Rohde & Schwarz FPC Series, User Manual

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Remote Control
R&S
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FPC
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19 Remote Control
● Remote Control Basics ......................................................................................... 187
● Common Commands ............................................................................................ 202
● Preset ....................................................................................................................206
● Network Connection ..............................................................................................207
● System Configuration ............................................................................................209
● Display Settings .................................................................................................... 215
● Audio Settings .......................................................................................................215
● Data Management .................................................................................................216
● Signal Source Configuartion ................................................................................. 226
● Calibration .............................................................................................................228
● Applications ...........................................................................................................231
● Remote Commands of the Spectrum Application ................................................. 232
● Remote Commands of the Receiver Application .................................................. 295
● Remote Commands of the Analog Demodulation .................................................303
● Remote Commands of the Digital Demodulation ..................................................313
● Remote Commands of the VNA Application ......................................................... 323
● Status Reporting System ...................................................................................... 341
19.1 Remote Control Basics
● Introduction ........................................................................................................... 187
● Remote Control Connection ..................................................................................190
● Instrument Model and Command Processing .......................................................191
● SCPI Command Structure .....................................................................................192
● Command Sequence and Synchronization ...........................................................200
● Suffix Overview ..................................................................................................... 202
19.1.1 Introduction
The R&S FPC supports two different interfaces for remote control.
●
LAN Interface
The protocol is based on TCP/IP and supports the VXI-11 standard.
●
USB Interface
The connectors for both interfaces are on the rear panel of the R&S FPCand allow for
a connection to a controller for remote control via a local area network (LAN) or directly
via USB.
SCPI
SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) commands - messages -
are used for remote control. Commands that are not taken from the SCPI standard fol-
low the SCPI syntax rules. The instrument supports the SCPI version 1999. The SCPI
standard is based on standard IEEE
488.2 and aims at the standardization of device-
Remote Control Basics