User`s guide

Agilent E6432A Microwave Synthesizer User’s Guide 4-187

HPE6432_SetIfAtten

ViStatus HPE6432_SetIfAtten (ViSession instrumentHandle,

ViUInt16 ifAttenuation);

Purpose

This function sets the IF upconverter attenuator and has a range of 0 to

30 dB in 2 dB steps.

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

This parameter specifies the amount of IF Attenuation to be 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.