Remote Control Commands
R&S
®
SMW200A
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Example: Controlling the R&S SMW and external RF instruments with the same
application program
If you have to remote control a test setup with R&S SMW and other instruments from a
remote computer (external controller), you have to synchronize remote commands
(SCPI commands) you send to the different instruments (see Example "Controlling the
R&S SMW and external RF instruments with the same application program"
on page 829).
Figure 13-1: Conventional way to remote control the R&S
SMW and external RF instruments
This example shows you how to use the same application program to control the exter-
nal RF instruments via the R&S SMW, without opening remote sessions to these
instruments.
Overview of the possible solutions
If the required remote control connections (LAN or USB) to the external instruments
are established additionally to the I/Q connections, you can control these external devi-
ces from the R&S SMW in one of the following ways:
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In manual operation:
– Use the "System Configuration > External RF and I/Q" settings and the "Exter-
nal Instruments > Config ...> External Instrument Configuration" settings.
You can for example set the frequency and level of the connected instruments,
as well as activate or deactivate their RF outputs.
See Chapter 3.9.6, "How to Connect and Configure External Instruments",
on page 198
– Use the "External Instrument Configuration > Remote Control" settings to send
individual SCPI commands or a sequence of SCPI commands to the connected
external instruments.
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In remote operation:
– Use the SCONfiguration:... remote control commands that correspond to
settings in manual operation
See Example "Connecting and configuring external instrument (advanced con-
figuration)" on page 826
– Use the SCONfiguration:EXTernal:<Connector>:REMote:SEND com-
mands to control the connected RF instruments
See "Your R&S SMW as a controller of external instruments" on page 830.
SCONfiguration Subsystem
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