HP 53131A, 132A manual CALibrationDATA arbitrary block, Front-Panel Key

Chapter 4 Command Reference

Introduction

∙Your Counter was calibrated before it left the factory. When you receive your Counter, read the calibration count to determine its initial value.

∙Early versions of the Counter do not support this query.

Related Scale & Offset / POWER (Calibration Menu)

Front-Panel

Key

:CALibration:DATA <arbitrary block>

Query Response

Comments

Sets or queries the calibration data (input gain, input offset, reference oscillator, and time interval).

Before performing calibration, it is a good idea to query (:CAL:DATA?) and store the current calibration values in your program or on a disk in case an error occurs during the calibration process. See the sample program “How to Read and Store Calibration Information ” in Chapter 3, “Programming Your Universal Counter for Remote Operation.”

Definite Length Block.

∙The query response will be #256<56 calibration-data bytes> terminated with a new line and EOI.

∙This command does not affect the interpolator calibration data.

∙If the <arbitrary block> command parameter has the incorrect number of bytes or does not checksum, error -220 is generated.

∙If the update to EEPROM fails, error +2013 is generated.

∙The calibration data (updated by this command) is stored in non-volatile memory, so cycling power will not reset these values. The only

way to update the calibration data is through this command or by initiating the individual calibrations (see :DIAG:CAL: ...).

∙The calibration data (updated by this command) is unaffected by power-on, save/recall, and *RST.

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