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RadiGen
®
Command Set
The commands listed in the following tables can be used to control the RadiGen
®
plug-in card. For
use in the RadiCentre
®
CTR1004B or CTR1009B, a prefix must be used for each command. This
prefix, or device number, corresponds with the slot number of RadiCentre
®
. Please refer to the
RadiCentre
®
manual for more information on the ‘Device number’ of a module.
Understanding Command Set
The command tables contain the ‘full’ commands. These commands can also be entered in several
shorter versions.
Example 1 -
[:SOURce]:FREQuency?
Requesting the state of the carrier frequency can be entered as followed:
•
[:SOURce]:FREQuency?
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[:SOURce]:FREQ?
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[:SOUR]:FREQuency?
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[:SOUR]:FREQ?
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:FREQuency?
•
:FREQ?
Example 2 -
[:SOURce]:FREQuency<space><value>
Setting the state of the carrier frequency (to, for example: 50.000.000 Hz) can be entered
as followed:
•
[:SOURce]:FREQuency 50000000
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[:SOURce]:FREQ 50000000
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[:SOUR]:FREQuency 50000000
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[:SOUR]:FREQ 50000000
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:FREQuency 50000000
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:FREQ 50000000
Understanding Command Replies
The replies from the RadiGen
®
are always preceded by the command that they reply to.
Example 3 – reply to
:OUTPut:SELECTed?
This command returns the current active output. The reply can be: ‘1’ (= main output is
selected) or ‘2’ (= secondary output is selected). The reply will be given as:
•
‘OUTPut:SELECTed 1’ or ‘OUTPut:SELECTed 2’
