Measurement Functions – The SENSe Subsystem Measurement Operations & Settings
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 85
Measurement Functions – The 
SENSe Subsystem
The SENSe subsystem lets you control measurement parameters for a 
Power Sensor, an Optical Head Interface module, or a return loss module.
Agilent 81635A and Agilent 81619A - Master 
and Slave Channels
For the Agilent 81635A Dual Power Sensor and Agilent 81619A Dual 
Optical Head Interface module, channel 1 is the master channel and 
channel 2 is the slave channel. The master and slave channels share the 
same software and hardware triggering system. For some commands, 
setting parameters for the master channel sets the parameters for the 
slave channel. In these cases, you may only set parameters for the slave 
channel by setting master channel parameters. 
The commands listed in Table 5  can only be configured using the master 
channel.
Table 5 Commands that can only be configured using the master channel
Command Page
:INITiate[n]:[CHANnel[m]][:IMMediate] page 88
:INITiate[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:CONTinuous/? page 89
:READ[n][:CHANnel[m]][:SCALar]:POWer[:DC]? page 90
:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:CORRection:COLLect:ZERO page 92
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:LOGGing/? page 94
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:MINMax/? page 95
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:STABility/? page 96
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:STATe/? page 100
:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:POWer:ATIME/? page 101
:SENSe[n]:[CHANnel[m]]:POWer:RANGe:AUTO/? page 104
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:INPut/? page 173
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:INPut:REARm/? page 174
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:OUTPut/? page 176
:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:OUTPut:REARm/? page 177