Boonton 4240 RF Power Meter - Manual (Page 70)

Boonton 4240 Series RF Power Meter
5.5.2 CALCulate Subsystem
he CALCulate group of the command subsystem is used to configure post acquisition data processing. Functions in the
o configure the measurement mode and control which portions of the acquired measurement
essed to yield a finished measurement. In addition to measurement mode, CALCulate is used
define op f the CALCulate program
nemon Culate1 and CALCulate2
presen r meter ALCulate commands generally DO NOT affect the
ata acq rtion of ection 5.5.11 ). In a signal-flow block diagram, the
ALCul ratio lock. Note that CALCulate2 commands will generate an error
used w hann
ALCulate:LIMit:CLEar[:IMMediate]
Description: Clear all latched alarms for the selected channel.
t:
ALCulate:LIMit:FAIL?
rns the status of all limit alarms for the specified channel in five flags. The first flag is the
al sum of the remaining four. They are: low-limit active, high-limit active, low-limit latched
limit is exceeded when the command is executed;
een exceeded since the last limit clear command.
an1>, … <Boolean5>
Returns: <Boolean1> = summary, <Boolean2> = low-limit active, <Boolean3> = high limit active,
n4> = low-limit latched, <Boolean5> = high-limit latched
ALCulate:LIMit:LOWer[:POWer]
n: e selected channel. This limit is used for level
lower limit, a down arrow ▼ will appear
bits are set in the alarm register which
may be accessed using CALCulate:LIMit:FAIL? query and CALCulate:LIMit:CLEAR
commands.
CALCulate[1|2]:LIMit:LOWer[:POWer] <numeric value>
T
CALCulate subsystem are used t
ata is used and how it is proc d
o t mathematical erations, measurement units, and limit monitoring. The numeric suffix o
ic in the CALCulate commands refers to a processing and display “channel”, that is CAL m
re
t the powe ’s Channel 1 and Channel 2 functions. The C
uisition po the measurement (see the SENSe subsystem, S d
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ate block ope ns will follow those of the SENSe b
ith a single c el Model 4241. if
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Syntax: CALCulate[1|2]:CLEar[:IMMediate]
Argumen None
C
Description: Retu
logic
and
high-limit latched. Active means that the
Latched means that the limit has b
Syntax: CALCulate[1|2]:LIMit:FAIL? <Boole
<Boolea
C
Descriptio Set or return the lower limit power level for th
alarms. When the measured average power is below the
on the display to the left of the measured value, and flag
Syntax:
Argument: <numeric value> = -99.99 to +99.99 dBm
Remote Operation
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