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4-164 Agilent E6432A Microwave Synthesizer User’s Guide

HPE6432_SetAtten

ViStatus HPE6432_SetAtten (ViSession instrumentHandle,

ViUInt16 attenuation);

Purpose

This function sets the current attenuation of the output while all other

instrument states remain unchanged. This function accepts a value of 0

to 70 (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, or 70) and locks the attenuator value at

this setting.

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.

attenuation

Variable Type ViUInt16

This parameter specifies an attenuation setting.

Valid values: 0 to 70 dB in 10 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.