Measure Group Of Commands; Measure Commands - Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series User And Programming Manual

MEASure Group of Commands

This group includes the CONFigure, FETCH, MEASure, and READ
commands that are used to make measurements and return results.
The different commands can be used to provide fine control of the
overall measurement process, like altering measurement parameters
from their default settings. Most measurements should be done in
single measurement mode, rather than doing the measurement
continuously.

Measure Commands

:MEASure:<measurement>[n]?
This is a fast single-command way to make a measurement using the
factory default instrument settings. These are the settings and units
that conform to the Radio Standard that is currently selected.
• Stops the current measurement and sets up the instrument for the
specified measurement using the factory defaults.
• Initiates the data acquisition for the measurement.
• Blocks other SCPI communication, waiting until the measurement is
complete before returning results.
• Turns the averaging function on and sets the number of averages to
10 for all measurements.
• After the data is valid it returns the scalar results, or the trace data,
for the specified measurement.
If the optional [n] value is not included, or is set to 1, the scalar
measurement results will be returned. If the [n] value is set to a
value other than 1, the selected trace data results will be returned.
See each command for details of what types of scalar results or trace
data results are available.
If you need to change some of the measurement parameters from the
factory default settings you can set up the measurement with the
CONFigure command. Use the commands in the
SENSe:<measurement> subsystem to change the settings. Then you
can use the READ? command, or the INITiate and FETCh? commands,
to initiate the measurement and query the results. See
If you need to repeatedly make a given measurement with settings
other than the factory defaults, you can use the commands in the
SENSe:<measurement> subsystem to set up the measurement. Then
use the READ? command or INITiate and FETCh? commands, to
initiate the measurement and query results.
Chapter 7
Programming Language Reference
MEASure Group of Commands
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