Agilent 8753E Programming Manual

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Ke

Text

This represents a key physically located on the
instrument.

This represents a “softkey,” a key whose label is
determined by the instrument’s lirmware

This represents text displayed on the instrument’s
screen.

The

front and rear
environmental operating requirementq

as procedures for hwMling, conUgwlng,

and verifying the operation of the analyzer.

The
features, and

performance from your analyzer.

The Quick
summary of selected

The HP-IB Progreaming and

0

information for operation of the network
analyzer under

and

011 network analyzer’s

Guide shows how to make

you how to get the most

Gnlde provides programming

Start Guide

electrical and

Guide provides

features.

Command

control.

BASIC

programming example8 to
demonstrate the remote operation of the
network analyzer.

System Verillcation and
provides the system verification and
performance
Record for your
network analyzer.

and the Wrformence

Examples

Guide

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1.

Where to Look for More Information
Preset Conditions
Analyzer Command

Code Naming Convention

Valid Characters
units

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Command Formats

General Structure:

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Analyzer Operation

Held Commands
Operation Complete

HP-IB Operation

Device Types

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Listener
Controller

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Bus Structure

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Handshake Lines
Control Lines

Requirements

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Operational Capabilities

status lndica~rs

Device Modes

System-Controller Mode

Mode

Pass-Control Mode
Analyzer

Modes

Setting HP-IB Addresses

Response to

Commands)

Abort

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Device Clear.

Met&Messages

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1-7

1-9

1-9

1-12
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1-17
1-19

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1-21
1-21

1-23
1-24

Universal

Local..
Local Lockout
Parallel Poll

Control

Remote..
Serial
Trigger

Reading Analyzer Data

Output Queue
Command Query.

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output syntax.
Marker Data
Array-Data Formats
Trace-Data Transfers
Stimulus-Related Values

Data-Processing Chain

Data Arrays

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Data Levels
Learn String and Calibration-Kit String

Error Reporting

Status Reporting
The Status Byte

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The Event-Status Register and Event-Status Register B .
Error Output

Error Messages in Numerical Order
Calibration
Display Graphics

User Graphics Units

subset:

Accepted but ignored HP-GL commands:

Disk File Names
Using Key Codes
Key Select Codes Arranged by

Only Commands

Alphabetical Mnemonic Listing

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139

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1-63

Index

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Analyzer Single Bus Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ASCII) Data-Transfer Character String

Data-Processing Chain for Measurement Outputs

Status Reporting Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-6. Key Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1-16
1-22

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l-l.

Preset Conditions (1 of 5)
Code Naming Convention
OPC-compatible Commands

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HP 8753E Network Analyzer Array-Data Formats

1.6.

Definitions

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Relationship between Calibrations and Classes

1.8. Error

Key

Select Codes

Only

Commands

Arrays

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Programming and

1

This document is a reference for operation of the network analyzer
under

analyzer, refer to the HP

control.

information

manual operation of the

User’s Guide.

HP-IB Programming and Cbmman

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Additional information covering many of the topics discussed in this
document is located in the following:

for

a description and discussion of all aspects of the
overview of all technical details as a broad tutorial. HP publication,

n

IEEE Standard

operation. Published by the:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.,

345

New York, New York 10017.

HP

examples in HP BASIC.

part number 5021-1927.

std

East

of the

contains detailed information on

Street

includes

A thorough

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When the

key is pressed, the analyzer reverts to a known state

called the factory preset state. This state is

l-l.

Preset Conditions (1 of

Analyzer Mode
Analyzer Mode

Frequency

Value

Step Sweep

Mode

External Trigger
Sweep Time
Start
Frequency Span

Frequency Span

Start

Span

CW

Frequency

Start Power

Coupled Rawer

Power
Coupled Channels
Coupled Port

Network Analyzer
Mode

Linear Frequency

Continuous

100 ma,

Auto Mode

Idle

6000.07

0

on
on
on

16.0 dBm

on

Power Range
No. of

Frequency

Mode

Frequency

Sweep Mode

Power

Parameter

Color Selections

Dual Channel

Channel
split Display
Active Channel Channel 1
Frequency Blank

in

Auto;
201

Swept

Channel 1: 811;
Channel 2: 821;
Channel 8: 812;
Channel 4:

Log Magnitude
[all inputs)

bme

Disabled

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Number of

before

0

HP-IB

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l-l. Preset Conditions (2 of 5)

Beeper: Bone
Beeper:

Warning

IF Bandwidth

Aperture

PRESETVALUE

Interpolated

Error

AA

A

no effect. If

on

16%

InCre~

16%.

Markers

1,

4

Reference Marker

1
1
None

Marker Mode

Channel 1

Channel 2

[hp]

Delta Marker Mode

Marker Search

1% SPAN; OE

Degrees

Marker lkrget
Marker

Value
Marker Tracking
Marker Sthnuhw

Marker

LO

Value

Marker Aux Offset

Degrees

Marker

polar Marker

Marker

Input A
Input B

Mode

Chop A and B
Power Meter

Number of

Beep

Power Loss

1 InterpoIated Error Correction can be on or off when the

factory preset state.

of

1-4

User’s Guide describes how to set the factory preset

Error Correction.

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Upper/Lower

in the

CONDITIONS

l-l. Preset Conditions

VALUE

-20

conflgaratlon

[cont.)

Baud Rate

of 5)

VALUE

Active

Active

Shape

Span
Demodulation
Window
Use Memory

HP-IB Mode

Clock Time Stamp

FbctoryNwr

Parallel port

Plotter

Plotter port

Plotter Baud Rate

Plotter Handshake

HP-IB Address

Normal

-10

nanoaeconti

Normal

Last Active

on

last AcMve
State

Last AcMve

Active

Active

HP-IB Address

Data Array
Raw Data Array

Data Array

Data

Select Dbk

2

Loop Counter

Modes

Phase Lock
Sampler Correction
Spur Avoidance

Analog

Node

Active

state

Internal

0

on
on

11 (Aux Input)

1 The directory size is calculated

2 Pressing preset turns off sequencing modify (edit) mode and tips any

sequence.

AcMve

0.013% of the floppy disk size (which

HP-IB Progmamdng

and

l-l. Preset Conditions (4 of 5)

lot

Data
lot Memory
‘lot
lot lbxt
‘lot Marker

‘lot Quadrant

Plot

lot Speed

Data

QraMcule

QraMcule

on
on
on
on
on
on

Pull

2
6

1

VALUE

Pen Number (cant):

Line

Data

Data

Mode

Ref

Last Active State

Magenta

Blue
Red

Black
Black
Black

l-l. Preset Conditions (5 of 5)

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Scale

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Reference

Value

The analyzer

commands are derived from their front-panel key

titles (where possible), according to this naming convention:

Simple comman

as in POWE, the

comman

are the

four letters of the function they control,

d name for power. If the function label

ds

contains two words, the first three mnemonic letters are the first three
letters of the fhst word, and the fourth mnemonic letter is the first
letter of the second word.

example, ELED is derived from electrical

delay.
If there are many commands grouped together in a category, as in

markers or plotting pen numbers, the command is increased to 8
letters. The

4 letters are the category label and the last 4 letters
are the function specifier. As an example, category pen numbers are
represented by the

comman

d PENN, which is used in combination with

several functions such as PENNDATA, PENNMEMO.
The code naming guidelines, listed in are used in order to:

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make commands more meaningful and easier to remember

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There are times when these guidelines are not
followed due to technical considerations.

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1-2. Code Naming Convention

Key Title

One Word

Two Words

Two

Three Words

Power
start

Electrical Delay

Search Right

Marker

in a

Gate

Pen

Data

Some codes require appendages (ON, OFF,
have a front-panel equivalent are

For BP-IB Code Use

Four Letters

First Three Letters of First
Word, First Letter of Second
Word

Four Letters of Roth

First Three
Word, Fhst Letter of Second
Word, First Four Letters of
Third Word

of First

etc.). Codes that do not

only commands. They use a

Example

POWE

ELED

similar convention based on the common name of the function.

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The analyzer accepts the following ASCII characters:

letters
numbers

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decimal points

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semicolons

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quotation marks

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carriage returns (CR)

linefeeds

Both upper- and lower-case letters are acceptable. Carriage returns,
leading zeros, spaces, and unnecessary terminators are ignored, except
for those within a command or appendage. If the analyzer does not
recognize a character as appropriate, it generates a syntax error message
and recovers at the next terminator.

The analyzer can input and output data in basic units such as Hz,
seconds, etc.

Seconds

S
V

Volts

Hz
DB

Hertz

or

Input data is assumed to be in basic units (see above) unless one of the
following units is used (upper and lower case are equivalent):

MS Milliseconds
US Microseconds
NS Nanoseconds
PS

HP-IB

KHZ Kilohertz
MBZ Megahertz
GHZ
FS

and

Gigahertz
Femtoseconds

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Guide

The

commands accepted by the analyzer can be grouped into five
input-syntax types. The analyzer does not distinguish between
and lower-case

letters.

General Structure:
The general syntaz structure is:

[code] [appendage] [data] [unit] [terminator]

The individual sections of the

[code]

The root mnemonic (these codes are described in

code are

below.

the “Alphabetical Mnemonic Listing” later in this

document.)
A qualifier attached to the root mnemonic Possible

appendages are ON or

(toggle a function ON or

or integers, which specify one capability out of

several. There can be no spaces or symbols between

the code and the appendage.
A single operand used by the root mnemonic, usually

to set the value of a function. The data can be a
number or a character string. Numbers are accepted
as integers or decimals, with power of ten
by E (for example,
frequency to 2

STAR

sets the start

Character strings must be
enclosed by double quotation marks.
For example:
A title string using RMB

OUTPUT 716;

where the

two

are an escape so that

BASIC will interpret the third

would look like:

properly.

[unit]

[terminator]

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The units of the operand, if applicable. If no units
are specitled, the analyzer assumes the basic units
as described previously. The data is entered into
the function when either units or a terminator are
received.

Indicates the end of the command, enters the data,
and switches the active-entry area OFF. A semicolon
(;) is the recommended terminator.

are not necessary for the analyzer to

ds

interpret comman

correctly, but in the case of a

syntax error, the analyzer will attempt to recover at

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the next terminator. The analyzer also interprets line
feeds and

END OR IDENTIFY

messages as

terminators.

Syntax Types

The specific syntax types are:

SYNTAX TYPE 1: [code] [terminator]

These are simple action commands that require no complementary
information, such as

AUTO;

the active channel).

SYNTAX TYPE 2:

These are simple action comman

such as

,

[code] [appendage] [terminator]

ds requiring limited customization,

and

,

(error correction ON or

(recall register

There can be no

or

characters or symbols between the code and the appendage.

In the following cases: CLEAREG[D] ,

and

For example,

will

generate a syntax error.

must be 2 characters.

1; will execute, while

,

SYNTAX TYPE 3: [code] [data]

These are data-input

comman

ds such as STAR 1.0

(set the

start frequency to 1

SYNTAX TYPE 4: [code] [appendage] [data] [terminator]

These are titling and marker commands that have an appendage,

such as

(title register 2

(title register 1

QUERY SYNTAX:

To query a front-panel-equivalent function, append a question
mark (?)

REAL?.)

the root mnemonic

example, POWE?,

or

To query commands with integer appendages, place the

question mark after the appendage.

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The analyzer cannot process
key commands known as “held” commands.
held command because it requires the analyzer to take one sweep of
data before executing any other commands.

Once a held command is received, the analyzer will read new commands
into the input buffer, but it will not begin the execution of any
commands until the completion of the

until it is able to process the commands in the buffer.

Commands that call a calibration class are held if there
is just one standard in the class, since such commands

trigger a measurement.

Occasionally, there is a need to know when certain analyzer operations
have been completed. There is an operation-complete function (OPC)
that allows a synchronization of programs with the execution of
certain key commands. This mechanism is activated by issuing
or QPC?; prior to an

operation-complete bit will then be set after the execution of the
OPC-compatible command.
OPC bit to be set when the
place of the
command execution is complete. The analyzer will halt the computer

by not t
example, executing
analyzer causes the bus to halt until the instrument preset is complete
and the analyzer outputs a one (1).

As another example, consider the timing of sweep completion. Send
string sets the analyzer sweep time

completion of a single sweep to respond with a one (1). The computer

should be programmed to read the number one (1) response from the
analyzer indicating completion of the single sweep. At this point a valid
trace exists and the trace data could be read into the computer.

causes the analyzer to output a one (1) when the

the one (1) until the command has completed.

3

commands while executing certain

example,

command. When the

command. The status byte or

example, issuing

sweep is

, and then immediately querying the

3 seconds, and then waits for

SING;

Issuing

is a

causes the

in

This

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OPC-compatible Commands

REFD
RESPDONE

1A2

to

31)

EXTTON

1 These commands are not querlsble, but the active channel may be found by

HARMSEC

INSMEXSM SAVC

INSMTUNR

NOOP SLIS

RAID TRAD

to

to

are OPCcompatible if there

SAVE< 1 to

to 31>

SAVT
SING

to G>

WAIT

only one standard in the

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The HewletMackard Interface Bus (HP-B) is Hewlett-Packard’s
hardware, software, documentation, and support for IEEE 488.2 and

worldwide standards for interfacing instruments. This interface

allows you to operate the analyzer and peripherals in two methods:

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by an external system controller

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by the network analyzer in system-controller mode

The HP-B employs a party-line bus structure in which up to 15 devices
can be connected on one contiguous bus. The interface consists of
16 signal lines and 8 ground lines within a shielded cable. With this
cabling system, many different types of devices including instruments,
computers, power meters, plotters, printers, and disk drives can be
connected in parallel.

Every HP-IB device must be capable of performing one or more of the

following interface functions:

A talker is a device capable of transnu

‘tting device-dependent data when
addressed to talk. There can be only one active talker at any given
time.

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power meters

n

disk drives

n

voltmeters

n

counters

n

tape readers

of this type of device include:

The network analyzer is a talker when it sends trace data or marker
information over the bus.

A listener is a device capable of receiving device-dependent data over

the interface when addressed to listen. There can be as many as 14
listeners connected to the interface at any given time. Examples of this
type of device include:

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printers

n

power supplies

generators

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The network analyzer is a listener when it is controlled over the bus by

a system controller.
Controller

A controller is

1.

the operation of the bus

as a device capable of:

2. addressing talkers and listeners
There can be only one active controller on the interface at any time.

Examples of controllers include desktop computers, minicomputers,
workstations, and the network analyzer. In a multiple-controller
system, active control can be passed between controllers, but there can
only be one system controller connected to the interface. The system
controller acts as the master and can regain active control at any time.
The analyzer is an active controller when it plots, prints, or stores to
an external disk drive in the pass-control mode The analyzer is also a
system controller when it is operating in the system controller mode,

and

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Figure l-l. HP-IB Bus Structure

Data Bus

The data bus consists of 8 bi-directional lines that are used to transfer
data from one device

commands and data
transmitted on these lines are typically encoded in ASCII, although
binary encoding is often used to speed up the transfer of large arrays.
Both ASCII- and binary-data formats are available to the analyzer. In
addition, every byte transferred over
insure

Handshake Lines

data.

undergoes a handshake to

A three-line handshake scheme coordinates the transfer of data between

talkers and listeners. ‘lb insure data integrity in multiple-listener
transfers, this technique forces data transfers to occur at the transfer

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rate of the slowest device connected to the interface. With most
computing controllers and instruments, the handshake is performed
automatically, making it transparent to the programmer.

Control

The data bus also has five control lines, The controller uses these lines

to address devices and to send bus commands.

IFC (Interface Clear)

ATN (Attention)

SRQ (Service Request)

REN (Remote Enable)

This line is used exclusively by the

system controller. When this line
is true (low), all devices (whether
addressed or not) unaddress and
revert to an idle state.

The active controller uses this
to

whether the information
on the data bus is command-oriented
or dataoriented. When this line
is true (low), the bus is in the
command mode, and the data lines
carry bus commands. When this

data mode, and the data lines carry
device-dependent instructions or
data.

This line is set true (low) when
a device requests service and

the active controller services the
requesting device, The network

can be enabled to pull the
SRQ line for a variety of reasons such
as requesting control of the interface,
for the purposes of printing, plotting,
or accessing a disk.

This line is used exclusively by
the system controller. When this
line is set true (low), the bus is
in the remote mode, and devices
are addressed by the controller to
either listen or talk. When the bus
is in remote mode and a device is
addressed, it receives instructions

from the system controller via

rather than from its front panel

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EOI (End or Identify)

(pressing (Local) returns the device
to front-panel operation). When this
line is set false (high), the bus and all
of the connected devices return to
local operation.

This line is used by a talker to
indicate the last data byte in a
multiple-byte transmission, or by
an active controller to initiate
a parallel-poll sequence. The
analyzer recognizes the EOI line as
a terminator, and it pulls the EOI
line with the last byte of a message
output (data, markers, plots, prints,
error messages). The analyzer does
not respond to parallel poll.

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Number of Interconnected

15 maximum.

Devices:
Interconnection Path Maximum

Cable Length:

Message Transfer Scheme:

20 meters maximum or 2 meters per
device (whichever is less).

Byte serial, bit parallel asynchronous
data transfer using a
handshake system.

Data Rate:

Maximum of 1 megabyte-per-second
over the speci3ed distances with

depends on the transfer rate of the
slowest device connected to the bus.

Address Capability:

listen. A maximum of 1 taker and
14 listeners can be connected to the

interface at given time.

Multiple-Controller Capability:

controller (such as this instrument),
only one controller can be active
at any given time. The active

controller can pass control to another
controller, but only the system
controller can assume unconditional
control. Only one

allowed.

drivers.

data rate

addresses: 31 talk, 31

controller is

the network
there is a
standard. The

of

Full-acceptor handshake.

rear panel, next to the

device subsets as defined by the IEEE 488.2

has the following capabilities:

handshake.

connector,

issued. No
Basic listener, unaddresses if MTA is issued. No listen-only

mode.

Complete service request (SRQ) capabilities.
Complete remote/local capability including local lockout.

PPO

TEO
These codes are completely explained in the IEEE Std 488 documents,

published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc,
345 East 47th Street, New York,
New York 11017.

Does not respond to parallel poll.

Complete device clear

Responds to a Group Execute Trigger (GET) in the
hold-trigger mode.

System controller capabilities in system-controller mode.
Pass control capabilities in pass-control mode.
Tri-state drivers.
No extended listener capabilities.
No extended talker capabilities.

mode.

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Status Indicators

When the analyzer is connected to other instruments over the
the
of the analyzer. The

status indicators illuminate to display the current status

status indicators are located in the
instrument-state function block on the front panel of the network
analyzer.

R

Remote Operation

L

Listen mode
T
S

Service request (SRQ) asserted by the analyzer

The analyzer uses a single-bus architecture. The single bus allows both

the analyzer and the host controller to have complete access to the
peripherals in the system.

Three different controller modes are possible in an

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system-controller mode

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talker/listener mode

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pass-control mode

system:

and

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GRAPHICS PLOTTER

SYSTEM

Figure 1-2. Analyzer Single Bus Concept

System-Controller Mode

This mode allows the analyzer to control peripherals directly in a
stand-alone environment (without an external controller). This mode
can only be selected manually from the analyzer’s front panel. It can
only be used if no active computer or instrument controller is connected
to the system via

If an attempt is made to set the network
analyzer to the system-controller mode when another controller is
connected to the interface, the following message is displayed on the
analyzer’s display screen:

The analyzer must be set to the system-controller mode in order to

access peripherals from the front panel. In this mode, the analyzer can

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directly control peripherals (plotters, printers, disk drives, power meters,
etc) and the analyzer may plot, print, store on disk or perform power

meter functions.

Do not attempt to use this mode for
recommends using an

when

See the following section,

instrument controller

HP

Mode.

Mode

This is the mode that is normally used for remote programming of the
analyzer. In talker/listener mode, the analyzer and all peripheral devices
are controlled from an external instrument controller. The controller

can command the analyzer to talk and other devices to listen. The
analyzer and peripheral devices cannot talk directly to each other unless
the computer sets up a data path between them. This mode allows
the analyzer as either a talker or a listener, as required by the
controlling computer for the particular operation in progress.

Pass-Control Mode

mode allows the computer to control the analyzer via HP-IB (as

with the talker/listener mode), but

allows the analyzer to take
control of the interface in order to plot, print, or access a disk. During
an analyzer-controlled peripheral operation, the host computer is free to
perform other internal tasks

data or display manipulation) while
the analyzer is controlling the bus. After the analyzer-controlled task is
completed, the analyzer returns control to the system controller.

Performing an instrument preset does not affect the
selected bus mode, although the bus mode will return

to talker/listener mode if the line power is cycled.

HP

Analyzer

User’s

provides
information on setting the correct bus mode from the
front-panel menu.

Analyzer Bus Modes

As discussed earlier, under HP-IB control, the analyzer can operate in

one of three modes:

pass-control, or system-controller

mode.

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In talker/listener mode, the analyzer behaves as a simple device on the
bus. While in this mode, the analyzer can make a plot or print using

the

or

OUTPPRIN;

commands. The analyzer will wait
until it is addressed to talk by the system controller and then dump the
display to a plotter/printer that the system controller has addressed to

listen. Use of the

commands PLOT;

and

PR I NALL;

require control to

be passed to another controller.
In pass-control mode, the analyzer can request control from the system

controller and take control of the bus if the controller addresses it
to take control. This allows the analyzer to take control of printers,
plotters, and disk drives on an as-needed basis. The analyzer sets
event-status register bit 1 when it needs control of the interface, and
the analyzer will transfer control back

the system controller at the

completion of the operation. It will pass control back to its controller

address, specified by ADDRCONT.

The analyzer can also operate in the system-controller mode. This mode
is only used when there is no remote controller on the bus.

this

mode, the analyzer takes control of the bus, and uses it whenever it

needs

to access a peripheral. While the analyzer
other devices on the bus can attempt to take control.
REN, ATN, and IFC lines must remain

in this mode, no

the

and the data lines

must be freed by all but the addressed talker.

In systems interfaced using HP-IR, each instrument on the bus is

by an HP-IR address. This address code must be different for
each instrument on the bus.
non-volatile memory and are not affected when you press

addresses are stored in short-term,

or

cycle the power.

The analyzer occupies two HP-IB addresses: the
instrument itself and the display. The display
address is derived from the instrument address by
complementing the instrument’s least-significant bit.
Hence, if the instrument is at an even address, the
display occupies the next higher address.

the
instrument is at an odd address, the display occupies
the next lower address.

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The analyzer addresses are set by pressing (Local)
In system-controller mode, the addresses must be set for the plotter,
printer, disk drive, and power meter.

default address for the analyzer is device 16, and the display

address is device 17.

There is also an address for the system controller, This
address refers to the controller when the network
analyzer is being used in pass-control mode. This is
the address that control is passed back to when the
analyzer-controlled operation is complete.

Abort

The analyzer responds to the abort message
talker, and controller functions.

Device Clear

clearing the input and output queues, and clearing any HP-IB errors

The status registers and the error queue are unaffected.

by halting all listener,

The analyzer wig go into local mode if the local command (GTL) is
received, the remote line is unasserted, or the front-panel local key is
pressed. Changing the analyzer’s HP-IB status from remote to local does
not affect any of the front-panel functions or values.

Local Lockout

If the analyzer receives the local-lockout command (LLO) while it is
in remote mode, it will disable the entire front panel except for the
line power switch. A local-lockout condition can only be cleared by
releasing the remote line, although the local command (GTL) will place
the instrument temporarily in local mode.

Poll

The analyzer does not respond to parallel-poll
parallel-poll unconflgure

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messages.

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Control

the analyzer is in pass-control mode, is addressed to

the take-control co

from the system control it

and receives

take
active control of the bus. If the analyzer is not requesting control, it will
immediately pass control to the system controller’s address. Otherwise,
the analyzer will execute the function for which it sought control of the
bus and then pass control back to the system controller.

The analyzer will go into remote mode when the remote

is asserted
and the analyzer is addressed to listen. While the analyzer is held in
remote mode,
disabled. Changing the analyzer’s

front-panel keys (with the exception of

status from remote to local

are

does not affect any front-panel settings or values.

Serial Poll

The analyzer will respond to a serial poll with its status byte, as
in the “Status Reporting” section of this document. lb initiate the
serial-poll sequence, address the analyzer to talk and issue a serial-poll
enable command (SPE). Upon receiving this command, the analyzer
return its status byte. End the sequence by issuing a serial-poll disable
command (SPD). A serial poll does not affect the value of the status
byte, and it does not set the instrument to remote mode.

In hold mode, the analyzer responds to device trigger by taking a single
sweep. The analyzer responds only to selected-device trigger

This
means that it will not respond to group execute-trigger (GET) unless it is
addressed to listen. The

will not respond to GET if it is not in

hold mode.

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Whenever an output-data
data into the output queue (or buffer) where it is held until the system
controller outputs the next read command. The queue, however, is only
one event long: the next output-data command will overwrite the data

queue immediately after every query or data request from the analyzer.

commandis received, the analyzer puts the

All instrument functions can be queried to find the current ON/OFF
state or value.

mark character (?) to the command to query the state of the functions.

Suppose the operator has changed the power level from the analyzer’s

front panel. The computer can ascertain the new power level using the

analyzer’s commandquery function. If a question mark is appended
to the root of a command, the
function.

outputs the current RF source power at the test port. When

the

analyzer receives
source power level. This condition ill
talk light
the controller.

ON/OFF commands can
function is ON or a zero (0) if it is OFF. For example, if a command
controls an active function that is underlined on the analyzer display,
querying that comman
or a zero (0) if it is not. As another example, there are nine options on
the format menu and only one option is underlined at a time. Only the
underlined option will return a one when queried.

instrument state commands, append the question

will output the value of that

instance,

7

sets the source power to 7

, it prepares to

and

the current RF

the analyzer front-panel

In this case, the analyzer transmits the output power to

be queried. The reply is a one (1) if the

d

yields a one (1) if the command is underlined

instance, send the command string

to the

dual-channel display is switched ON, the analyzer will return a one (1)
to the instrument controller

Similarly, to determine if phase is being measured and displayed, send

the command string

PHAS?;

the

this case, the

analyzer
will return a one (1) if phase is currently being displayed. Since the
command only applies to the active channel, the response to the

query depends on which channel is active.

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The

analyzer’s response to

PACKARD,

X. XX

where

is HEWLETT

is the model

number of the instrument and is the firmware revision of the

instrument.

The analyzer also has the capability to output its serial number with the

command

command

, and to output its installed options with the

.

The following three types of data are transmitted by the analyzer in
ASCII format:

response

query

certain output commands

n

ASCII floating-point

array transfers

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format only, meaning that each character and

digit is transmitted
as a separate byte, leaving the receiving computer to reconstruct the
numbers and strings. Numbers are transnu

‘tted as

strings,

consisting of:

Figure

(ASCII) Data-Transfer Character String

for negative, blank for positive.

3 digits
Decimal point

16 digits

E

Exponent

Digits to the left of the decimal point.
Standard decimal point.
Digits to the right of the decimal point.
Exponent notation.

for negative,

+

for positive.

Two digits for the exponent.

When multiple numbers are sent, the numbers are separated by commas.
When number pairs are sent, the numbers are separated by a comma
and terminated with a line feed

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The network analyzer offers several options for outputting trace-related

data. Data can be selectively read from the trace using the markers,

or the entire trace can be read by the controller. If only
information is required (such as a single point on the trace or the result
of a marker search), the marker output command can be used to read
the information.
or

commands. These commands allow a much faster data
transfer than when using markers to output
more information on these
Special

A marker must IWt be assigned to the desired frequency before it can
be used to read the trace data. This is accomplished using the marker
commands. The controller sends a marker command followed by a
frequency within the trace-data range If the actual desired frequency
was not sampled, the markers can be set to continuous mode and the
desired marker value wig be linearly interpolated from the two nearest
points. This interpolation can be prevented by putting the markers into
discrete mode Discrete mode allows the marker to only be positioned
on a measured trace-data point.

As

alternative, the analyzer can be programmed to choose the

stimulus value by using the MARKER SEARCH function. Maximum,

minimum, target value, or bandwidths search can be automatically

determined with MARKER SEARCH. To continually update the search,
switch the marker tracking ON. The trace-maximum search will remain

activated

data points can be read using the

data points.

co

located in HP

Programming

n

The search is switched OFF.

n

The tracking is switched

n

All markers are switched

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Marker data can be output to a controller by using analyzer commands.
These commands cause the analyzer to

three numbers: marker
value 1, marker value 2, and marker stimulus value. For example, in
log-magnitude display mode we get the log magnitude at the marker
(value

zero (value

and the marker frequency. See for
a complete listing of all the possibilities for values 1 and 2. The four
possibilities for the marker stimulus value are:

n

frequency

n

time (as in time domain, Option 010 Only)

n

n

power (in power sweep mode)

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Format

PHASE
DELAY

CHART

Marker

Mode

LIN

LOG MKR

1

T

real
real

2

t

t

t

OUTPFORM

2

t
t

t

real
real
real
real

value

T

real
real

value

t

t

t

degree:

degree:

G + jB

POLAR

REAL

IMAGINARY

marker readout values are the marker values displayed in the

right-hand comer of the display. They also correspond to the

due and

2 is not

value associated with the fIxed marker.

real

real

SWR

real

in this format, though it is included in data

real

real
real

real

t

SWR

real

real

real

t

SWR

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The analyzer can transmit and receive arrays in the analyzer’s internal
binary format as well as four different numeric formats.
format is set with the FORMl,
commands. These commands do not affect learn-string transfers,
calibration-kit string transfers, or non-array transfers, such as command
query, or output marker values.

A transmitted array will be output in the current format, and the

will attempt to read incoming arrays according to the current

format. Eachdatapointinanarrayisapairofnumbers,usuallya

pair The number of data points in each array is the same

as the number of points in the current sweep.

The five formats are described below:

The analyzer’s internal binary format, 6
bytes-per-data point. The array is preceded by a
four-byte header. The

string

the standard block header. The second

two bytes represent the

two bytes are an integer representing the number of
bytes in the block to follow.

is best applied
when rapid data transfers, not to be modified by the
computer nor interpreted by the user, are required.

IEEE

floating-point format, 8 bytes-per-data
point. The data is preceded by the same header as
in FORMl. Each number consists of a l-bit sign, an

mantissa.
is the format of choice if your computer supports
single-precision floating-point numbers.

current

and

IEEE

floating-point format,

bytes-perdata
point. The data is preceded by the same header as
in FORMl. Each number consists of a l-bit sign,
an

biased exponent, and a

mantissa.
This format may be used with double-precision
floating-point numbers No additional precision is
available in the analyzer data, but

may be
a convenient form for transferring data to your
computer.

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ASCII floating-point format. The data is transmitted
as ASCII numbers, as described previously in “Output
Syntax”. There is no header. The analyzer always
uses

to transfer data that is not related to
array transfers (i.e. marker responses and instrument
settings).

PC-DOS

floating-point format with 4
bytes-per-number, 8 bytes-per-data point. The data is
preceded by the same header as in
order is reversed to comply with PC-DOS formats. If
you are using a PC-based controller,

most

effective format to use.

The

terminates each

line with the last byte

ransmission by asserting the EOI interface

t

‘tted.

l-6 offers a comparative

overview of the five arraydata formats.

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8753E Network Analyzer Array-Data Formats

2

6

header

IEEE 64-bit

Numbers

Floating-Point

used In FORM 4.

Data

4

8

24 60

4 8

6

8

The byte
is the

trace with header

1206

1603

3216

10,060

1603

Bytee

1210

1612

3220

1612

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Transferring trace-data from the analyzer using an instrument controller
can be divided into three steps:

1. allocating an array to receive and store the data

2. commanding the analyzer to transmi

3.

accepting the transferred data

Data residing in the analyzer is always stored in pairs for each data
point (to accommodate
has to be two elements wide, and as deep as the number of points in the
array being transferred. Memory space for the array must be declared
before any data can be transferred from the analyzer to the computer.

As mentioned earlier, the analyzer can transmit data over
different formats. The type of format affects what kind of data array
is declared (real or integer), because the format determines what type
of data is transferred.
different formats are discussed in “Example 3: Measurement Data

located

in HP

Programming

information on the various types of data that can be obtained (raw
data, error-corrected data, etc), see “Data Levels,” located later in this
document,

information on transferring trace-data by selected points, see

“Limit Line and Data Point Special

Programming

‘t

the data

pairs). Hence, the receiving array

in five

examples of data transfers using

Guide.

located in HP

“Example

Reading ASCII Disk

Instrument Controller’s Disk

Programming Crumples

access disk

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from a computer.

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to the

located in HP

explains

how to

Frequency-related

are calculated for the analyzer display. The
start and stop frequencies or center and span frequencies of the selected
frequency range are available to the programmer.

In a linear frequency range, the frequency values can be easily
calculated because the trace data points are equally spaced across the

trace. Relating the data from a linear frequency sweep to frequency can

be done by querying the start frequency, the frequency span, and the
number of points in the trace,

Given that information, the frequency of point

n

in a linear-frequency

sweep is represented by the equation:

F-Start frequency + (n-l) x

In most cases, this is an easy solution for determining the related

frequency value that corresponds with a data point. This technique
is illustrated in “Example 3B: Data Transfer Using FORM 4 (ASCII

Format),” located

in HP

Programming Rrumples

When using log sweep or a list-frequency sweep, the points are not

evenly spaced over the frequency range of the sweep. In these cases,

an effective way of determining the frequencies of the current sweep is
to use the OUTPLIML
used for limit lines, it can

co

be used to identify all of the frequency
points in a sweep. Limit lines do not need to be on in order to read
the frequencies directly out of the instrument with the OUTPLIML
command. Refer to “Example
Information,” located

in HP

Data Transfer Using Frequency Array

Programming

Another method of identifying
points in a sweep is to use the marker commands

and

loop that corresponds to the number of
points in the sweep.
at a point in the sweep, where x is the number of
the point in a sweep, and OUTPMARK outputs the
stimulus

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of the frequency

in a FOR

places a marker

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This section describes the manner in which the analyzer processes
measurement data. It includes information on data arrays, common
output commands, data levels, the learn string, and the calibration kit

shows the different kinds of data available within the

instrument:

n

pre-raw measured data

n

raw measured data

n

error-corrected data

formatted data

n

trace memory

calibration

Trace memory can be directly output to a controller with
but it cannot be directly

‘tted back.

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OUTPPRE

OUTPCALC

I

OUTPRAF

OUTPDATF

Figure 1-4. The Data-Processing Chain for Measurement Outputs

All the data-output commands are designed to insure that the data
transmitted reflects the current state of

n

and OUTPFORF will not transnu

OUTPFORM, OUTPDATF,

data until

instrument:

formatting functions

have completed.

n

‘ts data in

with

the SWPSTART command. Refer to “Example

Correction Processed on an External PC,

Programming

OUTPIJML,

and OUTPLIMF will not transmit data until

located in HP

the limit test has occurred (if activated).

n

OUTPMARK

It

completed before transnu

will activate a marker if a marker is not already selected.

‘tting data.

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mode and

Error

current trace before transmi

insures that the statistics have been

tting data. If the statistics are not

for the

activated, it will activate the statistics long enough to update the
current values before deactivating the statistics.

n

OUTPMWID insures that a bandwidth search has been executed for

the current trace before t

data. If the bandwidth-search
function is not activated, it will activate the bandwidth-search
function long enough to update the current values before switching

OFF the bandwidth-search functions.

The HP 8753E has four distinct fast data transfer commands. These
commands circumvent the internal “byte handler” routine and output
trace dumps as block data. In other words, the

outputs the

entire array without allowing any process swapping to occur

data transfer times are not affected by these routines. However,
there are speed improvements with binary data formats. The following
is a description of the four fast data transfer commands:

n

OUTPDATF outputs the error corrected data from the active channel
in the current output format. This data may be input to the
using the INPUDATA command.

n

OUTPFORF outputs the formatted display trace array from the active

channel in the current output format. Only the

number in each

of the OUTPFORM data pairs is actually transferred for the display

value for these display formats, the INPUFORM command may not be
used to re-input the data back into the
may not be

in some display formats (see lhble l-4), thus

The second value

reducing the number of bytes transferred.

n

OUTPMEMF outputs the memory trace from the active channel. The

data is in real/hm@nary pairs, and, as such, may be input back into
the memory trace using

or INPUFORM followed by the

DATI command.

n

outputs the raw measurement data trace. The data
may be input back into the memory trace using the
command.

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Different levels of data can be read out of the instrument. Refer to the
data-processing chain in
different types of data that are available from the network analyzer.

Pre-raw data

The following list describes the

This is the raw data without sampler
correction or attenuator offsets
applied. With raw offsets turned off,
the calibration coefhcients generated
can be transferred to an external
controller and used with the data

gathered using the

commands. Refer to “Example

Error Correction Processed

on an External Computer,” located in

If a

measurement

calibration is active, or

on, the four arrays refer to

and

respectively. This data is

represented in

lBampeS

mode is

,

pairs.

Raw data

The basic measurement data,
reflecting the
averaging, and IF bandwidth. If a
full
is activated, there are actually
four raw arrays kept: one for each
raw S-parameter. The data can be

output to a controller with the
commands OUTPRAW 1,

only raw 1 is available, and it holds
the current parameter. If a
measurement calibration is active,
the four arrays refer to
and
represented in reaUimagimv pairs.

Error

The results of a measurement
calibration are arrays containing
error coefhcients. These error

error-correction routines. Each array
corresponds to a specific error term

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parameters,

measurement calibration

Normally,

respectively. This data is

d

,

Error-corrected data

in the error model. The HP

User’s

details which error coefllcients are
used for

calibration types, as
well as the arrays those coefllcients
can be found in. Not all calibration
types use all 12 arrays. The data is

stored as real/imaghry

error-correction applied. The
array represents the currently
measured parameter, and is
in real/imaginary pairs. The
error-corrected data can be output to
a controller
command.

with the

The

command reads the trace memory,
if available. The trace memory also
contains error-corrected data. Note

that neither raw nor error-corrected

data reflect such post-processing

functions as electricaldelay offset,
trace math, or time-domain gating.

Formatted data

This is the array of data actually
being displayed. It reflects all
post-processing functions such as
electrical delay and time domain.
The units of the array output depend
on the current display format.
See

for the various units

deflned as a function of display

format.

Generally, formatted data is the most useful of the

data levels,
because it is the same information the operator sees on the display.
However, if post-processing is unnecessary (e.g. possibly in cases
involving smoothing), error-corrected data may be more desirable.
Error-corrected data also affords the user the opportunity to input the
data to the network analyzer and apply post-processing at another time.

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of the instrument state. It includes all the

front-panel settings, the limit-test tables, and the list-frequency table for

the current instrument state. It does not include calibration data or the
infonuation stored in the save/recall registers.

The learn string can be output to a controller with the
command, which

string has a

ds

the analyzer to start transmitting the
length for a given

OUTPLEAS;

revision. The
array has the same header as in FORM 1. Refer to “Example 5:
the Learn String,” located in HP

The calibration kit includes a set of key characteristics of the calibration

standards used to determine the calibration accuracy. There are default

kits for several different connector types. There is also space for a

calibration kit. The command

currently active calibration kit as a

string in FORM 1. As with

the learn string, the calibration-kit string has a

outputs the

length for a given

revision.

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This section describes the analyzer’s error-reporting process. It includes
information on status reporting, the status byte, the event-status
registers, and the error output.

The

1-6 for a description of each bit within the status reporting

structure.

status reporting structure is depicted in Refer

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1-6. Status Bit Definitions

Bit

for reverse

1

Waiting for forward

2 Check event&atua

4 Mesaage

in output queue A command has prepared information to be output, but it

Check event-status

6 Bequest

7

Bit

Name

0 Operation complete

1 Bequest control

2

Sequence Bit

4

error

Byntaxermr

6

Definition
Not applicable for the HP
Not applicable for the HP
One of the enabled

In event statue register B

beer

Bet.

been placed

the error queue, but has not been read yet.

has not been read yet.
One of the enabled

One of the enabled
An Inetrument preset

in the event-statun register

in cawing an SRQ.

been executed.

A command for which OPC has been enabled has
completed operation.

The analyzer

been commanded to perform an

that requires control of a peripheral, and needs control of

The analyzer

been addressed to talk but there

nothing in the output queue to
A sequence has executed the
A command
The incoming

received that could not be executed.

conunande contained a syntax error.

command.

The syntax error can only be cleared by a device clear or
an

The operator has pressed a

preset.

key or turned the

7 Poweron

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occurred since the last read of

Status Bit

Begleter B

Name

0 Single rnveep, number of

1

2 Data entry complete

3 Limit failed, Channel 2
4

5

6

7 Copy

or calibration step

complete
Service routine waiting or An internal service routine

done

failed, Channel 1

Search failed, Channel 2

Search failed, Channel 1

A

completed

waiting for an operator response.
A terminator key

A marker search
target value

A marker search wan executed on Channel 1, but the
target value

group, or calibration step

the

failed on Channel 2.

been pressed or a value entered ovel

read of the

executed on Channel 2, but the

not found.

not found.

(continued)

been

read of the register.

completed operation, or

failed, Channel 4

0 Limit failed, Channel 8

LO Search falled, Channel 4

Search failed, Channel 3

Limit test failed on Channel 4.
Limit
A marker

value

A marker
target value was not found.

wan executed on Channel 4, but the

not found.

wa8 executed on Channel 3, but the

The analyzer has a status-reporting mechanism that reports information
about specilk

functions and events. The status byte (consisting
of summary bits) is the top-level register. Each bit reflects the condition
of another register or queue. If a summary

bit is set (equals

corresponding register or queue should be read to

the

the status
information and clear the condition. Reading the status byte does not
affect the state of the summary
the condition of the

bits. The summary bits always reflect

queue or register.

The status byte can be read by a serial poll or by using the command

OUTPSTAT does not automatically put the instrument in
remote mode, thus giving the operator access to the analyzer front-panel
functions.
be interpreted as the

will return an ASCII (text) integer

status byte. Using the OUTPSTAT command

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that can

will not necessarily return the same status byte value as when using
a

poll because the “Message in Output Queue” bit is always set

when using
The status byte:

n

summarizes the error queue

summarizes two event-status registers that monitor

conditions

inside the

n

contains a bit that is set when the instrument is issuing a service

request (SRQ) over

n

contains a bit that is set when the

has data to transmit over

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Any bit in the status byte can be selectively enabled to generate a
service request

when set. Setting a bit in the

enable register with the command enables the corresponding

bit in the status byte. The units variable

equivalent of the bit in the status byte For example,
status-byte bits 3 and 4 (since

bits.

will not affect the state of the status-register bits.

+ 24) and disables all the other

nn

represents the binary

enables

The sequencing bit can be set during the execution of a test sequence to
assert an SRQ.

The status byte also

error queue. (The error queue is described in the next section.) When

the

outputs information, it puts the information in the output
queue where it resides until the controller reads it. The output queue
is only one event long. Therefore, the next output request will clear
the current data. The

summary bit is set whenever there is data in the

output queue.

The event-status register and event-status register B are

two registers in the status-reporting structure. They are selectively

by bits in the status byte via enable registers. The
event-status registers consist of latched
the beginning of a

trigger condition in the instrument. It can

A latched bit is set at

only be cleared by reading the register. The bit will not be reactivated
until the condition occurs again. If a bit in one of these two registers is
enabled, it is summarhed
registers
of

which

are

work

enabled

in the same

by the

using the

manner

summary bit in the status byte. The

commands

as

The

units variable

represents the binary equivalent of the bit in the status byte.

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other

, both

If a bit in one of the event-status registers is enabled, and therefore, the

bit in the status byte is enabled, an

will be generated.

The SRQ will not be cleared until one of the five following conditions

transpire:

1. The event-status register is read, clearing the latched bit.

2. The summary bit in the status byte is disabled.

3. The event-status register bit is disabled.

4. The status registers are cleared with the command.
An instrument preset is performed.

Service requests generated when there are error messages or when the

instrument is waiting for the Group Execute Trigger (GET) command are

cleared by:

reading the errors
issuing GET (disabling the bits)

n

clearing the status registers

When an error condition is detected in the

a message is
generated, displayed on the analyzer’s display screen, and placed in the
error queue. Error messages consist of an error number followed by an
ASCII string no more than SO-characters long. The string contains the
same message that appears on the
holds up to 20 error messages

the order in which they occur The

display. The error queue

error messages remain in the error queue until the errors are read by
the system controller using the command OUTPERRO. The OUTPERRO
command outputs one error message

The error queue can only be cleared by performing an
instrument preset or by cycling the line power.
order to keep the queue

it is important to

read all of the messages out of the queue each time
errors are detected.

HP-IB

Command Reference

1-47

explanations and suggestions in finding the cause of the error

messages, refer to the alphabetical listing in Chapter 10 of the HP

User’s

Some error numbers have been omitted

due to obsoleted error messages.

Error

Number

OPTIONAL FUNCTION; NOT

1

INVALID KEY

2

CORRECTION CONSTANTS NOT

3

PHASE LOCK CAL FAILED

4

NO IF FOUND: CHECK R INPUT LEVEL
POSSIBLE FALSE LOCK

6

NO PHASE LOCK: CHECK R INPUT LEVEL

7

PHASE LOCK

8

9

10
11
12
13

14

TABLE EMPTY
CONTINUOUS SWITCHING NOT ALLOWED
SWEEP TIME INCREASED

SWEEP TIME TOO
AVERAGING INVALID ON NON-RATIO

FUNCTION NOT VALID

NO MARKER SPAN NOT SET

16

17

I9

20
21
22
23

TRANSFORM, GATE NOT ALLOWED

DEMODULATION

TABLE EMPTY:

but there is no list freq. table
AIR FLOW RESl’RICTED: CHECK FAN FIEl’ER

POWER
POWER
PROBE POWER SHUT

NOT VALID

HOT!

SHUT

DOWN!

DOWN!

Error

MEASURE

if user select9

sweep type

and

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Error

24

I

26

28
30
31

32

I

33

34

37
38

30
40

42
43

46
46

47
48

PRINTER: not on, not connect, wrong addm

I

PRINT ABORTED
PLOTTER: not on, not connect, wrong

PLOTTER NOT READY-PINCH WHEELS UP
REQUESTED DATA NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

ADDRESSED TO TALK WITH NOTHING TO

WRITE

SYNTAX ERROR
BLOCK INPUT ERROR

BLOCK INPUT LENGTH ERROR

CTRL OR PASS CTRL IN
ANOTHER SYSl’EM CONTROLLER ON HP-IB BUS
DISK: not on, not connected, wrong
DISK HARDWARE PROBLEM
DISK MEDIUM NOT INITIALIZED
NO DISK MEDIUM IN DRIVE
FIRST CHARACTER MUSl’ BE A LE’ITER

LETTERS AND NUMBERS ARE ALLOWED
NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON DISK FOR
NO FILE(S) FOUND ON DISK

ILLEGAL UNIT OR VOLUME NUMBER

DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED
DISK WEAR-REPLACE DISK SOON

WITHOUT SELECTING INPUT TYPE

FAILED

I

I

TOO MANY SEGMENTS OR POINTS

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Error

61

SO
61
63

I 64

66
67

68

70

I

72

I

I

73
74

I
I

77

111
112
113
114
115

I

INSUFFICIENT MEMORY
NO VALID MEMORY TRACE
NO VALID

OVERLOAD ON INPUT R, POWER REDUCED
OVERLOAD ON INPUT A, POWER REDUCED
OVERLOAD ON INPUT B, POWER REDUCED

BP 8753 SOURCE PARAMETERS CHANGED
CALIBRATION REQUIRED
CURRENT PARAMETER NOT IN CAL SET

CORRECTION TURNED OFF
DOMAIN RESET

ADDITIONAL SI!ANDARDS NEEDED

NO CALIBRATION
NO SPACE FOR NEW CAL. CLEAR REGISl’ERS

FORMAT NOT VALID FOR MEASUREMENT
WRONG DISK FORMAT, INITIALIZE DISK

DEADLOCK

SELF

NO FAIL FOUND
TROUBLE! CHECK SETUP AND

IN REGISTER

MEMORY CLEARED

I

I

FAILED

OVER

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Error

Number

116
117
118

110

I I

POWER METER INVALID
PWR MTR: NOT ON/CONNECTED OR WRONG ADDRS
POWER METER NOT SETTLED
DEVICE: not on, not connect, wrong addm

127

I

130
131
132

I I

133

I I

146

I

141
144 NO LIMIT LINES DISPLAYED
146 EXTERNAL SOURCE MODE REQUIRES CW TIME
150

152
153
134 INSUFFICIENT MEMORY, PWR MTR CAL OFF
157
160
161

162

CAN’T STORE/LOAD SEQUENCE, INSUFFICIENT MEMORY

INVALID WITH SINGLE CHANNEL
FUNCTION NOT VALID DURING MOD SEQUENCE
MEMORY FOR CURRENT SEQUENCE IS FULL

THIS LIST FREQ INVALID IN HARM/S OH2 RNG

FREQ OFFSET

FREQ + OFFSET MUST BE < 3

LOG SWEEP REQUIRES 2 OCTAVE MINIMUM SPAN
SAVE FAILED

INVALID:

SEQUENCE MAY HAVE CHANGED, CAN’T CONTINUE

SEQUENCE ABORTED

(CH2) ‘DiRGET VALUE NOT FOUND

PRESS [MENU), SELECT CW (IF) FREQ, THEN SWEPT LO

I

EXT SRC: NOT ON/CONNECTED OR WRONG ADDR

VALID IN NETWORK ANALYZER

INSUFFICIENT MEMORY

NUM PTS DIFFERENT

I

I

HP-IB

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1-51

Error

Number

163

I

164ITOO MANY NESI’ED SEQUENCES. SEQ ABORTED

166

I

167
168 INSUFFICIENT MEMORY FOR PRINT/PLOT
160 HPIB COPY IN
170 COPYzdevice
171

I

173
174

175 PRINTER: error
176 PRINTER: busy
177
178
170

FUNCTION

PARALLEL PORT NOT AVAILABLE FOR GPIO
PRINT/PLOT IN PROGRESS, ABORT WITH LOCAL
PARALLEL PORT NOT. AVAILABLE FOR COPY

I

PRINTER: paper error

I

PRINTER: not connected
PRINTER: power

PRINTER: not handshaking
print color not supported with EPSON
POWER UNLEVELED

VALID DURING MOD SEQUENCE

not responding; copy aborted

Error

ABORT WITH LOCAL

I

I

I

CANNOT FORMAT DOS DISKS ON THIS DRIVE

187

188 DIRECTORY FULL
180

SWEEP MODE CHANGED TO CW TIME SWEEP

DISK READ/WRITE ERROR

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Error

Error

MESSAGE LENGTH ERROR

191

I

103

I

104

I

105

I

106

I

107 FILE NOT FOUND OR WRONG TYPE

I I

108 NOT ALLGWED DURING POWER METER CAL
100 CANNOT MODIFY FACTORY PRESET

200

201 FUNCTION NOT VALID FOR INTERNAL MEMORY

202

I I

203
204

I

205
206
207
208

I

211
212

EXT SOURCE NOT READY FOR TRIGGER
FILE NOT FOUND

I

ASCII: MISSING ‘BEGIN’ statement
ASCII: MISSING ‘CITIFILE’ Btatement
ASCII: MISSING ‘DATA’ statement
ASCII: MISSING ‘VAR’ statement

ALL REGISTERS HAVE BEEN USED

FUNCTION NOT AVAILABLE
CANNOT READ/WRITE HFS FILE SYSTEM
FREQS CANNOT BE CHANGED, TOO MANY POINTS

I

LIMIT TABLE EMPTY
ARGUMENT OUT OF RANGE
POWER OUT MAY BE UNLEVELED

EXT R CHAN MUST BE ON FOR FREQUENCY OFFSET MODE

SWEEP
MODE

OVERLAP! LIST TYPE CHANGED TO STEPPED
ANALOG BUS DISABLED IN 6
RANGE CAUSED POWER LVL CHANGE IN
CORRECTION ON: AUX CHANNEL(S) RESTORED
CAUTION: CORRECTION OFF: AUX CHANNEL(S) DISABLED
CAUTION: AUX CHANNELS MEASURE S-PARAMETERS

ONLY

BE STEPPED

FREQUENCY OFFSET

IFBW

I
I

I

I

I

I

I

Z-PORT CAL REQUIRED FOR AUX CHANNEL USE

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Calibration

Measurement calibration over

follows the same command
sequence as a calibration from the front-panel. information,
refer to

HP

Network Ana&zer

1. Start by selecting a calibration hit, such as

2. Select a calibration type, such as

Measurement Results” in the

l-port

ohm type-N

(CAL

IS 111;

3. Call each class used by the calibration type, such as

(CLASS

11 A; ) During a

reflection, transmis

sion,and isolation subsequences must be opened

before the classes in the subsequence are

calibration, the

and then closed at

the end of each subsequence.

4. If a class has more than one standard in it, select a standard from the
menu presented

to

If, during a calibration, two standards are measured to satisfy one

class, the class must be closed with

DONE;.

6. Declare the calibration done, such as with ~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~:~~

1;

over HP-IB).

The

to STANG commands will hold off the

until
completion because they trigger a sweep. If a class has only one
standard in it, which means that it will trigger a sweep when
class command will

hold off the HP-IB.

the

HP-IB

Since different cal kits can have a different number of
standards in a given class, any automated calibration
sequence is valid only for a specific

and

d Reference

hit.

1-7.

Relationship between Calibrations and Classes

1 These subheadin@ must be called when doing full 2-port calibrations.

2 These subheadin@ must be called when doing

HP-IB [email protected]@ and Co-

a-port calibrations.

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Error Coefficient Arrays

Eesponaeand

Isolation

2
3

8

9

10

12

1 One path, 2-port

2 Response and isolation corrects for

transmission measurements, and for directivity and reflection tracking in
reflection measurements.

Meaning of

D

directivity

duplicates arrays 1 to 6 in arrays 7 to 12.

subscript:

and transmission tracking in

S-source match

-reflection tracking
X-crosstalk or isolation
L-load match
T

trammission tracking

Meaning of second subscript:

F-forward
R-reverse

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Display Graphics

Size of Graticule only

n

length to 4915

height

to 3950

Size of Complete Display (graticule plus annotation and

length
height

0

0 to 4095

Command

CS;

Description

Erases the user graphics display.

Turns off the measurement display.

the direction in which characters are

lettered.

l,0

-l,0

0 degrees

90 degrees

180 degrees

270

degrees

labels)

DF;
LB[text][etx];

Sets the default values.

Labels the display, placing the symbols starting

at the current pen position. All incoming
characters are printed until the etx symbol is
received. The default etx symbol is the
value 3 (not the character 3).

BP-IB

and

Specifies line type:

PD;

Outputs

and

the scaling limits:

Draws from the current pen position to
There can be many pairs of x,y coordinates
within one command. They are separated by
commas, and the entire sequence is terminated
with a semicolon.
Pen down. A line is drawn only if the pen is
down.
Erases the user graphics display.
Plot relative: draws a line from the current pen
position to a position y up and x over.
Pen up. Stops anything from being drawn.
Turns ON the measurement display.

Sets the character size, for height h and width w

in centimeters:

Selects pen n:

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and

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Accepted but ignored

service request mask

scaling points

commands:

Input window

OC Output current pen position
OE Output error
01 Output identity

Output status
SL Character slant
SR Relative character size

Guide l-5B

Disk
characters, such as

kind of information in the
index, used to distinguish

created by the analyzer consist of a state name of up to eight

appended with up to two characters. In

format, the

The IWt appended character is the

name is

In DOS format, the

type, telling the
The second appended character is a data
of the same type.

is

Error-corrected data, raw data, formatted data, memory traces, and

calibration files are FORM 3 data files (IEEE 64-bit floating point

format). The other

are not meant to be decoded. lists the

appended characters and their meanings

1-9. Disk File

I, P Instrument state

Four-channel instrument state

W

1

G

D

Error-corrected data

Raw data

Display @aphica

1

Channel 1

2

Channel 2

3

Channel 3

4 Channel 4

1

4 ChlICh3, raw
8 Ch2lCh4,

raw

arrays1to 4
arrays1to 4

F

Formatted data

M

Memory trace

C

kit

and

1

Channel 1

2

Channel 2

3

Channel 3

4 Channel 4

1

Channel 1

2

Channel 2

3

Channel 3
4 Channel 4
K

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Guide

1-9. Disk File Suffixes (continued)

1

Cal data, channel 1

2

Cal data, channel 2

F

Full page (HP-GL plot)

0

A

B
C

Same

P

1

11
12

channel

L

R

Right (HPGL plot)

S

Error-corrected

L
U

L

U

1

2

Lower

Lower

Channel 1
Channel 2

HP-IB

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Using Key Codes

Using key codes allows remote control of the analyzer keys and can be
used as an alternative to using other
useful, but it is a highly recommended

command mnemonic appropriate for the function desired.

When using key codes, the following notes must be taken into

consideration:

commands. This may be

practice to use the

Note 1: An “invalid key” is reported with a 63.
Note 2:

Note 3:

OUTPKEY;

outputs the key code of the last key pressed.

outputs the last key code or knob count. If the reply
is positive, it is a key code. If it is negative, then set bit 16
equal to bit 14, and the resulting two byte integer is the
knob count. It can be either positive or negative. There are
about 120 counts per turn.

HP-IB

and commkn

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Key Select Codes Arranged by Front-Panel

The
by their front-panel key equivalent.
that cm-respond to
listed under the

AVG

CAL-Error correction, calibration
CAL-Calibration kits
CAL-Power Meter Calibration

CHANNEL
COPY
DISPLAY
ENTRY
FORMAT
LOCAL

MENU (stimulus)
MARKER
MARKER FCTN
SAVE/RECALL-Internal registers
SAVE/RECALL-Disk
SCALE REF

SEQ-Sequencing
SYSTEM

SYSTEM-Limit testing
SYSTEM-Transform

Column headings:
Function
Action
Mnemonic
S

?

0

mnemonics in the following table are functionally arranged

example, all of the mnemonics

accessed by means of the

key in the following

The front-panel function affected by the mnemonic

The effects of the mnemonic on that function.

The

Syntax type. See “Syntax Types,” earlier in this

document.
Interrogate response. If a response is

listed.
OPC-compatible command.

mnemonic.

key, will be

it is

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Guide

The range of acceptable inputs and corresponding
units.

Symbol conventions:

Optional data.

D

Numerical data.
An integer appendage that is part of the command.

that the actual

A character string operand which must be enclosed by
double quotes.

example,

comman

and

where I- 1 to

ds are

indicates

<>

I

A necessary appendage.
An either/or choice in appendages.

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and Co-

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Averaging

Restart

Key Select Codes

Mnemonic s 0

AVG

1
8

D

2

Smoothing

IF bandwidth

correction

Cal

Receiver

Port

Set

Set bandwidth

Resume a previously

calibration

Set power level for
receiver

receiver

calibration sweep

A

Input B

8

0.06 to 20%

2

8

D

c

2

2

1

power

8

8
8

2

Velocity

value

Value

HP-IB Pro@ammin@ and Comman

to 10

8

d

Guide

Key Select Codes (continued)

Adapter
removal

nenu

Cal Fbrtl

Recall Cal
Adapter delay
Adapter: coax
Adapter: waveguide
Remove adapter

cal

measures

Hold 2-port cal

measurer all
4
only 2 parametem)

Number of sweep

cal

Alternate A and B
Chop A and B
None

and
l-port
l-port

I-port

One path

a-port

4

then

Mnemonic S

calibration

ADPTWAVE
MODS

CALN

0

1

1
1
1

2

2

8

1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

cal
1

cal

a-port cal

HP-IB

Isolation

and

1
1
1

1
1
1

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Key Select Codes (continued)

Intermediate

cal

Select

clam

Select
reflection

AL-error

Reflection

Line/match 1

(forward open)

(forward

(reverse open)

(reverse load)

Rev
Fwd match
Rev match

short)

Mnemonic

REVM

FWDI

0

I

1
1

1

1

1

1
1
1

1
1
1

1

Reverse isolation

clam

The clam commands are

he clam. If there

only calls another menu.

just one standard, that standard

If there

A

B
C
D
E

if there

more than one standard in the

ProgrammIng and Command Reference

only one standard in

measured

the clam

Key Select Codes (continued)

correction, calibratfon

Sliding load Set

Done

load Load no offset WAN

Load

Done with:

Reflection
Transmission

load

Save cal

and

l-port cal

cal

Select default

2.929

Mnemonic

SLID

DONE

OFLD

RAID

SAVT

CALKUSED

I

1

OPC

1

1
1

1
1

1

OPC
1
1

OPC

1
1

OPC

1
1
1

1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Modify kit

number

.

HP-IB

current

selects the HP

cal

Camman

for the HP

d

Reference Guide

1

8

Select Codes (continued)

std.

Define std.

Action

Short

Arbitrary huped.

Cpen cap.
Open cap. Cl

cap.

Fixed load

load

Delay

frequency

Max. frequency

STDTDELA

8

a
8

8

8

0

(lO-27
(1O-3e

to

Std. done

Waveguide

Standard defined

BP-IB

WAVE

STDD

and

d

char.

I&y Select Codes (continued)

claw

(forward open)
(forward short.)
(forward load) sPFxx11c[I,I..]

(reverse open)
(reveme short)

load)

Match

Reverse

Reflect
Line or Match

Reflect,

Match

Match

Match

Line,

Line, Reverse,

Match

Mnemonic

(continued)

3

3

3

3
3

3
3
3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

l 3

3

l 3

0

numbers

Std numbera

numbers

numbers

Std numbem

Std numbers

numbers
numbers

numbers
numbers
numbers

Std numbers

numbers

numbers

numbers

Std

Ttuu, Reverse,

3

l 3

Match

l a

These commands are accepted for compatibility with the revision 6.00

6.43.

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numbers

numbers

numbers

Select Codes (continued)

done

isolation

Forward

Match

Reverse

Match

Reflect
Line or Match

Reflect,

Match

Reflect, I&verse,

Match

Line, Rxward,

Match

CLAD

Mnemonic

l

0

3

8

S

3

8
3
3

3

3
3

3

3

8

10

char.
10 char.
10 char.
10 char.
10 char.

10 char.

10 char.
10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

10 char.
10 char.

10 char.

10 char.
10 char.
10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

Reverse,

Reverse,

Reverse,

Match

Match

Match

‘These commands are accepted for compatibility with the HP

l

Commm

8

8

3

3

8

revision 6.00

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10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

10 char.

Key Select Codes (continued)

Function Action

done

Into

klt

Cal

Cal

SET

One sweep

Number of
Set port cal

Reflect

20

20

CAL-power

Mnemonic 8

kite (continued)

KITD

SAVEUSEK

meter

3

1

1

1

1
1
1

3 D

D

D

1
3 D
1 D

0

10 char.

Cal power:

Cal power:

Cal power:

Cal power:

power

table

Requires

1-72

Add segment
Edit segment N
Done with segment
Delete 6egment
Done
Clear list

mode when using the

Programming and

SADD

CLEL

2 1,0

1

2

1
3 D
1
1
1
1

port.

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Sensor B available

HP 433A only

1 to 12

Key Select Codes (continued)

C&power meter calibration (continued)

I

power Frequency

1

segment

I

cal Edit sensor menu A

table Edit sensor menu B

segment Cal factor

C

C

Value

Add segment
Edlt segment N
Done with segment
Delete segment
Done
Clear list

Frequency

Channel 1
Channel 2
Channel 3
Channel 4

lb
lb plot&~

Mnemonic

CALFBENA

CALFSENB
SADD

SDON
SDEL

CLEL

CHANNEL

COPY

0

1

1

1
8 D
1
1
1
1

3 D

3 D

1 OPO
1 OPO
1
1 OF%?

1
1

433A only

F

F

P

‘lotter

setup Default

t

frequency or power sweeps, refer to Chapter 12, ‘Preset State and Memory

A

Requires

Auto feed

setup Default

Auto feed

feed

In the HP

control mode when

HP-IB

2

1

1

2 1,0

1

1

the

port.

and

d Reference Guide l-78

Key Select Codes (continued)

List values

parameters

Next page

Previous page

Values

parameters

print

feature Data channel 1

to

Monochrome

Color

Data channel 2
Data channel 3
Data channel 4
Memory channel

Memory

Memory channel 3

Memory channel 4

Reference line

Action

dump PRINT&L

channel 2

I

COPY (continued)

PREP

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2
2
2

2
2
2
2

2
2

plotted

1-74

to be Data

HP-IB

Memory

Marker

and c0mme.n

2

2 l,o
2 l,o
2 l,o
2 l,o
2 l,o

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Key Select Codes (continued)

Function

Pen number

Plot scale

Plot speed

Left lower
Left upper

lower

Data
Memory

Marker

Data

Memory

Full page

Slow

to pl,p2

(continued)

0

1
1
1
1
1

3
3
8

3
3

3
3

1
1

1
1

.

. . .
. . .
...
...

. . .
. . .

1

. .

10
10
10
10
10

10
10

Pro@ammiqf and

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l-10. Key Select Codes (continued)

Function

Auxiliary on/off
Dual on/off
split

display

display

One graMale per
channel

2 gratlcule display
with channel 2 on top

2

with channel 3 on top
4

with channel 2 in

4 gnatlcule
with channel 3 in
upper right

2 data divided by
channel 1 data, and

Data
Memory ouly
Data and mem

to

(Channel

DISPLAY

DISPDATA

DISPDDM

0

2 l,o
2 l,o
2 l,o

1 l,o
1 l,o
1 l,o

1 l,o

1 l,o

1 l,o

1 l,o

2 l,o

1

1
1
1

Rotation

Data

mem

Data to mem

Intensity
Blank Display
Title

On done BEEPDONE<ONIOPF>

Blank

and

d

2 1,0

Guide

1

1

3 D
2 l,o
4

2 1,0

1

48 char.

Key Select Codes (continued)

Function

display

‘eature colors

color

intensity
Save colors
Recall colors

Default colors

Ch 1 memory

Ch 2 memory

Ch 3 memory
Ch 4 data/limit ln
Ch 4 memory

Reference line

Color

color

default

Mnemonic

(continued)

0

3

1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1

3

3
3

1

off

Up

Down

Polar

Real

SWR

HP-IB

UP
DOWN

and

1
1

1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

d Reference Guide l-77

Key Select Codes (continued)

Function Action

HP-IB modes

Use

Display commands

unit
Volume

HP-IB
addressee

Select plotter

Select printer

Plotter

Controller

Plotter

printer

control

Mnemonic

0

1
1

2

3
3

3
2

1

1

1

Select printer

plotter

1-78

HP-IB

DeskJet
LaserJet

HP-IB PRNPRTHPIB

Parallel

HP-IB PISPRTHPIB

and

PRNTYPDJ

PRNTYPPJ
PRNTYPEP

d Reference Guide

1
1
1
1
1

1

1
1

1

1
1
1

Key Select Codes (continued)

serial

nput

Action

Baud

Handshake

Baud rate

Handshake

Cmtigwe

A
B MEASB

Selects

1

Mnemonic

LOCAL (continued)

AR
BR
AB
MEASA

0

3 D

2 1,0

3 D 1200,2400,4300,

2 l,o

2

CPY-COPY We

1
1
1
1
1
1

2

input

Syntax type

to the HP

TRAP

1 when ANABOFF.

Ana&z6r

HP-IB

Syntax type 3, and range

for

information on the

aud

1
1
1
1
1

1

1 to 31, when ANABON.

d Reference Guide l-79

Select Codes (continued)

Action

Level

Always couple power
Port coupling

power

0
Range 1
Range 2
Range 3
Range 4
Range
Range 6
Range 7

auto/manual
Source power on/off

MENU

2

1
1

1
1
1
1
1

SD

2 l,o
2 l,o

1,0

2

2 l,o

? 0

option

set

sweep SWEA

‘Output power ranges: HP 87633

-86 to +SdBm. HP 87633 Opt. 011:

-6 to
Option 011 only.

-86

-6 to

3

3

3

+

HP 8763E Opt.

d

D

D

D

1

1

with Opt.

011 with Opt. 006:

Guide

0, 10, 20 . . . 70

7odB

36,400

Key Select Codes (continued)

bupled

Hold

Single
Number of groups
Continuous

External trigger off
External trigger on

Manual

Value

slope

value

Mnemonic

MENU 1timuln6)

HOW

on

on

0

1

1

3

1

2
2

1

1

3

D

2

, 11,26, 61,101

01, 401, Sol, 1601

Linear

a

Power

Fbr frequency or power sweeps, refer to Chapter 12, “Preset State and Memory
&cation,” in the
weep,

on:

l/frequency step.

HP-IB

POWS

Fbr CW time: 0 to 24

CW

and

1
1

1

1
1
1

sweep,

Rx frequency

on:

d

l/time

Guide 1-81

l-10.

Select Codes (continued)

Add

Edit segment N

Done
Clear list

segment Start

Center

Points

cw

Done with segment

more

Segment power

Segment

segment

BW

I

(stimulue) (continued)

SADD

SDEL

s 7 0

1
1

D
1
1
1

2 1,0

SD
3 D
8 D

D

SD
8 D
1

2 l,o
SD

2 l,o
8 D

Stimulus ranget

3, 11, 21, 26, 61,

101

1601

option

10,
1000,

8700,

Single negment

sweep

AU segment sweep

For frequency or power

to

in the HP

on:

HP 8768E

HP-IB

weep,

‘Output power ranges: HP 8763E

l/frequency step.

Opt.

011:

1

1

refer to Chapter 12, “Preset State and Memory

CW time: 0 to 24 houra Fbr frequency

and

-86 to +

-6

CW time sweep,

HP 87633

BP

d Reference

Opt. 011 with Opt.

on: *l/time

Opt. 076:

Select Codes (continued)

Select active

zero

reference

Coupled

markers

All off

zero

Fixed
Mode 0%

Value
Aux value

Continuous

channels

Uncouple

Mnemonic

s

1

1

2

1
1

8

8

8

0

D

D
D

Stimulus ranSet

Amplitude
Amplitude

Fbr frequency or power

Allocation,” in the

frequency

Fbr log

600 unita

positive, and has minimum

and 10

on:

step.

600

linear magnitude:

HP-IB Programming and

refer to Chapter 12, ‘Pre8et State and Memory

on:

ph8w:

l/frequency step.

600

600

CW

of ,001

CW time

Fbr Smith

0 to 24 houra Fbr

600

degrees,

d

and

The wale

Guide

I&y Select Codes (continued)

marken

function

Start

marker value Stop

Center

Reference

&arch

Maximum

Search

Search right

left SEAL

SEAR

Mnemonic

(continued)

1
1
1
1
1

2 1,0

1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1

1

8 D

1
1

0

Amplitude range+

Width

Value
Width on/off

search

Save

Selected

Selected reg

Clear

Selected reg
Selected reg

AII

log

600

1-84

Fbr linear magnitude: units. Fbr

HP-IB Pro@‘aunnhg and

Amplitude

2 l,o

2 l,o

2

I>

2

2
2

1

600 degrees.

Smith chart and Polar:

600 units.

01 to31

01

OPC

d Reference Chide

Key Select Codes (continued)

Selected reg
Selected

Internal reg
Internal

Save state

Plot

Selected

lb

Disk ffle

labels from

Copy labele from

real and bnaghuuy

Mnemonic

I

regletcm (contiued)

0

2
2

4
4

4

4

2

2

4 1 to 6, 10 char.

1

1

2 1,0

01

1 to
01 to 81, 10

char.

01 to
char.

01 to 81, 10
char.

char.

ffles

Raw date

data
User graphicr
Data only (error

corrected,

real

and

format

SAVUBINA

SAVUASCI

From
Recall

Requires pass control mode when using the

‘See

1-1.

error corrected data

HP-IB

the

2 l,o

2 1,0
2 1,0
2 1,0

1
1

2

1

port.

that output by the command

and

d

Key Select Codes (continued)

Scale

Reference

log mag:

600 unlb.

and 10

Internal memory
Internal disk
External disk
Internal

Value

Value

Set delay
Coaxial delay
Waveguide delay

600

and

Fbr

minimum

linear magnitude:

Mnemonic S

INTD

MA-

WAVD

600 degrees.

600 units.

of

0

1
1

D

1
1
1
1
1
1

1

8

D

3

D

8

1

D

8

1
1

D

600 unite. The scale

Range

166

8102

Amplitude

0 to 10
Amplitude range#

10.0

0 to 360 deg

chart and Polar:

degrees,

HP-IB

and

d Reference

Key Select Codes (continued)

nenu

Action

Continue sequence

Do sequence

sequence
New/modify sequence
Pause to
Done modify

Select sequence

Duplicate seq. X

Print sequence I

title

sequence I

Clear llequence I

continuously

low

high

low

Program all
output bits

Set specified bit on

Y

end

end sweep

forward

seq.

I

CONS

Mnemonic

1

2
2

2

1
1

2 I

2

1
2
2

1

1

1

1

8 D
8 D

D

0

1 to 6, 10 char.

0 to 266

Clear specified blt on

bit for
Input

do
Input
do

bit

bit low

HP-IB

and

1

1

d Reference

Function Action

Store sequence I to

Key Select Codes (continued)

(continued)

sequences

Peripheral

Wait D aecond6

Marker
Emit beep

Show menua

Read

trace memory

then do sequence I

Decrement by 1

CW

to HP-IB printer

pwr

bit

number into

test fail

then do sequence I

value

by 1

counter equals 0

then do sequence

counter not equal

2

1

8

1

1

1

1
1
1
1

1

1

2

2

8

2

2

to 82,760

0 then do sequence

Requires paw control when

HP-IB

the

Ckmmmd

port.

Guide

Select Codes (continued)

Function

Set clock

mode

Instrument
mode

Action

Center

Time
set date
Set time

Sampler, attenuator

Spur avoidance

Second

Network analyzer

Ext.
Ext.
Tuned receiver

auto

manual

I

SPAN[D]

INSMTUNR

0

8 D
8 D
8 D
8 D Sthuul~

2
3
8

2

2
2
2

1

1
1

1

1
1
1

Frequency
offset

Value

Select up converter
Select down

converter

frequency or power sweeps, refer to Chapter 12, ‘Preset State and Memory
Allocation,” in the
frequency sweep,
on:

l/time

on:

HP-IB

G&da

l/frequency step.

CW time: 0 to 24 hours. Fbr

and

2

8

D

1
1
1
1

CW time sweep,

d Reference Guide 1-89

Key Select Codes (continued)

line

Action

Sampler correction

Frequency

control

View

I

(continued)

2 l,o
2 l,o

8 D

1 D

1 D

1
1 D

1 D

1 D

1

2 l,o

8 D

2 l,o

2 1,0

0

frequency range of

frequency range of
instrument

frequency range of

instrument

power range of
instrument

power range of

power range of
instrument

test

Beeper

offset

Amplitude
Marker to offset

frequency or power

in the HP
llthne step.
log

10

600

For Linear magnitude:

and

refer to Chapter 12, “Preset State and Memory

UseA G&da Fbr

phase:

600 units. Fbr
valuer of

and timnwn

2 1,0

2 1,0

D

8 D

1

CW

time: 0 to 24

step. Fbr CW time sweep, transform

600 degrees. Rx Smith chart and Polar:

600 unltu The scale

d

Guide

Amplitude range#

I&y Select Codes (continued)

Function Action Mnemonic 8

edit
Add segment
Edit segment D
Delete segment
Done with edit

Clear list CLEAL

Edit segment

frequency or power sweep+ refer to Chapter 12, ‘Preset State and Memory

sweep,

on:

For log mag:

linear magnitude:

positive. and

value
Marker to
Upper lhnlt

Delta limits
Middle value
Marker

Flat line type

l/time

middle MARlG5DD

600

Fbr phase:

on:

SADD

SDEL

SDON

Fbr CW

l/frequency

600 degreea For Smith chart and
600 units. For
values of

For CW

0

D

8

D

1

D

8

D

8
8

D
1
1

0 to 24

600 units. The scale

1

Amplitude range#
Amplitude range#

Amplitude range#

Fbr

Range

18

HP-IB

d Reference

1-91

Select Codes (continued)

Action

Time Domain

set

Low
Low

Specify

Window Maxhnum

Normal

Any value

Window
shape

Demodulation

Rata

trace memory

Amplitude

Center
Span

on/off

impulse

menu

I

SETF

Mnemonic

2

1

1
1
1
1

1
1
1

2

1
1
1

2
B

B
B
B

0

dependent

range

frequency or power sweeps, refer to Chapter 12,
Allocation,” in the
sweep,

1-92

Maximum
Wide

Normal

HP-IB

on:

l/frequency step.

Fbr CW time: 0 to 24

CW time sweep,

and Co-

d

State and Memory

frequency

on:

Guide