Sweep operation – VXI 3002 User Manual

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Sweep operation

These commands allow you to configure the instrument as a swept carrier signal generator where
you define the start and stop frequencies, the step size and time per step. (Note that these
commands also appear under 'Carrier frequency'.) To make these commands operational they must
first be enabled by the CFRQ:MODE SWEPT command. For triggering methods, refer to 'Trigger
source' at the end of this section.

Sweeps may be linear or logarithmic. For linear sweeps set the step size in the range 1 Hz to the
instrument maximum frequency to a resolution of 1 Hz. For logarithmic sweeps set the step size in
the range of 0.01% to 50.00% to a resolution of 0.01%.

SWEEP

[not used alone]

:CFRQ

Optional command (may be omitted)

:START

Set Start Frequency

:STOP

Set Stop Frequency

:INC

Set Carrier Frequency sweep step size

Data type : Decimal Numeric Program Data

Allowed suffices : Any one of: GHZ, MHZ, KHZ or HZ

Default suffix : HZ

:LOGINC

PCT

:TIME

Select time per sweep step

Data type : Decimal Numeric Program Data

Allowed suffices : MS, S

Default suffix : MS

Example: SWEEP:CFRQ:START 100KHZ;STOP 500KHZ;INC

100HZ;TIME 60MS

SWEEP:CFRQ?

Prepares message containing information on Carrier Frequency Sweep
settings in the following format:

:SWEEP:CFRQ:START <nr2>;STOP <nr2>;INC <nr2>;LOGINC
<nr2>;TIME <nr2>

Example: :SWEEP:CFRQ:START 1230000.0;STOP 1330000.0;INC

100.0;LOGINC 50.00;TIME 20.0

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