics RST value 0 SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM Y lt VerticalShift gt This command shifts the zoom window vertically in the Smith chart 0 marks the center on the vertical axis Parameter lt VerticalShift gt Numeric value in the range from 50 to 50 Example DISP ZOOM Y 25 Shifts the zoom window 25 down Characteristics RST value 0 SCPI device specific fa EE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 149 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Ana
142. is e logarithmic scaling returns the power in the currently selected unit see UNIT POWer e linear scaling returns the power in W OBANdwidth Returns the results for measurements of the occupied OBWidth bandwidth The command returns the occupied bandwidth in Hz TDMA Returns the results for TDMA power measurements The return value is the power of the signal The unit depends on the scaling of the vertical axis e logarithmic scaling returns the power in the currently selected unit see UNIT POWer e linear scaling returns the power in W Example of occupied bandwidth measurement POW BAND 90PCT Defines the occupied bandwidth 90 INIT CONT OFF INIT WAI CALC MARK FUNC POW RES OBW Turns on single sweep mode performs a measurement and queries the results Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 3 8 3 Measuring the Channel Power The following commands configure channel power measurements To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements The suffix lt m gt at MARKer is irrelevant List of commands CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt p 114 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer MODE lt DisplayMode gt p 114 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion CPOWer UNIT lt Unit gt p 114 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion POWer RESult PHZ lt State gt p 115 EE EEE Software
143. is 1 in the enable register and its associated event bit transitions to true a positive transition will occur in the summary bit reported to the next higher level Parameter lt SumBit gt 0 to 65535 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 210 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System STATus OPERation NTRansition lt SumBit gt This command controls the Negative TRansition part of the OPERation register Setting a bit causes a 1 to 0 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated register The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register Parameter lt SumBit gt 0 to 65535 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus OPERation PTRansition lt SumBit gt This command controls the Positive TRansition part of the OPERation register Setting a bit causes a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated register The transition also writes a 1 into the associated bit of the corresponding EVENt register Parameter lt SumBit gt 0 to 65535 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform STATus QUEStionable EVENt STATus QUEStionable FREQuency EVENt STATus QUEStionable LIMit EVENt STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt This command reads out the EVENt section of the QUEStionable register The command at the same time deletes the contents of the EVENt section Characteristics
144. is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example CALC MARK2 MIN Moves marker 2 to the trace minimum Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt This command positions a marker on a particular coordinate on the horizontal axis If one or more delta markers 2 to 6 are already active the command turns these delta markers into normal markers Note that it is possible to place the marker outside the visible trace In that case this value is invalid If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first Parameter lt Coordinate gt Numeric value indicating the coordinate on the horizontal axis The range corresponds to the maximum span The unit in spectrum analyzer mode depends on the measurement e g Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 56 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example CALC MARK2 X 10 7MHz Positions marker 2 to frequency 10 7 MHz Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt This command turns marker search limits on and off If you perform a measurement in zero span this command limits the evaluation range on the trace The numeric suffix at MARKer is irrelevant Para
145. is the predictability of the device status Therefore control programs should always define an initial device status e g with the command RST and then implement the required settings 2 1 LAN Interface To be integrated in a LAN the instrument is equipped with a standard LAN interface consisting of a connector a network interface and protocols VXI 11 Instrument access via VXI 11 is usually achieved from high level programming platforms by using VISA as an intermediate abstraction layer VISA encapsulates the low level VXI 11 LAN or USB function calls and thus makes the transport interface transparent for the user The necessary VISA library is available as a separate product For details contact your local R amp S sales representative 2 2 USB Interface For remote control via the USB connection the PC and the instrument must be connected via the USB interface The required driver comes with the R amp S ZVHView software package and is automatically installed on the PC with the software package The driver adresses the instrument via the USB interface with the fix IP address 172 16 10 10 In addition a remote control connection via the SCPI interface requires the VISA library to be installed on the PC a a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 10 R amp S ZVH Interfaces and Protocols Protocols 2 3 Protocols VXI 11 Basics The VXI 11 standard is based on the ONC RPC protocol which in turn relies on TCP IP as the n
146. it 6 is always 0 Parameter 0 to 255 STB READ STATUS BYTE QUERY reads out the contents of the status byte in decimal form TRG TRIGGER initiates all actions in the currently active test screen expecting a trigger event This command corresponds to INITiate IMMediate TST SELF TEST QUERY initiates the self test of the instrument and outputs an error code in decimal form Parameter 0 no error WAI WAIT TO CONTINUE permits servicing of subsequent commands only after all preceding commands have been executed and all signals have settled EN Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 32 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer This section provides a detailed description of all remote control commands required to configure and perform measurements in Cable and Antenna Test CAT mode Contents Configuring the Horizontal Axis on page 34 Configuring the Vertical Axis on page 38 Setting the Bandwidth on page 44 Performing and Triggering Measurements on page 45 Working with Traces on page 47 Using Markers on page 51 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions on page 61 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 1 Configuring the Horizontal Axis The following commands configure the horizontal axis of the active display Note that some of th
147. it gt This command defines the relative limit of the alternate channels The reference value for the relative limit value is the measured channel power Note that the relative limit has no effect on the limit check if it is below the absolute limit value See CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute lt Limit gt This mechanism allows automatic checking of the absolute basic values of adjacent channel power as defined in mobile radio standards Parameter lt Limit gt Numeric value in the range from 0 dB to 100 dB Example CALC LIM ACP ALT3 30 Defines a limit of 30 dB for the third alternate channel Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt AC Power ALTernate lt y gt RELative STATe lt State gt This command turns the relative limit check for an alternate channels on and off You have to activate the general ACLR limit check before using this command with CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt first Parameter lt State gt ON OFF EEE ee Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 126 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example CALC LIM ACP ALT3 STAT ON Activates the relative limit check for the third alternate channel Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute lt Limit gt This command defines the absolute limit fo
148. ith greater restrictions than in standard IEEE 488 2 see section Responses to Queries Remote command examples Not all commands used in the following examples are implemented in the instrument 5 1 Structure of a Command The commands consist of a so called header and in most cases one or more parameters Header and parameter are separated by a white space ASCII code 0 to 9 11 to 32 decimal e g blank The headers may consist of several key words Queries are formed by directly appending a question mark to the header 5 1 1 Common Commands Common commands consist of a header preceded by an asterisk and one or several parameters if any Examples RST RESET resets the device ESE 253 EVENT STATUS ENABLE sets the bits of the event status enable register ESR EVENT STATUS QUERY queries the contents of the event status register Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 17 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax ts ee Structure of a Command 5 1 2 Device Specific Commands 5 1 2 1 Hierarchy Device specific commands are of hierarchical structure The different levels are represented by combined headers Headers of the highest level root level have only one key word This key word denotes a complete command system Example SENSe This key word denotes the SENSe command system For commands of lower levels the complete path has to be specified starting on the left with the highes
149. l logical operations of this part are passed on to the sum bit via an OR function symbol ENABIe Bit 0 the associated EVEN bit does not contribute to the sum bit ENABIe Bit 1 if the associated EVENT bit is 1 the sum bit is set to 1 as well This part can be written into and read by the user at will Its contents is not affected by reading Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 200 Status Reporting System 7 10 1 6 Sum bit As indicated above the sum bit is obtained from the EVENt and ENABle part for each register The result is then entered into a bit of the CONDition part of the higher order register The instrument automatically generates the sum bit for each register Thus an event e g a PLL that has not locked can lead to a service request throughout all levels of the hierarchy ENABIe part of the STB if the STB is structured according to SCPI By analogy the The service request enable register SRE defined in IEEE 488 2 can be taken as ESE can be taken as the ENABle part of the ESR 7 10 2 Overview of the Status Register The following figure shows the status registers used by the R amp S ZVH 0 reserved 1 reserved 0 reserved 2 IF_Overload 1 reserved 3 reserved 2 BATTeryLow 4 reserved 3 POWer 5 reserved 4 TEMPerature 6 reserved 5 FREQuency 7 reserved 6 reserved 8 reserved 7 reserved 9 reserved 8 reserved reserved 9 LIM reserved CALibration UNCal
150. l power as defined in mobile radio standards Parameter lt Limit gt Numeric value in the range from 0 dB to 100 dB Example CALC LIM ACP ACH 30 Defines a limit of 30 dB Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative STATe lt State gt This command turns the relative limit check for the adjacent channels on and off You have to activate the general ACLR limit check before using this command with CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt first Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC LIM ACP ACH STAT ON Activates the relative limit check Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 124 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel ABSolute lt Limit gt This command defines the absolute limit for the adjacent channels Note that the absolute limit has no effect on the limit check if it is below the relative limit See CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ACHannel RELative lt Limit gt This mechanism allows automatic checking of the absolute basic values of adjacent channel power as defined in mobile radio standards Parameter lt Limit gt Numeric value in the range from 200 dBm to 200 dBm Example CALC LIM ACP ACH ABS 30 Sets the absolute limit to 30 dBm Characteristics RST valu
151. le commands Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem HELP SYNTax This command returns the full syntax of the specified command This command is a query and therefore no RST value Parameter lt Command gt String containing the command you want to query Example SYST HELP SYNT SYST ERR Returns the full syntax In this case SYSTem ERRor NEXT Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem LANGuage lt Language gt This command sets the language of the R amp S ZVH user interface You can query a list of available languages with SySTem LANGuage CATalog Parameter lt Language gt string containing the language Example SYST LANG english Sets the system language to English Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 194 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem LANGuage CATalog This command lists all languages available for the user interface This command is a query and therefore no RST value Example SYST LANG CAT Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POWer SOURce This command queries the current R amp S ZVH power source This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values ADAP R amp S ZVH is powered by the AC power supply BATT R amp S ZVH is powered by the battery Example SYST POW SOUR Characteristics RST value
152. lection in a Smith Chart Characteristics RST value MAGNitude SCPI device specific 7 4 7 6 Configuring the Vector Voltmeter option R amp S ZVH K45 The following commands configure the vector voltmeter Note that the listed remote commands take effect only if option R amp S ZVH K45 Vector Voltmeter is installed Oo Availability of remote commands for the Vector Voltmeter List of commands CALCulate VVMeter MAGNitude REFerence p 156 CALCulate VVMeter MAGNitude RESult p 156 CALCulate VVMeter PHASe REFerence p 156 CALCulate VVMeter PHASe RESult p 157 CALCulate VVMeter REFerence STATe lt State gt p 157 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 155 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode CALCulate VVMeter MAGNitude REFerence This command queries the reference value for the magnitude To get a result you first have to turn on the reference value with CALCulate VVMeter REFerence STATe lt State gt This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt ReferenceValue gt Reference value for the magnitude in dB Example CALC VVM PHAS REF Queries the reference values for the phase Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate VVMeter MAGNitude RESult This command queries the magnitude of the measurement results This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values lt Magnitude
153. like those for controlling markers or configuring the frequency axis are available for all operating modes In that case you will find a list of these commands in the corresponding section However a detailed description is provided only in the CAT commands section Availability of commands The cable and antenna test mode is implemented in the basic unit For the other modes the corresponding options are required Following the remote control commands required to perform specific measurements you will find a description of general commands used to set up and control basic instrument functions These commands are independent of the operating mode Therefore they are listed separately File Management on page 165 Making and Storing Screenshots on page 173 Configuring the Instrument on page 176 Remote Commands of the Status Reporting System on page 209 All chapters begin with a list of commands available in the context of that chapter Following that list you will find a detailed description of all commands All individual descriptions contain e the complete notation and syntax of the command e the description of the effects of the command e alist of all parameters available for that command or the type of data the command returns in case of query commands an example of how a program message would look like the RST value information on SCPI conformity An alphabetical list of all available commands is provided at the end of t
154. llowing commands configure and perform the ACLR measurements List of commands e CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion ACPower UNIT lt Unit gt p 117 e SENSe POWer ACHannel ACPairs lt ChannelPairs gt p 118 e SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth CHANnel lt Bandwidth gt p 118 e SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth ACHannel lt Bandwidth gt p 118 e SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth ALTernate lt y gt lt Bandwidth gt p 119 e SENSe POWer ACHannel MODE lt PowerMode gt p 119 e SENSe POWer ACHannel PRESet RLEVel p 120 e SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel AUTO lt RefChannel gt p 120 e SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel MANual lt RefChannel gt p 120 e SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing ACHannel p 121 e SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing ALTernate lt y gt lt Spacing gt p 121 e SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing CHANnel lt Tx gt lt Spacing gt p 122 e SENSe POWer ACHannel TXCHannel COUNt lt TxChannels gt p 122 CALCulate MARKer FUNCtion ACPower UNIT lt Unit gt This command selects the unit of the ACLR results Parameter lt Unit gt DBM DBMV DBUV VOLT WATT Example CALC MARK FUNC ACP UNIT DBM ACLR results are converted into the unit dBm Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI device specific R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer SENSe POWer ACHannel ACPairs lt ChannelPairs gt This command defines the number of p
155. lt MeasFormat gt This command selects the measurement format Note For transmission measurements only the Magnitude Phase Magnitude Phase and GDelay formats are available Parameter LOSS cable loss format MAGNitude magnitude format REFLection reflection coefficient format VSWR VSWR format Example MEAS MODE VECT Switches to vector measurement mode MEAS FUNC REFL ON Activates reflection measurement eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 63 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer MEAS FORM SMIT Displays the reflection in a Smith Chart Characteristics RST value MAGNitude SCPI device specific 7 2 8 5 Reading Out Measurement Results The following commands query various measurement results List of commands e CALCulate TRACe CABLe LOSS RESult p 64 e CALCulate TRACe VSWR AVG RESult p 64 e CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX RESult p 65 CALCulate TRACe CABLe LOSS RESult This command queries the cable loss measurement result Return values Cable loss in dB Example CALC TRAC CABL LOSS RES Returns the cable loss Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate TRACe VSWR AVG RESult This command queries the average VSWR measurement result The command is available when the calculation of the VSWR has been turned on with CALCulate TRACe VSWR MAX STATe lt State gt Return value Average
156. lue OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate TRACe CABLe TIME RESult This command queries the results of the cable delay time This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt DelayTime gt Numerical value in s Example CALC TRAC CABL TIME RES Queries the measurement result of the delay time Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific DISPlay GDELay APERture STEP lt Aperture gt This command sets the aperture steps for the group delay measurement format Parameter lt Aperture gt Numeric value in the range from 1 to 630 Example DISP GDEL APER STEP 100 Defines an aperture size of 100w Characteristics RST value 10 SCPI device specific A Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 154 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode MEASurement lt n gt FORMat lt MeasFormat gt This command selects the measurement format Note For transmission measurements only the Magnitude Phase Magnitude Phase and GDelay formats are available Parameter GDELay group delay format LOSS cable loss format MAGNitude magnitude format PHASe phase format REFLection reflection coefficient format SMITh Smith chart format VSWR VSWR format Example MEAS MODE VECT Switches to vector measurement mode MEAS FUNC DEEL ON Activates reflection measurement MEAS FORM SMITh Displays the ref
157. ly following a RE MESSAGE TERMINATOR clears the output buffer Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 208 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System 7 10 7 Remote Commands of the Status Reporting System The following commands control the status reporting system RST does not influence the status registers The OPERation status register contains information about the calibration status of the instrument The QUEStionable status register contains information about the status of the reference and local oscillator possible overloads of the instrument and the status of limit checks and limit margins The commands are independent from the operating mode List of commands STATus PRESet p 209 STATus QUEue NEXT p 210 STATus OPERation EVENt p 210 STATus OPERation CONDition p 210 STATus OPERation ENABle lt SumBit gt p 210 STATus OPERation NTRansition lt SumBit gt p 211 STATus OPERation PTRansition lt SumBit gt p 211 STATus QUEStionable EVENt p 211 STATus QUEStionable CONDition p 212 STATus QUEStionable ENABle lt SumBit gt p 212 STATus QUEStionable NTRansition lt SumBit gt p 212 STATus QUEStionable PTRansition lt SumBit gt p 213 STATus PRESet This command resets the edge detectors and ENABIe parts of all registers to a defined value All PTRansition parts are set to FFFFh i e all transitions from 0 to 1 are detected All NTRansition parts are set to 0 i e
158. lyzer Mode 7 4 7 Configuring the Measurement This chapter provides information on how to configure two port measurements with the tracking generator The structure follows the order of the actual operation sequence used when performing a measurement The suffix lt n gt at MEASurement selects the measurement screen in dual trace mode and is in the range from lt 1 2 gt Selecting the Measurement Port on page 150 Calibrating the Measurement on page 151 Selecting the Result Display on page 152 Selecting the Measurement Format on page 153 It also deals with configuring the Vector Voltmeter Option R amp S ZVH K45 e Configuring the Vector Voltmeter option R amp S ZVH K45 on page 155 To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering the Measurement Commands independent of the operating mode Note that some of the commands for configuring two port measurements are also valid for other operating modes If a command is available in another mode it is indicated by the list in the respective section 7 4 7 1 Selecting the Measurement Port The following commands select the measurement port List of commands e MEASurement PORT lt Port gt p 61 7 4 7 2 Selecting the Measurement Mode The following commands select the measurement mode for two port measurements List of commands e MEASurement lt n gt MODE lt MeasMode gt p 150 MEASurement lt n gt MODE lt MeasMod
159. mands of the Power Meter rrrrravrnnnnnnvvnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnrsvnnennvnnnenr 158 Tal Setting the Freguesia asia a 158 7 5 2 Configuring Power Level Readout 159 7 5 3 Defining the Measurement Time 161 7 5 4 Performing Measurements with the Power Gensor 162 7 5 4 1 Zeroing of the Power SenSor m msmrmsmrmmnmmemmmmvevvveeveee 162 754 2 Foward Power DISplay risuritvrgdt peer Nk pasta tenes A A E kne arkade bana 162 7 5 4 3 Defining the Video Bancdhwidth 163 7 5 4 4 Reading Out Measurement HResuhts nant 163 HAD Selectinga Standard essei snr T E TA T uden kes 164 ZP File Management EE 165 7 7 Making and Storing ScreenshotS rrrrrssvvnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnsvnnnnnnsvnnnnnnnnnnnr 173 7 8 Configuring Data Capture rrnnnavnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnr 175 7 9 Configuring the Instrument srrnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnsvnnennvnnnnnr 176 1 91 Mode Selection au 4 42 hidnastevbre madammen amuavidbegntasann 176 7 9 2 Controlling the GPS Receiver u mmimnsmrmerinserirverivrveireverinivvevieeviniveeveien 178 79 3 Display Configuration i4m ismreiiisraridiinveev i ea danna eik 182 1 94 Audio dn Le 184 7 9 5 Setting up a Network Connection aannrrnnronnrrnnnennrrvnrennrrennennrrnnnennrrenrennrnnsrennrneerennnne 186 7 96 System Settings uniuvai nakent AA 189 7 10 Status Reporting System ssrrnnnannvnnnnnnnvnnnnnn
160. ment format In spectrum mode the unit depends on UNIT POWer Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode CALC MARK2 ON Switches marker 2 INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for the end CALC MARK2 Y Outputs the measured value of marker 2 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 7 Using Limit Lines The following commands define limit lines and perform the corresponding limit checks The suffix lt n gt at CALCulate is irrelevant The suffix lt k gt at LIMit selects the limit line and is in the range lt 1 2 gt List of commands CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt BEEP STATe lt State gt p 102 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COMMent p 102 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete p 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL p 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer SELect lt LimitLine gt p 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe lt State gt p 105 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT X p 105 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT Y p 106 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer SELect lt LimitLine gt p 106 For a detailed description of all commands not included here refer to Using Display Lines and Limit Lines in spectrum mode R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 8 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions This cha
161. meter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC MARK X SLIM ON Turns on search limits Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits LEFT lt SearchLimit gt This command defines the left limit of the marker search range To use the command you first have to turn on search limits with CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt If you perform a measurement in zero span this command this command limits the evaluation range on the trace The numeric suffix at MARKer is irrelevant Parameter lt SearchLimit gt Numeric value that sets the left marker search limit The value range corresponds to the maximum span The unit in spectrum analyzer mode depends on the measurement e g Hz for measurements in the frequency domain and seconds for measurements in the time domain Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 57 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example CALC MARK X SLIM ON CALC MARK X SLIM LEFT 10MHz CALC MARK X SLIM RIGH 100MHz Turns search limits on and defines a search range from 10 MHz to 100 MHz Characteristics RST value is set to the left diagram border when switching on search limits SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits RIGHt lt Searchlimit gt This command defines the right limit of the marker search range To
162. n TRANsducer lt c gt STATe lt State gt mmrrnrrrnnrerrrrrrrnrrrrrnrrrrrnnn 78 SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt t gt ISOTropic STATe rnrrnnnnnnrnnrnnnnrnnnnnr 136 SENSe DETector lt t gt FUNC tion lt Detector gt sessnnenenseeeeenrrenserertnrrnneseennrnnnnnsneent 91 SENSe JDETector lt t gt FUNCtion AUTO lt State gt cccccccceceeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeees 91 SENSe ESPectrum PRESet SET Tings ONCE 133 SENSe ESPectrum PRESet STANdard lt Standard gt rerernnrnnnnrrnnnnnnrnnrnnnnnnnnnnn 133 SENSe FREQuency CARRier STARt lt Frequency gt ccccceeeeeeeeceeceeeeeeeeeeseaeees 134 SENSe FREQuency CARRier STOP lt Frequency gt s ssseesirensesesrrerrensserrrrnrrenesrees 134 SENSe FREQuency CENTer lt FrequenCy gt cccccceeceeceeeeeeeseceecaeceeeeesesennunaeeneeess 34 SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP lt StepSize gt ccccceceeeeeeeeceececeeeeeseeneceeeeeeees 34 SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK lt StepSizeCoupling gt ssneseneseeeeneneneeene 35 SENSe FREQuency INPut MODE lt lnputMode gt rrnnronrrnnnrorvnnrnrrnnvrnnrrnrnnrrnrnnrernrnnn 72 SENSe FREQuency MODE lt OperationMode gt rrrnnrrnnnnnnronnnnrnrrnnnnnnrrnrnnnrnnennernnn 72 SENSe JFREQuency OFFSet Freouencvfeetz re nrererrrn re nesene 73 SENSe JFREQuency SPAN lt Spain gt ccccccseccececeeeeececeaeceeeeeeeseceacaeeeeeeeeeeensueeeeeees 35 SENSe FREQue
163. n in Microsoft VISUAL BASIC Access to the VISA functions require the declaration of the functions and constants prior to their use in the project This can be accomplished either by adding the modules VISA32 BAS and VPPTYPE BAS or a reference to the VISA32 DLL to the project References Simple vbp Available References w Visual Basic For Applications Cancel o a Vi Visual Basic runtime objects and procedures Project Simple Visual Basic objects and procedures OLE Automation Browse KAISA Library TAS Helper COM Component 1 0 Type Library D IAS RADIUS Protocol 1 0 Type Library Simple Simple vbp ComponentOne AwkOne Control Priority 9 Forms VideoSoft vsOcx6 Controls z 8 aActEmail 1 0 Type Library Ei Frain Main Frm ABManager 1 0 Type Library al Cu Gs aboutlook 1 0 Type Library 8 Modules aboutlookex 1 0 Type Library vISA32 visa32 bas Arress2NNnNesinner 1 0 Tyne ihrary lt VPPTYPE vpptype bas VISA Library Location C WINNTI System32 visa32 dll Language Standard eeo a a a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 9 R amp S ZVH Interfaces and Protocols LAN Interface The modules visa32 bas and vpptype bas can be found in the following location lt VXIpnpPath gt WinNTVinclude typically C VXlpnp WinNt include Resetting the R amp S ZVH Manual operation is designed for maximum possible operating convenience In contrast the priority of remote control
164. nce lt Impedance gt This command selects the nominal input impedance The set impedance is taken into account in all level indications of results The setting 750 fduild be selected if the 50 Q input impedance is transformed to a higher impedance using a 75 Q adapter of the RAZ type 250 in series to the input impedance of the instrument The correction value in this case is 1 76 dB 10 log 750 1 500 Parameter lt Impedance gt 50 75 Example INP IMP 75 Sets the input impedance to 75 Ohm Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 77 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value 50 Q SCPI conform SENSe CORRection TRANsducer lt c gt STATe lt State gt This command turns a transducer factor on and off Before turning it on you have to select a transducer factor with SENSe JCORRection TRANsducer lt c gt SELect Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CORR TRAN1 ON Activates the primary transducer Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific SENSe CORRection TRANsducer lt c gt SELect lt TransducerFactor gt This command selects a transducer factor If lt name gt does not exist yet a new transducer factor is created The suffix lt 1 2 gt specifies the primary or secondary transducer Parameter lt Transducerfactor gt string containing the file name of the transducer factor If the file does not
165. ncy SPAN AUTO tatez netese ta rene ttrnettr rnnr rr nnne rnnt 36 SENSe JFREQuency SPAN FULL onera a AAEE 73 SENSe FREQuency STARt lt StartFrequency gt ccecccceceeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeseneeeeeeees 36 SENSe FREQuency STOP lt StopFrequency gt ccecceceeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeenueeeeeeees 36 SENSe PMETer DETector FUNCtion lt PowerDisplay gt ccceeeeteeeeeeeees 162 SENSe PMETer FREQuency lt Frequency gt ccccccceceeceeceeeeeeeeeceeceeeeeeeeeeeesenaeees 158 SENSe JPMETer MTIMe lt MeasTimMe gt snssonnnenseossesrnnnseesstrrnrrnsrrertrnnrnnstrertnnnnnnenent 161 SENSe POWer ACHannel ACPairs Channelbairez 118 SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth ACHannel DBancdhwidt z 118 SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth ALTernate lt y gt Bandhwidt z 119 SENSe POWer ACHannel BANDwidth CHANnel lt Bandwidth gt 0e 118 SENSe POWer ACHannel MODE lt PowerMode gt sssssssssirsnsssssrrrrrnnsserrrrnrrnnesrnt 119 IGENZe POWer ACHannelPDRtzerbRl EVel 120 SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel AUTO lt RefChannel gt 120 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 218 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel MANual lt RefChannel gt 120 SENSe POWer ACHannel SPACing ALTernate lt y gt lt Spacing gt s es 121 SENSe JPOWer ACHannel SPACing CHANnel lt Tx gt lt Spacing gt
166. nd quickly set its basic functions The current IP address for LAN operation is shown in the SETUP Instrument Setup Menu In case of USB connection the IP address is fixed to 172 16 10 10 Refer to the Quick Start Guide for instructions on how to change the IP address gt Connect the instrument to the LAN or directly to the controller via USB gt Switch on the instruments gt Write and start the following program on the controller status viOpenDefaultRM defaultRM open default resource manager status viOpen DefaultRM TCPIP 172 16 10 10 0 0 vi in case of USB connection status viopen DefaultRM TCPIP xxx xxx xxx xxx 0 0 vi in case of aLAN connection with xxx xxx xxx xxx IP address cmd RST CLS status viWrite vi Cmd Len Cmd retCount reset instrument and clear status registers cmd FREQ CENT 100MHz status viWrite vi Cmd Len Cmd retCount set center frequency to 100 MHz cmd FREQ SPAN 10MHz status viWrite vi Cmd Len Cmd retCount set span to 10 MHz cmd DISP TRAC Y RLEV 10dBm status viWrite vi Cmd Len Cmd retCount set reference level to 10 dBm viclose vi viclose default RM The instrument now performs a sweep in the frequency range of 95 MHz to 105 MHz Changing the IP Address In order to operate the instrument via remote control it must be accessed via LAN IP address or USB fixed IP address If the factory set remote control
167. ndicated directory The directory name includes the path and may also include the drive name The path name complies with DOS conventions This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt Directory gt String containing the path of the directory to delete Example MMEM RDIR Public Screen Shots Deletes the directory Screen Shots Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific MMEMory STORe STATe 1 lt FileName gt This command stores the current device settings in a set file This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter 1 lt FileName gt String containing the path and name of the destination file Example MMEM STOR STAT 1 DATASETOOL SET Saves the current device settings in the file DATASET001 SET Characteristics RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 171 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management SYSTem SET LOCK lt FileName gt This command adds write protection to a dataset Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the path and name of the dataset Example SYST SET LOCK Dataset00l set Protects the file Dataset001 set from overwriting Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem SET UNLock lt FileName gt This command removes write protection from a dataset Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the path and name of the d
168. nes the channel bandwidth Available for the channel power meter Parameter lt Bandwidth gt Numeric value in Hz Example CALC PMET CPOW BAND 5 MHZ Sets the channel bandwidth to 5 MHz Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 5 2 Configuring Power Level Readout The following chapter describes commands that configure the power level readout List of commands CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude lt RefValue gt p 159 CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude AUTO p 160 CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude OFFSet lt Offset gt p 160 UNIT lt z gt PMETer POWer lt Unit gt p 160 CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude lt RefValue gt This command sets the reference value for relative measurements Parameter lt RefValue gt Numeric value in dBm Example CALC PMET REL 30 The the reference value to 30 dBm Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 159 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude AUTO ONCE This command sets the current measurement result as the reference level for relative measurements This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter ONCE Example CALC PMET REL ONCE Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate PMETer RELative MAGNitude OFFSet lt
169. ng and configuring the measurement formats available for two port measurements List of commands CALCulate TRACe CABLe LENGth STATe lt State gt p 153 CALCulate TRACe CABLe LENGth RESUult p 153 CALCulate TRACe CABLe TIME STATe lt State gt p 154 CALCulate TRACe CABLe TIME RESUult p 154 DISPlay GDELay APERture STEP lt Aperture gt p 154 MEASurement lt n gt FORMat lt MeasFormat gt p 155 CALCulate TRACe CABLe LENGth STATe lt State gt This command turns the electrical length format on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC TRAC CABL LENG ON Activates the electrical cable length Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate TRACe CABLe LENGth RESult This command queries the results of the electrical cable length This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt ElLength gt Numerical value in mm Example CALC TRAC CABL LENG RES Queries the measurement result of the electrical cable length Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 153 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode CALCulate TRACe CABLe TIME STATe lt State gt This command turns the delay time format on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC TRAC CABL TIME ON Activates the cable delay time Characteristics RST va
170. nge gt This command defines the display range of the vertical axis for the magnitude measurement format Note that you have to set a logarithmic scaling before you can use this command with DISPlay lt n gt MAGNitude Y SPACing lt Scaling gt Parameter lt DisplayRange gt Numeric value in the range from 1 dB to 150 dB The number you enter is rounded up to the next possible display range For example if you enter 9 the R amp S ZVH automatically sets the display range to 10 Se Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 40 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example DISP MAGN Y SCAL 50 DB Defines a display range of 50 dB Characteristics RST value 100 dB SCPI device specific DISPlay MAGNitude Y SPACing lt Scaling gt This command selects the scaling of the vertical axis for the magnitude measurement format Parameter lt Scaling gt LOGarithmic logarithmic scaling dB LINear linear scaling Example DISP MAGN Y SPAC LIN Selects linear scaling Characteristics RST value LOGarithmic SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MINimum lt BottomValue gt This command defines the bottom value of the vertical axis for the VSWR measurement format Parameter lt BottomValue gt Numeric value in the range from 1 0 to 70 Example DISP VSWR Y SCAL MIN 3 Defines a bottom value of 3 for the vertical axis Characteristics RST value 1 0 SC
171. nnen 82 7 3 4 2 Triggering Measurements anana 85 1 3 5 Working with Traces tic csccdcoc ceeds cotelacecectatdecoceetdectev N A dd 89 7 36 Using Markers wietec ccecsevcececn eee cteanieeettdiaenecetaveedsiaaeeedvindebedaladeedvanaweeiiadeedenn niet lace 94 7 3 6 1 Markers and Delta Markers AA 94 7 3 6 2 Marker Functions soosis siai rai ai a S RE TESE 94 7 3 7 Using Display Lines and Limit Lines 101 0 3 4 1 Wl EE 101 IC Hei UE 102 7 3 8 Configuring and Using Measurement Functions seseeseeeeeeeeeeeeerreserrreseerrerererssreen 107 7 3 8 1 Working with Channel Tables rrerarvvnnnnnavvrnnnnnvvrnnnnonvrnnnnnnnrrennrnnrnrnrrnnrnesrrnnrnnsren anne 107 7 3 8 2 Power Measurement 2 ccccecenccececeteeeeedeneeceeseneeeseseneceseseneeeeeneneeeeeseneeeeeseneeeeenanes 110 7 3 8 3 Measuring the Channel Power 113 7 3 8 4 Measuring the Occupied Bandwidt 115 1 3 3 5 TDMA Measurement ix iccc ticcterscaeccee spaced renecen DESEN bama dekade SEENEN saad 116 7 3 8 6 Measuring the Adjacent Channel Leakage Hate 117 7 3 8 7 Measuring the Harmonic Distortion reravvrrnnnnvvrnnnnonvrnnnnnnvrrnnrenvrnrnrennrrenrennrreeren anne 129 7 3 8 8 Measuring the AM Modulation Depth rursvvrnnannvvrnnnronvrnnnnnnvrnnnrennrnnnrennrrenrennrrenrennnne 131 7 3 8 9 Measuring the Spectrum Emission Mask rrrannnnrnnnnnnvrnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnrnnnnennrrnnrennrrenrnnnnn 132 7 3 8 10 Measuring Spurious EMISSIONS uarsrrnnnrrvvrvnnrnvrrvnnnnvvrnn
172. nnnnenr 121 Adjust Scaler ME NE ispanas 39 Alternate channel spachmg 124 Alternate channels esenseeneeeesesssrrnsssrresrnssssrrrsnersesrne AM modulation det Aperture Aperture step Attenuation a aaeaaaa Attenuation coupling Attenuation mode ge si Audio demodulation erarnnrnnnrrrnnnnnrrnnnrrnnnnnnrnnnnrrrnnnnnrennn Bandwidth AGE TT 121 adjacent channels uum msisvrisnnvreiesgndsninadaesedvnskenndkraannn ek 121 alternate channels onnnnronnnnonnnnnrnnnnnnannrannrnnnnenarnnnnnr 122 channel POWErin utninsrauvvserinnsvatpiddrsitvnedenin 116 occupied bandwidth srornnnnnnonnrrrnnnnnnnrnrnnrrnnnnnnrrnnnnnn 117 reSOlutlon oc Azesciiseienis aia Ann AE 81 VIdGED adsense Mie 82 En E 201 Beeper eege 190 BNC 197 Eilen 188 Burst length EE 119 Gable distance sssrinin naidaan ida 34 Cable Selecties ianea oauan seas insien iad 63 ele ME 155 Center frequeney EE 34 Channel power trace mode iv e D Channel power measurement Channel selection 000ssn100 si Channel spacing seeseeeeeeeeeee Channel table selechon s Color SCHEME Lun mnmidersamdine pda dexedrine alee Common Commande CONTUOUS SWEEP EE El le TEE 7 RR let 181 IR Del EE 49 93 Data management arnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnrrnnnnnnnnnnnrrnnnnannrnnnnennner 171 P 197 Delay TWN ot dundrende et 46 159 Delta marker rrrnnnnnnvovnnrrnnnnnvnnnnnnnrrnnnnnnrsnnnrnrnnnnsrernnnnnnnnn 52 OOA
173. nnnnnnnvennnnnnnnvvnnnnnn 214 TE ea ea asa See Sanaa AG 223 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 5 R amp S ZVH Documentation Overview Documentation Overview The user documentation for the R amp S ZVH is divided as follows Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide provides basic information on the instrument s functions It covers the following topics overview of all elements of the front and rear panels basic information on how to set up the R amp S ZVH information on how to operate the R amp S ZVH in a network instructions on how to perform measurements Operating Manual The Operating Manual provides a detailed description on the instrument s functions It covers the following topics e instructions on how to set up and operate the R amp S ZVH in its various operating modes e instructions on how to perform measurements with the R amp S ZVH e instructions on how to work with the available software options and applications Service Manual The Service Manual provides information on maintenance It covers the following topics e instructions on how to perform a performance test e instructions on how to repair the R amp S ZVH including a spare parts list e mechanical drawings Release Notes The release notes describe the installation of the firmware new and modified functions eliminated problems and last minute changes to the documentation The corresponding firmware version is indicated on the title page of the release notes
174. nnnnonrnnrnrrrnnennrrnrnnnnnn 212 STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition Gumbtz rene 213 STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt rrnraronnrrrrrrnnrrrrrrnnrrrnrrnnrrrrrrnnrnrrrrnnrnrrrrnnnne 211 STATus QUEStionable PTRansition lt SumBit gt rererrrrnnnnrnrrnnrernrrrrnnrrrrrnrennrrnrnnnnnn 213 STATus QUEStionable EVEN 211 STATuUSs QUEue NEXT saa bn 210 SYSTem ACCessory AUTO iatez 190 SYST ACCESSO EE 190 SYSTem AUDio VOLume lt Volume gt rerrnnrennrnnvnnrnrrnnrenerrnrnnnnrnnnrennrrnnnnnnnneneenerrnrnnnnnn 184 SYSTem BEEPer KEY VOLume zMolume z nsere nenene 185 SYSTem BEEPer VOLume cMolumez ssssssessenenreessetrrrensteerttrnrnnntterttnnnnnsnrennn nnne nee 184 SYSTem BNC lt 1 2 gt MODE DNCkunchonz 191 eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 219 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System SYSTem CAPTure COUNter Counterz 175 SYSTem CAPture MODE lt MODE gt i uvvranvvvvrvrnvnvvssnnenrranenenrvsnenvvnnnnenrrsnsnenvrnnenevsnnneneen 175 GvGfemCOMMunicate LAN ECTHemerz 186 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN GATeway lt Gateway gt srnnnonnrrnnnonnrrnnrennrrnnrennrresrrnnnnnr 186 SYSTem COMMunicate LAN SUBMask lt SubnetMasSk gt aaaonnnnnnnessnnnnnnnnssnennrrrnneee 187 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet ADDRess lt IPAddress gt ccccccescesseceeeeeeeeeanees 187 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet DHCP STATe Giatez nener 187 SYSTem COMMunicate SOCKet PORT botz 188 eh HK RR MER EE 191 SYSTEM ER
175. nnrsrrnnnersrrnnnrrrrrnnrersrrnnsersrnnnens 134 7 3 8 11 Using an Isotropic Antenna iiA ia 135 7 4 Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode rrrnnnnnvvnnnnnnvnnnnnnsvnnnnnvnnnenr 137 7 4 1 Configuring the Horizontal AXiS mmeersrvvnronnrrrnrennrrenrennrrennrnnrrnnrrnnrrenrennrnenrennrnessennnne 137 7 4 2 Configuring the Vertical AXis nnanrrnnnonnrrnnvennvnnnvvnnvvnnvnnnvnnnvnnnvevnvenavnnnvnaevevnvenevennenn 138 7 43 Setting the Bandwidth EE 143 7 4 4 Performing and Triggering the Measurement 143 7 4 5 Working with Traces cccctcecesdaceceectiecienecevilicadeeehe sch einec EE 144 7 4 6 Using Markers and Deltamarkers A 146 7 4 6 1 Markers and Deltamarkers rarsvvrnnannvvrnnnravvrnnnrsvvrnnrsrnvnnnsrsnnrnenrennrnnesennrnesrennrnesrennnne 146 7 462 Marker Functions imnarmnimdv mva taeeeateeenevdiiaauennneauensieiaveenes 148 7 4 7 Configuring the Measurement sseeessseeeerseeesrnnsesrnanssnnuseinnnntnnnnntannnanannnntannaanannnaeanne 150 7 4 7 1 Selecting the Measurement Port 150 7 4 7 2 Selecting the Measurement Mode 150 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 3 R amp S ZVH Table of Contents 7 4 7 3 Calibrating the Measurement ssnnnsannnnannannvnnannnnvnannnnnnnannnnnnnnennnnnnnannnnenaennnneneenennene 151 7 4 7 4 Selecting the Result Display 152 7 4 7 5 Selecting the Measurement Fomat 153 7 4 7 6 Configuring the Vector Voltmeter option R amp S ZVH K45 eee ee eeeeeeeeenteeeeeees 155 7 5 Remote Com
176. nstructions on what to do to continue the calibration process and finish it successfully This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Parameter lt CalibrationMethod gt F2PCal Full 2 Port calibration F2PHighacc Full 2 Port High Accuracy S11Cal Full 1 Port calibration S11easy Easy 1 Port calibration Port 1 CAT mode only S12Cal Normalize transmission with isolation CAT mode only S12Norm Normalize transmission CAT mode only 21Cal Normalize transmission with isolation CAT mode only S21Norm Normalize transmission CAT mode only 22Cal Full 1 Port calibration S22easy Easy 1 Port calibration Port 2 CAT mode only T2PCal Normalize transmission with isolation network analysis only T2PNorm Normalize transmission CAT mode only Return values lt Instructions gt Connect Open to Port 1 Connect the open to port 1 before resuming calibration Connect Open to Port 2 Connect the open to port 2 before resuming calibration Connect Short to port 1 Connect the short to port 1 before resuming calibration Connect Short to port 2 Connect the short to port 2 before resuming calibration Connect Load to port 1 Connect the short to port 1 before resuming calibration Connect Load to port 2 Connect the short to port 2 before resuming calibration Connect Through Connect a through to ports 1 and 2 EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 67 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna
177. ntrol Commands File Management MMEM FILE DATE Public Screen Shots Screen0001 png Returns the modification date of the file Screen0001 png Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory FILE TIME lt FileName gt lt Time gt This command sets the time of a file The sequence of entry is hour minute second Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the path and file name lt Time gt Numeric values indicating the time You have to enter the time as comma separated values after the string with the file name The sequence is hour minute second The available value range is 0 23 0 59 0 59 Example MMEM FILE TIME Public Screen Shots Screen0006 png 11 04 00 Sets the time to 11 04 00 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MME Mon INIT This command formats the indicated drive Note Formatting deletes all data stored on the memory drive This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example MMEM INIT Formats and deletes all data from the drive Characteristics RST value SCPI conform Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 169 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management MMEMory LOAD STATe 1 lt FileName gt This command loads the settings from a set file Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the path and file name Example MMEM LOAD STAT 1 Public Datasets Dataset001 set L
178. nvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnn 199 7 10 1 Structure of an SCPI Status Register rrrnrrnnrrnnrrnnronnrrnnronnrrnnnennrrnnrennrrenrennrrenrennnne 199 72 10 14 CONDItION Dt geed dE 199 17 40 12 PIRa nsiton TEE 200 TAOS NTRansition el EE 200 71014 EVENt Pall eege eee eel nin eee 200 7 40 15 ENABIe Patt oreraa E AE eek 200 TAQAG Sum e LEE 201 7 10 2 Overview of the Status Register 201 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 4 R amp S ZVH Table of Contents 7 10 3 Status Byte STB amp Service Request Enable Register GREIN 202 7 10 4 Event Status Register ESR and Event Status Enable Register ESE 0010000n 203 10 441 STATus OPERAtion Register esireast aiiai aT Ra aaa 204 7 10 4 2 STATus QUEStionable Heoister AAA 204 7 10 4 3 STATus QUEStionable FREQuency Register 205 7 10 44 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Hegtsier A 205 7 10 4 5 STATus QUEStionable POWer Register 205 7 10 5 Application of the Status Reporting Systems rernrarrrrnnrnrrnnrnnnrrnrnnnnnrnnrennrrnnnnnnnnnn 206 7 10 51 Service REQUEST nipin ninia ea Ea E a EA 206 7 10 52 Seral Poli sca e deen Add 206 7 10 5 3 Query by Means of Commandes 207 740 54 Error Queu Gen veisecsctiscsectecdieceieiate cre ARE 207 7 10 6 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System rrrunnnnrrnnnnnnrnnnnonnrrnnrnnnrrennennrrenrennnne 208 7 10 7 Remote Commands of the Status Reporting Gvstem 209 Alphabetical List of Remote Commande rrrsnnvvv
179. oads the settings from the file Dataset001 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory MDIRectory lt Directory gt This command creates a new directory This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt Directory gt String containing the path and new directory name Example MMEM MDIR Public USER Creates the a directory called User Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific MMEMory MOVE lt SourceFile gt lt NewFileName gt This command renames files if lt file_destination gt contains no path Otherwise the file is moved to the indicated path and stored under the file name specified there This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt SourceFile gt String containing the path and file name of the source file lt DestinationFile gt String containing the path and name of the destination file Example MMEM MOVE Public Screen Shots Screen0002 png Public Screen Shots Screen0001 png Renames Screen0002 png to Screen0001 png Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 170 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management MMEM MOVE Public Screen Shots Screen0001 png Public Test Picl png Moves file Screen0006 png to the Test folder and renames the file Pic1 png Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory RDIRectory lt Directory gt This command deletes the i
180. oating point value Example SYST POS LAT Return value would be for example 48 7 40 0 for 48 7 40 0 in the northern hemisphere Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POSition LONGitude This command queries the longitude of the current position of the R amp S ZVH Return values lt sign gt lt degrees gt lt minutes gt lt seconds gt lt sign gt no sign east negative sign west lt degrees gt degrees of longitude integer value lt minutes gt minutes of longitude integer value lt seconds gt seconds of longitude floating point value eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 180 Configuring the Instrument Example SYST POS LONG Return value would be for example 11 36 46 2 for 11 36 46 2 East Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem POSition VALid This command queries if the current position is valid Return values 0 GPS position is not valid 1 GPS position is valid Example SYST POS VAL Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument 7 9 3 Display Configuration This chapter describes commands to set up the display of the R amp S ZVH via remote control List of Commands DISPlay BRIGhtness lt Brightness gt p 182 DISPlay CMAP lt ColorScheme gt p 182 DISPlay CMAP DEFault p 183 DISPlay DATE FORMat lt DateFormat gt p 183
181. ock Eilehamez 172 SYSTEM SHUTAOWN EE 197 SYS Tem TIME Time gs lane bandes viele eee 197 SYSTem TZONee mecht 198 eh GREIN 198 TRACe DATA lt Destination gt ninnan eiaa A a Eai aA 92 TRACSIDATA e uea oe ee 144 TRACe lt t gt DATA lt Destination gt cession aia i a iaaa 49 TRIGger SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt mmrnnrrnnnennrrrnnonnrrvnnennrrnnrennnnn 45 TRIGger SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt mrnnrrnnnnnnrrnnnennrrnnnnnnrrvnrnnnnnn 86 TRIGger SEQuence LE Vel VIDeo Trtgogert eye 87 TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt TriggerSlope gt sseeeeesssisseerreseirreseirrnstnnnsttrnnsennnsnnn 46 TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt TriggerSlope gt aasssessseeesrreseerresssrnessrnnesssnnaarnnnensannaanenn 87 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSOurce gt mmmanrrrnnrennrrvnrennrrnnrenrrrnrennrrenrrnnnne 46 TRIGger SEQuence SOURce lt TriggerSOurce gt mmansrrnnnrnnrrvnrrnnrrenrenrrrnrennrrenrennnne 88 UNIF LENGI SUM MH sainan iea EAA E A Aa a a a A iaai 50 eeo a a a Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 220 Status Reporting System UNIT POWer E 79 UNIT lt z gt PMETer POWer Unttz 160 R amp S ZVH Index Index Abort measurement ssrnnssnvrnnnrnvrnnnnnvrnnnnvrennnnvrnnnrnvrnnsnvnene 83 ACER EEN 120 limit check 126 132 Adjacent channel Spacing rrrnrrrnnnnnrnrnnrrrrrnnnnrrnnnnrrnnnner 124 Adjacent channels rnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnrnrnnnnnnrnnnnrnnnnnnnnrrnnn
182. of 10 dBm Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe lt State gt This command turns a limit check on and off You can query the result of the limit check with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC LIM STAT ON Switches on the limit check for limit line 1 Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI conform CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT X This command queries the horizontal unit of a limit line This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Example CALC LIM UNIT X Queries the x unit of the first limit line Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific e Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 105 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT Y This command queries the vertical unit of a limit line This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Example CALC LIM1 UNIT Queries the y unit of the first limit line Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer SELect lt LimitLine gt This command selects the upper limit line This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter lt LimitLine gt string containing the file name of the upper limit line Example CALC LIM UPP SEL GSM Upper rellim Selects th
183. of measurement points in a single sweep This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value Number of sweep points Example SWE POIN Returns the number of sweep points Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SENSe SWEep TIME lt SweepTime gt This command defines the sweep time If you set a sweep time in spectrum mode with this command the R amp S ZVH decouples the sweep time from the span and the resolution and video bandwidths Parameter lt SweepTime gt Numeric value in seconds The available value range is specified in the datasheet Example SWE TIME 10s Sets the sweep time to 10 s Characteristics RST value AUTO is set to ON SCPI conform SENSe SWEep TIME AUTO lt State gt This command couples and decouples the sweep time to the span and the resolution and video bandwidths Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 84 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example SWE TIME AUTO ON Switches on the coupling to frequency span and bandwidths Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform 7 3 4 2 Triggering Measurements The following commands set up trigger conditions if you are using a trigger for the measurement List of commands SENSe SWEep EGATe lt State gt p 85 SENSe SW Eep EGATe HOLDoff lt GateDelay gt p 85 SENSe SWEep EGATe LENGth
184. on CENTer p 96 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation STATe lt State gt p 96 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation HOLDoff lt Time gt p 97 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion DEModulation SELect lt Demodulation gt p 97 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown lt Distance gt p 98 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown FREQuency p 98 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown RESult p 98 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NDBDown STATe lt State gt p 99 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NOISe STATe lt State gt p 99 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion NOISe RESult p 99 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion REFerence p 100 CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt FREQuency This command performs a frequency measurement at the marker position and returns the result To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end to make sure that the R amp S ZVH actually reaches the frequency you want to measure This is only possible in single sweep mode Before you can use the command you have to turn on the frequency counter with CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt STATe lt State gt Example See CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt STATe lt State gt Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate MARKer lt m gt COUNt STATe lt State gt
185. onFile gt String containing the path and name of the destination file eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 166 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management Example MMEM COPY Public Standards cdmaOne obwstd USB cdmaOne std Copies the cdmaOne standard file file to a memory stick Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory DATA lt FileName gt lt BlockData gt This command writes block data into a file The delimiter must be set to EOI to obtain error free data transfer When you query the contents of a file you can save them in a file on the remote control computer The command is useful for reading stored settings files or trace data from the instrument or for transferring them to the instrument Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the path and file name lt BlockData gt Data block with the structure hash sign lt number gt length of the length information lt number gt length information of the binary data number of bytes lt data gt binary data with the indicated number of bytes Example MMEM NAME Public User Testfile txt Creates a new file called Testfile txt MMEM DATA Public User Testfile txt 220Contents of the file The parameter mean Public selects the target file 2 hash sign and length of the length information 20 bytes 2 digits 20 indicates the number of subsequent binary data bytes Contents of
186. one in dB EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 129 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example See CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics LIST This command queries the position of the harmonics To get a valid result you should perform a complete sweep in single sweep mode before querying the results This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value Returns one value for every harmonic The first value is the absolute power of the first harmonic The level unit depends on the unit you have set with the UNIT Power command The other values are power levels relative to the first harmonic The unit for these is dB The total number of return values depends on the number of harmonics you have set with CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics NHARmonics lt Harmonics gt Example See CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics NHARmonics lt Harmonics gt This command sets the number of harmonics The valid range is from 1 to 6 harmonics Parameter lt Harmonics gt Numeric value in the range from 1 to 6 Example See CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMon
187. ositive peak Characteristics RST value POS SCPI conform SENSe DETector lt t gt FUNCtion AUTO lt State gt This command couples and decouples the detector to the trace mode Parameter lt State gt ON OFF eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 91 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example DET AUTO OFF Turns off automatic detector selection Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform TRACe DATA lt Destination gt This command queries the trace data of the current measurement It also transfers data from a file to a particular trace With FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt command you can set the data format Parameter lt Destination gt TRACe1 writes to or reads out trace 1 TRACe2 writes to or reads out trace 2 LIST reads out peak list of SEM measurements Return value The R amp S ZVH returns 631 values Each value corresponds to one pixel of a trace The unit depends on the measurement and the unit you have set with UNIT POWer lt Unit gt Note If you use the auto peak detector the command reads out positive peak values only Example TRAC DATA TRACEL Reads out the data for trace 1 Characteristics RST value SCPI conform FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt This command selects the data format that is used for transmission of trace data from the R amp S ZVH to the controlling computer Note that the command has
188. ot p 197 SYSTem SHUTdown p 197 SYSTem TIME lt Time gt p 197 SYSTem TZONee lt TimeShift gt p 198 SYSTem VERSion p 198 INPut IMPedance PAD lt MatchingPad gt This command selects the matching pad connected to the R amp S ZVH Parameter lt MatchingPad gt RAM RAZ HZTE Example INPut IMP 75 PAD RAZ Selects 75 Q input impedance and the R amp S RAZ as the matching pad Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument SENSe JROSCilator SOURce lt RefSource gt This command selects the source of the frequency reference oscillator If you use an external reference signal make sure to connect the signal to the Ext Ref BNC connector of the R amp S ZVH Parameter lt RefSource gt INTernal internal reference EXTernal external reference Example ROSC SOUR EXT Activates external source as reference signal Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem ACCessory This command queries the type of measurement accessory if one is connected to the R amp S ZVH for example an isotropic antenna or power sensor Return value Name of the accessory Example SYST ACC Queries connected measurement accessories Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem ACCessory AUTO lt State gt This command turns automatic detection of connected measurement accessories on and off Parameter lt State
189. processed there There are several methods which are represented in the following 7 10 5 1 Service Request Under certain circumstances the instrument can send a service request SRQ to the controller Usually this service request initiates an interrupt at the controller to which the control program can react appropriately As evident from Fig 1 4 an SRQ is always initiated if one or several of bits 2 3 4 5 or 7 of the status byte are set and enabled in the SRE Each of these bits combines the information of a further register the error queue or the output buffer The ENABle parts of the status registers can be set so that arbitrary bits in an arbitrary status register initiate an SRQ In order to make use of the possibilities of the service request effectively all bits should be set to 1 in enable registers SRE and ESE Example Use of the command OPC to generate an SRQ at the end of a sweep CALL InstrWrite analyzer ESE 1 Set bit 0 in the ESE Operation Complete CALL InstrWrite analyzer SRE 32 Set bit 5 in the SRE ESB After its settings have been completed the instrument generates an SRQ The SRQ is the only possibility for the instrument to become active on its own Each controller program should set the instrument in a way that a service request is initiated in the case of malfunction The program should react appropriately to the service request 7 10 5 2 Serial Poll
190. pter provides information on how to configure two port measurements with the tracking generator The structure follows the order of the actual operation sequence used when performing a measurement e Selecting the Cable Characteristics on page 62 e Selecting the Measurement Mode on page 62 e Calibrating the Measurement on page 65 To perform the actual measurement use the commands described in section Performing and Triggering Measurements 7 2 8 1 Selecting the Measurement Port The following commands select the measurement port List of commands e MEASurement PORT lt Port gt p 61 MEASurement PORT lt Port gt This command selects the measurement port Parameter lt Port gt Numeric value in the range from 1 to 2 Example MEAS PORT 1 Selects port 1 Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI device specific eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 61 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 8 2 Selecting the Cable Characteristics The following commands define the cable characteristics for the cable you are testing List of commands e CALCulate DTF CABle PRESet lt CableModel gt p 62 CALCulate DTF CABle PRESet lt CableModel gt This command selects the cable model Parameter lt CableModel gt String containing the file name of the cable model Example CALC DTF CAB PRES 5088 HLFR CBLMOD Selects the cable model from the file 5088 HLFR CBLM
191. r This automatic routine makes sure that the that the signal power level does not overload the R amp S ZVH or limit the dynamic range by too small a S N ratio To determine the best reference level the R amp S ZVH aborts current measurements and performs a series of test sweeps After it has finished the test it continues with the actual measurement This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Example POW ACH PRES RLEV Initiates an ACP measurement and adjusts the reference level Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe POWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel AUTO lt RefChannel gt This command automatically selects a reference channel for relative ACLR measurements The number of transmission channels and adjacent alternate channels has to be greater than 0 for the command to work Parameter lt RefChannel gt MINimum transmission power with the lowest power MAXimum transmission channel with the highest power LHIGest lowest transmission channel for lower adjacent channels and highest transmission channel for upper adjacent channels Example POW ACH REF TXCH AUTO MIN Sets the TX channel with the lowest power as reference channel Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SENSe JPOWer ACHannel REFerence TXCHannel MANual lt RefChannel gt This command defines a reference channel for relative ACLR measurements The number of transmission ch
192. r the alternate channels Note that the absolute limit has no effect on the limit check if it is below the relative limit See CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RELative lt Limit gt This mechanism allows automatic checking of the absolute basic values of adjacent channel power as defined in mobile radio standards Parameters lt Limit gt Numeric value in the range from 200 dBm to 200 dBm Example CALC LIM ACP ALT3 ABS 30 Sets the absolute limit to 30 dBm for the third alternate channel Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt ABSolute STATe lt State gt This command turns the absolute limit check for an alternate channel on and off You have to activate the general ACLR limit check before using this command with CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower STATe lt State gt first Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC LIM ACP ALT3 ABS STAT ON Activates the absolute limit check for the third alternate channel Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 127 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer CALCulate LIMit lt k gt ACPower ALTernate lt y gt RESult This command queries the result of the limit check of the alternate channels To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the swe
193. racteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK DATA lt y gt This command queries the DTF list This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Suffix lt y gt Selects an entry in the DTF list Return value lt distance gt lt return loss gt The number of values depends on the number of peaks that exceed the threshold you can set with CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK THReshold lt Threshold gt Example CALC TRAN DTF PEAK RES2 Reads out the second result in the DTF peak list Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK STATe lt State gt This command turns the display of the DTF list on and off Parameter ON OFF Example CALC TRAN DTF PEAK ON Turns on the DTF peak list EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 69 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK THReshold lt Threshold gt This commands defines the threshold for the DTF list All values that exceed the threshold are in the DTF list You can query the list with CALCulate TRANsform DTFault PEAK DATA lt y gt Parameter lt Threshold gt Numeric value that sets the threshold level The unit depends on the measurement format Example CALC TRAN DTF PEAK THR 20 Sets the threshold to 20 dB Characteristics RST value SCPI
194. re Manual 1173 9005 12 07 34 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example FREQ CENT STEP 120MHz Defines a CF step size of 120 MHz Characteristics RST value AUTO 0 1 SPAN is switched on SCPI conform SENSe FREQuency CENTer STEP LINK lt StepSizeCoupling gt This command couples and decouples the center frequency step size to the span For time domain measurements the command couples the step size to the resolution bandwidth Parameter lt StepSizeCoupling gt DIVTen Couples the step size to 10 of the span OFF deactivates coupling manual input Example FREQ CENT STEP LINK DIVT Couples the step size to 10 of the span Characteristics RST value DIVTen SCPI device specific SENSe FREQuency SPAN lt Span gt This command defines the frequency span If you set a span of 0 Hz in spectrum mode the R amp S ZVH starts a measurement in the time domain Parameter lt Span gt Numeric value in Hz The value range is specified in the data sheet Example FREQ SPAN 10MHz Defines a span of 10 MHz Characteristics RST value fmax With fmax maximum frequency SCPI conform EE oE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 35 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer SENSe JFREQuency SPAN AUTO lt State gt This command turns the automatic calculation of t
195. re Manual 1173 9005 12 07 42 Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example INP ATT 30dB Defines an attenuation of 30 dB and deactivates coupling to the reference level Characteristics RST value 0 dB AUTO is ON SCPI conform SOURce TG ATTenuation lt TGAttenuation gt This command defines the output level of the tracking generator Parameter lt TGAttenuation gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 50 dB Entering an output level of e g 20 dB results in an output level of 20 dBm Example SOUR TG ATT 50 Defines the attenuation to 50 dB and therefore an output level of 50 dBm Characteristics RST value 0 dB SCPI device specific R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer 7 2 3 Setting the Bandwidth The following commands configure the filter bandwidths of the R amp S ZVH Note that both groups of commands BANDwidth and BWIDth are the same List of commands e SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution lt MeasBW gt p 44 e SENSe JBANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt p 44 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution lt MeasBW gt This command defines the measurement bandwidth Analog resolution filters of 100 Hz to 100 kHz in 1 3 10 steps are available Parameter lt MeasBW gt Numeric value in the range from 100 Hz to 100 kHz Example BAND 100 kHz Sets the bandwidth to 100 kHz Characteristics RST value A
196. relative value in relation to marker 1 If necessary the corresponding delta marker is activated first To get a valid result you have to perform a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end between activating the delta marker and reading out the result This is only possible in single sweep mode Return value lt MarkerPosition gt In NA and CAT mode the unit depends on the measurement format In spectrum analyzer mode the unit depends on the unit you have set and the scaling of the vertical axis Parameter or measuring functions Output unit DBM DBPW DBUV DBMV DBUA dB lin log WATT VOLT AMPere dB lin log Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode CALC DELT2 ON Switches on delta marker 2 INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for its end CALC DELT2 Y Queries the horizontal position of delta marker 2 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 54 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe lt State gt This command turns markers on and off If you do not use a suffix at MARKer marker 1 is selected If one or more delta markers 2 to 6 are already active the command turns these delta markers into normal markers Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC MARK3 ON Turns on marker 3 Char
197. reviations to simplify input In the description of such commands all parts that have to be entered are written in capital letters Additional text in lower case characters is for information only gege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 7 R amp S ZVH Introduction LAN Interface 1 Introduction With the software application R amp S ZVH K40 installed on the instrument it is possible to operate your R amp S ZVH via remote control In this manual you will find all information necessary to remotely control the R amp S ZVH Enabling the Option The Remote Control Option R amp S ZVH K40 is enabled by entering a key code The key code is based on the unique serial number of the instrument To retrofit an option enable it with a key code Press the SETUP key Press the Installed Options softkey gt Select Install Option under the Option Administration header gt Confirm with ENTER An entry box in the lower right corner of the screen is displayed Type in the the appropriate option key gt Confirm with ENTER If the correct key code is entered the R amp S ZVH displays If an invalid key code is entered the R amp S ZVH displays Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 8 R amp S ZVH Interfaces and Protocols LAN Interface 2 Interfaces and Protocols The R amp S ZVH supports two different interfaces for remote control e LAN Interface The protocol is based on TCP IP and supports the VXI 11 standard e USB In
198. rn renn 146 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Coordinate gt cccccccceccceceeceeeeeeeeseneeeeeeeeeeeesnaeees 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits LEFT search mmm 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits RIGHt earch 58 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X SLIMits STATe lt State gt annnnneneeeee nenene aseene neren 57 CAL Culate nzMARkercmzv 147 CAL Culate nzMAkercmz vi tt tnnnns rtrt Ennens senenn nenne 58 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe lt State gt mmmmmrrrrrrrrrrnrrrrrrnrnnrrrrrnrrrrrrnnnnrnnnen 55 OLA BE 01 Leo ABOL 65 CALibration AT Tenuation ST TAT US sssssneeseeeeeeertenseeertnntnnererttttnrnnsrrntttnn nn nseent nenene 66 CALibration CONTinue aoneneronnnvnrnnrrnnnnnrnanrnnnnnnnnnenrrnnnnnnnnnnenentrnnnnnnnnneenennnrnnnnnnnnnn 66 CALI bration MODE siini meia naaa AE cncexstenaeecaudedccxsacbuceaaeds 151 CALi bration MODE sundene sus saacccecascande cna deed deed Eed gea 66 CALibration PMETer ZERO AUTO ONCE ssssssssssssssessserrnnsessrrrrrtnnserrrtrnnrnnsnrertrnn renne 162 CALibration STARt lt CalibrationMethod gt rnnrrrnnnnnnrrnvnnrnrrrnnnnnnrnrnnrnnnennrrnrrnnnnnnnnen 67 GALIbration STATUS naaar rake detain Eege aes 152 DISPlay BRIGhtness lt Brightness gt mmmmsvvararvvvrrrrrvrvrnverrrrrrnnrrnnrnnerrnrarerrnnransrennnnne 182 DISPlay CMAP lt GolorScheme gt merosi aiaee ea Eana aAA AVARE 182 DISPlay G MAP Re 183 DISPlay
199. roller which it receives from the data base management It processes it according to the SCPI rules and makes it available in the output buffer If the instrument is addressed as a talker without the output buffer containing data or awaiting data from the data base management the output unit sends error message Query UNTERMINATED to the status reporting system No data are sent to the controller the controller waits until it has reached its time limit This behavior is defined by IEEE 488 2 and SCPI eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 16 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax i miss af smie se eee Structure of a Command 5 SCPI Command Structure and Syntax SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments describes a standard command set for programming instruments irrespective of the type of instrument or manufacturer The goal of the SCPI consortium is to standardize the device specific commands to a large extent For this purpose a model was developed which defines the same functions inside a device or for different devices Command systems were generated which are assigned to these functions Thus it is possible to address the same functions with identical commands The command systems are of a hierarchical structure SCPI is based on standard IEEE 488 2 i e it uses the same syntactic basic elements as well as the common commands defined in this standard Part of the syntax of the device responses is defined w
200. ructure of an SCPI Status Register Each standard SCPI register consists of 5 parts which each have a width of 16 bits and have different functions The individual bits are independent of each other i e each hardware status is assigned a bit number that applies to all five parts For example bit 0 of the STATus OPERation register is assigned to the calibration status of the R amp S ZVH Bit 15 the most significant bit is set to zero for all parts Thus the contents of the register parts can be processed by the controller as positive integer 15114113 12 CONDition Part 3 21110 vyvv vyvv 15114113 12 PTRansition Part 3 2 11 0 15114113112 NTRansition Part 312 10 v v v v v v v yv 15114113 12 EVENt Part 3 21110 to higher order register v A v vv v y SA A E SA A E AAA E gt AAAA AAAA amp logical AND Sum bit logical OR and ENABle Part 3 2 1 0 of all bits Figure 7 1 The status register model 7 10 1 1 CONDition part The CONDition part is directly written into by the hardware or the sum bit of the next lower register Its contents reflects the current instrument status This register part can only be read but not written into or cleared Its contents is not affected by reading EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 199 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Status Reporting System 7 10 1 2 PTRansition part The
201. s command defines the sweep time for the gated trigger Parameter lt SweepTime gt Numeric value in seconds Example SWE GATE TIME 4ms Sets a sweep time of 4 ms for the gated trigger Characteristics RST value 400 us SCPI device specific TRIGger SEQuence HOLDoff TIME lt TriggerDelay gt This command defines the length of the trigger delay Parameter lt TriggerDelay gt Numeric value in the range from 0 s to 100 s EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 86 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example TRIG HOLD 500us Sets the trigger delay to 500 us Characteristics RST value 0s SCPI conform TRIGger SEQuence LEVel VIDeo lt TriggerLevel gt This command defines the level of the video trigger Video trigger is available for time domain measurements span 0 Parameter lt TriggerLevel gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 100 Example TRIG LEV VID 50PCT Sets the trigger level to 50 Characteristics RST value 50 PCT SCPI device specific TRIGger SEQuence SLOPe lt TriggerSlope gt This command selects the slope of the trigger signal The trigger slope applies to all trigger sources Parameter lt TriggerSlope gt POSitive NEGative Example TRIG SLOP NEG Characteristics RST value POSitive SCPI conform mn Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 87 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyz
202. s must always be entered in quotation marks or Example SYSTem LANGuage SCPI or SYSTem LANGuage SCPI EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 24 Parameters 5 2 6 Block Data Block data are a transmission format which is suitable for the transmission of large amounts of data A command using a block data parameter has the following structure Example HEADer HEADer 45168XXXXXXXX ASCII character introduces the data block The next number indicates how many of the following digits describe the length of the data block In the example the 4 following digits indicate the length to be 5168 bytes The data bytes follow During the transmission of these data bytes all end or other control signs are ignored until all bytes are transmitted R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax WEE Structure of a Program Message 5 3 Structure of a Program Message A program message may consist of one or several commands It is terminated by the program message terminator which is the NL New Line charcter for LAN and USB connections Several commands in a program message must be separated by a semicolon If the next command belongs to a different command system the semicolon is followed by a colon A colon at the beginning of a command marks the root node of the command tree Example CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe FREQuency CENTer 100MHz INPut ATTenuation 10 This program message contain
203. s one entry from the error queue If no error messages are stored there any more the instrument responds with 0 No error The error queue should be queried after every SRQ in the controller program as the entries describe the cause of an error more precisely than the status registers Especially in the test phase of a controller program the error queue should be queried regularly since faulty commands from the controller to the instrument are recorded there as well EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 207 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Ee Status Reporting System 7 10 6 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System Table 7 8 contains the different commands and events causing the status reporting system to be reset None of the commands except RST and SYSTem PRESet influences the functional instrument settings In particular DCL does not change the instrument settings Table 7 8 Resetting the status reporting system Event Switching on supply voltage DCL SDC Power On Status Clear Device Clear RST or STATus PRESet CLS Selected Device SYSTem PRESet Clear Clear SRE ESE Clear EVENt Ce of the registers Clear ENABle parts of all OPERation and QUEStionable registers Fill ENABle parts of all other registers with 1 Fill PTRansition parts with 4 Clear NTRansition parts T E er Clear command processing yes and input buffer Every command being the first in a program message i e immediate
204. s two commands The first one is part of the SENSe command system and is used to determine the center frequency of the instrument The second one is part of the INPut command system and sets the input signal attenuation If the successive commands belong to the same system having one or several levels in common the program message can be abbreviated For that purpose the second command after the semicolon starts with the level that lies below the common levels see also Fig 1 1 The colon following the semicolon must be omitted in this case Example CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe FREQuency STARt 1E6 SENSe FREQuency STOP 1E9 This program message is represented in its full length and contains two commands separated from each other by the semicolon Both commands are part of the SENSe command system subsystem FREQuency i e they have two common levels When abbreviating the program message the second command begins with the level below SENSe FREQuency The colon after the semicolon is omitted The abbreviated form of the program message reads as follows CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe FREQuency STARt 1E6 STOP 1E9 However a new program message always begins with the complete path Example CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe FREQuency STARt 1E6 CALL InstrWrite analyzer SENSe FREQuency STOP 1E9 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 26 R amp S ZVH SC
205. sTime gt This command sets the duration of measurements Available for measurements with a power sensor Parameter lt MeasTime gt SHORt NORMal LONG Example PMET MTIMe SHOR Sets a short measurement time for power measurements Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 161 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter 7 5 4 Performing Measurements with the Power Sensor The following chapter describes all commands that are available for performing power measurements with the power sensor CALibration PMETer ZERO AUTO p 162 SENSe JPMETer DE Tector FUNCtion lt PowerDisplay gt p 162 CALCulate PMETer PRESet BANDwidth VIDeo lt Bandwidth gt p 163 FETCh lt z gt PMETer p 163 CALCulate PMETer PRESet STATe lt State gt p 164 CALCulate PMETer PRESet SELect lt Standard gt p 164 7 5 4 1 Zeroing of the Power Sensor CALibration PMETer ZERO AUTO ONCE This commands starts to zero the power sensor This command is an event and therefore has no RST value and no query Parameter ONCE Example CAL PMET ZERO AUTO ONCE Starts to zero the power meter Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 5 4 2 Forward Power Display Note that the forward power is only available in conjunction with the R amp S ZVH Z14 or R amp S ZVH Z44 SENSe PMETer DETector FUNCtion lt PowerDispla
206. t DisplayRange gt p 141 DISPlay lt n gt REFLection UNIT lt Unit gt p 142 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MINimum lt BottomValue gt p 41 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe MAXimum lt TopValue gt p 42 DISPlay lt n gt VSWR Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 42 INPut ATTenuation lt Attenuation gt p 42 SOURce TG ATTenuation lt TGAttenuation gt p 43 UNIT POWer lt Unit gt p 79 For a detailed description of commands not described below refer to Configuring the Vertical Axis in CAT mode and Configuring the Vertical Axis in spectrum mode DISPlay lt n gt GDELay REFerence lt RefValue gt This command sets the reference value for the group delay measurement format Parameter lt RefValue gt Numeric value in the range from 1 ns to 1000 ns Example DISP GDEL REF 20 Sets the reference level to 20 nanoseconds R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Network Analyzer Mode Characteristics RST value 0 ns SCPI device specific DISPlay lt n gt GDELay REFerence POSition lt RefPosition gt This command defines the position of the reference value on the display for the group delay measurement format Each step shifts the reference position one grid line up or down Parameter lt RefPosition gt Numeric value in the range from 0 to 10 Example DISP GDEL REF POS 1 Sets the reference to the first grid line from the bottom
207. t contains information about the error Negative number error as defined in the SCPI standard Positive number error that is specific to the R amp S ZVH If the error queue is empty the command returns 0 Example STAT ERR CODE Characteristics RST value SCPI conform SYSTem ERRor CODE ALL This command queries the complete error queue This command is a query and therefore no RST value Return value lt error number gt number that contains information about the error Negative number error as defined in the SCPI standard Positive number error that is specific to the R amp S ZVH The number of values depends on the length of the queue If the error queue is empty the command returns 0 no error Example SYST ERR CODE ALL Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem ERRor COUNt This command queries the number of errors currently in the error queue This command is a query and therefore no RST value Return value lt numeric_value gt number of the errors in the queue Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 193 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Configuring the Instrument Example SYST ERR COUN Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific SYSTem HELP HEADers This command returns a list of all available remote control commands This command is a query and therefore no RST value Example SYST HELP HEAD Returns the syntax of all availab
208. t gt Note that synchronization to the end of the average count is possible only in single sweep mode Parameter lt TraceMode gt AVERage MAXHold MINHold VIEW WRITe Example SWE CONT OFF SWE COUN 16 Turn on single sweep mode and defines a sweep count of 16 measurements DISP TRAC MODE MAXH Activates MAXHold mode for the trace INIT WAI Performs a measurement with synchronization after 16 sweeps Characteristics RST value WRITe SCPI device specific FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt This command selects the data format that is used for transmission of trace data from the R amp S ZVH to the controlling computer Note that the command has no effect for data that you send to the R amp S ZVH The R amp S ZVH automatically recognizes the data it receives regardless of the format Parameter lt DataFormat gt ASCii ASCii format separated by commas REAL 32 32 bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers in the definite length block format In REAL 32 format a string of return values would look like 42524 lt value 1 gt lt value 2 gt lt value n gt with 4 Number of digits of the following number of data bytes 4 in this example 2524 Number of following data bytes 2524 corresponds to the 631 sweep points of the R amp S ZVH lt value gt 4 byte floating point value Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 48 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer
209. t level the individual key words being separated by a colon Example SENSe FREQuency SPAN 10MHZ This command lies in the third level of the SENSe system It sets the frequency span BANDwidth FUNCtion FREQuency DETector Figure 5 1 Tree structure the SCPI command systems using the SENSe system as example 5 1 2 2 Multiple Keywords Some key words occur in several levels within one command system Their effect depends on the structure of the command i e at which position in the header of a command they are inserted Examples SOURce FM POLarity NORMal This command contains key word POLarity in the third command level It defines the polarity between modulator and modulation signal SOURce FM EXTernal POLarity NORMal This command contains key word POLarity in the fourth command level It defines the polarity between modulation voltage and the resulting direction of the modulation only for the external signal source indicated Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 18 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax EH Structure of a Command 5 1 2 3 Optional Keywords Some command systems permit certain key words to be inserted into the header or omitted These key words are marked by square brackets in the description The full command length must be recognized by the instrument for reasons of compatibility with the SCPI standard Some commands are considerably shortened by these optional key words
210. t n gt LIMit lt k gt BEEP STATe lt State gt p 102 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COMMent p 102 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DEFine p 103 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete p 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL p 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer SELect lt LimitLine gt p 104 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer THReshold lt Level gt p 105 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe lt State gt p 105 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT X p 105 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT Y p 106 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer SELect lt LimitLine gt p 106 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer THReshold lt Level gt p 106 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt BEEP STATe lt State gt This command turns the beeper that beeps if a limit line is violated on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example CALC LIM BEEP ON Activates the audio beep Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI device specific CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COMMent This command queries the description of a limit line This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return value lt Comment gt String containing the description of the limit line Example CALC LIM COMM Queries the description of limit line 1 E Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 102 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer
211. tatus Reporting System CAL COulate nzLlMtckzUNITTEWIR 106 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer SELect mn me 106 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer THReshold Level 106 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF sasnnnsenseeeeseerrrnsseerttnnrnnsstertttnnnaestrrtnnnnnnstennn ennnen 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics DISTortion TOTal 129 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics LIST rrnnreroronrnnrrrrrnrrnnrrnrnnnnnn 130 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics NHARmonics lt Harmonics gt 130 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics PRESet aasseeeeeneneneeeeeeeenenn 131 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion HARMonics STATe lt State gt 005 129 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion MDEPth RESUlt renenennronrnnrrrrnnrrnnrrnrnnnnnn 132 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion MDEPth STATe lt State gt aaaananeaenaan 131 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TXPower RESult rerernronrnnrrrrnnrernrrrrnnnnnn 128 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion TXPower RESult rerernrononnrrrrnnrennrrnrnnnnnn 132 CAL Culate nzMAb ker mz MAximumNE ST 56 CAL Culate nzMAb ker mz MAxImumf DEART 55 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MINimum PEAK c cccccecceceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees 56 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MODE lt MarkerMode gt sssssssssrrnnsseerrrnrrensreerrr
212. te 168 MMEMory FILE TIME Fiehlamez Time 169 MME Mory INIT snitt iris verdant a a aa a A Ela 169 MME Morvl OAD STATe Filehamez 170 MMEMory MDIRectory Dreck 170 MMEMory MOVE lt SourceFile gt lt NewFileName gt rrnnnnnnnnnnrnnrnnnnrnnnnnnrrnnrnnnnnnnnnnn 170 MMEMory NAME lt FileName gt nnvvnrervvvvnnnrvvvrnnnrrrvrnnnrrnvrnnerrnvrneersnnrnnsrsnrnesrsnnrnessennnne 174 MMEMory RDIRectory lt Directory gt rnnnarsvvvnnnnvvvrnnnnnvvrnnnnrrvrnnnnennrneerennrnesrennrresrennnnee 171 MME MorvGTObeziATe FEilehamez renent ent 171 SENSe SWEep POINts lt POints gt cccccceeeeceeceeceeeeeeeeeceaeeeeeeeeesececceeeeeeeeeseeenaeess 45 SENSe JBANDwidth BVWIDth VIDeo Mideobw nn 81 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth VIDeo AUTO lt State gt mmmsvvrrrvovvvnrrrorvrnrrrrrrrnerrsrnrnernr 81 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution lt MeasBW gt snrnasavvnnrrnsvvrnrrrsvvrnerrrvnnnennr 44 SENSe JBANDwidth BWIDth RESolution Resbu nnne 80 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt rssernrrrsvvrnrrrsrrrnrrvrrvrnernn 44 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution AUTO lt State gt rssernrrrsvvrnrrrsrvrnrrrrrnnnernn 80 SENSe CHANnel lt ChannelNumber gt ssssssssnssssssrsrrnrsesstttntnnstrrttrnnrnnsnrerrnn nenene nnt 107 SENSe CHANnel TABLe SELect Channelfablez 108 SENSe CORRection TRANsducer lt c gt SELect fransducertachorz 78 IGENZe CObRbechon TRANeducerccs UNITA 78 SENSe JCORRectio
213. terface The connectors are located at the side of the instrument and permit a connection to a controller for remote control via a local area network LAN or directly via USB SCPI SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments commands messages are used for remote control Commands that are not taken from the SCPI standard follow the SCPI syntax rules The instrument supports the SCPI version 1999 The SCPI standard is based on standard IEEE 488 2 and aims at the standardization of device specific commands error handling and the status registers The tutorial Automatic Measurement Control A tutorial on SCPI and IEEE 488 2 from John M Pieper R amp S order number 0002 3536 00 offers detailed information on concepts and definitions of SCPI The requirements that the SCPI standard places on command syntax error handling and configuration of the status registers are explained in detail in the following sections Tables provide a fast overview of the bit assignment in the status registers The tables are supplemented by a comprehensive description of the status registers VISA VISA is a standardized software interface library providing input and output functions to communicate with instruments The I O channel LAN or USB is selected at initialization time by means of a channel specific resource string For more information about VISA refer to its user documentation The programming examples for remote control are all writte
214. tes related to your instrument please send an e mail to the Customer Support Center stating your instrument and your wish We will take care that you will get the right information Europe Africa Middle East Phone 49 89 4129 12345 customersupport rohde schwarz com North America Phone 1 888 TEST RSA 1 888 837 8772 customer support rsa rohde schwarz com Latin America Phone 1 410 910 7988 customersupport la rohde schwarz com Asia Pacific Phone 6565 13 04 88 customersupport asia rohde schwarz com China Phone 86 800 810 8228 86 400 650 5896 customersupport china rohde schwarz com ROHDE amp SCHWARZ 1171 0200 22 06 00 R amp S ZVH Table of Contents Table of Contents Documentation Overview wwrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenennnevnneneneneeer 6 Conventions Used in the Documentation rwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvvvnvnnnnnnnnnn 7 1 JetrogeHE ees ee 8 2 Interfaces and Protocols sxssesSSERSSERESEKEEERESEKEEERESEEREEREEEREEERESEEEEEREEEEEEEER 9 KN Bun 10 22 USB ML CT 10 23 Protocols ET 11 3 Setting Up the Remote Control Connection snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 13 3 1 Preparing for Remote Control rrnanavrnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnvenennn 13 4 Instrument Model and Command ProceSsSing ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 14 41 Input Unit us eiiside niende aaaea ds ne aoucnondddwbenabsdebenndcuneenazsnmonanacnenenauan 14 4 2 Command Recognition rrssvvnnnnnn
215. th 0 With GSM for instance slots are counted from 0 to 7 In the case of remote control the slots are selected with the suffixes 1 to 8 If the numbering differs in manual operation and remote control it is indicated with the respective command eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 21 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax sets ie ss este Structure of a Command 5 1 3 Overview of Syntax Elements The following table offers an overview of the syntax elements The colon separates the key words of a command In a program message the separating semicolon marks the uppermost command level The semicolon separates two commands within a program message It does not alter the path e The comma separates several parameters of a command The question mark forms a query The asterisk marks a common command Quotation marks introduce a string and terminate it The hash symbol introduces binary octal hexadecimal and block data e Binary 4B10110 e Octal 07612 e Hexa HF3A7 e Block 21312 A white space ASCIl Code 0 to 9 11 to 32 decimal e g blank separates header and parameter Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 22 R amp S ZVH SCPI Command Structure and Syntax EE aai Parameters 5 2 Parameters For most commands a parameter needs to be supplemented The parameter has to be separated from the header by a white space Possible parameters are Numeric values Special numeric values Boolean par
216. the file store 20 binary bytes characters to the file MMEM DATA Public User Testfile txt Transfers the contents of the file Testfile txt to the control computer Characteristics RST value SCPI conform EH Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 167 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands File Management MMEMory DELete lt File gt This command deletes a file Parameter lt File gt String containing the path and file name of the file to delete Example MMEM DEL Public Screen Shots Screen0001 png Deletes the file Screen0001 png Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory FILE lt File gt This command creates a file Parameter lt File gt String containing the file name Example MMEM FILE TEST TXT Creates the file TEST TXT Characteristics RST value SCPI conform MMEMory FILE DATE lt FileName gt lt Date gt This command sets the date of a file Parameter lt FileName gt String containing the path and file name lt Date gt Numeric values indicating the date You have to enter the date as comma separated values after the string with the file name The sequence is year month day The available value range is 1980 2099 1 12 1 31 Example MMEM FILE DATE Public Screen Shots Screen0001 png 2006 04 01 Sets the date to April 1st 2006 eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 168 R amp S ZVH Remote Co
217. tion state This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values NORMalized full calibration APPRoximate approximate calibration caused by a change of attenuation for example measurement uncertainty must be anticipated Example CAL STAT Queries the calibration status of the R amp S ZVH Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALibration CONTinue This command resumes calibration after a calibration standard has been connected After the command has been sent it returns instructions on what to do to continue the calibration process and finish it successfully This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Example CAL CONT Resumes calibration and would return e g Connect Load to Port 1 Connect the load before resuming calibration Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALibration MODE This command queries the general current calibration state This command is a query and therefore has no RST value Return values 0 not calibrated 1 calibrated Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 66 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands ee Remote Commands of the Cable and Antenna Analyzer Example CAL MODE would return e g 0 Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific CALibration STARt lt CalibrationMethod gt This command selects a calibration method and initiates calibration After the command has been sent it returns i
218. vel on the display grid First you have to set a logarithmic scale for the vertical axis with DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SPACing Fora linear scale you can not modify the reference position Parameter lt ReferencePosition gt numeric value that defines the reference position The available value range is from 1 to 10 Example DISP TRAC Y RPOS 5 Sets the reference position to the 5th grid line Characteristics RST value 10 SCPI conform INPut ATTenuation MODE lt AttenuationMode gt This command selects the attenuation mode Parameter lt AttenuationMode gt LDIStortion Auto low distortion LNOise Auto low noise Example INP ATT MODE LNO Sets the attenuation mode to Auto Low Noise Characteristics RST value LNOise SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 76 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer INPut ATTenuation AUTO lt State gt This command couples and decouples input attenuation to the reference level Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example INP ATT AUTO ON Couples the attenuation set on the attenuator to the reference level Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform INPut GAIN STATe lt State gt This command turns the preamplifier on and off Parameter lt State gt ON OFF Example INP GAIN STAT ON Activates the preamplifier Characteristics RST value OFF SCPI conform INPut IMPeda
219. vent an overlapping execution of commands one of the commands OPC OPC or WAI must be used All three commands cause a certain action only to be carried out after the hardware has been set By suitable programming the controller can be forced to wait for the respective action to occur For more information see Table 6 1 Table 6 1 Synchronization using OPC OPC and WAI Command Action Programming the controller OPC Sets the Operation Complete bit in the Setting bit 0 in the ESE ESR after all previous commands have Setting bit 5 in the SRE bsen execut d Waiting for service request SRQ OPC Stops command processing until 1 is Sending oPC directly after the command returned This is only the case after the whose processing should be terminated before Operation Complete bit has been set in other commands can be executed the ESR This bit indicates that the previous setting has been completed WAI Stops further command processing until Sending zwar directly after the command whose all commands sent before WAI have processing should be terminated before other been executed commands are executed For a couple of commands the synchronization to the end of command execution is mandatory in order to obtain the desired result The affected commands require either more than one measurement in order to accomplish the desired instrument setting e g auto range functions or they require a
220. vnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvennnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnsvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnsvnnnnnnnvennnnnnnnnnr 15 4 3 Data Base and Instrument Hardware urrssvvnnnnnnvvnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnsvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnennnr 15 4 4 Status Reporting System rrnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnr 16 4 5 Output Hp EE NNN ikea ENNEN 16 5 SCPI Command Structure and Syntax rrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 17 5 1 Structure of a tGommand eessregEssgeekesgeEEEES SEKR SEEEEER SEKR SEEEEEER SEKR EEEEEER Sek EEe 17 S11 Common Commands ET 17 5 1 2 Device Specific Commande neer nnnn nnmnnn nt 18 G Wl Te A EE 18 3122 Multiple Keyword wise ccicsccesthscdeccidesedessacddeecpteseaesfhvadescheesecstsavacetsthesguestheudesstdesqaessauecets bas 18 5123 Optional Keyword E 19 3124 LONG and Shon Fon si s ccecthscseccidesedessacddeecpteseuesfheadescteeseasthavacet stheseuestheadesstdesedessauecetebae 19 3125 Paame eana A A 20 51260 Special Characters ivcciisicccatancdesstdacataaanddesavieiacaadenedessanntadasagascebatiesataadeaedesstdnaedasaansdeddana 20 S127 Numerl SUK essin E ET E 21 5 1 3 Overview of Syntax Elements rsmrenaannvnonnannvnonnnnnnnennnnnnnennennnneanennnneddnnnnndenennnndenennen 22 52 P arameters sirnane ninani ANARTEAN AAAS AREAREN RARA 23 521 Numere Valles site ccende cece dbecdeanedevedeus cas ccupedecuewenddccevvheevantheuecelsedeceessdbuctensederedesncuy gan 23 Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 1 R amp
221. vvvrrvnvevvrrnnrrnvrrnnrennrrerrennrresrrnnnne 149 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM X Honz hbtz nne 149 DISPlay lt n gt ZOOM Y lt VerticalShift gt eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerreseerresterrssterrnstrnnsternsttnrssenennt 149 FE TOCheasDME Ter 163 FORMat BORDer lt ByteOrder gt mmmsvevvrerrvvvrerrvrvrrerrrrvnrersrrnnnersrnnsersrnnsersrrnnnersvnnneenn 91 FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt ccccccceeceecceceeeeeeececaeceeeeeeesecacaeeeeeeesesennanaeeeeees 48 FORMat DATA lt DataFormat gt cccccccceeesecceceeeeeeeceeeaeceeeeeeesecsacaeeeeeeeseteeneeaeeeeeess 92 HCObvD ViceLANGuage eee ceeeee ee eeeneeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaaeeeseeaaeeeeeeaeeeseeaeeeseenaeeeseeaaes 173 HCOPYyEIMMediat EE 174 INITiate CONTinuous lt SweepMode gt rrrnnnrnnrnnnvrnrrnnnnrrnnnnnernrrnnnnnnnnenerrnrrnnnnnnnsensennennn 83 INE ET BL EE 82 INPut ANTenna MEASure Drechonz tn nsnrrrtrnn nennen renna 135 INPut ANTenna STATe Gtate z 135 INPut ATTenuation lt Attenuation gt ccccececceececeeeeeeecenececeeeeeseeaaaeaeeeeeeesesecnieeeeeeeess 42 INPut ATTenuation AUTO lt State gt o oo cc cccecccseccececeeeeeeeceaeceeeeeeeseseaaeceeeeeeesesennineeeeeeess 77 INPut ATTenuation MODE lt AttenuationMode gt mrrnnrrrrrnrrnnrrnnrnrrnrnnnrrnrrnrnnrrnnenrernennn 76 INPUUCGAIN STAT GsState gt us ccaccte cca ccetvecaaasansne tuchiiecs datas ina dudtagsnddvabaea tvctagensdvibaaetdanseecs 77 INPut IMPedance Jmpedancez TT INPut IMPedance PAD
222. ware Manual 1173 9005 12 07 157 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter 7 5 Remote Commands of the Power Meter The chapter provides information on remote commands that configure and perform power measurements with the power sensor These commands are available in power meter mode only Availability of remote commands for Power Sensor measurements Note that the listed remote commands take effect only if a power sensor is connected Contents Setting the Frequency on page 158 Configuring Power Level Readout on page 159 Defining the Measurement Time on page 161 Performing Measurements with the Power Sensor on page 162 7 5 1 Setting the Frequency The following chapter describes commands necessary to define frequency settings List of commands e SENSe PMETer FREQuency lt Frequency gt p 158 e CALCulate PMETer CPOWer BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt p 159 SENSe PMETer FREQuency lt Frequency gt This command sets the frequency of the power sensor Parameter lt Frequency gt Numeric value in Hz The available value range is specified in the data sheet Example PMET FREQ 500 MHZ Sets the power sensor s frequency to 500 MHz Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 158 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter CALCulate PMETer CPOWer BANDwidth lt Bandwidth gt This command defi
223. weep end is not possible since the overall measurement never ends This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 82 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Example INIT CONT OFF DISP WIND TRAC MODE AVER Turns single sweep mode and trace averaging on INIT WAI Starts the measurement and waits for the end of the sweep Characteristics RST value SCPI conform INITiate CONTinuous lt SweepMode gt This command selects the sweep mode Parameter lt SweepMode gt ON Continuous sweep OFF Single sweep Example INIT CONT OFF Turns on single sweep mode Characteristics RST value ON SCPI conform SENSe JSWEep COUNt lt SweepCount gt This command defines the number of sweeps included in a single sweep It also defines the number of sweeps the R amp S ZVH uses to average traces or calculate maximum values The R amp S ZVH performs one sweep for sweep count 0 or 1 Parameter lt SweepCount gt 0 to 999 Example SWE COUN 64 Defines a sweep count of 64 sweeps INIT CONT OFF INIT WAI Turns on single sweep mode starts the sweep and waits for its end Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 83 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer Characteristics RST value 1 SCPI conform SENSe SWEep POINts This command queries the number
224. y STOP lt StopFrequency gt Parameter lt OperationMode gt CW time domain span 0 FIXed time domain span 0 SWEep frequency domain span gt 0 Example FREQ MODE SWE Activates frequency domain measurements Characteristics RST value SWEep SCPI conform SENSe FREQuency OFFSet lt FrequencyOffset gt This command defines a frequency offset Parameter lt FrequencyOffset gt Numeric value in the range from 100 GHz to 100 GHz Example FREQ OFFS 1GHZ Defines a frequency offset of 1 GHz Characteristics RST value 0 Hz SCPI conform SENSe FREQuency SPAN FULL This command restores the full span This command is an event and therefore has no query and no RST value Example FREQ SPAN FULL Restores full span Characteristics RST value SCPI conform EEE Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 73 Remote Commands of the Spectrum Analyzer 7 3 2 Configuring the Vertical Axis The following commands configure the vertical level axis and level parameters of the active display The suffix lt t gt at TRACe is irrelevant for these commands The suffix lt c gt at TRANsducer selects the primary or secondary transducer The range is lt 1 2 gt List of commands DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe ADJust p 38 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SPACing lt Scaling gt p 74 DISPlay WINDow TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe lt DisplayRange gt p 75 DISPl
225. y gt This command selects the forward power display of the power sensor Parameter lt PowerDisplay gt AVERage average power PENVelope peak envelope power Example PMET DET AVER Selects the Average weighting mode eege Software Manual 1173 9005 12 07 162 R amp S ZVH Remote Control Commands Remote Commands of the Power Meter Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 5 4 3 Defining the Video Bandwidth Selecting a video bandwidth is only possible when you are measuring the peak envelope power with the R amp S ZVH Z44 power sensor based on a customized user standard See the following commands for more information about these conditions e SENSe PMETer DETector FUNCtion lt PowerDisplay gt e CALCulate PMETer PRESet STATe lt State gt e CALCulate PMETer PRESet SELect lt Standard gt CALCulate PMETer PRESet BANDwidth VIDeo lt Bandwidth gt This command defines the video bandwidth of the R amp S ZVH Z44 power sensor Parameter lt Bandwidth gt Video bandwidth of the power sensor in Hz Example CALC PMET PRES BAND VID 10MHZ Defines a video bandwidth of 10 MHz Characteristics RST value SCPI device specific 7 5 4 4 Reading Out Measurement Results FETCh lt z gt PMETer This command queries the results of measurements with the power sensor Return value The return values depend on the power sensor in use and the selected suffix at FET

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