Sense VCO commands

Define the settings for VCO.

SENSe:VCO

| ATTenuation

| AUTO

| [:VALue]

| FREQuency

| BAND

| INIT

| RESolution

| PORT

| POWer

| INPut

            | ATTenuation

            | AUTO

            | [:VALue]

      | CORRection

            | DATA

            | LOAD

            | STATe

| LEVel

| AUTO

| MAXimum

| SWEep

| SOURce

 

 

SENSe:VCO:ATTenuation[:VALue] <double> Superseded

Applicable Models: E5055A with opt S963015B

(Read-Write)  Set and read manual attenuation setting. This setting is applied when SENS:VCO:ATT:AUTO is set at OFF. Command only. This feature is not available on the Soft Front Panel (GUI). This command is replaced with SENS:VCO:POW:INP:ATT.

Parameters

 

<double>

Manual attenuation setting

Examples

SENS:VCO:ATT[:VALue] 10

sense:vco:attenuation:[:value] 10

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:ATTenuation[:VALue]?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

20

SENSe:VCO:ATTenuation:AUTO <Boolean> Superseded

Applicable Models: E5055A with opt S963015B

(Read-Write)  Enable and disable the auto calculate attenuation setting from  SENS:VCO:INPut:LEVel:MAXimum. This setting is applicable when SENS:VCO:POW:INP:LEV:AUTO is set at OFF. Command only. This feature is not  available on the Soft Front Panel (GUI).  This command is replaced with SENS:VCO:POW:INP:ATT:AUTO.

Parameters

 

<Boolean>

Choose from:

OFF / 0

ON /1

Examples

SENS:VCO:ATT:AUTO 0

sense:vco:attenuation:auto off

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:ATTenuation:AUTO?

Return Type

Character

Default

On (1)

SENSe:VCO:FREQuency:BAND <freq>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write)  Set and read the frequency band.

Parameters

 

<freq>

Choose from:

R40M: 1M - 40 MHz

R1G5: 10 M - 1.5 GMHz

R8G: 250 M - 8 GHz

RMAX: Max Freq > 8 GHz

Examples

SENS:VCO:FREQ:BAND R40M

sense:vco:frequency:band r8g

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:FREQuency:BAND?

Return Type

String

Default

R8G

SENSe:VCO:FREQuency:INIT <freq>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write)  Set and read the initial frequency for the frequency band Max Freq > 8 GHz.

Parameters

 

<freq>

Initial Frequency in Hz

Examples

SENS:VCO:FREQ:INIT 9E9

sense:vco:frequency:band 9E9

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:FREQuency:INIT?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

8E9

 

SENSe:VCO:FREQuency:RESolution <res>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write)  Set and read the frequency resolution.

Parameters

 

<res>

Choose from:

R01: 0.1 Hz

R1: 1 Hz

R10: 10 Hz

R1K: 1 kHz

R64K:  64 kHz

Examples

SENS:VCO:FREQ:RES R01

sense:vco:frequency:resolution r1

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:FREQuency:RESolution?

Return Type

String

Default

R10

 

SENSe<cnum>:VCO:PORT  <value>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write) Set and read the input port.

Parameters

 

<value>

Input port.

Examples

SENS:VCO:PORT 2

sense:vco:port 1

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:PORT?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

1

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:ATTenuation[:VALue] <double>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write)  Set and read manual attenuation setting. This setting is applied when SENS:VCO:ATT:AUTO is set at OFF. Command only. This feature is not  available on the Soft Front Panel (GUI).

Parameters

 

<double>

Manual attenuation setting. 0 to 30

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:ATT 10

sense:vco:power:input:attenuation:value 10

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:ATTenuation[:VALue]?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

10

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:ATTenuation:AUTO <Boolean>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write)  Enable and disable the auto calculate attenuation setting from INPut:LEVel:MAXimum. This setting is applicable when SENS:VCO:POW:INP:LEV:AUTO is set at OFF. Command only. This feature is not  available on the Soft Front Panel (GUI).

Parameters

 

<Boolean>

Choose from:

OFF / 0

ON /1

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:ATT:AUTO 0

sense:vco:power:input:attenuation:auto off

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:ATTenuation:AUTO?

Return Type

Character

Default

On (1)

 

SENSe<ch>:VCO:POWer:INPut:CORRelation:DATA <array>

Applicable Models: E505xA

(Read-Write) Sets and returns the power correlation data. The correction data can be loaded from the csv file using SENS:VCO:POW:INP:CORR:LOAD. See Data Map and Correction. No GUI for this command.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Channel number of the measurement (optional).

<array>

A set of frequency and power correction data. The separator is a comma.

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:CORR:DATA 10E+6,0.04,100E+6,0.06,200E+6,0.07,300E+6,0.06
 sense2:vco:input:correlation:data 10E+6,0.04,100E+6,0.06,200E+6,0.07,300E+6,0.06

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:VCO:POWer:INPut:CORRelation:DATA?

Return Type

Numeric Array

Default

0,0

SENSe<ch>:VCO:POWer:INPut:CORRelation:LOAD <file>

Applicable Models: E505xA

(Write Only) Sets and returns the power correlation data from correction definition file. The format of data is a frequency value and a correction value for the frequency with a comma (,) separator. See Data Map and Correction. No GUI for this command.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Channel number of the measurement (optional).

<file>

file name

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:CORR:LOAD "C:\CorrData.csv"
 sense2:vco:input:correlation:load "C:\CorrData.csv"

Query Syntax

N/A

Return Type

N/A

Default

N/A

SENSe<ch>:VCO:POWer:INPut:CORRelation:STATe <bool>

Applicable Models: E505xA

(Write Only) Enable and disable the power correlation. The correction data can be set by SENS:VCO:POW:INP:CORR:LOAD (csv file) or SENS:VCO:POW:INP:CORR:DATA. See Data Map and Correction. No GUI for this command.

Parameters

 

<ch>

Channel number of the measurement (optional).

<file>

Choose from:

0 - OFF - Disable the power correction.

1 - ON - Enable the power correction.

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:CORR:STAT ON
 sense2:vco:input:correlation:stat on

Query Syntax

SENSe<ch>:VCO:POWer:INPut:CORRelation:STATe?

Return Type

Boolean

Default

OFF

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:LEVel:AUTO <Boolean>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write) Enable and disable the auto leveling function at pre-measurement.

Parameters

 

<Boolean>

Choose from:

OFF / 0

ON /1

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:LEV:AUTO ON

sense:vco:power:input:level:auto 1

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:LEVel:AUTO?

Return Type

Boolean

Default

ON (1)

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:LEVel:MAXimum <level>

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write)  Set and read the maximum input level used to calculate attenuation setting in dBm.  This setting is not applicable when SENS:VCO:POW:INP:LEV:AUTO is ON

Parameters

 

<double>

 

Examples

SENS:VCO:POW:INP:LEV:MAX

sense:vco:power:input:level:maximum

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:POWer:INPut:LEVel:MAXimum?

Return Type

<numeric>

Default

0

SENSe:VCO:SWEep:SOURce 'device'

Applicable Models: E505xA with opt S96301xB

(Read-Write) Set and read the sweep type.

Parameters

 

'device'

Choose from:

VControl

VSupply1

VSupply2

Examples

SENS:VCO:SWE:SOUR 'VControl'

sense:vco:sweep:source "vsupply1"

Query Syntax

SENSe:VCO:SWEep:SOURce?

Return Type

String

Default

VControl