Agilent Technologies 8920B User manual

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Agilent Technologies 8920B Option 800, 801
RF Communications Test Set
Condensed Programming Reference Guide
8290B Firmware Version B.06.00 and above
Agilent Technologies No. 08920-90239
Printed in U. S. A.
April 2000
Rev. B

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RF Communications Test Set / Cell Site Test Set
AgilentTechnologies8920A,8920B,and8921A
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Safety: IEC 1010-1:1990+A1+A2/EN 61010-1:1993
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Spokane, Washington USA Date October 17, 1996 Vince Roland/Quality Manager

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Contents
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1 Remote/Local Modes
Remote/Local Modes 18

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2 GPIB Command Syntax
GPIB Command Syntax Listings 22
Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) 25
AF Analyzer 27
AF Generator 1 33
AFGenerator2|Encoder 35
AF Generator 2 Pre-Modulation Filters 43
Call Processing 45
Configure 97
Decoder 107
Display 109
Measure 111
Oscilloscope 121
Program 127
Radio Interface 129
RF Analyzer 131
RF Generator 133
RF Path Control 137
Save/Recall Registers 139
Special (GPIB Only Commands) 141

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Spectrum Analyzer 143
Status 145
System 149
Tests 151
Trigger
155
Integer Number Setting Syntax 157
Real Number Setting Syntax 159
Multiple Real Number Setting Syntax 161
Number Measurement Syntax 163
Multiple Number Measurement Syntax 165

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3 GPIB Common Commands
IEEE 488.2 Common Commands 168
Common Command Descriptions 169