Setting Offsets; Channel Offsets; Display Offsets - Agilent Technologies N1911A Programming Manual

1 Power Meter Remote Operation

Setting Offsets

Channel Offsets

The power meter can be configured to compensate for signal loss or gain
in your test setup (for example, to compensate for the loss of a 10 dB
attenuator). You use the SENSe command subsystem to configure the
power meter. Gain and loss correction are a coupled system. This means
that a gain set by [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:GAIN2 is represented
in the [SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:LOSS2? command. If you enter an
offset value the state is automatically enabled. However it can be enabled
and disabled using either the
[SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:GAIN2:STATe or
[SENSe[1]]|SENSe2:CORRection:LOSS2:STATe commands.
LOSS2 is coupled to GAIN2 by the equation
unit
is linear, and
You can only use LOSS2 and GAIN2 for external losses and gains. LOSS1 and GAIN1 are
N O T E
specifically for calibration factors.

Display Offsets

Display offset values can be entered using the
CALCulate[1|2]:GAIN[:MAGNitude] command.
CALCulate[1|2]:GAIN:STATe must be set to ON to enable the offset
value. If you enter an offset value the state is automatically enabled. This
offset is applied after any math calculations (refer to
page 49).
Example
The following example program, in HP Basic, details how to use the
channel and display offsets on an N1912A making a Channel A/B ratio
measurement.
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Gain = – Loss
when the default is logarithmic.
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Loss =
when the default
Gain
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