SCPI Commands for the Counter
VX4101A MultiPaq Instrument User Manual
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MEASure? Subsystem
The MEASure queries tell the Counter what type of measurement to make and
the input channel(s) to use. It also INITiates a measurement and moves to the
results of the completed measurement to the output buffer.
The input filtering, coupling, and impedance are not changed by these com-
mands. You must select the coupling and impedance that make sense for the
input signal(s) and the desired measurement. The filtering, coupling and
impedance are set with the INPut:FILter, INPut:COUPling and INPut:IMPed-
ance commands. The input attenuation, offset, gain, and comparator hysteresis
are not changed by these commands. The comparator slopes and thresholds are
changed to defaults by these commands. If INPut:SETup:AUTO (autotrigger) is
set to ON or ONCE, the input attenuation, offset, gain, and comparator hysteresis
can change when the measurement is started.
The following applies to all measurement functions:
If a reference is specified, then the instrument must perform an autotrigger to
determine the appropriate trigger levels. Thus, if INPut:SETup:AUTO is set to
OFF, then INPut:SETup:AUTO will be set to ONCE. If INPut:SETup:AUTO is
set to ONCE or ON, then INPut:SETup:AUTO will be unchanged.
If no reference is specified and the INPut:SETup:AUTO is set to OFF, then the
counter front end will be changed to the following:
gain is set to 1
attenuation is set to 1
threshold is set to 0 V for frequency, period, and totalize and to –0.03 V for
all other measurement functions (so that the upper threshold of the hysteresis
is set to 0 V)
The aperture is set for all measurement commands except for totalize as follows:
H If the optional resolution argument is not specified, then aperture is set to the
default value.
H If the optional expected value and resolution arguments are not specified,
then the aperture is set to the default value.
H If both the expected value and resolution arguments are specified, then the
aperture is calculated as follows:
aperture + 10
(–9)logtexpectedu*logtresolutionu)
with a minimum of 1E–8 and a maximum of 5 seconds. You can use the
SENSe:APERture command to set a longer aperture.
