RS232 Sets the se rial com mu ni ca tion pa ram e ters.
MODE [RSMODE]
Se lects Ex ter nal Com mu ni ca tion or Source IF. Ex ter nal Com mu -
ni ca tion al lows GPIB type com mands to be sent to the power me -
ter over the se rial in ter face from a local com puter or a re mote
com puter via a modem.
Source IF al lows the power me ter to com mu ni cate with an
Anritsu 68/69000-series syn the sizer when the op er a tion mode is
set to Source Sweep.
BAUD [RSBAUD]
Sets the se rial port BAUD rate. Se lect from 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600 (de fault), 19200, or 38400. The other RS232 se rial pa rame -
ters are fixed at 8 bits, 1 stop bit, and no par ity.
MO DEM
This menu con trols how a mo dem will re act when the power me -
ter at tempts to con nect to a re mote com puter. It al lows en try of a
PHONE num ber, re dial COUNT and re dial DELAY, and per mits
IN ITial is ation of a con nected mo dem.
PHONE num ber [MODPH] – The phone number can be up to 40
dig its. When the num ber is be ing di aled, a dot (.) will be in ter -
preted as a 2-second de lay in the di al ing se quence; a mi nus sign
(–) will be in ter preted as wait for an other di al ing tone.
Re dial COUNT [MODRED] – If the di aled num ber does not con -
nect, be cause it was not an swered or was en gaged, then the
power me ter will try to re dial the same num ber ac cord ing to the
count spec i fied. This has a min i mum value of 0, max i mum value
of 10 and de fault value of 5.
Re dial DELAY [MODDEL] – If the di aled num ber does not con -
nect, and is to be redialed, this value spec i fies the de lay in min -
utes be fore redialing. This has a min i mum value of 1 min ute,
max i mum value of 10 min utes and a de fault value of 5 min utes.
INI Tial ize Mo dem [MODINIT] – This is a sin gle shot com mand
to reinitialize a con nected mo dem. As at power on, if this com -
mand is ex e cuted with a PC con nected di rectly to the power me -
ter, then a string of mo dem com mands will be seen by the PC.
AUTO
Sets up the power me ter to autodial if there is a LIMITS test fail -
ure, sen sor RANGE er ror, or the in stru ment POWER is cy cled.
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SYSTEM MENU OPERATION
NOTE
For the power me ter to com mu ni -
cate with Anritsu 68/69000-series
syn the siz ers us ing Source IF, the
syn the sizer firm ware must be later
than the lev els shown for the var i -
ous mod els be low:
Model - firm ware level
680xxB - 3.39
681xxB - 3.44
682xxB - 2.41
683xxB - 2.50
680x5B - 1.26
681x5B - 1.32
682x5B - 1.30
683x5B - 1.34
690xxA - 1.21
691xxA - 1.26
692xxA - 1.26
693xxA - 1.35
690x5A - 1.21
691x5A - 1.24
692x5A - 1.24
693x5A - 1.31
Con tact your near est Anritsu Ser -
vice Cen ter for a firm ware up grade
if nec es sary.