Agilent Technologies 8164A, B, 8166A, 8163A manual Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

The Structure of this Manual

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Conventions used in this Manual

5

Related Manuals

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Introduction to Programming

15

 

 

GPIB Interface

16

 

 

Returning the Instrument to Local Control

18

 

 

Message Queues

19

 

 

How the Input Queue Works

20

 

 

Clearing the Input Queue

20

 

The Output Queue

21

 

 

The Error Queue

22

 

 

Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions

23

 

 

Short Form and Long Form

24

 

 

Command and Query Syntax

25

 

 

Units

25

 

 

Data Types

26

 

 

Slot and Channel Numbers

26

 

 

Laser Selection Numbers

27

 

 

Common Commands

29

 

 

Common Command Summary

30

 

 

Common Status Information

31

 

 

The Status Model

33

 

 

Status Registers

33

 

 

Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/B

35

 

 

Status System for 8166A/B

36

 

 

Annotations

37

 

 

Status Byte Register

37

 

 

Standard Event Status Register

37

 

Operation/Questionable Status Summary

37

 

Operation/Questionable Status Summary Register

38

 

Operation/Questionable Slot Status

38

 

 

Operation Slot Status Register

38

 

 

Questionable Slot Status Register

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Status Command Summary

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Other Commands

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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 Signal Conditioning Specific Command SummaryRoot Layer Command Signal Generation The SOURce SubsystemError Handling Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument DriverUsing Visual Programming Environments Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument DriverObsolete Commands Compatibility IssuesPreset Defaults Removed CommandAgilent 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 Scpi Consortium Office Bode Enterprise Gpib InterfaceCamino del Rio South, Suite 340 San Diego, CA Introduction to ProgrammingMnemonic 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 Is placed as the last message in the queue Error QueueIf no error has occurred, the error queue contains If more than 29 errors are put into the queue, the messageProgramming and Syntax Diagram Conventions Command message is ended by a line feed character LF orCrlf Statoperenab StatusoperationenableShort Form and Long Form Is in long form Short form of this message isString Value Wsp Command and Query SyntaxUnit Default Allowed Mnemonics UnitsSlot 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 Operation/Questionable Status Summary AnnotationsStatus Byte Register Standard Event Status RegisterQuestionable Slot Status Register Operation/Questionable Status Summary RegisterOperation/Questionable Slot Status Operation Slot Status RegisterStatus Model Long Status Command SummaryOPT? WAI IDN? Other CommandsIntroduction to Programming Specific Commands WAVelengthREFerence/? Specific Command SummarySpecific Commands Command DescriptionINPUTnCHANnelm Command Description DISPlayFETChnCHANnelmSCALar INITiatenCHANnelmROUTen PATH/?Terminals READnCHANnelmSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtion SENSenCHANnelmPOWerSLOTn Command Description SENSenCHANnelmPOWerReferenceSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibration SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionSOURcenCHANnelmAM SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl SOURcenCHANnelmSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerence SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEP Command Description SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATusnOPERation Command Description SPECialSTATusn STATusOPERationSYSTemCOMMunicateGPIB Command Description STATusnQUEStionableSlot n SYSTemSpecific Commands Instrument Setup and Status Instrument Setup and Status IEEE-Common CommandsStatus byte register STB Error queueAt power-on By sending a value of zero Standard event status register SesrBit Mnemonic Decimal Value ESE?Agilent Technologies Manufacturer Complete, Command Idle StatePower-on Parameters None Response Identification terminated by ENDExample OPT? → 81682A , , 81533B, 81532A, END Plete, Command Idle StateLead to useful gains in program execution efficiency Slot 1 for the Agilent 8163A/B and Agilent 8166A/BFollowing are not changed Error queueSelftest failed on Mainframe Bits MnemonicPending operations, are completed during the wait period WAIAgilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B Agilent 8166A/B Status Reporting The STATus SubsystemSTATusOPERationEVENtLEVel0? Bits MnemonicsSTATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel0? Status Reporting The STATus SubsystemBits Mnemonics Decimal Value Agilent 8166A/B STATusOPERationENABleLEVelSTATusOPERationENABleLEVel0? STATusOPERationEVENtLEVel1?STATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel1? STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1Syntax STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1wspvalue Description STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1?STATus nOPERationCONDition? OffsetExtrapolated values STATus nOPERationEVENt?STATusPRESet STATusnOPERationENABleSTATusnOPERationENABlewspvalue STATusnOPERationENABle?Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B STATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel0?Statques? → +0END STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVelSTATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? Description Syntax STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel 1wspvalue DescriptionSTATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel1? STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1?STATusnQUEStionableCONDition? STATusnQUEStionableEVENt?Syntax STATusnQUEStionableEVENt? Description 11-15 Not UsedSTATusnQUEStionableENABlewspvalue STATusnQUEStionableENABleSTATusnQUEStionableENABle? SYSTemDATE SYSTemERRor?SYSTemDATE? Backlight and contrast of the display Output and error queuesStandard Event Status Enable Mask SESEM, Gpib interface stateSystcommgpibaddr SYSTemTIME?SYSTemVERSion? SYSTemCOMMunicateGPIBSELFADDRessMeasurement Operations & Settings Measurement Operations & Settings Root Layer CommandLOCK? Slot nIDN? Agilent Technologies as the manufacturerManufacturer Slot nEMPTy?SLOTnHEADnEMPTy? SLOTnTST?SLOTnHEADnIDN? Syntax SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? Description SLOTnHEADmOPTions?SLOTnHEADmTST? SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse?SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseCSV? SPECialREBootSLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseSIZE? Measurement Functions The SENSe Subsystem CommandMeasurement Functions SENSe Subsystem Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A Master Slave ChannelsSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT/? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength/? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarRETurnloss? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarPOWerDC?INITiatenCHANnelmIMMediate FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarMONitor?INITiatenCHANnelmCONTinuous INITiate nCHANnel mCONTinuous? Read nCHANnel mSCALarPOWerALL?Member of the pair represents the channel number Read nCHANnel mPOWerALLCONFig?READnCHANnelmSCALarPOWerDC? BerREADnCHANnelmSCALarRETurnloss? READnCHANnelmSCALarMONitor?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitude? SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitudeSENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZERO Operation SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionCOLLectZERO?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZEROALL Averaging Time SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGingSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGing? Wind SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMaxSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMax? ContResponse Example Affects Dual sensors SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABilityPeriod time Averaging Time Period TimeReturn Loss modules SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABility?SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESult? Sens1funcres? →SENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultMAXBlocksize? SENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultBLOCk?SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESultMONitor? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe 100SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe101 SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold102 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer Range Upper Linear Power LimitRange Upper Linear SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer 103SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO Ment. Otherwise, it must be set by the sensnpowrang commandDB if you use TOMODule or Reference mode using the command105 You must append a unit type106 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceDISPlaySENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe?To the channel for the second value SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATioSENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATio? 107108 SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerUNITSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelengthSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTory SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength?109 SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTorySENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationTERMination? 110SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationCOLLectTERMination Defined termination reference measurement. SeeSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal 111SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal? Lower wavelength source is denoted by 112SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCORRectionREFLectance l DB referenceOUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection? Signal Generation The SOURce Subsystem113 OUTPutnCHANnelmCONNectionOUTPutnCHANnelmPATH? 114OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATe SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl 115SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl? INTINT1INT2COHCAEXTEXTDEXTWVLLBACK012356 116SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcel Syntax SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcelwspWavelength source is denoted by 117SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel?SOURcenCHANnelmFMSOURcel 118SOURce nCHANnel mAMCOHCtrlCOHLevel l SOURcenCHANnelmAMCOHCtrlCOHLevell?SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel? 119SOURce nCHANnel mFMSOURce l? SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATelSOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl? 120SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl MhzkhzhzminmaxdefSOURcenCHANnelmMODout? 121SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlLevell? SOURcenCHANnelmMODout122 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl?This command is available in Attenuation Mode Only SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTOSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTO? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARKSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK?124 125 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel?Also allowed MIN minimum amplitude level SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel126 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT? SOURce nCHANnel mPOWerSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSTATe? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNITSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength128 SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATABLOCk? 129SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATA? PmaxSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl 130SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlwspvalue SOURcenCHANnelmREADoutPOINts?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl? 131SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionARA 81989A, 81949A 132SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionARAALL SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionAUTocalibSOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionZERO 133SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROALL Thzghzmhzkhzhz 134SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROAUTO SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencylSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerenceDISPlay 135SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerencel?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepCHECkparams? 136Message SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes? 137ValueMINMAXDEF0 SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLesSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepEXPectedtriggers? 138SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl?Start Sweep waiting for trigger Trigger → 139SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepFLAG? Sweep stateSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGgingwspOFFON01 Following settings are the prerequisites for Lambda Logging140 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGgingSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepPMAX? 141SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat 142SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed? 143SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSOFTtrigger SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEedSOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP 144SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTARt SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTARt?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATe If you enable lambda logging see145 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP?SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPPREVious 146SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATe? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPNEXTSOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTEPWIDTh? 147INPut nCHANnel mATTenuation Signal ConditioningINPut and OUTput commands 148INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetDISPlay 149INPutnCHANnelmOFFSet INPutnCHANnelmOFFSet?INPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed? INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetPOWermeter150 INPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEedINPutnCHANnelmWAVelength? 151INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength MAX DEFOUTPut nCHANnel mAPMode? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWer? 152153 OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerence? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerencePOWermeter154 OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSet? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetPOWermeter155 OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerCONTRolOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerCONTRol? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerUNitOUTPut nCHANnel mSTATe OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerUNit?OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron 156OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe? OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron?157 OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMeOUTPutnCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectionZEROALL 158OUTPCORRCOLLZER0? → 0END 159 Table of wavelength-dependent offsetsCONF1OFFSWAVSTAT on CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATeCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATe? 160CONF1OFFSWAVREF 4,2 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence 161162 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueWAVelength? CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueOFFSet?163 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALuePAIR?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELete CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELeteALLCONF1OFFSWAVTABSIZE? → CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABle?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABleSIZE? 164165 When the attenuator is hosted in SlotTIP Query the Scpi error queue using SYSTERR? Slot Numbers166 Command SemanticIeee Commands Display and System Commands167 User Calibration Data Status Commands168 ROUTe nCHANnel m Signal RoutingSwitch modules 169170 ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig?Syntax ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig? Description ROUTenCHANnelmCONFigROUTe?Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions Sensfuncstat Triggering The TRIGger Subsystem171 HardwareSoftware Triggering Data Acquisition Functions Generating Output Triggers from Power MeasurementsDISabled An output trigger will never be generated AVGover 172173 TRIGgernCHANnelmINPut? 174TRIGgernCHANnelmINPutREARm TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet value 175TRIGger nCHANnel mINPutREARm? TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSetContinuous mode, wavswestepwidt is used for triggering, see 176TRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPut Return loss modulesTRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPutREARm Output triggers using power measurementsTRIGgerCONFiguration 177178 TRIGgerCONFiguration?TRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal TRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal?Bit unsigned integer , see below Extended Trigger Configuration179 TRIGger180 Extended Trigger ConfigurationNode B Input Configuration Node a Input Configuration181 182 Extended Trigger Configuration ExampleOutput Trigger Connector or Individual module slots Output Matrix ConfigurationTrigconfext #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 Display OperationsDISPlay Subsystem 186DISPlayBRIGhtness? DISPlayENABleDISPlayENABle? 187Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions 188DISPlayLOCKout? CD-ROM 08164-90BC4 Instrument using Visa library calls189 Same program190 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 217218 Using Visual Programming EnvironmentsGetting Started with Agilent VEE Gpib Interfacing in Agilent VEESelect hp816X from the Plug&play Driver Name drop-down list Using Visual Programming Environments219 Enter the following information Name enter hp816X220 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 StructureOpening an Instrument Session Opening an Instrument Session227 Successful completion of this function returns Visuccess228 Closing an Instrument SessionVisa Data Types and Selected Constant Definitions 229ViStatus errStatus Error HandlingCheck for an error or event after each function 230231 Error HandlingDevelopment Environments Introduction to ProgrammingExample Programs VISA-Specific Information233 Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 or higherAgilent VEE 5.01 or higher LabWindows CVI/ R 4.0 or higher234 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 Get Lambda Scan Parameters Get Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionExecute Lambda Scan Function 238239 How to Perform a Multi-Frame Lambda Scan Application8164A or B Power Power 8163A or B240 Equally Spaced Datapoints FunctionRegister Mainframe Function Unregister Mainframe Function241 Prepare Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function242 Get MF Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionExecute Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function Get Lambda Scan Result FunctionMaximum number of channels that may be specified is Get Number of PWM Channels FunctionGet Channel Location Function 243244 257 Error Codes258 Gpib Error StringsProgram mnemonic too long 259Suffix too long 260 New 201 261New 185 Standard 200Old 213 262Old 211 Old 212Old 221 263Standard 222 264 265 266 267 268 To -499 Query ErrorsStandard 440 269Standard 420 Standard 430Overview for Unsupported Strings 270245 Gpib Command Compatibility ListGpib Bus Compatibility Compatibility IssuesThese commands are incompatible Command Change Affects247 Preset defaults are different Preset Defaults248 249 Removed CommandOld Command New Command Affects Obsolete Commands250 Dispbrig Changed Parameter Syntax Semantics251 SOURAMFREQ/?SENSPOWUNIT? Changed Query Result Values252 TSTChange Affects Timing Behavior253 Details the ways in which timing behavior is differentReturned Value Affects 254FLT/DBLMAX Command Order Command Order255 256 Instrument Status Settings271 IndexSlot 272Page  Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH 08164-90B64
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