Language Reference

MEASure Group of Commands

n

Results Returned

 

 

not specified or

Returns the following comma-separated scalar results:

n=1

1.

FFT peak is the FFT peak amplitude.

 

 

2.

FFT frequency is the FFT frequency of the peak amplitude.

 

3.

FFT points is the Number of points in the FFT spectrum.

 

4.

First FFT frequency is the frequency of the first FFT point of the

 

 

spectrum.

 

5.

FFT spacing is the frequency spacing between the FFT points of the

 

 

spectrum.

 

6.

Time domain points is the number of points in the time domain trace

 

 

used for the FFT. The number of points doubles if the data is complex

 

 

instead of real. See the time domain scaler description below.

 

7.

First time point is the time of the first time domain point, where time

 

 

zero is the trigger event.

 

8.

Time spacing is the time spacing between the time domain points. The

 

 

time spacing value doubles if the data is complex instead of real. See the

 

 

time domain scaler description below.

 

9.

Time domain returns a 1 if time domain is complex (I/Q) and complex

 

 

data will be returned. It returns a 0 if the data is real. (raw ADC

 

 

samples) When this value is 1 rather than 0 (complex vs. real data), the

 

 

time domain points and the time spacing scalers both increase by a

 

 

factor of two.

 

10. Scan time is the total scan time of the time domain trace used for the

 

 

FFT. The total scan time = (time spacing) Χ (time domain points 1)

 

11. Current average count is the current number of data measurements

 

 

that have already been combined, in the averaging calculation.

 

 

2, Service mode

Returns the trace data of the log-magnitude versus time. (That is, the RF

only

envelope.)

 

 

3

Returns the I and Q trace data. It is represented by I and Q pairs (in volts)

 

versus time.

 

 

4

Returns spectrum trace data. That is, the trace of log-magnitude versus

 

frequency. (The trace is computed using a FFT.)

 

 

5, Service mode

Returns the averaged trace data of log-magnitude versus time. (That is, the

only

RF envelope.)

 

 

6

Not used.

 

 

7

Returns the averaged spectrum trace data. That is, the trace of the

 

averaged log-magnitude versus frequency.

 

 

8

Not used.

 

 

9, Service mode

Returns a trace containing the shape of the FFT window.

only

 

 

 

 

 

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