:TRACe Power Monitor Subsystem Power Monitor Commands
5-2 PN: 10580-00306 Rev. E MS20xxC PM
5-3 :TRACe Power Monitor Subsystem
This subsystem contains commands pertaining to the Vector Voltmeter mode.
Trace Header Transfer
:TRACe:PREamble?
Description: Returns trace header information. The response begins with an ASCII
header. The header specifies the number of following bytes. It appears
in the format #AX, where A is the number of digits in X, and X is
the number of bytes that follow the header.
Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each
parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[UNITS]”. Note that the
parameters that are returned depend on the firmware version and that
this document does not cover all parameter values that are returned by
the command. Refer to Table 5-2.
For the example response, the serial number (SN) is 83320013 and is
returned as “SN=83320013”. Refer to the following section, “Example
Response Format:”.
Syntax: :TRACe:PREamble?
Cmd Parameter: NA (query only)
Query Response: <char> (returns block data)
Front Panel
Access: NA
Example Response Format:
[#800000414SN=83320013,UNIT_NAME=,TYPE=DATA,DATE=1999-11-30-02-00-01-42,AP
P_NAME=MWVNA,APP_VER=T0.00.1001,PM_RELATIVE=1.000000,PM_OFFSET=0.0000
00,PM_UPPER_THRESHOLD_STATE=0.000000,PM_LOWER_THRESHOLD_STATE=0.00
0000,PM_UPPER_THRESHOLD=0.000000,PM_LOWER_THRESHOLD=0.000000,PM_DBM
UNITS=0.000000,PM_ZERO=1.000000,PM_DBUNITS=0.000000,PM_DATA=–200000.00000
0,PM_STATUS=1.000000,PM_ZERO_DATA=–200000.000000,PM_REL_DATA=–200000.000
000,]