Sense:Average Commands

Sets sweep-to-sweep averaging parameters. Averaging is a noise reduction technique that averages each data point over a user-specified number of sweeps. Averaging affects all of the measurements in the channel.

SENSe:AVERage

| CLEar

| COUNt

| MODE

| [STATe]

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See Also

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage:CLEar

Applicable Models: E5080A, M9485A

(Write-only) Clears and restarts averaging of the measurement data. Does NOT apply to point averaging.

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Any existing channel number; if unspecified, value is set to 1.

Examples

SENS:AVER:CLE
sense2:average:clear

Query Syntax

Not applicable

Default

Not applicable

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage:COUNt <num>

Applicable Models: E5080A, M9485A

(Read-Write) Sets the number of measurements to combine for an average. Must also set SENS:AVER[:STAT] ON

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Any existing channel number; if unspecified, value is set to 1.

<num>

Number of measurements to average. Choose any number between 1 and 65536 (2^16).

Examples

SENS:AVER:COUN 999
sense2:average:count 73

Query Syntax

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage:COUNt?

Return Type

Numeric

Default

1

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage:MODE <char>

Applicable Models: E5080A, M9485A

(Read-Write) Sets the type of averaging to perform: Point or Sweep.

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Any existing channel number; if unspecified, value is set to 1.

<char>

Averaging Type. Choose from:

POINT - Averaging measurements are made on each data point before stepping to the next data point. (Not available on 'C' models).

SWEEP - Averaging measurements are made on subsequent sweeps until the required number of averaging sweeps are performed.

Examples

SENS:AVER:MODE POIN
sense2:average:mode sweep

Query Syntax

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage:MODE?

Return Type

Character

Default

Sweep

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage[:STATe] <bool>

Applicable Models: E5080A, M9485A

(Read-Write) Turns trace averaging ON or OFF.

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Any existing channel number; if unspecified, value is set to 1.

<bool>

ON or 1 - Turns averaging ON.
OFF or 0 - Turns averaging OFF.

Examples

SENS:AVER ON
sense2:average:state off

Query Syntax

SENSe<cnum>:AVERage[:STATe]?

Return Type

Boolean

Default

OFF

Last modified:

18-May-2016

First Release