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8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes Programming Guide
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Specific Commands
Specific Command Summary
The commands are ordered in a command tree. Every command belongs
to a node in this tree.
The root nodes are also called the subsystems. A subsystem contains all
commands belonging to a specific topic. In a subsystem there may be
further subnodes.
All the nodes have to be given with a command. For example in the
command
disp:brig
• DISPlay is the subsystem containing all commands for controlling the
display,
• BRIGhtness
is the command selecting brightness.
gives an overview of the command tree. You see the
nodes, the subnodes, and the included commands.
Table 4
Specific Command Summary
NOTE
If a command and a query are both available, the command ends
/?
.
So,
disp:brig/
?
means that
disp:brig
and
disp:brig?
are both available.
Command
Description
Page
:CONFigure[
n
][:CHANnel[
m
]]:OFFSet
:WAVelength:REFerence/?
Sets or queries the slot and channel of the external reference power meter.
:WAVelength:STATe/?
Switches or queries attenuator Offset Table on or off?
:WAVelength:TABle?
Queries the complete offset table.
:WAVelength:TABle:SIZE?
Queries the size of the offset table.
:WAVelength:VALue
Adds a value pair (wavelength, offset) to the offset table.
:WAVelength:VALue:DELete
Deletes an offset value pair.
:WAVelength:VALue:DELete:ALL
Deletes all value pairs from the offset table.
:WAVelength:VALue:OFFSet?
Queries an offset value according to wavelength or index.
:WAVelength:VALue:PAIR?
Queries an offset/wavelength value pair according to wavelength or index.