User`s guide

Agilent E6432A Microwave Synthesizer User’s Guide 4-73

HPE6432_GetIfAtten

ViStatus HPE6432_GetIfAtten (ViSession instrumentHandle,

ViUInt16 *ifAttenuation);

Purpose

This function gets the IF upconverter attenuator value.

Parameter List

instrumentHandle

Variable Type ViSession

This is the ViSession handle that is obtained from the Initialize

function. The instrumentHandle identifies a particular instrument

session.

ifAttenuation

Variable Type ViUInt16 (passed by reference)

This parameter returns a value for IF Attenuation being applied.

Allowable values: 0 to 30 dB in 2 dB steps

Return Value

This parameter reports the return status of this function.

To obtain further information about the status that is returned, call the

Error Message function or refer to “Error-Code and Fail-Code

Messages” on page 3-93.