Ametek 7280 Instruction Manual page 210

Appendix F, ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF COMMANDS
?
STR [n]
SWEEP [n]
F-18
Fast Data Transfer command
The ? command offers a method of reading a combination of instrument outputs
which are sampled at the same time, thereby ensuring that they are correlated.
The response to the ? command is the output(s), expressed in floating point mode,
specified by the present setting of the Curve Buffer Define (CBD) command (see
section 6.4.09) and separated by delimiter character(s) defined by the DD command.
Hence for example, if CBD is set to 19, the response to the ? command will be:
<X output, in floating point mode><delimiter>
<Y output, in floating point mode><terminator>
Storage interval control
Sets the time interval between successive points being acquired under the TD or TDC
commands. n specifies the time interval in milliseconds with a resolution of 1 ms.
The longest interval that can be specified is 1000000 s corresponding to one point in
about 12 days.
Oscillator frequency and amplitude sweep control
n Sweep status
0 Stop
1 Start/continue frequency sweep
2 Start/continue amplitude sweep
3 Start/continue frequency sweep and amplitude sweep
5 Pause frequency sweep
6 Pause amplitude sweep
7 Pause frequency sweep and amplitude sweep
9 Link frequency sweep to curve buffer acquisition
10 Link amplitude sweep to curve buffer acquisition
11 Link frequency and amplitude sweep to curve buffer acquisition
This command is used to start or stop the internal oscillator frequency or amplitude
sweep, or to specify that the sweep should be linked to the curve buffer data
acquisition.
In the normal mode, when a frequency and/or amplitude sweep has been defined,
applying SWEEP with a parameter of 1 2 or 3 will start it. The sweep can be paused
using the command with the correct value of n for the sweep in progress. For
example, if a frequency sweep is started using SWEEP 1 then it can only be paused
by sending SWEEP 5. Similarly, it can only be continued by sending SWEEP 1. The
command SWEEP 0 will, however, stop either or both types of sweep.
When n is equal to 9, 10 or 11 the instrument is set to link the oscillator frequency
and/or amplitude sweeps to the curve buffer. The SWEEP command continues to
function as a write/read command except when the curve buffer acquisition is
actually running. In such cases, the SWEEP command changes to read-only and will
only report values of 9, 10 or 11, indicating what type of linking is active. The sweep
can then only be stopped by stopping the curve buffer, using the HC command.
However, the user can still determine the progress of the sweep using the curve
buffer monitor "M" command and the OF and/or OA (oscillator frequency and