Boonton 4530 Peak Power Meter User Manual User Manual

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Chapter 4

Boonton Electronics

Remote Operation

4530 Series RF Power Meter

b. Making successive measurements.

C

ALC1:MODE cw

Set for CW measurement mode

TRIG:SOUR bus

Set trigger source for bus

ABORT

Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.

{send GET} or *TRG

One random trace appears in graph mode

FETCH1:CW:POWER?

Returns CW power reading. Sending GET again has no effect;
the measurement is complete.

(The bus trigger serves no purpose unless an ABORT command is issued to reset the trigger system and stop the
measurement. Otherwise, just set

TRIGger:SOURce

immediate and use FETCH to input readings on demand. )

4.8.4 Statistical Mode Example

- (CDF, CCDF, DISTRIBUTION) - Signal in: CDMA signal at 0dBm average

power, at a 900MHz center frequency.

a. Start a CCDF measurement.

CALC1:MODE CCDF

Set CCDF display mode.

TRIG:SOUR immediate

Set for “immediate” start on trigger arming

ABORT

Reset the trigger system.

INIT:CONT off

Set for single, triggered measurement

INIT:IMMEDIATE

Restart statistical processing.

FETCH1:AMEASURE:POWER?

Return statistical reading array.

b. Using the bus trigger to start a CCDF measurement.

CALC1:MODE CCDF

Set CCDF display mode

TRIG:SOUR bus

Set trigger source for bus

ABORT

Reset trigger system.

INIT:CONT off

Set for single, triggered measurement

INIT:IMMEDIATE

Reset measurement.

{send GET or *TRG}

Start the measurement

FETCH1:AMEASURE:POWER?

Return statistical reading array

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