SENSe:ACTive Commands

Controls the Active (Hot) Parameters configuration.

SENSe:ACTive:

DISP:

    | INTerpolate[:STATe]

    | TRACe

        |IPWer

SWEep:

    | PHASe

        | POINt

    | POWer

        | STARt

        | STEP

        | STOP

    | TYPE

TTONe:

    | MODE

    | ABSolute

    | RELative

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See Also

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:DISP:INTerpolate[:STATe] <bool>

(Read-Write) Sets whether or not interpolation is on for display. Frequency, power, and phase X axis are supported for display. Interpolation may be applied in the trace.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<bool>

Choose from:

ON or (1)  Interpolate the results

OFF or (0)  Do NOT interpolate the results.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:DISP:INT 1

sense:active:disp:interpolation off

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:DISP:INTerpolation[:STATe]?

Return Type

Boolean

Default

OFF

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:DISPlay:TRACe<tnum>:IPWer <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read a fixed trace input power level.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<tnum>

The number of the trace to set input power. If unspecified, the trace number is set to 1.

<num>

Input power level. The range is -10 to 0. The units are Hz, dBm, or s.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:DISPlay:TRACe1:IPWer 0 dBm

sense:active:display:trace1:ipwer 0 dBm

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:DISPlay:TRACe:IPWer?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

Not Applicable

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:PHASe:POINt <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read the number of phase points. For the tuning tone at the output, a phase sweep is done for each point.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Phase points. Do not exceed the max number of phase points (50).

Examples

SENS:ACTive:SWE:PHAS:POIN 201

sense:active:sweep:phase:point 101

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:PHASe:POINt?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

8

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:POWer:STARt <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read the start power level for a 3D sweep.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Start power level in dBm. Choose a value from the min power to max power of the hardware.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:SWE:POW:STAR 0

sense:active:sweep:power:start 0

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:POWer:STARt?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

-10 dBm

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:POWer:STEP <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read the number of power steps for a 3D sweep.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Number of power steps. The range is 2 to 20001.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:SWE:POW:STEP 201

sense:active:sweep:power:step 201

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:POWer:STEP?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

201

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:POWer:STOP <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read the stop power level for a 3D sweep.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Stop power level in dBm. Choose a value from min power to max power of the hardware.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:SWE:POW:STOP 0

sense:active:sweep:power:stop 0

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:POWer:STOP?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

0 dBm

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:TYPE <char>

(Read-Write) Set and read the sweep type.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<char>

Sweep type. Choose from:

  • LIN - frequency linear sweep
  • LOG - frequency log sweep
  • POW - power sweep
  • MULT - Multiple sweep. Sweeps frequency with fixed power and has several sweeps with different power values. This is called a 3D sweep: frequency, power, and phase.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:SWE:TYPE LIN

sense:active:sweep:type lin

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:SWEep:TYPE?

Return Type

Character

Default

LIN

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:TTONe:MODE <char>

(Read-Write) Set and read the tuning tone mode. The tuning tone is the source at the output port to extract the X parameters.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<char>

Tuning tone mode. Choose from:

  • ABSolute - tone power is an absolute power
  • RELative - tone power is a dBc power relative to the input power

Examples

SENS:ACTive:TTON:MODE ABS

sense:active:ttone:mode abs

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:TTONe:MODE?

Return Type

Character

Default

ABSolute

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:TTONe:ABSolute <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read the absolute tone power level.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Absolute tone power level.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:TTON:ABS -5

sense:active:ttone:absolute -5

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:TTONe:ABSolute?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

-5 dBm

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:TTONe:RELative <num>

(Read-Write) Set and read the tone power relative to the input power (dBc).

Parameters

 

<ch>

Any existing active match channel. If unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Relative tone power level.

Examples

SENS:ACTive:TTON:REL 10

sense:active:ttone:relative 10

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:TTONe:RELative?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

-15 dBc