CALibration

Function

GSM TA

Queries the calibration information about Burst Modulation Offset 1.

The query returns 3 comma separated values: Data and Time, Temperature and Pass/Fail.

• Date and Time indicates when the calibraiton is performed.
• Temperature indicates the internal operating temperature when the calibration is performed.
• Pass/Fail indicates whether the calibration is performed successfully.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• Date and Time: "2000-01-01 00:00:00" to "2100-01-01 00:00:00"
• Temperature: -60.0 to 100.0 (°C)
• Pass/Fail: 1| 0

Revision: A.09 and above

Revision: F.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:BMOFFSET:INFORMATION?" 

Function

GSM TA

Queries the calibration information about Digital Average Power.

The query returns 3 comma separated values: Data and Time, Temperature and Pass/Fail.

• Date and Time indicates when the calibraiton is performed.
• Temperature indicates the internal operating temperature when the calibration is performed.
• Pass/Fail indicates whether the calibration is performed successfully.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• Date and Time: "2000-01-01 00:00:00" to "2100-01-01 00:00:00"
• Temperature: -60.0 to 100.0 (°C)
• Pass/Fail: 1| 0

Revision: A.09 and above

Revision: F.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:DAPOWER:INFORMATION?" 

Sets/queries the date of the last system calibration done to the test set, not the IQ calibration date. Returns a comma separated list YYYY,MM,DD in that order.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

GSM/GPRS LA

EGPRS LA

Sets the system calibration date.

Range

• Year = 0000 to 9999

• Month = 01 to 12

• Day = 01 to 31

Query

Returns the date when system calibration was performed.

Range

• Year = 0000 to 9999

• Month = 1 to 12

• Day = 1 to 31

Revision: A.01 and above

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:DATE 1999,01,04" 
! Sets the date of the last system calibration year, month and day.

Function

GSM TA

Sets/queries the calibration of the IQ modulator for RF generator 1. It takes some time to complete calibration and can't be aborted except by cycling the power switch.

• Calibrates the IQ modulator for RF generator 1.
• Returns a value indicating success or failure of calibration.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• 0 = Pass
• -340 = Fail

Revision: A.01 and above

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:IQ1?" 
! Performs a calibration of the IQ modulator for RF generator 1 and returns 0 or -340.

Function

GSM TA

Queries the calibration information of the IQ modulator for RF generator 1. The command has a parameter string that indicates the name of the TA Partition. The parameter string is selected from "GSM/GPRS", "AMPS/136", "WCDMA", "IS-856" or "IS-2000/IS-95/AMPS".

The query returns 3 comma separated values: Data and Time, Temperature and Pass/Fail.

• Date and Time indicates when the calibraiton is performed.
• Temperature indicates the internal operating temperature when the calibration is performed.
• Pass/Fail indicates whether the calibration is performed successfully.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• Date and Time: "2000-01-01 00:00:00" to "2100-01-01 00:00:00"
• Temperature: -60.0 to 100.0 (°C)
• Pass/Fail: 1| 0

Revision: A.09 and above

Revision: F.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:IQ1:INFORMATION GSM/GPRS?" 

Function

GSM TA

Sets/queries the calibration of the IQ modulator for RF generator 2. It takes some time to complete calibration and can't be aborted except by cycling the power switch.

• Calibrates the IQ modulator for RF generator 2.
• Returns a value indicating success or failure of calibration.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

GSM/GPRS LA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• 0 = Pass
• -340 = Fail

Revision: A.01 and above

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:IQ2?" 
! Performs a calibration of the IQ modulator for RF generator 2 and returns 0 or -340.

Function

GSM TA

Queries the calibration information of the IQ modulator for RF generator 2. The command has a parameter string that indicates the name of the TA Partition. The parameter string is selected from "GSM/GPRS", "AMPS/136", "WCDMA", "IS-856" or "IS-2000/IS-95/AMPS".

The query returns 3 comma separated values: Data and Time, Temperature and Pass/Fail.

• Date and Time indicates when the calibraiton is performed.
• Temperature indicates the internal operating temperature when the calibration is performed.
• Pass/Fail indicates whether the calibration is performed successfully.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

GSM/GPRS LA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• Date and Time: "2000-01-01 00:00:00" to "2100-01-01 00:00:00"
• Temperature: -60.0 to 100.0 (°C)
• Pass/Fail: 1| 0

Revision: A.09 and above

Revision: F.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:IQ2:INFORMATION GSM/GPRS?" 

Starts the spectrum monitor calibration routine. It is important that no power is applied to the RF IN/OUT connector during calibration.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

GSM/GPRS LA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range: 0 through 10, and -340

• 0 (Spectrum Monitor calibration completed successfully)
• 1 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to temperature drift. Wait for temperature to stabilize)
• 2 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to oven out of range)
• 3 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to loopback switch problem)
• 4 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to under range condition)
• 5 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to over range condition)
• 6 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to correlation problem)
• 7 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to source level problem)
• 8 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to IF filter coefficient problem)
• 9 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to IF frequency response problem)
• 10 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed due to waveform quality problem)
• -340 (Spectrum Monitor calibration failed)

Revision: A.01 and above

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:SMONitor?" 
! Performs a calibration of the Spectrum Monitor and returns a value 0-10 or -340.

Function

GSM TA

Queries the calibration information about Spectrum Monitor. The command has a parameter string that indicates the name of the TA Partition. The parameter string is selected from "GSM/GPRS", "AMPS/136", "WCDMA", "IS-856" or "IS-2000/IS-95/AMPS".

The query returns 3 comma separated values: Data and Time, Temperature and Pass/Fail.

• Date and Time indicates when the calibraiton is performed.
• Temperature indicates the internal operating temperature when the calibration is performed.
• Pass/Fail indicates whether the calibration is performed successfully.

GPRS TA

EGPRS TA

EGPRS LA

Query

Range

• Date and Time: "2000-01-01 00:00:00" to "2100-01-01 00:00:00"
• Temperature: -60.0 to 100.0 (°C)
• Pass/Fail: 1| 0

Revision: A.09 and above

Revision: F.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALIBRATION:SMONITOR:INFORMATION GSM/GPRS?"