Boonton 4540 Peak Power Meter User Manual - Manual (Page 59)

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter
Operation 4-11
4.5.7 Channel 1 | 2 Menu
The Channel menu contains items that affect a single measurement channel. The ―channel‖ is a full measurement path,
beginning with an external power sensor and sensor cable, and including data acquisition, processing of measurements, and
display of the processed information. The Model 4541 single channel power meter has only a Channel 1 menu, while the
dual-channel Model 4542 has separate color-coded menus for Channel 1 and Channel 2.
Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > On/Off
Description: Set or return the measurement state of the selected
channel.
When ON, the channel performs
measurements; when OFF, the channel is disabled and
no measurements are performed.
Menu Type:
Toggle.
SCPI Command: CALCulate[1|2]:STATe <Boolean>
Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Vert Scale
Description: Set the power or voltage vertical sensitivity of the trace
display in channel units.
Menu Type: Numeric Value.
Range: Watts: 1 nW/Div to 50MW/Div
Volts: 1 mV/Div to 50kV/Div
dBm,
dBV,
dBr: 0.1 dB/Div to 50 dB/Div
SCPI Command: DISPlay:TRACe[1|2]:VSCALe <numeric_value>
Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Vert Center
Description: Set or return the power or voltage level of the
horizontal centerline of the graph for the specified
channel in channel units. If a change in the vertical
scale causes the center maximum value to be exceeded, the center will be forced to the
maximum value for the new range.
Menu Type: Numeric Value.
Range: Watts,
Volts: ±10,000 * Vertical Scale per divsion
dBm,
dBV,
dBr: ±200 dB
SCPI Command: DISPlay:TRACe[1|2]:VCENTer <numeric_value>
Fig. 4-7 Channel 1|2 Menu