Technical data

SENSe Subsystem 10
N1911A/1912A P-Series Power Meters Programming Guide 359
[SENSe] Subsystem
The SENSe command subsystem directly affects device specific settings
used to make measurements. The SENSe subsystem is optional since this is
the primary function of the power meter. The high level command
CONFigure uses the SENSe commands to prepare the p ower meter for
making measurements. At a lower level SENSe enables you to change the
following parameters: RANGe, FREQuency, LOSS, CFACator|GAIN1
(calibration factor), GAIN2 (channel offset), DCYCle (duty cycle) and
AVERage, without completely re- configuring the power meter.
The SENSe command subsystem also allows you to select the measurement
speed, a sensor calibration table, and a frequency dependent offset table.
The numeric suffix of the SENSe program mnemonic in the SENSe
commands refers to a channel, that is SENSe1 and SENSe2 represent
Channel A and Channel B respectively.
NOTE
If you are using the single channel N1911A power meter the SENSe2 commands are
irrelevant and cause the error “Header suffix out of range.”
Keyword Parameter Form Notes Page
[SENSe[1]]|SENSe2
:AVERage
:COUNt <numeric_value> page 363
:AUTO <boolean> page 366
:SDETect <boolean> [non-SCPI] page 369
[:STATe] <boolean> page 371
:AVERage2
:COUNt <numeric_value> page 374
[:STATe] <boolean> page 376
:BANDwidth|BWIDth
:VIDeo <character_data> page 378