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Title & Document Type: 8590 E-series and L-series
Programmer's Guide
Manual Part Number: 08590-90235
Revision Date: June 1995
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Programmer's Guide
HP 8590 E-Series and L-Series
Spectrum Analyzers and
HP 8591C Cable TV Analyzer
HEWLETT
Did PACKARD
HP Part No. 08590-90235 Supersedes: 5962-5023
Printed in USA June 1995
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measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and
Technology, to the extent allowed by the Institute's calibration facility, and to the calibration
facilities of other International Standards Organization members.
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The following safety notes are used throughout this manual. Familiarize yourself with each of
the notes and its meaning before operating this instrument.
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General Safety Considerations
Caution Before switching on this instrument, make sure that the line voltage selector
switch is set to the voltage of the power supply and the correct fuse is
installed.
Warning This is a Safety Class I product (provided with a protective earthing
ground incorporated in the power cord). The mains plug shall only be
inserted in a socket outlet provided with a protective earth contact. Any
interruption of the protective conductor, inside or outside the instrument,
is likely to make the instrument dangerous. Intentional interruption is
prohibited.
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voltages. Disconnect the instrument from all voltage sources while it is
being opened.
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for 10 seconds after disconnecting the plug from its power supply.
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To avoid electrical shock, do not perform any servicing unless you are
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How to Use This Guide
This guide uses the following conventions:
Front-Panel Key] This represents a key physically located on the instrument.
Sof tkq" This indicates a "softkey," a key whose label is determined by the instrument's
firmware.
Screen Text This indicates text displayed on the instrument's screen.
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HP 8590 D-Series and E-Series Spectrum Analyzer
Documentation Description
In addition to the programmer's guide, the following guides are shipped with your spectrum
analyzer:
The Calibration Guide for your Spectrum Analyzer
w Tells you how to test your spectrum analyzer to determine if the spectrum analyzer meets
its specifications.
HP 8590 E-Series and L-Series Spectrum Analyzer User's Guide
n Tells you how to make measurements with your spectrum analyzer.
n Describes the spectrum analyzer features.
n Tells you what to do in case of a failure.
HP 8590 E-Series and L.-Series Spectrum Analyzer Quick Reference Guide
w Describes how to make a simple measurement with your spectrum analyzer.
n Briefly describes the spectrum analyzer functions.
w Lists all the programming commands.
HP 8591C Cable TV Analyzer Documentation Description
In addition to the programmer's guide, the following guides are shipped with your cable TV
analyzer:
HP 8590 E-Series Spectrum Analyzers and HP 8591 C Cable TV Analyzer Calibration Guide
w Tells you how to test your spectrum analyzer to determine if the spectrum analyzer meets
its specifications.
HP 8591C Cable TV Analyzer User's Guides
Cable TV Measurements
w Tells you how to make cable TV measurements with your analyzer.
w Describes the cable TV analyzer mode features.
Spectrum Analyzer Reference
w Tells you how to make measurements using the spectrum analyzer mode.
w Describes the spectrum analyzer mode features.
n Tells you what to do in case of a failure.
HP 8591C Cable TV Analyzer Getting Started and Quick Reference Guide
w Describes how to make a simple measurement with your spectrum analyzer.
w Briefly describes the cable TV and spectrum analyzer functions.
w Provides a quick reference for cable TV and spectrum analyzer softkeys.
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Contents
1. Preparing for Use
What You'll Learn in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-l
Connecting Your Spectrum Analyzer to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-l
Configuring Your Computer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-l
Connecting the Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-2
For the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-2
For the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-2
The Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-2
HP-IB Connections for the HP 9000 Series 200 Technical Computers . . . . . . . l-3
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-3
Interconnection Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-3
Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-4
HP-IB Connections for the HP 9000 Series 300 Technical Computers . . . . . . . 1-5
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Interconnection Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-6
HP-IB Connections for the HP Vectra Personal Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . l-7
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-7
Interconnection Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-7
Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
RS-232 Connections for the HP Vectra or IBM PC/AT Personal Computer . . . . l-9
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-9
Interconnection Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-9
Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-10
Printing or Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-11
Printing Using an HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-11
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-11
Interconnection and Printing Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-11
Plotting Using an HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Interconnection and Plotting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Printing Using an RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Interconnection and Printing Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Plotting Using an RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Interconnection and Plotting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Printing after Plotting or Plotting after Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Printing Using a Parallel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-20
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-20
Interconnection and Printing Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-20
Plotting to an HP LaserJet Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-22
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-22
Interconnection and Plotting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-22
Printing after Plotting or Plotting after Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-23
If There Is a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-24
Contents-l
2. Writing a Program
What You'll Learn in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-l
Writing Your First Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Composing the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Modifying the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Enhancing the Program with Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Getting Information from the Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Programming Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
3. Programming Topics
What You'll Learn in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-l
Controlling Trace Data with a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Reading Trace Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Saving Trace Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Reading Trace Data from a Computer Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Saving and Recalling Instrument States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Saving the Spectrum Analyzer's State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Returning the Spectrum Analyzer to its Former State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Measuring Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Program Example for the RS-232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Different Formats for Trace Data Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
P Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
t 3-20
Example of Using the P Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
B Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Example of Using the B Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
A-Block Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Example of Using the A-Block Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
I-Block Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Example of Using the I-Block Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
M Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
t 3-26
Example of Using the M Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
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4. Creating and Using Downloadable Programs
What You'll Learn in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-l
WhatisaDLP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-l
WhyUseaDLP?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-l
Creating a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
`Ib Use a User-Defined Function within a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
To Use a User-Defined Variable within a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
To Use a User-Defined Trace within a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Example . . . . . . . 4-5
To Enter Values'into a*DLP 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : . . . . . . . 4-6
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
To Enter Values into a DLP by Using a Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
To Create a Modular DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Executing a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
To Execute a DLP by Using a Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
To Execute the DLP within a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
StoringDLPsonaRAMCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
`IbStoreDLPsonaRAMCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
To Load DLPs from a Memory Card into Analyzer Memory . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Determining the Amount of Memory Needed for a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
`lb Determine Available Analyzer Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
To Determine the Amount of Space on a RAM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
To Delete a DLP from Spectrum Analyzer Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
To Erase the DLP'frbm a RAM'&rd : : : : : : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Using the DLP Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
To Connect the External Keyboard to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . 4-15
`lb Access the DLP Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
`IbCreateaDLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
To Modify the DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
To Modify a Catalog Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
DLP Programming Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
To Make the DLP More Readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
ToFindProblemsinaDLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
5. Programming Commands
What You'll Learn in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-l
Syntax Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
ABORT Abort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
ABS Absolute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
ACP Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
ACPBW Channel Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
ACPCONTM Continuous Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
ACPE Adjacent Channel Power Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
ACPGR Adjacent Channel Power Graph On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
ACPGRAPH Compute the Adjacent Channel Power Graph . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
ACPMK Adjacent Channel Power Marker On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
ACPPAR ACP Manual or Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
ACPSNGLM Single Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
ACPSP Channel Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
ACTDEF Active Function Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
ACTVF Active Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
ADD Add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
AMB Trace A Minus Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
AMBPL Trace A Minus Trace B Plus Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
AMPCOR Amplitude Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62
AMPLEN Amplitude Correction Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64
ANLGPLUS Analog Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
ANNOT Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67
APB Trace A Plus Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68
AT Attenuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
AUNITS Amplitude Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71
AUTO Auto Couple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
AVG Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73
AXB Exchange Trace A and Trace B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75
BAUDRATE Baud Rate of Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76
BITBit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
BITF Bit Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80
BLANK Blank Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
BML Trace B Minus Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83
BTC Transfer Trace B to Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84
BXC Trace B Exchange Trace C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85
CAL Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86
CAT Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89
CF Center Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93
CHP Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-95
CHPGR Channel Power Graph On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-97
CLRAVG Clear Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98
CLRBOX Clear Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
CLRDSP Clear Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-101
CLRW Clear Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-102
CLS Clear Status Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103
CMDERRQ Command Error Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-104
CNF Confidence Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105
CNTLA Auxiliary Interface Control Line A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106
CNTLB Auxiliary Interface Control Line B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107
CNTLC Auxiliary Interface Control Line C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-108
CNTLD Auxiliary Interface Control Line D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-109
CNTLI Auxiliary Interface Control Line Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110
COMBComb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-111
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COMPRESS Compress Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-112
CONCAT Concatenate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-114
CONTS Continuous Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-116
CORREK Correction Factors On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-117
COUPLE Couple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118
CRTHPOS Horizontal Position of CRT Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119
CRTVPOS Vertical Position of CRT Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120
CTA Convert to Absolute Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121
CTM Convert to Measurement Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-123
DA Display Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-124
DATEMODE Date Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-127
DEMOD Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-128
DET Detection Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-129
DISPOSE Dispose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-131
DIV Divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133
DL Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135
DN Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137
DONE Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-138
DOTDENS Dot Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-140
DRAWBOX Draw Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
DSPLY Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143
DT Define Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145
EE Enable Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146
EK Enable Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148
ENTER Enter From HP-IB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149
EP Enter Parameter Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151
ERASE Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152
EXP Exponent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153
FA Start Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-156
FB Stop Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-158
FFT Fast Fourier Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-160
FFTAUTO Marker to Auto FFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164
FFTCLIP FFl' Signal Clipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-166
FFTCONTS FFT Continuous Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-167
FFTMKR FFT Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-168
FFTMM FFT Marker to Midscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169
FFTMS FFT Marker to FFT Stop Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-170
FFTOFFFFTOff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-171
FFTPCTAM FFT Percent Amplitude Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-172
FFTPCTAMR FFT Percent Amplitude Modulation Readout . . . . . . . . . . 5-173
FFTSNGLS FFT Single Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-174
FFTSTAT FFT Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176
FFTSTOP FFT Stop Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-177
FMGAIN FM Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-179
FOFFSET Frequency Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-180
FORMAT Format Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182
FS Full Span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183
FUNCDEF Define Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-184
GATEGate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186
GATECTL Gate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-187
GC Gate Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188
GD Gate Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-189
GDRVCLPAR Clear Pulse Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-190
GDRVGDEL Gate Delay for the Frequency Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-191
GDRVGLEN Gate Length for the Frequency and Time Windows . . . . . . . 5-193
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GDRVGT Window Gate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-194
GDRVGTIM Gate Trigger to Marker Position for the Time Window . . . . . . 5-196
GDRVPRI Pulse Repetition Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-198
GDRVPWID Pulse Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-200
GDRVRBW Couple Resolution Bandwidth to Pulse Width . . . . . . . . . . . 5-202
GDRVREFE Enter Reference Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-204
GDRVST Couple Sweep Time to Pulse Repetition Interval . . . . . . . . . . 5-206
GDRVSWAP Update the Time or Frequency Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-208
GDRVSWDE Delay Sweep for Time Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-209
GDRVSWP Sweep Time for the Time Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-211
GDRVUTIL Gate Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-213
GDRVVBW Couple Video Bandwidth to Gate Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-215
GETPLOT Get Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-217
GETPRNT Get Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-219
GL Gate Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-221
GP Gate Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-222
GRGraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-223
GRAT Graticule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-224
HAVE Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-225
HD Hold Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-228
HN Harmonic Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-229
HNLOCK Harmonic Number Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-230
HNUNLK Unlock Harmonic Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-233
IBInputB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-234
ID Identify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-235
IF THEN ELSE ENDIF If Then Else Endif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-236
INT Integer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-239
INZ Input Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-241
IP Instrument Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-242
KEYCLR Key Clear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-246
KEYCMD Key Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-247
KEYDEF User-Defined Key Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-251
KEYENH Key Enhance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-255
KEYEXC Key Execute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-260
KEYLBL Key Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-261
LBLabel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-263
LF Base Band Instrument Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-267
LG Logarithmic Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-268
LIMIDEL Delete Limit-Line `lhble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-269
LIMIDISP Limit Line Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-270
LIMIFAIL Limits Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-272
LIMIFT Select Frequency or Time Limit Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-274
LIMIHI Upper Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-275
LIMILINE Limit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-276
LIMILO Lower Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-279
LIMIMIRROR Mirror Limit Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-280
LIMIMODE Limit-Line Entry Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-281
LIMIREL Relative Limit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-283
LIMISEG Enter Limit-Line Segment for Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-285
LIMISEGT Enter Limit-Line Segment for Sweep Time . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-288
LIMITEST Enable Limit Line Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-291
LINFILL Line Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-293
LN Linear Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-295
LOAD Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-296
LOG Logarithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-298
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LSPAN Last Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-301
MDS Measurement Data Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-302
MDU Measurement Data Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-304
MEAN Trace Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-306
MEANTH Trace Mean Above Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-307
MEASOFF Measurement Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-309
MEASURE Measure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-310
MEM Memory Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-312
MENU Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-313
MERGE Merge Two Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-315
MF Marker Frequency Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-317
MIN Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-319
MINH Minimum Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32 1
MINPOS Minimum Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-322
MIRROR Mirror Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-323
MKA Marker Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-325
MKACT Activate Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-327
MKACTV Marker As the Active Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-328
MKBW Marker Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-329
MKCF Marker to Center Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-330
MKCONT Marker Continue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-331
MKD Marker Delta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-332
MKDLMODE Marker Delta Display Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-334
MKF Marker Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-336
MKFC Marker Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-338
MKFCR Marker Counter Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-339
MKMIN Marker Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-341
MKN Marker Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-342
MKNOISE Marker Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-344
MKOFF Marker Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-346
MKP Marker Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-347
MKPAUSE Marker Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-349
MKPK Marker Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-351
MKPX Marker Peak Excursion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-352
MKREAD Marker Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-354
MKRL Marker to Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-356
MKSP Marker to Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-357
MKSS Marker to Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-358
MKSTOP Marker Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-359
MKTBL Marker %ble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-360
MKTRACE Marker Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-362
MKTRACK Marker Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-363
MKTYPE Marker Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-364
ML Mixer Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-365
MOD Modulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-367
MODE Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-369
MOV Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-370
MPY Multiply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-372
MS1 Mass Storage Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-374
MXM Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-375
MXMH Maximum Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-377
M4 Marker Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-378
NDB Number of dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-380
NDBPNT N dB Points 5-381
NDBPNTR N dB Points Bandwidth' : : : 1 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 5-383
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NRL Normalized Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-384
OA Output Active Function Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-386
OBW Occupied Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-387
OBWPCT Occupied Bandwidth Percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-389
OL Output Learn String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-390
ONCYCLE On Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-391
ONDELAY On Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-393
ONEOS On End of Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-395
ONMKR On Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-397
ONMKRU On Marker Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-399
ONPWRUP On Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-401
ONSRQ On Service Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-402
ONSWP On Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-404
ONTIME On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-406
OP Output Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-408
OUTPUT Output to Remote Port or Parallel Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-409
PA Plot Absolute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-412
PARSTAT Parallel Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-414
PCTAM Percent AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-416
PCTAMR Percent AM Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-418
PDPenDown.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-419
PDA Probability Distribution of Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-420
PDF Probability Distribution of Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-422
PEAKS Peaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-424
PKDLMODE Peak Table Delta Display Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-428
PKPOS Peak Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-430
PKRES Peak Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43 1
PKSORT Peak Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-433
PKTBL Peak `Iable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-434
PKZMOK Peak Zoom Okay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-436
PKZOOM Peak Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-437
PLOT Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-439
PLTPRT Plot Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-441
POWERON Power-On State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-442
PP Preselector Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-443
PR Plot Relative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-444
PREAMPG External Preamplifier Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-445
PREFX Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-446
PRINT Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-447
PRNTADRS Print Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-449
PRNPRT Print Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-450
PSTATE Protect State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-451
PUPenUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-452
PURGE Purge File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-453
PWRBW Power Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-454
PWRUPTIME Power Up Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-456
RB Resolution Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-457
RCLS Recall State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-459
RCLT Recall Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-460
RELHPIB Release HP-IB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-462
REPEAT UNTIL Repeat Until . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-463
RESETRL Reset Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-465
RETURN Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-466
REV Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-467
RL Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-468
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RLPOS Reference-Level Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-470
RMS Root Mean Square Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-471
ROFFSET Reference Level Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-472
RQS Service Request Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-473
SAVEMENU Save Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-475
SAVES Save State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-476
SAVET Save Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-477
SAVRCLF Save or Recall Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-479
SAVRCLN Save or Recall Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-480
SAVRCLW Save or Recall Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-482
SEGDEL Segment Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-483
SENTER Segment Entry for Frequency Limit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-485
SENTERT Segment Entry for Sweep Time Limit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-488
SER Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-491
SETDATE Set Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-492
SETTIME Set Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-493
SMOOTH Smooth Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-494
SNGLS Single Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-496
SPSpan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-497
SPEAKER Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-499
SPZOOM Span Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-500
SQLCH Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-501
SQR Square Root. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-502
SRCALC Source Leveling Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-504
SRCAT Source Attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-506
SRCNORM Source Normalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-508
SRCPOFS Source Power Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . 5-510
SRCPSTP Source Power-Level Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-511
SRCPSWP Source Power Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-513
SRCPWR Source Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-515
SRCTK Source Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-517
SRCTKPK Source Tracking Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-519
SRQ Force Service Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-520
SS Center Frequency Step Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-524
ST Sweep Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-526
STB Status Byte Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-528
STDEV Standard Deviation of Trace Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-529
STOR Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-531
SUB Subtract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-534
SUM Sum of Trace Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-536
SUMSQR Sum of Squared Trace Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-537
SWPCPL Sweep Couple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-538
SYNCMODE Synchronize Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-540
TA Transfer A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-542
TB Transfer B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-543
TDF Trace Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-544
TEXT Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-549
TH Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-550
TIMEDATE Time Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-551
TIMEDSP Time Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-552
TITLE Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-553
TM Trigger Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-554
TO1 Third-Order Intermodulation Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-556
TOIR Third-Order Intermodulation Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-558
TRA/TRB/TRC Trace Data Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-559
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Figures
l-l. Connecting the HP 9000 Series 200 Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . l-3
l-2. Connecting the HP 9000 Series 300 Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . l-5
l-3. Connecting the HP Vectra Personal Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . l-7
l-4. Connecting the Personal Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . l-9
3-l. Measurement Unit Range and Trace Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
4-l. Determining the Number of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4-2. Connecting the External Keyboard to the Spectrum Analyzer . . . . . . . . . 4-15
4-3. Accessing the DLP Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4-4. Entering a DLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4-5. Selecting a Catalog Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
5-l. Command Syntax Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-2. Using the CLRBOX Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99
5-3. Using the DRAWBOX Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141
5-4. Harming Filter Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-162
5-5. Uniform Filter Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-163
5-6. Flat Top Filter Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-163
5-7. Using the MENU Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-314
5-8. Display Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-413
5-9. Frequency and Amplitude of the Peaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-426
B-l. HP-IB Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-l
C-l. RS-232 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-l
C-2. HP 245426 25-pin to g-pin Full Handshaking Connection . . . . . . . . . . . c-3
C-3. HP 24542U g-pin to g-pin Full Handshaking Connection . . . . . . . . . . . c-3
C-4. 25-pin to g-pin 3-Wire Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c-3
C-5. g-pin to g-pin 3-Wire Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c-4
C-6. 25-pin to g-pin ThinkJet Printer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c-4
C-7. HP C2932A g-pin to g-pin LaserJet Printer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . c-5
C-8. 25-pin to g-pin Modem Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
C-9. HP-GL Plotter Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
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Xhbles
l-l. Setting of HP ThinkJet Printer Mode Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l-11
3-l. Measurement Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
3-2. Summary of the Trace Data Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
4-l. Cataloging a RAM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
5-l. Syntax Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-2. Characters and Secondary Keywords (Reserved Words) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5-3. Summary of Compatible Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5-4. Functional Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
5-5. Spectrum,AnaIyzer Settings, ACPPAR is Set to Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
5-6. Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-265
5-7. Label Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-266
5-9. Spectrum Analyzer Status Byte (Option 024) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-414
5-9. Spectrum Analyzer Status Byte (Option 041, 043) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-415
5-9. Spectrum Analyzer Status Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52 1
5-10. Status Byte Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-522
5-l 1. Programming Commands That Exit The Windows Display Mode . . . . . . . . 5-595
C-l. Setting of Thinkjet Printer Mode Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c-4
C-2. Setting of RS-232 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c-5
C-3. Setting the Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c-5
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Preparing for Use
What You'll Learn in This Chapter
This chapter tells you how to connect a computer to your spectrum analyzer via the
Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus (HP-IB) or the RS-232 Interface and how to connect a printer
or a plotter. The remainder of the chapter covers procedures to follow if a problem is
encountered.
Connecting Your Spectrum Analyzer to a Computer
The spectrum analyzer works with many popular computers. However, the steps required to
connect your spectrum analyzer to a specific computer depend on the computer you are using.
Before turning to the interconnection instructions for your computer, please read the following
general information.
Configuring Your Computer System
Every computer system has a specific configuration. Your system configuration might include
a printer, external disk drive, or plotter. Whenever you add another piece of equipment (for
example, your spectrum analyzer), you may need to reconfigure your computer system so that
the computer knows where and how to send information to the newly added device.
Some computers do not require configuring when a spectrum analyzer is connected; others
require a simple modification. The most common modification is changing the configuration
information stored on the computer's operating system disk. A few computers require the
insertion of an add-on board, or "card." Refer to your computer documentation if your system
needs these modifications.
All of the test programs for HP-IB and RS-232 interfaces are written using the BASIC language
of the computer under consideration. If you have never entered or run a BASIC program, refer
to your computer documentation.
Preparing for Use l-1
Connecting the Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer
For the HP-IB Interface
Refer to Appendix B for a detailed description of the HP-IB interface.
Appendix B contains instructions for connecting the spectrum analyzer's HP-IB interface to
either an HP 9000 Series 200, or a Series 300 computer, or to an HP Vectra PC equipped with
an HP 82300B BASIC Language Processor. If your computer is not listed, but it supports an
HP-IB interface, there is a good possibility that it can be connected to the spectrum analyzer.
Consult your computer documentation to determine how to connect external devices on the
bus.
For the BS-232 Interface
Refer to Appendix C for a detailed description of the RS-232 interface.
Appendix C contains instructions for connecting the spectrum analyzer's RS-232 interface to
an HP Vectra PC or IBM PC/AT or compatible computers. If your computer is not listed, but it
supports a standard RS-232 interface, there is a good possibility that the spectrum analyzer may
be connected to the computer. Consult your computer documentation to determine how to
connect external devices to your computer's RS-232 connector.
There are two types of RS-232 devices: data terminal equipment (DTE) and data
communication equipment (DCE). Types of DTE devices include display terminals. DCE
equipment includes modems and, generally, other computer RS-232 devices. The spectrum
analyzer RS-232 port is the DTE-type. Connections from the computer (DCE) to the spectrum
analyzer (DTE) are shown in Appendix C.
The Test Program
To test the system configuration, a simple test program is provided for each computer listed.
After you have connected your computer and spectrum analyzer, you should enter and run
the test program on your computer to make sure the computer is sending instructions to the
spectrum analyzer through the interface cable. If the interface is working and the program is
entered correctly, a statement is displayed on the computer screen.
Note The listed computer and spectrum analyzer equipment includes the minimum
components necessary to establish communication between your spectrum
analyzer and computer. If you are using application software, check with your
software supplier for specific computer hardware and memory requirements.
Note Using an interface cable other than the one listed with your computer's
interconnection instructions may prevent proper communication between the
spectrum analyzer and computer.
Pressing f-1 removes the spectrum analyzer from remote mode and enables front-panel
control.
l-2 Preparing for Use
HP-IB Connections for the HP 9000 Series 200 Technical
Computers
Equipment
n HP 9816, 9826, or 9836 Series 200 technical computer
w HP 8590 Series spectrum analyzer with Option 041
n HP 10833 (or equivalent) HP-IB cable
Interconnection Instructions
Connect the spectrum analyzer to the computer using the HP-IB cable. Figure l-l shows an
HP 9836 computer connected to the spectrum analyzer.
Figure l-l. Connecting the HP 9000 Series 200 Computer to the Spectrum Analyzer
Preparing for Use l-3
Test Program
To test the connection between the computer and the spectr