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MEASurement Commands 2
N1911A/1912A P-Series Power Meters Programming Guide 147
MEASure[1]|2|3|4 Commands
The MEASure? commands configure the power meter to perform a power
measurement with the given measurement function, relative mode setting,
range and resolution then makes the measurement. The format of the
result is set by FORM[:READ][:DATA]. Refer to Chapter 6, “FORMat
Subsystem,” on page 249 for further information.
MEASure? is a compound command which is equivalent to:
• For the N1911A the MEASure? query is equivalent to:
ABORt
CONFigure
READ?
• For the N1912A carrying out a single channel measurement the
MEASure? queries are equivalent to:
ABORt1
CONFigure
READ1?
or
ABORt2
CONFigure
READ2?
• For the N1912A carrying out a difference measurement the
READ:DIFFerence? queries are equivalent to:
ABORt1
ABORt2
CONFigure:DIFFerence
READ:DIFFerence?
• For the N1912A carrying out a ratio measurement the READ:RATio?
queries are equivalent to:
ABORt1
ABORt2
CONFigure:RATio
READ:RATio?