Setup Commands - Spectrum Analyzer Measurement Class

Only the Main and Layout Setup commands corresponding to the Spectrum Analyzer 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
SA Setup...	SA Tab
	Sweep Type	SENSe:SWEep:TYPE	SourceSweepType SourceSweepType2
	Start	SENSe:FREQuency:STARt	chan.StartFrequency
	Stop	SENSe:FREQuency:STOP	chan.StopFrequency
	Center	SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer	chan.CenterFrequency
	Span	SENSe:FREQuency:SPAN SENSe:FREQuency:SPAN:FULL	chan.FrequencySpan FrequencySpanFull
	Number of Points	SENSe:SWEep:POINts	chan.NumberOfPoints
	Resolution Bandwidth	SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:RESolution:CATalog? SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:[RESolution] SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:[RESolution]:AUTO SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:RESolution MIN SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:RESolution MAX	ResBWList ResolutionBW ResolutionBWMode ResolutionBWMin ResolutionBWMax
	Video Bandwidth	SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo:AUTO SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo MIN SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo MAX	VideoBW VideoBWMode VideoBWMin VideoBWMax
	Detector Type	SENSe:SA:DETector:FUNCtion	DetectorFunction
	Detector Bypass	SENSe:SA:DETector:BYPass:[STATe]	EnableDetectorBypass
	Averaging Type	SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo:AVER:TYPE	VideoAveragingType
		SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDEO:AVERage:COUNt?	VideoAveragingCount
	Receiver Attenuators	SENSe:POWer:ATTenuator SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation:RECeiver:TEST (Spectrum Analysis for M980xA, P50xxA/B)	Receiver Attenuator
	Source Tab
	Power On (All Channels)	SOURce:POWer:MODE	SourcePortMode
	Port Powers Coupled	SOURce:POWer:COUPle	CouplePorts
	State	SOURce:PULSe[:STATe] SOURce:PULSe:EXISts?	None None
	Type	SENSe:SA:SOURce:SWEep:TYPE	SourceSweepType SourceSweepType2
	Frequency	SENSe:SA:SOURce:FREQuency:STARt SENSe:SA:SOURce:FREQuency:STOP	SourceStartFrequency SourceStopFrequency
	Power	SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer:STARt SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer:STOP SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer[:VALue]	SourceStartPower SourceStopPower SourcePower
	Phase	SOURce:PHASe:FIXed	FixedPhase
	Pulse Setup...
	IQMod - Modulation settings dialog
	Enable Modulation	SOURce:MODulation[:STATe]	None
	Modulation Filename	SOURce:MODulation:LOAD	None
	Show File Properties
	Modulation File Name	SOURce:MODulation:FILE?	None
	Source Name	SOURce:CATalog?	SourcePortNames
	Sample Rate	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SRATe? SOURce:MODulation:ARB:CLOCk:SRATe?	None None
	Number of Samples	None	None
	Modulation Type	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TYPE?	None
	Signal Span	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN:PRIority?	None None None
	Equivalent Continuous Span	CALCulate:MEASure:SA:MARKer:BPOWer:SPAN?	BandpowerSpan
	Tone Spacing	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MAX:TONE:SPacing?	None
	Waveform Period	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MIN:WAVeform:PERiod?	None
	Number of Tones	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MIN:TONE:NUMBer?	None
	Peak-to-Avg	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PAVG:CALCulated?	None
	Carrier Offset	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:CARRier:OFFSet?	None
	DAC Scaling	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DAC:SCALing?	None
	Phase Type	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:TYPE?	None
	Random Phase Seed	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:RANDom:SEED?	None
	Number 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
	Receiver RBW	None	None
	Measurement Time	None	None
	Create/Edit Mod File...
	Autoset Frequencies and Coherence for current modulation	SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:SA[:STATe]	None
	Immediate Autoset	SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:IMMediate	None
	Autoset NPR Markers	SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:NPR[:STATe]	None
	NPR Band Guard	SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:NPR:GBANd	None
	Autoset ACPR Markers	SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:ACPR[:STATe]	None
	ACPR Band Guard	SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:ACPR:GBANd	None
	Enable Modulation Correction	SOURce:MODulation:CORRection[:STATe]	None
	Calibrate Modulation...
	Source Power	SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer[:VALue]	None
	Source Path Amplification (= Power Offset)
	For SA Analysis Marker commands for getting measurement data, refer to SA Analysis Tab Commands.
	RF source sweep order	SENSe:SA:SOURce:SWEep:FIRst[:DIMension]	SourceSweepFirstDimension
	Path Configuration...	SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe]	Element
	Power and Attenuator...
	External Devices...
Coherence Tab
Enable multitone	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone[:STATe]	MultiToneEnable
Tone Spacing	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:SPACing	MultiToneSpacing
Waveform Period	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:PERiod	MultiTonePeriod
Reference Tone	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:REFerence	MultiToneReference
Reject up to harmonic	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:HREJect	MultiToneHarmonicRejection
Nyquist protect order	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:NYQReject	MultiToneNyquistProtection
Vector averaging	SENSe:SA:COHerence:VECTor:AVERage[:STATe] SENSe:SA:COHerence:VECTor:AVERage:VALue	VectorAverageEnable VectorAverageValue VectorAverageValueMax
Data Display	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:DATA	MultiToneDataDisplay
Multitone settings are valid	SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:VALid	MultiToneSettingsValid
Compute Phases	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe[:STATe]	PhaseProcessState
Display Phases if Tone Power >	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:DISPlay:LEVel	PhaseDisplayMinLevel
Enable Phase Stitching from HW timestamps	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:HWTStamp[:STATe]	None
Enable Phase Stitching from overlapped areas	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching[:STATe] SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:COMmon[:STATe]	None None
Stitch Phases if Tone Power >	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:LEVel	None
Receiver for Stitching	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:RECeiver:NAME	None
Auto	SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:RECeiver:AUTO[:STATe]	None
Compute time domain IQ	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ[:STATe] SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:GET?	None None
Auto Fill IQ settings	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:AUTofill	None
Receivers	SENSe:VSA:DATA:SA:RECievers	None
IQ keeps aligned with SA center, span, coherence	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:ALIgned[:STATe]	None
VSA Setup...
Connect VSA	SENSe:VSA:CONNect[:STATe]	None
Enable Digital Trigger	SENSe:VSA:DTRigger[:STATe]	None
Autotune Spectrum	SENSe:VSA:SPECtrum:AUTOtune	None
Show VSA	SENSe:VSA:SHOW	None
Stream Data to VSA	SENSe:VSA:DATA:STReam[:STATe]	None
Select Data	SENSe:VSA:DATA:SA:RECievers (SA channels only) SENSe:VSA:DATA:MOD:PIN1[:STATe] (MOD/MODX channels only) SENSe:VSA:DATA:MOD:POU2[:STATe] (MOD/MODX channels only) SENse:VSA:DATA:MOD:PINWav[:STATe] (MOD/MODX channels only)	None None None None
Saved State Includes VSA state ( all channels)	SENSe:VSA:SAVe:INCLude[STATe]	None
VSA Status...	SENSe:VSA:STAtus:REPort?	None
Trig. & Pulse Tab
Advanced Trigger Mode	SENSe:SA:TRIGer:LEVel[:STATe]	TriggerADCLevelState
ADC Level	SENSe:SA:TRIGer:LEVel[:STATe] SENSe:SA:TRIGer:LEVel:VALue	TriggerADCLevelState TriggerADCLevelValue
Periodic Counter	SENSe:SA:TRIGer:PERCounter[:STATe] SENSe:SA:TRIGer:PERCounter:VALue	TriggerPeriodicCounterState TriggerPeriodicCounterValue
Trigger...
Pulse Gen Config...
Advanced Tab
RBW Shape	SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:SHAPe	BandwidthShape
Image Reject Type	SENSe:SA:IMAGe:REJect	ImageRejectMethod
Image Reject Strength	SENSe:SA:IMAGe:STRENgth	ImageRejectStrength
RBW/VBW	SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo:RATio	ResolutionBWVideoBWRatio
Span/RBW	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth[:RESolution]:RATio	SpanResolutionBWRatio
CF Step Size	SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer:STEP:SIZE SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer:STEP:AUTO	CenterFrequencyStepSize CenterFrequencyStepSizeMode
Occupied BW search min	SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:SEARch:OCCupied:MIN	SearchOccupiedBWMinFreq
Enable DC Outputs	SOURce:DC:ENABle	EnableAllOutput
Enable DC Sweep	SENSe:SA:SOURce:DC:SWEep[:STATe]	DCSourceSweepState
Number of DC levels	SENSe:SA:SOURce:DC:SWEep:POINt	DCSourcePointCount
Sweep Order	SENSe:SA:SOURce:DC:SWEep:FIRst[:DIMension]	DCSourceSweepFirstDimension
	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:TUNE:IMMediate	FrequencyAutoTune
Enable Frequency Converter Configuration	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter[:STATe]	None
Source	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:INPut:SOURce	None
Port (input)	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:INPut:PORT	None
Center (input)	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:INPut:CENTer	None
Inverted	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:INVerted	None
Port (output)	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:PORT	None
Center (output)	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:CENTer	None
Output center offset	SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:OFFSet	None
DC Sources...
Embedded LO
IF Tab
ADC Filter	SENSe:SA:ADC:FILTer	ADCFilter
ADC Filter Auto	SENSe:SA:ADC:FILTer:AUTO	EnableADCFilterAuto
DFT Bandwidth Auto	SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:AUTO	AutoBandwidth
Narrow - DFT Min	SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:NARRow:MIN	BandwidthNarrowMin
Narrow - DFT Max	SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:NARRow:MAX	BandwidthNarrowMax
Wide - DFT Min	SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:WIDE:MIN	BandwidthWideMin
Wide - DFT Max	SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:WIDE:MAX	BandwidthWideMax
IF Gain	SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe]	Element
IF Config...	SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe]	Element
Processing Tab
DFT Type	SENSe:SA:DFT:TYPE	Type
		None None None None None None None
IQ Carrier Frequency	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:CARRier:FREQuency	None
IQ Sample Rate	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:SAMPle:RATE	None
Number of IQ Pairs	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:SAMPle:COUNt	None

Acq. Time for 1 LO	SENSe:SA:ADC:ACQTime?	AcquisitionTime
Span LOs count	SENSe:SA:LO:COUNt?	LOCount
Span bins count	SENSe:SA:SPAN:BINS:COUNt?	SpanBinsCount
DFT resolution	SENSe:SA:DFT:RESolution?	Resolution
DFT record size	SENSe:SA:DFT:RECord:SIZE?	RecordSize
ADC record size	SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:VALue?	ForceADCRecordSize
IQ record duration	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:DURation?	None
VSA IQ pairs count		None
Valid IQ Settings	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:ERRor:TEXT? SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:ERRor[:CODE]?	None None
Display image reject traces	SENSe:SA:TRACe:IMAGe[:STATe]	EnableImageRejectTraces
ADC & LO Tab
Sample Frequency	SENSe:SA:ADC:SAMPle:RATE SENSe:SA:ADC:SAMPle:RATE:AUTO	ADCSampleRate EnableADCSampleRateAuto
Enable FIR for 25 MHz	SENSe:SA:ADC:SAMPle:DECimation:FIR	ADCEnableFIRFor25Mhz
Dithering	SENSe:SA:ADC:DITHer:[STATe]	EnableADCDither
Overrange warning percent	SENSe:SA:ADC:OVERload:PERCent SENSe:SA:ADC:OVERload:COUNt? SENSe:SA:ADC:OVERload:LIST?	None None None
Show ADC Ranges...	SENSe:SA:ADC:RANGe:PERCent[:MAXimum]? SENSe:SA:ADC:RANGe:PERCent:MINimum? SENSe:SA:ADC:RANGe:PERCent:RECeiver?	None None None
Force ADC record size	SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:VALue? SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:FORCe:VALue SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:FORCe[:STATe] SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:MAX? SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:MIN?	ADCRecordSize ForceADCRecordSize EnableForceADCRecordSize ADCRecordSizeMax ADCRecordSizeMin
Stacking	SENSe:SA:ADC:STACking:VALue SENSe:SA:ADC:STACking:STATe	ADCStacking ADCStackingState ADCStackingMax
Multiple Recording	SENSe:SA:ADC:MREC[:STATe]	ADCMultRecState
Chunk size	SENSe:SA:ADC:MREC:SIZE	ADCMultRecSize
Chunk period	SENSe:SA:ADC:MREC:PERiod	ADCMultRecPeriod
Randomize LO	SENSe:SA:LO:RANDom[:STATe]	EnableRandomizedLO
Enable baseband X-axis mode (LO independent sweep)	SENSe:SA:LO:BASeband[:STATe]	None
Force LO to frequency	SENSe:SA:LO:FREQ:FORCe SENSe:SA:LO:FREQ:VALue SENSe:SA:LO:FORCe:OFFSet:DIVider SENSe:SA:LO:FORCe:OFFSet:MULtiplier SENSe:SA:LO:FORCe:OFFSet:SOURce	EnableForce LOToFrequency ForceLOToFrequency None None None
Data Tab
Data Format	SENSe:SA:DATA:TYPE	DataFormat
Export receivers	SENSe:SA:DATA:RECeivers:LIST SENSe:SA:DATA:RECeivers?	ExportReceiverSetList ExportReceiverList
Don't save data below threshold	SENSe:SA:DATA:THReshold[:STATe] SENSe:SA:DATA:THReshold:VALue	DataLevelThresholdEnabled DataLevelThreshold
DFT bins count	SENSe:SA:DATA:BINs:COUNt?	DataBinCount
Receivers count	SENSe:SA:DATA:RECeivers:COUNt?	ExportReceiverCount
Export to binary file	SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:BINary[:STATe]	BinaryFileEnabled
Export to text file	SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:TEXT[:STATe]	TextFileEnabled
Verbose mode	SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:TEXT:VERBose[:STATe]	FileVerboseEnabled
Erase files each new sweep	SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:ERASe[:STATe]	FileEraseEachSweep
File name prefix	SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:PREFix	FilePrefix
Record size (bytes)	SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE? SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE:BIN? SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE:LOW? SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE:HIGH?	DataByteSize DataBytesPerBin DataByteSizeLOW DataByteSizeHIGH
Export markers with data files	SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:TEXT:MARKers[:STATe]	DataExportMarkersEnabled
Export all markers to a single file	None	None
Export to FIFO buffer	SENSe:SA:DATA:FIFO[:STATe]	FIFOEnabled
Export to shared memory	SENSe:SA:DATA:SHARed[:STATe]	MemShareEnabled
Share name	SENSe:SA:DATA:SHARed:NAME	MemShareName
	SENSe:SA:DATA:STARt?	DataFirstRFBin
Export to binary file	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:FILE:BINary[:STATe]	None
Export to text file	SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:FILE:TEXT[:STATe]	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
Layout Tab Commands
Softkey	Sub-item	SCPI	COM
New Trace		DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe[:STATe]	View
New Channel		None	chans.Add
New Window		DISPlay:WINDow[:STATe]	Add
New Sheet		DISPlay:SHEet:STATe	None
Delete	TrN	DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:DELete	None
	ChN	SYSTem:CHANnels:DELete	RemoveChannelNumber
	WinN	DISPlay:WINDow[:STATe]	Add
Select	TrN	DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:SELect	None
	ChN	None	None
	WinN	DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:SELect	None
Measure...		CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter	CreateSParameterEx
Meas Class...		CALCulate:MEASure:DEFine	CreateCustomMeasurementEx