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4-104 Agilent E6432A Microwave Synthesizer User’s Guide

HPE6432_GetQAttenuation

ViStatus HPE6432_GetQAttenuation (ViSession

instrumentHandle, ViUInt16 *qAttenuation);

Purpose

This function gets the level of Q Attenuation that is used to reduce the

level of the signal being applied to the mixer located within the I/Q

modulator circuitry.

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.

qAttenuation

Variable Type ViUInt16 (passed by reference)

This parameter returns a value for Q Attenuation.

Allowable values: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

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.