Control Byte Summary
Control
Name
Byte #
1 (01h)
Setup System
3 (03h)
Select Measurement Mode
7 (07h)
Read Time/Date
8 (08h)
Set Time/Date
9 (09h)
Set Reference Number
10 (0Ah)
Serial Port Echo On/Off
12 (0Ch)
Watch-dog Timer On/Off
16 (10h)
Store Sweep Trace
17 (11h)
Recall Sweep Trace
18 (12h)
Save System Setup
19 (13h)
Recall System Setup
20 (14h)
Query System Status
21 (15h)
Trigger Self-Test
22 (16h)
Read Fail Counters
23 (17h)
Clear Fail Counters
24 (18h)
Query Trace Names
25 (19h)
Delete Sweep Trace
26 (1Ah)
Upload SPA Sweep Trace
27 (1Bh)
Query Sweep Memory
29 (1Dh)
Query System Status
30 (1Eh)
Select Printer Type
33 (21h)
Recall Sweep Trace
34 (22h)
Set A/B Trace
35 (23h)
Set SPA A/B Trace
36 (24h)
Upload Sweep Trace
37 (25h)
Get Options
39 (27h)
Query Power Level
40 (28h)
Set Power Meter Units
Set Power Meter Relative
41 (29h)
Mode
Set Power Meter Offset
42 (2Ah)
Mode
Set Power Meter Zero
43 (2Bh)
Mode
Power Meter RMS
44 (2Ch)
Averaging On/Off
Spectrum Master PM
Sets system status flags and switches
Sets current Spectrum Master measurement mode
Reads the current time and date from the real time clock
Sets time and date of the Spectrum Master
Sets reference number (trace name) for a sweep trace
Allows synchronization of the Spectrum Master and request from computer for
sweep trace
Enables or disables the watch-dog timer
Saves current trace data to EEPROM
Spectrum Master sends the sweep data associated with a trace (obsolete)
Saves system setup parameters to EEPROM
Recalls system setup parameters from EEPROM
Gets the current system settings (obsolete)
Triggers a self test
Returns the values of the lock-fail counters
Resets the Lock Fail counters
Returns list of all saved traces
Deletes single or all stored sweep traces
Uploads a spectrum analyzer sweep trace to Spectrum Master (obsolete)
Queries Spectrum Master for percentage of memory that is available for trace
storage
Queries the Spectrum Master for current system settings
Selects printer type
Queries the Spectrum Master for sweep trace data
Defines traces "A" and "B"
Defines traces "A" and "B" for SPA mode
Uploads a sweep trace to the Spectrum Master
Returns an ASCII string listing installed options
Returns power level at RF In in Power Meter mode
Sets Power Meter displaying unit
Enables or disables Power Meter Relative Mode
Enables or disables Power Meter offset
Enables or disables Power Meter zeroing mode
Sets Power Meter RMS Averaging.
Description
Watchdog
Timer
Yes
Yes
—-
Yes
Yes
Yes
—-
—-
Yes
Yes
Yes
—-
—-
—-
—-
—-
Yes
Yes
—-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
—-
—-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
3
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