Agilent Technologies Z5623A manual How to Send a Manual Command, Step

Using the Network Analyzer to Control the Test Set

How to Send a Manual Command

How to Send a Manual Command

This procedure assumes the following:

•The instructions in the previous section (“Preparing the Analyzer to Control the Test Set”) have been performed.

•The command window (C:\Program Files\

National Instruments\NI-488.2\bin\ibic.exe) shown at the bottom of Figure 3-7is visible on the analyzer.

Step 1. Select a command from Table 3-2or Table 3-3.

Step 2. Click in the command window once to ensure that it is active.

Step 3. Verify that the last line of text appearing in the window is the ud0: prompt with nothing after it.

Step 4. Type ibwrt and then press the <Enter> key.

Step 5. When the prompt enter string: appears, type all of the following in exactly the order listed here:

•a double quotation mark (")

•the command selected in Step 1

•a semicolon

•another double quotation mark (")

•the <Enter> key

Step 6.

Step 7.

NOTE

NOTE

For example, to connect the Reflection port of the network analyzer to Test Port #3, type “refl_03;”<Enter>. To connect the Transmission port of the network analyzer to Test Port #7, type “tran_07;”<Enter>. See Figure 3-6, “User Controller Window.”

Look at the PORT CONNECTION display on the test set to verify that the command was received.

If the message on the PORT CONNECTION display is, “ERR: Invalid Command”, type ibclr<Enter> to clear the bus. Next, repeat Steps 3 through 5.

Use the <Up Arrow> key to recall previous commands. This will decrease typing time and errors.

The test set waits until it receives a semicolon before executing any command. Once the semicolon is received, the test set combines into a single string all of the characters it has received since the previous semicolon. The test set then treats the string as a single command.

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