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Chapter 1, Getting Started
Obtaining Measurement Results
General Programming Procedure
1. For each measurement you want to perform programmatically, make the measurement
2. Record the measurement result(s).
3. Develop the program using the measurement procedure generated in step 2. For CDMA
4. Make sure the desired measurement is selected and in the ON state. This is the PRESET
5. Trigger the desired measurement if the RETRigger MODE is SINGle. You will find
6. Send the appropriate MEASure query command to initiate a reading. This will place the
7. Use the ENTER statement to transfer the measured value to a variable within the con-
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manually using the front-panel controls of the Test Set. You will find procedures for
making measurements in the Agilent E8285A Application Guide. Record, in sequential
order, the screens selected and the settings made within each screen.
measurements, the Agilent E8285A Application Guide provides step-by-step GPIB
command examples.
state for most measurements. However, if a previous program has set the state to OFF,
no measurement result will be available. Attempting to read from a measurement field
that is not in the ON state will cause GPIB Error:-420 Query
UNTERMINATED.
that the Test Set automatically enters REPetitive trigger MODE for CDMA measure-
ments when an GPIB command is sent to it.
measured value into the Test Set's Output Queue.
text of the program.
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