Tektronix Wca230a Operating and maintenance manual

Programmer Manual

WCA230A & WCA280A

3 GHz & 8 GHz

Portable Wireless Communication Analyzers

071-1255-08

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WCA230A & WCA280A Programmer Manual i

Table of Contents

Preface ix...................................................

Related Manual ix..................................................

Difference between WCA230A and WCA280A ix........................

Getting Started

Overview of the Manual 1--2...........................................

Connecting the Interface 1--4..........................................

Using the GPIB Port 1--5..............................................

Setting the GPIB Parameters from the Front Panel 1--6......................

Using TekVISA 1--8..................................................

Syntax and Commands

Command Syntax 2--1.........................................

Backus-Naur Form Definition 2--1......................................

SCPI Commands and Queries 2--2......................................

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands 2--10...................................

Constructed Mnemonics 2--10...........................................

Command Groups 2--11.........................................

Measurement Mode 2--12..............................................

Functional Groups 2--13...............................................

IEEE Common Commands 2--14........................................

:ABORt Commands 2--14..............................................

:CALCulate Commands 2--15...........................................

:CALibration Commands 2--16..........................................

:CONFigure Commands 2--16...........................................

:DISPlay Commands 2--17.............................................

:FETCh Commands 2--24..............................................

:FORMat Commands 2--25.............................................

:HCOPy Commands 2--26..............................................

:INITiate Commands 2--26.............................................

:INPut Commands 2--26...............................................

:INSTrument Commands 2--27..........................................

:MMEMory Commands 2--27...........................................

:PROGram Commands 2--28............................................

:READ Commands 2--28...............................................

:SENSe Commands 2--29..............................................

:STATus Commands 2--36..............................................

:SYSTem Commands 2--36.............................................

:TRACe Commands 2--37..............................................

:TRIGger Commands 2--37.............................................

:UNIT Commands 2--38...............................................

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IEEE Common Commands 2--39.................................

:ABORt Commands 2--49........................................

:CALCulate Commands 2--51....................................

:CALibration Commands 2--67...................................

:CONFigure Commands 2--75....................................

:DISPlay Commands 2--89.......................................

:FETCh Commands 2--245.......................................

:FORMat Commands 2--295......................................

:HCOPy Commands 2--297.......................................

:INITiate Commands 2--301.......................................

:INPut Commands 2--305.........................................

:INSTrument Commands 2--311...................................

:MMEMory Commands 2--315....................................

:PROGram Commands 2--325.....................................

:READ Commands 2--331........................................

:SENSe Commands 2--371........................................

:STATus Commands 2--529.......................................

:SYSTem Commands 2--537.......................................

:TRACe Commands 2--547.......................................

:TRIGger Commands 2--553......................................

:UNIT Commands 2--569.........................................

Retrieving Response Message 2--571................................

Status and Events

Status and Event Reporting System 3--1..................................

Registers 3--5.......................................................

Status Registers 3--5..................................................

Enable Registers 3--9.................................................

Transition Registers 3--11..............................................

Queues 3--12........................................................

Status and Event Processing Sequence 3--13...............................

Synchronizing Execution 3--14..........................................

Error Messages and Codes 3--17..................................

Command Errors 3--18.................................................

Execution Errors 3--20.................................................

Device Specific Errors 3--22............................................

Query Errors 3--22....................................................

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Programming Examples

General Programming Procedure 4--2....................................

Application Program Sample 4--3.......................................

Macro Program Execution Sample 4--15..................................

Appendices

Appendix A: Character Charts A--1..............................

Appendix B: GPIB Interface Specification B--1.....................

Interface Functions B--1...............................................

Interface Messages B--3...............................................

Appendix C: Factory Initialization Settings C--1....................

Appendix D: Setting Range D--1.................................

Display Format and Scale D--1..........................................

RBW D--4..........................................................

Appendix E: SCPI Conformance Information E--1..................

Glossary and Index

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List of Figures

Figure 1--1: Command parts 1--2.................................

Figure 1--2: Functional groupings and an alphabetical list of

commands 1--2............................................

Figure 1--3: Event-driven program 1--3...........................

Figure 1--4: Sample program (Visual C++ source code) 1--3..........

Figure 1--5: GPIB connector (rear panel) 1--4......................

Figure 1--6: GPIB connection 1--5................................

Figure 1--7: Typical GPIB network configurations 1--5..............

Figure 1--8: Remote Setup menu 1--6.............................

Figure 1--9: Setting the GPIB parameters 1--7......................

Figure 2--1: Example of SCPI subsystem hierarchy tree 2--2..........

Figure 2--2: Example of abbreviating a command 2--6...............

Figure 2--3: Example of chaining commands and queries 2--7.........

Figure 2--4: Example of omitting root and lower-level nodes in a

chained message 2--7.......................................

Figure 2--5: View number assignments 2--51........................

Figure 2--6: Horizontal scale setting requirements 2--90...............

Figure 2--7: Horizontal scale setting requirements for spectrum

view 2--91..................................................

Figure 2--8: :DISPlay:CCDF command setting 2--92..................

Figure 2--9: :DISPlay:DDEMod command setting 2--100...............

Figure 2--10: :DISPlay:OVIew command setting 2--128................

Figure 2--11: :DISPlay:PULSe:SPECtrum command setting 2--150......

Figure 2--12: :DISPlay:SPECtrum command setting 2--186.............

Figure 2--13: :DISPlay:TFRequency command setting 2--229...........

Figure 2--14: View display formats 2--239............................

Figure 2--15: :DISPlay:WAVeform command setting 2--240.............

Figure 2--16: Setting up the ACPR measurement 2--374................

Figure 2--17: Defining the analysis range 2--377......................

Figure 2--18: Setting up the channel power measurement 2--393.........

Figure 2--19: Setting up the C/N measurement 2--396..................

Figure 2--20: Defining the analysis range 2--406......................

Figure 2--21: Setting up the EBW measurement 2--425................

Figure 2--22: Setting frequency and span 2--427......................

Figure 2--23: Setting up the OBW measurement 2--437................

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Figure 2--24: Setting up the spurious signal measurement 2--496........

Figure 2--25: Defining the analysis range 2--524......................

Figure 2--26: Trigger mask setting example 2--557....................

Figure 2--27: Retrieving response message 2--571.....................

Figure 3--1: Status/Event reporting mechanism 3--2.................

Figure 3--2: The Status Byte Register (SBR) 3--6....................

Figure 3--3: The Standard Event Status Register (SESR) 3--7.........

Figure 3--4: The Operation Condition Register (OCR) 3--8...........

Figure 3--5: The Event Status Enable Register (ESER) 3--9...........

Figure 3--6: The Service Request Enable Register (SRER) 3--10........

Figure 3--7: Operation Enable Register (OENR) 3--10................

Figure 3--8: Operation Transition Register (OTR) 3--11...............

Figure 3--9: Status and event processing sequence 3--13...............

Figure 4--1: Saving the macro programs 4--15.......................

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List of Tables

Table 2--1: BNF symbols and meanings 2--1.......................

Table 2--2: Query response examples 2--3.........................

Table 2--3: Parameter types used in syntax descriptions 2--4.........

Table 2--4: Available units 2--8..................................

Table 2--5: Available SI prefixes 2--8.............................

Table 2--6: Constructed mnemonics 2--10..........................

Table 2--7: Measurement mode 2--12..............................

Table 2--8: List of command groups 2--13..........................

Table 2--9: IEEE common commands 2--14.........................

Table 2--10: :ABORt commands 2--14.............................

Table 2--11: :CALCulate commands 2--15..........................

Table 2--12: :CALibration commands 2--16........................

Table 2--13: :CONFigure commands 2--16..........................

Table 2--14: :DISPlay commands 2--17............................

Table 2--15: :FETCh commands 2--24.............................

Table 2--16: :FORMat commands 2--25............................

Table 2--17: :HCOPy commands 2--26.............................

Table 2--18: :INITiate commands 2--26............................

Table 2--19: :INPut commands 2--26..............................

Table 2--20: :INSTrument commands 2--27.........................

Table 2--21: :MMEMory commands 2--27..........................

Table 2--22: :PROGram commands 2--28..........................

Table 2--23: :READ commands 2--28..............................

Table 2--24: :SENSe commands 2--29..............................

Table 2--25: :STATus commands 2--36.............................

Table 2--26: :SYSTem commands 2--36............................

Table 2--27: :TRACe commands 2--37.............................

Table 2--28: :TRIGger commands 2--37............................

Table 2--29: :UNIT commands 2--38...............................

Table 2--30: :DISPlay command subgroups 2--89....................

Table 2--31: Main view display formats 2--103.......................

Table 2--32: Subview display formats 2--117.........................

Table 2--33: Subview display format 2--146..........................

Table 2--34: Subview display formats 2--170.........................

Table 2--35: Subview display formats in the signal source analysis 2--206.

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Table 2--36: Queried information on the digital modulation analysis

results 2--254................................................

Table 2--37: Queried information 2--261............................

Table 2--38: RFID measurement selections 2--268.....................

Table 2--39: Symbol value definition 2--271..........................

Table 2--40: Signal source analysis 2--283...........................

Table 2--41: Input attenuation settings 2--306........................

Table 2--42: Mixer level settings 2--309.............................

Table 2--43: Reference level range 2--310............................

Table 2--44: Measurement mode 2--312.............................

Table 2--45: Queried information on the digital modulation analysis

results 2--340................................................

Table 2--46: Signal source analysis 2--363...........................

Table 2--47: :SENSe command subgroups 2--371.....................

Table 2--48: Measurement item selections 2--382.....................

Table 2--49: Block size setting range 2--387..........................

Table 2--50: Modulation selections 2--413...........................

Table 2--51: Communication standard selections 2--422...............

Table 2--52: Measurement frequency bands 2--428....................

Table 2--53: Span setting 2--434...................................

Table 2--54: RFID measurement items 2--457........................

Table 2--55: Decoding format 2--463................................

Table 2--56: Modulation format 2--464..............................

Table 2--57: RFID demodulation standard 2--468.....................

Table 2--58: FFT windows 2--489..................................

Table 2--59: S/A mode measurement items 2--491.....................

Table 2--60: Analysis length setting range 2--511.....................

Table 2--61: SSOurce measurement items 2--512.....................

Table 2--62: Bin number setting range 2--556........................

Table 3--1: SBR bit functions 3--6................................

Table 3--2: SESR bit functions 3--7...............................

Table 3--3: OCR bit functions 3--8...............................

Table 3--4: Command errors 3--18................................

Table 3--5: Execution errors 3--20.................................

Table 3--6: Device specific errors 3--22.............................

Table 3--7: Query errors 3--22....................................

Table A--1: ASCII & GPIB code chart A--2.........................

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Table B--1: GPIB interface function implementation B--1............

Table B--2: Standard interface messages B--3......................

Table C--1: Factory initialization settings — IEEE common

commands C--1............................................

Table C--2: Factory initialization settings — :CALibration

commands C--1............................................

Table C--3: Factory initialization settings — :DISPlay commands C--1.

Table C--4: Factory initialization settings — :FORMat commands C--3

Table C--5: Factory initialization settings — :INITiate commands C--4.

Table C--6: Factory initialization settings — :INPut commands C--4...

Table C--7: Factory initialization settings — :SENSe commands C--4..

Table C--8: Factory initialization settings — :STATus commands C--10.

Table C--9: Factory initialization settings — :TRACe commands C--10..

Table C--10: Factory initialization settings — :TRIGger commands C--10

Table C--11: Factory initialization settings — :UNIT commands C--11..

Table D--1: Display format and scale D--1.........................

Table D--2: Display format and scale: RFID Measurements D--2......

Table D--3: Display format and scale: Signal source analysis D--3.....

Table D--4: RBW setting range D--4..............................

Table E--1: SCPI 1999.0-defined commands E--1...................

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