:CALibrate:SLOT:PTIMebase

Flex Apps:
FlexDCA
FlexRT
Precision Timebase Commands

Command Syntax

:CALibrate:SLOTN:PTIMebase {ENABled | DISabled}

Where N identifies a specific module by slot and must be selected from {1:8}. For a module that occupies multiple slots, use the module's left-most slot number to identify the module. For two-slot modules, the slot number would be 1 or 3. For four-slot modules like the 86108B, the slot number would be 1.

Query Syntax

:CALibrate:SLOT{1:8}:PTIMebase?

Query Response

{ENAB | DIS}

Description

For the indicated slot, enables or disables the precision timebase calibration for an 86107A, 86108A, or 86108B module. To perform this calibration along with all other selected calibrations for the indicated slot, use the :CALibrate:SLOT:STARt command. To select a vertical or clock recovery calibration, use the CALibrate:SLOTN:VERTical and CALibrate:SLOTN:CRECovery commands. To select all calibrations for the indicated slot, use the CALibrate:SLOTN:ENABled command. These commands affect the Calibration dialog indicators, as shown in the following picture.

ENABled
Selects the calibration.
DISabled
Prevents the calibration.

Requires FlexDCA revision A.01.70 and above.

Use the child queries listed in the following table to return details about the current calibration.

Status String Child Queries
Status Sring Child Query to Send
State of Calibration :STATus?
Time of last calibration,
Time change since last calibration, and
Temperature change since last calibration		 :DETails?
Change in temperature :DTEMperature?
Change in Time :TIME?

Child Commands