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SENSe:ACTive Commands

Controls the Active Hot Parameters configuration.

SENSe:ACTive:

    | COMPression

        | ALGorithm

        | BACKoff

            | LEVel

        | DELTa

            | X

            | Y

        | INTerpolation[:STATe]

        | LEVel

        | SATuration

            | LEVel

    | EOSoperation

| DISP:

    | INTerpolate[:STATe]

    | TRACe

        |IPWer

| PMAP

    | INPut

    | OUTput

| SWEep:

    | PHASe

        | POINt

    | POWer

        | STARt

        | STEP

        | STOP

    | TYPE

| TTONe:

    | MODE

    | ABSolute

    | RELative

Click on a keyword to view the command details.

See Also

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:ALGorithm <enum>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Set and read the algorithm method used to compute gain compression.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<enum>

Algorithm method. Choose from:

  • CFLG - compression from linear gain

  • CFMG - compression from maximum gain

  • BACKoff - compression from BackOff

  • XYCOM - X/Y Compression

  • SAT - compression from saturation

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:ALG BACK

sense:active:compression:algorithm XYcom

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:ALGorithm?

Return Type

Enumeration

Default

CFLG

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:BACKoff:LEVel <num>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Set and read value for the BackOff compression algorithm.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<num>

Backoff value in dB. Choose a value between 1 and 99.

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:BACK:LEV 10

sense:active:compression:backoff:level 5

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:BACKoff:LEVel?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

10

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:DELTa:X <num>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Set and read the 'X" value in the delta X/Y compression algorithm.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<num>

X value in dB. Choose a value from .01 to 10.

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:DELT:X 9

sense:active:compression:delta:X 8

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:DELTa:X?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

10

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:DELTa:Y <num>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Set and read the 'Y" value in the delta X/Y compression algorithm.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<num>

Y value in dB. Choose a value from .01 to 10.

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:DELT:Y 9

sense:active:compression:delta:Y 8

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:DELTa:Y?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

9

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

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Sets whether or not interpolation should be performed on 2D measured compression data. Applies ONLY to 2D acquisition modes.

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 but return the value closest to compression.

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:INT 1

sense:active:compression:interpolate off

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:INTerpolation?

Return Type

Boolean

Default

OFF

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:LEVel <num>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Set and read the desired gain reduction (from reference gain).

This value is used for Compression from Linear Gain and Compression from Maximum Gain.

Use SENS:ACT:COMP:ALG CFLG to set this compression algorithm.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<num>

Compression level in dB.  Choose a value between .01 and 100.

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:LEV 1

sense:active:compression:level 3

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:LEVel?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

1

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:SATuration:LEVel <num>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) Set and read the deviation dB from the maximum Pout. This is the point of saturation.

Use SENS:ACT:COMP:ALG CFLG to set this compression algorithm.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<num>

Saturation level in dB.  Choose a value between .01 and 10.

Examples

SENS:ACT:COMP:SAT:LEV 1

sense:active:compression:saturation:level 3

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:COMPression:SATuration:LEVel?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

.1 dB

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:EOSoperation <enum>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read-Write) This setting is used to protect a sensitive device from too much power during the sweep retrace. Other instrument settings or channels may over-ride this setting.  Learn more.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<enum>

End Of Sweep operation. Choose from:

  • STANdard  Use the default VNA method.  Learn more.

  • POFF  Always turn power OFF while waiting.

  • PSTArt  Sweep Start power

  • PSTOp  Sweep Stop power.

Examples

SENS:ACT:EOS PSTA

sense:active:eosoperation standard

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:EOSoperation?

Return Type

Enumeration

Default

STANdard

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

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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:PMAP <input>,<output>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Write only) Sets the input port and output port of an Active Parameter channel. This setting is necessary only when using the limited port mapping feature.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

<input>

VNA port connected to the DUT Input. Choose from any ports with dedicated internal source.

<output>

VNA port connected to the DUT Output. Choose from any ports with dedicated internal source.

Examples

SENS:ACT:PMAP 1,3

sense2:act:pmap 1,3

Query Syntax

Not Applicable

Return Type

Not Applicable

Default

1,3

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:PMAP:Input?

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read only) Returns the VNA test port to be connected to the DUT input for an AHP channel. The SENS:ACT:PMAP sets this value.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

Examples

SENS:ACT:PMAP:INP?

Query Syntax

SENSe:ACTive:PMAP:INPut?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

1

SENSe<ch>:ACTive:PMAP:Output?

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(Read only) Returns the VNA test port to be connected to the DUT output for an AHP channel. The SENS:ACT:PMAP sets this value.

Parameters

 

<ch>

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

Examples

SENS:ACT:PMAP:OUT?

Query Syntax

SENSe:ACTive:PMAP:OUTPut?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

3

 

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

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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>

Applicable Models: All products with S9x111B

(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