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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Getting Started The HP 8153A System Getting Started 1-1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com A Quick Overview The Keyboard Chan Mode Chan Mode Measure Mode Param 1-2 Getting Started...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The Display NNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNN Mode NNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN TLK ONLY NNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Low Batt 1-6 Getting Started...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MENU Mode MENU MENU SYS System RECALL MENU SYS EDIT Edit RECALL Exec RECALL Exec Mode Making A Power Measurement Note Getting Started 1-9...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The Disp Ref Key measured measured display display Local Control - Measure Mode 2-7...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The dB Key Using with a Two Sensor Instrument A/REF B/REF Param Param Disp display measured display measured st Chan display measured measured nd Chan display measured 2-8 Local Control - Measure Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using with a One Sensor Instrument A/REF B/REF Param Param Disp display measured display measured The dBm/W Key dBm W dBm W dBm W The Zero Key Zero Zero Zero Local Control - Measure Mode 2-9...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The System Key System The Modify Keys The Loss Key Loss Loss Preparation 3-2 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Running the Loss Application Loss CONFIG ? APPL LOSS Exec Local Control - Menu Mode 3-3...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Record Record Next Prev Record Next Prev APPL The Stability Application Example STABILTY Local Control - Menu Mode 3-7...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com T_TOTAL AUTODUMP Edit Edit EDIT Next Prev T TOTAL T_TOTAL T_TOTAL T_TOTAL Edit Next Prev AUTODUMP AUTODUMP Note AUTODUMP 3-8 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PLOTTER PRINTER Edit Next Prev Running the Stability Application Exec Pause Pause Next Prev Exec Local Control - Menu Mode 3-9...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PLOTTER PRINTER Edit Next Prev START START Exec IMMEDIAT ABOVE Exec BELOW Edit Next Prev THRESHLD START ABOVE BELOW THRESHLD Edit Next Prev 3-12 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Running the Logging Application Exec Pause Pause Next Prev Exec The Manual Logging Application Exec MAN LOGG Edit Edit EDIT Exec Edit Running the Manual Logging Application Exec Exec Example Local Control - Menu Mode 3-13...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AUTOSCAL AUTOSCAL Edit Next Prev Y MIN AUTOSCAL Y_MIN Edit Next Prev Y MAX AUTOSCAL Y_MAX Edit Next Prev Local Control - Menu Mode 3-15...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com COMMENT COMMENT Note COMMENT ! ? . , : ; & | @ # $ % * [ ] Edit Next Prev Running the Plot Application Exec NO DATA DATA ? ABORTED Exec Reading the Plot STABILITY LOGGING MAN LOGG...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Running the Print Application Exec NO DATA DATA ? ABORTED Exec Reading the Printout 3-22 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MODE CONT WINDOW REFRESH SAMPLES Running the MinMax Application Exec Edit Pause Pause Exec Local Control - Menu Mode 3-27...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The More Key More More Next More Prev More Next The Show Application SHOW Edit EDIT Prev Next MAXIMUM MAXIMUM MINIMUM MINIMUM 3-28 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ALIGNMNT TYPE DELTA MAXPOWER Edit Edit EDIT Next Prev TYPE TYPE AUTO MANUAL 3-30 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Edit Next Prev DELTA DELTA Edit Next Prev MAXPOWER TYPE MANUAL MAXPOWER Edit Next Prev Running the Alignment Application Exec TYPE AUTO TYPE MANUAL MAXPOWER Local Control - Menu Mode 3-31...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DELTA DELTA DELTA DELTA DELTA MAXPOWER Example Pause 3-32 Local Control - Menu Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MISMATCH RECALL '54 3 Example Exec STORE STORE Edit MENU SYS EDIT EXEC 4-4 Local Control - System Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The Module Type The Channel The Location STORE '54 3 Example Exec HPIB HPIB ADDRESS MODE LANGUAGE Edit Edit Next Prev MENU SYS EDIT ADDRESS ADDRESS Local Control - System Mode 4-5...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MODE MODE MODE TLK LSTN TLK ONLY Exec TLK ONLY Exec LANGUAGE LANGUAGE LANGUAGE TMSL HP 8152 Exec Exec 4-6 Local Control - System Mode...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Programming the HP 8153A Introduction Tutorial Description of Hewlett-Packard Interface IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation IEEE Standard 488.2-1987, IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols and Common Commands For Use with ANSI/IEEE Std 488.1-1987...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The HP 8153A HP-IB Capabilities Mnemonic Function Complete source handshake capability Complete acceptor handshake capability Basic talker; serial poll; unaddressed to talk if addressed to listen; no talk only Basic listener; unaddressed to listen if addressed to talk; no listen only...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SOURce Example SOURce SOURce SOURce 1 :INTernal :FREQuency < > < > :FREQuency? :POWer :ATTenuation 1 < > < > :ATTenuation 1 :STATe < > :STATe? :WAVElength UPPer LOWer BOTH :WAVElength? SOURCE:POWER:STATE Example SOURCE:AM:INTERNAL:FREQUENCY CW Example SOUR:POW:ATT 1.0;...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SOURCE:POWER:ATTENUATION 1.0 SOURCE:POWER:STATE ON SOURCE:POWER:WAVELENGTH LOWER Example SOURCE:POWER:STATE ON source:power:state on sour:pow:stat on Setting the HP-IB Address 5-8 Remote Operation...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *CLS *ESE *ESE? *ESR? *IDN? *OPC *OPC? *RST *SRE *SRE? *STB? *TRG *TST? *WAI *CLS *CLS *CLS *CLS *OPC *OPC? 6-4 Remote Operation - Common Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *ESE? *ESE? < > *ESE? *ESE OUTPUT 722;"*ESE?" ENTER 722; A$ *ESR? *ESR? < > 6-6 Remote Operation - Common Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *ESR? OUTPUT 722;"*ESR?" ENTER 722; A$ *IDN? *IDN? HEWLETT-PACKARD, 8153A, 0, 1.0 Remote Operation - Common Commands 6-7...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HEWLETT-PACKARD 8153A *IDN? *OPT? DIM A$ [30] OUTPUT 722;"*IDN?" ENTER 722; A$ *OPC *OPC *OPC *OPC *CLS *RST *OPC? *WAI OUTPUT 722;"*CLS;*ESE 1;*SRE 32" OUTPUT 722;"*OPC" 6-8 Remote Operation - Common Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *OPC? *OPC? < > *OPC? *OPC? *CLS *RST *OPC *WAI OUTPUT 722;"*OPC?" ENTER 722;A$ ENTER ENTER *OPT? *OPT? < > , < > Remote Operation - Common Commands 6-9...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EMPTY *OPT? *IDN? DIM A$ [20] OUTPUT 722;"*OPT?" ENTER 722; A$ HP81554SM,HP 81530A *RST *RST *RST *OPC *OPC? *RST 6-10 Remote Operation - Common Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DISPlay:BRIGhtness DISPlay:STATe SENSe:POWer:ATIME SENSe:POWer:RANGe:AUTO SENSe:POWer:WAVElength SENSe:POWer:REFerence SENSe:POWer:REFerence SENSe:POWer:REFerence SENSe:POWer:REFerence:STATe SENSe:POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATIo SENSe:POWer:UNIT SENSe:CORRection ABORt ABORt2 INITiate:CONTinuous INITiate2:CONTinuous SOURce:AM:INTernal:FREQuency SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation2 SOURce:POWer:STATe SOURce:POWer:WAVElength OUTPUT 722;"*RST" *SRE *SRE < > < > *SRE *RST *CLS Remote Operation - Common Commands 6-11...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *SRE? *STB? OUTPUT 722;"*SRE 48" *SRE? *SRE? *SRE? *SRE *STB? OUTPUT 722;"*SRE?" ENTER 722; A$ 6-12 Remote Operation - Common Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *STB? *STB? < > *STB? STATus *STB? *SRE *SRE? OUTPUT 722;"*STB?" ENTER 722; A$ Remote Operation - Common Commands 6-13...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com *TRG *TRG *TRG GET INIT INIT:CONT INIT:CONT? OUTPUT 722;"*TRG" *TST? *TST? < > *TST? OUTPUT 722;"*TST?" ENTER 722; A$ *WAI *WAI *WAI 6-14 Remote Operation - Common Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The Status Commands Note < > Note STATUS:OPERATION:SETTLING:EVENT? STAT:OPER:SETT:EVEN? STAT:OPER:SETT:EVEN? stat:oper:sett:even? STATus:PRESet STATus:PRESet Note Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-3...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com < > OUTPUT 722;"STAT:PRES" < > STATus: node :CONDition? STATus: < > :CONDition? < > 7-4 Remote Operation - Status Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OUTPUT 722;"STAT:OPER:TRIG:POW:COND?" ENTER 722;A$ < > STATus: node :ENABle STATus: < > :ENABle < > STAT: < > :ENAB? OUTPUT 722;"STAT:OPER:TRIG:POW:ENAB 3" < > STATus: node :ENABle? STATus: < > :ENABle? < > STAT: <...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OUTPUT 722;"STAT:OPER:SETT:EVEN?" ENTER 722;A$ < > STATus: node :NTRansition STATus: < > :NTRansition < > STAT: < > :NTR? OUTPUT 722;"STAT:QUES:POW:OVERR:NTR 3" < > STATus: node :NTRansition? STATus: < > :NTRansition? < > STAT: <...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STAT: < > :PTR? OUTPUT 722;"STAT:QUES:POW:PTR 3" < > STATus: node :PTRansition? STATus: < > :PTRansition? < > STAT: < > :PTR OUTPUT 722;"STAT:QUES:POW:OVERR:PTR?" ENTER 722;A$ The Operation Status Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-7...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The Operation Status Commands STATus :CONDition? :ENABle < > :ENABle? :EVENt ? :NTRansition < > :NTRansition? :PTRansition < > STATus :OPERation :SETTling :LPELTier :HPELTier :MEASuring :POWer :TRIGger :POWer :CORRecting :ZERO :AVERaging :POWer :PROGram : <...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The OPERation node Note 7-10 Remote Operation - Status Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The OPERation:SETTling Node The OPERation:SETTling:LPELTier Node The OPERation:SETTling:HPELTier Node The OPERation:MEASuring Node The OPERation:MEASuring:POW er Node Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-11...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The OPERation:TRIGger Node The OPERation:TRIGger:POW er Node The OPERation:CORRecting Node The OPERation:CORRecting:ZERO Node The OPERation:AVERaging Node The OPERation:A VERaging:POW er Node 7-12 Remote Operation - Status Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The OPERation:PROGram Node < > < > The OPERation:PROGram: application Node The Questionable Status Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-13...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The Questionable Status Commands STATus :CONDition? :ENABle :ENABle? < > :EVENt ? :NTRansition < > :NTRansition? < > :PTRansition STATus :QUEStionable :POWer :OVERRange :LCURRent :HCURRent :LMONitor :HMONitor :ENVTemp :ISUMmary :INSTrument 1 :POWer Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-15...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The QUEStionable node Note 7-16 Remote Operation - Status Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The QUEStionable:POWer Node The QUEStionable:POW er:OVERRange Node The QUEStionable:POW er:LCURRent Node Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-17...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The QUEStionable:POW er:HCURRent Node The QUEStionable:POW er:LMONitor Node The QUEStionable:POW er:HMONitor Node The QUEStionable:POW er:ENVT emp Node 7-18 Remote Operation - Status Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The QUEStionable:ISUMmary Node The QUEStionable:ISUMmary:INSTrument[1 2] Node Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-19...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STATus > STATus > :SOURce > :CONDition? > :ENABle > :ENABle? < > > :EVENt ? > :NTRansition < > > :NTRansition? > :PTRansition < > The SOURce node Note Remote Operation - Status Commands 7-21...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com FETCh Commands FETCh 1 :SCALar :POWER :DC ? Specifying the Channel FETCh FETCh1 FETCh2 FETCh[:SCALar]:POWer[:DC] FETCh 1 2 :SCALar :DC ? < > 8-4 Remote Operation - Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Average sample sample Sample sample > Average READ:SCAL:POW:DC? SENS:POW:REF:STAT SENS:POW:REF:STAT? SENS:POW:UNIT SENS:POW:UNIT? INIT:IMM INIT:CONT INIT:CONT? OUTPUT 722;"FETC:POW?" ENTER 722;A$ 8-6 Remote Operation - Commands...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com FETC:SCAL:POW:DC? INIT INIT:CONT INIT:CONT? SENS:POW:REF:STAT SENS:POW:REF:STAT? SENS:POW:UNIT SENS:POW:UNIT? OUTPUT 722;"READ:POW?" ENTER 722;A$ SENSe Commands Remote Operation - Commands 8-9...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENSe SENSe 1 :CORRection :COLLect :ZERO :ZERO? :LOSS :INPut :MAGNitude < > :MAGNitude :POWer :ATIME < > < > :ATIME? :RANGe :AUTO < > :AUTO? :UPPER < > < > :UPPER ? :REFerence TOREF 2, <...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Specifying the Channel SENSe SENSe1 SENSe2 SENSe:CORRection:COLLect:ZERO SENSe 1 SENS:CORR:COLL:ZERO? OUTPUT 722;"SENS2:CORR:COLL:ZERO" SENSe:CORRection:COLLect:ZERO? SENSe 1 < > SENS:CORR:COLL:ZERO OUTPUT 722;"SENS2:CORR:COLL:ZERO?" ENTER 722;A$ SENSe:CORRection[:LOSS[:INPut[:MAGNitude]]] SENSe 1 :LOSS :INPut :MAGNitude < >< > < > Remote Operation - Commands 8-11...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENSe:POWer:ATIME? SENSe 1 < > SENS:POW:ATIME OUTPUT 722;"SENS2:POW:ATIME?" ENTER 722;A$ SENSe:POWer:RANGe:AUTO SENSe 1 < >< > POW:RANG SENS:POW:RANG:UPPER SENS:POW:RANG:UPPER? SENS:POW:RANG:AUTO? OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:RANG:AUTO OFF" SENSe:POWer:RANGe:AUTO? SENSe 1 < > Remote Operation - Commands 8-13...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENS:POW:RANG:UPPER? SENS:POW:RANG:AUTO SENS:POW:RANG:AUTO? OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:RANG:UPPER -20DBM" Remote Operation - Commands 8-15...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENSe:POWer:RANGe[:UPPER]? SENSe 1 < > SENS:POW:RANG:UPPER SENS:POW:RANG:AUTO SENS:POW:RANG:AUTO? OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:RANG:UPPER?" ENTER 722;A$ SENSe:POWer:REFerence SENSe 1 < > TOA 2, < > < > TOREF TOREF Watt Result dB Measured dBm Reference dBm TOREF 8-16 Remote Operation - Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com F irstChannelMeasured Result dB Reference dB SecondChannelMeasured SENS:POW:REF? SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? SENS:POW:REF:STATE:RATI SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI? SENS:POW:REF:DISP OUTPUT 722;"SENS:POW:REF TOREF,10DBM" SENSe:POWer:REFerence? SENSe 1 < > TOA TOREF < > TOREF Remote Operation - Commands 8-17...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TOREF TOREF SENS:POW:REF SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? SENS:POW:REF:STATE:RATI SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI? SENS:POW:REF:DISP SENS:POW:UNIT SENS:POW:UNIT? OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:REF? TOA" ENTER 722;A$ SENSe:POWer:REFerence:DISPlay SENSe 1 Result dB Measured dBm Reference dBm TOREF SENSe:POWer:REFerence F irstChannelMeasured Result dB Reference dB SecondChannelMeasured SENSe:POWer:REFerence 8-18 Remote Operation - Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENS:POW:REF SENS:POW:REF? SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI? OUTPUT 722;"SENS:POW:REF TOREF" OUTPUT 722;"SENS:POW:REF:DISP" SENSe:POWer:REFerence:STATe < >< > SENSe 1 SENS:POW:REF SENS:POW:REF? SENS:POW:REF:STATE? SENS:POW:REF:STATE:RATI SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI? SENS:POW:REF:DISP SENS:POW:UNIT SENS:POW:UNIT? OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:REF:STATE ON" SENSe:POWer:REFerence:STATe? SENSe 1 < > SENS:POW:REF SENS:POW:REF? SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE:RATI SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI? SENS:POW:REF:DISP SENS:POW:UNIT SENS:POW:UNIT?
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENSe:POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATIo SENSe 1 < > TOA TOREF TOREF 2 TOB SENS:POW:REF SENS:POW:REF? SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI? SENS:POW:REF:DISP OUTPUT 722;"SENS2:POW:REF:STAT:RATI TOB" SENSe:POWer:REFerence:STATe:RATIo? SENSe 1 SENS:POW:REF SENS:POW:REF? SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RATI SENS:POW:REF:DISP OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:REF:STAT:RATI?" ENTER 722;A$ 8-20 Remote Operation - Commands...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENSe:POWer:UNIT < >< > SENSe 1 Watt Watt SENS:POW:UNIT? SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? OUTPUT 722;"SENS1:POW:UNIT W" SENSe:POWer:UNIT? SENSe 1 < > SENS:POW:UNIT SENS:POW:REF:STATE SENS:POW:REF:STATE? OUTPUT 722;"SENS2:POW:UNIT?" ENTER 722;A$ SENSe:POWer:WAVElength < >< > < > SENSe 1 Remote Operation - Commands 8-21...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PROGram PROGram 1 :[:SELected] :EXECute :NAME < > :NAME? :NUMBer < > < > < > :NUMBer? :STATe CONTinue PAUSe STOP :STATe? PROGram PROGram1 PROGram2 PROGram[:SELected]:EXECute PROGram 1 PROG:SEL:NAME OUTPUT 722;"PROG:SEL:EXEC" PROGram[:SELected]:NAME PROGram 1 <...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PROGram[:SELected]:NAME? PROGram 1 < > NO APPL PROG:SEL:NAME OUTPUT 722;"PROG:SEL:NAME?" ENTER 722;A$ PROGram[:SELected]:NUMBer PROGram 1 < >< > , < > PROG:SEL:NUMBer? PROG:SEL:NAME OUTPUT 722;"PROG:SEL:NUMBer SAMPLES,100" PROGram[:SELected]:NUMBer? PROGram 1 < >< > < >...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OUTPUT 722;"PROG:SEL:NUMB? ASAMPLES" ENTER 722;A$ PROGram[:SELected]:STATe PROGram 1 CONTinue PAUSe STOP PROG:SEL:EXEC PAUSe STOP CONTinue PAUSe PROG:SEL:STATe? PROG:SEL:NAME OUTPUT 722;"PROG:SEL:STATe RUN" PROGram[:SELected]:STATe? PROGram 1 PROG:SEL:STAT PROG:SEL:NAME OUTPUT 722;"PROG:SEL:STAT?" ENTER 722;A$ 9-4 Remote Operation - Application Commands...
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HP-IB interface Function code SH1, AH1, T6, L4, SR1, RL1, PP0, DC1, DT1, CO, E2 SCPI command set HP-IB capability modes and parameters can be programmed Transfer time 20ms for one measurement result < 800ms for 100 measurement results out of memory...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Local Control Summary Chan Local Mode Measure Mode MEAS Param Disp dBm/W Zero N Dig Auto Down Local Control Summary F-1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Menu Mode MENU System Loss Record STABILTY T_TOTAL AUTODUMP LOGGING SAMPLES AUTODUMP START THRESHLD THRESHLD MAN LOGG Exec PLOT PRINT AUTOSCAL Y_MIN Y_MAX COMMENT More SHOW MAXIMUM MINIMUM DIFF AVERAGE F-2 Local Control Summary...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ALIGNMNT TYPE DELTA MAXPOWER Edit Exec Pause Prev Next System Mode MENU SYS RECALL STORE HPIB ADDRESS MODE Local Control Summary F-3...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com LANGUAGE DISPLAY BRIGHT DATETIME MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS F-4 Local Control Summary...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HP 8153A HP-IB Command Summary Mnemonic Function Complete source handshake capability Complete acceptor handshake capability Basic talker; serial poll; unaddressed to talk if addressed to listen; no talk only Basic listener; unaddressed to listen if addressed to talk; no listen only...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INITiate INITiate 1 :IMMediate :CONTinuous < > :CONTinuous? PROGram PROGram 1 :[:SELected] :EXECute :NAME < > :NAME? :NUMBer < > < > :NUMBer? < > :STATe CONTinue PAUSe STOP :STATe? The Logging Application application LOGGING Parameters...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com THRESHOLD Results ASAMPLES RESULT The Stability Application application STABILITY Parameters T_TOTAL Results ASAMPLES RESULT READ READ 1 :SCALar :POWER :DC ? Remote Operation G-5...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SENSe SENSe 1 :POWer < > < > :ATIME :ATIME? :RANGe :UPPER < > < > :UPPER ? < > :AUTO :AUTO? :WAVElength < > < > :WAVElength? :REFerence TOREF 2, < > < >...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SOURce SOURce 1 :INTernal < > < > :FREQuency :FREQuency? :POWer < > < > :ATTenuation 1 :ATTenuation 1 :STATe < > :STATe? :WAVElength UPPer LOWer BOTH :WAVElength? Remote Operation G-7...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STATus :CONDition? :ENABle :ENABle? < > :EVENt ? :NTRansition < > :NTRansition? :PTRansition < > STATus :OPERation :SETTling :LPELTier :HPELTier :MEASuring :POWer :TRIGger :POWer :CORRecting :ZERO :AVERaging :POWer :PROGram : < > G-8 Remote Operation...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STATus :CONDition? :ENABle < > :ENABle? :EVENt ? :NTRansition < > :NTRansition? :PTRansition < > STATus :QUEStionable :POWer :OVERRange :LCURRent :HCURRent :LMONitor :HMONitor :ENVTemp :ISUMmary :INSTrument 1 :POWer STATus:SOURce STATus :SOURce :CONDition? :ENABle :ENABle? <...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HP 8152A HP-IB Command Summary Dierences Note DB(MW) CAL? WCAL? FETCh FETCh WVL? ERR? LERR? Remote Operation H-1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using the FETCh Command - An Example Old Program (HP 8152A) New Program (HP 8153A) ..1300 SUB Single_meas(P$) 1300 SUB Single_meas(P$) 1310 CLEAR Pmm 1310 CLEAR Pmm 1320 OUTPUT Pmm;"CSB"...
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