CMU RF Measurements 
1100.4903.12 6.51  E-10 
Spectrum Measurements (SPECtrum) 
The subsystem SPECtrum measures the RF frequency spectrum. The subsystem corresponds to the 
measurement menu Spectrum and the associated popup menu Spectrum Configuration. 
 
 
 
Measurement Control – Subsystem SPECtrum 
The subsystem SPECtrum controls the spectrum measurement. It corresponds to the Spectrum. soft-
key in the measurement menu Spectrum. 
 
INITiate:SPECtrum  Start new measurement 
⇒
 RUN
ABORt:SPECtrum  Abort running measurement and switch off 
⇒
 OFF
STOP:SPECtrum  Stop measurement after current evaluation period 
⇒
 STOP 
CONTinue:SPECtrum  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:SPECtrum:EREPorting <Mode>  Event Reporting
<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:SPECtrum: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).