Specific Command Summary

Specific Commands

The commands are ordered in a command tree. Every command belongs to a node in this tree.

The root nodes are also called the subsystems. A subsystem contains all commands belonging to a specific topic. In a subsystem there may be further subnodes.

All the nodes have to be given with a command. For example in the command disp:brig

• DISPlay is the subsystem containing all commands for controlling the display,

• BRIGhtness is the command selecting brightness.

If a command and a query are both available, the command ends /?.

N O T E	So, disp:brig/? means that disp:brig and disp:brig? are both available.

Table 4 gives an overview of the command tree. You see the nodes, the subnodes, and the included commands.

Table 4 Specific Command Summary

	Command	Description	Page

:CONFigure[n][:CHANnel[m]]:OFFSet

	:WAVelength:REFerence/?	Sets or queries the slot and channel of the external reference	page 161
		powermeter.
	:WAVelength:STATe/?	Switches or queries attenuator Offset Table on or off/?	page 160
	:WAVelength:TABle?	Queries the complete offset table.	page 164
	:WAVelength:TABle:SIZE?	Queries the size of the offset table.	page 164
	:WAVelength:VALue	Adds a value pair (wavelength, offset) to the offset table.	page 161
	:WAVelength:VALue:DELete	Deletes an offset value pair.	page 163
	:WAVelength:VALue:DELete:ALL	Deletes all value pairs from the offset table.	page 163
	:WAVelength:VALue:OFFSet?	Queries an offset value according to wavelength or index.	page 162
	:WAVelength:VALue:PAIR?	Queries an offset/wavelength value pair according to wavelength	page 163
		or index.
	:WAVelength:VALue:WAVelength?	Queries a wavelength value from its index in the offset table	page 162

44	Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition

8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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Agilent Technologies B, 8166A Specific Command Summary, Specific Commands, Command Description

Models: 8163A 8164A 8166A B

Specific Commands

N O T E

Command

Description

:WAVelength:REFerence/?

or index.

:WAVelength:VALue:WAVelength?

8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications