6 remote control commands, Front panel programming – B&K 4070A User Manual

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6.6 Remote Control Commands

The diagram below gives the front panel keys and their associated ASCII codes. Sending these characters to the
4070A has the same effect as pressing the associated button on the front panel.

NOTE: To familiarize yourself with the remote operation of the 4070A, it is helpful to run a terminal program on
your PC and manually type the commands and watch the response. To get a help menu, press H. See section 6.3 for
details. Characters are case insensitive

Front Panel Programming

Position

Value

*

FSK

M

SSB

Burst

AM

DTMF Gen

Power

Measure

Sweep

FM

DTMF Det

#

M H z
dBm

K H z
Vp-p
Sec

H z
MV p-p
m S

Other

Clear

One Touch

Mode Selection

Field

Digit Field

Offset

S Y N C

Out

SIG

Out

.

ç

L

1

T

9

8

7

6

0

5

2

3

-

O

S

è

R

ê

D

é

U

B

V

G

Q

Ш

Ч

C

X

Y

Z

M

4

N

P

Recall

Store

Trigger

Mode

Figure 6.6-1: Front panel keys to ASCII command mapping

NOTE: Turning the rotary knob clockwise has the same effect as pressing the é key multiple times. Turning the
rotary knob Counter-clockwise has the same effect as pressing the ê key multiple times. In addition to the above
ASCII command characters, extra commands are available for remote control operation.

They are:

A

- Reset the unit to Sine wave mode

V

- Report hardware and software versions

K1,0

- Enable, Disable front panel keys and knob

E1,0

- Enable, Disable LCD echo to terminal

F0-9

- Move cursor to field 0 to 9

? or H - Print help menu
^E

- Returns ^C

Each of these "extra" remote control commands is discussed below:

A - Reset 4070A to Sine wave mode

This command resets the 4070A to the Sine wave mode and turns the cursor off. The output-offset voltage is set
to 0.0V. When writing control software for the 4070A, it is a good idea to issue this command first so that the
4070A is in a known state before further commands are issued.

NOTE: The frequency and level values are not reset. They are set to the values that existed the last time the unit
was in Sine wave mode. (Or the power-up default values if they hadn't been changed). The RS-232 baud rate
remains unchanged.

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