PSY-201 User Guide
GP-UM-PSY-201-11
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Table 4 GP Format Commands
System Information
Command Description
Response
*IDN?
Query product number.
*General Photonics,PSY-201,V1.3-
20141120,155000000067#
or *Enn# if error
*VER?
Query Firmware Version.
*V1.3-20141120#
Version dependent
*ADR nn#
Set GPIB address
Range: 1 to 30
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
Example: *ADR 5#
*ADR?
Query GPIB address
*ADR 30#
*IND ON|OFF#
Turn on/off the variable label for query
responses.
E.g. Sample responses to *POW?
*POW -6.7#
with ind. on
*-6.7#
with
ind.
off
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
*ADA?
Query the AD average number.
ADA = integration time/0.25µs
*ADA 3.00#
AD avg = 2^3=8
*ADA nn#
Set the power factor n that determines the
AD average number
AD avg = : 2^n
Range for n: 0 to 10
Default: 6
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
Example: *ADA 6#
*RST#
System reset to default settings.
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
*LCD ON|OFF#
Enable/disable front panel display update.
*LCD ON#
→
“REMOTE CONTROL”
*LCD OFF#
→
normal display update
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
Polarization Measurement
*POW?
Query measured power.
Units determined by power unit setting.
Default units: dBm
*POW -6.7#
*POW:UNT?
Query power unit setting (mW or dBm).
*UNT dBm# or *UNT mW#
*POW:UNT
MW|DBM#
Set power unit to mW or dBm
*E00# if successful else *Enn# error
message
*DOP?
Query DOP value, in %.
Example: *DOP 98.6#
*SOP:SSS#
Set SOP query response format to Stokes
parameters
S1, S2, S3
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
*SOP:SANG#
Set SOP query response format to
spherical coordinates
Theta, Phi
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
*SOP:EANG#
Set SOP query response format to ellipse
angles
Azimuth, Ellipticity angle
*E00# if successful
else *Enn# error message
*SOP?
Query SOP value.
Response format depends on format
command (Stokes parameters, spherical
coordinates, or ellipse angles).
*SOP -0.60, 0.60, 0.53# (Stokes)
*SOP 87.5,37.9# (spherical coordinates)
*SOP 44.2, 25.8 (ellipse angles)
*WAV?
Query wavelength setting
Range: 1480-1620 or 1280-1340nm
Default: 1550 nm or 1310nm
*WAV 1550#
*WAV nnnn#
Set wavelength in nm.
For 1550nm PSY-201:
Range:1480 to 1620
Wavelength setting rounds to the
nearest multiple of 5.
For 1310nm PSY-201:
Range: 1280 to 1340nm
Wavelength setting rounds to the
nearest multiple of 2.
*E00# if successful else *Enn# error
message
Example: *WAV 1550#