Boonton 4530 Peak Power Meter User Manual User Manual
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Boonton Electronics
Remote Operation
4530 Series RF Power Meter
d. Use an internal signal trigger to initiate successive measurements.
CALC1:MODE pulse
Set for pulse measurement mode
TRIG:SOUR sensor1
Set trigger source for sensor1 input signal
ABORT
Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.
INIT:CONT on
Continuous measurements subject to signal trigger conditions.
( INIT:IMMEDIATE )
Error if used.
FETCH1:ARRAY:MARKER:POWER?
Returns marker-related power reading array.
e. Use a bus trigger to enable a single internal signal triggered measurement:
CALC1:MODE pulse
Set for pulse measurement mode
TRIG:SOUR bus>snsr1
Set to arm trigger via bus command, and trigger from sensor1
input signal.
ABORT
Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.
INIT:CONT off
Set for single, triggered measurement
INIT:IMMEDIATE
Stop with blank graph and empty readings.
{send GET}
Enables signal trigger to make one measurement if signal trigger
condition is met.
FETCH1:ARRAY:MARKER:POWER?
Returns marker-related power reading array.
Repeat from
INIT:IMMEDIATE
for each additional measurement cycle.
f. Use a bus trigger to enable successive internal signal triggered measurements:
CALC1:MODE pulse
Set for pulse measurement mode
TRIG:SOUR bus>snsr1
Set to arm trigger via bus command, and trigger from sensor1
input signal.
ABORT
Measurements STOP and triggers go to idle.
INIT:CONT on
Stop with blank graph and empty readings until GET
.
(INIT:IMMEDIATE)
CAN’T USE since INIT:CONT is ON -- Error condition!
{send GET}
Enables signal trigger to make continuous measurements if sig-
nal trigger condition of level and slope is met.
FETCH1:ARRAY:MARKER:POWER?
Returns marker-related power reading array.
Once GET starts the process, signal triggered measurements continue as long as signal trigger conditions are met and
the ABORT command has not been sent.