RF Measurements  CMU 
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Power Measurements (POWer) 
The subsystem POWer measures the RF signal power versus time. The subsystem corresponds to the 
measurement menu Power and the associated popup menu Power Configuration.  
 
 
 
Measurement Control – Subsystem POWer 
The subsystem POWer controls the power measurement. The subsystem corresponds to the Power 
main softkey.  
 
INITiate:POWer   Start new measurement 
⇒
 RUN
ABORt:POWer  Abort running measurement and switch off 
⇒
 OFF
STOP:POWer  Stop measurement after current evaluation period 
⇒
 STOP 
CONTinue:POWer  Next measurement step (only stepping mode) 
⇒
 RUN 
Command description  FW vers. 
These commands have no query form. They start or stop the measurement, setting it to the status 
indicated in the top right column. 
V1.15 
 
 
CONFigure:POWer:EREPorting <Mode>  Event reporting of the measurement
<Mode> 
Parameter description  Def. value  Def. unit  FW vers. 
SRQ | 
SOPC | 
SRSQ | 
OFF  
Service request 
Single operation complete 
SRQ and SOPC 
No reporting 
OFF –  V1.15 
Command description 
This command defines the events generated when the measurement is terminated or stopped (event reporting, 
see chapter 5). 
 
 
FETCh:POWer:STATus?  Measurement status
Returned value 
Parameter description  Def. value  Def. unit  FW vers. 
OFF | 
RUN | 
STOP | 
ERR | 
STEP | 
RDY, 
 
0 to 10000 | 
NONE 
 
1 to 1000 | 
NONE 
Measurement in the OFF state (*RST or ABORt) 
Running (after INITiate, CONTinue or READ) 
Stopped (STOP) 
OFF (could not be started) 
Stepping mode (<stepmode>=STEP) 
Stopped according to repetition mode and stop condition
Counter for measurement cycles 
Counter not used 
 
Counter for current evaluation period within a cycle 
Statistic count set to off 
OFF 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NONE 
 
 
NONE 
– 
 
 
 
 
 
 
– 
 
 
– 
V1.15 
Command description 
This command is always a query. It returns the status of the measurement (see chapters 3 and 5).