Agilent Technologies 8166A, B, 8163A, 8164A manual Other Commands, Opt? Wai Idn?

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The Status Model

Introduction to Programming

Other Commands

*OPT?

*WAI

*IDN?

returns the installed modules and the slots these modules are installed in:

For example, *OPT? → 81682A, 81533B, 81532A, ,

Modules 81682A, 81533B, and 81532A are installed in slots 0 to 2 re spectively. Slots 3 and 4 are empty.

prevents the instrument from executing any further commands until the current command has finished executing. All pending operations are completed during the wait period.

identifies the instrument; returns the manufacturer, instrument model number, serial number, and firmware revision level.

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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 OfficesThis manual is divided into 5 parts Structure of this ManualConventions used in this Manual 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 Gpib Interface If the instrument is in remote control, a screen resemblingReturning the Instrument to Local Control 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 queueCrlf Command message is ended by a line feed character LF orProgramming and Syntax Diagram Conventions 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 CommandsParameter Function Common Command SummaryGives a summary of the common commands Common Status Information ESE sets the Standard Event Status Enable MaskAll bits shown as are unused Event Status Enable Mask T E Status Registers Status ModelStatus Model Slot Status Condition Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/BSlot Status Event 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? STATusPRESetStatques? → +0END STATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel0?Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel1? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVelSTATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel 1wspvalue DescriptionSTATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? DescriptionSyntax STATusnQUEStionableEVENt? Description STATusnQUEStionableEVENt?11-15 Not Used STATusnQUEStionableCONDition?STATusnQUEStionableENABle? STATusnQUEStionableENABleSTATusnQUEStionableENABlewspvalue 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 LOCK? Root Layer CommandMeasurement Operations & Settings Manufacturer Agilent Technologies as the manufacturerSlot nEMPTy? Slot nIDN?SLOTnHEADnIDN? SLOTnTST?SLOTnHEADnEMPTy? SLOTnHEADmTST? SLOTnHEADmOPTions?SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? Syntax SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? DescriptionSLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseSIZE? SPECialREBootSLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseCSV? Measurement Functions SENSe Subsystem CommandAgilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A Master Slave Channels Measurement Functions The SENSe SubsystemSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT/? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength/? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarRETurnloss? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarPOWerDC?INITiatenCHANnelmCONTinuous FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarMONitor?INITiatenCHANnelmIMMediate INITiate nCHANnel mCONTinuous? Read nCHANnel mSCALarPOWerALL?READnCHANnelmSCALarPOWerDC? Read nCHANnel mPOWerALLCONFig?Ber Member of the pair represents the channel numberREADnCHANnelmSCALarRETurnloss? READnCHANnelmSCALarMONitor?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZERO SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitudeSENSenCHANnelmCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitude? SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZEROALL SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionCOLLectZERO?Operation SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGing? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGingAveraging Time 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?OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATe 114OUTPutnCHANnelmPATH? 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 Only124 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK?SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel Also allowed MIN minimum amplitude level SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel?125 126 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimelSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSTATe? SOURce nCHANnel mPOWerSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT?128 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelengthSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength? SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATA? 129Pmax SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATABLOCk?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlwspvalue 130SOURcenCHANnelmREADoutPOINts? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionARA 131SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl? SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionARAALL 132SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionAUTocalib 81989A, 81949ASOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROALL 133SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionZERO SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROAUTO 134SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl ThzghzmhzkhzhzSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl? 135SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerencel? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerenceDISPlayMessage 136SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepCHECkparams? 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?OUTPCORRCOLLZER0? → 0END 158OUTPutnCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectionZEROALL 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 Semantic167 Display and System CommandsIeee Commands 168 Status CommandsUser Calibration Data 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 TRIGgernCHANnelmINPutREARm 174TRIGgernCHANnelmINPut? 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 Configuration181 Node a Input ConfigurationNode B Input Configuration Output Trigger Connector or Individual module slots Extended Trigger Configuration ExampleOutput Matrix Configuration 182Sequence starts again at and continues until the sweep ends 183Trigconfext #H2,#H0,#H0 is described by -1 and sets one bit 184 185 Mass Storage, Display, and Print FunctionsDISPlay Subsystem Display Operations186 DisplayDISPlayENABle? DISPlayENABle187 DISPlayBRIGhtness?DISPlayLOCKout? 188Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions 189 Instrument using Visa library callsSame program CD-ROM 08164-90BC4Visa Programming Examples How to Use Visa Calls190 191 How to Use Visa Calls192 How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source193 How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source194 195 How to Measure Power using FETCh and ReadHow to Measure Power using FETCh and Read 196 197 198 199 How to Co-ordinate Two ModulesHow to Co-ordinate Two Modules 200 201 202 203 How Power Varies with WavelengthHow Power Varies with Wavelength 204 205 206 207 How to Log ResultsHow to Log Results 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 This folder contains a subfolder named instr.lib Getting Started with LabView221 FP Conversion Options Box 222Instrument Driver with LabView 223LabView is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation 224 Getting Started with LabWindows225 Features of the Agilent Instrument DriverFeatures of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver 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 233Latest copy of this driver can be downloaded via Online Information234 Lambda Scan Applications Lambda Scan Applications235 236 Equally Spaced Datapoints237 How to Perform a Lambda Scan ApplicationPrepare Lambda Scan Function 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 StringsSuffix too long 259Program mnemonic too long 260 New 185 261Standard 200 New 201Old 211 262Old 212 Old 213Standard 222 263Old 221 264 265 266 267 268 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 248 Preset DefaultsPreset defaults are different 249 Removed Command250 Obsolete CommandsOld Command New Command Affects 251 Changed Parameter Syntax SemanticsSOURAMFREQ/? Dispbrig252 Changed Query Result ValuesTST SENSPOWUNIT?253 Timing BehaviorDetails the ways in which timing behavior is different Change AffectsFLT/DBLMAX 254Returned Value Affects 255 Command OrderCommand Order 256 Instrument Status Settings271 IndexSlot 272Page  Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH 08164-90B64
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