Command Groups
Command
Description
CALibrate:TEMPerature:CH<x>? Returns the difference in ºC between
the current sampling module c hannel<x>
temperature a
nd the temperature recorded
at the last calibration information update
CALibrate:TEMPerature:MAInframe? Returns the difference in ºC between the
current mainframe temperature and the
temperatur
e recorded at the last calibration
information update
CALibrate:UPDATEinfo:ALL Updates date, time, temp and (for sampling
modules) host mainframe information
CALibrate:UPDATEinfo:CH<x> Updates the calibration information in the
nonvolat
ile memory of the sampling module
channel<x>
CALibrate:UPDATEinfo:MAInframe Updates the calibration information in the
nonvolatile memory of the mainframe
Compensation Command Group
The compensation commands provide information about the current state of
the compensation for the mainframe and all resident module channels, means
to invoke compensation functions, and management of compensation storage
memory locations.
There are two nonvolatile compensation storage memory blocks in the mainframe
and each sampling module channel: Factory and User. In addition, there
is a volatile run-time, in-use version of all compensation data, which is the
compensation data actually used during the operation of the instrument.
Command
Description
COMPensate:ALL Compensates the mainframe and all resident
modules
COMPensate:CH<x> Compensates the module channel<x> for
DC variances
COMPensate:DARKLev:CH<x> Compensates the specified optical
channel<x> by removing residual DC offsets
in the entire vertical path
COMPensate:DATE:CH<x>? Returns date and time of the current
in-use compensation data for the module
channel<x>
COMPensate:DATE:MAInframe? Returns date and time of the current in-use
compensation data for the mainframe
COMPensate:MAInframe Compensates the mainframe for DC
variances
COMPensate:OPTGAIN:CH<x> Compensates optical user wavelength gain
(wavelengths and input power)
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