Table of Contents | Agilent Technologies 8164A, B, 8166A, 8163A

The Structure of this Manual	5
Conventions used in this Manual	5
Related Manuals	6

	Introduction to Programming	15
	GPIB Interface	16
	Returning the Instrument to Local Control	18
	Message Queues	19
	How the Input Queue Works	20
	Clearing the Input Queue	20
	The Output Queue	21
	The Error Queue	22
	Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions	23
	Short Form and Long Form	24
	Command and Query Syntax	25
	Units	25
	Data Types	26
	Slot and Channel Numbers	26
	Laser Selection Numbers	27
	Common Commands	29
	Common Command Summary	30
	Common Status Information	31
	The Status Model	33
	Status Registers	33
	Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/B	35
	Status System for 8166A/B	36
	Annotations	37
	Status Byte Register	37
	Standard Event Status Register	37
	Operation/Questionable Status Summary	37
	Operation/Questionable Status Summary Register	38
	Operation/Questionable Slot Status	38
	Operation Slot Status Register	38
	Questionable Slot Status Register	38
	Status Command Summary	40
	Other Commands	41
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8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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Agilent Technologies Warn in G WA R N I N G Japan 0120 421 0120 421 678 FAX Mexico 5081 Agilent Technologies Sales and Service Offices Conventions used in this Manual Structure of this ManualThis manual is divided into 5 parts T E Related Manuals Table of Contents Signal Conditioning Specific Command SummaryRoot Layer Command Signal Generation The SOURce Subsystem Error Handling Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument DriverUsing Visual Programming Environments Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver Obsolete Commands Compatibility IssuesPreset Defaults Removed Command Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition Operational/Questionable Status System for Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition List of Tables Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition Introduction to Programming Scpi Consortium Office Bode Enterprise Gpib InterfaceCamino del Rio South, Suite 340 San Diego, CA Introduction to Programming Mnemonic Function Returning the Instrument to Local Control If the instrument is in remote control, a screen resemblingGpib Interface Message Queues Message Queues Clearing the Input Queue How the Input Queue Works Output Queue Is placed as the last message in the queue Error QueueIf no error has occurred, the error queue contains If more than 29 errors are put into the queue, the message Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions Command message is ended by a line feed character LF orCrlf Statoperenab StatusoperationenableShort Form and Long Form Is in long form Short form of this message is String Value Wsp Command and Query SyntaxUnit Default Allowed Mnemonics Units Slot and Channel Numbers Data Types Laser Selection Numbers 112, Input to your Return Loss module for the following commands Common Commands Common Commands Gives a summary of the common commands Common Command SummaryParameter Function All bits shown as are unused Event Status Enable Mask ESE sets the Standard Event Status Enable MaskCommon Status Information T E Status Registers Status Model Status Model Slot Status Event Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/BSlot Status Condition Status System for 8166A/B Operation/Questionable Status Summary AnnotationsStatus Byte Register Standard Event Status Register Questionable Slot Status Register Operation/Questionable Status Summary RegisterOperation/Questionable Slot Status Operation Slot Status Register Status Model Long Status Command Summary OPT? WAI IDN? Other Commands Introduction to Programming Specific Commands WAVelengthREFerence/? Specific Command SummarySpecific Commands Command Description INPUTnCHANnelm Command Description DISPlayFETChnCHANnelmSCALar INITiatenCHANnelm ROUTen PATH/?Terminals READnCHANnelm SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtion SENSenCHANnelmPOWer SLOTn Command Description SENSenCHANnelmPOWerReferenceSENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibration SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRection SOURcenCHANnelmAM SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl SOURcenCHANnelm SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerence SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRection SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEP Command Description SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEep STATusnOPERation Command Description SPECialSTATusn STATusOPERation SYSTemCOMMunicateGPIB Command Description STATusnQUEStionableSlot n SYSTem Specific Commands Instrument Setup and Status Instrument Setup and Status IEEE-Common Commands Status byte register STB Error queueAt power-on By sending a value of zero Standard event status register Sesr Bit Mnemonic Decimal Value ESE? Agilent Technologies Manufacturer Complete, Command Idle StatePower-on Parameters None Response Identification terminated by END Example OPT? → 81682A , , 81533B, 81532A, END Plete, Command Idle StateLead to useful gains in program execution efficiency Slot 1 for the Agilent 8163A/B and Agilent 8166A/B Following are not changed Error queue Selftest failed on Mainframe Bits Mnemonic Pending operations, are completed during the wait period WAI Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B Agilent 8166A/B Status Reporting The STATus SubsystemSTATusOPERationEVENtLEVel0? Bits Mnemonics STATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel0? Status Reporting The STATus Subsystem Bits Mnemonics Decimal Value Agilent 8166A/B STATusOPERationENABleLEVelSTATusOPERationENABleLEVel0? STATusOPERationEVENtLEVel1? STATusOPERationCONDitionLEVel1? STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1Syntax STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1wspvalue Description STATusOPERationENABleLEVel1? STATus nOPERationCONDition? OffsetExtrapolated values STATus nOPERationEVENt? STATusPRESet STATusnOPERationENABleSTATusnOPERationENABlewspvalue STATusnOPERationENABle? Agilent 8163A/B Agilent 8164A/B STATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel0?Statques? → +0END STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel0? STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVelSTATusQUEStionableEVENtLEVel1? Syntax STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? Description Syntax STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel 1wspvalue DescriptionSTATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel1? STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? STATusnQUEStionableCONDition? STATusnQUEStionableEVENt?Syntax STATusnQUEStionableEVENt? Description 11-15 Not Used STATusnQUEStionableENABlewspvalue STATusnQUEStionableENABleSTATusnQUEStionableENABle? SYSTemDATE SYSTemERRor?SYSTemDATE? Backlight and contrast of the display Output and error queuesStandard Event Status Enable Mask SESEM, Gpib interface state Systcommgpibaddr SYSTemTIME?SYSTemVERSion? SYSTemCOMMunicateGPIBSELFADDRess Measurement Operations & Settings Measurement Operations & Settings Root Layer CommandLOCK? Slot nIDN? Agilent Technologies as the manufacturerManufacturer Slot nEMPTy? SLOTnHEADnEMPTy? SLOTnTST?SLOTnHEADnIDN? Syntax SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? Description SLOTnHEADmOPTions?SLOTnHEADmTST? SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonse? SLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseCSV? SPECialREBootSLOTnHEADmWAVelengthRESPonseSIZE? Measurement Functions The SENSe Subsystem CommandMeasurement Functions SENSe Subsystem Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A Master Slave Channels SENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT/? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength/? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarRETurnloss? FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarPOWerDC? INITiatenCHANnelmIMMediate FETChnCHANnelmSCAlarMONitor?INITiatenCHANnelmCONTinuous INITiate nCHANnel mCONTinuous? Read nCHANnel mSCALarPOWerALL? Member of the pair represents the channel number Read nCHANnel mPOWerALLCONFig?READnCHANnelmSCALarPOWerDC? Ber READnCHANnelmSCALarRETurnloss? READnCHANnelmSCALarMONitor? SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitude? SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionLOSSINPutMAGNitudeSENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZERO Operation SENSe nCHANnel mCORRectionCOLLectZERO?SENSenCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectZEROALL Averaging Time SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGingSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterLOGGing? Wind SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMaxSENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterMINMax? Cont Response Example Affects Dual sensors SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABilityPeriod time Averaging Time Period Time Return Loss modules SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionPARameterSTABility?SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESult? Sens1funcres? → SENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultMAXBlocksize? SENSe nCHANnel mFUNCtionRESultBLOCk? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionRESultMONitor? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe 100SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionSTATe? SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe101 SENSenCHANnelmFUNCtionTHReshold 102 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerATIMe?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer Range Upper Linear Power Limit Range Upper Linear SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeUPPer?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer 103 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeMONitorUPPer?SENSenCHANnelmPOWerRANGeAUTO Ment. Otherwise, it must be set by the sensnpowrang command DB if you use TOMODule or Reference mode using the command105 You must append a unit type 106 SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceDISPlaySENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe SENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATe? To the channel for the second value SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATioSENSenCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceSTATeRATio? 107 108 SENSe nCHANnel mPOWerUNITSENSenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT? SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTory SENSenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength?109 SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCALibrationFACTory SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationTERMination? 110SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCALibrationCOLLectTERMination Defined termination reference measurement. See SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal 111SENSenCHANnelmRETurnlossCORRectionFPDeltal? Lower wavelength source is denoted by 112SENSe nCHANnel mRETurnlossCORRectionREFLectance l DB reference OUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection? Signal Generation The SOURce Subsystem113 OUTPutnCHANnelmCONNection OUTPutnCHANnelmPATH? 114OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATe SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl 115SOURcenCHANnelmAMINTernalFREQuencyl? INTINT1INT2COHCAEXTEXTDEXTWVLLBACK012356 116SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcel Syntax SOURcenCHANnelmAMSOURcelwsp Wavelength source is denoted by 117SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel SOURcenCHANnelmAMSTATel? SOURcenCHANnelmFMSOURcel 118SOURce nCHANnel mAMCOHCtrlCOHLevel l SOURcenCHANnelmAMCOHCtrlCOHLevell? SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel? 119SOURce nCHANnel mFMSOURce l? SOURcenCHANnelmFMSTATel SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl? 120SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlFREQuencyl Mhzkhzhzminmaxdef SOURcenCHANnelmMODout? 121SOURcenCHANnelmFMSBSCtrlLevell? SOURcenCHANnelmMODout 122 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationl? This command is available in Attenuation Mode Only SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTOSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlAUTO? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerATTenuationlDARK?124 125 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelIMMediateAMPLitudel?Also allowed MIN minimum amplitude level SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerLEVelRISetimel126 SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT? SOURce nCHANnel mPOWerSTATeSOURcenCHANnelmPOWerSTATe? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerUNIT SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength? SOURcenCHANnelmPOWerWAVelength128 SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATABLOCk? 129SOURce nCHANnel mREADoutDATA? Pmax SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl 130SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDlwspvalue SOURcenCHANnelmREADoutPOINts? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCWlFIXEDl? 131SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionARA 81989A, 81949A 132SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionARAALL SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionAUTocalib SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthCORRectionZERO 133SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROALL Thzghzmhzkhzhz 134SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthCORRectionZEROAUTO SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerenceDISPlay 135SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthFREQuencyl? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthREFerencel? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepCHECkparams? 136Message SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes? 137ValueMINMAXDEF0 SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepCYCLes SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepEXPectedtriggers? 138SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepDWELl? Start Sweep waiting for trigger Trigger → 139SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepFLAG? Sweep state SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGgingwspOFFON01 Following settings are the prerequisites for Lambda Logging140 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepLLOGging SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepPMAX? 141SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepMODE? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat 142SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepREPeat? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed? 143SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSOFTtrigger SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSPEed SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP 144SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTARt SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTARt? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATe If you enable lambda logging see145 SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTOP? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPPREVious 146SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTATe? SOURcenCHANnelmWAVelengthSWEepSTEPNEXT SOURce nCHANnel mWAVelengthSWEepSTEPWIDTh? 147 INPut nCHANnel mATTenuation Signal ConditioningINPut and OUTput commands 148 INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetDISPlay 149INPutnCHANnelmOFFSet INPutnCHANnelmOFFSet? INPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed? INPutnCHANnelmOFFSetPOWermeter150 INPutnCHANnelmATTenuationSPEed INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength? 151INPutnCHANnelmWAVelength MAX DEF OUTPut nCHANnel mAPMode? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWer? 152 153 OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerenceOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerence? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerREFerencePOWermeter 154 OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSet? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerOFFSetPOWermeter 155 OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerCONTRolOUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerCONTRol? OUTPutnCHANnelmPOWerUNit OUTPut nCHANnel mSTATe OUTPut nCHANnel mPOWerUNit?OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron 156 OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe? OUTPutnCHANnelmSTATeAPOWeron?157 OUTPutnCHANnelmATIMe OUTPutnCHANnelmCORRectionCOLLectionZEROALL 158OUTPCORRCOLLZER0? → 0END 159 Table of wavelength-dependent offsets CONF1OFFSWAVSTAT on CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATeCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthSTATe? 160 CONF1OFFSWAVREF 4,2 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueCONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence 161 162 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthREFerence?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueWAVelength? CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueOFFSet? 163 CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALuePAIR?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELete CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthVALueDELeteALL CONF1OFFSWAVTABSIZE? → CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABle?CONFigurenCHANnelmOFFSetWAVelengthTABleSIZE? 164 165 When the attenuator is hosted in SlotTIP Query the Scpi error queue using SYSTERR? Slot Numbers 166 Command Semantic Ieee Commands Display and System Commands167 User Calibration Data Status Commands168 ROUTe nCHANnel m Signal RoutingSwitch modules 169 170 ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig?Syntax ROUTenCHANnelmCONFig? Description ROUTenCHANnelmCONFigROUTe? Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions Sensfuncstat Triggering The TRIGger Subsystem171 Hardware Software Triggering Data Acquisition Functions Generating Output Triggers from Power MeasurementsDISabled An output trigger will never be generated AVGover 172 173 TRIGgernCHANnelmINPut? 174TRIGgernCHANnelmINPutREARm TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet value 175TRIGger nCHANnel mINPutREARm? TRIGgernCHANnelmOFFSet Continuous mode, wavswestepwidt is used for triggering, see 176TRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPut Return loss modules TRIGger nCHANnel mOUTPutREARm Output triggers using power measurementsTRIGgerCONFiguration 177 178 TRIGgerCONFiguration?TRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal TRIGgerCONFigurationFPEDal? Bit unsigned integer , see below Extended Trigger Configuration179 TRIGger 180 Extended Trigger Configuration Node B Input Configuration Node a Input Configuration181 182 Extended Trigger Configuration ExampleOutput Trigger Connector or Individual module slots Output Matrix Configuration Trigconfext #H2,#H0,#H0 is described by -1 and sets one bit 183Sequence starts again at and continues until the sweep ends 184 185 Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions Display Display OperationsDISPlay Subsystem 186 DISPlayBRIGhtness? DISPlayENABleDISPlayENABle? 187 Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions 188DISPlayLOCKout? CD-ROM 08164-90BC4 Instrument using Visa library calls189 Same program 190 How to Use Visa CallsVisa Programming Examples 191 How to Use Visa Calls 192 How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source 193 How to Set up a Fixed Laser Source 194 How to Measure Power using FETCh and Read How to Measure Power using FETCh and Read195 196 197 198 How to Co-ordinate Two Modules How to Co-ordinate Two Modules199 200 201 202 How Power Varies with Wavelength How Power Varies with Wavelength203 204 205 206 How to Log Results How to Log Results207 208 209 210 211 212 213 Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver 214 215 Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver 216 Program Folder Item Options 217 218 Using Visual Programming EnvironmentsGetting Started with Agilent VEE Gpib Interfacing in Agilent VEE Select hp816X from the Plug&play Driver Name drop-down list Using Visual Programming Environments219 Enter the following information Name enter hp816X 220 221 Getting Started with LabViewThis folder contains a subfolder named instr.lib FP Conversion Options Box 222 LabView is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation 223Instrument Driver with LabView 224 Getting Started with LabWindows Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver Features of the Agilent Instrument Driver225 226 Directory Structure Opening an Instrument Session Opening an Instrument Session227 Successful completion of this function returns Visuccess 228 Closing an Instrument Session Visa Data Types and Selected Constant Definitions 229 ViStatus errStatus Error HandlingCheck for an error or event after each function 230 231 Error Handling Development Environments Introduction to ProgrammingExample Programs VISA-Specific Information 233 Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 or higherAgilent VEE 5.01 or higher LabWindows CVI/ R 4.0 or higher 234 Online InformationLatest copy of this driver can be downloaded via 235 Lambda Scan ApplicationsLambda Scan Applications 236 Equally Spaced Datapoints Prepare Lambda Scan Function How to Perform a Lambda Scan Application237 Get Lambda Scan Parameters Get Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionExecute Lambda Scan Function 238 239 How to Perform a Multi-Frame Lambda Scan Application8164A or B Power Power 8163A or B 240 Equally Spaced Datapoints FunctionRegister Mainframe Function Unregister Mainframe Function 241 Prepare Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function 242 Get MF Lambda Scan Parameters FunctionExecute Multi Frame Lambda Scan Function Get Lambda Scan Result Function Maximum number of channels that may be specified is Get Number of PWM Channels FunctionGet Channel Location Function 243 244 257 Error Codes 258 Gpib Error Strings Program mnemonic too long 259Suffix too long 260 New 201 261New 185 Standard 200 Old 213 262Old 211 Old 212 Old 221 263Standard 222 264 265 266 267 268 To -499 Query Errors Standard 440 269Standard 420 Standard 430 Overview for Unsupported Strings 270 245 Gpib Command Compatibility List Gpib Bus Compatibility Compatibility IssuesThese commands are incompatible Command Change Affects 247 Preset defaults are different Preset Defaults248 249 Removed Command Old Command New Command Affects Obsolete Commands250 Dispbrig Changed Parameter Syntax Semantics251 SOURAMFREQ/? SENSPOWUNIT? Changed Query Result Values252 TST Change Affects Timing Behavior253 Details the ways in which timing behavior is different Returned Value Affects 254FLT/DBLMAX Command Order Command Order255 256 Instrument Status Settings 271 Index Slot 272Page  Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH 08164-90B64