Setup Commands - Spectrum Analyzer Measurement Class

Only the Main and Layout Setup commands corresponding to the Spectrum Analyzer 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

SA Setup... SA Tab

Sweep Type

SENSe:SWEep:TYPE

Start

SENSe:FREQuency:STARt

Stop

SENSe:FREQuency:STOP

Center

SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer

Span

SENSe:FREQuency:SPAN

SENSe:FREQuency:SPAN:FULL

Number of Points

SENSe:SWEep:POINts

Resolution Bandwidth

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:RESolution:CATalog?

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:[RESolution]

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:[RESolution]:AUTO

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:RESolution MIN

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:RESolution MAX

Video Bandwidth

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo:AUTO

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo MIN

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo MAX

Detector Type

SENSe:SA:DETector:FUNCtion

Detector Bypass

SENSe:SA:DETector:BYPass:[STATe]

Averaging Type

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo:AVER:TYPE

 

SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDEO:AVERage:COUNt?

Receiver Attenuators

SENSe:POWer:ATTenuator

SOURce:POWer:ATTenuation:RECeiver:TEST (Spectrum Analysis for M980xA, P50xxA/B)

Source Tab

Power On (All Channels)

SOURce:POWer:MODE

Port Powers Coupled

SOURce:POWer:COUPle

State

SOURce:PULSe[:STATe]

SOURce:PULSe:EXISts?

Type

SENSe:SA:SOURce:SWEep:TYPE

Frequency

SENSe:SA:SOURce:FREQuency:STARt

SENSe:SA:SOURce:FREQuency:STOP

Power

SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer:STARt

SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer:STOP

SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer[:VALue]

Phase

SOURce:PHASe:FIXed

Pulse Setup...

 

IQMod - Modulation settings dialog

Enable Modulation

SOURce:MODulation[:STATe]

Modulation Filename

SOURce:MODulation:LOAD

Show File Properties

 

Modulation File Name

SOURce:MODulation:FILE?

Source Name

SOURce:CATalog?

Sample Rate

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SRATe?

SOURce:MODulation:ARB:CLOCk:SRATe?

Number of Samples

None

Modulation Type

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:TYPE?

Signal Span

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN?

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN:CALCulated? SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:SPAN:PRIority?

Equivalent Continuous Span

CALCulate:MEASure:SA:MARKer:BPOWer:SPAN?

Tone Spacing

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MAX:TONE:SPacing?

Waveform Period

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MIN:WAVeform:PERiod?

Number of Tones

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:MIN:TONE:NUMBer?

Peak-to-Avg

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PAVG:CALCulated?

Carrier Offset

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:CARRier:OFFSet?

DAC Scaling

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:DAC:SCALing?

Phase Type

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:TYPE?

Random Phase Seed

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:PHASe:RANDom:SEED?

Number of Notches

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:NUMBer?

Notch Location

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:LOCation?

Notch1 Span

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:SPAN?

Notch1 Offset

SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:NPR:NOTCh:OFFSet?

Receiver RBW

None

Measurement Time

None

Create/Edit Mod File...

 

Autoset Frequencies and Coherence for current modulation

SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:SA[:STATe]

Immediate Autoset

SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:IMMediate

Autoset NPR Markers

SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:NPR[:STATe]

NPR Band Guard

SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:NPR:GBANd

Autoset ACPR Markers

SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:ACPR[:STATe]

ACPR Band Guard

SOURce:MODulation:AUTO:ACPR:GBANd

Enable Modulation Correction

SOURce:MODulation:CORRection[:STATe]

Calibrate Modulation...

 

Source Power

SENSe:SA:SOURce:POWer[:VALue]

Source Path Amplification (= Power Offset)

 

For SA Analysis Marker commands for getting measurement data, refer to SA Analysis Tab Commands.

 

RF source sweep order

SENSe:SA:SOURce:SWEep:FIRst[:DIMension]

Path Configuration...

SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe]

Power and Attenuator...

 

External Devices...

 

Coherence Tab

Enable multitone

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone[:STATe]

Tone Spacing

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:SPACing

Waveform Period

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:PERiod

Reference Tone

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:REFerence

Reject up to harmonic

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:HREJect

Nyquist protect order

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:NYQReject

Vector averaging

SENSe:SA:COHerence:VECTor:AVERage[:STATe]

SENSe:SA:COHerence:VECTor:AVERage:VALue

Data Display

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:DATA

Multitone settings are valid

SENSe:SA:COHerence:MULTitone:VALid

Compute Phases

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe[:STATe]

Display Phases if Tone Power >

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:DISPlay:LEVel

Enable Phase Stitching from HW timestamps

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:HWTStamp[:STATe]

Enable Phase Stitching from overlapped areas

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching[:STATe]

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:COMmon[:STATe]

Stitch Phases if Tone Power >

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:LEVel

Receiver for Stitching

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:RECeiver:NAME

Auto

SENSe:SA:COHerence:PHASe:STITching:RECeiver:AUTO[:STATe]

Compute time domain IQ

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ[:STATe]

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:GET?

Auto Fill IQ settings

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:AUTofill

Receivers

SENSe:VSA:DATA:SA:RECievers

IQ keeps aligned with SA center, span, coherence

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:ALIgned[:STATe]

VSA Setup...

Connect VSA

SENSe:VSA:CONNect[:STATe]

Enable Digital Trigger

SENSe:VSA:DTRigger[:STATe]

Autotune Spectrum

SENSe:VSA:SPECtrum:AUTOtune

Show VSA

SENSe:VSA:SHOW

Stream Data to VSA

SENSe:VSA:DATA:STReam[:STATe]

Select Data

SENSe:VSA:DATA:SA:RECievers  (SA channels only)

SENSe:VSA:DATA:MOD:PIN1[:STATe]  (MOD/MODX channels only)

SENSe:VSA:DATA:MOD:POU2[:STATe]  (MOD/MODX channels only)

SENse:VSA:DATA:MOD:PINWav[:STATe] (MOD/MODX channels only)

Saved State Includes VSA state ( all channels)

SENSe:VSA:SAVe:INCLude[STATe]

VSA Status...

SENSe:VSA:STAtus:REPort?

Trig. & Pulse Tab
Advanced Trigger Mode SENSe:SA:TRIGer:LEVel[:STATe]
    ADC Level SENSe:SA:TRIGer:LEVel[:STATe] SENSe:SA:TRIGer:LEVel:VALue
    Periodic Counter SENSe:SA:TRIGer:PERCounter[:STATe] SENSe:SA:TRIGer:PERCounter:VALue
Trigger...    
Pulse Gen Config...    
Advanced Tab
RBW Shape SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:SHAPe
Image Reject Type SENSe:SA:IMAGe:REJect
Image Reject Strength SENSe:SA:IMAGe:STRENgth
RBW/VBW SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:VIDeo:RATio
Span/RBW SENSe:SA:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth[:RESolution]:RATio
CF Step Size

SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer:STEP:SIZE

SENSe:FREQuency:CENTer:STEP:AUTO

Occupied BW search min SENSe:SA:BANDwidth:SEARch:OCCupied:MIN
Enable DC Outputs SOURce:DC:ENABle
Enable DC Sweep SENSe:SA:SOURce:DC:SWEep[:STATe]
Number of DC levels SENSe:SA:SOURce:DC:SWEep:POINt
Sweep Order SENSe:SA:SOURce:DC:SWEep:FIRst[:DIMension]
  SENSe:SA:FREQuency:TUNE:IMMediate
Enable Frequency Converter Configuration SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter[:STATe]
Source SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:INPut:SOURce
Port (input) SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:INPut:PORT
Center (input) SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:INPut:CENTer
Inverted SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:INVerted
Port (output) SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:PORT
Center (output) SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:CENTer
Output center offset SENSe:SA:FREQuency:CONVerter:OUTPut:OFFSet
DC Sources...  
Embedded LO  
IF Tab
ADC Filter SENSe:SA:ADC:FILTer
ADC Filter Auto SENSe:SA:ADC:FILTer:AUTO
DFT Bandwidth Auto SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:AUTO
Narrow - DFT Min SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:NARRow:MIN
Narrow - DFT Max SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:NARRow:MAX
Wide - DFT Min SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:WIDE:MIN
Wide - DFT Max SENSe:SA:DFT:BANDwidth:WIDE:MAX
IF Gain SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe]
IF Config... SENSe:PATH:CONFig:ELEMent[:STATe]
Processing Tab
DFT Type SENSe:SA:DFT:TYPE

IQ Carrier Frequency

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:CARRier:FREQuency

IQ Sample Rate

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:SAMPle:RATE

Number of IQ Pairs

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:SAMPle:COUNt

Acq. Time for 1 LO SENSe:SA:ADC:ACQTime?
Span LOs count SENSe:SA:LO:COUNt?
Span bins count SENSe:SA:SPAN:BINS:COUNt?
DFT resolution SENSe:SA:DFT:RESolution?
DFT record size SENSe:SA:DFT:RECord:SIZE?
ADC record size SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:VALue?

IQ record duration

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:DURation?

VSA IQ pairs count

 

Valid IQ Settings

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:ERRor:TEXT?

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:ERRor[:CODE]?

Display image reject traces SENSe:SA:TRACe:IMAGe[:STATe]
ADC & LO Tab
Sample Frequency SENSe:SA:ADC:SAMPle:RATE SENSe:SA:ADC:SAMPle:RATE:AUTO
Enable FIR for 25 MHz SENSe:SA:ADC:SAMPle:DECimation:FIR
Dithering SENSe:SA:ADC:DITHer:[STATe]

Overrange warning percent

SENSe:SA:ADC:OVERload:PERCent

SENSe:SA:ADC:OVERload:COUNt?

SENSe:SA:ADC:OVERload:LIST?

Show ADC Ranges...

SENSe:SA:ADC:RANGe:PERCent[:MAXimum]?

SENSe:SA:ADC:RANGe:PERCent:MINimum?

SENSe:SA:ADC:RANGe:PERCent:RECeiver?

Force ADC record size SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:VALue? SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:FORCe:VALue SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:FORCe[:STATe] SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:MAX? SENSe:SA:ADC:RECord:SIZE:MIN?
Stacking SENSe:SA:ADC:STACking:VALue SENSe:SA:ADC:STACking:STATe  
Multiple Recording SENSe:SA:ADC:MREC[:STATe]
    Chunk size SENSe:SA:ADC:MREC:SIZE
    Chunk period SENSe:SA:ADC:MREC:PERiod
Randomize LO SENSe:SA:LO:RANDom[:STATe]
Enable baseband X-axis mode (LO independent sweep) SENSe:SA:LO:BASeband[:STATe]
Force LO to frequency SENSe:SA:LO:FREQ:FORCe SENSe:SA:LO:FREQ:VALue SENSe:SA:LO:FORCe:OFFSet:DIVider SENSe:SA:LO:FORCe:OFFSet:MULtiplier SENSe:SA:LO:FORCe:OFFSet:SOURce
Data Tab
Data Format SENSe:SA:DATA:TYPE
Export receivers SENSe:SA:DATA:RECeivers:LIST SENSe:SA:DATA:RECeivers?
Don't save data below threshold SENSe:SA:DATA:THReshold[:STATe] SENSe:SA:DATA:THReshold:VALue
DFT bins count SENSe:SA:DATA:BINs:COUNt?
Receivers count SENSe:SA:DATA:RECeivers:COUNt?
Export to binary file SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:BINary[:STATe]
Export to text file SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:TEXT[:STATe]
Verbose mode SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:TEXT:VERBose[:STATe]
Erase files each new sweep SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:ERASe[:STATe]
File name prefix SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:PREFix
Record size (bytes) SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE? SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE:BIN? SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE:LOW? SENSe:SA:DATA:SIZE:HIGH?
Export markers with data files SENSe:SA:DATA:FILE:TEXT:MARKers[:STATe]
Export all markers to a single file None
Export to FIFO buffer SENSe:SA:DATA:FIFO[:STATe]
Export to shared memory SENSe:SA:DATA:SHARed[:STATe]
Share name SENSe:SA:DATA:SHARed:NAME
  SENSe:SA:DATA:STARt?

Export to binary file

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:FILE:BINary[:STATe]

None

Export to text file

SENSe:SA:DATA:IQ:FILE:TEXT[:STATe]

None

Meas Class...

  CALCulate:MEASure:DEFine
Quick Start... S-Param CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter
Balanced CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter
Other CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter
Layout Tab Commands
Softkey Sub-item SCPI
New Trace   DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe[:STATe]
New Channel   None
New Window   DISPlay:WINDow[:STATe]
New Sheet   DISPlay:SHEet:STATe
Delete TrN DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:DELete
ChN SYSTem:CHANnels:DELete
WinN DISPlay:WINDow[:STATe]
Select TrN DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:SELect
ChN None
WinN

DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:SELect

Measure...

 

CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter

Meas Class...   CALCulate:MEASure:DEFine