Reading Measurement Data - Agilent Technologies 4396B Gpib Programming Manual

Reading Measurement Data

This chapter describes how to read measurement data over the GPIB.
Measurement data can be read out of the analyzer in the following ways:
1. Data can be read o the trace selectively using the markers.
The present value of the marker (real-imaginary data and sweep parameter) is retrieved.
For additional information on the marker functions, see the
2. The entire trace (or data for a speci ed number of points) can be read out in the following
ways:
Data arrays | In regard to the data processing ow, the following data arrays are
available.
RAW DATA ARRAYS
CALIBRATION COEFFICIENT ARRAYS
DATA ARRAYS
MEMORY ARRAYS
DATA TRACE ARRAYS
MEMORY TRACE ARRAYS
For details about the data processing ow of the analyzer, see Chapter 12 of
manual.
Reference
Data format | The analyzer provides four data transfer formats.
FORM2 IEEE 32 bit oating point format
FORM3 IEEE 64 bit oating point format
FORM4 ASCII format
FORM5 MS-DOS
Depending on the format, the data transfer speed and the number of digits are changed.
Generally, binary data transfer (FORM2, FORM3, or FORM5) is faster than ASCII (FORM4).
For details on data transfer format, see the
personal computer format
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