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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® R&S Power Meter User Manual (;ÜÅÐ2) 1178556602...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® This manual describes the R&S NRX (1424.7005.02) with firmware version FW 02.31 and later. In addition to the base unit, the following options are described: ● ® R&S NRX-B1 (1424.7805.02) ● ® R&S NRX-B4 (1424.8901.02) ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Contents R&S 13.8 Configuring the Test Generator................365 13.9 Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output....367 13.10 Zeroing........................376 13.11 Running Selftests......................378 13.12 Managing Setups and Correction Tables..............380 13.13 System Information and Configuration..............387 13.13.1 Presetting........................
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Preface R&S Documentation Overview 1 Preface This chapter provides an overview of the user documentation and an introduction to the R&S NRX. 1.1 Documentation Overview This section provides an overview of the R&S NRX user documentation. Unless speci- fied otherwise, you find the documents on the R&S NRX product page at: www.rohde-schwarz.com/manual/NRX 1.1.1 Getting Started Manual...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Preface R&S Key Features 1.1.5 Basic Safety Instructions Contains safety instructions, operating conditions and further important information. The printed document is delivered with the instrument. 1.1.6 Data Sheets and Brochures The data sheet contains the technical specifications of the R&S NRX. It also lists the firmware applications and their order numbers, and optional accessories.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Preface R&S Key Features See also the R&S NRX fact sheet at www.rohde-schwarz.com. User Manual 1178.5566.02 ─ 07...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Safety and Regulatory Information R&S Korea Certification Class B 2 Safety and Regulatory Information The product documentation helps you use the R&S NRX safely and efficiently. Follow the instructions provided here and in the printed "Basic Safety Instructions". Keep the product documentation nearby and offer it to other users.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use 3 Getting Started 3.1 Preparing for Use ● Unpacking and Checking..................17 ● Operating Conditions....................17 ● Considerations for Test Setup................. 18 ● Placing on a Bench Top..................18 ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use ● The ambient temperature does not exceed the range specified in the data sheet. ● Signal levels at the input connectors are all within the specified ranges. ● Signal outputs are connected correctly and are not overloaded. 3.1.3 Considerations for Test Setup Preventing electrostatic discharge (ESD) Electrostatic discharge is most likely to occur when you connect or disconnect a DUT...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use With folded-out feet, do not place anything on top or underneath the instrument. 3. WARNING! A stack of products can fall over and cause injury. Never stack more than three products on top of each other. Instead, mount them in a rack. Stack as follows: ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use ● [0]: The instrument is disconnected from the mains. ● [I]: The instrument is power-supplied. It is either ready for operation (STANDBY) or in operating mode. 1. Plug the AC power cable into the AC power connector on the rear panel of the R&S NRX.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use 3.1.8 Connecting Power Sensors The R&S NRX supports a wide range of R&S power sensors. See the data sheet for detailed information. Depending on the power sensor, you have different choices for connecting power sen- sors.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Preparing for Use 3.1.8.2 Optional Sensor Interface for R&S NRT (R&S NRX-B9) Chapter 3.2.1.2, "Module Bay", on page 24. Suitable for R&S NRT directional power sensors. Communication between R&S NRT-Zxx power sensor and R&S NRX is only possible with a baud rate setting of 38400 Bd.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 3.1.8.4 USB 2.0 Host Interfaces Chapter 3.2.1.5, "USB Host Interface", on page 27 and Chapter 3.2.2.4, "USB Host Interface", on page 29. Suitable for USB power sensors. You can increase the number of connected power sensors by using USB hubs.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 2. Pull the option from its casing. 3. Insert the other option. 4. Press until you hear a click when the latch locks. Further information: ● Chapter 3.1.8, "Connecting Power Sensors", on page 21 ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour Further information: ● "Going back to a higher hierarchy level" on page 31 ● Chapter 4.3.2, "Returning to Manual Operation (LOCAL)", on page 42 Screenshot Creates a screenshot of the current display. Chapter 4.1.8, "Creating and Saving Screenshots", on page 40.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour Also displays status information: ● Zeroing status ● Sensor status [System] Opens the "System Overview" dialog. Chapter 11, "System Settings", on page 136. Cursor keys See (5) in Figure 3-2. The cursor keys are context-sensitive.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 3.2.2 Rear Panel Tour Figure 3-3: Rear panel of the R&S NRX 1 = Trig In / Out 2 and Out 1 / Trig Out connectors, see Chapter 3.2.2.1, "Trig In / Out 2 and Out 1 / Trig Out Connectors", on page 28.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 3.2.2.3 USB Device Interface See (3) in Figure 3-3. USB 2.0 (universal serial bus) interface of the type B (receptacle). Used to connect the R&S NRX to a computer for USB remote control. 3.2.2.4 USB Host Interface See (4) in...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Getting Started R&S Instrument Tour 3.2.2.7 Sensor Connectors C and D See (7) Figure 3-3. Requires 3rd and 4th R&S NRP sensor connector (R&S NRX-B4). For more details, see Chapter 3.2.1.1, "Sensor Connector A and B", on page 24.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation 4 Operating Concepts ● Manual Operation....................31 ● Remote Operation....................40 ● Remote Control....................... 41 4.1 Manual Operation Using the graphical user interface of the R&S NRX and the keys on the front panel, you can easily configure the settings and measure in the provided measurement modes.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation Figure 4-1: Start dialog (example for setup with one power sensor) 1 = Miniature display layout. See Chapter 4.1.5, "Selecting the Display Layout", on page 36. 2 = Connected sensors 3 = Title 4 = Measurement type 5 = Status information.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation Layout of the main measurement dialog The operating philosophy in the main measurement dialog is independent of the mea- surement type. The dialog is divided into touch areas that lead to different settings. Figure 4-2: Layout of the main measurement dialog (example) 1 = Settings displayed in the measurement pane 2 = Limit values displayed in the measurement pane...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation The "Primary Sensor" dialog is displayed. Chapter 8, "Sensor Configuration", on page 113. ► Tap the displayed limit values, (2) in Figure 4-2, to change limit values. The "Limit Monitor" dialog is displayed. "Limit Monitor"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation 4.1.4 Notification Center The notification center collects all information, warning and error messages during the operation of the R&S NRX. Its status is displayed in the upper right corner: ● The displayed symbol belongs to the most severe message.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation The "Notification Center" dialog has two tabs: ● "System" All messages concerning the instrument are listed. ● "SCPI Error Queue" Messages related to the remote command functionality are displayed. To delete notices no longer needed ►...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation 3. Select how many measurement panes you want to display. For example, if you select 2 panes, the measurement display looks as follows: Figure 4-3: Two measurement panes Remote command: on page 191 DISPlay:LAYout on page 193...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation 4.1.6 Swapping Measurement Panes You can swap the position of measurement panes using drag and drop. The numbering of the panes is not changed. To change the position of a measurement pane ►...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Manual Operation Remote command: on page 193 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:POSition 4.1.7 Editing Parameters ► Tap a parameter to change its value. Depending on the selected parameter, a numeric or an alphanumeric editor is dis- played.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Remote Operation Figure 4-5: Alphanumeric editor 4.1.8 Creating and Saving Screenshots You can create a screenshot of the current display, for example to save graphical mea- surement results. ► Press the [Screenshot] key on the front panel. The R&S NRX saves the screenshot in PNG format.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Remote Control By default, VNC access is enabled. Any user in the network who knows the password and IP address of the R&S NRX can access the R&S NRX. To prevent access, disable the VNC server service under "VNC"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Operating Concepts R&S Remote Control 4.3.1 Switching to Remote Control (REMOTE) Prerequisites ● A link is established between the controller and the R&S NRX. ● The R&S NRX is configured correctly. After power-up, the R&S NRX is always in manual control mode, "LOCAL". When the R&S NRX receives a SCPI command, it switches to remote control irrespective of the selected interface.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Basics R&S Sensor Assignment and Memory 5 Measurement Basics In a measurement, the R&S NRX uses all sensor-dependent measurement functions and displays the results. Thus, you can configure both the measurement and the sen- sor.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Basics R&S Sensor Assignment and Memory ● Sensor type is different to the sensor type that was previously assigned to the mea- surement. Decide whether you want to use the settings of the sensor. –...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Basics R&S Performing a Measurement The sensor assignment is deleted by a preset, reset or sanitization. If the R&S NRX has no memory of a previous sensor assignment, the R&S NRX assigns the measure- ments according to the port, to which the power sensors are connected.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Basics R&S Limit Violation a) Press the [Preset] key. b) Tap "Preset". See also Chapter 9, "Saving and Recalling Settings", on page 132. 2. Depending on the power sensor and the measurement conditions, consider to zero the power sensor: Execute zeroing: Note: Turn off all measurement signals before zeroing.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Basics R&S Settings Conflict 5.5 Settings Conflict A settings conflict can occur for the following reasons: ● The sensor assigned to the measurement does not support a set value. If it is a numeric value, the suitable range for the sensor is given in the tooltip. ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Basics R&S Settings Conflict 2. Select another measurement type that the sensor supports, or assign another sen- sor. A setting that differs from the preset value is also indicated across the hierarchies by a pencil symbol, if the visualization is enabled.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings 6 Configuration for All Measurement Types The main measurement dialog offers access to all measurement settings. The layout of the dialog and how to open is are described in Chapter 4.1.2, "Main Measurement Dia- log", on page 32.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings "Δ%" Difference between the power values in W, given in %. 0 % means that the powers in both channels are equal. "x1" Quotient of the power values (non-logarithmic) Remote command: on page 209 UNIT<Measurement>:POWer[:VALue]...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings Remote command: on page 188 CALCulate<Measurement>:AVALue Scaling Configures the display scaling. The available parameters depend on the following set- tings: ● Measurement Type ● "Display Format" on page 51 Scale Lower Limit ←...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings Defines the lower limit of the bargraph display. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 195 CCDF CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 195 RATio:RCOefficient CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 195 RATio:RFRatio CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 196 RATio:RLOSs CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 196...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings Sets the time resolution of the results window. The time per division is one tenth of the Trace Length. Trace Length ← Scaling Available for trace, pulse analysis measurements. If Display Format is set to "Graphi- cal", available for time gate, timeslot measurements.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings Groups the settings for relative measurements. Forward Reference Value, Reflection Reference Value ← Relative Measurements Available for NRT measurements. Available if Forward Relative State, Reflection Relative State is set to "On"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings Max Hold Function For all measurement functions, the R&S NRX stores the maximum and minimum val- ues and the calculated differences between these values. The selected setting applies to both power and reflection indication. You can change at any time.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Display Settings Enables or disables the monitoring function for the upper limit. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer:STATe on page 218 Upper Limit ← Limit Monitor Available for continuous average, burst average, time gate, timeslot measurements. Available if Upper Limit Stateis set to "On".
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Controlling the Measurement CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 212 RATio:RLOSs CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 213 RATio:SWR CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]: on page 213 RATio[:VALue] Forward Upper Limit State, Reflection Upper Limit State ← Limit Monitor Available for NRT measurements.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Triggering Further information: ● Chapter 6.3, "Triggering", on page 59 ● See the power sensor user manual for examples on the interplay of the controlling mechanisms. 6.2.1 Controlling the Measurement Results The R&S NRX can cope with the wide range of measurement scenarios with the help of the so-called "termination control".
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Triggering ● Measuring The power sensor is measuring data. It remains in this state during the measure- ment. When the measurement is completed, it exits this state immediately. 6.3.2 Trigger Sources The possible trigger conditions and the execution of a trigger depend on the selected trigger mode and trigger source.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Triggering 6.3.3 Dropout Time The dropout time is useful when dealing with signals with several active slots, for example GSM signals, see Figure 6-2. When measuring in sync with the signal, a trig- ger event is to be produced at A, but not at B or C.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Triggering "Auto" Automatically starts a measurement if no trigger event has occurred after 300 ms. Remote command: on page 225 TRIGger<undef>:ALL:MODE on page 225 TRIGger<Measurement>:MODE Trigger Source For primary and secondary power sensors. Sets the source for the trigger event.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Triggering Remote command: on page 222 TRIGger<undef>:ALL:DELay[:VALue] on page 222 TRIGger<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:DELay[:VALue] Dropout ← Trigger Advanced If the trigger level has been underrun with internal triggering, it is sometimes useful to wait some time (drop-out time) before retriggering.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Triggering The trigger master has to use its internal trigger source. Set the trigger source for the trigger slaves to "Internal [A to D]", where [A to D] is the port to which the trigger mas- ter is connected.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Measurement Settings Dialog 6.4 Measurement Settings Dialog Access: In the main measurement dialog, tap the displayed measurement value or graphic. See also "Layout of the main measurement dialog" on page 33. In this dialog, you select the measurement type and the channel calculation function.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Measurement Settings Dialog Measurement Type Sets the measurement type. Remote command: on page 231 CALCulate<Measurement>:TYPE Primary Sensor, Secondary Sensor Available for continuous average, burst average, trace, pulse analysis, time gate, time- slot measurements.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Measurement Settings Dialog The letters in brackets indicate the port to which the primary or secondary sensor is connected. In this example, the primary sensor is connected to port C, and the secon- dary sensor is connected to port A.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Configuration for All Measurement Types R&S Measurement Settings Dialog Remote command: on page 341 SYSTem:STANdard:PWSettings Recall Parameter Set ← Quick Setup Loads the parameters set selected under Parameter Set. Remote command: on page 340 SYSTem:STANdard:PRESet User Manual 1178.5566.02 ─...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Continuous Average 7 Measurement Types and Result Displays The different measurement types and their specific configuration settings are described in the following. For settings available for all measurements, refer to Chapter 6, "Con- figuration for All Measurement Types",...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Continuous Average The measurement result is a single scalar value, either an absolute value or related to a reference value. 7.1.2 Continuous Average Settings Access: "Measurement Settings" > "Measurement Type" > "Continuous Average" Unit..........................71 Resolution........................
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Burst Average Relative Measurements ← Rel Allows you to relate measured power or a power ratio to a reference value. Whether the power is measured by one power sensor or whether it is a combined value mea- sured by two power sensors, is set by "Channel Calculation Function"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Burst Average interval in which the pulse end is only recognized if the signal level no longer exceeds the trigger level. Useful parameters: ● "Trigger Level" on page 63 ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Trace Display Chapter 6.1, "Display Settings", on page 49. "Rel" on page 71. Trigger Chapter 6.3, "Triggering", on page 59. 7.3 Trace The power sensor measures power over time. Define the number of measurement points and the measurement time.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Trace Trigger Gives quick access to selected trigger settings. Shows the trace. The trigger level is indicated as dotted red line. Display ← Trigger Chapter 6.1, "Display Settings", on page 49. Trig Mode ←...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Trace Marker Mode......................... 77 Position Mode....................... 77 Position......................... 78 Data Source........................79 Reference Marker......................79 Measurement Mode...................... 79 Marker Mode Enables or disables the marker. Also defines the appearance of the marker. "Off"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Trace "From Ref Power <-" Starting from the right border, at a power difference of Position to the y-position of the Reference Marker. "From Ref Power ->" Starting from the left border, at a power difference of Position to the y- position of the...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Data Source Available if "Measure" is set under Marker Mode. Selects the trace. Remote command: DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:FEED:INDex on page 241 Reference Marker Defines a marker as reference marker. Remote command: DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:REFerence on page 246...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis 7.4.1 Pulse Analysis Result Display Shows a pulse signal in trace presentation. 2 traces are available. The measurement results are displayed below the trace. Each measurement result is represented by a symbol that is also used to select the result.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Trigger Gives quick access to selected trigger settings. See "Trigger" on page 76. 7.4.3 Pulse Analysis Dialog Access: Tap the measurement results that are displayed below the trace. On the "Time"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Pulse Period ← Time tab Time between two consecutive edges of the same polarity in seconds. During this time, the pulse signal completes one cycle. Remote command: DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:PULSe:PERiod[:STATe] on page 260 on page 254...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Start Time ← Time tab Time when the signal passes through the medial reference power level with rising edge, referenced to the delayed trigger event. Indicates the start point of the first power pulse within the analysis window.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Pulse Top ← Power tab Pulse top power level detected by the selected Algorithm. This value is used as a refer- ence (100 %) to determine other parameter values such as the rising or falling thresh- olds.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Pulse Base ← Power tab Pulse base power level detected by the selected Algorithm. This value is used as a ref- erence (0 %) to determine other parameter values such as the rising or falling thresh- olds.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Pulse Analysis Low Ref. ← Power tab Power level at Low Reference Level. Remote command: DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:PULSe: on page 258 LREFerence[:STATe] CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:LREFerence? on page 252 Configuration tab Defines the reference levels for the pulse timing. All values are specified in percent of the pulse amplitude.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Time Gate "Integration" Fits a rectangle pulse of the same energy into the pulse signal as a reference and thus determines the pulse top power. This algorithm is recommended for: ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Time Gate 7.5.1 Time Gate Result Display You can choose between a scalar or graphical result display. To change the display format 1. Select the time gate measurement type: "Measurement Settings"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Time Gate Graphical display Figure 7-4: Time gate, graphical display In the upper pane, the measurement result is shown as a single trace measurement of the primary sensor. The active gate is indicated as colored area. The color is matching the color assigned to the gate.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Time Gate "t0" Start of Gate "t1" Length of Gate "t2" Start of Fence. Only available if Fence is enabled. "t3" Length of Fence. Only available if Fence is enabled. Available for the scalar displays.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Timeslot Start of Gate........................93 Length of Gate......................93 Fence..........................93 Start of Fence........................93 Length of Fence......................93 Start of Gate Sets the start time of the gate. Remote command: on page 264 CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TGATe<Gate>[:AVG]:TIME Length of Gate...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Timeslot resolution is determined by the sampling rate of the power sensor. An external trigger signal or internal signal triggering is required for synchronization. Timeslot 1 Timeslot 2 Timeslot 3 Trigger event Trigger level Time...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Timeslot Scalar display Figure 7-7: Timeslot, scalar digital display The measurement result is a single scalar value. It refers to the selected timeslot. If "Scalar Analog" is set as Display Format, a bar chart visualizes the measurement result.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Timeslot In the upper pane, the measurement result is shown as a single trace measurement of the primary sensor. The timeslots are indicated as rectangles. The selected timeslot is indicated as colored area.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Timeslot Resolution Available for the scalar displays. "Resolution" on page 50. Pos / Scaling Available if: ● Graphical display is enabled. ● t1, t2, t3, t4, t5 is disabled. Scales or moves the graph.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Timeslot Slots..........................98 Nominal Width.......................98 Exclude from Start......................98 Exclude from End......................98 Fence..........................99 Start of Fence........................99 Length of Fence......................99 Slots Sets the number of simultaneously measured timeslots. Remote command: on page 266 CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TSLot[:AVG]:COUNt Nominal Width...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Statistics Fence Enables or disables an exclusion interval in the timeslots. This exclusion interval is called fence. The fence is defined by its start time and its length. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TSLot[:AVG][:EXCLude]:MID[:STATe] on page 268 Start of Fence...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Statistics Power value at the y-marker position. The marker is set using marker. Figure 7-9: Statistics, graphical display The graph displays the waveform of the selected trace. Table to display the measurement results in tabular format. The table contains the measurement results for 2 traces.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Statistics 7.7.3 Measurement Settings Dialog Access: In the "Statistics" dialog, tap the displayed table or graph. The settings in the left column are the same as for the other measurement types: ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Statistics Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:FEED<Channel> on page 229 Minimum Samples Sets the minimum number of samples. Remote command: on page 270 CALCulate<Measurement>:STATistics:SAMPles[:MINimum] AWGN Enables or disables the internal, additional white Gaussian noise (AWGN) source. If enabled, you cannot measure with a second power sensor.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Statistics Scaling of Power Axis Sets relative or absolute scaling for the x-axis. "Absolute" Absolute power in dBm. "Relative" Relative power in dB, referenced to the average power. Remote command: on page 274 CALCulate<Measurement>:STATistics[:SCALe]:X:MODE Minimum Power...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Statistics 7.7.5 Statistics Timing Dialog Access: "Statistics" > "Evaluate" Configures the sampling window of the measurement. If you tap the lower pane, the "Gate Configuration" dialog opens, see Chapter 7.5.3, "Gate Configuration Dialog", on page 92.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Evaluate Opens the "Evaluate" dialog to configure the sampling window. "Gate 1" / "Gate 2" / "Gate 3" / "Gate 4" Select the gate that you want to configure and use for the measure- ment.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Displays two scalar values, one for the selected Forward measurement and one for the Reflection measurement. In this example, Average ("Aver") and Return Loss ("RLos") are selected. 7.8.2 NRT Settings Access: "Measurement Settings"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Peak envelope power (PEP) Burst average Average Time Burst width Burst period Figure 7-11: Forward power measurement parameters Average ← Forward Average power Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:FEED<Channel> "POWer:FORWard:AVERage" CCDF ← Forward Complementary cumulative distribution function.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S This parameter measures the effective power transmitted to the load. With good matching, the difference between forward power and absorbed power is less than one percent. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:FEED<Channel> "POWer:ABSorption:AVERage"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Reflection Opens a dialog to measure reflection parameters. The ratio of forward and reverse power is a measure for the matching of the load that can be expressed as standing wave ratio (SWR), return loss or reflection coefficient. Off ←...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Reflection Ratio ← Reflection Reverse power Reflection ratio = Forward power Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:FEED<Channel> "POWer:RFRatio" UNIT<Measurement>:POWer:REFLection Display Chapter 6.1, "Display Settings", on page 49. Autoscale Adapts the scaling of the graphical display. Remote command: on page 283 [SENSe<Sensor>:]POWer:REFLection:RANGe:AUTO...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Measurement Types and Result Displays R&S Measurement Type "Measurement Type" on page 67. Sensor Assigns the power sensor to the NRT measurement. Suitable are R&S NRT directional power sensors connected to the sensor interface for R&S NRT (R&S NRX-B9). See also "Primary Sensor, Secondary Sensor"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Mode Settings 8 Sensor Configuration Access: "Measurement Settings" > "Primary Sensor Config" or "Secondary Sensor Config" You can define two sensor configurations in parallel, a primary and a secondary sensor configuration. To these configurations, you can assign a sensor that is connected to one of the sensor ports of the R&S NRX.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Mode Settings Equivalent Time Sampling Available for trace, pulse analysis measurements. Enables or disables the automatic equivalent sampling that allows for high-resolution measurements. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:TRACe:ESAMpling on page 322 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:ESAMpling: on page 324 AUTO[:STATe] Evaluate Available for continuous average, burst average, trace, pulse analysis, time gate, time-...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Mode Settings "2" Lower sampling rate Recommended to avoid measurement errors caused due to aliasing effects. However, this setting extends the measurement time. Remote command: on page 322 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:SAMPling Smoothing Available for continuous average measurements. Enables or disables the smoothing filter, a steep-edge digital lowpass filter.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Correction Settings 8.2 Correction Settings Access: "Measurement Settings" > "Primary Sensor Config" > "Correction" "Measurement Settings" > "Secondary Sensor Config" > "Correction" Available for all measurement types. Offset corrections Add a fixed level offset in dB to compensate for external losses or gains. If you take the attenuation of an attenuator located ahead of the power sensor or the coupling attenu- ation of a directional coupler into account, use a positive offset.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Correction Settings Frequency dependent offset active ← Primary Sensor Offsets, Secondary Sensor Offsets dialogs ← Frequency Dependent Offset Enables or disables the selected table. If enabled, the measurement results are corrected using the specified offset. If the exact frequency value is not available in the table, the values of the table are interpola- ted.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Filter Settings Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:SGAMma:CORRection: on page 328 STATe Gamma Phase Available if Gamma Correction is enabled. Sets the phase angle of the complex reflection coefficient of the source. Remote command: on page 328 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:SGAMma:PHASe Gamma Magnitude Available if...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Filter Settings Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt[:VALue] on page 363 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:TRACe:AVERage:COUNt[: on page 334 VALue] Recalc Filter Length Available for continuous average, burst average, time gate measurements. Recalculates the number of readings that are averaged for one measured value. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt:AUTO[: on page 362...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Filter Settings Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt:AUTO: on page 330 MTIMe Timeslot Available for continuous average, burst average measurements. Sets a timeslot from which the measured value is used to determine the filter length automatically.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Range Settings "Linear" Amplitude averaging Remote command: on page 333 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:TYPE Video Bandwidth Requires a wideband power sensor. Sets the video filter bandwidth. Reducing the video bandwidth also increases the trig- ger sensitivity. Note: The video bandwidth must never be smaller than the RF bandwidth of the signal.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S Range Settings Range State........................ 125 Range..........................125 User Defined Transition....................125 Offset...........................126 Attenuator Mode......................126 Attenuation........................126 Range State Enables or disables the automatic measurement path selection. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>][:POWer][:AVG]:RANGe: on page 338 AUTO Range Available if Range State is set to "User".
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S NRT Measurement Type Offset Reduces the transition range between the measurement paths, 0 -> 1 and 1 -> 2, by the set value, the so-called cross-over level. Thus, you can improve the measurement accuracy for signals with a high peak-to-average ratio, since the headroom for modula- tion peaks becomes larger.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S NRT Measurement Type Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:BURSt:PERiod on page 356 Burst Width Available if "User" is set under "Burst Mode" on page 127. Sets the burst width. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:BURSt:WIDTh on page 357 Direction Defines how the forward power is determined.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S NRT Measurement Type Offset Reference Plane....................129 Offset...........................129 Modulation........................129 WCDMA Chip Rate..................... 130 Offset Reference Plane Selects the power sensor port to which the measurement results are referred to. "Source" Source connector of the R&S NRT-Zxx power sensor "Load"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S NRT Measurement Type "IS95" IS- 95 CDMA standard for base stations. "WCDMA" WCDMA standard for base stations. "DVBT" DVB-T standard for terrestrial DVB TV transmitters. "DAB" DAB standard for radio transmitters. Remote command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:DMODulation[: on page 360 VALue]...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Sensor Configuration R&S NRT Measurement Type Video Bandwidth For measuring the peak envelope power, specify the video bandwidth that the power sensor uses for measuring the detected RF signal. "4 kHz" | "200 kHz" | "Full" "Full"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Saving and Recalling Settings R&S 9 Saving and Recalling Settings When shutting down, the R&S NRX saves the measurement settings. When booting the next time, the R&S NRX uses the settings from the last session. See also Chap- ter 3.1.7, "Switching On or Off",...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Saving and Recalling Settings R&S 3. Tap "Recall". Preset..........................133 Save / Recall Setup.....................133 Save..........................133 Setup Name........................ 133 Recall.......................... 133 Preset Sets the R&S NRX and the connected R&S power sensors to a defined initial state. Thus, you can change parameter values from a well defined starting point.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Zeroing Sensors R&S 10 Zeroing Sensors Zeroing removes offset voltages from the analog circuitry of the sensors, so that there are only low powers displayed when there is no power applied. Zeroing is recommended if: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Zeroing Sensors R&S 3. You can zero an individual sensor or all sensors at once: ● Tap "Zero All Sensors". ● in the row of the sensor you want to zero. The status changes from in progress to successful. Remote command: ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections 11 System Settings The system settings do not affect the measurements directly. Access: [System] Figure 11-1: System Overview dialog The "System Overview" dialog is divided into the following tabs: ● Connections......................136 ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections 11.1.1 Network Settings Access: [System] > "Connections" > "Network" Contains the settings for integrating the R&S NRX in a network. There are two meth- ods to establish a network connection between R&S NRX and computer: ►...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections Overview tab Apart from the Host Name, the other parameters are only displayed here. Configure them on the "IPv4 tab" on page 139. Host Name ← Overview tab Sets the individual hostname of the R&S NRX. In a LAN that uses a domain name system server (DNS server), you can access each connected instrument using a unique hostname instead of its IP address.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections DNS Server ← Overview tab Displays the IP address of the DNS server of the local subnet. Set the parameter under "DNS Server" on page 140. IPv4 tab Addresses consist of 4 number blocks separated by dots. In maximum, each block contains 3 digits, for example 100.100.100.100.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections Remote command: on page 391 SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork[:IPADdress][:ADDRess] on page 391 SYSTem:COMMunicate:INET[:SELF]:ADDRess Subnet Mask ← IPv4 tab Available if "Static" is set under Address Mode. Sets the subnet mask of your local subnet. Remote command: on page 392 SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork[:IPADdress]:SUBNet:MASK...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections VISA Resource tab Interface - VISA Resource table ← VISA Resource tab Displays the VISA resource strings of the interfaces available for remote control. In a LAN, the VISA resource string is required to establish a communication session between the controller and the R&S NRX.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections GPIB Address ← Settings tab Sets the GPIB address. See also Chapter 14.1.3, "GPIB Interface", on page 453. "1" to "30" Channel address Remote command: on page 393 SYSTem:COMMunicate:GPIB[:SELF]:ADDRess Emulations tab Language ←...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections Remote command: on page 395 SYSTem:IDN:MODE on page 395 SYSTem:IDN:AUTO Customization of *OPT? ← Emulations tab Sets which option string is used. "Off" Default option string "User" Customized option string. Enter the customized option string under Custom OPT String.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections └ Fail Voltage....................148 └ Trigger Source for Trigger Output..............148 └ Impedance for Trigger Input................148 Sensor Check Source tab Requires the sensor check source (R&S NRX-B1). If the option is installed, this tab is displayed as first tab.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections Power Level ← Sensor Check Source tab Sets the power level for the output signal. Remote command: on page 366 SOURce:POWer[:VALue] on page 207 SOURce:UNIT:POWer Sensor Check Source Info ← Sensor Check Source tab The firmware of the R&S NRX includes a package for the sensor check source (R&S NRX-B1), but the sensor check source (R&S NRX-B1) is not updated automatically.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections Figure 11-4: Example Mode ← I/O 1, I/O 2 tabs Sets the functionality of the Out 1 / Trig Out and Trig In / Out 2 connectors. "Off" Disables the connector. "Analog Out"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections "Trigger Out" Available for the Out 1 / Trig Out BNC connector "I/O 1" tab. Provides a trigger signal at the Out 1 / Trig Out connector. Select the trigger source under Trigger Source for Trigger Output.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections on page 374 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:UPPer:RATio:RLOSs on page 375 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:UPPer:RATio:SWR on page 375 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:UPPer:RATio[:VALue] on page 373 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:UPPer[:VALue] Measurement for Limit Output ← I/O 1, I/O 2 tabs Available if Mode is set to: ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections 11.1.4 Sensor Manager Access: [System] > "Connections" > "Sensor Manager" Helps you to manage power sensors, for example, if more than 4 power sensors are connected, or if you want to connect a LAN power sensor. The R&S NRX recognizes and adds the following power sensors: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections The sensor manager gives access to: Sensor......................... 150 Sensor Info........................150 └ Sensor Test....................151 Add Sensor Adds a LAN power sensor. See "To add a LAN power sensor" on page 149. Remote command: on page 397 [SENSe<Sensor>:]ADD...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Connections Remote command: on page 397 SYSTem:SENSor<Sensor>:INFO? Sensor Test ← Sensor Info Tap "Start Test" to start a selftest of the connected power sensor. The selftest provides detailed information that you can use for troubleshooting. "Test Verdict"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info 11.2 Instrument Info Access: [System] > "Instrument Info" For displaying information on a connected power sensor, see "Sensor Info" on page 150. On this tab, you display and configure the following settings: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info System Info......................... 153 Date and Time Settings....................154 └ Date......................154 └ Time......................154 └ Time Zone Region..................154 └ Time Zone.....................155 System Info Displays the information on the R&S NRX: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info Operating time of the R&S NRX Remote command: on page 399 SYSTem:INFO[:INFO]? on page 398 SYSTem:DID? on page 398 SYSTem:DEVice:ID? Date and Time Settings Opens the "Date and Time" dialog. Date ←...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info Time Zone ← Date and Time Settings Sets the time zone. Remote command: on page 401 SYSTem:TIME:DSTime:RULE on page 402 SYSTem:TIME:DSTime:RULE:CATalog? 11.2.2 Security Settings Access: [System] > "Instrument Info" > "Security" Contains the settings for access rights, LAN security and passwords.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info Security Password to Unlock Settings ← General tab Enter the password that is required to enable the settings protected by a security pass- word. When you leave the "Security" dialog, the settings are disabled automatically. For default value and further information, see "Security Password tab"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info LAN Services ← LAN Settings tab Enables or disables the LAN services in general. If enabled, it provides remote access via all unlocked services. SCPI over LAN ← LAN Settings tab Enables or disables the access over LAN to control the R&S NRX remotely by using SCPI (standard commands for programmable instruments) commands.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info Old Password ← Security Password tab Currently used security password. The default password is 123456. Note: We recommend that you change the default password before connecting the R&S NRX to a network. The security password is required for changing security settings in the "Security"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info └ Import......................160 └ Export......................160 Details tab........................160 HW Options tab Displays the installed hardware options. Remote command: on page 178 *OPT? SW Options tab Displays all software options and their status. User Manual 1178.5566.02 ─...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info You can filter the displayed list by the following criteria: "Show Inactive Shows or hides inactive software options. These software options are On | Off" available in the firmware version but are not installed. "Show Deacti- Shows or hides deactivated software options.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Instrument Info If you want to see more information on a specific option, tap 11.2.4 Help & Copyrights Access: [System] > "Instrument Info" > "Help & Copyrights" Gives access to the user manual, open source acknowledgement and license informa- tion.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Hardware Configuration Export User Documentation to USB Stick..............162 Open Source Achnowledgement................162 Open Source Licenses....................162 LucasFonts RsCorpid EULA..................162 Export User Documentation to USB Stick Downloads the user manual to a connected USB stick. If no USB stick is connected, the file is saved to the volatile directory of the FTP directory.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Test Lists the hardware details of the R&S NRX assemblies. This tab can be useful for look- ing up the revision of hardware, for example when troubleshooting. 11.4 Test Access: [System] > "Test" On this tab, you can test whether the user interfaces are in working order and create information useful for troubleshooting.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Global Settings Testing the user interfaces 1. Tap the test you want to perform. A dialog with detailed test instructions is displayed. 2. Read and follow the instructions. 3. Exit the test. Note: "Exit with PASS"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® System Settings R&S Global Settings On this tab, you configure the following settings: Visualize Non-Preset State..................165 Tabs Position.......................165 Hide Sensor Overload Message................. 165 Visualize Non-Preset State If enabled, a setting that differs from the preset value is indicated by a pencil symbol. The control elements in the hierarchies above that are leading to this setting are marked, too.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via PC and USB or Ethernet Connection 12 Firmware Update This chapter contains information on installing/updating the firmware on the R&S NRX. The latest firmware update files are available on our Internet site at www.rohde- schwarz.com.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via PC and USB or Ethernet Connection 12.1.2 Preparing an Update To prepare an update via USB connection: 1. Make sure a recent VISA software is installed. Firmware update with PureFW can only be performed with the device recognized as a VISA device.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via PC and USB or Ethernet Connection 3. Register the instrument as a VISA device. Refer to documentation of your VISA software for details. 12.1.3 Updating the Application Firmware To perform a firmware update: 1.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via PC and USB or Ethernet Connection b) If the instrument is connected to the network, enter the hostname or the IP address of the instrument in the field "Manually add a Raw SCPI Device" and then press "Check and Add"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via PC and USB or Ethernet Connection The "Hostname or IP Address" field is not used during this procedure and should therefore be left empty. 4. In the "Firmware" field enter the full path and file name of the update file or press the ellipsis button to browse the file system for it.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via a USB Flash Memory Stick 6. Check if the update was successful. This is the case if the firmware version in the "Identification" field is the same as the one you loaded in the "Firmware" field. 12.2 Firmware Update via a USB Flash Memory Stick This chapter contains information on installing/updating the firmware on the R&S NRX via a USB flash memory stick.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Firmware Update R&S Firmware Update via a USB Flash Memory Stick 12.2.3 Updating the Application Firmware To perform a firmware update: 1. Connect the USB flash memory stick to the front or rear USB host port of the R&S NRX.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands 13 Remote Control Commands 13.1 Conventions Used in SCPI Command Descriptions Note the following conventions used in the remote command descriptions: ● Command usage If not specified otherwise, commands can be used both for setting and for querying parameters.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands Usage: Event &GET Group execute trigger Usage: Event >L Go to local Usage: Event >M Go to local with remote state Usage: Event >R Go to remote Usage: Event &HFC Hardware flow control Usage:...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands ● EVENt part of the QUEStionable and the OPERation register ● Error/event queue The command does not change the ENABle and TRANsition parts of the registers. Usage: Event *DEV [<instrument_no>] Fixed value.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands *GCLS Clears all status information in all internal "instruments". Usage: Event *GMC? <Label> Get macro content. Query parameters: <Label> Return values: <Macro> <dblock> Usage: Query only *GOPC? Analogon of *OPC? for all instruments in multichannel device. Return values: <gopc>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands *LMC? List macro commands. Return values: <Label> Usage: Query only *OPC OPeration Complete Sets bit 0 in the event status register when all preceding commands have been execu- ted. This bit can be used to initiate a service request. *OPC must be sent at the end of a program message.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands Parameters: <register> Range: 0 to 255 *RST: *PSC <psc> Writes/reads the power on status clear flag (PSC). Parameters: <psc> Power on status clear flag. *RCL <num> ReCaLl Recalls the instrument settings from the specified intermediate memory. Setting parameters: <number>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands Setting parameters: <number> Number of the intermediate memory Range: 0 to 19 *RST: Usage: Setting only Manual operation: "Save" on page 133 *SRE <register> Service Request Enable Sets the service request enable register to the specified value. This command deter- mines under which conditions a service request is triggered.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Common Commands *TST? Selftest query Triggers a self test of the instrument and outputs an error code in decimal form. 0 indi- cates that no errors have occurred. Example: *TST? Query Response: Passed Example: *TST?
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Addressing Measurements and Sensors *XSRE <xsre> Reads or writes the service request enable register. Used to enable service requests. Parameters: <xsre> <expr> Service request enable register (SRE). *XSTB? Reads the status byte. Return values: <xstb>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Starting and Ending a Measurement If you use calculation functions that process the results of two power sensors, you assign a primary sensor and a secondary sensor. In CALCulate<Measurement>: MATH[:EXPRession], the position of the power sensor in the expression defines the power sensor as primary or secondary sensor.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Starting and Ending a Measurement ABORt<Measurement> Immediately interrupts the current measurement. If the measurement has been started as a single measurement (INITiate<Measurement>[:IMMediate]), the power sensor goes into the idle state. However, if a continuous measurement is in progress (INITiate<Measurement>:CONTinuous ON), the trigger system of the power sen- sor enters the waiting for trigger state, and if the trigger condition is met, a new mea-...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Starting and Ending a Measurement Ends the continuous measurement mode, and sets the power sensor to the idle state. *RST: INITiate<Undef>:ALL:CONTinuous <state> Applies to all connected power sensors. See INITiate<Measurement>: on page 184. CONTinuous Suffix: <Undef>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results INITiate<Measurement>[:IMMediate] Starts a single measurement cycle. The power sensor changes from the idle state to the waiting for trigger state. As soon as the trigger condition is fulfilled, the sensor begins the measurement.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results STATistics | TABLe For statistics measurements Waveform or tabular format *RST: SDIGital Manual operation: "Display Format" on page 51 "Info / Marker" on page 75 "Graph / Table" on page 101 CALCulate<Measurement>:EXTRemes:RESet Saves the currently measured value as the new minimum and maximum values.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:HOLD[:STATe] <state> If enabled, displays the highest value measured for each point (pixel) of the selected display type. Alias: CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<undef>[:STATe] Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <state>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <resolution> I | OI | OOI | OOOI No decimal places, e.g. 1 dBm 1 decimal place, e.g. 0.1 dBm 2 decimal places, e.g.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Define the message text using DISPlay:MESSage:TEXT[:DATA]. Usage: Event DISPlay:MESSage:TEXT[:DATA] <string> Defines the text for user-defined messages. Parameters: <string> ASCII characters String "\n" causes a line break. The max. number of lines depends on the message type: 9 lines for messages and 7 lines for queries.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <state> OFF | ON | NEVer *RST: ON; but does not apply if NEVer is set. Manual operation: "Hide Sensor Overload Message" on page 165 DISPlay:PIXMap? Queries the display content.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <position> Range: 0 to 3 *RST: SYSTem:SPEed <mode> Changes the data processing speed. Parameters: <mode> NORMal | FAST | SLOW | FREeze FAST The display is switched off and the measured values are no lon- ger displayed, since the continuous update of the screen content requires computation time.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results ..............205 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:METer:LOWer ..............206 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:ANALog:UPPer ..............206 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:METer:UPPer ................. 206 [SENSe<Sensor>:]TRACe:OFFSet:TIME ..................206 [SENSe<Sensor>:]TRACe:TIME CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]:CCDF <value> Sets the lower limit for the CCDF bargraph display. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <DirectionalChannel>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <DirectionalChannel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor or 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Manual operation: "Scale Lower Limit" on page 52 "Forward Scale Lower Limit, Reflection Scale Lower Limit" on page 52 CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer[:DATA]:CCDF <value> Sets the upper limit for the CCDF bargraph display. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Manual operation: "Scale Upper Limit" on page 52 "Forward Scale Upper Limit, Reflection Scale Upper Limit" on page 53 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:X[:SCALe]:LEFT <value> Defines the position of the left screen edge relative to the delayed trigger. The value can be negative so that signal components are displayed before the trigger event.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:SPAN:DBM <value> Effective for trace, pulse analysis, time gate, timeslot measurements. Sets the power level range. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <value> Range: 0.005 to 400.0 *RST: 50.0 Default unit: dBm...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Sets the power level range without unit. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <value> Range: 0.005 to 2e18 *RST: 10.0 Default unit: - Manual operation: "Power Span" on page 54 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:SPAN:WATT <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <value> Range: -1e18 to 1e18 *RST: 10.0 Default unit: - Manual operation: "Power Reference" on page 54 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:TOP:WATT <value> Effective for trace, pulse analysis, time gate, timeslot measurements. Sets the power reference value.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> Depends on the current output unit of the measured value. Range: 1e-18 W to1e18 W; -150 DBM to 210 DBM; PCT: 1e-18 PCT to 1e22 PCT; -200 DB to 200 DB DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:ANALog:UPPer <value>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results 13.5.1.3 Units If you enter a value that is expressed in a certain unit, for example Hz, you can omit the unit. Then, the default unit provided in the remote command description is used. If you need decimal multiples and submultiples of a unit, you can use SCPI prefixes, see "Units"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results UNIT<Measurement>:POWer:RATio <unit> Sets the output unit for the measured power ratio values. For NRT measurements, sets the unit of the relative forward power measurement. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <unit>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <state> OFF | ON *RST: UNIT<Measurement>:POWer[:VALue] <unit> Sets the output unit for the measured power values. For NRT measurements, sets the unit of the absolute forward power measurement.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<undef>:CLEar:AUTO <mode> If enabled, automatically resets the limit monitoring state and the internal counter for limit violations if one of the following commands is executed: ● INITiate<Measurement>[:IMMediate] ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<undef>:FCOunt? Queries the number of limit violations. The counter is reset if one of the following events occurs: ● R&S NRX is switched on. ● Reset is performed (*RST). ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]:RATio: RCOefficient <value> Sets the lower limit for the reflection coefficient. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <DirectionalChannel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor or 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> Range: -200.0 to 200.0 *RST: -200.0 Default unit: dB Manual operation: "Lower Limit" on page 56 "Forward Lower Limit, Reflection Lower Limit" on page 57 CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]:RATio: SWR <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA]:POWer <value> Sets the lower limit for the measured power values. If you enter a value without unit, the unit is defined by UNIT<Measurement>: POWer[:VALue]. For further information, see Chapter 13.5.1.3, "Units", on page 207.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> Manual operation: "Upper Limit" on page 57 "Forward Upper Limit, Reflection Upper Limit" on page 58 CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer[:DATA]:CCDF <value> Sets the upper limit for the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF). Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Manual operation: "Upper Limit" on page 57 "Forward Upper Limit, Reflection Upper Limit" on page 58 CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer[:DATA]:RATio[: VALue] <value> Sets the upper limit for the measured power ratios. If you enter a value without unit, the unit is defined by UNIT<Measurement>:POWer: RATio.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:LIMit<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer:STATe <state> Enables or disables the monitoring function for the upper limit. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <DirectionalChannel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor or Parameters: <state>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results <arg1> <ASCii[,0 to 12]> Readable value. The digit defines the number of decimal places. If more values are output, they are separated by commas. Example: -2.279610E+01 *RST: ASCii,0 The reset value 0 does not restrict the number of decimal pla- ces.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results TRIGger<undef>:ALL:COUNt <count> TRIGger<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:COUNt <count> Sets the number of measurement cycles to be performed when the measurement is started using INITiate<Measurement>[:IMMediate]. This number equals the number of results that can be obtained from the sensor after a single measurement.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results TRIGger<undef>:ALL:DELay[:VALue] <delay> TRIGger<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:DELay[:VALue] <delay> Sets the delay between the trigger event and the beginning of the actual measurement. The command is not fully R&S NRP2 compatible. If port 1 is assigned to measure- ment 1 and so on, the command works.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Sets the termination resistance of the external trigger signal that is supplied at the trig- ger input/output of the power sensor. Choose a setting that fits the impedance of the trigger source to minimize reflections on the trigger signals.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Thus, you can use this setting to eliminate the effects of noise in the signal for the edge detector of the trigger system. The command is not fully R&S NRP2 compatible. If port 1 is assigned to measure- ment 1 and so on, the command works.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results The command is not fully R&S NRP2 compatible. If port 1 is assigned to measure- ment 1 and so on, the command works. If port 1 is assigned to measurement 2, for example, enable the R&S NRP2 emulation using SYSTem:LANGuage "NRP2".
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <port> INTernal | EXT2 | EXTernal2 *RST: INTernal Manual operation: "Trigger Synchronize Port" on page 65 TRIGger<undef>:ALL:SYNChronize[:STATe] <state> TRIGger<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:SYNChronize[:STATe] <state> Usually used if TRIGger<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:MASTer[: ON is set. STATe] If enabled, blocks the external trigger bus as long as the power sensor remains in the measurement state.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:FEED<Channel> "<string>" Determines the data that are processed. The parameters depend on the measurement type. The power sensor averages every measured value using a series of samples. If a RANDom feed is selected, the power sensor takes a random value from the samples and forwards it to the R&S NRX as a measured value.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Measurement type "<string>" Measured value NRT, absolute POWer:FORWard:AVERage Average power Forward direction POWer:FORWard:PEP Peak power of an amplitude-modulated signal POWer:ABSorption:AVERage Absorbed average power POWer:ABSorption:PEP Absorbed peak envelope power (PEP) POWer:FORWard:AVERage:BURSt Average power within a burst POWer:ABSorption:AVERage:...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Manual operation: "Statistics Function" on page 102 "Average" on page 108 "CCDF" on page 108 "Peak Envelope Power (PEP)" on page 108 "Absorption Average" on page 108 "Crest Factor (CF)"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results RNDMax Randomly selected samples are transmitted. All evaluations use these values instead of the average values. *RST: NONE 13.5.4 Selecting the Power Sensor Further information: ● Chapter 6.4, "Measurement Settings Dialog", on page 66 ...................
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results 1 to 4 Sensor connector A, B, C, D 4 to 100 USB connector Optional connector: sensor interface for R&S NRT (R&S NRX- 102 to 128 LAN interface Range: 0 to 128 *RST:...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <DirectionalChannel> 1 to 2 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Parameters: <state> OFF | ONCE *RST: Manual operation: "Relative Measurements" on page 72 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:STATe <state>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results [SENSe<Sensor>:]POWer:REFerence <ref> Sets the reference value for the relative power indication. If you enter a value without unit, the unit is defined by [SENSe<Sensor>:]UNIT: POWer[:VALue]. For further information, see Chapter 13.5.1.3, "Units", on page 207.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Usage: Query only [SENSe<Sensor>:][POWer:][AVG:]BUFFer:INFO? [<ITEM>]...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <state> ON | OFF *RST: 13.5.7 Trace Further information: ● Chapter 7.3, "Trace", on page 74 13.5.7.1 Trace Measurement Settings In a trace measurement, you can use commands that combine several setting com- mands.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results [SENSe<Sensor>:]TRACe:REALtime <state> Effective for trace measurements. If disabled, each measurement from the power sensor is averaged. If enabled, only one sampling sequence per measurement is recorded, thus increasing the measure- ment speed.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Query parameters: <scope_size> <expr> <capture_time> Default unit: s <source_list> <expr> Usage: Query only CONFigure<Measurement>:XTIMe[:POWer]:NONE <scope_size>, <capture_time>, <source_list> Disables trace 2. In contrast, trace 1 is always active. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Usage: Query only 13.5.7.3 Using Markers .........240 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:XDELta? .........240 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:YDELta? ........241 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:YPOSition? ........241 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:FEED:INDex ........241 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:FUNCtion .........242 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:MODE ......242 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:MODE ....243 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:POWer:DBM ....244 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:POWer:DBUV ..244 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:RELative:POWer:DB...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:YPOSition? Queries the position of a marker on the power axis. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Marker> 1 to 4 Marker (M1 to M4) Usage: Query only DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:FEED:INDex <index>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results <Marker> 1 to 4 Marker (M1 to M4) Parameters: <function> POWer | RPOWer | RTIMe | RPAVerage POWer Measures the power of the trace. RPOWer Measures the power ratio in relation to the reference marker. RTIMe Measures the time difference in relation to the reference marker.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results <Marker> 1 to 4 Marker (M1 to M4) Parameters: <mode> FTIMe | FPOWer | RPOSition | RPOWer | RPLeft | RPRight | PSEarch | MSEarch | RPSLeft | RPSRight | RMSLeft | RMSRight FTIMe At a fixed time, set by the marker position.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results <Marker> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <power> Range: -200.0 to 200.0 *RST: Default unit: dBm Manual operation: "Position" on page 78 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:POWer:DBUV <power> Sets an absolute power value for the marker position defined under DISPlay[: on page 242.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:RELative: POWer:DPCT <power> DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:POWer:RATio: DPCT <power> Sets an absolute or relative value for the marker position defined under DISPlay[: on page 242. WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:MODE Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane <Marker>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane <Marker> 1 to 4 Marker (M1 to M4) Parameters: <power> Range: -100e-3 to 1e12 *RST: 1e-3 Default unit: W Manual operation: "Position"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> *RST: [SENSe<Sensor>:]TRACe:MEASurement:OFFSet:TIME <value> Sets the start time of the pulse analysis, referenced to delay set by TRIGger<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:DELay[:VALue]. By default, the parameters of the first detected pulse are determined. Using this com- mand, you can determine parameters of another pulse.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <time> Range: 0.0 to 30.0 *RST: 0.01 Default unit: s CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:ALGorithm <value> Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Sets the analysis algorithm for detecting the pulse top and the pulse base power of a pulsed signal.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> Range: 0.0 to 100.0 *RST: 90.0 Default unit: pct Manual operation: "High Reference Level" on page 88 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:DEFine:TRANsition: LREFerence <value> Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Defines the start of the rising edge and the end of the falling edge of the pulse.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:LREFerence? Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Queries the power level at low reference level set by CALCulate<Measurement>: TRACe:MEASurement:DEFine:TRANsition:LREFerence. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Usage: Query only Manual operation: "Low Ref."...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Usage: Query only Manual operation: "Pulse Base" on page 86 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:PULSe:TOP? Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Queries the pulse top power level detected by the selected CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:ALGorithm. This value is used as a reference (100 %) to determine other parameter values such as the rising or falling thresholds.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Usage: Query only Manual operation: "Pulse Width" on page 82 CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:PULSe:PERiod? Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Queries the time between two consecutive edges of the same polarity in seconds. Dur- ing this time, the pulse signal completes one cycle.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:NEGative: OCCurrence? Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Queries the time when the signal passes through the medial reference power level with falling edge, referenced to the delayed trigger event. Indicates the stop point of the first power pulse within the analysis window.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:POSitive: OCCurrence? Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Queries the time when the signal passes through the medial reference power level with rising edge, referenced to the delayed trigger event. Indicates the start point of the first power pulse within the analysis window.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:AVG[:STATe] <value> Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Enables or disables the display of the average signal power. See on page 251. CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:AVG? Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <value>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:PULSe:BASE[: STATe] <value> Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Enables or disables the display of the pulse base power. See CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:POWer:PULSe:BASE? on page 252. Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:RRELation <refRelation> Selects whether the reference levels are voltage-related or power-related. Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <refRelation> POWer | VOLTage *RST: POWer Manual operation: "Reference Levels relate to"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <value> *RST: Manual operation: "Stop Time" on page 84 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:NEGative: OVERshoot[:STATe] <value> Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Enables or disables the display of the relative amount of negative overshoot. See CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:NEGative: on page 255.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <value> *RST: Manual operation: "Start Time" on page 83 DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:POSitive: OVERshoot[:STATe] <value> Effective for pulse analysis measurements. Enables or disables the display of the relative amount of positive overshoot. See CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:POSitive: on page 256.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> Range: 0.0 to 15.0 *RST: Default unit: s Manual operation: "Length of Gate" on page 93 CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TGATe<Gate>[:AVG]:TIME <value> Sets the start time of the gate. Suffix: <Measurement>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results <Gate> 1 to 4 Time gate Parameters: <value> Range: 0.0 to 0.1 *RST: Default unit: s Manual operation: "Start of Fence" on page 93 CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TGATe<Gate>[:AVG][:EXCLude]:MID[:STATe] <value> Enables or disables an exclusion interval for the selected gate. This exclusion interval is called fence.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Parameters: <value> Range: 0.0 to 0.1 *RST: Default unit: s Manual operation: "Start of Fence" on page 99 CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TSLot[:AVG][:EXCLude]:MID[:STATe] <value> Enables or disables an exclusion interval in the timeslots. This exclusion interval is called fence.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Usage: Query only [SENSe<Sensor>:]STATistics:OFFSet[:TIME] <time>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <value> Continuous 1 - 4 Gate number Range: 0 to 4 *RST: Manual operation: "Evaluate" on page 106 13.5.11.2 Combining Statistics Commands Parameter list For the calculation functions of the statistics measurement, the following parameters are used.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Query parameters: <statistics_size> <expr> <capture_time> Default unit: s <source_list> <expr> Usage: Query only CONFigure<Measurement>:STATistics:PDF? <statistics_size>, <capture_time>, <source_list> FETCh<Measurement>:STATistics:PDF? <statistics_size>, <capture_time>, <source_list> READ<Measurement>:STATistics:PDF? <statistics_size>, <capture_time>, <source_list>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results [SENSe<Sensor>:]STATistics:SCALe:X:MPWidth? Queries the greatest level resolution that can be attained. If the value is exceeded, a settings conflict occurs, due to the following reasons: ● Number of pixels that has been selected is too great, see on page 275.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results CALCulate<Measurement>:STATistics[:SCALe]:X:POINts <value> Effective for statistics measurements. Sets the measurement result resolution. It specifies the number of pixels that are assigned to the logarithmic level range for measured value output. The width of the level range divided by N–1, where N is the number of pixels, must not be less than the smallest level resolution.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Usage: Query only CALCulate<Measurement>:STATistics:MARKer:X:POSition[:ABSolute] <value> Effective for statistics measurements. Sets the absolute position of the x-marker. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <value> Range: -200.0 to 200.0 *RST: Default unit: dBm Manual operation:...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results 13.5.12 NRT Further information: ● Chapter 7.8, "NRT", on page 106 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:STATe on page 234 ........279 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:CCDF ....280 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:POWer[:MAGNitude] ....280 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:RATio:RCOefficient ......280 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:RATio:RFRatio ......
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results Manual operation: "Forward Reference Value, Reflection Reference Value" on page 55 "Reference Value" on page 71 CALCulate<Measurement>:RELative<DirectionalChannel>:RATio[:MAGNitude] <value> Sets the reference value for relative ratio measurements. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Usage: Event [SENSe<Sensor>:]FUNCtion:OFF[:FUNC] <function> Requires the sensor interface for R&S NRT (R&S NRX-B9). Disables the specified measurement function. The query returns all disabled measurement functions.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results [SENSe<Sensor>:]POWer:REFLection:RANGe:LIMit:DETect <value> [SENSe<Sensor>:]POWer[:POWer]:RANGe:LIMit:DETect <value> Effective if the Out 1 / Trig Out connector is configured as monitoring output for the power indication, for example using [SENSe<Sensor>:]POWer[:POWer]:RANGe: LIMit[:STATe] Defines when a logic high level (>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results The entry has no unit. The unit corresponds to the output unit selected by or UNIT<Measurement>:POWer:RATio. UNIT<Measurement>:POWer[:VALue] If you change the unit, the entered value remains the same. Suffix: <Sensor>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Measurement Settings and Results 13.5.13 Querying Measurement Results ...............286 CALCulate<Measurement>:COUNt:DATA? .................. 286 CALCulate<Measurement>:DATA? ..............286 CALCulate<Measurement>:MAXimum:DATA? ..............286 CALCulate<Measurement>:MINimum:DATA? ................286 CALCulate<Measurement>:MEAN:DATA? ..............287 CALCulate<Measurement>:PTPeak:DATA? ..............287 CALCulate<Measurement>:SDEViation:DATA? CALCulate<Measurement>:COUNt:DATA? Queries the number of measured values that are included for the calculation of the mean value and standard deviation.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions CALCulate<Measurement>:PTPeak:DATA? Queries the peak-to-peak distance (maximum to minimum) of the measured values. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Usage: Query only CALCulate<Measurement>:SDEViation:DATA? Queries the standard deviation of all measured values. The standard deviation is cal- culated and reset together with the mean value, CALCulate<Measurement>:MEAN: DATA?.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions Table 13-4: <expression> parameters for relative power measurements Channel calculation func- <expression> Description tion Ratio "(SENSn/SENSm)" Quotient of the values measured by sen- sor n and sensor m Standing wave ratio "SWR(SENSn,SENSm)"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions Parameters: <expression> Table 13-3 Table 13-4. The unit is set by UNIT<Measurement>:POWer[:VALue] UNIT<Measurement>:POWer:RATio. The query returns two additional expressions, see Table 13-5. *RST: Depends on the selected channel. Default unit: Depends on <expression> and the set unit. Manual operation: "Channel Calculation Function"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions 13.6.2.1 Continuous Average Calculation Functions Parameter list For the calculation functions of the continuous average measurement, the following parameters are used. ● <expected_value> Optional. Value that is expected for the measurement. ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]. Relative power measured by one power sensor. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list" on page 290. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:DIFFerence:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:DIFFerence:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]. Relative difference measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are descri- bed in "Parameter list" on page 290. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:SUM:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:SUM:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]. Relative sum measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list" on page 290. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:RATio:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:RATio:RELative? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]. Relative ratio measured by two power sensor. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list" on page 290. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:REFLection? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer][:AVG]:REFLection? [<expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession] "REFL(SENSn,SENSm)". Reflection coefficient/transmission factor of a DUT, measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions 13.6.2.2 Continuous Average Calculation Functions with Buffering Parameter list The following parameters are used. ● <buffered_size> Mandatory. Number of requested measured values. Corresponds to [SENSe<Sensor>:][POWer:][AVG:]BUFFer:SIZE. ● <expected_value> Optional. Value that is expected for the measurement. ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions CONFigure<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:DIFFerence? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] FETCh<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:DIFFerence? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] READ<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:DIFFerence? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:DIFFerence? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]"(SENSn-SENSm)". Difference measured by two power sensors with buffering. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions <resolution_or_source_list> <source_list> <expr> Usage: Query only CONFigure<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:RATio? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] FETCh<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:RATio? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] READ<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:RATio? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:RATio? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]"(SENSn /SENSm)". Ratio measured by two power sensors with buffering.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions Sum of the values measured by two power sensors with buffering. The used parame- ters are described in "Parameter list" on page 296. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Query parameters: <buffered_size>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:SWR? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>:ARRay[:POWer][:AVG]:SWR? <buffered_size>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession] "SWR(SENSn,SENSm)". Standing wave ratio measurement of two power sensors with buffering. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions Optional. Primary and secondary sensor. The number for each sensor is preceded by the character @. The entire expression is enclosed in parentheses. Example: (@3),(@2) Sensor C is the primary sensor, and sensor B is the secondary sensor. CONFigure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...]...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt:RELative? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt:RELative? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]. Relative power measured by one power sensors. The used parameters are described "Parameter list"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt:SUM? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt:SUM? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]"(SENSn+SENSm)". Sum measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Param- eter list"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt:RATio:RELative? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:BURSt:RATio:RELative? <dtolerance>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]. Relative ratio measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions Mandatory. Amount of time at the beginning of a timeslot or integration period that is not evaluated. Corresponds to [SENSe<Sensor>:]TIMing:EXCLude:STARt. ● <end_exclude> Mandatory. Amount of time at the end of a timeslot or integration period that is not evaluated.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:TSLot:DIFFerence? <tslot_width>, <no_slots>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:TSLot:DIFFerence? <tslot_width>, <no_slots>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession]"(SENSn-SENSm)". Power measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions Ratio measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Param- eter list" on page 310. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement Query parameters: <tslot_width> Default unit: s <no_slots>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Calculation Functions READ<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:TSLot:REFLection? <tslot_width>, <no_slots>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] MEASure<Measurement>[:SCALar][:POWer]:TSLot:REFLection? <tslot_width>, <no_slots>, <start_exclude>, <end_exclude>[, <expected_value_or_source_list>, <resolution_or_source_list>, <source_list>...] Used for CALCulate<Measurement>:MATH[:EXPRession] "REFL(SENSn,SENSm)". Reflection coefficient/transmission factor of a DUT, measured by two power sensors. The used parameters are described in "Parameter list"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors [SENSe<Sensor>:]FREQuency:TRACk <state> Enables or disables the frequency tracker of the power sensor, if available. Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <state>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:BURSt:TIMing:EXCLude:STOP <value> Effective for burst average measurements. Sets the time interval at the end of bursts that is excluded from the measurement. Thus, signal overshoots are omitted. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Channel>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Parameters: <value> Range: 8.3e-9 to 30.0 *RST: 0.01 Default unit: s Manual operation: "Aperture" on page 115 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>][:POWer][:AVG]:SMOothing[: STATe] <value> Effective for continuous average measurements. Enables or disables the smoothing filter, a steep-edge digital lowpass filter. The filter reduces result fluctuations caused by modulation.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors For some power sensors, the S-parameter correction is always activated. If you try to deactivate the S-parameter correction for such a power sensor, a SCPI error is gener- ated. Suffix: <Sensor>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor or 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Parameters: <state> ON | OFF *RST: Manual operation: "Offset State"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Usage: Setting only Manual operation: "Frequency dependent offset active" on page 119 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:CORRection:OFFSet[: MAGNitude] <value> Effective if CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:CORRection: ON is set. OFFSet:STATe Considers the transmission loss in a cable that connects the desired measurement point, set by INPut<Sensor>:PORT:POSition, and the power sensor.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor Parameters: <value> Range: 0.01 to 1000.0 *RST: Default unit: s Manual operation: "Maximum Settling Time"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Parameters: <value> Range: 1 to 128 *RST: Manual operation: "Timeslot" on page 123 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt:AUTO:TYPE <value> Effective for continuous average, burst average measurements. Sets the autofilter. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Channel>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Parameters: <state> *RST: Manual operation: "Moving Average State" on page 123 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:TCONtrol[:ENUM] <mode> Effective for continuous average, burst average, pulse analysis, timeslot, statistics measurements. Defines how the measurement results are output. This is called termination control. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor Parameters: <type> POWer | VIDeo | LINear *RST: POWer Manual operation: "Averaging Domain" on page 123 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage[:STATe] <value> Enables or disables the averaging filter.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Manual operation: "Moving Average" on page 123 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:TRACe:AVERage[:STATe] <value> Effective for trace measurements. Enables or disables the averaging filter. If enabled, the number of measured values is averaged. Averaging reduces the effect of noise so that more reliable results are obtained.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor Parameters: <state> *RST: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:ROSCillator:SOURce <source> Effective for R&S NRP series power sensors and R&S frequency selective power sen- sors.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:BURSt:WIDTh <value> Effective if CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:BURSt:MODE USER is set. Sets the burst width. Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor or 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors <Channel> 1 to 2 1 = primary sensor, 2 = secondary sensor or 1 = forward, 2 = reflection (reverse) Parameters: <direction> AUTO | FORWard | REVerse AUTO Determines the power flow direction automatically. The greater value of two measured values is automatically assigned as for- ward power.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors *RST: Manual operation: "Direction" on page 128 INPut<Sensor>:PORT:SOURce[:VALue] <val> Effective if OFF is set. INPut<Sensor>:PORT:SOURce:AUTO Sets a fixed direction of the forward power. Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <val>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Manual operation: "Modulation" on page 129 [SENSe<Sensor>:]DM:STANdard <standard> Requires the sensor interface for R&S NRT (R&S NRX-B9). Sets a communication standard for the modulation correction to reduce systematic deviations occurring in power measurements. Suffix: <Sensor>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Parameters: <modulation> OFF | IS95 | WCDMa | DVBT | DAB *RST: Manual operation: "Modulation" on page 129 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:DMODulation:WCDMa: CRATe <value> Effective if CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT: WCDMa is set. DMODulation[:VALue] Sets the chip rate for the WCDMA communication standard. Suffix: <Measurement>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <pos>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt[:VALue] <value> Effective if CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt: OFF is set. AUTO[:STATe] Sets the number of readings that are averaged for one measured value. The higher the count, the lower the noise, and the longer it takes to obtain a measured value. Suffix: <Measurement>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring Sensors DEFault Default setting USER Value defined by CALCulate<Measurement>[: CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:APERture[:VALue]. *RST: USER Manual operation: "Integration Time Mode" on page 131 CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:APERture[:VALue] <value> Effective if CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:APERture: USER is set. MODE Defines the integration time for a single measurement. Suffix: <Measurement>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Test Generator Manual operation: "Video Bandwidth" on page 131 [SENSe<Sensor>:]BWIDth:VIDeo:FNUMber <fnum> [SENSe<Sensor>:]BANDwidth:VIDeo:FNUMber <fnum> Requires the sensor interface for R&S NRT (R&S NRX-B9). For measuring the peak envelope power, specify the video bandwidth that is used for measuring the detected RF signal.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Test Generator SOURce:POWer[:VALue] <value> Requires the sensor check source (R&S NRX-B1) Sets the power level for the output signal. If you enter a value without unit, the unit is defined by SOURce:UNIT:POWer. For fur- ther information, see Chapter 13.5.1.3, "Units",...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output 13.9 Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output Configures the two multifunctional BNC connectors at the rear of the R&S NRX. Further Information: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output OUTPut:LIMit:FAIL <mode> Effective if is set to: OUTPut:MODE<output> LIM, FLIMit or RLIMit Sets the fail voltage that is output if a measured value causes a limit violation. Parameters: <mode>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output LIMit Limit violation FLIMit Forward limit violation RLIMit Reflection limit violation TOUT Trigger output Trigger input *RST: Manual operation: "Mode" on page 146 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:FEED:INDex <index>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:LOWer[:VALue] <value> Effective if is set to REC, FREC or RREC. OUTPut:MODE<output> Sets the measurement value that corresponds to 0 V output voltage. If you enter a value without unit, the unit is defined by UNIT<Measurement>: POWer[:VALue].
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output Parameters: <value> Range: -1e18 to 1e18 *RST: Default unit: - Manual operation: "0 V Equivalent" on page 147 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:LOWer:RATio:RFRatio <value> Effective if is set to: OUTPut:MODE<output>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output Sets the standing wave ration (SWR) measurement value that corresponds to 0 V out- put voltage. Suffix: <output> 1 to 2 BNC connectors at the rear; 1 = Out 1 / Trig Out, 2 = Trig In / Out 2 Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output Manual operation: "2.5 V Equivalent" on page 147 OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:UPPer[:VALue] <value> Effective if is set to REC, FREC or RREC. OUTPut:MODE<output> Sets the measurement value that corresponds to 2.5 V output voltage. If you enter a value without unit, the unit is defined by UNIT<Measurement>: POWer[:VALue].
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output Suffix: <output> 1 to 2 BNC connectors at the rear; 1 = Out 1 / Trig Out, 2 = Trig In / Out 2 Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Configuring the Analog Signal Ouput and the Trigger Input/Output OUTPut:RECorder<output>:LIMit:UPPer:RATio:SWR <value> Effective if is set to: OUTPut:MODE<output> REC, FREC or RREC Sets the standing wave ratio (SWR) measurement value that corresponds to 2.5 V out- put voltage.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Zeroing 13.10 Zeroing Further Information: ● Chapter 10, "Zeroing Sensors", on page 134 ................... 376 CALibration<Sensor>:ZERO ..................376 CALibration<Sensor>:ZERO:AUTO ................377 CALibration<undef>:ALL:ZERO:AUTO .................377 CALibration<Sensor>:ZERO:FAST:AUTO ..............377 CALibration<undef>:ALL:ZERO:FAST:AUTO CALibration<Sensor>:ZERO [<auto>] Performs zeroing for the power sensor connected to selected port. Turn off all test signals before zeroing.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Zeroing The command is not fully R&S NRP2 compatible. If port 1 is assigned to measure- ment 1 and so on, the command works. If port 1 is assigned to measurement 2, for example, enable the R&S NRP2 emulation using SYSTem:LANGuage "NRP2".
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Running Selftests Suffix: <undef> 1 to n No suffix required. Parameters: <auto> ON | OFF | ONCE | LFR | UFR 13.11 Running Selftests Used for testing the connected power sensors and the R&S NRX. Further information: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Running Selftests Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Usage: Query only CALibration<Sensor>:TEST:REFerence?
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Managing Setups and Correction Tables TEST:USB:STORage? [<argument>] Checks the connected memory stick. Query parameters: <argument> Test passed Test failed; no memory stick connected or memory stick does not respond. Usage: Query only TEST:SENSor<Sensor>? Starts a selftest of the selected power sensor and returns the result.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Managing Setups and Correction Tables Example: "Table 2,TABL,84" Usage: Query only MEMory:CATalog[:ALL]? Queries information on the available setups and frequency-dependent correction tables stored on the R&S NRX. Combines the information queried by. ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Managing Setups and Correction Tables MEMory:FREE:STATe? Queries the used and remaining disk space for setups. Example: MEM:FREE:STAT? Query 1358442496,8337127 Response Usage: Query only MEMory:FREE:TABLe? Queries the used and remaining disk space for frequency-dependent correction tables. Example: MEM:FREE:TABL? Query...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Managing Setups and Correction Tables MEMory:STATe:DEFine <register_name>[, <register_number>] MEMory:STATe:MAP <register_name>[, <register_number>] Assigns a name to the setup stored in the memory location. Take care to use recognizable names. The R&S NRX does not check whether a name is unique.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Managing Setups and Correction Tables MEMory:TABLe:DATA:POINts? Queries the number of data pairs (frequency - offset) in the selected table. to select the table. MEMory:TABLe:SELect Usage: Query only MEMory:TABLe:FREQuency <value>... Defines the frequency values in the selected correction table. Existing data is overwrit- ten.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Managing Setups and Correction Tables MEMory:TABLe:GAIN[:MAGNitude] <value>... Defines the offset values in the selected correction table. Existing data is overwritten. Take care that the number of frequency values matches the number of offset values, defined by MEMory:TABLe:FREQuency.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration Setting parameters: <string> "<old name>","<new name>" If the old name is incorrect, an error occurs. Example: MEM:TABL:MOVE "Test 1","test_5#" Usage: Setting only MEMory:TABLe:RESet Deletes the content of all frequency-dependent correction tables and resets the names to factory default, "Table 1", "Table 2"...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration 13.13.1 Presetting ......................388 SYSTem:PRESet ...................388 SYSTem:SENSor<Sensor>:RESet SYSTem:PRESet Sets the R&S NRX to a defined initial state. The default settings are indicated in the description of commands as *RST value. With the exceptions listed in Table 13-16, this command corresponds to *RST.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration SYSTem:SENSor<Sensor>:REBoot Reboots the selected power sensor. Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Usage: Event SYSTem:SHUTdown...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration SYSTem:COMMunicate:INET[:SELF]:GATeway:ADDRess <gateway> SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork[:IPADdress]:GATeway <Gateway> Effective if STATic is set. SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork[:IPADdress]:MODE Sets the IP address of the default gateway. Parameters: <Gateway> Consists of four blocks separated by dots, consisting of up to 3 digits.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration Parameters: <Hostname> Manual operation: "Host Name" on page 138 SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork[:COMMon]:WORKgroup <Workgroup> Sets an individual workgroup name for the R&S NRX. Parameters: <Workgroup> SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork:MACaddress? Queries the MAC address of the network adapter. Usage: Query only SYSTem:COMMunicate:NETWork:RESTart...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration Parameters: <address> Range: 1 to 30 *RST: Manual operation: "GPIB Address" on page 142 SYSTem:HELP:HEADers? [<Parser>] Returns a list of all SCPI commands supported by the R&S NRX. Query parameters: <Parser>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration You can query the defined string using *IDN?. Parameters: <string> Identification string. Maximum string length is 128 characters. Manual operation: "Custom IDN String" on page 143 SYSTem:IDN:AUTO <status> Enables or disables the automatic instrument identification for *IDN?.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration SYSTem:OPT:ANSWer <string> Effective if USER is set. SYSTem:OPT:MODE Sets the customized option identification string. You can query the defined string using *OPT?. Parameters: <string> Option string. Maximum string length is 128 characters. Manual operation: "Custom OPT String"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration [SENSe<Sensor>:]ADD <sensor> Adds a LAN power sensor. See "To add a LAN power sensor" on page 149. Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Setting parameters: <sensor>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration Example: SYST:SENS2:INFO? Query "Cal. Abs.:2015-07-08 ","Cal. Due Date: 2017-07 ","Cal. Lin.: not applicable ","Cal. Misc.: 2015-07-08 ","Cal. Refl.: 2015-07-08 ","Cal. S-Para.: not applicable ","Cal. S-Para. (User): not applicable ","Cal. Temp.: not applicable ","Coupling:AC ","Function: Power Terminating ","Hostname: nrp33sn-900444 ","IP Address:...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration SYSTem:DFPRint [<Path>] Generates the device footprint. Setting parameters: <Path> Return values: <XMLDeviceFootprint> <dblock> SYSTem:DFPRint:HISTory:COUNt? Queries the number of device footprints in the history. Return values: <Count> Usage: Query only SYSTem:DFPRint:HISTory:ENTRy? <index>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration <day> Range: 1 to 31 Manual operation: "Date" on page 154 SYSTem:TIME <hour>, <min>, <sec> SYSTem:TIME:UTC <hour>, <minute>, <second> Sets the time in the coordinated universal time (UTC). is changed accordingly.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration Manual operation: "Time Zone Region" on page 154 "Time Zone" on page 155 SYSTem:TIME:DSTime:RULE:CATalog? Querys the list of available time zones. Return values: <cat> Usage: Query only Manual operation: "Time Zone Region"...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration For example, a static error is reported as long as the R&S NRX detects over-tem- perature conditions or a faulty fan. In the following, the expressions error code and error number are used synonymously. Further information: ●...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration Example: SYSTem:ERRor:CODE Queries the oldest entry in the error queue. Response: 0 No errors have occurred since the error queue was last read out. Usage: Query only SYSTem:ERRor:COUNt? Queries the number of entries in the error queue.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S System Information and Configuration SYSTem:SERRor:LIST:ALL? Queries the list of all static errors that have occurred so far. The list is persistent. You can remove entries using SYSTem:SERRor:REMove. Usage: Query only SYSTem:SERRor:LIST:NEXT? Queries the list of all static errors that have occurred but have already been resolved for the oldest entry and removes it from the queue.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Using the Status Register SYSTem:LOCK:TIMeout <timeout> Sets the maximum time in milliseconds to wait when processing a command if the device is locked and the sender of the command is not the owner of the lock before the command is discarded and an error is written to the error queue.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Using the Status Register <ErrorDescription> String describing the error, example: "No error" Error queue is empty. Usage: Query only 13.14.2 Reading Out the CONDition Part Further information: ● "CONDition status register part" on page 463 STATus:DEVice:CONDition? STATus:OPERation:BIT<bitno>:CONDition?
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S Using the Status Register STATus:OPERation:TRIGger:EXTension<RegisterIndex>[:SUMMary][:EVENt]? STATus:OPERation:ULFail<RegisterIndex>[:SUMMary][:EVENt]? STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]? STATus:QUEStionable:BIT<bitno>[:EVENt]? STATus:QUEStionable:CALibration[:SUMMary][:EVENt]? STATus:QUEStionable:MEASure<RegisterIndex>[:SUMMary][:EVENt]? STATus:QUEStionable:POWer[:SUMMary][:EVENt]? STATus:QUEStionable:WINDow<RegisterIndex>[:SUMMary][:EVENt]? Suffix: <RegisterIndex> 1 to 8 Register Usage: Query only 13.14.4 Controlling the ENABle Part Further information: ● "ENABle status register part" on page 463 STATus:DEVice:ENABle <value>...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <value> *RST: 65535 13.15 R&S NRP2 Compatibility This chapter describes all R&S NRP2 remote commands that are still functional but not recommended to use if you start afresh. If you want to reuse programming from the R&S NRP2, you can use these commands.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <value> CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:XPOSition <value> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:TRACe:MARKer<Marker>:POSition:TIME Suffix: <Measurement> 1 to 8 Measurement <Marker> 1 to 4 Marker (M1 to M4) Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility None. The commands of the DISPlay system conform to the R&S NRX concept. Suffix: <Undef> 1 to n No suffix required. Parameters: <window> Range: 1 to 4 *RST: DISPlay[:WINDow<Undef>]:SIZE <size>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:ANALog:UPPer:POWer <value> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer[:DATA][: on page 200 POWer] Suffix: <Window> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <value> <block_data> DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:ANALog:UPPer:RATio <value> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:UPPer[:DATA]: on page 200 RATio[:VALue]...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <format> DIGital | ANALog | GRAPhical *RST: DIGital DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:METer:LOWer:POWer <value> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>:METer<DirectionalChannel>:LOWer[:DATA][: on page 197 POWer] Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Suffix: <Window> 1 to 4 Measurement pane Parameters: <value> DISPlay[:WINDow<Window>]:RESolution <resolution> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>:RESolution Suffix: <Window> 1 to 8 Measurement Parameters: <resolution>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:COUNt:AUTO: NSRatio Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <nsr>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <mode> MOVing | REPeat If you use instead of *RST, the RST value dif- SYSTem:PRESet fers. See Table 13-16. *RST: REPeat [SENSe<Sensor>:]AVERage:TYPE <type> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:AVERage:TYPE Suffix: <Sensor>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility [SENSe<Sensor>:]BURSt:MODE <mode> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:BURSt:MODE Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <mode>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:NRT:VBWidth[:VALue] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <mode>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <duty_cycle> Range: 0.001 to 100.00 *RST: 50.0 Default unit: pct [SENSe<Sensor>:]CORRection:FDOFfset[:INPut][:MAGNitude]? Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:CORRection:OFFSet[: MAGNitude] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:CORRection:OFFSet: STATe Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <state>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility [SENSe<Sensor>:]INPut:ATTenuation[:VALue] <value> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:INPut:ATTenuation[: VALue] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <value>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>][:POWer][:AVG]: SMOothing[:STATe] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <state>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility <Gate> 1 to 4 Time gate Parameters: <time_interval> Default unit: s [SENSe<Sensor>:][POWer:]TGATe<Gate>[:EXCLude]:MID:TIME <time_interval> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TGATe<Gate>[:AVG][:EXCLude]:MID: TIME Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility [SENSe<Sensor>:][POWer:]TSLot[:AVG]:WIDTh <width> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TSLot[:AVG]:WIDTh Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <width>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TSLot[:AVG][:EXCLude]:MID[:STATe] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <state>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <value> Range: 1.0e+7 to 1.2e+8 *RST: 1.0e+7 Default unit: Hz [SENSe<Sensor>:]ROSCillator:REFio:OUTPut[:STATe] <value> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:ROSCillator:REFio: OUTPut[:STATe] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility [SENSe<Sensor>:]SGAMma:CORRection:STATe <state> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:SGAMma:CORRection: STATe Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <state>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <rlev> Range: -280.0 to 220.0 *RST: -30.0 Default unit: dBm [SENSe<Sensor>:]STATistics:TIME <time> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: if a gate is set. CALCulate<Measurement>[:POWer]:TGATe<Gate>[:AVG]:TIME if no gate is set.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility Parameters: <time> Range: 0.0 to 0.3 *RST: Default unit: s [SENSe<Sensor>:]TIMing:EXCLude:STARt <exclude_start> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>:TSLot:TIMing:EXCLude:STARt Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <exclude_start>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility [SENSe<Sensor>:]TRACe:AVERage:TCONtrol <mode> Available for R&S NRP2 compatibility. Recommended R&S NRX command: CALCulate<Measurement>[:CHANnel<Channel>]:TRACe:AVERage: TCONtrol[:ENUM] Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Parameters: <mode>...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Commands R&S R&S NRP2 Compatibility CALCulate<Measurement>:TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:POSitive: OCCurrence? Suffix: <Sensor> 1 to 128 Configured sensor connected at: port A = 1, ... , port D = 4, R&S NRX-B9 = 101, USB and LAN port = 5 to 100 Usage: Query only [SENSe<Sensor>:]TRACe:MEASurement:TRANsition:POSitive:OVERshoot?
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols 14 Remote Control Basics ● Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols............. 449 ● SCPI Command Structure..................453 ● Command Sequence and Synchronization............460 ● Status Reporting System..................461 14.1 Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols For remote control, communication between the R&S NRX and the controlling host is established based on the following interfaces and protocols.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols Apart from the USBTMC driver, which comes with the installation of the R&S NRP Toolkit, you do not have to install a separate driver. Setup ► Connect the host interface of the R&S NRX and the USB interface of the computer. USBTMC protocol USBTMC is a protocol that is built on top of USB for communication with USB devices from the test &...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols Setup ► Using the Ethernet interface, connect the computer and the R&S NRX to a local area network. 14.1.2.1 VISA Resource Strings The VISA resource string for network device communication is required to establish a communication session between the controller and the power sensor in a LAN.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols ● SOCKET indicates the raw network socket resource class Socket communication requires the specification of the port (commonly referred to as port number) and of "SOCKET" to complete the VISA resource string with the associ- ated protocol used.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure The HiSLIP data is sent to the device using the "fire and forget" method with immediate return. Opposed to VXI-11, where each operation is blocked until a VXI-11 device handshake returns.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure The commands can be either device-specific or device-independent (common com- mands). Common and device-specific commands differ in their syntax. 14.2.1 Syntax for Common Commands Common (=device-independent) commands consist of a header preceded by an aster- isk (*) and possibly one or more parameters.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure Different numbering in remote control For remote control, the suffix can differ from the number of the corresponding selection used in manual operation. SCPI prescribes that suffix counting starts with 1. Suffix 1 is the default state and used when no specific suffix is specified.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure ● Character strings ● Block data The parameters required for each command and the allowed range of values are specified in the command description. Numeric values Numeric values can be entered in any form, i.e. with sign, decimal point and exponent. Values exceeding the resolution of the instrument are rounded up or down.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure DEFault denotes a preset value which has been stored in the non-variable mem- ory. This value conforms to the default setting, as it is called by the *RST com- mand.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure Block data Block data is a format which is suitable for the transmission of large amounts of data. A command using a block data parameter has the following structure: Example: SYSTem:HELP:SYNTax:ALL? Response: #45168xxxxxxxx...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S SCPI Command Structure ● an EOI together with the last data byte Several commands in a command line must be separated by a semicolon ";". If the next command belongs to a different command system, the semicolon is followed by a colon.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Command Sequence and Synchronization Setting command: TRIGger:SOURce INTernal Query: TRIG:SOUR? Response: INT 14.3 Command Sequence and Synchronization A sequential command finishes the execution before the next command is starting. To make sure that commands are carried out in a certain order, each command must be sent in a separate command line.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4 Status Reporting System The status reporting system stores all information on the current operating state of the instrument, and on errors which have occurred. This information is stored in the status registers and in the error queue.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System ● Associated standard event status enable register (ESE) ● SCPI-defined operation status register ● Questionable status register, which contains detailed information on the device. The R&S NRX works with several status register levels to support a high number of measurements.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System CONDition status register part The five parts of a SCPI register have different properties and functions: The CONDition part is written into directly by the hardware or the sum bit of the next lower register.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Sum bit The sum bit is obtained from the EVENt and ENABle part for each register. The result is then entered into a bit of the CONDition part of the higher-order register. The instrument automatically generates the sum bit for each register.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Short description Bit is set if One of the bits in the standard event status register is set and enabled in the event status enable register. Setting this bit Standard event status register denotes a serious error which can be specified in greater detail summary...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Sensor A connected Sensor B connected Sensor A error Sensor B error Sensor A Front/Rear Sensor B Front/Rear Sensor C connected Sensor D connected Sensor C error Sensor D error Sensor C Front/Rear Sensor D Front/Rear NRT Sensor connected...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if NRT sensor connected Key pressed Front panel key pressed. 14.4.6 Questionable Status Register Contains information on questionable instrument states that occur if the instrument is not operated in compliance with its specifications.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if POST failure Built-in test of the R&S NRX that is carried out automatically upon power-up has generated an error. Warning 14.4.6.1 Questionable Power Status Register Contains information whether the measured power values are questionable.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4.6.2 Questionable Measurement Status Registers Contain information whether the displayed data or the calculated power is questiona- ble. For information on index m, see Chapter 14.4.1, "Hierarchy of the Status Registers", on page 461.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if measured values of a measurement channel are corrupt or for the extension summary. Measurement m+6 power Channel 6 Measurement m+7 power Channel 7 Measurement m+8 power Channel 8...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if zeroing of a sensor is not successful. NRT sensor calibration R&S NRT-Zxx power sensor Other sensor calibration USB or LAN power sensor 14.4.7 Standard Event Status and Enable Register (ESR, ESE) The ESR is already defined in the IEEE 488.2 standard.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4.8 Operation Status Register Contains information on current operations, CONDition register, or operations per- formed since the last query, EVENt register. Operation CAL Summary Operation Measurement Summary Operation Trigger Summary Operation Sense Summary Lower Limit Fail Upper Limit Fail...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4.8.1 Operation Calibrating Status Register The CONDition register contains information whether a power sensor is being calibra- ted. The EVENt register contains information whether a calibration was started or com- pleted since the last query.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4.8.2 Operation Measuring Status Register The CONDition register contains information whether a power sensor is measuring. The EVENt register contains information whether a measurement was started or com- pleted since the last query.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4.8.3 Operation Measuring Extended Status Registers The CONDition registers contain information whether a measurement channel is used. The EVENt registers contain information whether a measurement channel was used since the last query. For information on index m, see Chapter 14.4.1, "Hierarchy of the Status Registers",...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if a measurement channel is active or for the extension summary. Measurement m+6 measuring Channel 6 Measurement m+7 measuring Channel 7 Measurement m+8 measuring Channel 8 14.4.8.4...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if a sensor is waiting for trigger event or for the extension summary. Sensor C wait for trigger Sensor C Sensor D wait for trigger Sensor D NRT sensor wait for trigger R&S NRT-Zxx power sensor...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Table 14-16: Used operation trigger extended status bits and their meaning Bit no. Short description Bit is set if a measurement channel is waiting for trigger event or for the extension summary. Extension summary Sum bit of the next lower status register.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Sensor A initializing Sensor B initializing Sensor C initializing Sensor D initializing NRT Sensor initializing Other Sensor initializing Figure 14-15: Operation sense status register Querying the register: ● STATus:OPERation:SENSe:CONDition? ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System 14.4.8.8 Operation Upper Limit Fail Status Registers The CONDition registers contain information whether a measured value currently exceeds a configured upper limit. The EVENt registers contain information whether a measured value exceeded an upper limit value since the last query.
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Remote Control Basics R&S Status Reporting System Bit no. Short description Bit is set if measured values of a measurement channel exceed the upper limit value or for the summary. Measurement m+7 upper limit fail Channel 7 Measurement m+8 upper limit fail Channel 8...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Troubleshooting R&S Error Messages 15 Troubleshooting ● Displaying Information...................483 ● Error Messages.....................483 ● Performing Tests....................487 ● Collecting Information for Technical Support............487 ● Contacting Customer Support................488 15.1 Displaying Information Status information Status information is displayed in the title bar of the graphical user interface. See Chapter 4, "Operating Concepts", on page 31.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Troubleshooting R&S Error Messages 15.2.1 Interpreting the Errors and Error Codes In the following, important error messages and their meaning are explained. For all other errors, perform tests to find out whether it is a hardware or software problem, and report the problem to the R&S customer support.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Troubleshooting R&S Error Messages ● The environmental temperature exceeds the suitable temperature range given in the data sheet under environmental conditions. ● The fan does not work properly. See Chapter 15.5, "Contacting Customer Support", on page 488. 1009 - fan failure alert The fan does not work.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Troubleshooting R&S Error Messages 2006 - sensor overrange Possible reasons: ● The detected signal is above the maximum value that the power sensor can cor- rectly measure. ● The current settings of the R&S NRX exceed the specified operating range of the connected power sensor.
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Troubleshooting R&S Collecting Information for Technical Support Solution: Update the sensor check source (R&S NRX-B1) as described in "Sensor Check Source Info" on page 145. 15.2.1.4 License Key Errors Number range of error codes: 4000 to 4999. 4001 - license key management warning Usually caused by: ●...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Troubleshooting R&S Contacting Customer Support Obtaining information from the R&S NRX firmware 1. Select [System] > "Test". 2. Create and save the information for troubleshooting. See "Creating information for troubleshooting" on page 164. Attach the archive file to an email in which you describe the problem. 15.5 Contacting Customer Support Technical support –...
www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Glossary: List of Abbreviations R&S Glossary: List of Abbreviations AVG: Average CCDF: Complementary cumulative distribution function CDMA: Code division multiple access DHCP: Dynamic host control protocol DNS: Domain name system EMC: Electromagnetic compatibility EMI: Electromagnetic interference GPIB: General purpose interface bus HiSLIP: High-speed LAN instrument protocol IDN: Instrument identification string...
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www.allice.de Allice Messtechnik GmbH ® Glossary: List of Abbreviations R&S SSH: Secure shell SWR: Standing wave ratio USB: Universal serial bus VISA: Virtual instrument software architecture VNC: Virtual network computing WCDMA: Wideband code division multiple access User Manual 1178.5566.02 ─ 07...