Boonton 4240 RF Power Meter - Manual (Page 79)

Boonton 4240 Series RF Power Meter
5.5.7 MEASure Queries
used to acquire data using a set of high level instructions. They are structured to allow
e measurement process for easy operability. MEASure? provides a complete capability
ecific format.
tion. The instrument
Returns: CC, Power in dBm
Where CC is the measurement condition code.
?
efault instrument configuration in volts units. Instrument remains
Syntax: MEASure[1|2]:VOLTage?
Returns: CC, Average voltage in linear volts
CC is the measurement condition code.
The MEASure group of commands is
the user to trade off fine control of th
where the power meter is configured, a measurement taken, and results returned in one operation. The instrument is set to a
basic, predefined measurement state with little user intervention necessary or possible. Sometimes, more precise control of
measurement is required. In these cases, MEASure? should not be used. Rather, a sequence of configuration commands,
generally from the CALCulate and SENSe groups should be used to set up the instrument for the measurement, then READ?
or FETCH? commands are used to return the desired measurement data in a sp
MEASure:POWer?
Description: Return a power measurement in dBm using a default instrument configura
remains stopped after a measurement.
Syntax: Measure[1|2]:POWer?
MEASure:VOLTage
Description: Return average voltage using a d
stopped after a measurement.
Where
Remote Operation
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