Measurement Functions SENSe Subsystem | Agilent Technologies 8166A

Measurement Functions – The SENSe Subsystem

Measurement Operations & Settings

Measurement Functions – The

SENSe Subsystem

The SENSe subsystem lets you control measurement parameters for a

Power Sensor, an Optical Head Interface module, or a return loss module.

Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A - Master

and Slave Channels

For the Agilent 81635A Dual Power Sensor and Agilent 81619A Dual Optical Head Interface module, channel 1 is the master channel and channel 2 is the slave channel. The master and slave channels share the same software and hardware triggering system. For some commands, setting parameters for the master channel sets the parameters for the slave channel. In these cases, you may only set parameters for the slave channel by setting master channel parameters.

The commands listed in Table 5 can only be configured using the master channel.

Table 5 Commands that can only be configured using the master channel

Command	Page

:INITiate[n]:[CHANnel[m]][:IMMediate]	page 88
:INITiate[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:CONTinuous/?	page 89
:READ[n][:CHANnel[m]][:SCALar]:POWer[:DC]?	page 90
:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:CORRection:COLLect:ZERO	page 92
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:LOGGing/?	page 94
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:MINMax/?	page 95
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:STABility/?	page 96
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:STATe/?	page 100
:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:POWer:ATIME/?	page 101
:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:POWer:RANGe:AUTO/?	page 104
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:INPut/?	page 173
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:INPut:REARm/?	page 174
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:OUTPut/?	page 176
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:OUTPut:REARm/?	page 177

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Agilent Technologies 8166A, B, 8163A, 8164A manual Measurement Functions SENSe Subsystem, Command

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