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R&S ESCI Contents - Programming Examples
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Contents - Chapter 7 "Remote Control - Programming
Examples"
7 Remote Control - Programming Examples....................................................... 7.1
Basic Steps of IEC/IEEE-Bus Programming ..................................................................................7.1
Including IEC-Bus Library for VisualBasic................................................................................7.1
Initialization and Default Status ................................................................................................7.2
Creating Global Variables ..............................................................................................7.2
Initiate Controller............................................................................................................7.2
Initiate Instrument ..........................................................................................................7.3
Switching the Display On/Off .........................................................................................7.3
Configuring Power Save Function (Display Permanently Switched Off)........................7.4
Transmission of Simple Instrument Setting Commands..........................................................7.4
Return to Manual Control .........................................................................................................7.4
Reading Out Instrument Settings .............................................................................................7.5
Positioning Markers and Displaying Values .............................................................................7.5
Command Synchronization ......................................................................................................7.6
Service Request.......................................................................................................................7.7
Initiate Service Request .................................................................................................7.7
Waiting for the Arrival of a Service Request ..................................................................7.8
Waiting Without Blocking the Keyboard and Mouse......................................................7.9
Service Request Routine .............................................................................................7.10
Reading Out the Output Buffer ....................................................................................7.10
Reading Out Error Messages ......................................................................................7.11
Evaluation of SCPI Status Registers............................................................................7.11
Evaluation of Event Status Register.............................................................................7.12
More Complex Programming Examples ......................................................................................7.13
Default Setting of the FSP......................................................................................................7.13
Setting the IEC/IEEE Bus Status Register...................................................................7.13
Default Setting for Measurements ...............................................................................7.14
Using Marker and Delta Marker .............................................................................................7.15
Marker Search Functions, Limitation of Search Range ...............................................7.15
Measuring Spurious Emissions....................................................................................7.17
Frequency Counting.....................................................................................................7.18
Operation with Fixed Reference Point (Reference Fixed) ...........................................7.19
Phase and Phase Noise Measurement .......................................................................7.20
Shape Factor Measurement (using n dB down) ..........................................................7.21
Measuring the Third Order Intercept Point...................................................................7.22
Measuring the AM Modulation Depth...........................................................................7.23
Limit Lines and Limit Test ......................................................................................................7.24
Measuring the Channel and Adjacent Channel Power...........................................................7.26
Occupied Bandwidth Measurement .......................................................................................7.28
Time Domain Power Measurement........................................................................................7.29
Fast Power Measurement on Power Ramps .........................................................................7.30
Power Measurement with Multi-Summary Marker.......................................................7.30
Multi-Burst Power Measurement..................................................................................7.32
Fast Level Measurement Using Frequency Lists...................................................................7.34
Level Correction of Transducers (Definition of Transducer Factors) .....................................7.36
Reading Trace Data ...............................................................................................................7.37