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  • Page 1 Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT • FAST SHIPPING AND DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment at our full-service, in-house repair center We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins •...
  • Page 2 Programming Guide Agilent Technologies EPM-P Series Power Meters Agilent Technologies Part no. E4416-90029 November 2008 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 3 All rights reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. Printed in Malaysia. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 4 (for example, normal blow, time delay, etc.). The use of other fuses or material is prohibited. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 5: General Safety Considerations

    User Environment The product is suitable for indoor use only. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 6 Chapter 8: OUTput Subsystem This chapter explains how the OUTput command subsystem is used to switch the POWER REF output on and off. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 7 Chapter 16: IEEE488.2 Command Reference This chapter contains information about the IEEE488.2 Common Commands that the power meter supports. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 8 About this Guide Appendix A This appendix contains information about the calibration factor block layout. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 9 Related Publications Related Publications The EPM-P Series Power Meters User’s Guide is available on the CD-ROM and in the following languages: • English Language User’s Guide - Standard • German Language User’s Guide - Option ABD • Spanish Language User’s Guide - Option ABE •...

  • Page 10: Table Of Contents

    Editing Sensor Calibration Tables ........1-44 Selecting a Sensor Calibration Table ........1-49 Enabling the Sensor Calibration Table System ....1-49 Making the Measurement............1-50 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-1 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 11 An Introduction to the SCPI Language ........1-98 Syntax Conventions..............1-100 SCPI Data Types ..............1-100 Input Message Terminators........... 1-106 Contents-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 12 FETCh[1]|2|3|4 Queries ............2-22 FETCh[1]|2|3|4[:SCALar][:POWer:AC]? [<expected_value> [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] ............. 2-23 FETCh[1]|2|3|4[:SCALar][:POWer:AC]:RELative? [<expected_value>[,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] ...... 2-25 FETCh[1]|2|3|4[:SCALar][:POWer:AC]:DIFFerence? [<expected_value>[,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] ...... 2-28 FETCh[1]|2|3|4[:SCALar][:POWer:AC]:DIFFerence:RELative? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 13 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:GAIN:STATe <boolean> ......3-10 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit Commands ........3-12 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:CLEar:AUTo <boolean>|ONCE .. 3-13 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:Limit:CLEar[:IMMediate] ...... 3-15 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4LIMit:FAIL? ..........3-16 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:FCOunt? ........3-17 Contents-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 14 <numeric_value> ................5-21 DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:SELect[1]|2 ........5-23 DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2][:STATe] <boolean> ......5-24 DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:FEED <character_data> ..5-26 DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:LOWer <numeric_value> ..5-28 DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:UPPer <numeric_value> ..5-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 15 OUTPut:ROSCillator[:STATe] <boolean> ........8-10 OUTPut:TRIGger[:STATe] <boolean> ........8-11 OUTPut:TTL[1]|2:ACTive HIGH|LOW ........8-12 OUTPut:TTL[1]|2:FEED <string> ..........8-14 OUTPut:TTL[1|2]:STATe <boolean> ......... 8-16 Contents-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 16 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:POWer:AC:RANGe <numeric_value> ..9-47 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:POWer:AC:RANGe:AUTO <boolean> ..9-48 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed <numeric_value> ......9-50 SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SWEep[1]|2|3|4 Commands ....9-52 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SWEep[1]|2|3|4:OFFSet:TIME <numeric_value> ................9-53 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 17 SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:CONTrol:RTS <boolean> ..11-8 SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BAUD <numeric_value> ............... 11-9 SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BITs <numeric_value> ............... 11-11 SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PACE XON |NONE ..................11-13 SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZERO|ONE|NONE ........... 11-14 Contents-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 18 INITiate[:IMMediate]:ALL ............13-12 INITiate[:IMMediate]:SEQuence[1]|2 ........13-13 TRIGger Commands ..............13-14 TRIGger[1]|2:DELay:AUTO <boolean> ........13-15 TRIGger[1]|2[:IMMediate] ............13-17 TRIGger[1]|2:SOURce BUS|EXTernal|HOLD|IMMediate |INTernal[[1]|2] ................ 13-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-9 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 19 SERVice:SENSor[1]|2:RADC? ..........15-24 SERVice:SENSor[1]|2:SNUMber? ........... 15-25 SERVice:SENSor[1]|2:TNUMber? ........... 15-26 SERVice:SENSor[1]|2:TYPE? ..........15-27 SERVice:SNUMber <character_data> ........15-28 SERVice:VERSion:PROCessor <character_data> ....15-29 Contents-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 20 *TRG ................... 16-22 *TST? ..................16-23 *WAI ................... 16-24 Calibration Factor Block Layout ........... A-1 Calibration Factor Block Layout..........A-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 21: Epm-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide

    Contents-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 22: List Of Tables

    NADC: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors ..................11-44 11-11 BLUetooth: Power Meter Presets ........... 11-45 11-12 BLUetooth: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings ..................11-46 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-1 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 23: Epm-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide

    PPE Mapping ................16-4 16-3 *ESE Mapping ................. 16-10 16-4 *ESR? Mapping................ 16-11 16-5 *SRE Mapping ................. 16-18 16-6 *STB? Mapping................ 16-20 Contents-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 24: List Of Figures

    Status System ................1-84 CALCulate Block ............... 3-2 Averaged Readings ..............9-8 11-1 A Trace Display Of The Active Timeslots ......11-42 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Contents-1 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 25: Epm-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide

    Contents-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 26: Power Meter Remote Operation

    Power Meter Remote Operation Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 27: Introduction

    “An Introduction to the SCPI Language”, on page 1-98. “Summary Of Commands”, on page 1-107. “SCPI Compliance Information”, on page 1-120. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 28: Configuring The Remote Interface

    You can choose to control the power meter remotely using either the GPIB, RS232 or RS422 standard interfaces. For information on selecting the remote interface manually from the front panel, refer to the EPM-P Series Power Meters User’s Guide. To select the interface remotely use the: • SYSTem:RINTerface command To query the current remote interface selection use the: •...

  • Page 29: Rs232/Rs422 Configuration

    You can set the baud rate, word length, parity, number of stop bits, software and hardware pacing, either remotely or from the front panel. For front panel operation refer to the EPM-P Series Power Meter User’s Guide. For remote operation use the following commands:...

  • Page 30: Zeroing And Calibrating The Power Meter

    All E-Series power sensors and N8480 Series power sensors (excluding Option CFT) set the reference EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 31: Epm-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide

    Questionable Status Register or the error queue to discover if the sequence has passed or failed. Refer to “Status Reporting”, on page 1-76 for further information. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 32: Setting The Reference Calibration Factor

    Querying the Reference Calibration Factor To determine the current reference calibration factor, use the following command: CALibration[1|2]:RCFactor? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 33: Measure? And Configure Preset States

    It may be likely that you do not want to preset these states. Refer to “Using the Lower Level Commands”, on page 1-23 for further information. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 34: Using Measure?

    (see example 2), or will default as in this example (See also page 1-12). specifies window MEAS1? MEAS2? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 35 B measurement. The measurement is displayed on the lower window. specifies expected power value specifies window specifies channel MEAS2? -50,DEF,(@2) 1-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 36: Measurement Commands

    MEAS2:POW:AC:DIFF? DEF,DEF,(@2),(@1) Channel B - A EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 37 Current Window Setup Measurement Upper Window: A MEAS1[:POW][AC]? Any Other Lower Window: A MEAS2[:POW][AC]? Any Other Upper Window: A/B MEAS1:POW:AC:RAT Any Other 1-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 38 Current Window Setup Measurement Lower Window: A/B MEAS2:POW:AC:RAT Any Other Upper Window: A-B MEAS1:POW:AC:DIFF? Any Other Lower Window: A-B MEAS2:POW:AC:DIFF? Any Other EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 39: Using The Configure Command

    These examples give an overview of the CONFigure command. For further information on the CONFigure commands refer to Chapter 2, “Measurement Commands”. 1-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 40 Reset instrument *RST Configure lower window CONF2 Causes channel B to make measurement INIT2? Retrieves the lower window’s measurement FETC2? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 41: Configure[1]|2|3|4?

    Causes channel A to make a INIT1 measurement. Retrieves the upper window’s FETC1? measurement. 1-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 42 1024 and the trigger delay off. ABOR2 CONF1 -50,DEF,(@2) SENS2:AVER:COUN 1024 TRIG2:DEL:AUTO OFF READ1? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 43: Configure[1]|2|3|4 Commands

    1024 and the trigger delay off. ABOR2 CONF1 -50,DEF,(@2) SENS2:AVER:COUN 1024 TRIG2:DEL:AUTO OFF INIT2 FETC1? 1-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 44: Configure[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    The following program segment assumes that channel A is currently being measured on the upper window. ABOR1 CONF1 DEF,3 TRIG1:DEL:AUTO OFF READ1? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 45 Some fine tuning of the above program segment can be carried out for example, by setting the trigger delay off. ABOR1 CONF1 DEF,3 TRIG1:DEL:AUTO OFF INIT1:IMM FETC1? 1-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 46 FETC2:POW:AC:DIFF? DEF,DEF,(@2),(@1) (A second FETCh? query is sent to make a channel B - channel A measurement using the current measurement data.) EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 47: Configure[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Relative Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    FETC2:POW:AC:RAT? DEF,DEF,(@2),(@1) (A second FETCh? query is sent to make a channel B - channel A measurement using the current measurement data.) 1-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 48: Using The Lower Level Commands

    Sets the lower window’s resolution DISP:WIND2:RES 3 to setting 3. Causes channel A to make a INIT1 measurement. Retrieves the lower window’s FETC2? measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 49: Making Measurements On Wireless Communication Standards

    The sensor type query SERV:SENS:TYPE? should return one of the following: E9321A|E9322A|E9323A| E9325A|E9326A|E9327A The GSM setup is only valid with these sensors 1-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 50 DISP:WIND2:FORM SNUM single numeric display CALC2:FEED1 “POW:AVER ON SWEEP1” Lower window to show average power using timing defined by gate1 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 51: Measuring Edge

    Sets the measurement SENS:FREQ:900MHZ frequency to 900 MHz Only send this command if SENS:BW:VID:HIGH using an E9321A or E9325A 1-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 52 CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PTAV ON SWEEP1” Lower window lower display line to show peak-to-average ratio using timing defined by gate1 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 53: Measuring Nadc

    Resets meter settings to their *RST default states The system error query :SYST:ERR? <read string> should return “0: No Error” 1-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 54: Calculate[1]|2|3|4:Gain Commands

    SENS:TRAC:TIME 0.028 Assigns upper window to a DISP:WIND1:FORM TRACE trace display Assigns lower window to a DISP:WIND2:FORM DNUM dual numeric display EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 55: Configure[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Ratio:relative Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PTAV ON SWEEP2” Lower window lower display line to show peak-to-average ratio using timing defined by gate2 1-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 56: Sets The Measurement Frequency To 800 Mhz

    800 MHz Select low video bandwidth SENS:BW:VID:LOW Sets gate1 start point to SENS:SWE1:OFFS:TIME:0.00001 10 μs after the trigger EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 57: Sens:swe1:Time0.0064

    CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PTAV ON SWEEP2” Lower window lower display line to show peak power ratio using timing defined by gate2 1-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 58: Measuring Bluetooth

    Sets gate1 length to 366 μs SENS:SWE1:TIME0.000366 Puts meter in “wait for INIT:CONT ON trigger” state Selects internal trigger TRIG:SOUR INT EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-33 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 59: Disp:wind1:Trace:low -35

    CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PEAK ON SWEEP1” Lower window lower display line to show peak power using timing defined by gate1 1-34 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 60: Trigger Point

    SENS:SWE1:OFFS:TIME:0 trigger point Sets gate time to 10 ms SENS:SWE1:TIME 10E-3 Puts meter in “wait for INIT:CONT ON trigger” state EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-35 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 61: Assigns Upper Window To A

    Lower window upper CALC2:FEED1 “POW:PEAK” display line to show peak power Lower window lower CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PTAV” display line to show peak-to-average ratio 1-36 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 62: Measuring W-Cdma

    Sets gate time to 10 ms SENS:SWE1:TIME 10E-3 Puts meter in “wait for INIT:CONT ON trigger” state Selects internal trigger TRIG:SOUR INT EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-37 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 63: Fetch[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Difference Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    Lower window upper CALC2:FEED1 “POW:PEAK” display line to show peak power Lower window lower CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PTAV” display line to show peak-to-average ratio 1-38 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 64: Measuring Cdma2000

    Sets gate time to 10 ms SENS:SWE1:TIME 10E-3 Puts meter in “wait for INIT:CONT ON trigger” state Selects internal trigger TRIG:SOUR INT EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-39 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 65 Lower window upper CALC2:FEED1 “POW:PEAK” display line to show peak power Lower window lower CALC4:FEED1 “POW:PTAV” display line to show peak-to-average ratio 1-40 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 66: Using Sensor Calibration Tables

    RCF from the table overrides any value previously set. The power meter is capable of storing 20 sensor calibration tables of 80 frequency points each. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-41 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 67 Frequency of the signal you want Calibration Factor used to measure to make Measurement. Calculated by the Power Meter using linear interpolation FREQ CFAC 1-42 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 68: Fetch[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Ratio Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    5. Specify the frequency of the signal you want to measure. The calibration factor is automatically set by the power meter from the sensor calibration table. 6. Make the measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-43 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 69: Editing Sensor Calibration Tables

    4. If required, rename the sensor calibration table using: MEMory:TABLe:MOVE <string>,<string>. The first <string> parameter identifies the existing table name, and the second identifies the new table name. 1-44 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 70: Fetch[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Ratio:relative Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    The first numeric parameter indicates the amount of memory, in bytes, used for storage of tables. The second parameter indicates the memory, in bytes, available for tables. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-45 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 71 560,8020,“Sensor_1,TABL,220”,”Sensor_2,TABL,340” ..The power meter is shipped with a set of predefined sensor calibration tables. The data in these sensor calibration tables is based on statistical averages for a range of Agilent Technologies power sensors. These power sensors are: • DEFAULT •...

  • Page 72: Calculate[1]|2|3|4:Math Commands

    All characters must be upper or lower case alphabetic characters, or numeric (0-9), or an underscore (_). No spaces are allowed in the name. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-47 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 73: Read[1]|2|3|4 Commands

    2. Use the query commands shown in “Reviewing Table Data”, on page 1-48 to enter the data into your computer. Edit this data, then resend it. 1-48 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 74: Selecting A Sensor Calibration Table

    [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET1:STATe ON If you set [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET1:STATe to ON and no sensor calibration table is selected error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-49 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 75: Making The Measurement

    [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CFAC? The response may be an interpolated value. To find out the value of the reference calibration factor being used, use the commands: CALibration[1|2]:RCFactor? 1-50 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 76: Using Frequency Dependent Offset Tables

    5. Specify the frequency of the signal you want to measure. The required offset is automatically set by the power meter from the frequency dependent offset table. 6. Make the measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-51 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 77: Calculate[1]|2|3|4:Relative Commands

    Frequency of the signal you want offset used to make to measure Measurement. Calculated by the Power Meter using linear interpolation. FREQ OFFSET 1-52 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 78: Editing Frequency Dependent Offset Tables

    The frequency and offset data must be within range. Refer to the individual commands in Chapter 4 for their specified ranges. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-53 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 79: Read[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Difference Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    The first numeric parameter indicates the amount of memory, in bytes, used for storage of tables. The second parameter indicates the memory, in bytes, available for tables. 1-54 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 80: Calculate[1]|2|3|4:Relative:state

    (in Hz). • MEMory:TABLe:GAIN[:MAGNitude]:POINTs? Query command which returns the number of offset factor points stored in the frequency dependent offset table. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-55 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 81: Selecting A Frequency Dependent Offset Table

    To make the power measurement, set the power meter for the frequency of the signal you want to measure. The power meter automatically sets the 1-56 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 82: Read[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Difference:relative Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    To find out the value of the offset being used by the power meter to make a measurement, use the query command: SENSe:CORRection:GAIN4|FDOFfset[:INPut][MAGNITUDE]? The response may be an interpolated value. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-57 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 83: Setting The Range, Resolution And Averaging

    To enable autoranging use the following command: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:POWer:AC:RANGe:AUTO ON Use autoranging when you are not sure of the power level you will be measuring. 1-58 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 84: Resolution

    Figure 1-3 applies to 8480 Series sensors only. Note EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-59 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 85: Averaged Readings

    Figure 1-4: Averaging Range Hysteresis Range Hysteresis 9.5 dB 10.5 dB Minimum Sensor Power Minimum Sensor Power + 10 dB 1-60 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 86 Increasing the value of the filter length reduces measurement noise. However, the time to take the measurement is increased. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-61 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 87: Setting Offsets

    If you enter an offset value the state is automatically enabled. On the HP EPM-442A this offset is applied after any math calculations (refer to Figure 1-8 on page 1-75). 1-62 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 88: Making The Measurement

    For further information on channel offsets refer to page 9-35. For further information on display offsets refer to page 3-7. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-63 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 89: Limits Checking Application

    A typical application for this feature is shown in Figure 1-5. Figure 1-5: Limits Checking Application Power Meter Swept Source Device Under Test CHANNEL A INPUT 1-64 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 90: Range Of Values For Window Limits

    TTL outputs on or off; set the TTL output level to active high or low; and determine whether the TTL output represents an over limit condition, EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-65 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 91: Checking For Limit Failures

    Power Meter Remote Operation Setting Measurement Limits under limit condition or both. Refer to Chapter 8 “OUTput Subsystem” for TTL output programming commands and to the EPM-P Series Power Meters User’s Guide for connector and pin-out information. Checking for Limit Failures There are two ways to check for limit failures: 1.

  • Page 92: Example

    Specifies that TTL output 1 OUTP:TTL1:ACT HIGH should be active-high. Activates TTL output 1 OUTP:TTL1:STAT ON EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-67 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 93: Measuring Pulsed Signals

    99.999%. The default is 1.000%. A duty cycle value can be set using the following command: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:DCYCle|GAIN3 <numeric_value> Making the Measurement An example of a pulsed signal is shown in Figure 1-7. 1-68 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 94: Pulsed Signal

    Gaussian) will cause erroneous results. The pulse power on/off ratio must be much greater than the duty cycle ratio. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-69 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 95: Measure[1]|2|3|4[:Scalar][:Power:ac]:Difference Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    PRINT "The result is ";Reading*1000;"mW" 380 ELSE PRINT "THERE WAS A CALIBRATION ERROR!" 400 END IF 410 PRINT "PROGRAM COMPLETED" 420 END 1-70 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 96: Getting The Best Speed Performance

    E-Series sensors and averaging, limits and ratio/difference math functions are disabled. Refer to “Specifications” in the EPM-P Series Power Meters User’s Guide to see the influence of these speed settings on the accuracy and noise performance of the power meter.

  • Page 97: Sensor

    OFF. Note that a measurement can take several INT/EXT triggers depending on the filter settings. Refer to TRIGger[1]|2:DELay:AUTO <boolean> in Chapter 13 for further information. 1-72 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 98: Output Format

    FORMat:BORDer) plus <LF> as an end sentinel of the block. The REAL format is likely to be required only for FAST mode as a means to reduce bus traffic. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-73 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 99: Units

    FORMat REAL command to return results in binary format. The former is a combination of two factors: • the hardware platform being used. • the programming environment being used. 1-74 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 100: How Measurements Are Calculated

    All references to channel B in the above diagram refer to the E4417A only. MEAS[1|2]:POW:AC? and MEAS[1|2]:POW:AC:REL? are the only commands that apply to the E4416A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-75 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 101: Status Reporting

    Status and Standard Event registers are read using the IEEE-488.2 common commands. Operation and Questionable Status registers are read using the SCPI STATus command subsystem. 1-76 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 102: Generalized Status Register Model

    *CLS (clear status) command. Event registers are read-only. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-77 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 103: Typical Status Register Bit Changes

    Case A Case B Case C 0 0 0 0 0 0 Case D Condition marks when event register is read 1-78 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 104: How To Use Registers

    • need to have the controller do something else while it’s waiting. • cannot afford the performance penalty inherent to polling. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-79 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 105 This is not particularly efficient and there is a possibility that an event may be missed. 1-80 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 106 ! Selective device clear OUTPUT @Pm;”*CLS;*RST” ! Clear registers and reset meter ! Configure the device status register so that a sensor EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-81 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 107 ! Define service request handler CLEAR @Pm ! Selective device clear OUTPUT @Pm;”*CLS” ! Clear registers OUTPUT @Pm;”SYST:PRES” ! Preset meter 1-82 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 108 OUTPUT @Pm;”STAT:OPER:ULF?” ENTER @Pm;Ulf IF Ulf=2 THEN PRINT “Over limit detected” END IF GOTO 190 ! Return to idle loop EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-83 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 109: Status System

    Event Enable Status Byte Output Queue RQS/MSS *STB? *SRE Standard Event Event Enable *ESR *ESE Operation Status Condition Event Enable 1-84 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 110: Bit Definitions - Status Byte Register

    Operation Status Register summary bit. One or more bits are set in the Operation Status Register (bits must be “enabled” in enable register). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-85 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 111 You must write a decimal value using the *ESE (event status enable) command to set the enable register mask. 1-86 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 112: Bit Definitions - Standard Event Register

    The standard event enable register is cleared when you: • cycle the instrument power. • execute a *ESE 0 command. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-87 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 113 4 to 7 Not used CALibration Summary Power On Self Test 10 to 14 Not Used Not used (always 0) 1-88 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 114 • SET: This bit is set when the power on self test fails. Self Test • CLEARED: When the power on self test passes. 1. E4417A only EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-89 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 115 , this bit is set at the beginning of the zero. • CLEARED: At the end of zeroing or calibration. 1-90 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 116 • CLEARED: If a measurement is made and the upper limit test is not enabled or the test is enabled and passes. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-91 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 117 Channel B sensor error Channel A sensor Front/Rear Channel B sensor Front/Rear 16384 Front Panel key press 1. E4417A only 1-92 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 118 The bit will be set in the event register which will be cleared when read. Note that the transition registers are of no use for this bit. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-93 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 119: Using The Operation Complete Commands

    You could also configure the power meter for an SRQ interrupt by sending *SRE 32 (status byte enable register, bit 5). 1-94 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 120 60 !(Computer carries out other operations here) 70 END WHILE 80 OUTPUT @Power;“MEAS:POW:AC?” 90 ENTER @Power;Result 100 PRINT Result 110 END EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-95 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 121: Saving And Recalling Power Meter Configurations

    110 !Recall the configuration 120 OUTPUT @POWER;”*RCL 5” 130 PRINT “Configuration Recalled” 140 PRINT “Save and Recall complete” 150 END 1-96 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 122: Using Device Clear To Halt Measurements

    • The power meter’s input and output buffers are cleared. • The power meter is prepared to accept a new command string. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-97 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 123: An Introduction To The Scpi Language

    You can omit the leading colon if the command is the first of a new program line. 1-98 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 124 IEEE-488.2 interface standard. The “*” commands are used to control reset, self-test, and status operations in the power meter. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-99 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 125: Syntax Conventions

    On input, an <NRf> is rounded to an integer. A nonzero result is interpreted as 1. Queries always return a 1 or 0, never ON or OFF. 1-100 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 126 <digit> <NAN> Definition Not a number (NAN) is represented as 9.91 E37. Not a number is defined in IEEE 754. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-101 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 127 For example, #HA2F, #ha4e, #Q62, #q15, #B01011. <digit> Refer to section 7.7.4.1 of IEEE 488.2 for further details. 1-102 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 128 For example: • 12.3 • +1.2345 • -0.123 Refer to section 8.7.3 of IEEE 488.2 for further details. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-103 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 129 Throughout this chapter the decimal numeric element is abbreviated to <numeric_value>. For example, <NRf>, MINimum, MAXimum, DEFault or Not A Number (NAN). 1-104 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 130 " " <inserted > " " <non-double quote char> Response Data " " <inserted > " " <non-double quote char> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-105 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 131: Input Message Terminators

    EOI state to be automatically sent with each bus transaction. Message termination always sets the current path back to the root-level. 1-106 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 132: Summary Of Commands

    1 and the lower window by a 2. If you omit the window number, the upper window is assumed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-107 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 133: Measurement Commands

    [query only] :RELative? [<expected_value> [non-SCPI] [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] [query only] :RATio? [<expected_value> [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] [query only] :RELative? [<expected_value> [non-SCPI] [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] 1-108 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 134: Calculate Subsystem

    <boolean> :UPPer [:DATA] <numeric_value> :MATH [:EXPRession] <string> [query only] :CATalog? :PHOLd :CLEAr [no query] :RELative [:MAGNitude] :AUTO <boolean> :STATe <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-109 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 135: Calibration Subsystem

    :RESolution <numeric_value> :SELect[1]|2 [:STATe] <boolean> :TRACe :FEED <character_data> :LOWer <numeric_value> :UPPer <numeric_value> FORMat Subsystem Keyword Parameter Form Notes FORMat [:READings] 1-110 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 136 Power Meter Remote Operation Summary Of Commands Keyword Parameter Form Notes :BORDer <character_data> [:DATA] <character_data> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-111 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 137: Memory Subsystem

    Parameter Form Notes OUTPut :RECorder[1]|2 :FEED <data_handle> :LIMit :LOWer <numeric_value> :UPPer <numeric_value> :STATe <boolean> :ROSCillator [:STATe] <boolean> :TRIGger [:STATe] <boolean> 1-112 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 138 Power Meter Remote Operation Summary Of Commands Keyword Parameter Form Notes :TTL[1]|2 :ACTive HIGH|LOW :FEED <string> :STATe <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-113 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 139: Sense] Subsystem

    :RANGe <numeric_value> :AUTO <boolean> [non-SCPI] :SPEed <numeric_value> :SWEep[1]|2|3|4 :OFFSet :TIME <numeric_value> :TIME <numeric_value> :TRACe :LIMit :LOWer <numeric_value> :UPPer <numeric_value> :OFFSet 1-114 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 140 Power Meter Remote Operation Summary Of Commands Keyword Parameter Form Notes :TIME <numeric_value> :TIME <numeric_value> :UNIT <character_data> [non-SCPI] :V2P ATYPe|DTYPe EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-115 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 141: Status Subsystem

    Keyword Parameter Form Notes [query only] :CONDition? :ENABle <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric> [query only] [:EVENt?] :NTRansition <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric> :PTRansition <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric> 1-116 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 142: System Subsystem

    GPIB|RS232|RS422 :RWLock [query only] :VERSion? TRACe Subsystem Keyword Parameter Form Notes TRACe[1]|2 [query only] [:DATA]? <character_data> :STATe <boolean> :UNIT <character_data> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-117 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 143: Trigger Subsystem

    <boolean> [no query] :IMMediate :SOURce BUS|EXTernal|HOLD|IMMedi ate|INTernal[[1]|2] UNIT Subsystem Keyword Parameter Form Notes UNIT[1]|2|3|4 :POWer <amplitude unit> [non-SCPI] :RATio <ratio_unit> 1-118 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 144: Service Subsystem

    :MINimum? [query only] :RADC? [query only] :SNUMber? [query only] :TNUMber? [query only] :TYPE? :SNUMber <character_data> :VERSion :PROCessor <character_data> :SYSTem <character_data> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-119 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 145: Scpi Compliance Information

    MEMory:STATe:DEFine MEMory:TABLe:GAIN[:MAGNitude] MEMory:TABLe:GAIN:POINts? MEMory:TABLe:MOVE OUTPut:TTL[1|2]:ACTive OUTPut:TTL[1|2]:FEED OUTPut:TTL[1|2]:STATe [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:SDETect [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CFACtor [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:DCYCle [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:FDOFfset [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:POWer:AC:RANGe SERVice:SENSor[1|2]:CDATE? SERVice:SENSor[1|2]:CPLace? SERVice:SENSor[1|2]:SNUMber? SERVice:SENSor[1|2]:TYPE? SYSTem:LOCal SYSTem:REMote SYSTem:RINTerface 1-120 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 146 Power Meter Remote Operation SCPI Compliance Information SYSTem:RWLock TRANsmit:ECHO UNIT[1|2]:POWer:RATio EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 1-121 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 147 Power Meter Remote Operation SCPI Compliance Information 1-122 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 148: Unit[1]|2|3|4:Power:ratio

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  • Page 149 CONFigure3? : Returns the configuration of the upper window/lower measurement. • CONFigure4? : Returns the configuration of the lower window/lower measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 150 Measurement Commands Measurement Commands Non-SCPI Command Extensions The EPM-P series power meters have several command extensions to the SCPI standard: RELative and DIFFerence. Optional Parameters CONFigure, FETCh?, READ? and MEASure? have the following three optional parameters: • An expected power value.
  • Page 151 Entering a <source list> is only required if you are using an E4417A. As the E4416A has a single channel only, the source list can only be channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 152 [<expected_value> [non-SCPI] [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] [query only] page 2-51 :RATio? [<expected_value> [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] [query only] page 2-53 :RELative? [<expected_value> [non-SCPI] [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 153 [<expected_value> [non-SCPI] [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] [query only] page 2-65 :RATio? [<expected_value> [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] [query only] page 2-67 :RELative? [<expected_value> [non-SCPI] [,<resolution>[,<source list>]]] EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 154 (SENSe2 - SENSe2) :POW:AC:RAT (@1),(@2) (SENSe1 / SENSe2) :POW:AC:RAT (@2),(@1) (SENSe2 / SENSe1) :POW:AC:RAT:REL (@1),(@2) (SENSe1 / SENSe2) :POW:AC:RAT:REL (@2),(@1) (SENSe2 / SENSe1) EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 155 The source list on the E4417A is set to channel A for the upper measurement on both windows and channel B for the lower measurement on both windows. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 156 Enables automatic delay before making TRIGger:DELay:AUTO ON the measurement. Enables automatic filter length selection. SENSE:AVERage:COUNt:AUTO ON Enables averaging. SENSE:AVERage:STATe ON EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 157: Expected_Value>[,[,]]]

    The resolution of the window/measurement. • The channel on which the measurement will be made. Syntax :POW CONF :SCAL Space expected_value resolution source list 2-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 158 When the measurement result is logarithmic 1 to 4 represents a resolution of 1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively. 3. E4417A only. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 159 A, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 2. 2-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 160 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 161 A, using an expected power level of -50 dBm and a resolution setting of 3. 2-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 162 (@2),(@2) measurement then this difference setup is used, otherwise it defaults to channel A-B (E4417A) or A-A (E4416A). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 163 B - channel A, using the current sensor range and a resolution of 1 on both channels. 2-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 164 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 165 A - channel B with relative mode on, using the current sensor range and a resolution of 1 on both channels. 2-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 166 (@1),(@1) measurement then this ratio setup (@2),(@2) is used, otherwise it defaults to channel A/B (E4417A) or A/A (E4416A). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 167 A over channel B, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 4 on both channels. 2-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 168 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 169 B with relative mode on, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 1 on both channels. 2-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 170 To ‘unlock’ the power meter and adjust trigger settings, a GPIB bus execute clear must be performed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 171: Space Expected_Value

    If a value is entered it should correspond to the current resolution setting otherwise an error occurs. 2-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 172: Range Of Values

    • If the expected_value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution setting on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 173 CONFigure otherwise an error occurs. The units of measurement are dBm and W. The default units are defined by UNIT:POWer. 2-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 174 This command queries the upper FETC1:REL? DEF,2,(@2) window’s relative measurement of channel B, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 2. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 175 • If the expected_value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 2-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 176 If a value is entered it should correspond to the current resolution setting otherwise an error occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 177 • If the expected_value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 2-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 178 CONFigure otherwise an error occurs.The units of measurement are dBm and W. The default units are defined by UNIT:POWer. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 179 B - channel A, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 3 on both channels. Error Messages 2-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 180 • If the expected_value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-33 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 181 If a value is entered it should correspond to the current resolution setting otherwise an error occurs. 2-34 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 182 • If the expected_value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-35 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 183 CONFigure otherwise an error occurs. The units of measurement are dBm and W. The default units are defined by UNIT:POWer. 2-36 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 184 A measurement is valid after it has been initiated. It becomes invalid when either a reset occurs or any measurement parameter, for example frequency, is changed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-37 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 185 • If the expected_value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 2-38 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 186 • For the E4417A carrying out a ratio measurement the READ:RATio? queries are equivalent to: ABORt1 ABORt2 INITiate1 INITiate2 FETCh:RATio? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-39 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 187 If a value is entered it should correspond to that set by CONFigure otherwise an error occurs. 2-40 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 188 • If the expected value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-41 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 189 If a value is entered it should correspond to that set by CONFigure otherwise an error occurs. 2-42 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 190 This command queries the upper READ1:REL? DEF,1,(@2) window’s relative measurement of channel B, using the current sensor range and a resolution of 1. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-43 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 191 • If the expected value and resolution parameters are not the same as the current expected value and resolution settings on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 2-44 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 192: Expected_Value

    (for the expected numeric value entered in this power level) parameter. Any value entered is treated like DEF. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-45 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 193: Resolution A Numeric Value For The Resolution. 1 To

    1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively. 3. E4417A only. Example This command queries difference READ2:DIFF? measurement on the lower window. 2-46 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 194 • If the resolution parameter is not the same as the current resolution setting on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-47 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 195 (for the expected numeric value entered in this power level) parameter. Any value entered is treated like DEF. 2-48 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 196 B - channel A, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 4 on both channels. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-49 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 197 • If the resolution parameter is not the same as the current resolution setting on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 2-50 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 198 (for the expected numeric value entered in this power level) parameter. Any value entered is treated like DEF. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-51 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 199: Is Used, Otherwise It Defaults To

    • If the resolution parameter is not the same as the current resolution setting on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 2-52 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 200 (for the expected numeric value entered in this power level) parameter. Any value entered is treated like DEF. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-53 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 201 1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively. 3. E4417A only. Example This command queries the READ:RAT:REL? relative ratio measurement on the upper window. 2-54 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 202 • If the resolution parameter is not the same as the current resolution setting on the specified window, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-55 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 203 READ:DIFFerence? • For the E4417A carrying out a ratio measurement the READ:RATio? queries are equivalent to: ABORt1 ABORt2 CONFigure:RATio READ:RATio? 2-56 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 204 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-57 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 205 MEAS2:POW:AC? -70DBM,1,(@1) This command queries the lower window’s measurement of channel A, using an expected power level of -70 dBm and a resolution setting of 1. 2-58 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 206 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-59 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 207 B, using an expected power level of -50 dBm and a resolution setting of 2. 2-60 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 208 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-61 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 209 1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively. 3. E4417A only. Example This command queries the MEAS2:DIFF? difference measurement on the lower window. 2-62 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 210 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-63 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 211 B - channel A, using the current sensor range and a resolution setting of 3 on both channels. 2-64 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 212 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-65 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 213: Ratio

    A over channel B, using the current sensor range and a resolution of 1 on both channels. 2-66 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 214 A numeric value for the resolution. 1 to 4 If unspecified the current 1.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 resolution setting is used. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 2-67 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 215 1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively. 3. E4417A only. Example This command queries the MEAS:RAT:REL? relative ratio measurement on the upper window. 2-68 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 216 CALCulate Subsystem Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 217: Calculate Block

    “A-A” | “A/A” “B-B” | “B/B” :REL :GAIN SENSe2: Input from “A-B” | “A/B” FEED2 SENSe2 block “B-A” | “B/A” (E4417A only) EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 218 [query only] page 3-28 :CATalog? :PHOLd [no query] page 3-29 :CLEar :RELative [:MAGNitude] page 3-31 :AUTO <boolean> page 3-33 :STATe <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 219 Under certain circumstances the measurement mode may be changed by the CALC:MATH:EXPR command. Refer to page 3-26 for further information. Syntax Space CALC string :FEED EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 220 CALC:MATH:EXPR. Reset Condition On reset, data_handle is set to :POW:AVER. Query CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:FEED[1]2? The query returns the current value of the string. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 221 E9320 sensor is connected or an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 222 The display offset is applied to the measurement signal after any math calculation. The following commands are detailed in this section: CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:GAIN[:MAGNitude] <numeric value> CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:GAIN:STATe <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 223 20 dB to the window/lower measurement. Reset Condition On reset, the display offset is set to 0 dB (DEF). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 224 Error Message If CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:GAIN[:MAGNitude] is set to ON while SENSe:SPEed is set to 200, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 225 0 is returned when the display offset feature is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether CALC1:GAIN:STAT? the display offset in the upper window/upper measurement is on or off. 3-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 226 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:GAIN:STATe <boolean> Error Message If CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:GAIN:STATe is set to ON while SENSe:SPEed is set to 200, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 227 Clear the counter. The following commands are detailed in this section: CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:CLEar:AUTo <boolean> CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:CLEar[IMMediate] CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:FAIL? CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:FCOunt? CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:LOWer[:DATA] CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:UPPer[:DATA] CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:STATe <boolean> 3-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 228 FCO for the upper window/upper measurement. Reset Condition On reset, both windows and their measurements are set to ON. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 229 0 is entered. Query Example This command queries when the CALC1:LIM:CLE:AUTO? FCO is cleared for the upper window/upper measurement. 3-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 230 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:FAIL? query Syntax :IMM :LIM :CLE CALC Example This command clears the FCO for CALC2:LIM:CLE:IMM the lower window/upper measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 231 Reset Condition On reset, the buffer is set to zero for both upper and lower window measurements. 3-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 232 The maximum number of errors is 2 -1. If more than 2 -1 errors are detected the counter returns to zero. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 233 Reset Condition On reset, the counter is set to zero for both measurements of the upper and lower windows 3-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 234: Measurement Units

    Single Pk-Avg Channel Ratio Avg, Pk, Pk-Avg Avg, Pk Watt Difference Pk-Avg Syntax Space numeric_value :LOW :DATA CALC :LIM Space EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 235 MIN and MAX for the specified window. Query Example This command queries the lower CALC2:LIM:LOW:DATA? limit set for the lower window upper measurement. 3-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 236: Measurement Units

    Single Pk-Avg Channel Ratio Avg, Pk, Pk-Avg Avg, Pk Watt Difference Pk-Avg Syntax Space numeric_value :LIM :UPP :DATA CALC Space EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 237 MIN and MAX for the specified window/measurement. Query Example This command queries the setting CALC2:LIM:UPP:DATA? of the upper limit for the lower window/upper measurement. 3-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 238 Query Example This command queries whether CALC1:LIM:STAT? the limit checking function for the upper window/upper measurement is on or off. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 239 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:LIMit:STATe <boolean> Error Message If CALCulate[1|2|3|4]:LIMit:STATe is set to ON while [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed is set to 200, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 3-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 240 SENSe data: • Single channel. • Difference. • Ratio. The following commands are detailed in this section: CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:MATH[:EXPRession] <string> CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:MATH[:EXPRession]:CATalog? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 241 “(SENS1-SENS2)” selected. “(SENS2-SENS1)” “(SENS1/SENS2)” “(SENS2/SENS1)” 1. Quotes are mandatory. Either single or double quotes may be used. 2. E4417A only. 3-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 242 • For the dual channel E4417A power meter: if <string> is not set to while SENS1:SPEEd or SENS2:SPEEd is set to “(SENS1)” “(SENS2)” 200, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 243 For the E4417A the string is: "(SENS1)","(SENS2)","(SENS1/SENS2)", "(SENS2/SENS1)","(SENS1-SENS2)","(SENS2-SENS1)" "(SENS1-SENS1)","(SENS2-SENS2)","(SENS1/SENS1)", "(SENS2/SENS2)" Syntax :CAT :EXPR :MATH CALC Example This command lists all the defined CALC1:MATH:CAT? math expressions. 3-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 244 • If SENS:DET:FUNC is set to AVER or TRIG:SOUR is set to INT1, INT2 or EXT, error -221 “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 245 The commands described in this section: CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:RELative[:MAGNitude]:AUTO <boolean>|ONCE CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:RELative:STATe <boolean> 3-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 246 This command sets a reference CALC1:REL:AUTO ONCE value to be used in the relative measurement on the upper window/upper measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 247 SENSe:SPEed is set to 200, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. • If the value is set to ON error -224, “Illegal parameter value” occurs. 3-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 248 0 is returned when relative mode is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether CALC1:REL:STAT? relative mode is off or on for the upper window/upper measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 3-33 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 249 CALCulate[1]|2|3|4:RELative:STATe <boolean> Error Message If CALCulate:RELative:STATe is set to ON while SENSe:SPEed is set to 200, error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 3-34 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 250: Calibration Subsystem

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  • Page 251: Calibration Subsystem

    :STATe <boolean> page 4-10 :RCALibration <boolean> [non-SCPI] page 4-12 :RCFactor <numeric_value> :ZERO page 4-14 :AUTO <boolean>|ONCE :NORMal page 4-15 :AUTO <boolean>|ONCE EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 252: Calibration[1]|2[:All]

    Syntax :ALL Example This command causes the power CAL1:ALL meter to perform a calibration sequence on channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 253 • If there is no sensor connected, the error -241, “Hardware Missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 254: Calibration[1]|2[:All]?

    Option CFT) have their sensor calibration tables stored in EEPROM which means that the reference calibration factor is automatically downloaded by the power meter. Syntax :ALL EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 255 • If there is no sensor connected, the error -241, “Hardware Missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 256: Calibration[1]|2:Auto

    Syntax Space :AUTO 0|OFF ONCE Example This command causes the power CAL1:AUTO ONCE meter to perform a calibration on channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 257 • If the command is set to ON the error -224, “Illegal parameter value” occurs. • If there is no sensor connected, the error -241, “Hardware Missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 258: Calibration[1]|2:Econtrol:state

    0 is returned if the TTL inputs are disabled. Query Example This command queries whether or CAL1:ECON:STAT? not the TTL inputs are enabled EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 259: Calibration[1]|2:Rcalibration

    0 is returned if zero/cal lockout is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether or CAL1:RCAL? not the zero/cal lockout facility is enabled for channel A. 4-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 260 -230, “Data corrupt or stale; Please zero and Cal.” Once the sensor has been zeroed and calibrated the commands which return measurement results will function normally. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 4-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 261: Calibration[1]|2:Rcfactor

    CAL1:RCF 98 calibration factor of 98% to channel A. Reset Condition On reset, the reference calibration factor is set to 100%. 4-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 262 If this command is used when an E-Series power sensors or N8480 Series power sensor (excluding Option CFT) is connected the error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 4-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 263: Calibration[1]|2:Zero:auto

    • If this command is set to ON the error -224, “Illegal parameter value” occurs. • If there is no sensor connected, the error -241, “Hardware Missing” occurs. 4-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 264: Calibration[1]|2:Zero:normal:auto

    Questionable; ZERO ERROR” occurs. If you are using a dual channel power meter, the error message specifies which channel the zeroing failed on. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 4-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 265 -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. • If an E9320 sensor is connected and is not in NORMAL mode, the error -221 “Settings conflict” occurs. 4-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 266: Display Subsystem

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  • Page 267: Display Subsystem

    <numeric_value> page 5-23 :SELect[1]|2 page 5-24 [:STATe] <boolean> :TRACe page 5-26 :FEED <character_data> page 5-28 :LOWer <numeric_value> page 5-30 :UPPer <numeric_value> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 268: Display:contrast

    • MIN: 0. • MAX: 1. Units are resolved to 0.01. Example This command sets the display DISP:CONT 0.75 contrast to 0.75. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 269 The query returns the current setting of the contrast or the values associated with MIN and MAX. The response format is <NR3>. Query Example This command queries the current DISP:CONT? contrast setting. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 270: Display:enable

    • 0 is returned when the display is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether DISP:ENAB? the display is on or off. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 271: Display:screen:format

    Example This command sets the display DISP:SCReen:FORM FSCR format to full screen. Reset Condition On reset, the display format is WIND. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 272 DISPlay Subsystem DISPlay:SCReen:FORMat <character_data> Query DISPlay:SCReen:FORMat? The query returns WIND, EXP or FSCR. Query Example This command queries the display DISP:SCR:FORM? format. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 273: Display[:Window[1]|2] Commands

    DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:ANALog:LOWer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:ANALog:UPPer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:FORMat <character_data> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:METer:LOWer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:METer:UPPer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2][NUMeric[1|2]]:RESolution <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:SELect[1]|2 DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2][:STATe] <boolean> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:FEED <character_data> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:LOWer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:UPPer <numeric_value> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 274: Display[:Window[1]|2]:Analog Commands

    These commands control the upper and lower scale limits of the analog meter. The following commands are detailed in this section: DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:ANALog:LOWer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:ANALog:UPPer <numeric_value> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 275: Measurement Units

    Single Channel Pk-Avg Ratio Avg, Pk, Pk-Avg Avg, Pk Watt Difference Pk-Avg Syntax Space numeric_value DISP :WIND :ANAL :LOW Space 5-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 276 Table 5-1. Query Example This command queries the lower DISP:WIND1:ANAL:LOW? scale limit set on the analog meter in the upper window. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 277: Measurement Units

    Single Channel Pk-Avg Ratio Avg, Pk, Pk-Avg Avg, Pk Watt Difference Pk-Avg Syntax Space numeric_value DISP :ANAL :WIND :UPP Space 5-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 278 Table 5-2. Query Example This command queries the upper DISP:WIND2:ANAL:UPP? scale limit set on the analog meter in the lower window EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 279: Display[:Window[1]|2]:Format

    Used to determine the channel from which the trace will be taken. Example This command sets the lower DISP:WIND2:FORM DIG window to a digital display. 5-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 280 • If the command is set to TRACe and the selected channel has an E9320 sensor connected in AVERage measurement mode, the error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 281: Display[:Window[1]|2]:Meter Commands

    These commands control the upper and lower scale limits of the analog meter. The following commands are detailed in this section: DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:METer:LOWer <numeric_value> DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:METer:UPPer <numeric_value> 5-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 282: Measurement Units

    Single Channel Pk-Avg Ratio Avg, Pk, Pk-Avg Avg, Pk Watt Difference Pk-Avg Syntax Space numeric_value DISP :WIND :MET :LOW Space EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 283 Query Example This command queries the lower DISP:MET:LOW? scale limit set on the analog meter in the upper window. 5-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 284: Measurement Units

    Single Channel Pk-Avg Ratio Avg, Pk, Pk-Avg Avg, Pk Watt Difference Pk-Avg Syntax Space DISP :UPP numeric_value :WIND :MET Space EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 285 Query Example This command queries the upper DISP:WIND2:MET:UPP? scale limit set on the analog meter in the lower window. 5-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 286: Display[:Window[1]|2][:Numeric[1]|2]:Resolution Numeric_Value>

    0.001 if the measurement result is logarithmic. Reset Condition On reset, the resolution is set to 3. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 287 MIN and MAX. The format of the response is <NR1>. Query Example This command queries the DISP:RES? resolution setting of the upper window. 5-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 288: Display[:Window[1]|2]:Select[1]|2

    • 0 is returned if the specified window is not selected. Query Example This command queries whether or DISP:SEL1? not the upper measurement in the upper window is selected. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 289: Display[:Window[1]|2][:State]

    Query DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:STATe? The query enters a 1 or 0 into the output buffer indicating the state of the selected window. 5-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 290 • 0 is returned if the window is disabled. Query ExampleQuery Example This command queries whether or DISP:WIND2:STAT? not the lower window is displayed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 291: Display[:Window[1]|2]:Trace:feed

    Reset Condition On reset, the value is set to: • Upper window: SENS1. • Lower window (dual channel only): SENS2. 5-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 292 The query returns the channel of the trace currently displayed in the specified window. Query Example This command queries the channel DISP:WIND2:TRAC:FEED? of the trace currently displayed in the lower window. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 293: Measurement Units

    Table 5-5: Measurement Units Units: Units: DISPlay[:WINDow[1] SENS:TRAC:UNIT |2]:TRACe:LOWer Syntax Space :TRAC numeric_value DISP :WIND :LOW Space 5-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 294 MIN or MAX. The format of the response is <NR3>. Query Example This command queries the trace DISP:WIND2:TRAC:LOW? window lower scale limit of the lower window EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 295: Measurement Units

    Table 5-6: Measurement Units Units: Units: DISPlay[:WINDow[1] SENS:TRAC:UNIT |2]:TRACe:UPPer Syntax Space :TRAC numeric_value DISP :WIND :UPP Space 5-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 296 MIN or MAX. The format of the response is <NR3>. Query Example This command queries the trace DISP:WIND2:TRAC:UPP? window upper scale limit of the lower window EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 5-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 297 DISPlay Subsystem DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2]:TRACe:UPPer <numeric_value> 5-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 298: Format Subsystem

    FORMat Subsystem Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 299: Format Subsystem

    For the E4417A power meter the same FORMat is used on both channels. Keyword Parameter Form Notes Page FORMat [:READings] page 6-3 :BORDer <character_data> page 6-4 [:DATA] <character_data> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 300: Format[:Readings]:Border

    The query returns the current setting of the byte order. The format of the response is NORMal or SWAPped. Query Example This command queries the current FORM:BORD? byte order setting. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 301: Format[:Readings][:Data]

    Data format for transferring data: ASCii REAL • ASCii • REAL Example This command sets the format to FORM REAL REAL . EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 302 The query returns the current setting of format: either ASCii or REAL. Query Example This command queries the current FORM? format setting. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 303 FORMat Subsystem FORMat[:READings][:DATA] <character_data> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 304: Memory Subsystem

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  • Page 305: Memory Subsystem

    [query only] page 7-19 :CATalog? [non-SCPI] page 7-20 :DEFine <character_data> [,<numeric_value>] :TABLe page 7-23 :FREQuency <numeric_value> [,<numeric_value>] [query only] page 7-26 :POINts? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 306 [query only], page 7-29 :POINts? [non-SCPI] [no query], page 7-30 :MOVE <character_data>, [non-SCPI] <character_data> [no query], page 7-31 :SELect <character_data> [non-SCPI] EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 307: Memory:catalog Commands

    Series sensors with Option CFT only). • Frequency dependent offset tables. • Save/recall registers. The following commands are detailed in this section: MEMory:CATalog[:ALL]? MEMory:CATalog:STATe? MEMory:CATalog:TABLe? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 308: Memory:catalog[:All]?

    Option CFT. Therefore you are required to create a new sensor calibration table for the sensors when a sensor calibration table is needed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 309 The power meter is shipped with a set of predefined sensor calibration tables. The data in these sensor calibration tables is based on statistical averages for a range of Agilent Technologies power sensors. These tables can be altered. The predefined data is listed in your User’s Guide. These...

  • Page 310: Memory:catalog:state?

    For example, a sample of a response may look like: 0,16190,"State0,STAT,0","State1,STAT,0" ..Syntax :CAT :STAT Example This command queries the list of MEM:CAT:STAT? save/recall registers. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 311: Memory:catalog:table?

    Option CFT. Therefore you are required to create a new sensor calibration table for the sensors when a sensor calibration table is needed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 312 CUSTOM_A through CUSTOM_J which do not contain any data when the power meter is shipped from the factory. Syntax :CAT :TABL Example This command queries the list of MEM:CAT:TABL? stored tables. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 313: Memory:clear Commands

    The following commands are detailed in this section: MEMory:CLEar:[NAME] <character_data> MEMory:CLEar:TABLe Note The contents cleared using these commands are non-recoverable. 7-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 314: Memory:clear[:Name]

    HP 8485A Error Messages If the table or save/recall register name does not exist, error -224, “Illegal parameter value” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 315: Memory:clear:table

    This command clears the contents MEM:CLE:TABL of the currently selected table. Error Message If no table is selected, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 7-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 316: The Memory:free Commands

    N8480 Series sensors with Option CFT only), frequency dependent offset tables, and save/recall registers. The following commands are described in this section: MEMory:FREE[:ALL]? MEMory:FREE:STATe? MEMory:FREE:TABLe? EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 317: Memory:free[:All]?

    The format of the response is: <bytes_available>,<bytes_in_use> Syntax :FREE :ALL Example This command queries the amount MEM:FREE? of free memory in total. 7-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 318: Memory:free:state?

    The format of the response is: <bytes_available>,<bytes_in_use> Syntax :FREE :STAT Example This command queries the amount MEM:FREE:STAT? of free memory for save/recall registers. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 319: Memory:free:table?

    CFT only) and frequency dependent offset tables. The format of the response is: <bytes_available>,<bytes_in_use> Syntax :FREE :TABL Example This command queries the amount MEM:FREE:TABL? of free memory for tables. 7-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 320: Memory:nstates?

    As there are ten registers this query always returns ten. Syntax :NST Example This command queries the number MEM:NST? of registers available for save/recall. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 321: The Memory:state Commands

    These commands are used to query and define register names. The following commands are described in this section: MEMory:STATe:CATalog? MEMory:STATe:DEFine 7-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 322: Memory:state:catalog?

    The format of the response is: <string>,<string>,..,<string> Syntax :STAT :CAT Example This command queries the register MEM:STAT:CAT? names. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 323: Memory:state:define ,

    The query returns the register number for the given register name. Query Example This command queries the register MEM:STAT:DEF? "SETUP1" number of SETUP1. 7-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 324 If a register or sensor calibration table with the same name already exists, error -257, “File name error” occurs (command only). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 325: Memory:table Commands

    The following commands are described in this section: MEMory:TABLe:FREQuency <numeric_value>{,<numeric_value>} MEMory:TABLe:FREQuency:POINts? MEMory:TABLe:GAIN[:MAGNitude] <numeric_value>{,<numeric_value>} MEMory:TABLe:GAIN[:MAGNitude]:POINts? MEMory:TABLe:MOVE <character_data>,<character_data> MEMory:TABLe:SELect <character_data> 7-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 326 Depending on available memory, the power meter is capable of storing 20 sensor calibration tables and 10 frequency dependent offset tables, each containing 80 points. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 327 The frequencies are returned in Hz. Query Example This command queries the MEM:TABL:FREQ? frequency points in the currently selected table. 7-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 328 If a frequency is sent which is outside of the allowed frequency range, error -222, “Data out of range” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 329: Memory:table:frequency:points?

    0. If no table is selected, this command returns NAN. Syntax :TABL :FREQ :POIN Example This command queries the number MEM:TABL:FREQ:POIN? of frequency points in the current table. 7-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 330 This is verified when the sensor calibration table is selected using SENSe:CORRection:CSET1:SELect <string>. Syntax Space numeric_value :TABL :GAIN :MAGN EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 331 • If any of the calibration/offset factors are outside of the allowed range, error -222, “Data out of range” occurs. 7-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 332: Memory:table:gain[:Magnitude]:Points?

    Syntax :TABL :GAIN :MAGN :POIN Example This command queries the number MEM:TABL:GAIN:POIN? of calibration factor/offset points in the current table. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 333: Memory:table:move ,

    -256, “File name not found” occurs. • If the second parameter matches an existing table name or save/recall register, error -257, “File name error” occurs. 7-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 334: Memory:table:select

    This command selects a sensor MEM:TABL:SEL "Sensor1" calibration table named “Sensor1”. Query MEMory:TABLe:SELect? The query returns the name of the currently selected table. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 7-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 335 MEMory Subsystem MEMory:TABLe:SELect <character_data> 7-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 336: Output Subsystem

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  • Page 337: Output Subsystem

    8-10 [:STATe] <boolean> :TRIGger page 8-11 [:STATe] <boolean> :TTL[1]|2 page 8-12 :ACTive HIGH|LOW page 8-14 :FEED <string> page 8-16 :STATe <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 338: Output:recorder[1]|2:Feed

    Reset Condition On reset, data_handle is set to its previous value. Query OUTPut:RECorder[1]|2:FEED? The query command returns the current value of data_handle. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 339 OUTput Subsystem OUTPut:RECorder[1]|2:FEED <data_handle> Query Example This command queries the value of OUTP:REC2:FEED? data_handle for recorder output 2. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 340: Output:recorder[1]|2:Limit:lower

    On reset, the minimum scaling value is set to -150 dBm. Query OUTPut:RECorder[1]|2:LIMit:LOWer? The query command returns the minimum scaling value. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 341 OUTput Subsystem OUTPut:RECorder[1]|2:LIMit:LOWer <numeric_value> Query Example This command returns the OUTP:REC:LIM:LOW? minimum scaling value for the specified recorder output. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 342: Output:recorder[1]|2:Limit:upper

    On reset, the maximum scaling value is set to +20 dBm. Query OUTPut:RECorder[1]|2:LIMit:UPPer? The query command returns the maximum scaling value. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 343 OUTput Subsystem OUTPut:RECorder[1]|2:LIMit:UPPer <numeric_value> Query Example This command returns the OUTP:REC:LIM:UPP? maximum scaling value for the specified recorder output. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 344: Output:recorder[1]|2:State

    0 is returned when the recorder output is switched OFF. Query Example This command queries the status OUTP:REC2:STAT? of the recorder output. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 345: Output:roscillator[:State]

    0 is returned when the POWER REF output is disabled. Query Example This command queries the status OUTP:ROSC? of the POWER REF output. 8-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 346: Output:trigger[:State]

    0 is returned when the trigger output signal is disabled. Query Example This command queries the status OUTP:TRIG:STAT? of the trigger output signal. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 8-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 347: Output:ttl[1]|2:Active High|Low

    HIGH is returned if the TTL output is active high for a window limit fail. • LOW is returned if the TTL output is active low for a window limit fail. 8-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 348 Query Example This command queries whether OUTP:TTL1:ACT? the TTL Output for an upper window limit fail is active high or low. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 8-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 349: Output:ttl[1]|2:Feed

    TTL Output 2 asserted indicates that “CALC1|2|3|4:LIM:LOW, either the lower or upper limit failed on CALC1|2|3|4:LIM:UPP” the appropriate window/measurement. 8-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 350 Query Example This command returns the string OUTP:TTL1:FEED? for TTL Output 1. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 8-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 351: Output:ttl[1|2]:State

    • 1 is returned when the TTL output is enabled. • 0 is returned when the TTL output is disabled. 8-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 352 OUTput Subsystem OUTPut:TTL[1|2]:STATe <boolean> Query Example This command queries whether or OUTP:TTL1:STAT? not the upper window TTL output is enabled. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 8-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 353 OUTput Subsystem OUTPut:TTL[1|2]:STATe <boolean> 8-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 354: Sense Subsystem

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  • Page 355: Sense] Subsystem

    If you are using the single channel E4416A power meter the SENSe2 commands are irrelevant and cause the error “Header suffix out of range.” EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 356 :SWEep[1]|2|3|4 :OFFSet page 9-53 :TIME <numeric_value> page 9-55 :TIME <numeric_value> :TRACe :LIMit page 9-58 :LOWer <numeric_value> page 9-60 :UPPer <numeric_value> :OFFSet EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 357 Parameter Form Notes Page page 9-62 :TIME <numeric_value> page 9-64 :TIME <numeric_value> page 9-66 :UNIT <character_data> [non-SCPI] page 9-67 :V2P ATYPe|DTYPe EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 358: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average Commands

    The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:COUNt <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:COUNt:AUTO <boolean> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:SDETect <boolean> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage[:STATe] <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 359: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average:count

    ([SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:COUNt <numeric_value>) is useful in applications requiring either high resolution or fast settling times. Syntax Space :COUN numeric_value SENS AVER SENS2 Space EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 360 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed is set to 200, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. However, the filter length value is set but the [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:STATe command is not automatically set ON. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 361: Averaged Readings

    [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:COUNt command. Using the [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:COUNt command automatically disables automatic averaging. Auto averaging is enabled by the MEASure:POWer:AC? and CONFigure:POWer:AC? commands. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 362 0 is returned when automatic filter length is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether AVER:COUN:AUTO? automatic filter length selection is on or off for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 363 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed is set to 200, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. However, automatic averaging is enabled but the [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:STATe command is not automatically set ON. 9-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 364: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average:sdetect

    0|OFF AVER 1|ON SENS2 Example This command disables step SENS:AVER:SDET OFF detection. Reset Condition On reset, step detection is enabled. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 365 0 is returned when step detection is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether SENS:AVER:SDET? step detection is on or off. 9-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 366: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average[:State]

    Error Messages If [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage:STATe is set to ON while [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed is set to 200, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 367: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average2 Commands

    AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage2:COUNt <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage2[:STATe] <boolean> 9-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 368: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average2:Count

    The query returns the current setting of the video filter length. The format of the response is <NR1>. Query Example This command queries the video AVER2:COUN? filter length for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 369 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 370: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Average2[:State]

    0 is returned when averaging is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether SENS2:AVER2? averaging is on or off for channel B. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 371 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 372: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Bandwidth|Bwidth:video Character_Data>

    1.5 MHz E9326A E9323A 300 kHz 1.5 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz E9327A 1. At 3.0 dB roll off point. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 373 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 374: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction Commands

    The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CFACtor|GAIN[1][:INPut] [:MAGNitude] <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET[1]|CSET2 [:SELect] <string> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET[1]|CSET2:STATe <boolean> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:DCYCle|GAIN3[:INPut] [:MAGNitude] <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:DCYCle|GAIN3:STATe <boolean> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:FDOFfset|GAIN4[:INPut] [:MAGNitude]? [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:LOSS2[:INPut][:MAGNitude] <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:LOSS2:STATe <boolean> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 375: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:cfactor|Gain[1][:Input Magnitude]

    1. For example, a gain of 60% corresponds to a multiplier of 0.6 and a gain of 150% corresponds to a multiplier of 1.5. 9-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 376 Option CFT when no sensor calibration table has been set up. If a sensor calibration table is selected the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 377 -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET[1]|CSET2 [:SELect] <string> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET[1]|CSET2:STATe <boolean> 9-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 378: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:cset[1]|Cset2[:Select String>

    A. Reset Condition On reset the selected table is not affected. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 379 • If the CSET1 command is used when an E-Series power sensor or N8480 Series power sensor (excluding Option CFT) is connected the error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. 9-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 380: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:cset[1]|Cset2:State Boolean>

    • 1 is returned when the table is enabled. • 0 is returned when the table is disabled. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 381 If you attempt to set this command to ON and no table has been selected using [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET[1]|CSET2:[SELect] then error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs and [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:CSET[1]|CSET2:STATe remains OFF. 9-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 382: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:dcycle|Gain3 Commands

    You can use either DCYCLe or GAIN3 in these commands, both do the same. Using GAIN3 complies with the SCPI standard whereas DCYCle does not, but may make your program more understandable. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 383: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:dcycle|Gain3[:Input Magnitude]

    Gaussian) will cause incorrect results. The pulse power on/off ratio must be much greater than the duty cycle ratio. 9-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 384 [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:DCYCle|GAIN3[:INPut][:MAGNitude]? [MIN|MAX] The query returns the current setting of the duty cycle or the values associated with MIN and MAX. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 385 -310, “System error;Dty Cyc may impair accuracy with ECP sensor” occurs. If you are using the E4417A the error message specifies the channel. 9-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 386: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:dcycle|Gain3:State Boolean>

    0 is returned when the pulse power measurement feature is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether CORR:GAIN3:STAT? the pulse measurement feature is on or off. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-33 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 387 -310, “System error;Dty Cyc may impair accuracy with ECP sensor” occurs. If you are using the E4417A the error message specifies the channel. 9-34 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 388: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:fdoffset|Gain4[:Input Magnitude]?

    CORR:GAIN4? frequency dependent offset being applied to channel A. Reset Condition On reset, the frequency dependent offset is not affected. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-35 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 389: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:gain2 Commands

    These commands provide a simple correction to a measurement for an external gain/loss. The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:GAIN2:STATe <boolean> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:GAIN2[:INPut][:MAGNitude] <numeric_value> 9-36 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 390: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:gain2:State

    0 is returned if a channel offset is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether or CORR:GAIN2:STAT? not there is a channel offset applied to channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-37 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 391 Error Messages If [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:GAIN2:STATe is set to ON while [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SPEed is set to 200, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-38 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 392: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Correction:gain2[:Input Magnitude]

    • MIN: -100 dB. • MAX: +100 dB. Example This command sets a channel CORR:GAIN2 50 offset of 50 dB for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-39 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 393 N8480 Series power sensors with Option CFT when no sensor calibration table has been set up. If a sensor calibration table is selected the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-40 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 394: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Detector:function

    This command sets the sensor to SENS1:DET:FUNC NORM normal mode for channel A. Reset Condition On reset, the mode is set to NORMal. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-41 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 395 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-42 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 396: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Frequency[:Cw|:Fixed Numeric_Value>

    • MAX: 999.999 GHz. The default units are Hz. 1. The following measurement units can be used: kHz (10 MHz (10 GHz (10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-43 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 397 MIN and MAX. The units in which the results are returned are Hz. Query Example This command queries the SENS2:FREQ? channel B frequency setting. 9-44 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 398: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Mrate

    3. Applicable to the E4417A dual channel power meter only. Note FAST mode cannot be used over RS232 or RS422 serial interfaces. Syntax numeric_value MRAT Space SENS SENS2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-45 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 399 FAST, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If TRIG:SOUR is set to EXTernal or INTernal[[1]|2], error -221 “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-46 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 400: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Power:ac:range

    This command is used with the E-Series power sensors and N8480 Series power sensors (excluding Option CFT) . If one is not connected the error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-47 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 401: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Power:ac:range:auto

    The query enters a 1 or 0 into the output buffer indicating the status of autoranging. • 1 is returned when autoranging is enabled. • 0 is returned when autoranging is disabled. 9-48 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 402 If this command is set to OFF and E-Series power sensor or N8480 Series power sensor (excluding Option CFT) is not connected, the error, -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-49 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 403: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Speed

    200 readings/second mode was entered are restored. 3. Applicable to the E4417A dual channel power meter only. Syntax Space numeric_value SENS SENS2 9-50 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 404 <numeric_value> is set to 200 readings/second, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If TRIG:SOUR is set to EXTernal or INTernal[[1]|2], error -221 “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-51 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 405: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Sweep[1]|2|3|4 Commands

    These commands can only be used with E9320 sensors which must be Note set to NORMal mode. The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SWEep[1]|2|3|4:OFFSet:TIME <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SWEep[1]|2|3|4:TIME <numeric_value> 9-52 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 406: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Sweep[1]|2|3|4:Offset:time Numeric_Value>

    On reset, the value is set to 0 seconds. Query SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SWEep[1]|2|3|4:OFFSet:TIME? The query returns the current delay between the trigger point and the start of the time-gated period. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-53 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 407 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-54 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 408 On reset, gate 1 is set to 100us and other gates to 1s. Query SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:SWEep[1]|2|3|4:TIME? The query returns the current length of the time-gated period. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-55 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 409 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 9-56 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 410: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Trace Commands

    NORMal mode. The following commands are detailed in this section: [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe:LIMit:LOWer <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe:LIMit:UPPer <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe:OFFSet:TIME <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe:TIME <numeric_value> [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe: UNIT <character_data> EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-57 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 411: Measurement Units

    SENSe[1]|2:TRACe:LIMit:UPPer <numeric_value> for further information on setting the trace upper scale limit. Syntax Space numeric_value :TRAC :LIM :LOW :SENS Space 9-58 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 412 MIN or MAX. The format of the response is <NR3>. Query Example This command queries the trace SENSe:TRAC:LIM:LOW? lower scale limit of channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-59 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 413: Measurement Units

    SENSe[1]|2:TRACe:LIMit:LOWer <numeric_value> for further information on setting the trace lower scale limit. Syntax Space numeric_value :TRAC :LIM :UPP :SENS Space 9-60 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 414 MIN or MAX. The format of the response is <NR3>. Query Example This command queries the trace SENS:TRAC:LIM:UPP? upper scale limit of channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-61 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 415: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Trace:offset:time

    On reset, the delay is set to 0 seconds. Query SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe:OFFSet:TIME? The query returns the current delay between the delayed trigger point and the start of the trace. 9-62 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 416 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-63 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 417: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Trace:time

    On reset, the duration is set to 100 us. Query SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:TRACe:TIME? The query returns the current duration of the trace. 9-64 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 418 • If the command is used when an E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-65 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 419: Sense[1]]|Sense2:Trace:unit

    The query command returns the current value of character_data. Query Example This command queries the current SENS2:TRAC:UNIT? trace units for channel B. 9-66 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 420: Sense[1]]|Sense2:V2P Atype|Dtype

    Error Messages If no sensor is connected or the sensor is not an A type, the error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 9-67 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 421 SENSe Subsystem [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:V2P ATYPe|DTYPe 9-68 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 422: Status Subsystem

    STATus Subsystem Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 423: Commands And Events Affecting Status Registers

    The contents of the status registers are examined using the following status register set commands: :CONDition? :ENABle <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric> [:EVENt?] :NTRansition <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric> :PTRansition <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric> 10-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 424 STATus:OPERation:SENSe[:SUMMary] register: STATus:OPERation:SENSe[:SUMMary]:NTRansition This chapter describes the status register set commands and the status registers which they are used to examine. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 425: Status Register Set Commands

    The format of the return is <NR1> in the range of 0 to 32767 -1). This query clears all bits in the register to 0. Syntax :EVEN 10-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 426 Enable Register of the SCPI Register Set being queried. The format of the return is <NR1> in the range of 0 to 32767 (2 -1). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 427 Negative Transition Register of the SCPI register set being queried. The format of the return is <NR1> in the range of 0 to 32767 -1). 10-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 428 Positive Transition Register of the SCPI register set being queried. The format of the return is <NR1> in the range of 0 to 32767 -1). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 429: Device Status Register Sets

    Channel A sensor Front/Rear Channel B sensor Front/Rear (E4417A only) 7-15 Not used 16384 Front Panel key press Bit 15 always 0 10-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 430 This bit ignores the :NTRansition, and :PTRansition registers and a:CONDition? query always returns a 0. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-9 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 431: Operation Register Sets

    The seven Operation Register Sets are: STATUS:OPERation STATus:OPERation:CALibrating[:SUMMary] STATus:OPERation:LLFail[:SUMMary] STATus:OPERation:MEASuring[:SUMMary] STATus:OPERation:SENSe[:SUMMary] STATus:OPERation:TRIGger[:SUMMary] STATus:OPERation:ULFail[:SUMMary] Further information on these register sets is provided on the following pages. 10-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 432: Status:operation

    Lower Limit Fail Summary 4096 Upper Limit Fail Summary 13 to 15 Not used (bit 15 always 0) Syntax STAT :OPER EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 433: Status:operation:calibrating[:Summary]

    These bits are cleared at the end of zeroing or calibration. Syntax :CAL :SUMM STAT :OPER 10-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 434: Status:operation:llfail[:Summary]

    These bits are cleared if a measurement is made and the test is enabled and passes. Syntax :LLF :SUMM STAT :OPER EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 435: Status:operation:measuring[:Summary]

    Refer to the Agilent N1911A/1912A P-Series Power Meters Programming Guide, Page 791/793, example 2, on measurement polling when using a VEE Programme. 10-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 436: Status:operation:sense[:Summary]

    These bits are cleared when the power meter is not reading data from the Agilent E-Series or N8480 Series power sensor EEPROM. Syntax :SENS :SUMM STAT :OPER EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 437: Status:operation:trigger[:Summary]

    Not used Channel A TRIGger Status Channel B TRIGger Status (E4417A only) 3-15 Not used Syntax :SUMM STAT :OPER :TRIG 10-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 438: Status:operation:ulfail[:Summary]

    These bits are cleared if a measurement is made and the test is enabled and passes. Syntax :ULF :SUMM STAT :OPER EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 439: Status:preset

    QUEStionable ENABle all zeros all ones all zeros All Others ENABle all ones all ones all zeros Syntax STAT :PRES 10-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 440: Questionable Register Sets

    The following command descriptions detail the SCPI register you require to control but do not detail the register set commands. The three questionable register sets are: STATus:QUEStionable STATus:QUEStionable:CALibration[:SUMMary] STATus:QUEStionable:POWer[:SUMMary] EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 441: Status:questionable

    Bit 8 is set by the logical OR outputs of the STATus:QUEStionable:CALibration:SUMMary register set. Bit 9 is set if power-on self-test fails, and cleared if it passes. Syntax :QUES STAT 10-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 442: Status:questionable:calibration[:Summary]

    These bits are cleared when any of the three commands listed above succeed and no errors are placed on the error queue. Syntax :QUES :CAL :SUMM STAT EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 443: Status:questionable:power[:Summary]

    Bit 4 is set when the following error occurs: • Error -230, “Data corrupt or stale” • Error -231, “Data questionable;Lower window log error” 10-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 444 These bits are cleared when no errors or events are detected by the power meter during a measurement covering the causes given for it to set. Syntax :QUES :POW :SUMM STAT EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 10-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 445 STATus Subsystem STATus:QUEStionable:POWer[:SUMMary] 10-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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  • Page 447: System Subsystem

    SYSTem Subsystem Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 448: System Subsystem

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem Subsystem The SYStem command subsystem is used to: • Return error numbers and messages from the power meter. • Preset the power meter. • Select the remote interface type (GPIB, RS232 orRS422). • Set the GPIB address. •...
  • Page 449 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem Subsystem Keyword Parameter Form Notes Page page 11-28 :LoCAL [event; no page 11-29 :PRESet character_data query] page 11-59 :REMote page 11-60 :RINTerface GPIB|RS232|RS422 page 11-61 :RWLock [query only] page 11-62 :VERSion? Agilent E4416A/E4417A Programming Guide 11-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 450 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:GPIB[:SELF]:ADDRess <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:GPIB[:SELF]:ADDRess <numeric_value> This command sets the GPIB address of the power meter. Syntax Space SYST :COMM :GPIB :SELF numeric_value :ADDR Space Parameters Item Description/Default Range of Values numeric_value A numeric value for the address. 0 to 30 •...
  • Page 451 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:GPIB[:SELF]:ADDRess <numeric_value> Query Example This command queries the setting SYST:COMM:GPIB:ADDR? of the GPIB address. Agilent E4416A/E4417A Programming Guide 11-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 452: System:communicate:serial Commands

    SYSTem Subsystem SYStem:COMMunicate:Serial Commands SYStem:COMMunicate:Serial Commands These commands control the settings for the RS232/RS422 serial interface. The commands allow you to: • Set the function of the DTR and RTS signal lines. • Set the transmit/receive baud rate. • Set the transmit/receive word length. •...

  • Page 453: System:communicate:serial:control:dtr

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:CONTrol:DTR <boolean> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:CONTrol:DTR <boolean> This command sets the serial interface (RS232) DTR signal line either high always (ON) or low always (OFF). In addition, the DTR signal line can be tied to the condition of the interface receiver buffer (IBFull) resulting in the line going high when the receiver is ready to accept data and low when the receiver buffer is full (not ready for data).

  • Page 454: System:communicate:serial:control:rts

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:CONTrol:RTS <boolean> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:CONTrol:RTS <boolean> This command is used to set the serial interface (RS232 or RS422) RTS signal line either high always (ON) or low always (OFF). In addition, the RTS signal line can be tied to the condition of the interface receiver buffer (IBFull) resulting in the line going high when the receiver is ready to accept data and low when the receiver buffer is full (not ready for data).
  • Page 455 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BAUD <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BAUD <numeric_value> This command sets the baud rate for both the receiver and the transmitter. The baud rate for the receiver and transmitter are tied together and can either be set by this command or the equivalent transmitter command :TRANsmit:BAUD.
  • Page 456 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BAUD <numeric_value> Query SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BAUD? MIN|MAX The query returns the current setting of the receive/transmit baud rate or the values associated with MIN and MAX. Query Example This command queries the setting SYST:COMM:SER:REC:BAUD? of the receive/transmit baud rate. Error Messages If the baud rate is not in the range of values shown in the parameter table, the error message -224, “Illegal parameter value”...
  • Page 457 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BITs <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BITs <numeric_value> This command sets the word length for both the receiver and the transmitter. The word length for the receiver and transmitter are tied together and can either be set by this command or the equivalent transmitter command :TRANsmit:BITs.
  • Page 458 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:BITs <numeric_value> Error Messages If the word length is not in the range of values shown in the parameter table, then the error message -224, “Illegal parameter value” will occur. 11-12 Agilent E4416A/E4417A Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 459: System:communicate:serial[:Receive]:Pace Xon None

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PACE XON|NONE SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PACE XON|NONE This command enables (XON) and disables (NONE) an Xon/Xoff software handshake for the receiver. When enabled, an Xon control character is transmitted when the receiver is ready to accept data and an Xoff control character is transmitted when the receiver is unable to receive further data (not ready for data).

  • Page 460: System:communicate:serial[:Receive]:Parity[:Type Even|Odd|Zero|One|None

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZE- RO|ONE|NONE SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZERO|ONE|NONE This command decides what type of parity checking (if any) will take place on received data and also decides what parity (if any) will be included with transmitted data. The following choices are available and can be set using either this command or the equivalent TRANsmit:PARity[:TYPE] command.
  • Page 461 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZERO|ONE|NONE Syntax Space :TYPE SYST :COMM :SER :REC :PAR EVEN ZERO NONE Example This command sets the transmitter SYST:COMM:SER:REC:PAR ODD to include an odd parity bit in the transmitted data and the receiver to check for odd parity in the received data.

  • Page 462: Numeric_Value>

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:SBITs <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[:RECeive]:SBITs <numeric_value> This command sets the number of stop bits expected by the receiver on received data and the number of stop bits included by the transmitter in transmitted data. Syntax Space SYST numeric_value :COMM :SER :REC :SBIT Parameters...

  • Page 463: System:communicate:serial:transmit:auto?

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:AUTO? SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:AUTO? This query always returns a 1 confirming that the transmitter parameter settings for baud rate, word length, stop bits and parity are coupled to the receiver values. Syntax SYST :COMM :TRAN :SER :AUTO Example This command always returns a 1 SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:AUTO? to show that the transmitter and receiver settings for baud rate,...
  • Page 464 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:BAUD <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:BAUD <numeric_value> This command sets the baud rate for both the transmitter and the receiver. The baud rate for the transmitter and receiver are tied together and can either be set by this command or the equivalent receiver command [RECeive]:BAUD.
  • Page 465 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:BAUD <numeric_value> Query SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:BAUD? MIN|MAX The query returns the current setting of the transmit/receive baud rate or the values associated with MIN and MAX. Query Example This command queries the setting SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:BAUD? of the transmit/ receive baud rate. Error Messages If the baud rate is not in the range of values shown in the parameter table, then the error message -224, “Illegal parameter value”...
  • Page 466 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:BITs <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:BITs <numeric_value> This command sets the word length for both the transmitter and the receiver. The word length for the transmitter and receiver are tied together and can either be set by this command or the equivalent receiver command [:RECeiver]:BITs.

  • Page 467: System:communicate:serial:transmit:echo

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:ECHO <boolean> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:ECHO <boolean> This command turns echo mode on and off, allowing the power meter to be controlled by a dumb terminal that may require its transmitted characters to be echoed. If ON is specified, data received by the receiver is transmitted back to the sender (echo on).
  • Page 468 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:ECHO <boolean> Query Example This command queries whether or SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:ECHO? not the power meter has been set to return received data back to the sender. 11-22 Agilent E4416A/E4417A Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 469: System:communicate:serial:transmit:pace Xon None

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:PACE XON|NONE SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:PACE XON|NONE This command enables (XON) and disables (NONE) an Xon/Xoff software handshake for the transmitter. When enabled, if an Xoff control character is detected by the receiver, the transmitter will not transmit further characters until an Xon control character is detected by the receiver. Syntax Space SYST...

  • Page 470: System:communicate:serial:transmit:parity[:Type Even|Odd|Zero|One|None

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZE- RO|ONE|NONE SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZERO|ONE|NONE This command decides what type of parity checking (if any) will take place on received data and also decides what parity (if any) will be included with transmitted data. The following choices are available and can be set using either this command or the equivalent [:RECeive]:PARity[:TYPE] command.
  • Page 471 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:PARity[:TYPE] EVEN|ODD|ZERO|ONE|NONE Syntax Space SYST :COMM :SER :TRAN :PAR :TYPE EVEN ZERO NONE Example This command sets the transmitter SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:PAR ODD to include an odd parity bit in the transmitted data and the receiver to check for odd parity in the received data.
  • Page 472 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:SBITs <numeric_value> SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial:TRANsmit:SBITs <numeric_value> This command sets the number of stop bits expected by the receiver on received data and the number of stop bits included by the transmitter in transmitted data. Syntax Space numeric_value SYST :COMM :TRAN :SER :SBIT Parameters...

  • Page 473: System:help:headers?

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:HELP:HEADers? SYSTem:HELP:HEADers? This query returns a list of all SCPI commands supported by the instrument. Data is returned in IEEE 488.2 arbitrary block program data format as follows: #xyyy..yddd....ddd<LF> The number of data bytes (d) Line feed character contained in the block.

  • Page 474: System:local

    SYSTem Subsystem SYStem:LOCal SYStem:LOCal This command unlocks the front panel keypad and enables the power meter to be controlled locally from the front panel. The power meter display status reporting line will show “LCL”. Syntax SYST :LOC Example This command unlocks the power SYST:LOC meter front panel keypad and enables local front panel control.
  • Page 475 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> This command presets the power meter to values appropriate for measuring the communications format specified by <character_data>. The power meter is preset to default values if no value or if the value DEFault is supplied. Note DEFault settings apply to both *RST and to SYSTem:PREset DEFault unless stated otherwise.

  • Page 476: System:preset

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Parameters Item Description/Default Range of Values character_data A communications format which DEfault determines the preset values. Refer to GSM900 Tables 11.1 to 11.25 for the preset values EDGE for each format. NADC BLUetooth CDMAone WCDMA CDMA2000 IDEN Example This command presets the power meter with...

  • Page 477: Default: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> required on channel X. Measurements on channel X may be inaccurate” occurs. Preset Values DEFault The following table shows the power meter presets when <character_data> is set to DEFault or omitted. Values are shown for all SCPI commands: Table 11-1: DEFault: Power Meter Presets Command Setting...
  • Page 478 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Agilent E4416A: Display format DISP[:WIND[1]|2]:FORM Upper - digital Lower - analog Agilent E4417A Upper - digital Lower - digital -70.000 dBm Analog meter lower limit DISP[:WIND[1]|2]:MET:LOW +20.000 dBm Analog meter upper limit DISP[:WIND[1]|2]:MET:UPP Window resolution DISP[:WIND[1]|2|][:NUM[1]|2] :RES...
  • Page 479 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Sensor video bandwidth set to [SENS[1]]|SENS2:BAND|BWID:VID 100.0% Calibration factor [SENS[1]]|SENS2:CORR:CFAC| GAIN[1][:INPut][:MAGNitude] not affected Selected sensor calibration table [SENS[1]]|SENS2:CORR:CSET[1]| CSET2[:SEL] not affected Sensor calibration table disabled [SENS[1]]|SENS2:CORR:CSET[1]| CSET2:STAT 1.000% Duty cycle factor [SENS[1]]|SENS2:CORR:DCYC|GAIN3 [:INP][:MAGN] Duty cycle correction disabled [SENS[1]]|SENS2:CORR:DCYC|GAIN3 :STAT...
  • Page 480 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments not affected Xon/Xoff software handshake SYST:COMM:SER[:REC]:PACE not affected Parity setting SYST:COMM:SER[:REC]: PAR[:TYPE] not affected Number of stop bits SYST:COMM:SER[:REC]:SBIT not affected Baud rate SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:BAUD not affected Word length SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:BITs not affected Dumb terminal control SYST:COMM:SER:TRAN:ECHO not affected Xon/Xoff software handshake...

  • Page 481: Gsm900: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> GSM900 The following table shows the power meter presets when <character_data> is set to GSM900. The GSM900 set-up provides the following: • Average power measurement in one GSM timeslot. • Trace display showing “on” timeslot. A GSM900 measurement is started by detecting the rising edge of a GSM RF burst—for example the burst emitted by a GSM mobile—using the internal RF level trigger.

  • Page 482: Gsm900: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments 20 us Delay between recognition of TRIG[:SEQ]:DEL trigger event and start of a measurement 4275 us Trigger holdoff TRIG[:SEQ]:HOLD Step detection Step detection enabled [SENSe[1]]|SENS2:AVER:SDET Trace setup +20 dBm Maximum power DISP[:WIND[1]|2]:TRAC:LOW -35 dBm Minimum power DISP[:WIND[1]|2]:TRAC:UPP -40 us...

  • Page 483: Gsm900: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-4: GSM900: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors Secondary Channel Sensor Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor E9320 Sensor Display setup Lower window LU single numeric Dual numeric Dual numeric Lower window/lower measurement (LL) Feed Gate1 secondary Secondary channel...
  • Page 484 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> EDGE EDGE (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution or Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution) is an enhancement of the GSM standard. Whereas the GSM modulation scheme is GMSK which has constant amplitude, the EDGE modulation scheme is 8PSK which has variable amplitude. The EDGE set-up provides: •...

  • Page 485: Edge: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-5: EDGE: Power Meter Presets Setting Comments Command Frequency +900.000 MHz Frequency setting [SENS[1]]|SENS2:FREQ[:CW|:FIX] Sensor measurement mode NORM Measurement mode [SENS[1]]|SENS2:DET:FUNC Sensor video bandwidth setup E9321A/25A: HIGH Sensor video bandwidth [SENS[1]]|SENS2:BAND|BWID:VID E9322A/26A: MED E9323A/27A: LOW Gate setup Gate 1: 20 us Delay between trigger point and...

  • Page 486: Edge: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-6: EDGE: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings Setting Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor Display setup Upper window Channel A trace Primary channel trace Lower window Dual numeric See Table 11-7 Window/measurement setup Upper window/upper measurement (UU) Feed Measurement Upper window/lower measurement (UL)

  • Page 487: Nadc: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> NADC The NADC set-up provides: • Average power measurement of both active timeslots in NADC or IS-136 “full rate” transmission. This assumes that there are two timeslots to be measured in each frame as for example with timeslots 0 in the following diagram: Figure 11-1: A Trace Display Of The Active Timeslots IS-136 full rate frame...
  • Page 488 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Gate setup Gate 1: 123.5 us Delay between trigger point [SENS[1]]|SENS2:SWE[1]|2|3|4 Gate 2: 20.123 ms and time gated period. :OFF:TIME Gates 3 - 4: 0 Gates 1 - 2: 6.46 ms Length of time gated period for [SENS[1]]|SENS2:SWE[1]|2|3|4 Gates 3 - 4: 0 time gated measurements.

  • Page 489: Nadc: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-9: NADC: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings Setting Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor Display setup Upper window Channel A trace Primary channel trace Lower window Dual numeric See Table 11-10 Window/measurement setup Upper window/upper measurement (UU) Feed Measurement Upper window/lower measurement (UL)
  • Page 490 SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> BLUetooth The Bluetooth set-up provides: • Average power in a Bluetooth DH1 data burst. • Peak power in the same burst. • Display of RF pulse in one timeslot. The measurement is started by detecting the Bluetooth RF burst using the internal RF level trigger.

  • Page 491: Bluetooth: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-11: BLUetooth: Power Meter Presets Setting Comments Command Frequency +2400.000 MHz Frequency setting [SENS[1]]|SENS2:FREQ[:CW|:FIX] Sensor measurement mode NORM Measurement mode [SENS[1]]|SENS2:DET:FUNC Sensor video bandwidth setup E9321A/25A: DEF Sensor video bandwidth [SENS[1]]|SENS2:BAND|BWID:VID E9322A/26A: HIGH E9323A/27A: MEDium Gate setup Gate 1: 0.2 us Delay between trigger point...

  • Page 492: Bluetooth: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-12: BLUetooth: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings Setting Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor Display setup Upper window Channel A trace Primary channel trace Lower window Dual numeric See Table 11-13 Window/measurement setup Upper window/upper measurement (UU) Feed Measurement Upper window/lower measurement (UL)

  • Page 493: Cdmaone: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> CDMAone The cdmaOne set-up provides: • Average power in an IS-95 cdmaOne signal (bandwidth is less than 1.5MHz). • Peak power and peak-to-average ratio of the signal over a defined, statistically valid number of samples. The reading is continuously refreshed.

  • Page 494: Cdmaone: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Trigger setup INT1 Trigger source set up and TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:SOUR acquisition mode continuous INIT:CONT triggering Enable automatic setting of TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV:AUTO the trigger level Automatically Power level TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV determined by power meter Trigger event recognized on TRIG[:SEQ]:SLOP the rising edge of a signal Delay between recognition of...

  • Page 495: Cdmaone: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Setting Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor Feed Gate 1 Channel A See Table 11-16 Measurement Peak to avg See Table 11-16 1. For further information refer to “Primary and secondary channels”, on page 11-29. Table 11-16: CDMAone: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors Secondary Channel Sensor Function No Sensor...

  • Page 496: Wcdma: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> WCDMA The W-CDMA set-up provides: • Average power in a W-CDMA signal (bandwidth <=5MHz) • Peak power and peak-to-average ratio of the signal over a defined, statistically valid number of samples. The reading is continuously refreshed. This indicates how W-CDMA channel loading affects peak power and power distribution.

  • Page 497: Wcdma: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Trigger setup INT1 Trigger source set up and TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:SOUR acquisition mode continuous INIT:CONT triggering Enable automatic setting of TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV:AUTO the trigger level Automatically Power level TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV determined by power meter Trigger event recognized on TRIG[:SEQ]:SLOP the rising edge of a signal Delay between recognition of...

  • Page 498: Wcdma: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Setting Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor Feed Gate 1 Channel A See Table 11-19 Measurement Peak to avg See Table 11-19 1. For further information refer to “Primary and secondary channels”, on page 11-29. Table 11-19: WCDMA: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors Secondary Channel Sensor Function No Sensor...

  • Page 499: Cdma2000: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> CDMA2000 The cdma2000 set-up provides: • Average power in a cdma2000 signal (bandwidth <=5MHz). • Peak power and peak-to-average ratio of the signal over a defined, statistically valid number of samples. The reading is continuously refreshed. This indicates how cdma2000 channel loading affects peak power and power distribution.

  • Page 500: Cdma2000: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Trigger setup INT1 Trigger source set up and TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:SOUR acquisition mode continuous INIT:CONT triggering Enable automatic setting of TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV:AUTO the trigger level Automatically Power level TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV determined by power meter Trigger event recognized on TRIG[:SEQ]:SLOP the rising edge of a signal Delay between recognition of...

  • Page 501: Cdma2000: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Setting Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor Feed Gate 1 Channel A See Table 11-22 Measurement Peak to avg See Table 11-22 1. For further information refer to “Primary and secondary channels”, on page 11-29. Table 11-22: CDMA2000: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors Secondary Channel Sensor Function No Sensor...

  • Page 502: Iden: Power Meter Presets

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> IDEN The iDEN set-up provides: • Average power in one iDEN training and data pulse. • Peak-to-average one iDEN training and data pulse. • Average power in a 90ms iDEN frame. The measurement is started by detecting the iDEN training burst—for example the burst emitted by a mobile—using the internal RF level trigger.

  • Page 503: Iden: Power Meter Presets: Window/Measurement Settings

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Command Setting Comments Disable automatic setting of the TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV:AUTO trigger level -20 dBm Power level TRIG[:SEQ]:LEV Trigger event recognized on TRIG[:SEQ]:SLOP the rising edge of a signal Delay between recognition of TRIG[:SEQ]:DEL trigger event and start of a measurement 20 ms Trigger holdoff...

  • Page 504: Iden: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:PRESet <character_data> Table 11-25: iDEN: Power Meter Presets For Secondary Channel Sensors Secondary Channel Sensor Function No Sensor Non E9320 Sensor E9320 Sensor Display setup Upper window UU single numeric Dual numeric Dual numeric Lower window Dual numeric Dual numeric Dual numeric Upper window/lower measurement (UL)

  • Page 505: System:remote

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:REMote SYSTem:REMote This command locks the power meter front panel keypad excepting the Local key. The power meter display status reporting line will show “RMT”. Local front panel operation of the power meter is inhibited but can be enabled by pressing the Local key.

  • Page 506: System:rinterface Gpib|Rs232|Rs422

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:RINTerface GPIB|RS232|RS422 SYSTem:RINTerface GPIB|RS232|RS422 This command allows the remote control interface to be selected from GPIB, RS232, and RS422. Syntax Space SYST :RINT GPIB RS232 RS422 Example This command sets the power SYST:RINT RS232 meter remote control interface to RS232.

  • Page 507: System:rwlock

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:RWLock SYSTem:RWLock This command locks out the front panel keypad - including the front panel Local key. The power meter display status reporting line will show “RMT”. In this state the power meter cannot be returned to manual control from the front panel.

  • Page 508: System:version?

    SYSTem Subsystem SYSTem:VERSion? SYSTem:VERSion? This query returns the version of SCPI used in the power meter. The response is in the form of XXXX.Y, where XXXX is the year and Y is the version number. Syntax SYST :VERS Example This command queries which SYST:VERS? version of SCPI is used in the power meter.

  • Page 509: Trace Subsystem

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  • Page 510: Trace Subsystem

    Keyword Parameter Form Notes Page TRACe[1]|2 [query only] page 12-3 [:DATA]? <character_data> page 12-5 :STATe <boolean> page 12-6 :UNIT <character_data> 12-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 511: Trace[1]|2[:Data]?

    Each complete block is terminated by a line feed. TRACe data formatting is not affected by FORMat subsystem Note formatting. Syntax TRAC Space :DATA character_data EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 12-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 512 TRAC:DATA? HRES data for channel A at high resolution. Error Messages If TRAC:STAT is off, the error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. 12-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 513: Trace[1]|2:State

    • If an E-Series E9320 sensor is connected and set to AVERage mode rather than NORMal mode, error –221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 12-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 514: Trace[1]|2:Unit

    Reset Condition On reset the units are set to dBm. Query TRACe[1]|2:UNIT? The query command returns the current value of character_data. 12-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 515 TRACe Subsystem TRACe[1]|2:UNIT <character_data> Query Example This command queries the current TRAC2:UNIT? trace units for channel B. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 12-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 516 TRACe Subsystem TRACe[1]|2:UNIT <character_data> 12-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 517: Trigger Subsystem

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  • Page 518: Trigger Subsystem

    A and channel B respectively. Channel B commands cannot be used with the single channel 4416A power meter and result in the error “Header suffix out of range.” 13-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 519: Abort[1]|2]

    Syntax ABOR Example This command places channel A in ABOR the idle state. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 520: Initiate Commands

    The following commands are described in this section: INITiate[1]|2:CONTinuous <boolean> INITiate[1]|2[:IMMediate] INITiate:CONTinuous:ALL <boolean> INITiate:CONTinuous:SEQuence[1]|2 <boolean> INITiate[:IMMediate]:ALL INITiate[:IMMediate]:SEQuence[1]|2 13-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 521: Initiate[1]|2:Continuous

    On reset (*RST), this command is set to OFF. On preset (SYSTem:PRESet) and instrument power-up, when entering local mode, if TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:SOURce is set to EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 522 0 is returned when there is only a single trigger. Query Example This command queries whether INIT2:CONT? channel B is set for single or continuous triggering. 13-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 523: Initiate[1]|2[:Immediate]

    Error Messages If the power meter is not in the idle state or INITiate:CONTinuous is ON, error -213, “INIT ignored” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 524: Initiate:continuous:all

    1 is returned when trigger sequences are set to be continuously initiated. • 0 is returned when trigger sequences are not set to be continuously initiated. 13-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 525 TRIGger Subsystem INITiate:CONTinuous:ALL <boolean> Query Example This command queries whether INIT:CONT:ALL? both channels are in a wait for trigger state. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-9 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 526: Initiate:continuous:sequence[1]|2

    Reset Condition On reset (*RST), this command is disabled. On preset (SYSTem:PRESet) and instrument power-up, this command is enabled. 13-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 527 0 is returned when there is only a single trigger. Query Example This command queries whether INIT2:CONT:SEQ? channel B is set for single or continuous triggering. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 528: Initiate[:Immediate]:All

    Error Messages If the power meter is not in the idle state or INITiate:CONTinuous is ON, error -213, “INIT ignored” occurs. 13-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 529: Initiate[:Immediate]:Sequence[1]|2

    Error Messages If the power meter is not in the “idle” state or INITiate:CONTinuous is ON, error -213, “INIT ignored” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 530: Trigger Commands

    TRIGger[1]|2:SOURce BUS|IMMediate|HOLD TRIGger[:SEQuence]:DELay <numeric_value> TRIGger[:SEQuence]:HOLDoff <numeric_value> TRIGger[:SEQuence]:HYSTeresis <numeric_value> TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel <numeric_value> TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel:AUTO <boolean> TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe <character_data> TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:COUNt <numeric_value> TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:DELay:AUTO <boolean> TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:IMMediate TRIGger[:SEQuence[1]|2]:SOURce BUS|EXTernal|HOLD|IMMediate|INTernal[[1]|2 13-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 531: Trigger[1]|2:Delay:auto

    Example This command enables a delay on TRIG:DEL:AUTO ON channel A. Reset Condition On reset, TRIGger:DELay:AUTO is set to ON. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 532 The query enters a 1 or 0 into the output buffer indicating the status of TRIGger:DELay:AUTO. • 1 is returned when it is ON. • 0 is returned when it is OFF. 13-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 533: Trigger[1]|2[:Immediate]

    Error Messages If the power meter is not in the wait for trigger state, then TRIGger:IMMediate causes error -211, “Trigger ignored”. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 534: Trigger[1]|2:Source Bus|External|Hold|Immediate Internal[[1]|2]

    • INTernal: either INT1 (channel A) or INT2 (channel B). 13-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 535 • If the source is changed to INT1, INT2 or EXT and SENS:DET:FUNC is set to AVERage, error -221 “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 536: Trigger[:Sequence]:Delay

    This command sets a delay of 1 ms TRIG:SEQ:DEL 0.001 for channel A. Reset Condition On reset, the trigger delay is set to 0 seconds. 13-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 537 This command queries the trigger TRIG:SEQ:DEL? delay of channel A. Reset Condition On reset, trigger delay is set to 0 seconds. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 538: Trigger[:Sequence]:Holdoff

    TRIG:SEQ1:HOLD 0.1 holdoff to 100 ms for channel A. Reset Condition On reset the trigger holdoff is set to 1 us. 13-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 539 The query returns the current trigger holdoff setting. Query Example This command queries the trigger TRIG:SEQ:HOLD? holdoff setting for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 540: Trigger[:Sequence]:Hysteresis

    0 dB. DEF: Units are resolved to 0.05 dB. Reset Condition On reset the value is set to 0 dB. 13-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 541 TRIGger[:SEQuence]:HYSTeresis? The query returns the current value in dB. Query Example This command queries the value TRIG:SEQ:HYST? for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 542: Trigger[:Sequence]:Level

    On reset the power level is set to 0 dBm. Query TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel? The query returns the current power level setting. 13-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 543 TRIGger Subsystem TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel <numeric_value> Query Example This command queries the power TRIG:SEQ1:LEV? level setting for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 544: Trigger[:Sequence]:Level:auto

    The query enters a 1 or 0 into the output buffer indicating the status of TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel:AUTO. • 1 is returned when it is ON. • 0 is returned when it is OFF. 13-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 545 TRIGger Subsystem TRIGger[:SEQuence]:LEVel:AUTO <boolean> Query Example This command queries the setting TRIG:SEQ:LEV:AUTO? for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 546: Trigger[:Sequence]:Slope

    Reset Condition On reset the value is set to POSitive. Query TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe? The query returns the current value of <character_data>. 13-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 547 TRIGger Subsystem TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe <character_data> Query Example This command queries the current TRIG:SEQ:SLOP? value of <character_data> for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-31 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 548: Trigger[:Sequence[1]|2]:Count

    10 for the channel A measurement cycle. Reset Condition On reset, the value is set to 1. 13-32 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 549 B measurement cycle. Error Messages If COUNt >1 when [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:MRATe <character_data> is set to NORMal or DOUBle, Error -221, “Settings Conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-33 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 550: Trigger[:Sequence[1]|2]:Delay:auto

    Syntax Space TRIG :SEQ :DEL :AUTO 0|OFF 1|ON ONCE Example This command enables a delay on TRIG:SEQ:DEL:AUTO ON channel A. 13-34 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 551 • 0 is returned when it is OFF. Query Example This command queries the TRIG:SEQ2:DEL:AUTO? settling-time delay of channel B. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-35 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 552: Trigger[:Sequence[1]|2]:Immediate

    TRIG:DELay. Syntax TRIG :SEQ :IMM Example This command initiates a TRIG:SEQ:IMM measurement on channel A. 13-36 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 553: Trigger[:Sequence[1]|2]:Source Bus|External|Hold Immediate|Internal[[1]|2]

    • INTernal: either INT1 (channel A) or INT2 (channel B). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 13-37 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 554 • If the source is changed to INT1, INT2 or EXT and SENS:DET:FUNC is set to AVERage, error -221 “Settings Conflict” occurs. 13-38 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 555: Unit Subsystem

    UNIT Subsystem Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 556 If UNIT:POWer is set to dBm then UNIT:POWer:RATio is dB. • If UNIT:POWer is set to W then UNIT:POWer:RATio is %. 14-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 557 Space amplitude_unit :POW UNIT Parameters Item Description/Default Range of Values amplitude_unit The measurement unit. • The default unit is dBm. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 14-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 558 This command sets the power UNIT1:POW DBM measurement units for the upper window/upper measurement. Reset Condition On reset, all windows/measurements are set to DBM. 14-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 559 The query returns the current setting of the power measurement units. Query Example This command queries which UNIT2:POW? measurement units are being used on the lower window/upper measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 14-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 560 This command sets the ratio UNIT1:POW:RAT DB measurement units for the upper window/upper measurement. Reset Condition On reset, the value is set to DB. 14-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 561 The query returns the current setting of the ratio measurement units. Query Example This command queries which ratio UNIT2:POW:RAT? measurement units are being used on the lower window/upper measurement. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 14-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 562 UNIT Subsystem UNIT[1]|2|3|4:POWer:RATio <ratio_unit> 14-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 563: Service Subsystem

    SERVice Subsystem Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 564: Service Subsystem

    15-26 :TNUMber? [query only] page 15-27 :TYPE? page 15-28 :SNUMber <character_data> :VERSion page 15-29 :PROCessor <character_data> page 15-30 :SYSTem <character_data> 15-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 565: Service:bist:calibrator

    • 0 is returned when the self-test is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether SERV:BIST:CAL? the self-test is enabled or disabled. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 566: Service:bist:fpath[1]|2:Measure?

    • If a non E9320 Series power sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If FPATH2 is sent to a single channel meter, error -113 “Undefined header” occurs. 15-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 567: Service:bist:fpath[1]|2:Reference

    • If a non E9320 Series power sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If FPATH2 is sent to a single channel meter, error -113 “Undefined header” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 568: Service:bist:fpath[1]|2:State

    • If a non E9320 Series power sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If FPATH2 is sent to a single channel meter, error -113 “Undefined header” occurs. 15-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 569: Service:bist:tbase:state

    • 0 is returned when the signal is disabled. Query Example This command queries whether SERV:BIST:TBASe:STAT? the test is enabled or disabled. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 570: Service:bist:trigger:level:state

    • 0 is returned when the external trigger-in is low. Syntax SERV :BIST :TRIG :LEVel :STATe Example This command queries trigger SERV:BIST:TRIG:LEV:STAT? level. 15-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 571: Service:bist:trigger:test?

    Syntax :TRIG SERV :BIST :TEST Example This command queries trigger in SERV:BIST:TRIG:TEST? and out. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-9 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 572: Service:option

    The query returns the current option string. For example, if the string “003” is returned, the power meter is fitted with a sensor input and power reference on the back panel. 15-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 573: Service:sensor[1]|2:Calfactor

    The query returns the current calibration factor block. Query Example This command returns the SERV:SENS:CALF? calibration factor block for channel A. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 574 SERVice:SENSor[1]|2:CORRections:STATe is set to ON, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. • If INIT:CONT is not set to OFF, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. 15-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 575: Service:sensor[1]|2:Cdate?

    • If no power sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If a non E-Series N8480 Series sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 576: Service:sensor[1]|2:Corrections:state

    • 1 is returned when voltage to corrected power conversion is enabled. • 0 is returned when voltage to corrected power conversion is disabled. 15-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 577 • If INIT:CONT is not set to off, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. • If a non E9320 Series sensor is connected, error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 578: Service:sensor[1]|2:Cplace?

    • If no power sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If a non E-Series or N8480 Series sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. 15-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 579: Service:sensor[1]|2:Frequency:maximum?

    • If the E-Series sensor currently connected does not contain the necessary information in EEPROM, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 580: Service:sensor[1]|2:Frequency:minimum?

    • If the E-Series sensor currently connected does not contain the necessary information in EEPROM, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. 15-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 581: Service:sensor[1]|2:Pcalfactor

    • If a non E9320 Series sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. • If INIT:CONT is not set to OFF, error -221, “Settings conflict” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 582: Service:sensor[1]|2:Power:average:maximum?

    • If the E-Series sensor currently connected does not contain the necessary information in EEPROM, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. 15-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 583: Service:sensor[1]|2:Power:peak:maximum?

    • If the E-Series sensor currently connected does not contain the necessary information in EEPROM, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 584: Service:sensor[1]|2:Power:usable:maximum?

    • If the E-Series sensor currently connected does not contain the necessary information in EEPROM, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. 15-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 585: Service:sensor[1]|2:Power:usable:minimum?

    • If the E-Series sensor currently connected does not contain the necessary information in EEPROM, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 586: Service:sensor[1]|2:Radc?

    • If INIT:CONT is set to ON, error -221 “Settings Conflict” occurs. • If an E9320 Series sensor is connected and SERVice:SENSor[1]|2:CORRections:STATe is set to ON, error -221 “Settings Conflict” occurs. 15-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 587: Service:sensor[1]|2:Snumber?

    • If no sensor is connected, error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. • If a non E-Series or N8480 Series sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-25 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 588: Service:sensor[1]|2:Tnumber?

    • If no sensor is connected, error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. • If a non E-Series sensor is connected, error -241 “Hardware missing” occurs. 15-26 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 589: Service:sensor[1]|2:Type?

    Series sensor is connected to channel B. Error Messages • If no sensor is connected, error -241, “Hardware missing” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-27 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 590: Service:snumber

    GB12345678. Query SERVice:SNUMber? The query returns the power meter serial number in the form GB12345678 or US12345678. 15-28 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 591: Service:version:processor

    SERV:VERS:PROC “C” meter with processor board revision version C. Query SERVice:VERSion:PROCessor? The query returns the current processor board revision version. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 15-29 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 592: Service:version:system

    SERV:VERS:SYST “1” meter with system version number 1. Query SERVice:VERSion:SYSTem? The query returns the current power meter system version number. 15-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 593: Ieee488.2 Command Reference

    IEEE488.2 Command Reference Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 594: Ieee-488 Compliance Information

    16-18 *SRE? Status Byte page 16-20 *STB? Trigger page 16-22 *TRG Test page 16-23 *TST? Wait page 16-24 *WAI 16-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 595: Universal Commands

    With this key disabled, only the controller (or a hard reset by the line power switch) can restore local control. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 596: Ppd Mapping

    000 (bit 0), 001 (bit 1), 010 (bit 2), 011 (bit 3), 100 (bit 4), 101 (bit 5), 110 (bit 6), 111 (bit 7) 16-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 597 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 598 The SPE (Serial Poll Enable) command establishes the serial poll mode for the power meter. When the power meter is addressed to talk, a single eight bit status byte is returned. 16-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 599 SCPI registers (Questionable Status, Operation Status and all the other SCPI registers), the Standard Event Status Register, the Status Byte, and the Error/Event Queue are all cleared. Syntax *CLS EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 600 Examples of <string program data> are: • "FETCh1?", "FETCh?" and "TRIG1;FETC1" Note *DDT does not support "FETCh1?" and "FETCh2?" simultaneously. 16-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 601 #nN<action> as described on page 16-8. Error Message • If an invalid parameter is received, error -224, “Illegal parameter value” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-9 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 602: Ese Mapping

    The query returns the current contents of the Standard Event Status Enable Register. The format of the return is <NR1> in the range of 0 to 255. 16-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 603: Esr? Mapping

    Operation Complete Request Control (not used) Query Error Device Dependent Error Execution Error Command Error Not used Power On Syntax *ESR EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-11 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 604: Idn?

    • A1.XX.YY and A2.XX.YY represents the firmware revision with XX and YY representing the major and minor revisions respectively. Syntax *IDN 16-12 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 605 *OPC Query *OPC? The query places an ASCII 1 in the output queue when all pending device operations have completed. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-13 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 606: Opt?

    • " " empty string for a standard instrument. • "002" for an option 002 instrument. • "003" for an option 003 instrument. Syntax *OPT 16-14 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 607: Rcl

    1 - 10 Error Message • If the register does not contain a saved state, error -224, “Illegal parameter value” occurs. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-15 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 608 The *RST (ReSeT) command places the power meter in a known state. Refer to chapter 11 for information on reset values. Syntax *RST 16-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 609: Sav

    The number of the register that the 1 - 10 current state of the power meter is to be saved to. EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-17 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 610: Sre Mapping

    *SRE Parameters Type Description/Default Range of Values A value used to set the Service Request 0 - 255 Enable Register. 16-18 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 611 Request Enable Register. The format of the return is <NR1> in the ranges of 0 to 63 or 128 to 191 (that is, bit 6 is always 0). EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-19 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 612: Stb? Mapping

    1 - there is at least one reason for requesting service Operation Status Summary 0 - No OPERation status conditions have occurred 1 - An OPERation status condition has occurred 16-20 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 613 IEEE488.2 Command Reference *STB? Syntax *STB EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-21 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 614 • If TRIGger:SOURce is not set to BUS, error -211, “Trigger ignored” occurs. • If the power meter is not in the wait-for-trigger state, error -211, “Trigger ignored” occurs. 16-22 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 615: Tst?

    The result of the test is placed in the output queue. • 0 is returned if the test passes. • 1 if the test fails. Syntax *TST EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide 16-23 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 616 • The device clear command is received. • Power is cycled. before executing any subsequent commands or queries. Syntax *WAI 16-24 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 617: Calibration Factor Block Layout

    Appendix A Calibration Factor Block Layout Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...

  • Page 618: Calibration Factor Block Layout

    Calibration Factor Block Layout Calibration Factor Block Layout Calibration Factor Block Layout The following tables provide information on the calibration factor block layout for E4410 Series, E9300 Series, E9320 Series and N8480 Series sensors (excluding Option CFT). The information relates to service commands described in Chapter 15.
  • Page 619 Calibration Factor Block Layout Calibration Factor Block Layout E4410 Series Sensors: Calibration Factor Contents Data Format Data Range Units Notes Bytes Block Layout Cal factor (high power) 2.14 0.25 to 3 None Power (in watts) is divided by this value. Table Size: See note The table size is dependent on...
  • Page 620 Calibration Factor Block Layout Calibration Factor Block Layout E9300 Series Sensors: Calibration Factor Contents Data Format Data Range Units Notes Bytes Block Layout Cal factor (high power) 2.14 0.25 to 3 None Power (in watts) is divided by this value. These table entries are repeated as shown for each frequency point Frequency (point ‘N’) 32 bit fixed...
  • Page 621 Calibration Factor Block Layout Calibration Factor Block Layout E9320 Series Sensors: Calibration Factor Contents Data Format Data Range Units Notes Bytes Block Layout Cal factor 2.14 0.25 to 3 None Used to adjust analog to digital convertor (ADC) values. These table entries are repeated as shown for each frequency point Frequency (point ‘N’) 32 bit fixed 0 to Fhpb* (2^32)
  • Page 622 Calibration Factor Block Layout Calibration Factor Block Layout N8480 Series Sensors: Calibration Factor Contents Data Format Data Range Units Notes Bytes Block Layout Cal factor (low power) 2.14 0.25 to 3 None Power (in watts) is divided by this value. Cal factor (high power) 2.14 0.25 to 3...
  • Page 623 Index calibrating and zeroing calibrating summary register 10-12 abort command 13-3 CALibration commands address summary 1-110 GPIB 1-3 calibration date setting 11-4 sensor 15-13 analog meter calibration factor setting lower limit 5-10 5-17 reading/writing data 15-11 setting upper limit 5-12 5-19 calibration factor block layout ASCii output format...
  • Page 624 16-3 entering 9-21 device status registers 1-92 10-8 difference measurement 3-26 display fail limits 1-64 contrast 5-3 Index-2 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 625 7-26 limits 1-64 front panel clearing fail counter 3-13 3-15 locking 11-60 11-62 enabling/disabling 3-23 unlocking 11-29 fail 3-16 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Index-3 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 626 1-108 measurement correction loss 9-36 offset time measurement limits 1-64 setting 9-52 9-53 measurement mode offsets setting 9-41 channel 1-62 Index-4 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 627 15-10 15-19 recall processor revision 15-29 registers available 7-17 serial number 15-28 recall command 1-96 16-15 system version 15-30 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Index-5 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 628 1-44 enabling 1-49 enabling/disabling 9-27 safety entering calibration factors 7-27 entering frequency 7-23 save command 1-96 16-17 listing 1-45 save/recall Index-6 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 629 5-30 9-60 examining 10-2 tracking number status reporting 1-76 sensor 15-26 STATus subsystem 10-2 transferring binary data EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Index-7 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 630 TRIGger subsystem 13-2 window selection 5-23 trigger summary register 10-16 word length 11-17 11-20 triggering 1-72 setting 11-11 TTL outputs Index-8 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 631 Xon/Xoff 11-13 11-23 zeroing 4-14 4-15 zeroing and calibrating EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Index-9 Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
  • Page 632 Index-10 EPM-P Series Power Meters Programming Guide Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
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