Setting The Range, Resolution And Averaging; Resolution; Averaging - Agilent Technologies N1911A Programming Manual

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Power Meter Remote Operation

Setting the Range, Resolution and Averaging

This section provides an overview of setting the range, resolution and

averaging. For more detailed information about these features refer to the

individual commands in

You can set the window's resolution using the following command:

DISPlay[:WINDow[1]|2][:NUMeric[1]|2]

:RESolution <numeric_value>

There are four levels of resolution available (1 through 4).

When the measurement suffix is W or % this parameter represents the

number of significant digits. When the measurement suffix is dB or dBM,

1 through 4 represents 1, 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001 dB respectively.

Refer to the :RESolution command on

The power meter has a digital filter to average power readings. The

number of readings averaged can range from 1 to 1024. This filter is used

to reduce noise, obtain the desired resolution and to reduce the jitter in

the measurement results. However, the time to take the measurement is

increased. You can select the filter length or you can set the power meter

to auto filter mode. To enable and disable averaging use the following

[SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:AVERage[:STATe] <boolean>

10, "SENSe Subsystem".

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