Segment Object

Description

Contains the methods and properties that affect a sweep segment.

Note: All of these properties are shared with at least one of the following objects: Channel, Cal Set, PowerSensorCalFactorSegment, or PowerLossSegment.

Accessing a Segment object and setting Segment Properties

You can get a handle to a sweep segment through the segments collection.

Dim app As AgilentPNA835x.Application
Set app = CreateObject("AgilentPNA835x.Application", <analyzerName>)

Dim segs As ISegments
Set segs = app.ActiveChannel.Segments

segs.Add(1)
segs(1).NumberOfPoints = 30

Methods
None
Properties	Interface	Description
centerFrequency	ISegment	Sets or returns the center frequency of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object
Delay	ISegment3	Sets or returns the delay value.
DwellTime	ISegment	Dwell time value. Shared with the Channel Object
FrequencySpan	ISegment	Sets or returns the frequency span of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object
IFBandwidth	ISegment	Sets or returns the IF Bandwidth of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object and Cal Set object.
NoiseFigureBW	ISegment4	Sets or returns the noise figure bandwidth.
NumberOfPoints	ISegment	Sets or returns the Number of Points of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object
PortIFBandwidth	ISegment3	Sets or returns the port IF bandwidth.
SADataThreshold	ISegment5	Sets or returns the SA data threshold.
SAMTReference	ISegment4	Sets or returns the SA multitone reference.
SAVectorAverage	ISegment4	Sets or returns the SA vector average.
SAVideoBandwidth	ISegment5	Sets or returns the SA video bandwidth.
SegmentNumber	ISegment	Returns the number of the current segment.
ShiftLO	ISegment3	Enable or disable shift LO.
StartFrequency	ISegment	Sets or returns the start frequency of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object
State	ISegment	Turns On or OFF a segment.
StopFrequency	ISegment	Sets or returns the stop frequency of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object
SweepMode	ISegment3	Sets or returns the sweep mode.
SweepTime	ISegment2	Sets or returns the sweep time of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object
TestPortPower	ISegment	Sets or returns the RF power level of the segment. Shared with the Channel Object

ISegment History

Interface	Introduced with VNA Rev:
ISegment	1.0
ISegment2	7.1
ISegment3	12.85
ISegment4	13.50
ISegment5	13.50

Segment Object

Description

Accessing a Segment object and setting Segment Properties

See Also:

Methods

Properties

Interface

Description

ISegment History