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Calculate:Format Commands

These commands are Superseded by the CALCulate:MEASure:FORMat commands.

 

CALCulate:

| FORMat

    | UNIT

 

Critical Note: CALCulate commands act on the selected measurement. You can select one measurement for each channel using Calc:Par:MNUM or Calc:Par:Select. Learn more.

See Also

CALCulate<cnum>:FORMat <char>

Applicable Models: N522xB, N523xB, N524xB, M937xA, P937xA

(Read-Write) Sets the display format for the measurement.

See Critical Note

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Channel number of the measurement. There must be a selected measurement on that channel. If unspecified, <cnum> is set to 1.

<char>

Choose from:

  • MLINear

  • MLOGarithmic

  • PHASe

  • UPHase 'Unwrapped phase

  • IMAGinary

  • REAL

  • POLar

  • SMITh

  • SADMittance 'Smith Admittance

  • SWR

  • GDELay 'Group Delay

  • KELVin

  • FAHRenheit

  • CELSius

  • PPHase 'Positive Phase

  • IMPedance

  • VOLT

  • COMPlex

Examples

CALC:FORM MLIN
calculate2:format polar

Query Syntax

CALCulate<cnum>:FORMat?

Return Type

Character

Default

MLOG

CALCulate<cnum>:FORMat:UNIT <dataFormat>, <units>

Applicable Models: N522xB, N523xB, N524xB, M937xA, P937xA

(Read-Write) Sets and returns the units for the specified data format.  Measurements with display formats other than those specified are not affected.

See Critical Note

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Channel number of the measurement. There must be a selected measurement on that channel. If unspecified, <cnum> is set to 1.

<dataFormat>

Choose from:

  • MLOG - Log magnitude

  • MLIN - Linear magnitude

<units>

For unratioed MLOG measurements, choose from:

  • DB  Units are displayed in decibels.

  • DBM  Units are displayed in dBm.  0 dBm = 0.001 watt

  • DBMV Units are displayed in dBmV.  0 dBmV = 0.001 volt
    DBmV value depends on the reference impedance: dBmV = dBm + 30 + 10*log10(Z0)

  • DBMA Units are displayed in dBmA. 0 dBmA = 0.001 Ampere

  • DBUV Units are displayed in dBuV. 0 dBuV = 1 uV
    DBuV value depends on the reference impedance: dBuV = dBm + 90 + 10*log10(Z0)

For unratioed MLIN measurements, choose from:

  • U - No units. Linear magnitude without conversion
  • W - Units are displayed in  Watts
  • V - Units are displayed in Volts
  • A - Units are displayed in Amperes

Examples

CALC:FORM:UNIT MLOG, DBM
calculate2:format:unit mlog,dbmv

Query Syntax

CALCulate<cnum>:FORMat:UNIT? <dataFormat>

Return Type

Character

Default

MLOG, DBM