Sets or queries the recording period of the black box recorder in seconds. The value is saved in non-volatile memory.
real (s) - Returns the recording period in seconds.
SENS:BBR:PER 0.01
Selects a DC current measurement range. The instrument chooses the range with the best resolution for the entered value, which must be the highest value expected to be measured.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| qualifieropt | enum | MIN | MAX | Returns the minimum or maximum current range. |
real (A) - Returns the maximum current measurement range.
SENS:CURR:RANG 2
Enables or disables seamless measurement auto ranging.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Turns seamless measurement auto ranging on or off. |
enum - Returns the autoranging state as 0 or 1.
Enable current measurement autoranging: SENS:CURR:RANG:AUTO ON
Enables or disables Elog seamless measurement autoranging.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Turns Elog current autoranging on or off. |
enum - Returns the present Elog current measurement auto-ranging state as 0 or 1.
SENS:ELOG:CURR:RANG:AUTO ON
Selects the Elog current measurement range. The value entered must be the highest current expected to be measured, and the instrument chooses the best resolution for that value. When queried, it returns the maximum DC current that can be measured on the currently set range.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | 0 - maximum | Sets the Elog current measurement range upper limit. |
| qualifieropt | enum | MIN | MAX | Returns the minimum or maximum current range limit instead of the present range setting. |
real (A) - Maximum DC current that can be measured on the range presently set, or the selected MIN/MAX limit when queried with a qualifier.
SENS:ELOG:CURR:RANG 1
Enables or disables the Elog current measurement function.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables the Elog current measurement function. |
enum - Returns the Elog current measurement function state.
Enables or disables the Elog voltage measurement function.
enum - Returns whether the Elog voltage measurement function is enabled or disabled.
Enables or disables logging of the minimum and maximum current values.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables minimum/maximum current logging. |
enum - Returns the present state of current minimum/maximum logging.
SENS:ELOG:FUNC:CURR ON
Enables or disables logging of the minimum and maximum voltage values.
enum - Returns whether minimum/maximum voltage logging is enabled or disabled.
Sets or queries the integration time of an Elog measurement. The minimum logging period is 102.4 microseconds, but the actual minimum varies with the number of readings being logged.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| qualifieropt | enum | MIN | MAX | Optional query qualifier selecting the minimum or maximum period. |
string - Returns the current Elog integration period, or the minimum/maximum period when queried with MIN or MAX.
SENS:ELOG:PER 0.01
Enables or disables remote sense fault detection. This condition is annunciated by the SF status bit.
enum - Returns the present remote sense fault detection state.
SENS:FAULt:STATe OFF
Sets or queries the measurement time in number of power line cycles. Increasing the number of power line cycles reduces measurement noise on current and voltage measurements.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | 0.0003072 - 1,258,290,000,000 | Number of power line cycles to use for the measurement time. |
real - Returns the NPLC value.
SENS:SWE:NPLC 100
Defines the offset in a data sweep for triggered measurements. Positive values represent delay after the trigger; negative values represent samples taken prior to the trigger.
integer - Returns the offset in points.
SENS:SWE:OFFS:POIN -2048
Defines the number of points in a measurement. The number of points depends on the line frequency (50 Hz or 60 Hz), and the default number of points results in a measurement of 1 NPLC.
integer - Returns the number of points.
SENS:SWE:POIN 2048
Defines the time period between measurement samples. Units are seconds, and values are rounded to the nearest 20.48 microsecond increment.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | s | Time period between measurement samples. |
| qualifieropt | enum | MINimum | MAXimum | Returns the minimum or maximum allowed time period. |
real (s) - Returns the time period between measurement samples. MIN returns the minimum allowed value; MAX returns the maximum allowed value.
Returns the sensing function setting for the specified threshold comparator. The function can be amp-hour, current, power, voltage, or watt-hour.
enum - Returns the comparator sensing function.
SENS:THR1:FUNC POW
Sets the operation type for the specified threshold comparator. GT makes the signal true when the measurement is greater than the threshold level; LT makes it true when the measurement is less than the threshold level.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| mode | enum | GT | LT | Operation type for the comparator. |
Queries the amp-hour threshold level for comparator 1 through 4. The returned value is the current threshold level, with optional MIN or MAX qualifier support.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| qualifieropt | enum | MIN | MAX | Selects the minimum or maximum threshold level to return. |
real - Returns the threshold level value.
SENS:THR1:WHO 1
Selects the current threshold level for comparators 1, 2, 3, or 4. This becomes the qualifying measurement threshold for generating a true signal.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| level value | real | 0 - maximum | Sets the current threshold level in amperes. |
real - Returns the current threshold level.
SENS:THR1:WHO 1
Selects the power threshold level for comparators 1, 2, 3, or 4. This becomes the qualifying measurement threshold for generating a true signal.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| channel | integer | 1 - 4 | Threshold comparator number to configure. |
| level | real | 0 - maximum | Power threshold level. |
| qualifieropt | enum | MINimum | MAXimum | Use MINimum or MAXimum to set the minimum or maximum allowed threshold level. |
real (W) - Returns the threshold level value. Use MINimum or MAXimum in the query to return the minimum or maximum allowed threshold level.
SENS:THR1:WHO 1
Queries the voltage threshold level for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4. Use the optional level qualifier to read the minimum or maximum threshold value.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| qualifieropt | enum | MIN | MAX | Optional query qualifier specifying which threshold value to return. |
real (V) - Returns the voltage threshold level.
SENS:THR1:WHO 1
Selects the watt-hour threshold level for comparators 1 through 4. This becomes the qualifying measurement threshold for generating a true signal.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| level | real | 0 - maximum | Sets the watt-hour threshold level. |
real - Returns the present threshold level.
SENS:THR1:WHO 1
Selects the measurement window used for scalar DC measurement calculations. The Hanning window reduces errors in the presence of periodic signals; the instrument reverts to a rectangular window when points exceed 4883.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| window type | enum | HANNing | RECTangular | Selects the measurement window function. |
enum - Returns the current measurement window setting.
SENS:WIND HANN
Resets the amp-hour or watt-hour measurement to zero.
Sets the recording period of the black box recorder in seconds.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | s | Recording period for the black box recorder. |
Enables or disables seamless measurement auto ranging for the DC current measurement range.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables seamless measurement auto ranging. |
Selects a DC current measurement range.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| valueopt | real | - | Sets the upper current measurement range. |
Selects a DC current measurement range.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| valueopt | real | - | Upper limit of the DC current measurement range. |
Enables or disables Elog seamless measurement autoranging.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables Elog seamless measurement autoranging. |
Enables or disables current data logging for Elog.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables current data logging. |
Enables or disables min/max current data logging.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables min/max current data logging. |
Enables or disables voltage data logging for Elog. The related min/max voltage logging is documented on the next line in the same subsystem.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables voltage data logging. |
Enables or disables min/max voltage data logging.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables min/max voltage data logging. |
Sets the integration time of an Elog measurement.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | - | Integration time for the Elog measurement. |
Enables or disables remote sense fault detection.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| state | enum | 0 | OFF | 1 | ON | Enables or disables remote sense fault detection. |
Sets the measurement time in number of power line cycles.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | - | Number of power line cycles used for the measurement time. |
Defines the offset in a data sweep for triggered measurements.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| points | integer | - | Number of points offset in a data sweep for triggered measurements. |
Defines the number of points in a measurement sweep.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | integer | - | Number of points in a measurement. |
Defines the time period between measurement samples.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| value | real | - | Time period between measurement samples. |
Sets the amp-hour level for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| levelopt | real | - | Amp-hour level for the selected comparator. |
Sets the current threshold level for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4. The optional :LEVel node may be included in the command form.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| levelopt | real | - | Current level for the comparator threshold. |
Sets the sensing function for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| function | enum | VOLT | CURR | POW | AHO | WHO | Selects the sensing function for the selected threshold comparator. |
Sets the comparison type for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| comparison type | enum | GT | LT | Comparison type for the threshold comparator. |
Sets the power level for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| levelopt | real | - | Power level for the comparator. |
Sets the voltage level for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4. The optional level node may be omitted in the syntax.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| levelopt | real | - | Voltage threshold level for the selected comparator. |
Sets the watt-hour level for comparator 1, 2, 3, or 4.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| levelopt | real | - | Watt-hour level threshold for the selected comparator. |
Resets the accumulated watt-hour measurement.
Selects the measurement window.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|
| typeopt | enum | HANNing | RECTangular | Measurement window type. |