New Programming Commands

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2025 Update 1.0 release. See What's New.

Data Integrity Commands
DATA:INTegrity:INITialize	Reset all settings for data integrity check.
DATA:INTegrity:TOLerance <char>,<num>	Set or get the tolerance for reciprocity or causality.
DATA:INTegrity:ENForce[:STATe] <char>,<bool>	Turn on or off data integrity enforcement for the specified type.
DATA:INTegrity:ENForce:TYPE <char>	Get or set the output file type of data integrity enforcement.
FILE<fnum>:DATA:INTegrity:CHECk:RESult?	Get the result of data integrity check.
FILE<fnum>:DATA:INTegrity:ENForce <string>	Apply data integrity enforcement.

Hardware Connection Commands
HARDware::CONNect <char>	Connect PLTS to the hardware by VISA Address.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2024 Update 1.0 release. See What's New.

AFR Commands
AFR:ADVanced:FIXTure:IMPedance:FTUNe[:STATe] <bool>	Applies advanced algorithm to fixture impedance mismatching cases for better results.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2024 release. See What's New.

AFR Commands
AFR:STANdard:THRU <char>[,<num>]	Modified command to include FDUT.
AFR:FIXTure:PREView:LENGth? <num_x>	Reads the calculated length of specified fixture.
AFR:FIXTure:PREView:IMPedance? <num_x>	Reads the calculated impedance of specified fixture.
AFR:ADVanced:AUTO:ITERate:REFZ:SET[:STATe] <bool>	Turns on or off the option "Automatically iterate when Calibration Reference Z0 is set to System Z0 or custom value."
AFR:USER:PRESet:SAVE <string>	Save the current AFR settings to an .xml file.
AFR:USER:PRESet:LOAD <string>	Load AFR settings from an .xml file.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2023 release. See What's New.

Eye Enhanced Commands
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:INITialize	Initializes the multi-channel configuration.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:NAME	Sets or gets the name of multi-channel configuration.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:PORTs:COUNt	Sets the port count in the multi-channel eye configuration.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:PORTs:MAPPing:DESCription	Sets the description of the DUT configuration in multi-channel eye simulation.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:PORTs:MAPPing:DIFFerential	Sets the differential port mapping of the DUT configuration in multi-channel eye simulation.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:PORTs:MAPPing:SENDed	Sets the single-ended port mapping of the DUT configuration in multi-channel eye simulation.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:RX:ADDed	Sets the state of RX.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:RX:PORT	Sets the port number of RX.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:RX:SENDed	Sets whether the RX port is single-ended or not.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:ADDed	Sets the state of TX.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:LENGth	Sets the length of the digital pattern of TX.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:LOOP:COUNt	Sets the pattern loop count of TX.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:NAME	Sets the bit pattern name.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:RTIMe	Sets the rise time of TX in ps.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:SAMPlitude:HIGH	Sets the high level of the single-ended amplitude.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:SAMPlitude:LOW	Sets the low level of the single-ended amplitude.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:SFACtor	Sets the oversampling factor.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:DPATtern:SRATe	Sets symbol rate of TX bit pattern in Gbps.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:PORT	Sets the port number of TX.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TX:SENDed	Sets whether the TX port is single-ended or not.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:TYPE	Sets or gets the multi-channel type.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:ADD	Adds a new crosstalk component.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:COPY	Sets whether the settings of XTalk channel is copied from XT channel.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:LENGth	Sets the length of the digital pattern of XT.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:NAME	Sets the digital pattern name of the crosstalk component.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:PHASe	Sets the phase relative to TX in degree.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:RTIMe	Sets the rise time of XT in ps.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:SAMPlitude:HIGH	Sets the high level of the single-ended amplitude.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:SAMPlitude:LOW	Sets the low level of the single-ended amplitude.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTAlk:DPATtern:SFACtor	Sets the oversampling factor.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:DPATtern:SRATe	Sets symbol rate of XTalk bit pattern.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:PORT	Sets the port number of XT.
EYE:ENHanced:CONFigure:XTALk:SENDed	Sets whether the XT port is single-ended or not.

Plot Commands
FILE:VIEW:ENHanced:EYE	Draws an enhanced eye plot in the specified view.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2022 release. See What's New.

AFR Commands
AFR:ADVanced:DUTGate:COEFficient	Sets or gets the DUT Gate Coefficient.
AFR:ADVanced:DUTGate:DOMain	Sets or gets the description of the AFR DUT Gate Domain (single-ended or differential).
AFR:ADVanced:DUTGate:ILFitting:MANual[:STATe]	Turns ON or OFF the Fitting Thru after AFR DUT Gate.
AFR:ADVanced:DUTGate:MANual[:STATe]	Turns ON or OFF the AFR DUT Gate.
AFR:ADVanced:DUTGate:REFLection:MANual	Turns ON or OFF the AFR DUT Gate Only Reflection option.
AFR:ADVanced:VERSion	Gets the AFR Version.

Plot Commands
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SCALe	(Added the query option.) Sets or gets the plot scale with x and y range.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SCALe:X	(Added the query option.) Sets the y-axis scale of a plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SCALe:Y	(Added the query option.) Sets the y-axis scale of a plot.

Measurement Commands
MEASure[:SETup]:CALSet:CATalog?	Gets the calset catalog in the connected instrument.
MEASure[:SETup]:CALSet:DATE?	Gets the date of the specified calset.
MEASure[:SETup]:CALSet:TIME?	Gets the time of the specified calset.

Preference Command
PREFerences:TDR:ONEWay	Sets or gets the user preference to calculate and show the one-way time/distance for reflection parameters.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2021 release. See What's New.

AFR Commands
AFR:ADVanced:MCONversion[:STATe]	Turns ON of OFF AFR mode conversion.
AFR:ADVanced:RESet	Resets AFR configuration.
AFR:ADVanced:TIME:STARt	Gets or sets the manual start time in AFR configuration.
AFR:ADVanced:TIME:STOP	Gets or sets the manual stop time in AFR configuration.
AFR:ADVanced:WINDow:COEFficient	Sets or gets the manual window coefficient type in AFR configuration.
AFR:ADVanced:WINDow:MANual[:STATe]	Turns ON or OFF the manual window coefficient of AFR.
AFR:FILE:CORRection[:STATe]	Applies or will undo AFR correction for the selected file.
AFR:FIXTure:MEASurement	Selects the number of fixtures to be characterized.
AFR:FIXTure:SET:SYSZ	Sets "System Z0" to Calibration Reference Z0.
AFR:FIXTure:USE:THRUs	Specifies whether thrus are used in case of multi-port fixtures.
AFR:STANdard:IMPedance:AUTO:ITERate	Selects the Auto impedance method and measures the fixture impedances.
AFR:STANdard:LOAD	Loads the calibration standards data from a file.
AFR:STANdard:MEASure	Measures calibration standard.
AFR:STANdard:USE	Chooses the calibration standards.

COM Commands - Control Channel Operating Margin (COM)
COM:CONFigure:FEXT:ADD	Adds a port group for the Fext.
COM:CONFigure:FEXT:CLEar	Clears the Fext port group.
COM:CONFigure:FILE	Sets or gets the Channel Operating Margin Configuration file.
COM:CONFigure:NEXT:ADD	Adds a port group for the Next.
COM:CONFigure:NEXT:CLEar	Clears the Next port group.
COM:CONFigure:THRU	Sets or gets the Channel Operating Margin Thru ports.
COM:CONFigure:VERSion	Sets or gets the Channel Operating Margin Standard Version.
FILE:COM:RUN	Runs the Channel Operating Margin.

Plot Commands
FILE:VIEW:EYE:MEASurement:SAVE	Saves the eye measurement data of all plots in a view to a .txt file.
FILE:VIEW:LIMit:SAVE	Saves the limit test results of all plots in a view to a .txt file.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:REFResh	This command refreshes all traces in a plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SCALe:RESet	Resets the scale of all plots in the same view.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SCALe:X	Sets the x-axis scale of a plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SCALe:Y	Sets the y-axis scale of a plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRAce:ACTive	Gets the index of the active trace in a plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:X:TYPE	This command sets the display type of the X axis to linear or logarithmic.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:Y:TYPE	This command sets the display type of the Y axis to linear or logarithmic.
FILE:VIEW:SCALe:RESet	Resets the scale of all plots in the same view.
FILE:VIEW:TDOMain:MEASurement:SAVE	Saves the time-domain measurement data of all plots in a view to a .txt file.

Port Rotation and Impedance Commands
FILE:IMPedance:BALanced:PORT:INITialize	Resets balanced port impedance settings.
FILE:IMPedance:BALanced:PORT[:STATe]	Apply or undo balanced port impedance conversion.
FILE:IMPedance:COMMon:PORT:IMAGinary	Sets or gets the imaginary part of the common-mode port impedance.
FILE:IMPedance:COMMon:PORT:REAL	Sets or gets the real part of the common-mode port impedance.
FILE:IMPedance:DIFFerential:PORT:IMAGinary	Sets or gets the imaginary part of the differential port impedance.
FILE:IMPedance:DIFFerential:PORT:REAL	Sets or gets the real part of the differential port impedance.
FILE:ROTation:PORT:DISTance	Sets or gets the rotation distance.

Preferences Commands
PREFerences:RTIMe:TWENty:EIGHty	Sets the user preference for step rise time options.

Time Domain Commands
FILE:TDOMain:DC:EMEThod	Sets or gets the time domain DC point extrapolation method.
FILE:TDOMain:DC:INPut:RESistance	Sets or gets the DC input resistance of a reflection parameter.
FILE:TDOMain:DC:INPut:VALue	Sets or gets the DC input value of a reflection parameter.
FILE:TDOMain:WINDow:EXPonential	Sets or gets the time domain filter mode for exponential window.
FILE:TDOMain:WINDow:MODE	Sets or gets the time domain window mode.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2020 release. See What's New.

PAM4 Commands - Set and get PAM4 eye measurement.
EYE:PAM4:RESult:TYPE	Sets the type of PAM4 eye measurement.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:EYE:PAM4:RESult:DATA	Gets the PAM4 eye measurement result.

AFR Commands
AFR:SAVE:IMPedance:NORMalize	Specifies whether the port impedances are normalized in saving AFR fixture files.

Export Commands
EXPort:ADVanced:PARameters	Select parameters to export when the export file is a text file.
EXPort:PORTs:MAPPing:EXISting	Specifies whether the existing port configuration is used in the export.

Plot Commands
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:FORMat	Sets the plot display format.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MAXimize	Maximizes the specified plot or restores it to the original state.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:SAVE	Saves the trace data of all traces in the plot to a .csv file.

Import Commands
IMPort:PORTs:MAPPing:LOAD	Loads a DUT configuration file to set the port map of the file to import.
IMPort:PORTs:MAPPing:SAVE	Saves the DUT configuration in the import to a .dcf file.

Measurement Commands
MEASure[:SETup]:PORTs:MAPPing:LOAD	Loads a DUT configuration file to set port mapping in the measurement.
MEASure[:SETup]:PORTs:MAPPing:SAVE	Saves the DUT configuration in the measurement to a .dcf file.

The following are new or modified programming commands for the PLTS 2018 release. See What's New.

Annotation Commands - Sets plot annotation.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:ANNotation:ADD	Adds a new annotation to the specified plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:ANNotation:DELete	Deletes an annotation from the specified plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:ANNotation:POSition:LEFT	Sets or gets the relative position of annotation to the left of the plot canvas.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:ANNotation:POSition:TOP	Sets or gets the relative position of annotation to the top of the plot canvas.

Delay Measurements Commands - Measurement delay setup.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:INITialize	Initializes the delay measurement settings.
FILE:View:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:LIMit:MAXimum?	Gets the maximum limit value of the delay measurement.
FILE:View:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:LIMit:MINimum?	Gets the minimum limit value of the delay measurement.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:REFerence:TYPE	Sets the reference type for the delay measurement.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:REFerence:VALue	Sets the reference value for delay measurement.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:TRACe	Sets the trace name for the delay measurement.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:DELay:TYPE	Sets the type of delay measurement.

DUT Configuration Commands - Configures a DUT file.
FILE:PORTs:COUNt?	Gets the number of ports of the DUT file.
FILE:PORTs:MAPPing:DESCription?	Gets the port map description of the DUT file.
FILE:PORTs:MAPPing:DIFFerential?	Gets the differential port map of the DUT file.
FILE:PORTs:MAPPing:SENDed?	Gets the single-ended port map of the DUT file.

Embedding Commands - Embed fixture file on specified port.
FILE:EMBed:FILename	Sets or gets the fixture file to embed on the specified port.
FILE:EMBed:INITialize	Sets initialize embedding.
FILE:EMBed:LREVerse	Reverse the embedding file on the left.
FILE:EMBed:RREVerse	Reverse the embedding file on the right.
FILE:EMBed[:STATe]	Turns embedding on or off.

Excess Reactance Measurement Commands - Enable/disable and get excess reactance.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:MEASure:REACtance:VALue?	Gets the measured excess reactance value of the specified trace.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:MEASure:REACtance[:STATe]	Turns on or off the measurement of excess reactance of the specified trace.

Export Commands - Specify how the file is to be exported.
EXPort:ADVanced:SMOothed	Enables/disables exporting smoothed data.
EXPort:DOMain	Specifies the data domain to export.
EXPort:FORMat	Specifies the data format to export.
EXPort:MATH:EQUation	Sets or gets the name of the user-defined equation to export.
EXPort:PORTs:MAPPing:DESCription	Sets or gets port mapping description.
EXPort:PORTs:MAPPing:DIFFerential	Sets or gets differential port mapping string.
EXPort:PORTs:MAPPing:LOAD	Loads a DUT configuration file to set the port map of the file to export.
EXPort:PORTs:MAPPing:SAVE	Exports the DUT configuration to a .dcf file.
EXPort:PORTs:MAPPing:SENDed	Sets or gets single-ended port mapping string.
EXPort:SDATa	Selects data to export.
EXPort:TYPE	Specifies the file type.

File Merge Commands - Merge data files to make one Touchstone, Text, or Citifile.
FILE:MERGe	Merges two data files with different frequency ranges to create one Touchstone, Text, or Citifile.
FILE:MERGe:FORMat	Sets the data format for the merged output file.
FILE:MERGe:INITialize	Reset the file merge settings.
FILE:MERGe:RANGe	Sets the data range for merged output file.
FILE:MERGe:RANGe:POINts	Sets the number of frequency points for the merged output file.
FILE:MERGe:RANGe:STARt	Sets the start frequency for the merged output file.
FILE:MERGe:RANGe:STOP	Sets the stop frequency for the merged output file.
FILE:MERGe:TYPE	Sets the file type for the merged output file.

Gating Commands - Apply time domain gating to measured parameters.
FILE:GATE:ADD	Adds a gate to the specified parameter.
FILE:GATE:APPLy	Applies a gate to a parameter or removes all the gates on the parameter.
FILE:GATE:CATalog?	Returns the gates of the specified parameter.
FILE:GATE:DELete	Deletes a gate on the specified parameter.
FILE:GATE:DELete:ALL	Deletes all gates on the specified parameter.
FILE:GATE:MODE	Sets the gate mode.
FILE:GATE:TIME:STARt	Sets the start time of the gate in ns.
FILE:GATE:TIME:STOP	Sets the stop time of the gate in ns.
FILE:GATE:TYPE	Sets or gets the gate type.

Impedance Commands - Various commands for setting impedance.
FILE:IMPedance:PEELing[:STATe]	Turns on or off the correcting impedance profile feature.
FILE:IMPedance:SYSTem:COMMon	Sets or gets common mode impedance.
FILE:IMPedance:SYSTem:CONVersion[:STATe]	Enables or disables arbitrary mixed mode impedance conversion.
FILE:IMPedance:SYSTem:DIFFerential	Sets or gets differential impedance.

Import File Commands - Specify how the file is to be imported.
IMPort:BUILd	Builds a single DUT file by importing data from multiple files.
IMPort:BUILd:FILE:SELect	Selects a file as one of the multiple data files to import and build a single file.
IMPort:BUILd:INITialize	Restores default import build settings.
IMPort:BUILd:PARameter:MAPPing:INDividual	Maps the parameters to import data from multiple files.
IMPort:BUILd:PARameter:MAPPing:PORT	Maps the ports to import data from multiple files.
IMPort:DOMain:TIME:FFT:FREQuency	Sets FFT stop frequency in GHz when importing time-domain data.

Legend Commands - Adds legends to traces on specified plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:LEGend:ALL:ADD	Adds legends for all traces on the specified plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:LEGend:ALL:DELete	Deletes legends on the specified plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:LEGend:TEXT:FILE	Sets or gets the legend on the plot for the specified file.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:LEGend:TYPE	Sets or gets the legend type for the specified plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:LEGend:ADD	Add legend for the specified trace to the plot.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:LEGend:DELete	Delete legend for the specified trace on the plot.

Marker Commands - Turn markers on and off, set to a specific position (X axis), and the X and Y values of the markers can be read.
FILE:VIEW:MARKer:COUPling:GROup	Sets or gets the plot indices of the specified marker coupling group.
FILE:VIEW:MARKer:COUPling:GROup:ADD	Adds a new marker coupling group.
FILE:VIEW:MARKer:COUPling:GROup:CATalog?	Gets the marker coupling group catalog.
FILE:VIEW:MARKer:COUPling:GROup:DELete	Deletes the specified marker coupling group.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MARKer:EXPort	Exports marker data to a .txt file.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:MARKer:SEARch	Uses a marker to search a trace for the minimum, maximum, or target y-axis value with a specified unit.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:MARKer:SEARch:SPAN	Sets the search domain of a marker.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:MARKer:SEARch:SPAN:USER:STARt	Sets the start point of the marker search range.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:MARKer:SEARch:SPAN:USER:STOP	Sets the stop point of the marker search range.

Plot Commands - Create new plots, scale plots, rename plots, format plots.
FILE:VIEW:CLEar	Deletes all plots in the view.
FILE:VIEW:NPLot:ALL	Adds all plots (at most 16) to a view, starting from the specified parameter.
FILE:VIEW:NPLot:ALL:FILE	Adds data sharing plots of the selected file to the selected view.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:NTRace:FILE	Adds a data sharing trace.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TEMPlate:EXPort	Exports the plot template to a .xml file.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TEMPlate:IMPort	Imports the plot template to a new plot in the specified view.

Risetime Measurement Commands - Set rise time parameters.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:RTIMe:INITialize	Initializes the rise time measurement settings.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:RTIMe:LIMit:VALue?	Gets the rise time limit value.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:RTIMe:TRACe	Sets the trace name for the rise time measurement.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:RTIMe:TYPE	Sets the type of rise time measurement.

RLCG Commands - Sets RLCG parameters.
FILE:RLCG:FREQuency	Sets or gets the highest extracted frequency in MHz for RLCG view.
FILE:RLCG:LENGth	Sets or gets the physical length in m for RLCG view.

Skew Measurement Commands - Sets skew measurement parameters.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:SKEW:INITialize	Initializes the skew measurement settings.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:SKEW:LIMit:VALue	Sets or gets the skew limit value.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:SKEW:REFerence:TYPE	Selects the measurement reference type (percent or voltage).
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:SKEW:REFerence:VALue	Selects the measurement reference value.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:SKEW:TRACe	Selects which skew of the specified trace to measure.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:MEASure:SKEW:TYPE	Sets the type of skew measurement.

Template and Report Commands - Import and export templates, catalog available templates, remove a specific template and create a report.
FILE:VIEW:TEMPlate:SAVE	Saves the template view with a new name.

Trace Commands - Set up number of traces, the X and Y data, the name of the trace, and delete traces.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:SMOothing:APERture	Sets or gets the percent of data points for trace smoothing.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:SMOothing:POINts	Sets or gets the number of points for trace smoothing.
FILE:VIEW:PLOT:TRACe:SMOothing[:STATe]	Turns trace smoothing on or off.

Velocity Factor Commands - Commands for setting velocity factor.
FILE:RVELocity	Set or get the velocity factor.