1 Power Meter Remote Operation
18 N1911A/1912A P-Series Power Meters Programming Guide
Example 1 - The Simplest Method
The following program segments show the simplest method of querying the
upper and lower window’s measurement results respectively.
Using READ?
Using INITiate and FETCh?
For the N1911A only:
For the N1912A only:
*RST Reset instrument
CONF1 Configure upper window - defaults to a Channel A
measurement
READ1? Take upper window (Channel A) measurement
*RST Reset instrument
CONF2 Configure lower window - defaults to a Channel A (N1911A),
Channel B (N1912A) measurement
READ2? Take lower window measurement (Channel A on N1911A, B
on N1912A)
*RST Reset instrument
CONF1 Configure upper window - defaults to a Channel A
measurement
INIT1? Causes Channel A to make a measurement
FETC1? Retrieves the upper window’s measurement
*RST Reset instrument
CONF2 Configure lower window - N1911A defaults to Channel A
INIT1 Causes Channel A to make a measurement
FETC2? Retrieves the lower window’s measurement
*RST Reset instrument
CONF2 Configure lower window
INIT2? Causes Channel B to make a measurement