4 - Programming Examples

Power Measurements

The MEASure and FETCh queries can return real, apparent, and reactive power measurements as well as dc power and power factor using the following commands:

MEASure:POWer:AC:APParent?

measures the ac component of apparent power in VA

MEASure:POWer:AC:REACtive?

measures the reactive power

MEASure:POWer:AC:REAL?

measures the in-phase component of power in watts

MEASure:POWer:AC:PFACtor?

returns the output power factor

MEASure:POWer:AC:TOTal?

measures the total real power being sourced

MEASure:POWer:DC?

measures the dc component of power

Harmonic Measurements

The MEASure and FETCh queries can return the amplitude and phase of up to the 50th harmonic of voltage and current. They can also return the total harmonic distortion in the output voltage or current. For example, to return readings for an individual harmonic component, use the following commands:

MEASure:CURRent:HARMonic:AMPLitude? <harmonic_number>

MEASure:CURRent:HARMonic:PHASe? <harmonic_number>

MEASure:VOLTage:HARMonic:AMPLitude? <harmonic_number>

MEASure:VOLTage:HARMonic:PHASe? <harmonic_number>

Harmonic numbers are related to the programmed frequency of output voltage. Queries sent with an argument of 0 return the dc component. An argument of 1 indicates the fundamental frequency, 2 indicates the second harmonic, 3 indicates the third, and so on. The maximum harmonic component that can be read is limited by the fundamental measurement bandwidth, which is 12.5kHz. An error is generated if a query is sent for a harmonic that has a frequency greater than 12.5kHz. To return all the harmonic components with a single query, use the following commands:

MEASure:ARRay:CURRent:HARMonic:AMPLitude?

MEASure:ARRay:CURRent:HARMonic:PHASe?

MEASure:ARRay:VOLTage:HARMonic:AMPLitude?

MEASure:ARRay:VOLTage:HARMonic:PHASe?

These queries always return 51 data values, from the dc component up to the 50th harmonic. Any harmonics that represent frequencies greater than 12.5kHz are returned as the value 0. To return the percentage of total harmonic distortion in the output voltage or current, use the following commands:

MEASure:CURRent:HARMonic:THD?

MEASure:VOLTage:HARMonic:THD?

Simultaneous Output Phase Measurements (Agilent 6834B only)

You can return simultaneous measurements from all output phases of the three-phase ac source using the FETCh query. Unlike MEASure queries, FETCh queries do not trigger the acquisition of new data when they are executed.

You must first initiate the measurement trigger system and generate a measurement trigger as explained in the following section "Triggering Measurements". When the measurement data has been acquired by the voltage and current data buffers for each output phase, use INSTrument:NSELect to select each phase, and FETCh to return the specified measurement data. The following commands return rms voltage:

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