3.5 1018B Emulation
Emulation of the 1018B instrument is accessed through the front panel.
The differences in the 1018B emulation mode to standard 8501A/8502A PPM operation are as follows:
Commands
The command set is limited to the three following 1018B commands:
Command
Argument
?
Update data, behaves exactly as the UPDN PPM command
< nnn
Sets cursor delay to a value between 0 and 9.99
µ
s
> nnn
Sets cursor delay to a value between 0 and 99.9
µ
s
One to three digits are required, no sign or decimal point is allowed.
The instrument will only read the first 1018B command it receives and ignore the balance of any
command string it receives. If the string does not start with a valid 1018B command, the instrument will
ignore the entire string and take no action.
Output Data Modes
There are two output data modes in the 1018B Emulation Mode. These are Update Data Trigger Reset
and Update Data Continuously. The default state upon entering the 1018B Emulation Mode is Update
Trigger Reset. After that, the output mode can be changed from the front panel (see the Front Panel
Menus description Section 3.2.2). The two modes work in exactly the same way as with the PPM except
that the data output format is different.
Output Format
The data will always be output in a string consisting of a polarity sign, four digits, a comma, one last
digit with a value of 0 - 3, a carriage return, and then a line feed character (all data lines low) sent with
EOI. The first four digits represent the measurement, and the last digit after the comma indicates the
range.
Range
Data Format
0
snnn.n dBm
1
snnn.n microwatts
2
snn.nnn milliwatts
3
sn.nnn milliwatts
☛
NOTE: The sign will always be positive for linear values.
Examples:
-0147.0(CR)(LF)(NULL - EOI) = -14.7 dBm
+1257.3(CR)(LF)(NULL - EOI) = +1.257 mW
In the Update Continuously Mode, a continuous string of these measurements will be sent, including the
terminating characters, until the PPM is untalked.
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