GPIB OPERATION

HP 438A EMULATION COMMANDS

mode: 0 1 2

Remarks: Relative mode permits any measurement result to be compared in dB or percent to a reference value. Relative mode can be enabled using the cur- rent power reading (RL1) or the previous reference level (RL2). Successive measurements are displayed relative to this reference value. RL0 disables relative mode.

RM

Range hold set

Syntax: RM<val>EN

val: 0 to 5

Remarks: Set the range to <val> and then sets range hold. A value of 0 selects Auto Ranging, where the range will change to take the best measurement auto- matically.

Example: To set the range to 3:

RM3EN

Related

Commands: RH

RV

Service request mask value

Syntax: RV

Remarks: Read service request mask value. The returned string format is: <integer value>

Converting the integer value into an 8-bit binary number, each bit corre- sponds to the Service Request mask bits.

SM

Status Message

Syntax: SM

Remarks: Returns the status message in the format: AAaaBBCCccDDddEFGHIJKLMNOP<cr><lf> where:

AA:measurement error code aa: entry error code

BB:operating mode

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