Keysight Technologies 33210A - Frequency Sweep Commands; Sweep Overview

Remote Interface Reference 4
Keysight 33210A User’s Guide 221
Frequency Sweep Commands
See also “Frequency Sweep” starting on page 105 in Chapter 3.
Sweep Overview
The following is an overview of the steps required to generate a sweep. The
commands used for sweep are listed on page 223.
1 Select the waveform shape, amplitude, and offset.
Use the APPLy command or the equivalent FUNC, FREQ, VOLT, and VOLT:OFFS
commands to select the function, frequency, amplitude, and offset. You can
select a sine, square, or ramp waveform (pulse, noise, dc, and arbitrary are not
allowed).
2 Select the frequency boundaries of the sweep.
You can set the frequency boundaries using one of two methods.
a Start Frequency/Stop Frequency: Use the FREQ:STAR command to set the
start frequency and the FREQ:STOP command to set the stop frequency.
To sweep up in frequency, set the start frequency < stop frequency.
To sweep down in frequency, set the start frequency > stop frequency.
b Center Frequency/Frequency Span: Use the FREQ:CENT command to set
the center frequency and the FREQ:SPAN command to set the frequency
span.
To sweep up in frequency, set a positive span.
To sweep down in frequency, set a negative span.
3 Select the sweep mode.
Use the SWE:SPAC command to select linear or logarithmic spacing for the
sweep.