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Language Reference
MEASure Group of Commands
MEASure Group of Commands
This group includes commands used to make measurements and return
results. The different commands can be used to provide fine control of
the overall measurement process. Most measurements should be done
in single measurement mode, rather than doing the measurement
continuously.
Each measurement sets the instrument state that is appropriate for
that measurement. Other commands are available for each
Mode
to
allow changing settings, view, limits, etc. Refer to:
SENSe:<measurement>, SENSe:CHANnel, SENSe:CORRection,
SENSe:FREQuency, SENSe:POWer, SENSe:RADio, SENSe:SNYC
CALCulate:<measurement>, CALCulate:CLIMits/DATA
DISPlay:<measurement>
TRIGger
Measure Commands
:MEASure:<measurement>[n]?
This is a fast single-command way to make a measurement using the
factory default instrument settings. These are the settings and units
that conform to the Standard.
• Stops the current measurement and sets up the instrument for the
specified measurement using the factory defaults
• Initiates the data acquisition for the measurement
• Blocks other SCPI communication, waiting until the measurement is
complete before returning results.
• After the data is valid it returns the scalar results, or the trace data,
for the specified measurement.
If the optional [n] value is not included, or is set to 1, the scalar
measurement results will be returned. If the [n] value is set to a
value other than 1, the selected trace data results will be returned.
See each command for details of what types of scalar results or trace
data results are available. The binary data formats should be used
for handling large blocks of data since they are smaller and faster
then the ASCII format.