Specific Commands

43

44

55

IEEE-Common Commands

Status Reporting – The STATus Subsystem

Interface/Instrument Behaviour Settings – The SYSTem

Subsystem

Measurement Operations & Settings

56

64

76

79

Root Layer Command

80

Measurement Functions – The SENSe Subsystem

85

Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A- Master and Slave

 

Channels

85

Signal Generation – The SOURce Subsystem

113

Signal Conditioning

148

The INPut and OUTput commands

148

The table of wavelength-dependent offsets

159

Compatibility of the 81560A/1A/6A/7A modular

 

attenuator family to the 8156A attenuator

165

Slot Numbers

165

Command Semantic

166

Display and System Commands

167

IEEE Commands

167

Status Commands

168

User Calibration Data

168

Signal Routing

169

Triggering - The TRIGger Subsystem

171

Extended Trigger Configuration

179

Extended Trigger Configuration Example

182

Mass Storage, Display, and Print Functions

185

Display Operations – The DISPlay Subsystem

186

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Agilent Technologies B, 8166A, 8163A Specific Command Summary, Root Layer Command, Signal Generation The SOURce Subsystem

8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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