Filtering
If Filtering is enabled, the first time FETCh? is sent (assuming the device is in the MEASURING state)
the power measurement will be returned after a delay approximately equivalent to the filter time
(aperture) window. Subsequence requests using FETCh? will incur no delay, but will instead
immediately return with the latest power measurement.
Averaging
If the manual averaging count is enabled, every
FETCh?
request made while the device is in the
MEASURING state will be responded to after a delay approximately equal the averaging count, in
milliseconds.
Frequency Changes
Additionally, a delay is incurred when frequency is changed using the
SENSe:FREQuency
command.
Whenever the frequency is changed, the active measurement is cancelled, the filter and averaging
buffers are reset, and a slight delay occurs due to internal calibration adjustments.
Note!
Due to the delays described above, care must be taken when setting large filter times or
averaging counts to ensure timeouts do not occur while waiting on a
FETCh?
response. If
a filter time or averaging count is set to the maximum value of 2000 and a frequency
change occurs,
FETCh?
may wait to return the power measurement for as long as 2 to 2.5
seconds.
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