Agilent Technologies N9030a User Manual

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Agilent X-Series Signal Analyzer

This manual provides documentation for the following X-Series Analyzers:

PXA Signal Analyzer N9030A MXA Signal Analyzer N9020A EXA Signal Analyzer N9010A

N9061A Remote Language Compatibility Guide

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Manual Part Number

N9020-90119 Supersedes: August 2009

Print Date

October 2009 Printed in USA Agilent Technologies, Inc.

1400 Fountaingrove Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Warranty

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Technology Licenses

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Restricted Rights Legend

If software is for use in the performance of a U.S. Government prime contract or subcontract, Software is delivered and

licensed as “Commercial computer software” as defined in DF AR 252.227-7014 (June 1995), or as a “commercial item” as defined in F AR 2.101(a) or as “Restricted computer software” as defined in FAR

52.227-19 (June 1987) or any equivalent agency regulation or contract clause. Use, duplication or disclosure of Software is subject to Agilent Technologies’ standard commercial license terms, and nonDOD Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government will receive no greater than Restricted Rights as defined in FAR

52.227-19(c)(1-2) (June 1987). U.S. Government users will receive no greater than Limited Rights as defined in FAR 52.22714 (June 1987) or DFAR 252.227-7015 (b)(2) (November 1995), as applicable in any technical data.

Safety Notices

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Warranty

This Agilent technologies instrument product is warranted against defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment. During the warranty period, Agilent Technologies will, at its option, either repair or replace products that prove to be defective.

For warranty service or repair, this product must be returned to a service facility designated by Agilent Technologies. Buyer shall prepay shipping charges to Agilent Technologies and Agilent Technologies shall pay shipping charges to return the product to Buyer. However, Buyer shall pay all shipping charges, duties, and taxes for products returned to Agilent Technologies from another country.

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Contents

1. Getting Started

N9061A Application Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Documentation for the N9061A application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

N9061A General Rules and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Hardware and Firmware Requirements for N9061A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing the N9061A application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Running Software that Requires SCPI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Service and Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

2. Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3. Hints and Tips

Hints and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

4. Programming Commands

Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Programming Command Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

A1 [one]

Clear Write for Trace A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

A2 [two]

Maximum Hold for Trace A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

A3 [three]

View Mode for Trace A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

A4 [four]

Blank Trace A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

ACPALPHA

Adjacent Channel Power Alpha Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

ACPALTCH

Adjacent Channel Power Alternate Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

ACPBRPER

Adjacent Channel Power Burst Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

ACPBRWID

Adjacent Channel Power Burst Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

ACPBW

Adjacent Channel Power Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

ACPCOMPUTE

Adjacent Channel Power Compute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

ACPFRQWT

Adjacent Channel Power Frequency Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

ACPLOWER

Lower Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

ACPMAX

Maximum Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

ACPMEAS

Measure Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

ACPMSTATE

Contents

Adjacent Channel Power Measurement State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

ACPPWRTX

Adjacent Channel Power Total Power Transmitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

ACPRSLTS

Adjacent Channel Power Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

ACPSP

Adjacent Channel Power Channel Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

ACPT

Adjacent Channel Power T Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

ACPUPPER

Upper Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

ADJALL

LO and IF Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

AMB

A minus B into A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

AMBPL

(A minus B) plus Display Line into A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

ANNOT

Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

APB

Trace A Plus Trace B to A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Input Attenuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

AUNITS

Absolute Amplitude Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

AUTOCPL

Auto Coupled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

AXB

Exchange Trace A and Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

B1 [one]

Clear Write for Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

B2 [two]

Maximum Hold for Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

B3 [three]

View Mode for Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

B4 [four]

Blank Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Trace B minus Display Line to Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

BLANK

Blank Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

BML

Trace B Minus Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

BTC

Transfer Trace B to Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

BXC

Exchange Trace B and Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

C1 [one]

Set A Minus B Mode Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Contents

C2 [two]

A Minus B Into A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Couple Attenuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

CARROFF

Carrier Off Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

CARRON

Carrier On Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Center Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

CHANNEL

Channel Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

CHANPWR

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

CHPWRBW

Channel Power Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

CLRAVG

Clear Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

CLRW

Clear Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

CONTS

Continuous Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

COUPLE

Input Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Couple Resolution Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Couple Frequency Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Couple Sweep Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Couple Video Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Display Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

DELMKBW

Occupied Power Bandwidth Within Delta Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

DET

Detection Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

DLE

Display Line Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

DLYSWP

Delay Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

DONE

Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Display Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

E1[one]

Contents

Peak Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

E2 [two]

Marker to Center Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

E3 [three]

Delta Marker Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

E4 [four]

Marker to Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

EDITDONE

Edit Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

ERR

Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Elapsed Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Exchange Trace A and Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Start Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Stop Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

FDSP

Frequency Display Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

FOFFSET

Frequency Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

FPKA

Fast Preselector Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

FREF

Frequency Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Full Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

GATE

Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

GATECTL

Gate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Gate Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Gate Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Gate Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

GRAT

Graticule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Hold Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

I1 [one]

Set RF Coupling to DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

I2 [two]

Set RF Coupling to AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Identify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Contents

Instrument Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

KS,

Mixer Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

KS= 8566A/B: Automatic Preselector Tracking

8568A/B: Marker Counter Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

KS(

Lock Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

KS)

Unlock Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

KSA

Amplitude in dBm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

KSa

Normal Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

KSB

Amplitude in dBmV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

KSb

Positive Peak Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

KSC

Amplitude in dBuV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

KSc

A Plus B to A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

KSD

Amplitude in Volts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

KSd

Negative Peak Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

KSE

Title Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

KSe

Sample Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

KSG

Video Averaging On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

KSg

Display Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

KSH

Video Averaging Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

KSh

Display On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

KSi

Exchange Trace B and Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

KSj

View Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

KSK

Marker to Next Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

KSk

Blank Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

KSL

Marker Noise Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Contents

KSl

Transfer Trace B to Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

KSM

Marker Noise On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

KSm

Graticule Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

KSN

Marker Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

KSn

Graticule On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

KSO

Marker Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

KSo

Annotation Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

KSp

Annotation On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

KST

Fast Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

KSV

Frequency Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

KSx

External Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

KSy

Video Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

KSZ

Reference Level Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

L0 [zero]

Display Line Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Low Frequency Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Logarithmic Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

LIMF

Limit Line Frequency Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

LIMIFAIL

Limits Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

LIMIPURGE

Delete Current Limit Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

LIMIREL

Relative Limit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

LIML

Lower-Limit Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

LIMTSL

Slope Limit Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

LIMU

Upper-Limit Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Linear Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

M1 [one]

Contents

Marker Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

M2 [two]

Marker Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

M3 [three]

Delta Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

M4 [four]

Marker Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Marker Amplitude Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

MC0 [zero]

Marker Frequency Counter Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

MC1 [one]

Marker Frequency Counter On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

MDS

Measurement Data Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

MEAN

Trace Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

MEANPWR

Mean Power measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

MEAS

Meas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Marker Frequency Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

MINH

Minimum Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

MINPOS

Minimum X Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

MKA

Marker Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

MKACT

Activate Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

MKBW

Marker Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

MKCF

Marker to Center Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

MKD

Marker Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

MKF

Marker Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

MKFC

Marker Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

MKFCR

Marker Counter Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

MKMIN

Marker Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

MKN

Marker Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

MKNOISE

Marker Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Contents

MKOFF

Marker Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

MKP

Marker Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

MKPK

Marker Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

MKPT

Marker Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

MKPX

Marker Peak Excursion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

MKREAD

Marker Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

MKRL

Marker to Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

MKSP

Marker Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

MKSS

Marker to Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

MKT

Marker Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

MKTRACE

Marker Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

MKTRACK

Marker Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

MKTYPE

Marker Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Mixer Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

MT0 [zero]

Marker Track Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

MT1 [one]

Marker Track On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

MXMH

Maximum Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

NORMLIZE

Normalize Trace Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

NRL

Normalized Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

NRPOS

Normalized Reference Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

O1 [one]

Format - Display Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

O2 [two]

Format - Two 8-Bit Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

O3 [three]

Format - Real Amplitude Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

O4 [four]

Format - One 8-Bit Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

OA or ?

Contents

Query Active Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

OCCUP

Percent Occupied Power Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Output Learn String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Output Trace Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

PEAKS

Peaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

PKPOS

Peak Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

PLOT

Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Preselector Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

PWRBW

Power Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

R1 [one]

Illegal Command SRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

R2 [two]

End-of-Sweep SRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

R3 [three]

Hardware Broken SRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

R4 [four]

Units-Key-Pressed SRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Resolution Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

RBR

Resolution Bandwidth to Span Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Recall State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

RCLS

Recall State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

REV

Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

RMS

Root Mean Square Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

ROFFSET

Reference Level Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

RQS

Request Service Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

S1[one]

Continuous Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

S2 [two]

Single Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Contents

SAVES

Save State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

SER

Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

SETDATE

Set Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

SETTIME

Set Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

SMOOTH

Smooth Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

SNGLS

Single Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Frequency Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

SRQ

Service Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Center Frequency Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Sweep Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

STB

Status Byte Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

STDEV

Standard Deviation of Trace Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

SUM

Sum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Save State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

SWPCPL

Sweep Couple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

T1 [one]

Free Run Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

T2 [two]

Line Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

T3 [three]

External Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

T4 [four]

Video Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Trace A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

TDF

Trace Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

THE

Threshold Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

TIMEDATE

Contents

Time Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

TITLE

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Trigger Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

TRA

Trace Data Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

TRB

Trace Data Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

TRC

Trace Data Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

TRDSP

Trace Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

TRIGPOL

Trigger Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

TRSTAT

Trace State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Take Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

VAVG

Video Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Video Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

VBO

Video Bandwidth Coupling Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

VBR

Video Bandwidth to Resolution Bandwidth Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

VIEW

View Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

VTL

Video Trigger Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

XCH

Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

5. A Brief Introduction to the SCPI Language

SCPI Language Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

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1 Getting Started

Getting Started

N9061A Application Description

The N9061A application is the remote language compatibility suite for the Agilent Technologies X-Series of signal analyzers. It allows the analyzers to be controlled using many of the remote programming commands from the following analyzers:

• 8560 E/EC Series Portable Spectrum Analyzers, comp ris i ng : — 8560E

— 8560EC — 8561E — 8561EC — 8562E — 8562EC — 8563E — 8563EC — 8564E — 8564EC — 8565E — 8565EC

• 8566A/B

• 8568A/B

NOTE The 8566A/B and the 8568A/B are not considered part of the 8560 series of

analyzers.

The X-Series analyzer with the N9061A application installed is designed to replace these analyzers in many automated systems with minimal or no modification to the currently used measurement software.

There are two options for N9061A. One is N9061A-1FP, 8566A/B and 8568A/B remote language compatibility, the other is N9061A-2FP, 8560 Series remote language compatibility.

Getting Started

Documentation for the N9061A application

Signal Analyzers with N9061A

When you purchase your X-Series signal analyzer with the Remote Language Compatibility Suite (N9061A), this manual - the Remote Language Compatibility Guide (N9020-90119) is included on the documentation CD and is installed on the analyzer in the online help.

For information on PXA series analyzers and other related documentation, refer to the PX A web site at

http://www.agilent.com/find/pxa.

For information on MXA series analyzers and other related documentation, refer to the MXA web site at

http://www.agilent.com/find/mxa/.

For information on EXA series analyzers and other related documentation, refer to the EXA web site at

http://www.agilent.com/find/exa/.

This Remote Language Compatibility Guide is not designed to be a comprehensive gui de to all legacy commands. It gives brief descriptions of the suppor ted commands, and highl ights important functional or behavioral differences that you should be aware of when transferring your existing code to your X-Series analyzer. For a fuller description of these commands, refer to the manuals supplied with your original analyzer.

Signal Analyzer Updates

For the latest information about this instrument, including software upgrades, application information, and product information, please visit the URL below.

http://www.agilent.com/find/pxa/ http://www.agilent.com/find/mxa/ http://www.agilent.com/find/exa/

Getting Started

N9061A General Rules and Limitations

The N9061A application has been designed to emulate as closely as possible the operation of the specified spectrum analyzers. It is not, however, intended as an absolute direct replacement for these analyzers.

Remote Control

The N9061A application in X-Series signal analyzers supports remote operation through the GPIB interface. It does not support working over LAN, USB or Telnet.

Units

The N9061A application supports all units used in legacy products. The allowed units are HZ, KHZ, MHZ, GHZ, KZ, MZ, GZ, DBM, DBMV, DBUV, MV, UV, V, MW, UW, W, DB, DM, MS, US, SC, and S (case insensitive in 8566/68). A command terminator such as ";" also acts as a unit terminator.

Numeric Ranges

Numeric ranges are limited to that of the X-Series unless otherwise stated, although commands such as FS or IP that go to a default range will use the range of the legacy instrumentation.

Returning Data

The X-Series and legacy instruments have a different approach when returning data to the controller. The X-Series and 8560-series analyzers operate a FIFO buffer for command return values. If a command returns a value that the controller does not read, the returned data is stored until such a time that the controller requires the value. The 8566, 8568, and 8590-series legacy analyzers only store one value at a time. Any value stored is overwritten each time a command returns a value. The N9071A application handles this difference appropriately only within a single command string.

In the case of query string, it returns the query result for the last command in the string. For example, if "CF?MA?FA?" is sent, the result of FA? will be returned. However, this rule does not work if the query is located at both sides of the "TS" command. When the command string "MA;TS;CF?" is sent, the result of CF? will be returned in the next query.

AC/DC Coupling

The 44 GHz and 50 GHz X-Series an alyzers only h ave DC coupling. The X-Series analyzers with a 26.5 GHz frequency range and lower, default to AC coupling on preset. The N9061A application will ensure that DC coupling is the default when the selected instrument is HP8566A, HP8566B, HP8563, HP8564, or HP8565.

When AC coupled, the 8560E/61E/62E have a 100 kHz low frequency limit, while the X-Series analyzers has a 10 MHz limit.

For HP8568A/B compatibility and consistency, the I1 and I2 commands have been supported. These select AC or DC coupling at the RF input. Note tht the HP8568A/B has two RF input ports in comparison with the X-Series, which only has one.

Getting Started

N9061A General Rules and Limitations

Markers

The N9071A application emulates the behavior of legacy products. If someone uses a marker state which is not available in the legacy instrument, further marker behavior is undefined until instrument preset.

On systems that supported MKACT, there are 4 completely different marker pairs, each with its own information. The N9061A will store the currently active value of MKACT. If MKACT is 2 then it will use Markers 3 and 4 instead of 1 and 2.

Parsing

For 8566B and 8568B, the N9061A will remember the active function and supports UP, DN, and OA, all of which change the active function. It also supports '?', which does not change the active function.

One difference between N9061A and 8566/68 is that the 8566/68 parses a command for example CF

10.3GZ, immediately when it recognizes a complete command, in this example after the GZ. However the N9061A parses at the end of a line when it sees the line termination sequence.

Couplings

To provide the most optimized use of the X-Series analyzers, the N9061A application uses the auto coupling features of the X-Series analyzers and does not attempt to mimic the exact behavior of coupling in the legacy analyzers. To eliminate the possibilities of "Meas Uncal" errors between auto and manual values, values will default to the X-Series auto settings where applicable (for example resolution bandwidth). There are several exceptions below.

To prevent timeout errors in the legacy code, the resolution bandwidth minimum matches the minimum in the legacy analyzer. Resolution bandwidth steps and resolution, however, will be X-Series values.

The video bandwidth will couple to the resolution bandwidth according to the V ideo bandwidth coupling offset value, specified by the VBO or VBR command. The X-Series analyzers sets the video bandwidth according to the VBO or VBR setting, but uses the X-Series analyzers available bandwidths to prevent 'Meas Uncal' errors.

Predefined Functions

In the 8566/8568/8560 Series analyzers, a “predefined function” is an analyzer command that returns a number that can be operated on by other analyzer commands. “Predefined variables” follow the same idea, except the value to be passed as a parameter to the next command is stored in a variable.

The N9061A application does not support this type of behavior, so any commands that originally acted as predefined functions or variables, or that allowed predefined functions or variables as arguments in the 8566/8568/8560 Series no longer do so.

User-defined Functions

No user-defined functions, traces, or variables (FUNCDEF, TRDEF or VARDEF) can be used as arguments or commands in programs controlling any analyzer running the N9061A application. In addition, the behavior of certain commands that rely on the “active functions” (UP, DN, etc.) may be slightly different.

Getting Started

N9061A General Rules and Limitations

Supported Commands

Only a subset of the 8566/8568/8560 Series commands is supported in this application (through a GPIB interface). The list of supported commands was determined by feedback from our customers combined with technical considerations and constraints.

EP is the enable parameter in the 8560 series that, when used as a secondary keyword after a command, transfers control and allows front panel operator entry. This command is supported in the N9061A application for the same active functions as the 8560 series, but is not displayed in any of the format diagrams for individual commands.

The N9061A application supports the OA parameter that is found in several legacy commands such as AT and CF. OA is the equivalent of a query so that “CF OA” has a return value equivalent to “CF?”.

Device clear is supported by the N9061A application and causes a mode preset of the signal analyzer.

Unsupported Commands and Queries

If a command is valid for legacy products but not supported by the N9061A application, there will be no error message generated, although the Command Log file will note a "Command Not Supported" comment. Note that this logging behavior can be controlled via the preferences menu.

If a query is valid for legacy products but not supported by the N9061A application, it will return a "0" over the GPIB bus to prevent a program from hanging.

Hardware and Firmware Requirements for N9061A

One of the following Agilent signal analyzers is required to run the N9061A application.

Table 1-1 Compatible Agilent PXA Series Signal Analyzers

Getting Started

Analyzer Model Number

N9030A-503 3.6 GHz Rev A.04.00 or later N9030A-508 8.4 GHz Rev A.04.00 or later N9030A-513 13.6 GHz Rev A.04.00 or later N9030A-526 26.5 GHz Rev A.04.00 or later

Upper Frequency Limit Firmware

Table 1-2 Compatible Agilent MXA Series Signal Analyzers

Analyzer Model Number

N9020A-503 3.6 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later N9020A-508 8.4 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later N9020A-513 13.6 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later N9020A-526 26.5 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later

Upper Frequency Limit Firmware

Table 1-3 Compatible Agilent EXA Series Signal Analyzers

Analyzer Model Number

Upper Frequency Limit Firmware

N9010A-503 3.6 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later N9010A-507 7 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later N9010A-513 13.6 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later N9010A-526 26.5 GHz Rev A.01.64 or later

For maximum compatibility , you should select an X-Series analyzer that equals or exceeds the frequency range of the legacy analyzer you are replacing (currently not possible for the 8564E/EC or 8565E/EC). The frequency limits of the legacy instruments are listed below.

Table 1-4 Frequency Ranges of the Legacy Analyzers

Remote Language Start Frequency Stop Frequency

8560E/EC 30 Hz 2.9 GHz 8561E/EC 30 Hz 6.5 GHz

Getting Started

Hardware and Firmware Requirements for N9061A

Table 1-4 Frequency Ranges of the Legacy Analyzers

Remote Language Start Frequency Stop Frequency

8562E/EC 30 Hz 13.2 GHz 8563E/EC 9 kHz 26.5 GHz 8564E/EC 9 kHz 40.0 GHz 8565E/EC 9 kHz 50.0 GHz HP8566A 2 GHz 22 GHz HP8566B 2 GHz 22 GHz HP8568A 0 Hz 1.5 GHz HP8568B 0 Hz 1.5 GHz

Getting Started

Installing the N9061A applicat ion

Installing the N9061A application

Remote language compatibility for the 8566/8568/8560 Series of analyzers is a licensed application on the X-Series analyzers. The option for 8560 series is N9061A-2FP and the option for 8566/8568 is N9061A-1FP. The application must be installed and licensed on the X-Series analyzer (PXA, MXA, EXA but not CXA) for it to work correctly.

Installation

The license is installed on the X-Series analyzer in one of the following ways:

• If you purchased a new X-Series analyzer with the N9061A application then the product is installed and licensed and ready to use.

• If you have an X-Series analyzer and have subsequently purchased the N9061A application then you can download the N9061A application from the Agilent website. The N9061A application is installed as part of a software upgrade. See the link below for Signal Analyzers software upgrade site. After upgrading your software you should then use your entitlement certificate to license the product (see Licensing below).

The latest revision of the software may be downloaded from:

http://www.agilent.com/find/pxa_software http://www.agilent.com/find/mxa_software http://www.agilent.com/find/exa_software

NOTE No calibration is required after the N9061A application is installed.

Licensing

When you order a licensed product, you receive an entitlement certificate. Instructions are provided on your entitlement certificate to direct you to the W eb site to redeem your certificate for a license key . You need to provide your instrument product number and serial number, and the entitlement certificate number.

Required Information: Front Panel Key Path:

Model #: (Ex. N9020A) Instrument

Serial Number: __________________

System > Show > System

The license is downloaded from the license website onto a USB storage device so that it can be loaded into the instrument.

Getting Started

Installing the N9061A application

A license key is usually for one instrument model/serial number combination. The license key can only be installed on that instrument.

License Installation Procedure over USB

1. Redeem the Option Upgrade Entitlement Certificate by following the instructions on the Certificate.

2. After redeeming your Option Upgrade Entitlement Certificate you will receive an e-mail with an attached License File.

3. Locate a USB storage device and save the .lic file to the root directory of the USB storage device.

4. Connect the USB storage device to one of the signal analyzer USB ports. Windows detects the new hardware and may display the configuration menu. This menu may be configured according to your preferences.

5. The signal analyzer autom atically con sumes the l icense file. (This may take a few minutes) When the license is consumed the Agilent License Manager displays a “Successful License Installation” message.

6. Alternatively the license file can be manually installed over USB or LAN by placing the license file in the following folder on the signal analyzer. C:\Program Files\Agilent\licensing

Verify the Installation

1. Press System > Show > System to display the list of installed applications.

2. Verify that the new application appears in the list. If you require further assistance, please contact the Agilent support team. Online assistance: http://www.agilent.com/find/assist If you do not have access to the Internet, contact your local Agilent Technologies Sales and Service

Office, or if in the United States, call 1-800-829-4444.

Getting Started

Mode

Spectrum

Analyzer

Phase Noise

IQ Analyzer

(BASIC)

W-CDMA with

HSDPA/PSUPPA

Mode

Remote

Language

Compatibility

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Figure 1-1 is an example mode menu map showing the N9061A (Remote Language Compatibility)

application selection on your signal analyzer. To select the N9061A application, press the on the X-Series analyzer front panel and then select the

Remote Language Compatibility mode. If

there are more than six modes on the signal analyzer, then use the More button to find the Remote Language Compatibility selection.

Figure 1-1 Example Mode Menu Map for X-Series Analyzers

Mode hardkey

Getting Started

Mo d e Setup

Mode Setup

Logging

HP8560 series

HP8563E/EC

Restore Mode

Defa ul ts

HP8566/68

HP8566B

Cmd Error

On Off

Logging

Preferences

HP8561E/EC

HP8562E/EC

HP8560E/EC

HP8560 Series

HP8563E/EC

HP8564E/EC

HP8565E/EC

Preferences

HP8566B

HP8568A

HP8566A

HP8566/68

HP8568B

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Then, to select the legacy analyzer you wish to emulate, press the Mode Setup hardkey on the front panel. Figure 1-2 shows the menu map that allows you to select the 8560 series analyzer or 8566A/B, 8568A/B and therefore the remote control commands to be used in the X-Series analyzer.

Figure 1-2 Mode Setup > Legacy Instrument Selection Menu Map

The HP8560 series and HP8566A/B, 8568A/B key allow you to select which legacy instrument to emulate. The selected instrument determines the response to the “ID?” command and affects the behavior of commands such as IP. You can use any command offered by any of the legacy instruments regardless of the language setting. However, if the command is not correct for the selected legacy instrument there is no guarantee that the command will work as expected. This does not affect the response to the SCPI command “*IDN?”.

The legacy instrument selections are as follows:

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

8560E/EC Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5.

8561E/EC Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5.

8562E/EC Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5.

8563E/EC Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5. This is the default setting for the N9061A application.

8564E/EC Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5.

8560E/EC remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8560E. It also performs an instrument

8561E/EC remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8561E. It also performs an instrument

8562E/EC remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8562E. It also performs an instrument

8563E/EC remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8563E. It also performs an instrument

8564E/EC remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8564E. It also performs an instrument

8565E/EC Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5.

HP8566A Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5 on page 30.

HP8566B Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5 on page 30.

HP8568A Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5 on page 30.

HP8568B Selects the

remote programming command ‘ID?’ to preset and sets Span, Trace Points, couplings, VBW/RBW ratio, and Span/RBW ratio appropriately as shown in Table 1-5 on page 30.

8565E/EC remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8565E. It also performs an instrument

HP8566A remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8566A. It also performs an instrument

HP8566B remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8566B. It also performs an instrument

HP8568A remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8568A. It also performs an instrument

HP8568B remote programming language and sets the response to the

HP8568B. It also performs an instrument

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

NOTE Setting the remote language to anything other than ‘SCPI’ does not affect the

response to the SCPI command ‘*IDN?’ This command will still return the model number and firmware version number of the X-Series signal analyzer.

Table 1-5 Span, Trace Points, Couplings, VBW/RBW Ratio, and Span/RBW Ratio

Settings

Remote Language

8560E/EC 30 Hz 2.9 GHz 601 AC 1 91 8561E/EC 30 Hz 6.5 GHz 601 AC 1 91 8562E/EC 30 Hz 13.2 GHz 601 AC 1 91 8563E/EC 30 Hz 26.5 GHz 601 DC 1 91 8564E/EC 30 Hz 40 GHz 601 DC 1 91 8565E/EC 30 Hz 50 GHz 601 DC 1 91 HP8566A 2 GHz 22 GHz 1001 DC 3

HP8566B 2 GHz 22 GHz 1001 DC 3

Start Freq. Sto p

Freq.

Number of Trace Points

RF Coupling

VBW/ RBW Ratio

(VBW one step wider than RBW)

Span/RBW Ratio

106

HP8568A 0 Hz 1.5 GHz 1001 DC 3

(VBW one step wider than RBW)

106

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Table 1-5 Span, Trace Points, Couplings, VBW/RBW Ratio, and Span/RBW Ratio

Settings

Remote Language

HP8568B 0 Hz 1.5 GHz 1001 DC 3

Start Freq. Stop

Freq.

Number of Trace Points

RF Coupling

VBW/ RBW Ratio

(VBW one step wider than RBW)

Span/RBW Ratio

106

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Cmd Error

Turning Cmd Error On or Off enables or disables the display of the "CMD ERR" error messages. The default setting is On. The error message appears in the Message bar and also can be queried using “ERR?”. The error message will occur if either the command syntax or any of its parameters are incorrectly formed. The selected value is preserved after presetting or power cycling the instrument. Disabling the display of command errors disables the display of all error types.

The format of the errors are as follows:

1.CMD ERR, <string>

This string will be limited to the first 20 characters of the input string (message unit). Further details of these errors, after they have occurred, can be reviewed in the Cmd Error Log, as long

as Cmd Error Logging is enabled.

Getting Started

Logging

Clear Log

Refresh

Cmd Error Log

On Off

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Logging

The N9061A application allows the logging of errors. These errors comprise details of command errors and legacy commands that have been received but are not supported by the N9061A application. To enable and view the error log select the

Logging softkey.

Figure 1-3 Logging Menu Map

Mode Setup hardkey from the front panel. Then select the

Previous Page/Next Page

When you are in the Logging menu, the main Signal Analysis display is obscured by the logging page. The most recent log starts from the bottom of the window.

Previous Page and Next Page allow you to

scroll through the log file. To include commands sent to the analyzer since the log window display was opened, press

Cmd Error Log

The

Cmd Error Log option allows you to turn the command error logging on or off. The default is Off.

Logging should not be used in a secure environment. When set to log file, regardless of whether they have been displayed on the screen. When set to command error messages are written to the log file. Switching log file.

Refresh.

On, all error messages are stored in a

Off, no further

Cmd Error Log to Off does not clear the

The log file is also stored as a text file, called Logfile.txt, on the instrument. It is stored in the D:\ drive, in a folder called \User_My_Documents\[USERNAME]\My Documents\RLC\data.

The maximum size of the log is 10 MB. When the file reaches its maximum size, the first ten percent of the file is automatically discarded, to clear space for subsequent error messages.

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Refresh

To update the log page with new entries, select

Refresh.

Clear Log

Clear Log softkey clears the error log.

The The log can only be cleared by using the Clear Log function and cannot be cleared on power-up, remote

language switch or mode switch.

Getting Started

Preferences

RF Coupling

As Legacy

Allow SCPI

On Off

Atten Offset

On Off

Limit RBW/VBW

On Off

Always

DC Coupled

As Legacy

Always

AC Coupled

AC/DC Mode

SwpType Rule

Legacy

Best Dynamic

Range

Auto

Best Speed

Legacy

Swp Type Rules

Limit Swp Time

On Off

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Preferences

The Preferences menu allows you to configure some analyzer settings when in remote language compatibility mode. Figure 1-4 shows the Preferences menu map that is accessed by selecting the

Setup

hardkey on the front panel and then selecting the Preferences softkey. Preferences are not affected by a power cycle, a remote language change, a mode switching or a mode preset. They are only preset to their default state using

Restore Mode Defaults key in the Mode Setup menu (see Figure 1-2),

INST:DEF or SYST:PRES:PERS command.

Figure 1-4 Preferences Menu Map

Mode

Limit RBW/VBW

Setting (VBW) values to those appropriate for the currently selected remote language. While this limitation reduces measurement flexibility, it helps to ensure that the measurement time in emulation mode is the

Limit RBW/VBW to On limits the valid resolution bandwidth (RBW) and video bandwidth

same as the legacy measurement time, and ensures that the responses to RB? and VB? match the legacy instrument. The default state is

Off. Setting this key to Off causes the RBW and VBW filters to use the

X-Series analyzer range of values for all remote languages.

Atten Offset

Setting increasing the noise floor. Since many of the older sp ectrum analyzers had noise floor 10 dB higher than

Atten Offset to On allows larger input power to be applied to the analyzer, while significantly

the X-Series analyzer, this gives the most accurate emulation. The default state is

Off.

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Sweep Type Rules

Sweep Type Rules changes the Auto rules for determining whether the instrument uses FFT or Swept

mode (this can be manually overridden). FFT mode offers substantially faster measurements in some cases. The HP8566A/B, 8568A/B series did not have FFT mode capability, so most accurate emulation requires that the instrument preserves Swept mode unless you manually overrides that setting. The 8560-series analyzers use both FFT and Swept mode, in which case “Legacy” is equivalent to “Dynamic range”.

RF Coupling

RF Coupling allows you to override the legacy instrument behavior for AC and DC coupling. This

command is required because legacy instruments had AC cutoff frequencies of 100 kHz and the X-series analyzers have an AC cutoff frequency of 10 MHz.

As Legacy sets coupling to AC or DC whenever the legacy instrument would be set to AC or DC coupled mode via power on, preset, or an explicit command. Due to changes in the coupling cutoff frequency, measurement performance below 10 MHz while in AC-coupled mode may not match the legacy analyzer performance.

Always AC sets AC coupling while in Language Compatibility Mode, overriding other instrument settings including power on, preset, or an explicit command. This setting maximizes instrument robustness, and is recommended for instruments that are not used to measure signals below 10 MHz.

Always DC sets DC coupling while in Language Compatibility Mode, overriding other instrument settings including power on, preset, or explicit command. This will maximize instrument sensitivity to signals below 10 MHz, and may be required for measurements between 100 KHz and 10 MHz. When in this mode, extra care should be taken to ensure that DC voltage levels are within the allowable range for the X-Series analzysers.

Limit Sweep Time

Allows you to constrain the sweep time to no less than the minimum sweep time of the legacy instruments. If set to On, the sweep time will be constrained to no less than the value listed below. If set to Off, no constraint is applied.

Table 1-6 Minimum Sweep Time for the Legacy Instruments

Instrument Sweep Time

(None Zero Span)

HP8566A/B, HP8568A/B 20 ms 1 us HP8560 series 50 ms 50 us

Sweep Time (Zero Span)

Getting Started

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Restore Mode Defaults

Resets the state for the currently active mode by resetting the mode persistent setting to their default values and by performing a mode preset. This function will never cause a mode switch. This function performs a full preset on the active mode.

Send Commands

After you finish setting up the N9061A application, you can send the commands of the legacy products (8560 Series, 8566A/B, or 8568A/B) to X-Series analyzers. It is recomanded to use Agilent 82357B USB/GPIB interface and free instrument to PC connection tool Agilent IO Libraries Suite when you connct the instrument to a PC. For more details, visit:

http://www.agilent.com/find/82357B http://www.agilent.com/find/iolib

NOTE The commands can ONLY be sent via a GPIB connection. It will not work for a

LAN connecttion.

Getting Started

Running Software that Requires SCPI Commands

When a legacy remote language has been selected, you only have access to a very small subset of SCPI commands. If you are not familiar with the SCPI remote programming language, Chapter 5 , “A Brief

Introduction to the SCPI Language,” on page 355 contains some useful information.

The SCPI commands available while using other remote languages are:

Table 1-7 SCPI Commands

SCPI Commands Description

*IDN? Queries and returns the instrument identification

string. *RST Performs an instrument preset. INSTrument:DEFault Restores mode defaults. INSTrument:SELect

INSTrument:SELect? INSTrument:NSELect

INSTrument:NSELect? [:SENSe]:SWEep:TYPE AUTO|SWEep|FFT

[:SENSe]:SWEep:TYPE? :SYST em:OPTions? Returns a list of installed options. INPut:COUPling AC|DC|RLC

INPut:COUPling? :SYST em:LANGuage HP8560E | HP8561E | HP8562E |

HP8563E | HP8564E | HP8565E | HP8566A | HP8566B | HP8568A | HP8568B

:SYSTem:LANGuage? :SYST em:COMMunicate:RLBC:SCPI:ENABle ON|OFF T oggles whether SCPI available in RLBC mode

Selects an application by mode name. (Use RLC

to select the N9061A application)

Selects an application by mode number. (Use 266

to select the N9061A application)

Sets the Sweep Type.

Defaults to AUTO.

Sets the input coupling.

Defaults to RLC.

Sets the current remote language.

or not.

:SYST em:COMMunicate:RLBC:SCPI:ENABle ON|OFF T oggles whether SCPI available in RLBC mode

or not. [:SENSe]:RLC:SWEep:TYPE:AUTO:RULes

AUTO|SPEed|DRANge|LEGACY

[:SENSe]:RLC:SWEep:TYPE:AUTO:RULes?

Sets the auto rule setting for Sweep Type.

Running Software that Requires SCPI Commands

Table 1-7 SCPI Commands

SCPI Commands Description

Getting Started

[:SENSe]:RLC:BANDwidth:LIMit ON|OFF|1|0

[:SENSe]:RLC:BANDwidth:LIMit? [:SENSe]:RLC:ATTenuation:STATe ON|OFF|1|0

[:SENSe]:RLC:ATTenuation:STATe?

Toggles legacy bandwidth limiting on and off.

T oggles internal attenuation on and off. to OFF.

1. After changing into or out of RLC mode, allow a 1s delay before sending subsequent commands.

2. This command is only available if the N9061A application is installed on your analyzer.

Defaults

Getting Started

Service and Calibration

Since the Performance Verification and Adjustment Software uses the SCPI command languag e, you need to exit the N9061A (RLC) application and change to the Spectrum Analyzer application prior to calibration or service of your Agilent signal analyzer.

2 Legacy Analyzer Command List

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

The following table lists all of the original programming commands from the legacy analyzers (that is, the 8566A/B, the 8568A/B, and the 8560 Series), and indicates which are supported in N9061A. Refer to the alphabetical listing of commands in Chapter 4 , “Programming Commands,” on page 75 for more detailed information about each supported command.

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

A1 Clear-writes trace A Yes Yes Yes Page 79 A2 Max Holds trace A Yes Yes Yes Page 80 A3 View trace A Yes Yes Yes Page 81 A4 Blanks trace A Yes Yes Yes Page 82 ABORT Interrupt operation of all

user-defined functions ABS Absolute No No No ACP Performs the adjacent channel

power measurement ACPACCL Accelerate adjacent channel

power measurement ACPALPHA Adjacent channel power alpha

weighting ACPALTCH Adjacent channel power

alternate channels

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A Yes Page 83

N/A N/A Yes Page 84

Page for Further Details

ACPBRPER Adjacent channel power burst

period ACPBRWID Adjacent channel power burst

width ACPBW Specifies channel bandwidth for

ACP measurement ACPCOMPUTE Compute adjacent channel

power ACPCONTM Performs ACP measurement in

continuous sweep ACPE Adjacent channel power

extended

N/A N/A Yes Page 85

N/A N/A Yes Page 86

N/A N/A Yes Page 87

N/A N/A Yes Page 88

N/A N/A N/A

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

ACPERR ACP measurement error query N/A N/A N/A ACPFRQWT Adjacent channel power

frequency weighting

ACPGR Adjacent channel power graph

on or off

ACPGRAPH Compute adjacent channel

power graph ACPLOWER Lower adjacent channel power N/A N/A Yes Page 90 ACPMAX Maximum adjacent channel

power ACPMEAS Measure adjacent channel

power ACPMETHOD Adjacent channel power

measurement method ACPMK Adjacent channel power marker

on or off

N/A N/A Yes Page 89

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A Yes Page 91

N/A N/A Yes Page 92

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A N/A

Page for Further Details

ACPMSTATE Adjacent channel power

measurement state ACPPAR ACP manual or auto N/A N/A N/A ACPPWRTX Total power transmitted N/A N/A Yes Page 94 ACPRSLTS Adjacent channel power

measurement results ACPSNGLM Performs ACP measurement in

single sweep ACPSP Channel spacing N/A N/A Yes Page 96 ACPT Adjacent channel power

T weighting ACPUPPER Upper adjacent channel power N/A N/A Yes Page 98 ACTDEF Give user-defined function

active status ACTVF Active function N/A N/A N/A ACTVFUNC Creates a user defined active

function

N/A N/A Yes Page 93

N/A N/A Yes Page 95

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A Yes Page 97

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

ADD Add No No No ADJALL LO & IF adjustment N/A N/A Yes Page 99 ADJCRT Adjust CRT alignmen t N/A N/A No ADJIF Adjust IF N/A N/A No AMB Trace A − trace B -> trace A Yes Yes Yes Page 100 AMBPL Trace A − trace B + Display

Line -> trace A

AMPCOR Applies amplitude correction at

specified frequencies AMPCORDATA Amplitude correction data N/A N/A No AMPCORSAVE Save amplitude correction data N/A N/A No AMPCORSIZE Amplitude correction data array

size AMPCORRCL Amplitude correction recall N/A N/A No

Yes Yes Yes Page 101

N/A N/A No

Page for Further Details

AMPLEN Amplitude correction length N/A N/A N/A ANLGPLUS Turns on or off the Analog+

display mode ANNOT Disp lay Annotation Yes Yes Yes Page 102 APB Trace A + trace B -> trace A Yes Yes Yes Page 103 ARRAYDEF Defines an array N/A N/A No AT Input Attenuation Yes Yes Yes Page 104 AUNITS Amplitude Units Yes Yes Yes Page 106 AUTO Auto couple N/A N/A N/A AUTOCPL Auto couple N/A N/A Yes Page 108 AUTOEXEC Turns on or off the function

defined with AUTOFUNC AUTOFUNC Defines a function for automatic

execution AUTOSAVE Automatically saves trace N/A N/A No AVG Average No No No

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

AXB Exchange Traces A & B Yes Yes Yes Page 109

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

B1 Clear-writes trace B Yes Yes Yes Page 110 B2 Max Holds trace B Yes Yes Yes Page 111 B3 View trace B Yes Yes Yes Page 112 B4 Blanks trace B Yes Yes Yes Page 113 BAUDRATE Baud rate of spectrum analyzer N/A N/A N/A BIT Return or receive state of bit N/A N/A N/A BITF Bit flag N/A N/A N/A BL Trace B − Display line -> trace BYes Yes N/A Page 1 14

BLANK Blanks specified trace Yes Yes Yes Page 115 BML Trace B − Display line -> trace BYes Yes Yes Page 1 16

BRD Bus Read No No N/A BTC Transfer trace B to C Yes Yes N/A Page 117

Page for Further Details

BWR Bus Write NoNoN/A BXC Exchange Traces B & C Yes Yes N/A Page 118 C1 Turns off A - B Yes Yes Yes Page 119 C2 A − B -> A Yes Yes Yes Page 120 CA Couples Attenuation Yes Yes Yes Page 121 CAL Calibrate N/A N/A N/A CARDLOAD Copies data from memory card

to module memory CARDSTORE Copies data to memory card N/A N/A No CARROFF Carrier off power N/A N/A No CARRON Carrier on power N/A N/A Yes Page 123 CAT Catalog N/A N/A N/A CATALOG Catalog N/A N/A No CF Center Frequency Yes Yes Yes Page 124 CHANNEL Channel selection N/A N/A Yes Page 126

N/A N/A No

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

CHANPWR Channel power N/A N/A Yes Page 127 CHP Performs the channel power

measurement CHPGR Channel power graph on or off N/A N/A N/A CHPWRBW Channel power bandwidth N/A N/A Yes Page 128 CLRAVG Reset avg. counter to 1 Yes Yes N/A Page 129 CLRBOX Clears a rectangular area on the

analyzer display CLRDSP Clear display N/A N/A No CLRSCHED Clears autosave & autoexec

schedule buffer CLRW Clear-writes specified trace Yes Yes Yes Page 130 CLS Clear status byte N/A N/A N/A CMDERRQ Command error query N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

Page for Further Details

CNF Confidence test N/A N/A N/A CNTLA Auxiliary interface control line AN/A N/A No

CNTLB Auxiliary interface control line BN/A N/A No

CNTLC Auxiliary interface control line CN/A N/A No

CNTLD Auxiliary interface control line DN/A N/A No

CNTLI Auxiliary interface control line

input CNVLOSS Selects ref level offset to

calibrate amplitude display COMB Turns the comb generator on or

off COMPRESS Compress No No N/A CONCAT Concat No No N/A CONTS Contin uous sweep mode Yes Yes Yes Page 132

N/A N/A No

No N/A No

N/A N/A N/A

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

CORREK Correction factors on N/A N/A N/A COUPLE Selects AC or DC coupling N/A N/A Yes Page 133 CR Couples Resolution BW Yes Yes Yes Page 134 CRTHPOS Horizontal position of CRT

display

CRTVPOS Vertical position of CRT

display CS Couples Step Size Yes Yes Ye s Page 135 CT Couples Sweep Time Yes Yes Yes Page 136 CTA Converts display units to dBm No No N/A CTM Converts dBm to display units No No N/A CTRLHPIB Allows SA to control HP-IB N/A N/A No CV Couples Vide o Bandwidth Yes Yes Yes Page 137 D1 Sets display to normal size No No N/A

N/A N/A N/A

Page for Further Details

D2 Sets display to full CRT size No No N/A D3 Sets display to expanded size No No N/A DA Display Memory Address Yes Yes N/A Page 138 DATEMODE Set the date display format N/A N/A No DD Display write binary No No N /A DELMKBW Occupied power bandwidth

within delta marker DEMOD Turns the demodulator on or off N/A N/A No DEMODAGC Demodulation automatic gain

control DEMODT Demodu lati on time N/A N/A No DET Detection Mode Yes Yes Yes Page 140 DISPOSE Frees Memory No No No DIV Divide NoNoNo DL Display Line Level Yes Yes Yes Page 141 DLE Turns the display line on/off Yes Yes N/A Page 143

N/A N/A Yes Page 139

N/A N/A No

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

DLYSWP Delay sweep N/A N/A Yes Page 144 DN Reduces the active function by

applicable step size DONE Synchronizing function Yes Yes Yes Page 145 DOTDENS Sets the dot density value in

Analog+ display mode DR Display Memory Address Read Yes Yes N/A Page 146 DRAWBOX Draws a rectangular box on

analyzer display DSPLY Display No No No DT Define Terminator No No N/A DW Display Memory Address Write No No N/A E1 Active marker to maximum

signal

N/A N/A N/A

Yes Yes Yes Page 147

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E2 Active marker to center

frequency E3 Active marker frequency to CF

step size E4 Active marker to reference level Yes Yes Yes Page 150 EDITDONE Indicates limit line editing is

complete EDITLIML Allows current limit line to be

edited EE Enable entry No No N/A EK Enable knob No No N/A ELSE Conditional Programming

(If…then…else…endif) EM Erase trace C memory No No No ENDIF Conditional Programming

(If…then…else…endif) ENTER Enter from HP-IB No No No

Yes Yes Yes Page 148

Yes Yes Yes Page 149

N/A N/A Yes Page 151

N/A N/A No

No No No

No No N/A

EP Enter parameter function N/A N/A N/A

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ERASE User memory & registers erased No No N/A ERR Queries the error queue Yes Yes Yes Page 152 ET Elapsed time N/A N/A Yes Page 154 EX Exchanges trace A & B Yes Yes Yes Page 155 EXP Exponential No No No EXTMXR Presets external mixing mode No N/A No FA Start frequency Yes Yes Yes Page 156 FB Stop frequency Yes Yes Yes Page 157 FDIAG Frequency diagnostics N/A N/A No FDSP Frequency display off N/A N/A Yes Page 158 FFT Fast fourier transform No No No FFTAUTO Marker to Auto FFT N/A N/A N/A FFTCLIP FFT signal clipped N/A N/A N/A

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FFTCONTS FFT continuous sweep N/A N/A N/A FFTKNL Fast fourier transform kernel No No N/A FFTMKR FFT markers N/A N/A N/A FFTMM FFT marker to midscreen N/A N/A N/A FFTMS FFT marker to FFT stop

frequency FFTOFF FFT off N/A N/A N/A FFTPCTAM FFT percent amplitude

modulation FFTPCTAMR FFT percent amplitude

modulation readout FFTSNGLS FFT single sweep N/A N/A N/A FFTSTAT FFT status N/A N/A N/A FFTSTOP FFT stop frequen c y N/A N/A N/A FMGAIN FM gain N/A N/A N/A FOFFSET Frequency offset Yes Yes Yes Page 159

N/A N/A N/A

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FORMAT Erase & format the selected

memory device FPKA Fast preselector peak Yes N/A N/A Page 161 FREF Frequency reference N/A N/A Yes Page 162 FS Full frequency span Yes Yes Yes Page 163 FULBAND Set start/stop freq for ext mixing

bands FUNCDEF Function definition No No No GATE Turn time-gating on or off N/A N/A Yes Page 166 GATECTL Gate control N/A N/A Yes Page 167 GC Gate preset N/A N/A N/A GD Gate delay N/A N/A Yes Page 168 GDRVCLPAR Clear pulse parameters N/A N/A N/A GDRVGDEL Gate Delay for the frequency

window

N/A N/A No

No N/A No

N/A N/A N/A

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GDRVGLEN Gate length for frequency &

time windows GDR VG T Turns gate in frequency window

on or off GDRVGTIM Gate trigger to marker position

for time window GDRVPRI Pulse repetition interval N/A N/A N/A GDRVPWID Pulse width N/A N/A N/A GDRVRBW Couple resolution bandwidth to

pulse width GDRVREFE Enter reference edge N/A N/A N/A GDRVST Couple sweep time to pulse

repetition interval GDRVSWAP Update the time or frequency

window GDRVSWDE Delay sweep for time window N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

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GDRVSWP Sweep time for the time

window GDRVUTIL Turns the gate utility on or off N/A N/A N/A GDRVVBW Couple video bandwidth to the

gate length GETPLOT Get plot N/A N/A N/A GETPRNT Get print N/A N/A N/A GL Gate length N/A N/A Yes Page 169 GP Sets the polarity

(positive/negative) of the gate

trigger GR Plot GPIB input as Graphs No No N/A GRAT Graticule on/off Yes Yes Yes Page 171 HAVE Checks for options installed N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A Yes Page 170

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HD Holds data entry No No No Page 172 HN Harmonic number N /A N/A N/A HNLOCK Harmonic lock No N/A No HNUNLK Harmonic band unlock No N/A No I1 Sets the RF coupling to AC N/A Yes N/A Page 173 I2 Sets the RF coupling to DC N/A Yes N/A Page 175 IB Input to trace B memory No No N/A ID Instrument identification Yes Yes Yes Page 177 IDCF Identified signal to center

frequency IDFREQ Identified signal frequency N/A N/A No IDSTAT Signal identifier status No N/A N/A IF Conditional Programming

(If…then…else…endif) IFTKNL 16 bit discrete fourier transform No No N/A INT Integer No No No

N/A N/A No

No No No

INZ Input impedance N/A N/A N/A

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IP Instrument preset Yes Yes Yes Page 178 KEYCLR Clear user defined keys N/A N/A No KEYCMD Define function & label of

softkey KEYDEF Assign function to soft key No No No KEYENH Key enhance N/A N/A N/A KEYEXC Executes specified soft key No No N/A KEYLBL Relabels softkey without

changing its function KS, Mixer level Yes Yes N/A Page 179 KS= HP8566: Selects factory

preselector setting

HP8568: Marker counter

frequency resolution KS( Locks the save registers Yes Yes N/A Page 181

N/A N/A N/A

Yes

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KS) Unlocks the save registers Yes Yes N/A Page 182 KS> Specifies preamp gain for signal

input 2 KS< Specifies preamp gain for signal

input 1 KS| Display memory address write No No N/A KS# Turns off YTX self-heating

correction KS/ Allows preselector to be peaked

manually KS123 Returns up to 1001 words

display memory KS125 Writes up to 1001 display

memory words KS126 Retu rns every Nth value of a

trace KS127 Sets analyzer to accept binary

display write

N/A No N/A

No N/A N/A

No No N/A

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KS39 Writes display memory address

in fast binary

KS43 Sets SRQ 102 when frequency

limit exceeded KS91 Returns the amplitude error No No N/A KS92 Specifies value DL, TH, active

mkr in display units KS94 Returns code for harmonic

number in binary KSA Sets amplitude units to dBm Yes Yes N/A Page 183 KSa Selects normal detection Yes Yes N/A Page 184 KSB Sets amplitude units to dBmV Yes Yes N/A Page 185 KSb Selects positive peak detection Yes Yes N/A Page 186 KSC Sets amplitude units to dBuV Yes Yes N/A Page 187

No No N/A

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KSc Trace A + trace B -> trace A Yes Yes N/A Page 188 KSD Sets amplitude units to V Yes Yes N/A Page 189 KSd Selects negative peak detection Yes Yes N/A Page 190 KSE Sets the analyzer title mode Yes Yes N/A Page 191 KSe Selects sample detection Yes Yes N/A Page 192 KSF HP8566: Shifts the YTO

HP8568: Measures the Sweep

Time KSf Recover last instrument state at

power on KSG Turns on video averaging Yes Yes N/A Page 193 KSg Turns off the display Yes Yes N/A Page 194 KSH Turns off video averaging Yes Yes N/A Page 19 5 KSh Turns on the display Yes Yes N/A Page 196 KSI Allows the reference level to be

extended KSi Exchanges traces B & C Yes Yes N/A Page 197

No No N/A

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KSJ Manu al control of DACs No No N/A KSj Views trace C Yes Yes N/A Page 198 KSK HP8566: Active Mkr to next

highest peak HP8568: Counts pilot IF at

marker KSk Blanks trace C Yes Yes N/A Page 200 KSL Turns off marker noise function Yes Yes N/A Page 201 KSl Moves trace B into trace C Yes Yes N/A Page 202 KSM Turns on marker noise function Yes Yes N/A Page 203 KSm Turns off the graticule Yes Yes N/A Page 204 KSN Marker minimum value

detected KSn Turns on the graticule Yes Yes N/A Page 206

Yes No N/A Page 199

Yes No N/A Page 205

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KSO Marker span Yes Yes N/A Page 207 KSo Turns off the annotation Yes Yes N/A Page 208 KSP GPIB address No No N/A KSp Turns on the annotation Yes Yes N/A Page 209 KSQ Unlocks frequency band No No N/A KSq Decouples IF gain and input

attenuation KSR Turns on service diagnostics No No N/A KSr Sets service request 102 No No N/A KSS HP8566: Fast GPIB operation

HP8568: Determine second LO

frequency KST HP8566: Fast preset

HP8568: Shifts second LO

down KSt HP8566: Locks frequency band

HP8568: Continues sweep from

marker

No No N/A

Yes No N/A Page 210

No No N/A

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KSU HP8566: External mixer preset

HP8568: Shift second LO up

KSu Stops the sweep at the active

marker KSV Frequency offset Yes Yes N/A Page 211 KSv HP8566: External mixer

frequency identifier

HP8568: Inhibits phase lock KSW Amplitude error correction

routine KSw Displays amplitude error

correction routine KSX Amplitude correction factors on No No N/A KSx Sets trigger mode to external Yes Yes N/A Page 212 KSY Amplitude correction factors off No No N/A

No No N/A

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KSy Sets trigger mode to video Yes Yes N/A Page 213 KSZ Reference level offset Yes Yes N/A Page 214 KSz Sets the display storage address No No N/A L0 Turns off the display line Yes Yes Yes Page 215 LB Writes text label No No No LCLVAR Defines a local variable for use N/A N/A No LF Preset 0−2.5GHz Yes N/A N/A Page 216 LG Selects log scale Yes Yes Yes Page 217 LIMD Delta amplitude value for limit

line segment LIMF Frequency value for limit-line

segment LIMIDEL Erase contents of limit line table N/A N/A N/A LIMIDISP Controls when the limit line(s)

are displayed LIMIFAIL Limit line fail N/A N/A Yes Page 220

N/A N/A Yes

N/A N/A Yes Page 219

N/A N/A N/A

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LIMIFT Select frequency or time limit

line LIMIHI Upper limit N /A N/A N/A LIMILINE Limit line N/A N/A N/A LIMILO Lower limit N/A N/A N/A LIMIMIRROR Mirror limit line N/A N /A N/A LIMIMODE Limit line entry mode N/A N/A N/A LIMIPURGE Disp oses of current limit line,

not limit line table LIMIRCL Load stored limit line into limit

line table LIMIREL Determine whether li mi t line

values absolute/relative LIMISAV Save contents of limit line table

for recall

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A Yes Page 221

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A Yes Page 222

N/A N/A No

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LIMISEG Define slope & offset of limit

line segments LIMISEGT Enter limit line segment for

sweep time LIMITEST Compare active trace data to

limit line parameters LIML Amplitude value for limit line

segment in lower limit line LIMM Middle amplitude valu e for

limit-line segment LIMTFL Specifies a flat limit-line

segment LIMTSL Specifies a sloped limit-line

segment LIMU Amplitude value for limit line

segment in upper limit line LINFILL Line fill N/A N/A N/A LL Provides lower left recorder

output voltage at rear

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A Yes

N/A N/A Yes Page 223

N/A N/A Yes

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A Yes Page 224

N/A N/A Yes Page 225

No No N/A

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LN Selects linear scale Yes Yes Yes Page 226 LOAD Load article/file into internal

memory LOG Log No No No LOLIMOFF LO Limit Off No No N/A LSPAN Last span N/A N/A N/A M1 Turns off all markers Yes Yes Yes Page 227 M2 Marker Normal Yes Yes Yes Page 228 M3 Marker Delta Yes Yes Yes Page 229 M4 Marker zoom Yes Yes N/A Page 230 MA Returns the amplitude of active

marker MBIAS Mixer bias N/A N/A No MBRD Processor memory block read No No N/A

N/A N/A N/A

Yes Yes Yes Page 231

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MBWR Processor memory block write No No N/A MC0 Turns off the marker frequency

counter MC1 Turns on the marker frequency

counter MDS Measurement data size Yes Yes N/A Page 234 MDU Measurement data units No No N/A MEAN Returns mean value of trace in

display units MEANPWR Mean power measurement N/A N/A Yes Page 236 MEANTH Trace mean above threshold N/A N/A N/A MEAS Measurement status N/A N/A No MEASOFF Measurement off N/A N/A N/A MEASURE Measure mode N/A N/A N/A MEM Returns amount of memory

available MENU Menu N/A N/A No

N/A Yes N/A Page 232

N/A Yes N/A Page 233

Yes Yes Yes Page 235

No No No

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MERGE Merge two traces No No N/A MF Returns frequency of the active

marker MIN Minimum No No No MINH Min Hold N/A N/A Yes Page 239 MINPOS Returns the minimum position

in the trace MIRROR Mirror image of the trace No No N/A MKA Amplitude of the active marker Yes Yes Yes Page 241 MKACT Specifies the active marker Yes Yes N/A Page 242 MKACTV Marker as the active function N/A N/A N/A MKBW Marker bandwidth N/A N/A Yes Page 243 MKCF Moves the active marker to

center frequency

Yes Yes Yes Page 238

Yes Yes N/A Page 240

Yes Yes Yes Page 244

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MKCHEDGE Marker to channel edge N/A N/A No MKCONT Continues sweeping from the

marker after stop MKD Delta marker Yes Yes Yes Page 245 MKDELCHBW Delta markers to channel power

bandwidth MKDLMODE Marker delta display line mode N/A N/A N/A MKDR Reciprocal of marker delta N/A N/A No MKF Specifies the frequency of the

active marker MKFC Turns the marker frequency

counter on or off MKFCR Specifies the marker frequency

counter resolution MKMCF Marker mean to center

frequency MKMIN Moves active marker to

minimum signal detected

No No N/A

N/A N/A No

Yes Yes Yes Page 246

N/A Yes Yes Page 247

N/A Yes Yes Page 248

N/A N/A No

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MKN Normal marker Yes Yes Yes Page 251 MKNOISE Marker noise function Yes Yes Yes Page 252 MKOFF Turns all markers or the active

marker off

MKP Specifies the horizontal position

of the marker

MKPAUSE P auses the sweep at the active

marker MKPK Marker peak Yes Yes Yes Page 255 MKPT Marker peak threshold N/A N/A Yes Page 256 MKPX Marker peak excursion Yes Yes Yes Page 257 MKREAD Specifies marker readout mode Yes Yes N/A Page 258 MKRL Moves the active marker to

reference level

Yes Yes Yes Page 253

Yes Yes N/A Page 254

No No N/A

Yes Yes Yes Page 260

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MKSP Marker span Yes Yes Yes Page 261 MKSS Marker step size Yes Yes Yes Page 262 MKSTOP Stops the sweep at the active

marker MKT Position marker in unit s of time N/A N/A Yes Page 263 MKTBL Marker table N/A N/A N/A MKTRACE Marker trace Yes Yes N/A Page 264 MKTRACK Turns the marker signal track on

or off MKTYPE Specifies the type of active

marker to be used ML Mixer Level Yes Yes Yes Page 267 MOD Modulo No No No MODE Mode of operation N/A N/A N/A MODRCLT Recalls trace from module

memory MODSAVT Saves trace in module memory N/A N/A No

No No N/A

Yes Yes Yes Page 265

Yes Yes N/A Page 266

N/A N/A No

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MOV Move NoNoNo MPY Multiply No No No MRD Memory Read No No N/A MRDB Memory read byte No No N/A MSDEV Specifies mass storage device N/A N/A No MSI Mass storage interface N/A N/A N/A MT0 Turns off marker signal track Yes Yes Yes Page 269 MT1 Turns on marker signal track Yes Yes Yes Page 270 MWR Memory Write NoNoN/A MWRB Memory write byte No No N/A MXM Maximum No No No MXMH Max Hold Yes Yes Yes Page 271 MXRMODE Mixer mode N /A N/A No

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NDB Number of dB N/A N/A N/A NDBPNT Turns the N dB points function

on or off NDBPNTR N dB points bandwidth N/A N/A N/A NORMLIZE Normalize trace data N/A N/A Yes Page 272 NRL Normalized reference level N/A N/A Yes Page 273 NRPOS Normalized reference position N/A N/A Yes Page 274 NSTART Start harmonic No N/A N/A NSTOP Stop harmonic No N/A N/A O1 Output format Yes Yes N/A Page 275 O2 Output format Yes Yes N/A Page 276 O3 Output format Yes Yes N/A Page 277 O4 Output format Yes Yes N/A Page 278 OA Returns the active function

value OBW Occupied bandwidth N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

Yes Yes N/A Page 279

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OBWBW Bandwidth measured by

occupied bandwidth

OBWFERR Occupied bandwidth transmit

frequency error

OBWLOWER Relative lower frequency limit

of occupied bandwidth OBWPCT Occupied bandwidth percent N/A N/A N/A OBWPWR Total power in the occupied

bandwidth OBWUPPER Relative upp er frequency limit

of occupied bandwidth OCCUP Percent occupied power

bandwidth OL Output learn string Yes Yes N/A Page 281 ONCYCLE On cycle N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A Yes Page 280

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ONDELAY On delay N/A N/A N/A ONEOS On end of sweep No No No ONMKR On marker pause N/A N/A N/A ONMKRU On marker update N/A N/A N/A ONPWRUP On power up N/A N/A N/A ONSRQ On service request N/A N/A N/A ONSWP On sweep No No N/A ONTIME On time N/A N/A N/A OP Output parameters No No No OR Set position of origin N/A N/A No OT Output trace annotations Yes Yes N/A Page 284 OUTPUT Output - sending data to the

GPIB from function PA Plot absolute No No No PARSTAT Parallel status N/A N/A N/A

No No No

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PCTAM Turns the percent AM

measurement on or off PCTAMR Percent AM response N/A N/A N/A PD Pen down No No No PDA Probability distribution

amplitude PDF Probability distribution

frequency PEAKS Sorts the signal peaks by

amplitude/frequency PKDLMODE Peak table delta display line

mode PKPOS Peak position Yes Yes N/A Page 286 PKRES Peak result N/A N/A N/A PKSORT Selects how to sort signal peaks

listed in peak table

N/A N/A N/A

No No No

Yes Yes Yes Page 285

N/A N/A N/A

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PKTBL Turns the peak table on or off N/A N/A N/A PKZMOK Peak zoom okay N/A N/A N/A PKZOOM Peak zoom N/A N/A N/A PLOT Prints the screen Yes Yes Yes Page 287 PLOTORG Display origins N/A N/A No PLOTSRC Plot source N/A N/A No PLTPRT Plot port N/A N/A N/A POWERON Power on state N/A N/A N/A PP Peaks the preselector Yes N/A Yes Page 288 PR Plot relative No No No PREAMPG External preamplifier gain N/A N/A N /A PREFX Change user memory entries

file prefix PRINT Print N/A N/A Yes Page 289 PRNPRT Print port N/A N/A N/A

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PRNTA D RS Print address N/A N/A N/A PS Skip page No No N/A PSDAC Preselector DAC number N/A N/A No PSTATE Protect state N/A N/A No PU Pen up No No N o PURGE Purge file N/A N/A N/A PWRBW Power bandwidth Yes Yes Yes Page 290 PWRUPTIME Power up time N/A N/A N/A Q0 Sets detector to EMI Peak

detection

Q1 Sets detector to Quasi Peak

detection R1 Resets service request 140 Yes Yes N/A Page 291 R2 Allows service request 140 &

104

No No N/A

Yes Yes N/A Page 292

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R3 Allows service request 140 &

110 R4 Allows service request 140 &

102 RB Resolution bandwidth Yes Yes Yes Page 295 RBR Resolution bandwidth/Span

ratio RC Recalls state register Yes Yes Yes Page 298 RCLOSCAL Recall open/short average N/A N/A No RCLS Recall state Yes Yes Yes Page 299 RCLT Recall trace N/A N/A No RCLTHRU Recall internal thru-reference

trace into trace B RELHPIB Release control of GPIB N/A N/A No REPEAT Conditional Programming

(Repeat .. Until …)

Yes Yes N/A Page 293

Yes Yes N/A Page 294

N/A N/A Yes Page 297

N/A N/A No

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RESETRL Reset reference level N/A N/A N/A RETURN Return to user defined function

origination point

REV Returns the revision string to

the controller RL Reference level Yes Yes Yes Page 301 RLCAL Reference level calibration N/A N/A No RLPOS Reference level position N/A N/A N/A RMS Root mean square Yes Yes Yes Page 303 ROFFSET Reference level offset Yes Yes Yes Page 304 RQS SRQ mask Yes Yes Yes Page 305 S1 Con tinuous sweep mode Yes Yes Yes Page 306 S2 Single sweep mode Yes Yes Yes Page 307 SADD Adds a limit line segment N/A N/A No

N/A N/A No

Yes Yes Yes Page 300

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SAVEMENU Save menu N/A N/A N/A SAVES Saves analyzer state to specified

register SAVET Save trace N/A N/A No SAVRCLF Save or recall flag N/A N/A N/A SAVRCLN Save or recall number N/A N/A N/A SAVRCLW Save or recall data N/A N/A N/A SDEL Deletes a limit line segment N/A N/A No SDON Indicat es limit line segment is

done SEDI Edits limit line segment N/A N/A No SEGDEL Delete specified segment from

limit line tables SENTER Segment entry for frequency

limit lines SENTERT Segment entry for sweep time

limit lines

Yes Yes Yes Page 308

N/A N/A No

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

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SER Serial number N/A N/A Yes Page 309 SETDATE Set the date of spectrum

analyzer

SETTIME Set the time of spectrum

analyzer SHOWMENU Shows menu N/A N/A No SIGDEL Signal amplitude delta No N/A N/A SIGID External mixing frequency

bands signal identifier SKYCLR Clears user softkey N/A N/A No SKYDEF Defines user softkey N/A N/A No SMOOTH Smooths given trace over

specified number points SNGLS Single sweep mode Yes Yes Yes Page 313

N/A N/A Yes Page 310

N/A N/A Yes Page 311

No N/A No

Yes Yes Yes Page 312

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SP Frequency Span Yes Yes Yes Page 314 SPEAKER Turns the internal speaker on or

off SPZOOM Span Zoom N/A N/A N/A SQLCH Sets the squelch threshold N/A N/A N/A SQR Square root No No No SQUELCH Adjusts squelch level N/A N/A No SRCALC Selects internal or external level

control SRCAT Attenuate source output level N/A N/A N/A SRCCRSTK Coarse tracking adjust N/A N/A No SRCFINTK Fine tracking adjust N/A N/A No SRCNORM Source normalization N/A N/A N/A SRCPOFS Offset source power level N/A N/A No SRCPSTP Select source power step size N/A N/A No SRCPSWP Select sweep range of source

output

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

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SRCPWR Select source power level N/A N/A No SRCTK Adjust tracking of source output

with SA sweep

SRCTKPK Auto adjust tracking of source

output with SA sweep SRQ Service request Yes Yes Yes Page 316 SS Frequency Step Size Yes Yes Yes Page 317 ST Sweep Time Yes Yes Yes Page 318 STB Status byte query N/A N/A Yes Page 320 STDEV Standard deviation of trace

amplitude STOR Store file N/A N/A N/A STOREOPEN Save current instrument state N/A N/A No STORESHORT Store short N/A N/A No

N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A No

Yes Yes Yes Page 321

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STORETHRU Store thru-calibration trace in

trace B SUB Subtract No No No SUM Sum of trace element

amplitudes in display units SUMSQR Squares trace element

amplitudes & returns sum SV Saves state Yes Yes Yes Page 324 SW Skip to next control instruction No No N/A SWPCPL Sweep couple N/A N/A Yes Page 325 SWPOUT Sweep output N/A N/A N o SYNCMODE Synchronize mode N/A N/A N/A T0 Turns the threshold level off No No N/A T1 Sets the trigger mode to free run Yes Yes Yes Page 326 T2 Sets the trigger mode to line Yes Yes Yes Page 327 T3 Sets the trigger mode to external Yes Y es Yes Page 328

N/A N/A No

No No Yes Page 322

No No No

T4 Sets the trigger mode to video Yes Yes Y es Page 329

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T7 Sets the trigger mode to level No No N/A T8 Sets the trigger mode to edge No No N/A TA Returns trace A amplitude

values to controller

TB Returns trace B amplitude

values to controller TDF Trace data format Yes Yes Yes Page 332 TEXT Writes text on the analyzer

screen TH Threshold Yes Yes Yes Page 333 THE Turns the threshold on or off Yes Yes N/A Page 334 THEN Conditional Programming

(If…then…else…endif) TIMEDATE Allows setting of time & date

for analyzer

Yes Yes Yes Page 330

Yes Yes Yes Page 331

No No No

N/A N/A Yes Page 335

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TIMEDSP Enables display of time & data

on analyzer display TITLE Title entry N/A N/A Yes Page 336 TM Trigger Mode Yes Yes Yes Page 337 TOI Third order intermodulation

measurement TOIR Third order in termodulation

response TRA Returns trace A amplitude

values to controller TRB Returns trace B amplitude

values to controller TRC Returns trace C amplitude

values to controller TRCMEM Trace C memory N/A N/A N/A TRDEF Trace define No No No TRDSP Trace display Yes Yes N/A Page 341

N/A N/A N/A

Yes Yes Yes Page 338

Yes Yes Yes Page 339

Yes Yes N/A Page 340

TRGRPH Trace graph display No No N/A

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

TRIGPOL Trigger polarity N/A N/A Yes Page 342 TRMATH Executes specified trace math at

end of sweep

TRPRST Sets trace operations to their

preset values

TRSTAT Returns current trace states to

controller TS Takes a sweep Yes Yes Yes Page 344 TVLINE Selects which horizontal line of

video to trigger on TVLSFRM Selects the type of video frame

to trigger on TVSTND TV standard N/A N/A N/A TVSYNC Selects polarity of video

modulation to trigger on

No No N/A

Yes Yes N/A Page 343

N/A N/A N/A

Page for Further Details

TWNDOW Formats trace information for

FFT. UNTIL Conditional Programmi ng

(Repeat…Until…) UP Increases active function value

by applicable step UR Upper right x-y recorder output

voltage at rear USTATE Configures user defined states No No N/A VARDEF Vari able definition No No No VARIANCE Returns the amplitude variance

of specified trace VAVG Turns video averaging on or off Yes Yes Yes Page 345 VB Video Bandwidth Ye s Yes Yes Page 347 VBO Video Bandwidth Coupling

Offset VBR Video Bandwidth Ratio N/A N/A Yes Page 350

N/A N/A No

No No No

N/A N/A N/A

No No N/A

No No No

Yes Yes N/A Page 349

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

Table 2-1 Alphanumeric List of all Legacy Commands Showing their N9061A Support

Command Description 8566 8568 8560

Series

VIEW Stores and views the specified

trace VTL Video trigger level N/A N/A Yes Page 353 WAIT Suspend program operation for

specified time WINNEXT Next window N/A N/A N/A WINOFF Turns off the window display

mode WINON Turns on the window display

mode WINZOOM Window zoom N/A N/A N/A XCH Exchanges the two specified

traces. ZMKCNTR Zone marker at center

frequency

Yes Yes Yes Page 351

N/A N/A N/A

Yes Yes N/A Page 354

N/A N/A N/A

Page for Further Details

ZMKPKNL Zone marker for next peak left N/A N/A N/A ZMKPKNR Zone marker for next peak right N/A N/A N/A ZMKSPAN Zone marker span N/A N/A N/A

Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

3 Hints and Tips

This chapter includes a list of helpful hints and tips that will help you get the most from the N9061A application on your X-Series analyzer.

Hints and Tips

These pages lists a few hints and tips that will help you get the most from your analyzer and the N9061A application.

Compatibility - speed and consistency - for best compatibility with your legacy analyzer, the

• N9061A application should be u sed on th e anal yzer whos e frequenc y range mo st clos ely match es the frequency range of your legacy analyzer. For example, the best match for the 8563E with its 26.5 GHz upper frequency limit is X-Series analyzer which also has an upper frequency limit of 26.5 GHz.

•

Compatibility and Sweep Times - for best compatibility between X-Series analyzers and the legacy

analyzers, use the Manual Swept mode for 8566A/B, 8568A/B Series analyzers. Manual Swept mode is the default setting on X-Series analyzers with N9061A installed. When analyzing stationary signals, you can change to the Best Speed setting, which is accessed from the

Mode Setup > Preferences > Swp Type Rule menu. This results in faster sweep times on a

X-Series analyzer than on the legacy analyzers because of the X-Series analyzer’s better performance. In the majority of applications, this faster speed would be desirable, but that is not always the case.

Time-out - Agilent recommends increasing the timeout on a serial poll (SPOLL) due to differences in

• Sweep Times on some settings. Note, however, that this may not be necessary when using the Best Speed setting on the

•

Synchronization (1) - to synchronize after an IP command, Agilent recommends that you use the

Preferences > Swp Type Rule menu (accessed from the Mode Setup hardkey).

DONE command. We also suggest that the DONE command is used in conjunction with a timeout of about 5 seconds in case the analyzer starts to auto align. Alternatively, you could set auto alignment to Off. To set auto alignment to Off, press

Synchronization (2) - Agilent recommends that synchronization (using the DONE command) is

•

System, Alignments, Auto Align on the front panel.

used with marker functions when signal tracking is turned on.

Changing Modes - After changing into or out of RLC mode, allow at least a 1 second delay before

• sending subsequent commands.

AC and DC Coupling - The 8560 Series of legacy analyzers have one RF input port, and support AC

• and DC coupling through the COUPLE command (page 133).

The 8568A/B has two RF input ports: — DC Coupled (with a BNC connector) to handle a frequency range of 100 Hz to 1.5 GHz

— AC Coupled (with an N Type connector) to handle a frequency range of 100 kHz to 1.5 GHz

WARNING If the input signal to the X-series analyzer has a DC component, ensure that

when you select a legacy instrument with a possible coupling change to DC, the input signal does not exceed the input specifications of the X-series analyzer.

The X-series analyzers also have one RF input port. When using the X-Series analyzers, you must use DC coupling to see calibrated frequencies of less than 20 MHz. Signals of less than 20 MHz are not

calibrated when using AC coupling on these analyzers.

Hints and Tips

4 Programming Commands

This chapter lists all the supported 8560 Series, 8566A/B and 8568A/B compatible commands in alphanumeric order, and gives brief details on their syntax and operation. For more detailed info rmatio n on these commands, see your 8566A/B, 8568A/B, 8560 Series User’s Guide.

Programming Commands

Command Syntax

Command syntax is represented pictorially.

• Ovals enclose command mnemonics. The command mnemonic must be entered as shown with the exception that the case can be upper or lower.

• Circles and ovals surround secondary keywords or special numbers and characters. The characters in circles and ovals are considered reserved words and must be entered as shown with the exception that the case can be upper or lower.

• Rectangles contain the description of a syntax element defined in Table 4-1, “Syntax Elements.”

• A loop above a syntax element indicates that the syntax element can be repeated.

• Solid lines represent the recommended path.

• Dotted lines indicate an optional path for bypassing secondary keywords or using alternate units.

• Arrows and curved intersections indicate command path direction.

• Semicolons are the recommended command terminators. Using semicolons makes programs easier to read, prevents command misinterpretation, and is recommended by IEEE Standard 728.

NOTE Uppercase is recommended for entering all commands unless otherwise noted.

Syntax Elements are shown in the syntax diagrams as elements within rectangles. In the syntax diagrams, characters and secondary keywords are shown within circles or ovals.

Table 4-1 Syntax Elements

Syntax Component Definition/Range

Analyzer command Any analyzer command in this chapter, with required parameters and terminators. Character S

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z databyte.

Character & EOI 8-bit byte containing only character data and followed by end-or-identify (EOI)

condition, where the EOI control line on GPIB is asserted to indicate the end of the transmission. END signifies the EOI condition.

Programming Commands

Command Syntax

Table 4-1 Syntax Elements

Syntax Component Definition/Range

Character string A list of characters. Data byte 8-bit byte containing numeric or character data. Data byte & EOI 8-bit byte containing numeric or character data followed by end-or-identify (EOI)

condition, where the EOI control line on GPIB is asserted to indicate the end of the transmission. END signifies the EOI condition.

Delimiter | \ @ ˆ $ % ; ! Matching characters that mark the beginning and end of a character

string, or a list of analyzer commands. Choose delimiting characters that are not used

within the string they delimit. Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lsb length Represents the least significant byte of a two-byte word that describes the number of

bytes returned or transmitted. See msb length. msb length Represents the most significant byte of a two-byte word that describes the number of

bytes returned or transmitted. See lsb length. Number Expressed as integer, decimal, or in exponential (E) form.

Real Number Range: ± 1.797693134862315 × 10

308

, including 0.

Up to 15 significant figures allowed. Numbers may be as small as ± 2.225073858507202 × 10

Integer Number Range: −32,768 through +32,767 Output termination Line feed (L

) and end-or-identify (EOI) condition. ASCII code 10 (line feed) is sent

via GPIB and the end-or-identify control line on GPIB sets to indicate the end of the

transmission. Units Represent standard scientific units.

Frequency Units: GZ, GHZ, MZ, MHZ, KZ, KHZ, HZ Amplitude Units: DB, DBMV, DM, DBM, DBUV, V, MV, UV, W, MW, UW Time Units: SC, S, MS, US

−308

Programming Commands

Programming Command Descriptions

All supported commands are listed here, along with their descriptions and cross-references to similar commands.

This chapter is not designed to be a comprehensive guide to all 8566A/B, 8568A/B, 8560 Series commands. It gives brief descriptions of the suppor ted commands, and highl ights important functional or behavioral differences that you should be aware of when transferring existing 8566A/B, 8568A/B, 8560 Series code to your X-Series analyzer. For a fuller description of the commands, refer to the 8566A/B, 8568A/B, 8560 Series Operating and Programming Manual.

To avoid confusion between numbers and letters, all commands that incorporate numbers have had the number spelled out and placed in square brackets after the command. For example, the command ‘I1’ is shown as ‘I1 [one]’ - that is, the capital letter ‘I’ followed by the number ‘1’, and then the word ‘one’ italicized in square brackets. The italicized word in brackets does not form part of the command.

Syntax

;

Programming Commands

A1 [one] Clear Write for Trace A

Legacy Products

8560 series, 8566A/B, 8568A/B

Description

The A1 command sets Trace A to clear write which means that it continuously displays any signal present at the analyzer input. The A1 command initially clears Trace A, setting all elements to zero.

NOTE The functions of the command A1 are identical to the CLRW TRA command

(page 130).

Programming Commands

;

A2 [two] Maximum Hold for Trace A

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series, 8566A/B, 8568A/B

Description

The A2 command updates each trace element with the maximum level detected during the period that the trace has been active.

NOTE The functions of the command A2 are identical to the MXMH TRA command

(page 271).

Syntax

;

Programming Commands

A3 [three] View Mode for Trace A

Legacy Products

8560 series, 8566A/B, 8568A/B

Description

The A3 command displays Trace A and then stops the sweep if no other traces are active. Trace A does not get updated with new data.

NOTE The functions of the command A3 are identical to the VIEW TRA command

(page 351).

Programming Commands

;

A4 [four] Blank Trace A

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series, 8566A/B, 8568A/B

Description

The A4 command blanks Trace A and stops the sweep if no other traces are active. Trace A is not updated.

NOTE The functions of the command A4 are identical to the BLANK TRA command

(page 115).

Syntax

ACPALPHA

real

;

Programming Commands

ACPALPHA Adjacent Channel Power Alpha Weighting

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

This command sets the alpha weighting for ACP measurements. Range: Any real number between 0 and 1

Programming Commands

ACPALTCH 0

;

ACPALTCH Adjacent Channel Power Alternate Channels

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPALTCH command sets the number of alternate channels to be measured by an adjacent channel power measurement to either 0, 1, or 2. The number of alternate channels is used with the ACPRSLTS command (page 95).

Range: 0, 1, or 2. Default value: 0.

Syntax

ACPBRPER

US SC

real

;

Programming Commands

ACPBRPER Adjacent Channel Power Burst Period

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPBRPER command sets the cycle time (period) of the burst RF signal. The cycle time is needed to set the sweep times when using the peak, two bandwidth, burst power , and gated methods for adjacent channel power measurements.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only and therefore, although the user can set ACPBRPER, it does not do anything when in RLC mode.

Programming Commands

ACPBRWID

US SC

real

;

ACPBRWID Adjacent Channel Power Burst Width

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPBR WID co mman d sets the on-t i me (pulse width) of the burst RF signal. The pulse width is needed to set the gating times when using the gated method for adjacent channel power measurements.

Range 5 μs to 9.5 seconds

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only and therefore, although the user can set ACPBRWID, it does not do anything when in RLC mode.

Syntax

ACPBW

KHZ MHZ GHZ

KZ MZ GZ

real ;

DOWN

Programming Commands

ACPBW Adjacent Channel Power Bandwidth

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPBW command sets the bandwidth of the channels as an active function for the ACPMEAS

(page 92) and ACPCOMPUTE (page 88) commands.

Programming Commands

ACPCOMPUTE

;

ACPCOMPUTE Adjacent Channel Power Compute

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

Calculates the ACP of a transmitter based on data on the display. This function does not make a new measurement before computing. The measurement must ha ve been made with ANALOG or PEAK method selected so the appropriate data is available for the calculation.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Syntax

ACPFRQWT RRCOS

OFF

;

Programming Commands

ACPFRQWT Adjacent Channel Power Frequency Weighting

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPFRQWT command is used to control the frequency weighting when making an Adjacent Channel Power measurement. Weighting is not used in the measurement if OFF has been selected. Root-raised-cosine weighting is selected with the RRCOS parameter.

Default value: OFF

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Programming Commands

ACPLOWER ?

;

ACPLOWER Lower Adjacent Channel Power

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPLOWER query command returns the power ratio result of the Adjacent Channel Power measurement for the lower frequency channel.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Programming Commands

ACPMAX ?

;

ACPMAX Maximum Adjacent Channel Power

Syntax

The ACPMAX query command returns the maximum adjacent channel power of the adjacent channel power measurement.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Programming Commands

ACPMEAS

;

ACPMEAS Measure Adjacent Channel Power

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPMEAS command makes a measurement and calculates the adjacent channel power (ACP) of a transmitter. The measurement determines the leakage power that is in the channels adjacent to the carrier. The result is the ratio of the le akage power in the channel adjacent to the total power transmitted by the transmitter.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Syntax

ACPMSTATE CURR

DFLT

;

Programming Commands

ACPMSTATE Adjacent Channel Power Measurement State

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

Sets the parameters of the measurement state to either the default state (determined by the setup) or the current state. The state parameters that could change between the default state and a current state include:

• Resolution bandwidth

• Video bandwidth

•Span

• Sweep time

•Detector mode

• Gating parameters

• Trigger parameters

• Video averaging Default value: DFLT

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Programming Commands

ACPPWRTX ?

;

ACPPWRTX Adjacent Channel Power Total Power Transmitted

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPPWRTX query command returns the result of the total power transmitted calculation of the adjacent channel power measurement. The measurement must be made with the analog or burst power method selected.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Syntax

ACPRSLTS ?

;

Programming Commands

ACPRSLTS Adjacent Channel Power Measurement Results

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

Returns an array of power data resulting from an ACP measurement of an RF signal. The number of alternate channel pairs selected by the ACPALTCH (page 84) command determines the size of the array.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Programming Commands

ACPSP

;

KHZ MHZ GHZ

KZ MZ GZ

real

DOWN

ACPSP Adjacent Channel Power Channel Spacing

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

Sets the channel spacing for the ACPMEAS (page 92) and ACPCOMPUTE (page 88) commands.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Syntax

ACPT

;

MS US SC

real

Programming Commands

ACPT Adjacent Channel Power T Weighting

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPT command is used to set the T used in weighting for an adjacent channel power measurement.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Programming Commands

ACPUPPER ?

;

ACPUPPER Upper Adjacent Channel Power

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ACPUPPER query command returns the power ratio result of the adjacent channel power measurement for the upper frequency channel.

NOTE The N9061A application supports the ACP measurement using the ANALOG

method only.

Syntax

ADJALL

;

Programming Commands

ADJALL LO and IF Adjustments

Legacy Products

8560 series

Description

The ADJALL command activates the RF local oscillator (LO) and intermediate frequency (IF) alignment routines. These are the same routines that occur when the analyzer is switched on. They are also the same routines that are performed when you press

Commands following ADJALL are not executed until after the analyzer has finished the alignment routines.

System, Alignments, Align Now, All.

Programming Commands

AMB ON

OFF

1 0

;

AMB A minus B into A

Syntax

Legacy Products

8560 series, 8566A/B, 8568A/B

Description

The AMB command subtracts the points in Trace B from the corresponding points in Trace A, and sends the results to Trace A. Thus, AMB can restore the original trace after an APB (page 103) or a KSc

(page 188) command has been executed.

The query command AMB? returns different responses d epending on the lan guage being used. Th e 8560 Series languages return either a all return either

NOTE The functions of the command AMB are identical to the C2 [two] command

ON or OFF.

(page 120).

1 or a 0 to indicate the On or Off status.The 8566, 8568 Series languages

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1 Getting Started

N9061A Application Description

Documentation for the N9061A application

Signal Analyzers with N9061A

Signal Analyzer Updates

N9061A General Rules and Limitations

Remote Control

Units

Numeric Ranges

Returning Data

AC/DC Coupling

Markers

Parsing

Couplings

Predefined Functions

User-defined Functions

Supported Commands

Unsupported Commands and Queries

Hardware and Firmware Requirements for N9061A

Installing the N9061A applicat ion

Installation

Licensing

Verify the Installation

Setting up N9061A on the X-Series Analyzer

Cmd Error

Logging

Preferences

Restore Mode Defaults

Send Commands

Running Software that Requires SCPI Commands

Service and Calibration

2 Legacy Analyzer Command List

Table of All Legacy Analyzer Commands

3 Hints and Tips

Hints and Tips

4 Programming Commands

Command Syntax

Programming Command Descriptions

Syntax

A1 [one] Clear Write for Trace A

Legacy Products

Description

A2 [two] Maximum Hold for Trace A

Syntax

Legacy Products

Description

Syntax

A3 [three] View Mode for Trace A

Legacy Products

Description

A4 [four] Blank Trace A

Syntax

Legacy Products

Description

Syntax

ACPALPHA Adjacent Channel Power Alpha Weighting

Legacy Products

Description

ACPALTCH Adjacent Channel Power Alternate Channels

Syntax

Legacy Products

Description

Syntax

ACPBRPER Adjacent Channel Power Burst Period

Legacy Products

Description

ACPBRWID Adjacent Channel Power Burst Width

Syntax

Legacy Products

Description

Syntax

ACPBW Adjacent Channel Power Bandwidth

Legacy Products

Description

ACPCOMPUTE Adjacent Channel Power Compute

Syntax