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

 

Enable Embedded LO

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:STATe

 

Setup...

Enable Embedded LO

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:STATe

 

Tuning Method

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:MODE

 

Tune every

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:INTerval

 

Broadband Search

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:SPAN

 

Noise BW

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:NBW

 

Max Iterations

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:ITERations

 

Tolerance

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:TUNing:TOLerance

 

LO Frequency Delta

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:LO:DELTa

 

Default

SENSe:MIXer:ELO:RESet

 

Input

SENSe:DISTortion:SWEep:CARRier:FREQuency

 

Output

SENSe:MIXer:OUTPut:FREQuency:SIDE

 

Fractional Multiplier - Numerator

SENSe:MIXer:LO:FREQuency:NUMerator

 

Fractional Multiplier - Denominator

SENSe:MIXer:LO:FREQuency:DENominator

 

LO/LO1/LO2

SENSe:MIXer:LO:FREQuency:FIXed

 

IF

SENSe:MIXer:IF:FREQuency:SIDE

 

Source Name

SENSe:MIXer:LO:NAME

SENSe:ROLE:DEVice

SENSe:ROLE:CATalog?

 

Power

SENSe:MIXer:LO:POWer

 

Leveling

SOURce:POWer:ALC[:MODE]

 

Attenuator

SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation

 

Save...

SENSe:MIXer:SAVE

 

Load...

SENSe:MIXer:LOAD

 

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
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

 

Sub Span

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

 

Sub Offset

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

 

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

 

 

 

ACPLo SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:IBW
SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:OFFSet
None
None
ACPUp SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:UPPer:IBW
SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:UPPer: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

EVM Normalization

SENSe:DISTortion:EVM:NORMalize 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