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
Enable Brick-wall Filter For Spectral Leakage	SOURce:MODulation:FILE:SIGNal:OPTimize:FILTer:ENABle	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

ACPLo	SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:IBW SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:LOWer:OFFSet	None None
ACPUp	SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:UPPer:IBW SENSe:DISTortion:MEASure:BAND:ACP:UPPer: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
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