Measurement Functions – The SENSe Subsystem

Measurement Operations & Settings

command:

:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATio

 

syntax:

:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATio<wsp>

 

<slot number>255TOREF,<channel number>

 

description:

Selects the reference for the module.

 

parameters:

slot number:

an integer value representing the slot number you want to reference

 

255 or TOREF:

results are displayed relative to an absolute reference

 

channel number:

an integer value representing the channel number you want to refer-

 

 

ence

 

N O T E

If you want to reference another power sensor channel, use an integer value

 

corresponding to the slot for the first parameter and an integer value corresponding

 

to the channel for the second value.

 

 

If you want to use an absolute reference, use TOREF as the first parameter and any

 

integer value as the second parameter.

 

response:

none

 

 

examples:

sens1:pow:ref:stat:rat 2,1

References channel 2.1

 

sens1:pow:ref:stat:rat TOREF,1

References an absolute reference

affects:

All power meters

 

 

dual sensors:

Master and slave channels are independent.

 

 

 

 

 

command:

syntax:

description:

parameters:

response:

examples:

affects:

dual sensors:

:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATio?

:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATio?

Returns the reference setting for the module.

none

results are displayed relative to an absolute reference or to the current power reading from another channel.

sens1:pow:ref:stat:rat? → +255,+0<END>

results are displayed relative

 

to an absolute reference

sens1:pow:ref:stat:rat? → +2,+1<END>

results are displayed relative

 

to channel 2.1

All power meters

 

Master and slave channels are independent.

 

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