Setup Commands - Modulation Distortion and Modulation Distortion Converters Measurement Class

Only the Main Setup commands corresponding to the Modulation Distortion and Modulation Distortion Converters measurement class are documented here. All other commands are identical to the Setup commands for the Standard measurement class and can be accessed by clicking here or by clicking on the softtabs on the graphic below.

Click here to view links to Setup commands for all Measurement Classes.

Main

Layout

System
Setup

Internal
Hardware

External
Hardware

Main Tab Commands

Softkey

Sub-item

SCPI

COM

MOD/MODX Setup...

Sweep Tab

Sweep Type

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:TYPE

None

Carrier Frequency

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:CARRier:FREQuency

None

SA Center

SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer

chan.CenterFrequency

SA Start

SENSe:FREQuency:STARt

chan.StartFrequency

SA Span

SENSe:FREQuency:SPAN

SENSe:FREQuency:SPAN:FULL

chan.FrequencySpan

FrequencySpanFull

SA Stop

SENSe:FREQuency:STOP

chan.StopFrequency

Noise BW

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:NOISe SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:NOISe:AUTO None None

Set Power At

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LEVel SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LEVel:PORT None None

S-Param Power At DUT In/Out

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:SPARam:LEVel SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LEVel:PORT None None

Power Sweep...

Power Sweep Type

ENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LEVel:TYPE

None

Ramp Power Sweep Type

Start Power At

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:RAMP:LEVel:STARt

None

Stop Power At

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:RAMP:LEVel:STOP

None

Number of Powers

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:RAMP:POINts

None

Noise BW

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:NBW

None

Auto-Increase NBW at High Powers

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:RAMP:NBW:AUTO

None

List Power Sweep Type

Power

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:LEVel

None

Src Atten

    Fixed Atten

    Custom

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:SOURce:ATTenuation

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:SOURce:ATTenuation:MODE

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:SOURce:ATTenuation:MODE

None

None

None

Rcvr Atten

    Fixed Atten

    Custom

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:RECeiver:ATTenuation

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:RECeiver:ATTenuation:MODE

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:RECeiver:ATTenuation:MODE

None

None

None

Noise BW

    Fixed NBW

    Custom

    Auto-Increase

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:NBW

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:NBW:MODE

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:NBW:MODE

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:NBW:MODE

None

None

None

None

Add Row

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:ADD

None

Delete Row

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:DELete

None

Load...

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:LOAD

None

Save...

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:POWer:CARRier:LIST:SAVE

None

DC Sources...

Enable DC Outputs

SOURce:DC:ENABle

EnableAllOutput

State ON|OFF|PerPort

SOURce:DC:STATe

State

Start DC

SOURce:DC:Start

Start

Stop DC

SOURce:DC:Stop

Stop

Limits...

State

SOURce:DC:STATe

State

Min

SOURce:DC:LIMit:MINimum

LimitMin

Max

SOURce:DC:LIMit:MAXimum

LimitMax

Sweep Details...

Force RF Power OFF at the End of Sweep - System Preference

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:RETRace:POWer

None

Delay Before Start of Sweep

SENSe:SWEep:DWELl:SDELay

SweepDelay

Delay Before Distortion Measurement

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:DWELl

None

Enable S-Param Sweep

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:SPARam[:STATe]

None

S-Param Source

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:SPARam:TYPE

None

S-Param Freq Step

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:SPARam:STEP

None

S-Param IFBW

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:SPARam:BWIDth

None

Re-use Previous S-Parameter Measurements

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:SPARam:REUSe

None

RF Path Tab

VNA Source Attenuator     Include SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:SOURce:ATTenuation:INCLude chan.Attenuator None
Nominal Source Amp SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:SOURce:NOMinal:AMPLifier None
DUT Input SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:DUT:INPut None
Nominal DUT Gain SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:DUT:NOMinal:GAIN None
DUT Output SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:DUT:OUTPut None

Nominal DUT NF

SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:DUT:NOMinal:NF

None

Nominal DUT NF Include SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:DUT:NOMinal:NF:INCLude None
Receiver Attenuator SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation:RECeiver:TEST None
RF Path Config... SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe] Element
Offsets and Limits...

Mixer Tab

Converter Stages

SENSe:MIXer:STAGe

LOStage

Enable Embedded LO

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:STATe

IsOn

Setup...

Enable Embedded LO

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:STATe

IsOn

Tuning Method

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:MODE

TuningMode

Tune every

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:INTerval

TuningSweepInterval

Broadband Search

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:SPAN

BroadbandTuningSpan

Noise BW

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:NBW

None

Max Iterations

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:ITERations

MaxPreciseTuningIterations

Tolerance

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:TOLerance

PreciseTuningTolerance

LO Frequency Delta

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:LO:DELTa

LOFrequencyDelta

Default

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:RESet

ResetLOFrequency

ResetTuningParameters

Input

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:CARRier:FREQuency

None

Output

SENSe:MIXer:OUTPut:FREQuency:SIDE

OutputSideband

Fractional Multiplier - Numerator

SENSe:MIXer:LO:FREQuency:NUMerator

LONumerator

Fractional Multiplier - Denominator

SENSe:MIXer:LO:FREQuency:DENominator

LODenominator

LO/LO1/LO2

SENSe:MIXer:LO:FREQuency:FIXed

LOFixedFrequency

IF

SENSe:MIXer:IF:FREQuency:SIDE

IFSideband

Source Name

SENSe:MIXer:LO:NAME

SENSe:ROLE:DEVice

SENSe:ROLE:CATalog?

LOName

RoleDevice

DefinedRoles

Power

SENSe:MIXer:LO:POWer

LOPower

Leveling

SOURce:POWer:ALC[:MODE]

ALCLevelingMode

Attenuator

SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation

chan.Attenuator

Save...

SENSe:MIXer:SAVE

SaveFile

Load...

SENSe:MIXer:LOAD

LoadFile

Modulate Tab

Source

SENSe:DISTortion:MODulate:SOURce

None

Add Source... SENSe:ROLE:DEVice AssignSourceToRole
Load File... SOURce:MODulation:FILE:LOAD None
Create...
Edit...
Properties... SOURce:MODulation:FILE:CORRection:CATalog? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:CORRection:DELete? None None
Enable Modulation SOURce:MODulation[:STATe] IsEnhancedModulationControl

Source Correction

SOURce:CORRection[:SELect]

None
Enable LO Feedthru Monitor SENSe:SA:COHerence:LO:FTHRu:MONitor[:STATe] None
Enable Pulse None None
Source Cal...
Pulse Setup...
LO Monitor...
Enable LO Feedthru Monitor SENSe:SA:COHerence:LO:FTHRu:MONitor[:STATe] None
Threshold Type SENSe:SA:COHerence:LO:FTHRu:MONitor:TYPE None
Threshold Level SENSe:SA:COHerence:LO:FTHRu:MONitor:TOLerance None
Measure LO at SENSe:SA:COHerance:LO:FTHRu:MONitor:RECeiver None
Create/Edit Mod File...

Modulation Type

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TYPE None

Source Name

SENSe:DISTortion:MODulate:SOURce None

Sample Rate

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SRATe SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SRATe:AUTO SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SRATe:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:OFILe:SRATe None None None None

Filename

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:OFILe None

Signal Span

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN:PRIority None None None

Tone Spacing

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:SPACing SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:SPACing:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:SPACing:PRIority None None None

Number of Tones

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:NUMBer SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:NUMBer:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:NUMBer:PRIority SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:NUMBer:ROUNd None None None None

Peak-to-Avg

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:PAVG? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:PAVG:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:PAVG:PRIority SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PAVG:CALCulated? None None None None

Carrier Offset

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:CARRier:OFFSet None

Nmbr of Subcarriers

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:SUBCarrier:NUMBer

None

Sub Span

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:SUBCarrier:SPAN

None

Sub Offset

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:SUBCarrier:OFFSet

None

Phase Type

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:TYPE None

Fixed

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:FIXed None

Random Phase Seed

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:RANDom:SEED None

Nmbr of Notches

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:NUMBer None

Notch Location

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:LOCation None

Notch1 Span

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:SPAN None

Notch1 Offset

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:OFFSet None

Signal Start Time

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:TIME:STARt SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:TIME:STARt:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:TIME:STARt:PRIority None None None

Number of Files

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:FILE:NUMBer SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:COMPact:FILE:SELect None None

DAC Scaling

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DAC:SCALing None

Enable Optimizer

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:ENABle None

Setup... (Optimizer Setup)

Reject up to Harmonic Number

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:HREJect None

Reject Nyquist Frequencies

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:NYQReject:ENABle None

Enable Brick-wall Filter For Spectral Leakage

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:FILTer:ENABle None

Tolerance Type

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:TYPE None

Frequency Tolerance

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:FREQuency:TOLerance None

Min Waveform Period

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MIN:WAVeform:PERiod None

Min Number of Tones

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MIN:TONE:NUMBer None

Max Tone Spacing

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MAX:TONE:SPacing None

Display

None None

Number of Samples

None None

Calculated Sample Rate

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SRATe:CALCulated? None

Measurement Time

None None

Filename

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:LOAD SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SAVE None None

Calculate

None None

Save...

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SAVE None

Recall...

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:LOAD None

Edit... (Edit Multitone)

Tone

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:COUNt?

None

Frequency

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:FREQuency?

None

Power (dBm)

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:POWer

None

Phase (deg)

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:PHASe

None

State

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE[:STATe]

None

Set All Tones

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:ALL[:STATe]

None

Display

None

None

Go To Row

None

None

Save...

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:SAVE

None

Load...

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TONE:LOAD

None

Defaults

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:INITialize None
Properties... None None

Create Digital Modulation

Number of Carriers

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CARRier:NUMBer

None

Calculated Carrier Spacing

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CARRier:SPACing:CALCulated

None

Carrier Spacing

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CARRier:SPACing

Constellation File

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CFILe

Alpha/BT

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:FILTer:ALPHa

Filter Type

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:FILTer:TYPE

Modulation Format

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:FORMat

Quadrature Error

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:QUADrature:ERRor

Random Seed

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:RANDom:SEED

Calculated Number of Symbols

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:NUMBer:CALCulated

Number of Symbols

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:NUMBer

Calculated Symbol Rate

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:RATE:CALCulated

Symbol Rate

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:RATE

Create DPD...

DPD Select Procedure Dialog

Procedure

SOURce:DPD:PROCedure

None

Select Ideal Waveform

SOURce:DPD:FILE:LOAD:IDEal

None

Select DPD Model

SOURce:DPD:FILE:LOAD:MODel

None

Save DPD As

SOURce:DPD:FILE:SAVE

None

DPD Model

SOURce:DPD:MODel:TYPE

None

Create Model Using

SOURce:DPD:MODel:USE:DIRect

None

Cal Setup Dialog

DUT-EVM

Span

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:EVM:SPAN

None

Max Iterations

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:EVM:ITERations

None

Desired Tolerance

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:EVM:TOLerance

None

DUT-ACP

Enable/Disable

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:ENABle

None

Span

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:SPAN

None

Guard Band

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:GBANd

None

Max Iterations

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:ITERations

None

Desired Tolerance

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:TOLerance

None

Src- Power At DUT Out

Enable/Disable

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:ENABle

None

Span

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:SPAN

None

Max Iterations

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:ITERations

None

Desired Tolerance

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:TOLerance

None

Src-LO Feedthru

Enable/Disable

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:LO:FTHRu:ENABle

None

Max Iterations

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:LO:FTHRu:ITERations

None

Desired Tolerance

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:LO:FTHRu:TOLerance

None

Src-

Enable/Disable

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:ENABle

None

Type

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:TYPE

None

Span

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:SPAN

None

Max Iterations

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:ITERations

None

Desired Tolerance

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:TOLerance

None

Cal Detals Dialog

DAC Scaling

SOURce:DPD:DAC:SCALing

None

Maximum PAPR Expansion

SOURce:DPD:PAPR:EXPansion:MAXimum

None

Backoff For Linear Gain Measurement

SOURce:DPD:MEASure:LINGain:POWer:BACKoff None
During Direct DPD, Measure DUT Linear Gain

SOURce:DPD:MEASure:LINGain:ENABle

None

Modulation Cal Dialog
Calibrate

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:ACQuire

None

Status

SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:ACQuire:STATus?

None

Modeling Dialog
Polynomial Order

SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:ORDer

None

Past Memory (-)

SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:MEMory:PAST

None

Future Memory (+)

SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:MEMory:FUTure

None

Crossterm Equations

SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:CROSsterm

None

Memory Operators

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:OPERator:M[1-4]:ENABle

None

Number Power Segments

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:POWer:SEGMent:COUNt

None

Memory Past Depth

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:PAST

None

Memory Future Depth

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:FUTure

None

Memory Stepsize

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:STEP

None

Create Model or
Apply Model

SOURce:DPD:MODel:CREate

SOURce:DPD:MODel:APPLy

None

None

Cal Model

SOURce:DPD:MODel:CALibrate

None

Model Status

SOURce:DPD:MODel:STATus?

None

Model Details Dialog
Interpolation Type

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:INTerpolate:TYPE

None

Min Points Per Power Segment SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:POWer:SEGMent:POINt:COUNt:MINimum None
Optimize DPD Model

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:ENABle

None

Use Waveform Compacted By, Level

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:COMPact:LEVel

None

Use Waveform Compacted By, Auto

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:COMPact:AUTO

None

NMSE Optimization Goal, State

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:NMSE:INCL

None

NMSE Optimization Goal, Value

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:NMSE:GOAL

None

Optimize Memory Operators

SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:MEMory:OPERator:INCLude

None

Measure Tab
Measurement Type SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:TYPE None
Autofill SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:AUTofill None
Carrier

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:CARRier:FREQuency

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:CARRier:IBW SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:CARRier:OFFSet

None

ACPLo

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:IBW

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:OFFSet

None

None

ACPUp

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:IBW

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:OFFSet

None

None

Notch

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:NOTCh:IBW

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:NOTCh:OFFSet

None

None

Measurement Details
Distortion Measurement Correlation Aperture

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:CORRelation:APERture

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:CORRelation:APERture:AUTO[:STATe]

None

None

ADC Anti-alias Filter

SENSe:DISTortion:ADC:FILTer:TYPE None

Modulation Filter

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:FILTer

None

Alpha

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:FILTer:ALPHa

None

Symbol Rate

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:FILTer:SRATe

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:FILTer:SRATe:AUTO[:STATe]

None

None

EVM Normalization

SENSe:DISTortion:EVM:NORMalize None
      Phase Stitching SENSe:DISTortion:PHASe:STITching:TYPE None

      Nominal DUT NF

SENSe:DISTortion:PATH:DUT:NOMinal:NF None
ADVANCED - Measurement Band Table
Add Band

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ADD

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:COUNt?

SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:NAME

None

None

None

Delete Band SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:DELete None
Autofill from Mod File None None
Reset Bands to defaults SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:INITialize None

Meas Class...

CALCulate:MEASure:DEFine

CreateCustomMeasurementEx

Quick Start...

S-Param

CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter

CreateSParameterEx

Balanced

CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter

BalSMeasurement

BBalMeasurement

SBalMeasurement

SSBMeasurement

Other

CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter

CreateSParameterEx