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.

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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 SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:TONE:NUMBer:ROUNd	None 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
Preserve Burst Characteristics of Original Signal	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:BURSt:PREServe:ENABle	None
Enable Brick-wall Filter For Spectral Leakage	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:FILTer:ENABle	None
Enable Spectral Leakage Tapering Window With [n] Taps	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:FILTer:TAPS	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
	Create Digital Modulation
	Number of Carriers	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CARRier:NUMBer	None
	Calculated Carrier Spacing	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CARRier:SPACing:CALCulated	None
	Carrier Spacing	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CARRier:SPACing
	Constellation File	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:CFILe
	Alpha/BT	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:FILTer:ALPHa
	Filter Type	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:FILTer:TYPE
	Modulation Format	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:FORMat
	Quadrature Error	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:QUADrature:ERRor
	Random Seed	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:RANDom:SEED
	Calculated Number of Symbols	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:NUMBer:CALCulated
	Number of Symbols	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:NUMBer
	Calculated Symbol Rate	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:RATE:CALCulated
	Symbol Rate	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DIGital:SYMBol:RATE
	Create DPD...
	DPD Select Procedure Dialog
	Procedure	SOURce:DPD:PROCedure	None
	Select Ideal Waveform	SOURce:DPD:FILE:LOAD:IDEal	None
	Select DPD Model	SOURce:DPD:FILE:LOAD:MODel	None
	Save DPD As	SOURce:DPD:FILE:SAVE	None
	DPD Model	SOURce:DPD:MODel:TYPE	None
	Create Model Using		None
	Cal Setup Dialog
	DUT-EVM
	Span	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:EVM:SPAN	None
	Max Iterations	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:EVM:ITERations	None
	Desired Tolerance	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:EVM:TOLerance	None
	DUT-ACP
	Enable/Disable	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:ENABle	None
	Span	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:SPAN	None
	Guard Band	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:GBANd	None
	Max Iterations	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:ITERations	None
	Desired Tolerance	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DUT:ACP:TOLerance	None
	Src- Power At DUT Out
	Enable/Disable	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:ENABle	None
	Span	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:SPAN	None
	Max Iterations	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:ITERations	None
	Desired Tolerance	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:POWer:TOLerance	None
	Src-LO Feedthru
	Enable/Disable	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:LO:FTHRu:ENABle	None
	Max Iterations	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:LO:FTHRu:ITERations	None
	Desired Tolerance	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:LO:FTHRu:TOLerance	None
	Src-
	Enable/Disable	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:ENABle	None
	Type	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:TYPE	None
	Span	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:SPAN	None
	Max Iterations	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:ITERations	None
	Desired Tolerance	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:DISTortion:TOLerance	None
	Cal Detals Dialog
	DAC Scaling	SOURce:DPD:DAC:SCALing	None
	Maximum PAPR Expansion	SOURce:DPD:PAPR:EXPansion:MAXimum	None
	Backoff For Linear Gain Measurement	SOURce:DPD:MEASure:LINGain:POWer:BACKoff	None
	During Direct DPD, Measure DUT Linear Gain	SOURce:DPD:MEASure:LINGain:ENABle	None
	Modulation Cal Dialog
	Calibrate	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:ACQuire	None
	Status	SOURce:DPD:CORRection:COLLection:ACQuire:STATus?	None
	Modeling Dialog
	Polynomial Order	SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:ORDer	None
	Past Memory (-)	SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:MEMory:PAST	None
	Future Memory (+)	SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:MEMory:FUTure	None
	Crossterm Equations	SOURce:DPD:MODel:MEMPoly:CROSsterm	None
	Memory Operators	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:OPERator:M[1-4]:ENABle	None
	Number Power Segments	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:POWer:SEGMent:COUNt	None
	Memory Past Depth	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:PAST	None
	Memory Future Depth	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:FUTure	None
	Memory Stepsize	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:MEMory:STEP	None
	Create Model or Apply Model	SOURce:DPD:MODel:CREate SOURce:DPD:MODel:APPLy	None None
	Cal Model	SOURce:DPD:MODel:CALibrate	None
	Model Status	SOURce:DPD:MODel:STATus?	None
	Model Details Dialog
	Interpolation Type	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:INTerpolate:TYPE	None
	Min Points Per Power Segment	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:POWer:SEGMent:POINt:COUNt:MINimum	None
	Optimize DPD Model	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:ENABle	None
	Use Waveform Compacted By, Level	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:COMPact:LEVel	None
	Use Waveform Compacted By, Auto	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:COMPact:AUTO	None
	NMSE Optimization Goal, State	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:NMSE:INCL	None
	NMSE Optimization Goal, Value	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:NMSE:GOAL	None
	Optimize Memory Operators	SOURce:DPD:MODel:DYNGain:OPTimize:MEMory:OPERator:INCLude	None
	ACPLo	SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:IBW SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:OFFSet	None None
	ACPUp	SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:IBW SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer: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
	Phase Stitching	SENSe:DISTortion:PHASe:STITching:TYPE	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