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SCPI commands are written in mixed case: text that you MUST print is written in capitals; text which is helpful but nor necessary is written in lower case.

So, the command INITiate[:IMMediate] can be entered either as init[:imm], or as initiate[:immediate]. It does not matter whether you enter text using capitals or lower-case letters.

SCPI commands often contain extra arguments in square brackets. These arguments may be helpful, but they need not be entered. So, the command INITiate[:IMMediate] can be entered as init or initiate:imm.

A SCPI command which can be either a command or a query is appended with the text /?.

So, DISPlay:ENABle/? refers to both the command DISPlay:ENABle and the query DISPlay:ENABle?.

Related Manuals

You can find more information about the instruments covered by this manual in the following manuals:

Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System User’s Guide (Agilent Product Number 08164-90B14).

Please note that User Guides no longer contain programming information, and must now be used in conjunction with this manual.

Refer to the books listed on page 16 for additional information about the General Purpose Interface Bus, GPIB.

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Contents Agilent Technologies Warn in G WA R N I N G Agilent Technologies Sales and Service Offices Japan 0120 421 0120 421 678 FAX Mexico 5081Structure of this Manual Conventions used in this ManualThis manual is divided into 5 parts Related Manuals T ETable of Contents Signal Generation The SOURce Subsystem Specific Command SummaryRoot Layer Command Signal ConditioningFeatures of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument DriverUsing Visual Programming Environments Error HandlingRemoved Command Compatibility IssuesPreset Defaults Obsolete CommandsOperational/Questionable Status System for Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth EditionAgilent 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 Introduction to Programming Gpib InterfaceCamino del Rio South, Suite 340 San Diego, CA Scpi Consortium Office Bode EnterpriseMnemonic Function If the instrument is in remote control, a screen resembling Returning the Instrument to Local ControlGpib Interface Message Queues Message QueuesHow the Input Queue Works Clearing the Input QueueOutput Queue If more than 29 errors are put into the queue, the message Error QueueIf no error has occurred, the error queue contains Is placed as the last message in the queueCommand message is ended by a line feed character LF or Programming and Syntax Diagram ConventionsCrlf Is in long form Short form of this message is StatusoperationenableShort Form and Long Form StatoperenabUnits Command and Query SyntaxUnit Default Allowed Mnemonics String Value WspData Types Slot and Channel NumbersLaser Selection Numbers Input to your Return Loss module for the following commands 112,Common Commands Common CommandsCommon Command Summary Gives a summary of the common commandsParameter Function ESE sets the Standard Event Status Enable Mask All bits shown as are unused Event Status Enable MaskCommon Status Information T E Status Model Status RegistersStatus Model Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/B Slot Status EventSlot Status Condition Status System for 8166A/B Standard Event Status Register AnnotationsStatus Byte Register Operation/Questionable Status SummaryOperation Slot Status Register Operation/Questionable Status Summary RegisterOperation/Questionable Slot Status Questionable Slot Status RegisterStatus Model Status Command Summary LongOther Commands OPT? WAI IDN?Introduction to Programming Specific Commands Command Description Specific Command SummarySpecific Commands WAVelengthREFerence/?INITiatenCHANnelm Command Description DISPlayFETChnCHANnelmSCALar INPUTnCHANnelmREADnCHANnelm PATH/?Terminals ROUTenSENSenCHANnelmPOWer SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRection Command Description SENSenCHANnelmPOWerReferenceSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibration SLOTnSOURcenCHANnelm SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRection SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerenceCommand Description SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEep SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPSTATusOPERation Command Description SPECialSTATusn STATusnOPERationSYSTem Command Description STATusnQUEStionableSlot n SYSTemCOMMunicateGPIBSpecific Commands Instrument Setup and Status IEEE-Common Commands Instrument Setup and StatusStandard event status register Sesr Error queueAt power-on By sending a value of zero Status byte register STBESE? Bit Mnemonic Decimal ValueParameters None Response Identification terminated by END Complete, Command Idle StatePower-on Agilent Technologies ManufacturerSlot 1 for the Agilent 8163A/B and Agilent 8166A/B Plete, Command Idle StateLead to useful gains in program execution efficiency Example OPT? → 81682A , , 81533B, 81532A, ENDError queue Following are not changedBits Mnemonic Selftest failed on MainframeWAI Pending operations, are completed during the wait periodBits Mnemonics Status Reporting The STATus SubsystemSTATusOPERationEVENtLEVel0? Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B Agilent 8166A/BStatus Reporting The STATus Subsystem STATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel0?STATusOPERationEVENtLEVel1? STATusOPERationENABleLEVelSTATusOPERationENABleLEVel0? Bits Mnemonics Decimal Value Agilent 8166A/BSTATusOPERationENABleLEVel1? STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1Syntax STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1wspvalue Description STATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel1?STATus nOPERationEVENt? OffsetExtrapolated values STATus nOPERationCONDition?STATusnOPERationENABle? STATusnOPERationENABleSTATusnOPERationENABlewspvalue STATusPRESetSTATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel0? Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/BStatques? → +0END STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel0?STATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel1? STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel 1wspvalue DescriptionSTATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? Description11-15 Not Used STATusnQUEStionableEVENt?Syntax STATusnQUEStionableEVENt? Description STATusnQUEStionableCONDition?STATusnQUEStionableENABle STATusnQUEStionableENABlewspvalueSTATusnQUEStionableENABle? SYSTemERRor? SYSTemDATESYSTemDATE? Gpib interface state Output and error queuesStandard Event Status Enable Mask SESEM, Backlight and contrast of the displaySYSTemCOMMunicateGPIBSELFADDRess SYSTemTIME?SYSTemVERSion? SystcommgpibaddrMeasurement Operations & Settings Root Layer Command Measurement Operations & SettingsLOCK? Slot nEMPTy? Agilent Technologies as the manufacturerManufacturer Slot nIDN?SLOTnTST? SLOTnHEADnEMPTy?SLOTnHEADnIDN? SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? SLOTnHEADmOPTions?SLOTnHEADmTST? Syntax SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? DescriptionSPECialREBoot SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseCSV?SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseSIZE? Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A Master Slave Channels CommandMeasurement Functions SENSe Subsystem Measurement Functions The SENSe SubsystemSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT/? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength/? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarPOWerDC? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarRETurnloss?FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarMONitor? INITiatenCHANnelmIMMediateINITiatenCHANnelmCONTinuous Read nCHANnel mSCALarPOWerALL? INITiate nCHANnel mCONTinuous?Ber Read nCHANnel mPOWerALLCONFig?READnCHANnelmSCALarPOWerDC? Member of the pair represents the channel numberREADnCHANnelmSCALarMONitor? READnCHANnelmSCALarRETurnloss?SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitude SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitude?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZERO SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionCOLLectZERO? OperationSENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZEROALL SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGing Averaging TimeSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGing? Cont SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMaxSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMax? WindAveraging Time Period Time SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABilityPeriod time Response Example Affects Dual sensorsSens1funcres? → SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABility?SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESult? Return Loss modulesSENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultBLOCk? SENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultMAXBlocksize?SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESultMONitor? 100 SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATeSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe101 SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold?Range Upper Linear Power Limit SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer 102103 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer Range Upper LinearMent. Otherwise, it must be set by the sensnpowrang command SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO?You must append a unit type Reference mode using the command105 DB if you use TOMODule orSENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceDISPlaySENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe 106107 SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATioSENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATio? To the channel for the second valueSENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerUNITSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT? 108SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTory SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength?109 SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACToryDefined termination reference measurement. See 110SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationCOLLectTERMination SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationTERMination?111 SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltalSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal? DB reference 112SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCORRectionREFLectance l Lower wavelength source is denoted byOUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection Signal Generation The SOURce Subsystem113 OUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection?114 OUTPutnCHANnelmPATH?OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATe 115 SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencylSOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl? Syntax SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcelwsp 116SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcel INTINT1INT2COHCAEXTEXTDEXTWVLLBACK012356SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel? 117SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel Wavelength source is denoted bySOURcenCHANnelmAMCOHCtrlCOHLevell? 118SOURce nCHANnel mAMCOHCtrlCOHLevel l SOURcenCHANnelmFMSOURcelSOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel 119SOURce nCHANnel mFMSOURce l? SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel?Mhzkhzhzminmaxdef 120SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl?SOURcenCHANnelmMODout 121SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlLevell? SOURcenCHANnelmMODout?SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl? 122SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTOSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTO? This command is available in Attenuation Mode OnlySOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel124 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel? 125Also allowed MIN minimum amplitude level SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel?126 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT SOURce nCHANnel mPOWerSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSTATe? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT?SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength?128 Pmax 129SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATA? SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATABLOCk?SOURcenCHANnelmREADoutPOINts? 130SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlwspvalue SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl131 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionARA SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionAUTocalib 132SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionARAALL 81989A, 81949A133 SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionZEROSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROALL SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl 134SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROAUTO ThzghzmhzkhzhzSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerencel? 135SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerenceDISPlay136 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepCHECkparams?Message SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes 137ValueMINMAXDEF0 SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes?SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl? 138SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepEXPectedtriggers?Sweep state 139SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepFLAG? Start Sweep waiting for trigger Trigger →SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGging Following settings are the prerequisites for Lambda Logging140 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGgingwspOFFON01SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE? 141SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepPMAX?142 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeatSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed 143SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSOFTtrigger SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTARt? 144SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTARt SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOPSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP? If you enable lambda logging see145 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPNEXT 146SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATe? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPPREVious147 SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTEPWIDTh?148 Signal ConditioningINPut and OUTput commands INPut nCHANnel mATTenuationINPutnCHANnelmOFFSet? 149INPutnCHANnelmOFFSet INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetDISPlayINPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetPOWermeter150 INPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed?MAX DEF 151INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength?152 OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWer? OUTPut nCHANnel mAPMode?OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerencePOWermeter OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerence? 153OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetPOWermeter OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSet? 154OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerUNit OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerCONTRolOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerCONTRol? 155156 OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerUNit?OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron OUTPut nCHANnel mSTATeOUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron?157 OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe?158 OUTPutnCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectionZEROALLOUTPCORRCOLLZER0? → 0END Table of wavelength-dependent offsets 159160 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATeCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATe? CONF1OFFSWAVSTAT on161 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence CONF1OFFSWAVREF 4,2CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueOFFSet? CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueWAVelength? 162CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELeteALL CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALuePAIR?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELete 163164 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABle?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABleSIZE? CONF1OFFSWAVTABSIZE? →Slot Numbers When the attenuator is hosted in SlotTIP Query the Scpi error queue using SYSTERR? 165Command Semantic 166Display and System Commands Ieee Commands167 Status Commands User Calibration Data168 169 Signal RoutingSwitch modules ROUTe nCHANnel mROUTenCHANnelmCONFigROUTe? ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig?Syntax ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig? Description 170Hardware Triggering The TRIGger Subsystem171 Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions Sensfuncstat172 Generating Output Triggers from Power MeasurementsDISabled An output trigger will never be generated AVGover Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions173 174 TRIGgernCHANnelmINPut?TRIGgernCHANnelmINPutREARm TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet 175TRIGger nCHANnel mINPutREARm? TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet valueReturn loss modules 176TRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPut Continuous mode, wavswestepwidt is used for triggering, see177 Output triggers using power measurementsTRIGgerCONFiguration TRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPutREARmTRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal? TRIGgerCONFiguration?TRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal 178TRIGger Extended Trigger Configuration179 Bit unsigned integer , see belowExtended Trigger Configuration 180Node a Input Configuration Node B Input Configuration181 Output Matrix Configuration Extended Trigger Configuration ExampleOutput Trigger Connector or Individual module slots 182183 Trigconfext #H2,#H0,#H0 is described by -1 and sets one bitSequence starts again at and continues until the sweep ends 184 Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions 185186 Display OperationsDISPlay Subsystem Display187 DISPlayENABleDISPlayENABle? DISPlayBRIGhtness?188 Mass Storage, Display, and Print FunctionsDISPlayLOCKout? Same program Instrument using Visa library calls189 CD-ROM 08164-90BC4How to Use Visa Calls 190Visa Programming Examples How to Use Visa Calls 191How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source 192How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source 193194 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 Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver 213214 Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument DriverInstalling the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver 215216 217 Program Folder Item OptionsGpib Interfacing in Agilent VEE Using Visual Programming EnvironmentsGetting Started with Agilent VEE 218Enter the following information Name enter hp816X Using Visual Programming Environments219 Select hp816X from the Plug&play Driver Name drop-down list220 Getting Started with LabView 221This folder contains a subfolder named instr.lib 222 FP Conversion Options Box223 LabView is a trademark of National Instruments CorporationInstrument Driver with LabView Getting Started with LabWindows 224Features of the Agilent Instrument Driver Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver225 Directory Structure 226Successful completion of this function returns Visuccess Opening an Instrument Session227 Opening an Instrument SessionClosing an Instrument Session 228229 Visa Data Types and Selected Constant Definitions230 Error HandlingCheck for an error or event after each function ViStatus errStatusError Handling 231VISA-Specific Information Introduction to ProgrammingExample Programs Development EnvironmentsLabWindows CVI/ R 4.0 or higher Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 or higherAgilent VEE 5.01 or higher 233Online Information 234Latest copy of this driver can be downloaded via Lambda Scan Applications 235Lambda Scan Applications Equally Spaced Datapoints 236How to Perform a Lambda Scan Application Prepare Lambda Scan Function237 238 Get Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionExecute Lambda Scan Function Get Lambda Scan ParametersPower 8163A or B How to Perform a Multi-Frame Lambda Scan Application8164A or B Power 239Unregister Mainframe Function Equally Spaced Datapoints FunctionRegister Mainframe Function 240Prepare Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function 241Get Lambda Scan Result Function Get MF Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionExecute Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function 242243 Get Number of PWM Channels FunctionGet Channel Location Function Maximum number of channels that may be specified is244 Error Codes 257Gpib Error Strings 258259 Program mnemonic too longSuffix too long 260 Standard 200 261New 185 New 201Old 212 262Old 211 Old 213263 Old 221Standard 222 264 265 266 267 To -499 Query Errors 268Standard 430 269Standard 420 Standard 440270 Overview for Unsupported StringsGpib Command Compatibility List 245Command Change Affects Compatibility IssuesThese commands are incompatible Gpib Bus Compatibility247 Preset Defaults Preset defaults are different248 Removed Command 249Obsolete Commands Old Command New Command Affects250 SOURAMFREQ/? Changed Parameter Syntax Semantics251 DispbrigTST Changed Query Result Values252 SENSPOWUNIT?Details the ways in which timing behavior is different Timing Behavior253 Change Affects254 Returned Value AffectsFLT/DBLMAX Command Order Command Order255 Instrument Status Settings 256Index 271272 SlotPage  Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH 08164-90B64
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