Rohde & Schwarz CMW500 - Page 6

Contents
R&S
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CMW500
6User Manual 1173.9463.02 ─ 06
5.3 R&S CMW Command Structure...............................................................................132
5.3.1 General Command Structure......................................................................................132
5.3.2 Firmware Applications.................................................................................................133
5.3.3 Measurement Contexts and Views.............................................................................135
5.4 Control of the Instrument.........................................................................................135
5.4.1 Generator Control.......................................................................................................136
5.4.2 Measurement Control..................................................................................................137
5.4.3 Signaling Generator Control........................................................................................146
5.4.4 Reliability and Error Indicators....................................................................................148
5.4.5 Signal Path Settings....................................................................................................152
5.4.6 Resource and Path Management...............................................................................159
5.5 Command Processing..............................................................................................164
5.5.1 Input Unit.....................................................................................................................164
5.5.2 Command Recognition................................................................................................165
5.5.3 Data Base and Instrument Hardware..........................................................................165
5.5.4 Status Reporting System............................................................................................166
5.5.5 Output Unit..................................................................................................................166
5.6 Status Reporting System.........................................................................................166
5.6.1 Overview of Status Registers......................................................................................167
5.6.2 Structure of an SCPI Status Register..........................................................................167
5.6.3 Contents of the Status Registers................................................................................169
5.6.4 Application of the Status Reporting System................................................................176
5.6.5 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System............................................................179
5.6.6 Regular Expressions...................................................................................................180
5.7 Command Macros.....................................................................................................181
5.7.1 Macro Contents and Macro Commands.....................................................................182
5.7.2 Macro Programming Examples...................................................................................182
5.8 Response Buffers.....................................................................................................184
5.8.1 Buffer Contents and Buffer Commands......................................................................185
5.8.2 Buffer Programming Example.....................................................................................185
5.9 LXI Configuration......................................................................................................186
5.9.1 LXI Classes and LXI Functionality..............................................................................186
5.9.2 LXI Browser Interface..................................................................................................187