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Programming Fundamentals 28
Agilent N8201A Performance Downconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 26.5 GHz 583
Special Characters in Commands
Command Syntax Sample Valid Commands
[SENSe:]BANDwidth[:RESolution] <freq> The following sample commands are all identical. They
will all cause the same result.
• Sense:Band:Res 1700
• BANDWIDTH:RESOLUTION 1.7e3
• sens:band 1.7KHZ
• SENS:band 1.7E3Hz
• band 1.7kHz
• bandwidth:RES 1.7e3Hz
MEASure:SPECtrum[n]?
• MEAS:SPEC?
• Meas:spec?
• meas:spec3?
The number 3 in the last meas example causes it to return
different results then the commands above it. See the
command description for more information.
[:SENSe]:DETector[:FUNCtion]
NEGative|POSitive|SAMPle
• DET:FUNC neg
• Detector:Func Pos
INITiate:CONTinuous ON|OFF|1|0 The sample commands below are identical.
• INIT:CONT ON
• init:continuous 1
Special
Character
Meaning Example
|| A vertical stroke between
parameters indicates alternative
choices. The effect of the
command is different depending
on which parameter is selected.
Command:
TRIGger:SOURce
EXTernal|INTernal|LINE
The choices are external, internal, and line.
Ex: TRIG:SOURCE INT
is one possible command choice.
|| A vertical stroke between
keywords indicates identical
effects exist for both keywords.
The command functions the same
for either keyword. Only one of
these keywords is used at a time.
Command:
SENSe:BANDwidth|BWIDth:
OFFSet
Two identical commands are: Ex1:
• SENSE:BWIDTH:OFFSET Ex2:
• SENSE:BAND:OFFSET