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4-202 Agilent E6432A Microwave Synthesizer User’s Guide

HPE6432_SetLongBlankingTime

ViStatus HPE6432_SetLongBlankingTime (ViSession

instrumentHandle, ViInt16 longBlankingTime);

NOTE ❑Use of this function can result in unspecified performance.

Performance of the synthesizer resulting from this usage is

unwarranted.

NOTE ❑This function requires Set User Blanking to be enabled.

Purpose

This function allows the user to adjust the long blanking time from

20 us to 1023 us.

Long switch blanking time is typically 350 us for all frequencies that

are:

❏❑560 MHz or less

❏❑above 560 MHz with long switch/blanking mode set (long blanking

is typically used when external leveling is enabled or when using low

ALC bandwidth).

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.

longBlankingTime

Variable Type ViInt16

This parameter specifies the length of long blanking time.

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.