Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series Manual

Programmer's Guid

Agilent Technologies ESA Spectrum Analyzer

This guide documents firmware revision A

.05

This guide provides documentation for the following instruments

ESA-E Serie

E4401B (9 kHz-1

.5 GHz

)

E4402B (9 kHz-3

.0 GHz

)

E4404B (9 kHz-6

.7 GHz

)

E4405B (9 kHz-13

.2 GHz

)

E4407B (9 kHz-26

.5 GHz

)

ESA-L Serie

E4411B (9 kHz-1

.5 GHz

)

E4403B (9kHz-3

.0 GHz

)

E4408B (9 kHz-24

.5 GHz

)

Agilent Technologie

Manufacturing Part Number

: E4401-9019

Supersedes E4401-9017

Printed in US

June 200

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

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

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Content

Programming Fundamental

Creating Valid Commands



Command Notation Syntax



Special Characters in Commands



Parameters in Commands



Putting Multiple Commands on the Same Line



SCPI Termination and Separator Syntax



Overview of GPIB



1-1

GPIB Instrument Nomenclature



1-1

GPIB Command Statements



1-1

Overview of RS-232



1-1

Settings for the Serial Interface



1-1

Handshake and Baud Rate



1-1

Character Format Parameters



1-1

Modem Line Handshaking



1-1

Data Transfer Errors



1-1

Printer Setup and Operation



1-1

Equipment



1-1

Interconnection and Setup



1-1

Testing Printer Operation



1-1

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Use Status Registers to Determine the State of Analyzer Events and Conditions



What are the Status Registers?



How Do You Access the Status Registers?



Using the Service Request (SRQ) Method



Generating a Service Request



Setting and Querying the Status Register



2-1

Details of Bits in All Registers



2-1

Status Byte Register



2-1

Service Request Enable Register



2-1

Standard Event Status Register



2-1

Standard Event Status Event Enable Register



2-1

STATus

:OPERation Register



2-1

STATus

:OPERation Condition Register



2-1

STATus

:OPERation Event Enable Register



2-1

STATus

:QUEStionable Registers



2-2

STATus

:QUEStionable

:POWer Condition Register Bits



2-2

STATus

:QUEStionable

:FREQuency Condition Register Bits



2-2

STATus

:QUEStionable

:CALibration Condition Register Bits



2-2

STATus

:QUEStionable

:INTegrity Condition Register Bits



2-2

STATus

:QUEStionable

:INTegrity:UNCalibrated Condition Register Bits



2-2

. Programming Example

List of Programming Examples



Programming Examples System Requirements



C Programming Examples using VTL



Typical Example Program Contents



vii

Content

Linking to VTL Libraries



Compiling and Linking a VTL Program



Example Program



Including the

VISA

Declarations File



Opening a Session



Device Sessions



3-8

Addressing a Session



3-1

Closing a Session



3-1

Using Marker

Peak

Search and

Peak

Excursion



3-1

Example



3-1

Using Marker Delta Mode and Marker Minimum Search



3-1

Performing Internal Self-alignment



3-2

Reading Trace Data

using ASCII Format (GPIB)



3-2

Reading Trace Data Using

32-bi

Real Format

(GPIB)



3-2

Reading Trace Data Using

ASCII Format (RS-232)



3-3

Reading Trace Data Using

32-bit

Real Format

(RS-232)



3-3

Using Limit Lines



3-4

Measuring Noise



3-4

Entering

Amplitude

Correction Data



3-5

Status Register-Determine When a Measurement is Done



3-5

Determine if an Error has Occurred



3-6

Measuring Harmonic Distortion

(GPIB)



3-6

Measuring Harmonic Distortion

(RS-232)



3-7

Making Faster Measurements (multiple measurements)



3-8

. Programming Command Cross-Reference

Functional

Index to SCPI Subsection



Language Referenc

SCPI

Sections

and Subsections



IEEE CommonCommands



Calibration

Query



Clear Status



Standard

Event Status Enable



Standard

Event Status Register

Query



IdentificationQuery 094



Instrument State

Query



Operation Complete



Query

Instrument

Options



Recall



Reset



Save



Service Request

Enable



Read Status

Byte Query



Trigger



Self TestQuery



Wait-to-Continue



Content

ABORt Subsystem



5-1

Abort



5-1

CALibration Subsystem



5-1

Align All Instrument Assemblies



5-1

Set Auto Align Mode All or Not RF



5-1

Automatic Alignment



5-1

Return to the Default Alignment Data



5-1

Align FM Demodulation



5-1

Query the Internal or External Frequency Reference



5-1

Coarse Adjust the Frequency Reference



5-1

Fine Adjust the Frequency Reference



5-1

Select the Frequency Corrections



5-1

Align the RF Circuitry



5-1

Select the Source State for Calibration



5-1

Calibrate the Tracking Generator



5-1

CALCulate Subsystem



5-1

NdBpoints



5-1

NdBresults



5-1

NdBstate



5-1

Test Current Trace Data Against all Limit Lines



5-1

CALCulate

:LLINe Subsection



5-1

Control

mit

Tina

Amplitude Interpolation



5-1

Set Fixed or Relative Limit Lines



5-1

Set Limit Line

-axis Units



5-1

Control Limit Line Frequency Interpolation



5-2

Define Limit Line Values



5-2

Merge Additional Values into the Existing Limit Line



5-2

Delete Limit Line



5-2

Display the Limit Line



5-2

Test the Data Against the Limit Line



5-2

Set the Margin Size



5-2

Display the Limit Margin



5-2

Control Limit Line Testing



5-2

Select the Type of Limit Line



5-2

CALCulate

:MARKer Subsection



5-2

Markers All Off on All Traces



5-2

Continuous Peaking Marker Function



5-2

Frequency Counter Marker Resolution



5-2

Frequency Counter Marker Resolution Automatic



5-2

Frequency Counter Marker



5-2

Marker Function



5-2

Marker Peak (Maximum) Search



5-2

Marker Peak (Maximum) Left Search



5-2

Marker Next Peak (Maximum) Search



5-2

Marker Peak (Maximum) Right Search



5-2

Marker Peak (Minimum) Search



5-2

Marker Mode



5-2

Define Peak Excursion



5-2

Define Peak Search



5-2

Content

Define Peak Threshold



5-3

Peak

to Peak Delta Markers



5-3

Set Center Frequency to the Marker Value



5-3

Set Reference Level to the Marker Value



5-3

Set Span

to the Marker Value



5-3

Set Start Frequency to the Marker Value



5-3

Set Center Frequency Step Size

to the Marker Value



5-3

Set Stop

Frequency to the Marker Value



5-3

Marker On/Off



5-3

Marker Table On/Off



5-3

Marker to Trace



5-3

Marker to Trace Auto



5-3

Continuous Signal Tracking Function



5-3

Marker X Value



5-3

Span Markers Center Frequency

Value



5-3

Marker X Position



5-3

Span Markers Center Frequency

Position



5-3

Span Markers Span X Position



5-3

Band Markers Start Frequency X Position



5-3

Band Markers Stop Frequency X Position



5-3

Marker X-Axis Readout



5-3

Span-Markers Span X Value



5-3

Band-Markers Start Frequency X Value



5-3

Band-Markers Stop Frequency X Value



5-3

Marker Read Y Value



5-3

CALCulate

:NTData Subsection



5-3

Normalize the Trace Data



5-3

CONFigure Subsystem



5-3

Configure the Adjacent Channel Power Measurements



5-3

Configure the Channel Power and Density Measurements



5-3

Configure the Emission Bandwidth Measurements



5-3

Configure the Harmonic Distortion Measurements



5-3

Configure the OBW and Transmit Frequency Error Measurements



5-3

COUPle Subsystem



5-4

COUPle the Function to Other Settings



5-4

DISPlay Subsystem



5-4

Display Viewing Angle



5-4

Date and Time Display Format



5-4

Date and Time Display



5-4

Display Annotation Title Data



5-4

Turn the Entire Display On/Off



5-4

Window Annotation



5-4

Trace Graticule Display



5-4

Trace X-Axis Scale Offset



5-4

Set the Display Line



5-4

Control the Display Line



5-4

Normalized Reference Level



5-4

Normalized Reference Level Position



5-4

Reference Level Auto

Ranging



5-45

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