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
End of Sweep Processing	SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP:FREQuencies:COUNt? SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP:RECeivers:COUNt? SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP:RECeivers[:CURRent] SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP:RECeivers:LIST SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP:SCALar:GET? SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP[:STATe] SENSe:SA:DATA:KEEP:VECTor:GET?
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