Remote Commands

User Calibration Commands

 

 

Switch the state off (using OFF or 0) to use the

 

 

factory-made calibration. Switch the state on

 

 

(using ON or 1) to use the user calibration data.

 

 

NO T E

If you are using the instrument in an environment where the

 

temperature changes, you should not use the user wavelength

 

calibration data, as it lacks correction for temperature changes.

 

:UCALibration:STATe?

 

 

Syntax

:UCALibration:STATe?

 

Description

The query returns the current wavelength

 

 

calibration state.

 

 

0 indicates the instrument is using the factory-

 

 

made wavelength calibration data. 1 indicates

 

 

that the instrument is using the user calibration

 

 

data.

 

Example

OUTPUT 728;":UCAL:STAT ON"

 

 

OUTPUT 728;":UCAL:STAT?"

 

 

ENTER 728;A$

:UCALibration:STOP

Syntax:UCALibration:STOP

Description This command ends the entering of the user calibration data.

The error 203 indicates that entering the data points cannot be stopped, because it has not been started.

:UCALibration:VALue

Syntax

:UCALibration:VALue <wsp> <value>

Description This command enters a value for the user wavelength calibration data.

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Agilent Technologies 8156A manual UCALibrationSTATe?, UCALibrationSTOP, UCALibrationVALue
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8156A specifications

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