Configure a PMAR Device


This VB Script program configures a new Power Meter as Receiver device and creates a trace using the PMAR.

Learn more about Power Meter as a Recevier

These programs can be run as a macro in the VNA. To do this, copy the code into a text editor file such as Notepad and save on the VNA hard drive as PMAR.vbs. Learn how to setup and run the macro.

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' This section gets the VNA application

' starts the scpi parser, and presets the VNA

dim app

Set app = CreateObject("AgilentPNA835x.Application")

set scpi = app.ScpiStringParser

scpi.parse "*rst"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:add 'newpmar1'"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:dtype 'newpmar1', 'Power Meter'"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:driver 'pmar', 'AGPM'"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:ioconfig 'newpmar1', 'gpib0::14::instr'"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:sens 'newpmar1', 1"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:read:count 'newpmar1', 10"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:read:ntolerance 'newpmar1', 0.1"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:sens 'newpmar1', 1"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:fmin 'newpmar1', 100000000"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:fmax 'newpmar1', 10000000000"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:flim 'newpmar1', 0"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:tabl:rfac 'newpmar1', 100"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:tabl:cfac:freq 'newpmar1',  1e9, 2e9, 3e9"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:tabl:cfac:data 'newpmar1', 99, 98, 99"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:tabl:loss:stat 'newpmar1', 1"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:tabl:loss:freq 'newpmar1',  1e9, 2e9, 3e9"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:pmar:tabl:loss:data 'newpmar1', -1, -2, -3"

'Activate and enable the PMAR external device

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:ioen 'newpmar1', 1"

scpi.parse "Syst:conf:edev:stat 'newpmar1', 1"

'Create a PMAR trace with power meter connected to port 3

'Use Calc:Par:Def:Ext - NOT CALC:PAR:DEF!!

scpi.parse "CALC:PAR:DEF:EXT 'myPMARTrace', 'newpmar1,3'"