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Book Organization
What is in This Book
TermsUsedinThisBook
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2Instrument Functions: A L
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2.0.1 Ref Level
2.0.2 Attenuation
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2.0.3 Scale/Div
2.0.4 Scale Type
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2.0.5 Presel Center
2.0.6 Presel Adjust
2.0.7 Y Axis Units
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2.0.8 Ref Lvl Offset
2.0.9 Int Preamp
2.0.10 Corrections
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2.0.11 Ext Amp Gain
2.0.12 Atten Step
2.0.13 Max Mixer Lvl
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2.1 Auto Couple
2.1.1 Auto All
2.1.2 FFT & Sweep
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2.1.3 PhNoise Opt
2.1.4 Detector
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2.1.6 ADC Dither
2.1.7 ADC Ranging
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2.2 BW/Avg
2.2.1 Res BW
2.2.2 Video BW
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2.2.3 VBW/RBW
2.2.4 Average
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2.2.5 Avg/VBW Type
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2.2.6 Span/RBW
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2.3 Det/Demod
2.3.1 Detector
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2.4 Display
2.4.1 Full Screen
2.4.2 Display Line
2.4.3 Display Line
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2.4.4 Active Fctn Position
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2.4.5 Limits
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Instrument Functions: A - L Display
Instrument Functions: A - L
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2.4.6 Title
2.4.7 Preferences
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2.4.8 Display Enable (Remote Command Only)
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2.5 File
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2.5.1 Catalog
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2.5.2 Save
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2.5.3 Load
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2.5.4 Delete
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2.5.5 Copy
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2.5.6 Rename
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2.5.7 Create Dir
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2.5.8 Delete All
2.5.9 Query Trace Data (Remote Command Only)
2.5.10 Move Data to a File (Remote Command Only)
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2.5.11 Set Data Byte Order (Remote Command Only)
2.5.12 Format Numeric Data (Remote Command Only)
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2.6 FREQUENCY / Channel
2.6.1 Center Freq
2.6.2 Start Freq
2.6.3 Stop Freq
2.6.4 CF Step
2.6.5 Freq Offset
2.6.6 Signal Track
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2.7 Input/Output
2.7.1 Input Port
2.7.2 RF Coupling
2.7.3 Input Z Corr
2.7.4 Trig Input
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3.1 Marker
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3.1.1 Select Marker
3.1.2 Normal
3.1.3 Delta
3.1.4 Delta Pair
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3.1.5 Span Pair
3.1.6 Off
3.1.7 Marker Trace
3.1.8 Readout
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3.1.9 Marker Table
3.1.10 Marker All Off
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3.2 Marker Fctn
3.2.1 Select Marker
3.2.2 Marker Noise
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3.2.3 Band/Intvl Power
3.2.4 Function Off
3.2.5 Marker Count
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3.3 Marker ->
3.3.1 Mkr->CF
3.3.2 Mkr->CF Step
3.3.3 Mkr->Start
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3.3.4 Mkr->Stop
3.3.5 Mkr->Span
3.3.6 Mkr->CF
3.3.7 Mkr->Ref Lvl
3.4 Meas Setup (SA with Measurements Off)
3.4.1 Measurement Setup
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3.5 MODE
3.5.1 Spectrum Analysis
3.5.2 Application Mode Number Selection (Remote command only)
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3.5.3 Application Mode Catalog Query (Remote command only)
4Instrument Functions: P Z
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4.1 Peak Search
4.1.1 Next Peak
4.1.2 Next Pk Right
4.1.3 Next Pk Left
4.1.4 Min Search
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4.1.5 Pk-Pk Search
4.1.6 Mkr->CF
4.1.7 Continuous Pk
4.1.8 N dB Points
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4.1.9 Search Param
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4.2 Preset
4.2.1 User Preset
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4.2.2 Mode Preset
4.2.3 Factory Preset
4.2.4 Save User Preset
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4.3 Print
4.3.1 Abort the Printout (Remote Command Only)
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4.4 Print Setup
4.4.1 Printer Setup
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4.4.2 Orientation
4.4.3 Prints/Page
4.4.4 Eject Page
4.4.5 Page Size
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4.4.6 Color
4.5 Save
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4.6 SPAN / X Scale
4.6.1 Span
4.6.2 Span Zoom
4.6.3 Full Span
4.6.4 Zero Span
4.6.5 Last Span
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4.7 SWEEP
4.7.1 Sweep Time
4.7.2 Sweep
4.7.3 Auto Sweep Time
4.7.4 Points
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4.8 System
4.8. 1
4.8.2 Power On/Preset
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4.8.3 Time/Date
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4.8.4 Alignments
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4.8.5 Config I/O
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4.8.6 Reference
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4.8.7 Show System
4.8.8 Show Hdwr
4.8.9 Color Palette
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4.8.10 Diagnostics
4.8.11 Restore Sys Defaults
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Instrument Functions: P - Z System
Instrument Functions: P - Z
Key P ath:
Table 4-2 System Default Settings
4.8.12 Licensing
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4.8.13 Personality
4.8.14 Service
4.8.15 Keyboard Lock (Remote Command Only)
4.8.16 Remote Message
4.8.17 Remote Message Turned Off
4.8.18 Power On Elapsed Time (Remote Command Only)
4.8.19 SCPI Version Query (Remote Command Only)
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4.9 Trace/View
4.9.1 Query Trace Data (Remote Command Only)
4.9.2 Trace
4.9.3 Clear Write
4.9.4 Max Hold
4.9.5 Min Hold
4.9.6 View
4.9.7 Blank
4.10 Trig
4.10.1 Free Run
4.10.2 Video
4.10.3 Line
4.10.4 Ext Front
4.10.5 Ext Rear
4.10.6 RF Burst (Wideband)
4.10.7 Trig Slope
4.10.8 Trig Delay
4.10.9 Trig Offset (Remote Command Only)
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One - Button Measurement Functions
Table 5-1
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5.1 MEASURE (Spectrum Analysis Mode)
5.1.1 Command Interactions: MEASure, CONFigure, FETCh, INITiate and READ
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5.1.2 Meas Off
5.1.3 Channel Power
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5.1.4 Occupied BW
5.1.5 Adjacent Channel PowerACP
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5.1.6 Multi-Carrier Power
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Example: FETC:MCP? or MEA:MCP? or READ:MCP?
5.1.7 Power Stat CCDF
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5.1.8 Harmonic Distortion
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Example: FETC:BPOW? or MEAS:BPOW? or READ:BPOW?
5.1.10 Intermod (TOI)
Example: FETC:TOIN? or MEAS:TOIN? or READ:TOIN? FETC:TOIN:IP3? or MEAS:TOIN:IP3? or READ:TOIN:IP3?
5.1.11 Spurious Emissions
5.1.12 Spectrum Emission Mask
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5.1.13 Current Measurement Query (Remote Command Only)
5.2 Meas Control
5.2.1 Restart
5.2.2 Measure
5.2.3 Pause or Resume
5.2.4 Trigger a Sweep or Measurement (Remote Command Only)
5.2.5 Abort the Sweep or Measurement (Remote Command Only)
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5.3 Mode Setup (Spectrum Analysis Mode)
5.3.1 Radio Std
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5.3.2 Radio Std Setup
5.3.3 Retain Params
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5.3.4 Enable All Measurements
5.3.5 Autorange of Power Setting (Remote command only)
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5.4 Restart
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5.5 Single
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5.6 Meas Setup (Adjacent Channel PowerACP)
5.6.1 Avg Number
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5.6.2 Avg Mode
5.6.3 Chan Integ BW
5.6.4 Offset/Limits
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5.6.5 Meas Type
5.6.6 Optimize Ref Level
5.6.7 Method
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5.6.8 Total Pwr Ref
5.6.9 PSD Ref
5.6.10 Limit Test
5.6.11 RRC Filter
5.6.12 Filter Alpha
5.6.13 Noise Correction
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5.7 Trace/View (ACP Measurement)
5.7.1 Spectrum
5.7.2 Bar Graph
5.7.3 Combined
5.7.4 Combined View Units
5.7.5 Trace
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5.8 Meas Setup (Burst Power)
5.8.1 Avg Number
5.8.2 Avg Mode
5.8 .3
5.8. 4
5.8. 5
5.8 . 6
5.8.7 Optimize Ref Level
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5.9 Trace/View (Burst Power)
5.9.1 RF Envelope
5.9.2 Combined
5.9.3 Trace
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5.10 Meas Setup
5.10.1 Meas BW
5.10.2 Counts
5.10.3 Meas Interval
5.10.4 Optimize Ref Level
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5.11 Display
5.11.1 Full Screen
5.11.2 Store Ref Trace
5.11.3 Ref Trace
5.11.4 Gaussian Trace
5.11.5 Preferences
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5.12 SPAN X Scale (Complementary Cumulative Distribution FunctionCCDF)
5.12.1 Scale/Div
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5.13 Marker
5.13.1 Select Marker
5.13.2 Normal
5.13.3 Delta
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5.13.4 Off
5.13.5 Marker Trace
5.13.6 Marker All Off
5.13.7 Marker X Position
5.13.8 Marker Y Position (Remote Command Only)
5.13.9 Marker Maximum and Minimum (Remote Command Only)
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5.14 Meas Setup (Channel PowerCHP)
5.14.1 Avg Number
5.14.2 Avg Mode
5.14.3 Integ BW
5.14.4 Chan Pwr Span
5.14.5 Optimize Ref Level
5.14.6 RRC Filter
5.14.7 Filter Alpha
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5.15 Trace/View (Channel Power Measurement)
5.15.1 Spectrum
5.15.2 Combined
5.15.3 Trace
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5.16 Meas Setup (Harmonic Distortion)
5.16.1 Avg Number
5.16.2 Avg Mode
5.16.3 Harmonics
5.16.4 ST/Harmonic
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5.16.5 Range Table (On/Off)
5.16.6 Range Table
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5.16.7 Optimize Ref Level
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5.17 Trace/View (Harmonics)
5.17.1 Harmonics
5.17.2 Harmonics & THD
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5.18 Meas Setup (Intermod (TOI))
5.18.1 Avg Number
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5.18.2 Avg Mode
5.18.3 TOI Span
5.18.4 Max Mixer Lvl
5.18.5 Optimize Ref Level
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5.19 Meas Setup (Multi-Carrier PowerMCP)
5.19.1 Avg Number
5.19.2 Avg Mode
5.19.3 Carrier Setup
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5.19.4 Offsets/Limits
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5.19.5 Carrier Result
5.19.6 Optimize Ref Level
5.19.7 Method
5.19.8 Power Ref
5.19.9 Limit Test
5.19.10 RRC Filter
5.19.11 Filter Alpha
5.19.12 Noise Correction
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5.20 Trace/View (Multi-Carrier Power Measurement)
5.20.1 Spectrum
5.20.2 Combined
5.20.3 Combined View Units
5.20.4 Trace
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5.21 Meas Setup (Occupied BandwidthOBW)
5.21.1 Avg Number
5.21.2 Avg Mode
5.21.3 Max Hold
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5.21.4 Occ BW % Pwr
5.21.5 OBW Span
5.21.6 x dB
5.21.7 Optimize Ref Level
5.22 Meas Setup (Spectrum Emissions MaskSEM)
5.22.1 Avg Number
5.22.2 Meas Type
5.22.3 Ref Channel
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5.22.4 Offset/Limits
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One-Button Measurement Functions Meas Setup (Spectrum Emissions MaskSEM)
One-Button Measurement Functions
Table 5-3 Offsets & Limits Defaulted for W-CDMA (3GPP) Mobile Station Measur ements
a. Abs Stop issettoCoupleandFail Mask is set to Abs AND Rel.
a. set to Rel.
T a ble 5-5 Offsets & Limits Defau lte d for 802.1 1b Radio S tandard
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5.22.5 Optimize Ref Level
5.22.6 RRC Filter
5.22.7 Filter Alpha
5.23 Trace/View (Spectrum Emissions Mask)
5.23.1 Abs Pwr & Freq
5.23.2 Rel Pwr & Freq
5.23.3 Integrated Power
5.24 Display (Spectrum Emissions MaskSEM)
5.24.1 Full Screen
5.24.2 Limit Display
5.24.3 Preferences
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5.25 SPAN X Scale (Spectrum Emissions MaskSEM)
5.25.1 Scale/Div
5.25.2 Ref Value
5.25.3 Ref Position
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5.26 Marker (Spectrum Emissions MaskSEM)
5.26.1 Select Marker
5.26.2 Normal
5.26.3 Off
5.27 Meas Setup (Spurious Emissions)
5.27.1 Avg Number
5.27.2 Avg Mode
5.27.3 Range Table
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One-Button Measurement Functions Meas Setup (Spurious Emissions)
One-Button Measurement Functions
5.27.4 Meas Type
Key P at h: State Saved: Saved in instrument state. Factory Preset: Examine Range: Examine|Full
5.27.5 Spur
5.27.6 Ref Level
5.27.7 Fast Spurious Meas
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SCPI Language Basics
Command Keywords and Syntax
Creating Valid Commands
Special Characters in Commands
Parameters in Commands
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Putting Multiple Commands on the Same Line
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Improving Measurement Speed
Turn off the display updates.
Use binary data format instead of ASCII
Minimize the number of GPIB transactions.
Avoid unnecessary use of *RST.
Put ADC Ranging in Bypass for FFT Measurements
Minimize DUT/instrument setup changes.
Consider using LAN instead of GPIB.
Using an Option Mode: Minimize the number of GPIB transactions.
Using an Option Mode: Avoid automatic attenuator setting.
Using an Option Mode: Optimize your GSM output RF spectrum switching measurement.
Using an Option Mode: Avoid using RFBurst trigger for single burst signals.
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Table 6-1 GSM Parameters for 1 Slot/Frame Measurement Requirements
a. The use of time values is only allowed in firmware versions of A.02.00 and later.
Programming Command Compatibility Across Model Numbers and Across Modes
Across PSA Modes: Command Subsystem Similarities
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Across PSA Modes: Specific Command Differences
Some programming commands operate differently depending on which Mode the analyzer is set to.
Using Applications in PSA Series vs. VSA E4406A
Basic, cdmaOne, cdma2000, 1xEV-DO, W-CDMA, GSM, EDGE, NADC, and PDC.
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UsingtheLANtoControltheInstrument
Using ftp for File Transfers
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This table lists the available user commands. Table 6-2 ftp Commands
Using Telnet to Send Commands
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Using Socket LAN to Send Commands
Using SICL LAN to Control the Instrument
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Using HP/Agilent VEE Over Socket LAN
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Using a Java Applet Over Socket LAN
Using a C Program Over Socket LAN
General LAN Troubleshooting
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Programming in C Using the VTL
Typical Example Program Contents
Linking to VTL Libraries
Compiling and Linking a VTL Program
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Example Program
Including the VISA Declarations File
Opening a Session
Device Sessions
Addressing a Session
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Closing a Session
Overview of the GPIB Bus
GPIB Command Statements
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Status System Commands
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Common IEEE Commands
Calibration Query
Clear Status
Standard Event Status Enable
Standard Event Status Register Query
Identification Query
Instrument State Query
Operation Complete
Query Instrument Options
Power-On Status Clear
Recall
Reset
Save
Service Request Enable
Read Status Byte Query
Trigger
Self Test Query
Wait-to-Continue
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STATus Subsystem
Operation Register
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Preset the Status Byte
Questionable Register
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Questionable Calibration Register
Questionable Frequency Register
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Questionable Integrity Register
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Questionable Integrity Signal Register
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Questionable Integrity Uncalibrated Register
Questionable Power Register
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Questionable Temperature Register
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9Menu Maps:
One-Button Measurement Functions
One-Button Measurement Menu Maps
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Meas Control Key
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Mode Setup Key (2 of 2)
ACP Measurement: Meas Setup Key
ACP Measurement: Trace/View Key
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Burst Power Measurement: Trace/View Key
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CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Trace/View Key
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CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Span X Scale Key
CCDF (Power Stat) Measurement: Marker Key
Channel Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key
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Harmonic Distortion Measurement: Meas Setup Key
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Intermod (TOI): Meas Setup Key
Multi-Carrier Power Measurement: Meas Setup Key
Multi-Carrier Power Measurement: Trace/View Key
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Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Meas Setup Key
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Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Display Key
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Spectrum Emission Mask Measurement: Marker Key