C.4 Primary
control
RF
SIG
POW
ALL
STATUS
SLEEP
C.4 Primary
RF
FREQUENCY
POWER
Turn off/on the
RF
Turn off/on the
RF
Note that the amplifiers take 2 s to completely power on.
Turn off/on both the
STATUS[,ch]
Reports the current operational status of the specified channel, de-
scribing whether the signal and amplifiers are switched on. Returns
an error if the device is not operational.
SLEEP,dt
Pause microcontroller operation for
use in simple scripts to wait for a short amount of time, e.g. for
tables to finish execution.
control
FREQ,ch[,value]
/
modes only. Set channel
NSB
TPA
20 MHz and 400 MHz). The actual frequency will be the closest
available given the
The hexadecimal representation of frequency (the "frequency tuning
word") is converted to frequency by multiplying by 0.23283 Hz (that
/2
9
32
is, 10
).
The following examples all set the output to 100 MHz.
FREQ,1,100000000.0
FREQ,1,100MHz
FREQ,1,0x1999999A
POW,ch[,value]
NSB
/
TPA
modes only. Set channel
amplitude). The output power is computed using a factory calibra-
tion, and has 14-bit resolution. Requesting a value higher than the
limit set with the
signal only.
high-power amplifier only.
RF
signal and high-power amplifier (default).
ch
DDS
clock frequency and the 32-bit resolution.
ch
LIMIT
command results in an error.
dt
milliseconds. Intended for
to specified frequency (between
to specified output power (or
101
Need help?
Do you have a question about the ARF021 and is the answer not in the manual?