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Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter,

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Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System

Programming Guide

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Contents Agilent Technologies Warn in G WA R N I N G Japan 0120 421 0120 421 678 FAX Mexico 5081 Agilent Technologies Sales and Service OfficesConventions used in this Manual Structure of this ManualThis manual is divided into 5 parts T E Related ManualsTable of Contents Root Layer Command Specific Command SummarySignal Generation The SOURce Subsystem Signal ConditioningUsing Visual Programming Environments Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument DriverFeatures of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver Error HandlingPreset Defaults Compatibility IssuesRemoved Command Obsolete CommandsAgilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition Operational/Questionable Status System forAgilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition List of Tables Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition Introduction to Programming Camino del Rio South, Suite 340 San Diego, CA Gpib InterfaceIntroduction to Programming Scpi Consortium Office Bode EnterpriseMnemonic Function Returning the Instrument to Local Control If the instrument is in remote control, a screen resemblingGpib Interface Message Queues Message QueuesClearing the Input Queue How the Input Queue WorksOutput Queue If no error has occurred, the error queue contains Error QueueIf more than 29 errors are put into the queue, the message Is placed as the last message in the queueProgramming and Syntax Diagram Conventions Command message is ended by a line feed character LF orCrlf Short Form and Long Form StatusoperationenableIs in long form Short form of this message is StatoperenabUnit Default Allowed Mnemonics Command and Query SyntaxUnits String Value WspSlot and Channel Numbers Data TypesLaser Selection Numbers 112, Input to your Return Loss module for the following commandsCommon Commands Common CommandsGives a summary of the common commands Common Command SummaryParameter Function All bits shown as are unused Event Status Enable Mask ESE sets the Standard Event Status Enable MaskCommon Status Information T E Status Registers Status ModelStatus Model Slot Status Event Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/BSlot Status Condition Status System for 8166A/B Status Byte Register AnnotationsStandard Event Status Register Operation/Questionable Status SummaryOperation/Questionable Slot Status Operation/Questionable Status Summary RegisterOperation Slot Status Register Questionable Slot Status RegisterStatus Model Long Status Command SummaryOPT? WAI IDN? Other CommandsIntroduction to Programming Specific Commands Specific Commands Specific Command SummaryCommand Description WAVelengthREFerence/?FETChnCHANnelmSCALar Command Description DISPlayINITiatenCHANnelm INPUTnCHANnelmTerminals PATH/?READnCHANnelm ROUTenSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtion SENSenCHANnelmPOWerSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibration Command Description SENSenCHANnelmPOWerReferenceSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRection SLOTnSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSOURcenCHANnelm SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerence SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEP Command Description SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATusn Command Description SPECialSTATusOPERation STATusnOPERationSlot n Command Description STATusnQUEStionableSYSTem SYSTemCOMMunicateGPIBSpecific Commands Instrument Setup and Status Instrument Setup and Status IEEE-Common CommandsAt power-on By sending a value of zero Error queueStandard event status register Sesr Status byte register STBBit Mnemonic Decimal Value ESE?Power-on Complete, Command Idle StateParameters None Response Identification terminated by END Agilent Technologies ManufacturerLead to useful gains in program execution efficiency Plete, Command Idle StateSlot 1 for the Agilent 8163A/B and Agilent 8166A/B Example OPT? → 81682A , , 81533B, 81532A, ENDFollowing are not changed Error queueSelftest failed on Mainframe Bits MnemonicPending operations, are completed during the wait period WAISTATusOPERationEVENtLEVel0? Status Reporting The STATus SubsystemBits Mnemonics Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B Agilent 8166A/BSTATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel0? Status Reporting The STATus SubsystemSTATusOPERationENABleLEVel0? STATusOPERationENABleLEVelSTATusOPERationEVENtLEVel1? Bits Mnemonics Decimal Value Agilent 8166A/BSyntax STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1wspvalue Description STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1? STATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel1?Extrapolated values OffsetSTATus nOPERationEVENt? STATus nOPERationCONDition?STATusnOPERationENABlewspvalue STATusnOPERationENABleSTATusnOPERationENABle? STATusPRESetAgilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B STATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel0?Statques? → +0END STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVelSTATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel1? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel 1wspvalue DescriptionSTATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? DescriptionSyntax STATusnQUEStionableEVENt? Description STATusnQUEStionableEVENt?11-15 Not Used STATusnQUEStionableCONDition?STATusnQUEStionableENABlewspvalue STATusnQUEStionableENABleSTATusnQUEStionableENABle? SYSTemDATE SYSTemERRor?SYSTemDATE? Standard Event Status Enable Mask SESEM, Output and error queuesGpib interface state Backlight and contrast of the displaySYSTemVERSion? SYSTemTIME?SYSTemCOMMunicateGPIBSELFADDRess SystcommgpibaddrMeasurement Operations & Settings Measurement Operations & Settings Root Layer CommandLOCK? Manufacturer Agilent Technologies as the manufacturerSlot nEMPTy? Slot nIDN?SLOTnHEADnEMPTy? SLOTnTST?SLOTnHEADnIDN? SLOTnHEADmTST? SLOTnHEADmOPTions?SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? Syntax SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? DescriptionSLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseCSV? SPECialREBootSLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseSIZE? Measurement Functions SENSe Subsystem CommandAgilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A Master Slave Channels Measurement Functions The SENSe SubsystemSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT/? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength/? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarRETurnloss? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarPOWerDC?INITiatenCHANnelmIMMediate FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarMONitor?INITiatenCHANnelmCONTinuous INITiate nCHANnel mCONTinuous? Read nCHANnel mSCALarPOWerALL?READnCHANnelmSCALarPOWerDC? Read nCHANnel mPOWerALLCONFig?Ber Member of the pair represents the channel numberREADnCHANnelmSCALarRETurnloss? READnCHANnelmSCALarMONitor?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitude? SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitudeSENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZERO Operation SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionCOLLectZERO?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZEROALL Averaging Time SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGingSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGing? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMax? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMaxCont WindPeriod time SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABilityAveraging Time Period Time Response Example Affects Dual sensorsSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESult? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABility?Sens1funcres? → Return Loss modulesSENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultMAXBlocksize? SENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultBLOCk?SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESultMONitor? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe 100SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe? 101 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMeSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe?Range Upper Linear Power Limit 102SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer?103 Range Upper LinearSENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer?Ment. Otherwise, it must be set by the sensnpowrang command SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO?105 Reference mode using the commandYou must append a unit type DB if you use TOMODule orSENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceDISPlaySENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe? 106SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATio? SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATio107 To the channel for the second valueSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT? SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerUNITSENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength 108109 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength?SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTory SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTorySENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationCOLLectTERMination 110Defined termination reference measurement. See SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationTERMination?SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal 111SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal? SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCORRectionREFLectance l 112DB reference Lower wavelength source is denoted by113 Signal Generation The SOURce SubsystemOUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection OUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection?OUTPutnCHANnelmPATH? 114OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATe SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl 115SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl? SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcel 116Syntax SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcelwsp INTINT1INT2COHCAEXTEXTDEXTWVLLBACK012356SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel 117SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel? Wavelength source is denoted bySOURce nCHANnel mAMCOHCtrlCOHLevel l 118SOURcenCHANnelmAMCOHCtrlCOHLevell? SOURcenCHANnelmFMSOURcelSOURce nCHANnel mFMSOURce l? 119SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel?SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl 120Mhzkhzhzminmaxdef SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl?SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlLevell? 121SOURcenCHANnelmMODout SOURcenCHANnelmMODout?122 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl?SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTO? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTOSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK This command is available in Attenuation Mode OnlySOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK?124 125 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel?Also allowed MIN minimum amplitude level SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel126 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSTATe? SOURce nCHANnel mPOWerSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT?SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength128 SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATA? 129Pmax SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATABLOCk?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlwspvalue 130SOURcenCHANnelmREADoutPOINts? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl? 131SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionARA SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionARAALL 132SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionAUTocalib 81989A, 81949ASOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionZERO 133SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROALL SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROAUTO 134SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl ThzghzmhzkhzhzSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl? 135SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerencel? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerenceDISPlaySOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepCHECkparams? 136Message ValueMINMAXDEF0 137SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes?SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl 138SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepEXPectedtriggers?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepFLAG? 139Sweep state Start Sweep waiting for trigger Trigger →140 Following settings are the prerequisites for Lambda LoggingSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGging SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGgingwspOFFON01SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE 141SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepPMAX?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat 142SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat? SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSOFTtrigger 143SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed?SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTARt 144SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTARt? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP145 If you enable lambda logging seeSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATe? 146SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPNEXT SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPPREViousSOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTEPWIDTh? 147INPut and OUTput commands Signal Conditioning148 INPut nCHANnel mATTenuationINPutnCHANnelmOFFSet 149INPutnCHANnelmOFFSet? INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetDISPlay150 INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetPOWermeterINPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed INPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed?INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength 151MAX DEF INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength?OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWer? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWer152 OUTPut nCHANnel mAPMode?OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerence? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerencePOWermeter 153OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSet? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetPOWermeter 154OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerCONTRol? OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerCONTRolOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerUNit 155OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerUNit?156 OUTPut nCHANnel mSTATe157 OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron?OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe?OUTPutnCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectionZEROALL 158OUTPCORRCOLLZER0? → 0END 159 Table of wavelength-dependent offsetsCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATe? CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATe160 CONF1OFFSWAVSTAT onCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALue161 CONF1OFFSWAVREF 4,2CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueWAVelength? CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueOFFSet? 162CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELete CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALuePAIR?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELeteALL 163CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABleSIZE? CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABle?164 CONF1OFFSWAVTABSIZE? →TIP Query the Scpi error queue using SYSTERR? When the attenuator is hosted in SlotSlot Numbers 165166 Command SemanticIeee Commands Display and System Commands167 User Calibration Data Status Commands168 Switch modules Signal Routing169 ROUTe nCHANnel mSyntax ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig? Description ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig?ROUTenCHANnelmCONFigROUTe? 170171 Triggering The TRIGger SubsystemHardware Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions SensfuncstatDISabled An output trigger will never be generated AVGover Generating Output Triggers from Power Measurements172 Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions173 TRIGgernCHANnelmINPut? 174TRIGgernCHANnelmINPutREARm TRIGger nCHANnel mINPutREARm? 175TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet valueTRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPut 176Return loss modules Continuous mode, wavswestepwidt is used for triggering, seeTRIGgerCONFiguration Output triggers using power measurements177 TRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPutREARmTRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal TRIGgerCONFiguration?TRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal? 178179 Extended Trigger ConfigurationTRIGger Bit unsigned integer , see below180 Extended Trigger ConfigurationNode B Input Configuration Node a Input Configuration181 Output Trigger Connector or Individual module slots Extended Trigger Configuration ExampleOutput Matrix Configuration 182Trigconfext #H2,#H0,#H0 is described by -1 and sets one bit 183Sequence starts again at and continues until the sweep ends 184 185 Mass Storage, Display, and Print FunctionsDISPlay Subsystem Display Operations186 DisplayDISPlayENABle? DISPlayENABle187 DISPlayBRIGhtness?Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions 188DISPlayLOCKout? 189 Instrument using Visa library callsSame program CD-ROM 08164-90BC4190 How to Use Visa CallsVisa Programming Examples 191 How to Use Visa Calls192 How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source193 How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source194 How to Measure Power using FETCh and Read How to Measure Power using FETCh and Read195 196 197 198 How to Co-ordinate Two Modules How to Co-ordinate Two Modules199 200 201 202 How Power Varies with Wavelength How Power Varies with Wavelength203 204 205 206 How to Log Results How to Log Results207 208 209 210 211 212 213 Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument DriverAgilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver 214215 Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver216 Program Folder Item Options 217Getting Started with Agilent VEE Using Visual Programming EnvironmentsGpib Interfacing in Agilent VEE 218219 Using Visual Programming EnvironmentsEnter the following information Name enter hp816X Select hp816X from the Plug&play Driver Name drop-down list220 221 Getting Started with LabViewThis folder contains a subfolder named instr.lib FP Conversion Options Box 222LabView is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation 223Instrument Driver with LabView 224 Getting Started with LabWindowsFeatures of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver Features of the Agilent Instrument Driver225 226 Directory Structure227 Opening an Instrument SessionSuccessful completion of this function returns Visuccess Opening an Instrument Session228 Closing an Instrument SessionVisa Data Types and Selected Constant Definitions 229Check for an error or event after each function Error Handling230 ViStatus errStatus231 Error HandlingExample Programs Introduction to ProgrammingVISA-Specific Information Development EnvironmentsAgilent VEE 5.01 or higher Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 or higherLabWindows CVI/ R 4.0 or higher 233234 Online InformationLatest copy of this driver can be downloaded via 235 Lambda Scan ApplicationsLambda Scan Applications 236 Equally Spaced DatapointsPrepare Lambda Scan Function How to Perform a Lambda Scan Application237 Execute Lambda Scan Function Get Lambda Scan Parameters Function238 Get Lambda Scan Parameters8164A or B Power How to Perform a Multi-Frame Lambda Scan ApplicationPower 8163A or B 239Register Mainframe Function Equally Spaced Datapoints FunctionUnregister Mainframe Function 240241 Prepare Multi Frame Lambda Scan FunctionExecute Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function Get MF Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionGet Lambda Scan Result Function 242Get Channel Location Function Get Number of PWM Channels Function243 Maximum number of channels that may be specified is244 257 Error Codes258 Gpib Error StringsProgram mnemonic too long 259Suffix too long 260 New 185 261Standard 200 New 201Old 211 262Old 212 Old 213Old 221 263Standard 222 264 265 266 267 268 To -499 Query ErrorsStandard 420 269Standard 430 Standard 440Overview for Unsupported Strings 270245 Gpib Command Compatibility ListThese commands are incompatible Compatibility IssuesCommand Change Affects Gpib Bus Compatibility247 Preset defaults are different Preset Defaults248 249 Removed CommandOld Command New Command Affects Obsolete Commands250 251 Changed Parameter Syntax SemanticsSOURAMFREQ/? Dispbrig252 Changed Query Result ValuesTST SENSPOWUNIT?253 Timing BehaviorDetails the ways in which timing behavior is different Change AffectsReturned Value Affects 254FLT/DBLMAX Command Order Command Order255 256 Instrument Status Settings271 IndexSlot 272Page  Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH 08164-90B64

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