Programmer’s Guide EMI Receiver Series HP 8542E/HP 8546A EMI Receiver HP 85422E/HP 85462A Receiver RF Section G HEWLETT PACKARD HP Part No. 5962-5083 Printed in USA August 1994Notice. ‘The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material, © Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1994 All Rights Reserved. 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Compliance ‘This instrument has been designed and tested in accordance with IEC Publication 348, Safety Requirements for Electronic Measuring Apparatus, and has been supplied in a safe condition. ‘The instruction documentation contains information and warnings which must be followed by the user to ensure safe operation and to maintain the instrument in a safe condition, Safety Notes ‘The following safety notes are used throughout this manual. Familiarize yourself with each of the notes and its meaning before operating this instrument. WARNING Warning denotes a hazard. It calls attention to a procedure which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in injury or loss of life. Do not proceed beyond a warning note until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met. CAUTION — Caution denotes a hazard. It calls attention to a procedure that, if not correctly performed or adhered to, would result in damage to or destruction of the instrument. Do not proceed beyond a caution sign until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.General Safety Considerations WARNING = No operator serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified personnel. ‘To prevent electrical shock, do not remove covers. w= If this instrument is used in a manner not specified by Hewlett-Packard Company, the protection provided by the instrument may be impaired. = For continued protection against fire hazard, replace line fuse only with same type and rating ({F 5A/250V)). The use of other fuses or material is prohibited. CAUTION = Before switching on this instrument, make sure that the line voltage selector switch is set to the voltage of the power supply and the correct fuse is installed. = Always use the three-prong ac power cord supplied with this instrument. Failure to ensure adequate earth grounding by not using this cord may cause instrument damage. The instruction documentation symbol. The product is marked with this symbol when it is necessary for the user to refer to the instructions in the documentation. cE ‘The CE mark is a registered trademark of the European Community. (If accompanied by a year, it is when the design was proven.) ISMI-A This is a symbol of an Industrial Scientific and Medical Group 1 Class A product. osA ‘The CSA mark is a registered trademark of the Canadian Standards Association. Manual Conventions ‘This represents a key physically located on the instrument. Screen Text ‘This indicates a ‘softkey,” a key whose label is determined by the firmware of the instrument, ‘This indicates text displayed on the instrument's screen.EMI Receiver Series Documentation Description ‘The following documents are provided with either the HP 8542E/HP 8546A EMI receiver or the HP 85422E/HP 85462A receiver RF section. 1 Installation and Verification provides information for installing your instrument, verifying instrument operation, and customer support. 1 User's Guide describes instrument features and how to make measurements with your EMI receiver or receiver RF section. = Reference provides specifications and characteristics, menu maps, error messages, and key descriptions. « Programmer's Guide provides information on remote control instrument configuration, creating programs, and parameters for each of the programming commands available.Contents 1 Preparing for Use What You'll Learn in This Chapter. . a Connecting Your Instrument to a Computer Configuring Your Computer System . . Connecting the Computer to the Instrument. For the HP-IB Interface... . . For the RS-232 Interface |... ‘The Test Program. . HP-IB Connections for the HP 9000 Series 200 Technical Computers Bauimnent cece iipaitesteties Interconnection Instructions |: : : : ‘Test Program . HP-IB Connections for the HP 9000 Series 300 Technical ! Computers Equipment... . . Interconnection Instructions ‘Test Program... ae HP-IB Connections for the HP Vectra Personal Gomputer | 11 1 | Equipment. . i z i Interconnection Instructions |... ‘Test Program . . ie RS-232 Connections for the HP Vectra Personal Computer | | | Equipment... a eae Interconnection Instructions | 22). | ee sieet Program teases eeetdgioaas RS-232 Connections for the IBM PG/AT and Comp: Equipment... cee sae Interconnection Instructions. 1.1.11. ssl ee siac Prosmam@ testis 2 ee Printing or Plotting... eee eee : Printer with an HP-IB Interface... 1 Equipment jy Interconnection and Printing Instructions Plotter with an HP-IB Interface. 2... Equipment... ieay Interconnection and Plotting Instructions | Printer with an RS-282 Interface aa Equipment ...... seas Interconnection and Printing Instructions | | | | Plotter with an RS-232 Interface : Equipment... 0.0... 00000- oe Interconnection and Plotting Instructions . . | Printing after Plotting or Ploting after Printing There isa Problem... ...... : BESSSSERLELEIE & SESHESE BUSSSRGSEEESS Contents-1Writing a Program ‘What You'll Learn in This Chapter... .... Writing Your First Program . i: Composing the Program... Geeeasicees Program Example for the HP-IB Interface ||... |. Modifying the Program... 2... 2. 7 Program Example for the H1P-IB Interface | Enhancing the Program with Variables... 2... 2. Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . Getting Information from the Instrument... Program Example for the HP-IB Interface... . . . Programming Guidelines... 2... 2... ese Programming Topics ‘What You'll Learn in This Chapter»... 2... 0. Controlling Trace Data with a Computer se Reading Trace Data eee Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . a Saving Trace Data . feeneea Reading Trace Data from a Computer Disk” : Program Example for the HP-IB Interface a Saving and Recalling Instrument States... 2.0... Saving the Instrument’s State... 2... Program Example for the HP-IB Interface . . - Returning the Instrument to its Former State... . Program Example for the HP-IB Interface... 1... Different Formats for Trace Data Transfers PFormat . . ferences) Example of Using the PFormat.... 1s... B Format Example of Using the B Format . - AcBlock Format . . Example of Using the A-Block Format KBlock Format... . Bese Example of Using the FBlock Format |)... ) MFormat . . eee eareceeeesetiera Example of Using the M Format 4, Programming Commands What You'll Learn in This Chapter... 2... ‘Syntax Conventions... . sis ‘ABS Absolute... . ADD Add... ‘AMB Trace A Minus Trace B : AMBPL Trace A Minus Trace B Plus Display Line | | AMPCOR Amplitude Correction... 2... 2. 4s AMPLEN Amplitude Correction engin =. - ANNOT Annotation | Se eHeeey APB Trace A Plus TraceB oo. ARNG Auto Range... . cece AT Attenuation AUNITS Amplitude Units . AUTO Auto Couple... . estate AUTOAVG Auto Average AUTOCAL Automatic Calibration | 22221212). Contonts-2AUTOQPD Quasi-Peak Detector... 0c eee 449 AVBW Average Video Bandwidth... |: a : 450 AVG Average... : a + 482 AXB Exchange Trace AandTraceB ss... 1... pee 458 BAUDRATE Baud Rate of Instrument, See 455 BITBit : : : +. 487 BHIFBRRlag |... 0... eee 450 BLANK Blank Trace... . ees ee 461 BML Trace B Minus Display Line . - eens ngnt | BIC Transfer Trace Bto Trace ©... . 463 BXC Trace B Exchange Trace. ee 464 BYPASS Bypass Path Pee 465 CAL Calibration. eee eee ae 466 CALOHECK Calibration Check oe 69 CALSW Calibration Switch . ese sece eee acreyeeace 22 470 CALTIME Calibration ‘Time an CAT Catalog . . Eierieatictsroscirneeieerarteteerennet Sees al OF Center Frequency... ae CLRAVG Clear Average : OLRW Clear Write : ace CLS Clear Status Byte... 2... CNTLA Auxiliary Interface Control Line A. ‘ONTLB Auxiliary Interface Control Line B . - ONTLC Auxiliary Interface Control Line © CNTLD Auxiliary Interface Control Line D ‘CNTLI Auxiliary Interface Control Line Input : COMPRESS Compress Trace : CONCAT Concatenate CONTS Continuous Sweep... CORREK Correction Factors On COUPLE Couple . é CTA Convert to Absolute Units . CTM Convert to Measurement Units DATEMODE Date Mode cee DEMOD Demodulation .. 2... DET Detection Mode... 2.2... DISPOSE Dispose DIV Divide . . DL Display Line... . DNDown.. 2.2.0... DONE Done . - EDITANNOT Edit Annotation . |. | EK EnableKnob... 2... : EP Enter Parameter Function 4110 BRASE Erase... ... 411 EXITANNOT Exit Annotation 2. 4112 ERE Exponent easter resets eres te eat 4113 FA Start Frequency. . pees 4116 FASTMRKR Fast Marker teeter 4118 FB Stop Frequency... 1... Seater reeeee a 4119 FCALDATE Last Calibration Date : : ee 2 4121 FFT Fast Fourier Transform eee se 4122 FMGAIN FM Gain... . eee 4-126 FOFFSET Frequency Offset |) 112 1! 4127 FORMAT Format Disk rae 4.129 Contents3FSFullSpan.... 2... 0... bee ee 4180 FSER RF Filter Section Serial Number . eeeeeeneenar 3) GRAT Graticule . . . oe pee ees 182 HAVE Have . foe seer ture eee tia eect 4.133 HD Hobd Data Ente terete arora rere arene es 4-135 HN Harmonic Number... ea eo eed titts 4136 HNLOCK Harmonic Number Lock eee 7 4187 HNUNLK Unlock Harmonic Number. . eee eeeeeeeee 4-139 IinpuB......... eee beeen ee 440 ID Identify... ne es’: IFBW Intermediate Frequency Bandwidth»... eee eeeeeeite 2 4142 INTInteger. 2 4144 INZ Input Impedance 111) | | 4-146 IP Instrument Preset . - pede 4147 LASTKEYMENU Last Key Menu |). |) 4-150 LF Base Band Instrument Preset... . 4.151 LG Logarithmic Scale. . eeu 4-152 LIMIAMPSCL Limit-Line Amplitude Seale . 4-153 LIMIDEL Deleve Limit-Line Table . . 4154 LIMIDISP Limit Line Display . ‘| 4-155 LIMIFAIL Limits Failed... 5. : 4157 LIMIFRQSCL Limit-Line Frequency Seale 222222) 2 221222 ange LIMIFT Select Frequency or Time LimitLine . 2.) 4-160 LIMIHI Upper Limit 2... . : sesete 4-161 LIMILINE Limit Lines 2.2... eee eect see Cet e eet eta) LIMILINESTA Limit-Line State... ee pes £166 LIMILO Lower Limit... aera toataereeteee Ha epeeeeeeeneruimSiereeeer |} LIMIMARGAMP Limit Margin Amplitude || | 4-169 LIMIMARGSTA Limit-Margin State... 4.170 LIMIMIRROR Mirror Limit Line. 2 ee ANTE LIMIMODE Limit-Line Entry Mode See See eee eT LIMINUM Limit-Line Number... . 2... 2. Hee eee eed tes ested LIMIREL Relative Limit Lines 22... os Pee aeey ANT LIMISEG Enter Limit-Line Segment for Frequency aeeae oe. 4179 LIMISEGT Enter Limit-Line Segment for Sweep Time austere tel pees 4182 LIMITEST Enable Limit-Line Testing e cee 4185 LINCHK Linearity Check . Stee : ay 4-187 LINFILL Linear. 2... 22. ee 4-188 LN Linear Scale |). 22. a 4190 LOAD Load. : 4191 LOG Logarithm. . 4193 LSPAN Last Span... ss 4196 LOGSWEEPSPD Log Sweep Speed 4197 M4 Marker Zoom . Ee 7 4198 MDS Measurement Data Sie... 2.0.2... ce 2. 4200 ‘MDU Measurement Data Units... 0... 00.0020 0 ee ey 4.202 ‘MEAN Trace Mean . . arene : 4.204 MEANTH Trace Mean Above Threshold |.) sl. se 4206 MEASALLSIGS Measure All Signals...) 2... 2... Pee ee 4208 MEASAVG Measure Average... sas 4208 ‘MEASFREQ Measure Frequency eee eee as aeruaet eee eee: MEASPEAK Measure Peak . . se 42Ud MEASQPD Measure Quasi-Peak Detector 7 i 4212 MBASRESULT Measure Result... 2... 0.20.0 ee 4213 MEASSIG Measure Signal... |. Danes pee eee 4216 Contonts-4MEASTIMEAVG Measure Time Average... 22.2 20 ee ee eee 4216 MEASTIMEPK Measure Time Peak... 0... Seana 2. 4217 MEASTIMEQPD Measure Time Quasi-Peak Detector - Fe 4218 MEASURE Measure Mode ace seat 4219 MEASWITHPP Measure With Preselector Peak |)... pai 4221 MERGE Merge Two Traces... . . eter eenneee ee ea a ama, MP Marker Frequency Output - Eee 4224 MIN Minimum... eau See eee eeeedeeeeeerees 4226 MINH Minimum Hold. 22... ee PaereeheryeraveHINSeD) 4-228 MINPOS Minimum Pos tee . cee 4229 MIRROR Mirror Image E : : sees eee ea MKA Marker Amplitude... . ee eee eters aa: MKACT Activate Marker... se Goss paneeetner MKACTV Marker As the Active Function : . 4236 MKBW Marker Bandwidth»... 0... 00. ae a 4.237 MKOF Marker to Center Frequency 2... oe sc vee cee es 4288 MKCONT Marker Continue... . : 7 edie 4-239 MKD Marker Delta... . Ha See a 4.240 MKF Marker Frequency... 22.2 eee ee eee 4-242 MKFC Marker Counter. 2... ee Rea eeeeegaae MKFCR Marker Counter Resolution 4245 MKMIN Marker Minimum... .. 2. a : ‘ 4247 MKN Marker Normal. . 2.2.0... 4248 MKNOISE Marker Noise... 1... a Detect e eee 4250 MKOFF Marker Of 2.20... Sees eee one: MKP Marker Position. ©... 2... SoH Hace Hei rate Hos ave tH del MKPAUSE Marker Pause : aaa eae 4255 MKPK Marker Peak. 2 022200 c ee ee ete 4.257 MKPX Marker Peak Excursion 2... cee ERB MKREAD Marker Readout... 22 ee ee es 4260 MKRL Marker to Reference Level. 220.02 ce ee es 4262 MKSP Marker to Span... 00. SESE 4.263 MKSS Marker to Step Se 2.2... 2.2 -.00- ies 4-264 MKSTOP Marker Step... ... 2. 4.266 MKTRACE Marker Trace... 2... Seda ‘ 4-267 MKTRACK Marker Track 22. ee eee 4268 MKTYPE Marker Type... 2-22. ee bee ee 4269 MLMixer Level 2.00220 4.270 MOD Modulo sae eee He 4272 MOV Moves) eu etedet See ai be treet deed aoe a. MPY Multiply ©... 22... Seater near teee ie 1 4276 ‘MSI Mass Storage Is... 7 7 4278 MXMMaximum se eee Pee eer et tote tt 6270) MXMH Maximum Hold»... see aoe cee 4281 NRL Normalized Reference Level | | | tle : 4-282 OA Output Active Function Value... 2... eee ee setae ete OL Output Leam String 2. eee 4-285 OVLD Overload . . ; : 4.286 PDA Probability Distribution of Amplitude a eran cs 4288 PEAKS Peaks... 2... sees 4290 PLOT Flee uintnur esa ieee eee a Seer eat vane a POWERON Power-On States 1221111 oe 7 4-295 PP Preselector Peak... . eet bee es 4206 PREAMP Preamplifier . . ee eee ea See eae Eee PREAMPG External Preamplifier Gain | |.) | pte ee 4209 Contents 5