Boonton 4530 Peak Power Meter User Manual User Manual

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Chapter 4

Boonton Electronics

Remote Operation

4530 Series RF Power Meter

d. Use an internal signal trigger to initiate successive measurements.

CALC1:MODE pulse

Set for pulse measurement mode

TRIG:SOUR sensor1

Set trigger source for sensor1 input signal

ABORT

Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.

INIT:CONT on

Continuous measurements subject to signal trigger conditions.

( INIT:IMMEDIATE )

Error if used.

FETCH1:ARRAY:MARKER:POWER?

Returns marker-related power reading array.

e. Use a bus trigger to enable a single internal signal triggered measurement:

CALC1:MODE pulse

Set for pulse measurement mode

TRIG:SOUR bus>snsr1

Set to arm trigger via bus command, and trigger from sensor1
input signal.

ABORT

Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.

INIT:CONT off

Set for single, triggered measurement

INIT:IMMEDIATE

Stop with blank graph and empty readings.

{send GET}

Enables signal trigger to make one measurement if signal trigger
condition is met.

FETCH1:ARRAY:MARKER:POWER?

Returns marker-related power reading array.

Repeat from

INIT:IMMEDIATE

for each additional measurement cycle.

f. Use a bus trigger to enable successive internal signal triggered measurements:

CALC1:MODE pulse

Set for pulse measurement mode

TRIG:SOUR bus>snsr1

Set to arm trigger via bus command, and trigger from sensor1
input signal.

ABORT

Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.

INIT:CONT on

Stop with blank graph and empty readings until GET

.

(INIT:IMMEDIATE)

CAN’T USE since INIT:CONT is ON -- Error condition!

{send GET}

Enables signal trigger to make continuous measurements if sig-
nal trigger condition of level and slope is met.

FETCH1:ARRAY:MARKER:POWER?

Returns marker-related power reading array.

Once GET starts the process, signal triggered measurements continue as long as signal trigger conditions are met and
the ABORT command has not been sent.

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