6-13 HP 436A EMULATION
COMMANDS
This section pro vides an al pha beti cal list ing of the com mands (mne -
mon ics) used to pro gram the Model ML2400A Se ries Power Me ter when
in HP 436A E mu la tion mode. The emu la tion mode is set through the
front panel
SYS TEM|Rear Panel|GPIB|MODE menu (see Chap ter 4, Op -
era tion) or through the GPIB com mand EMUL (page 6-99 ).
HP Emulation com mands must not
have a space between the command
header and the pa rame ter, or commas be tween the parameters.
The for mat for HP Emu la tion com mands is:
<com mand header><parameter 1><parameter n>...
The end of the com mand text must be ter mi nated with a line feed char -
ac ter (0Ah, dec i mal 10) or a GPIB End of Trans mis sion State (EOI), or
both.
+ Dis able cal fac tors
– En able cal fac tors
1, 2, 3,
4 & 5
Set sen sor op er at ing range
Re marks: Range 5 is the high est power range, range 1 the low est. (These are the
op po site to the ML2400A na tive mode ranges; that is, HP 436 range 5
sets to ML2400A range 1, and HP 436 range 4 to ML2400A range 2, etc.)
When the ML2400A is be ing used to em u late the HP 436, the ranges are
re versed; that is, HP 436 range 1 (the low est power range) is equiv a lent
to the ML2400A range 5, and HP 436 range 5 (the high est power range)
is equiv a lent to the ML2400A range 1. Re fer to page 4-6 for more in for -
ma tion on sen sor ranges.
9 Auto range
Re marks: Sets the ML2400A Se ries to auto mati cally se lect the cor rect range for
the meas ure ment.
A Watt
Re marks: Set units to Watts. Turn rela tive mode off and do not al low rela tive.
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HP 436A EMULATION COMMANDS GPIB OPERATION