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Emulation
1GP71_0E
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Rohde & Schwarz
2 Emulation
The instruments to be emulated by the SM* signal generators implement
different kind of remote-control languages.
Basically, those languages can be divided into the following groups:
Language
Group
Language
Description
Command
Examples
1
Pre-/Non-SCPI
FR 125 MZ
CW 125 MZ
2
SCPI-compatible/-similar
FREQ:CW 125 MHZ
CFRQ:VALUE 125 MHZ
Table 2: Remote-control languages on emulated instruments
Some instruments (e.g., Agilent 8340, Racal 3102) only support language of
group 1, some other instruments (e.g., Aeroflex 2030) only language of group
2 and finally, some instruments (e.g., Agilent 8643, Anritsu 68037) support
both languages of groups 1 and 2.
The emulation software on the signal generators SM* offers the primary
language group, if the emulated instrument supports more than one language.
A list of actually emulated instruments and related emulation modes is shown
in the following table.
Emulation mode
Manufacturer
Instrument
Language
Group
SMA100
SMB100
SMF100
Rohde & Schwarz
SCPI
SCPI
SCPI
SCPI
Aeroflex / IFR / Marconi
2030
2031
2032
2040
2041
2042
2
AF2040
Agilent
8340A / B
8341A / B
83620A / B
83630A / B
1
HP8340
83620A / B
2
HP8360