Scpi Measurement Commands; Measurement Group Of Commands - Agilent Technologies X Series Programmer's Manual

Introduction to Programming X-Series Applications

SCPI Measurement Commands

SCPI Measurement Commands
Specific analyzer commands for setup and initiation of measurements are provided in the
User's and Programmer's Reference and in the instrument Help system under the
:MEASure command and under the specific measurement Meas soft key.
Once measurement parameters have been correctly configured, in general, there are 2
methods of obtaining measurement results remotely: by using the Measure family of
commands, and by using common :CALCulate queries of data parameters.

Measurement Group of Commands

The Measure family of commands is comprised of the MEASure command that executes
the entire measurement, and other separate commands, CONFigure, FETCh, INITiate
and READ, which each accomplish only a part of the overall measurement. FETch and
READ are queries. You can optimize your measurements by creating programs which use
MEASure and CONFigure a minimum number of times, and concentrating on repeating
READ, INITiate, and FETCh commands. For more information on optimizing your
measurements see "Improving Measurement Speed" on page
The following graphic illustrates the interactions between the Measurement family of
commands: MEASure, CONFigure, FETCh, INITiate and READ:
Not all measurements support all MEASure, CONFigure, FETCh,
NOTE
INITiate and READ commands. See the User's and Programmer's
Reference for specific MEASure family command information.
CONFigure
Start from
any instrument
state.
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MEASure (use CONFigure DEFault)
CONFigure NDEF
Measurement Measurement
on, sets the on, waiting in
default state. current state.
ABORt
SENSe & CALCulate
returns to
commands change the
this point
settings from the
defaults
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READ
FETCh
INITiate
Initialize
taking of
data.
INITiate:RESTart
Current
acquired data
is calculated
and returned.
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