Keysight N1911A

MEASurement Commands 2
N1911A/1912A P-Series Power Meters Programming Guide 145
READ[1]|2|3|4 Commands
The READ? commands are most commonly used with the CONFigure command to
cause a new power measurement to be taken and the result returned to the
output buffer. The format of the result is set by FORM[:READ][:DATA]. Refer to
Chapter 6, “FORMat Subsystem,” on page 261 for further information.
– For the N1911A the READ? query is equivalent to:
ABORt
INITiate
FETCh?
– For the N1912A carrying out a single channel measurement the READ? queries
are equivalent to:
ABORt1
INITiate1
FETCh1?
or
ABORt2
INITiate2
FETCh2?
– For the N1912A carrying out a difference measurement the READ:DIFFerence?
queries are equivalent to:
ABORt1
and
ABORt2
INITiate1
INITiate2
FETCh:DIFFerence?
– For the N1912A carrying out a ratio measurement the READ:RATio? queries are
equivalent to:
ABORt1
ABORt2
INITiate1
INITiate2
FETCh:RATio?