Programming Commands

CALCulate2 Subsystem

DATA?

Queries the corrected peak data of the input laser line.

Syntax

:CALCulate2:DATA? {FREQuency POWer WAVelength WNUMber}

 

Constant

Description

 

FREQuency

Queries the array of laser-line frequencies after the peak search is

 

 

completed. If :CALC2:PWAV:STAT is on, the power-weighted

 

 

average frequency is returned.

 

POWer

Queries the array of laser-line powers after the peak search is

 

 

completed. If :CALC2:PWAV:STAT is on, the total input power is

 

 

returned.

 

WAVelength

Queries the array of laser-line wavelengths after the peak search

 

 

is completed. If :CALC2:PWAV:STAT is on, the power-weighted

 

 

average wavelength is returned.

 

WNUMber

Queries the array of laser-line wave numbers after the peak

 

 

search is completed. If :CALC2:PWAV:STAT is on, the power-

 

 

weighted average wave number is returned.

Attribute

Preset State: not affected

Summary

SCPI Compliance: standard

 

Query Only

 

Description

Use the CALC2:POIN? query to determine the number of points the

 

CALC2:DATA? query will return. The following string is a typical

 

example of the first few returned values when WAVelength is specified:

+1.54488600E-006,+1.54649100E-006,+1.54808300E-006,+1.54969600E-006,+1.55131200E- 006,+1.55293000E-006

This next string resulted by specifying the WNUMber argument:

+6.47296600E+005,+6.46625000E+005,+6.45959900E+005,+6.45287500E+005,+6.44615500E+00

5,+6.43943900E+005

Notice that only measurement values are returned to the computer. There is no first value that indicates the number of values contained in the string as there is, for example, with the FETCh, READ, and MEASure commands.

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Agilent Technologies Agilent 86120C manual Constant Description FREQuency, Average frequency is returned, POWer, Returned

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