Source[<n>]]:frequency:start – RIGOL DG1000Z Series User Manual

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RIGOL

Chapter 2 Command System

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DG1000Z Programming Guide

[:SOURce[<n>]]:FREQuency:STARt

Syntax

[:SOURce[<n>]]:FREQuency:STARt {<frequency>|MINimum|MAXimum}

[:SOURce[<n>]]:FREQuency:STARt? [MINimum|MAXimum]

Description

Set the start frequency of the sweep function of the specified channel.
Query the start frequency of the sweep function of the specified channel.

Parameter

Name

Type

Range

Default

[<n>]

Discrete

1|2

1

<frequency>

Real

The frequency range of the

current waveform of the

specified channel

100Hz

Explanation

 The start frequency and stop frequency (

[:SOURce[<n>]]:FREQuency:STOP

) is

the frequency upper limit and lower limit of the frequency sweep. The signal

generator always sweeps from the start frequency to the stop frequency and

then returns to the start frequency. When the start frequency is lower than the

stop frequency, the signal generator sweeps from low frequency to high

frequency; when the start frequency is greater than the stop frequency, the

signal generator sweeps from high frequency to low frequency; when the start

frequency is equal to the stop frequency, the signal generator outputs at the

fixed frequency.

 When [:SOURce[<n>]] or [<n>] is omitted, the system sets the related

parameters of CH1 by default.

 The sine, square, ramp and arbitrary waveform (except DC) can generate sweep

output and the range of the start frequency <frequency> differs for different

sweep waveform.

 The start frequency, stop frequency, center frequency and frequency span fulfills

the following relation.

|)

(|

stop

start

center

F

F

F

+

=

;

|)

(|

start

stop

span

F

F

F

=

Wherein,

center

F

——center frequency;

span

F

——

frequency span;

start

F

——

start frequency;

stop

F

——

stop frequency.

 After the “Start Frequency” is modified, the signal generator will output the

sweep waveform from the specified “Start Frequency”. In large-scale sweep, the

amplitude characteristic of the output signal might change.

Return Format

The query returns the start frequency in scientific notation with 7 effective digits, for

example, 1.000000E+02 (the start frequency is 100Hz).

Example

:SOUR1:FREQ:STAR 100 /*Set the start frequency of the sweep function of CH1

to 100Hz*/

:SOUR1:FREQ:STAR? /*Query the start frequency of the sweep function of

CH1 and the query returns 1.000000E+02*/

Related

Command

[:SOURce[<n>]]:FREQuency:STOP

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