[SENSe<Ch>:]AVERage...    Related Topics

This subsystem sets sweep averaging parameters. The sweep average is a noise-reduction technique which consists of calculating each measurement point as an average of the same measurement point over several consecutive sweeps.  

   

Command tree: [SENSe<Ch>:]AVERage

:COUNt

[:STATe]

:CLEar


[SENSe<Ch>:]AVERage:CLEar

Starts a new average cycle, clearing all previous results and thus eliminating their effect on the new cycle.

<Ch>

Channel number. If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1.

 

*RST value

 

SCPI, Command Types

Confirmed, no query

 

Example:

AVER:COUN 15; AVER ON

Set the average factor for channel 1 to 15 and enable the sweep average.

AVER:COUN 5; CLE

Reduce the average factor and restart the average.

 

 


[SENSe<Ch>:]AVERage:COUNt <numeric_value>

Defines the number of consecutive sweeps to be combined for the sweep average (Average Factor).

<Ch>

Channel number.

 

<numeric_value>

Average factor

Range [def. unit]

1 to 1000 [1]

*RST value

10

 

SCPI, Command Types

Confirmed, command or query

 

Example:

AVER:COUN 15

Set the average factor for channel 1 to 15.

AVER ON

Enable the sweep average.

 

 


[SENSe<Ch>:]AVERage[:STATe] <Boolean>

Enable or disable the sweep average.

<Ch>

Channel number.

 

<Boolean>

ON | OFF - Enables or disables the automatic calculation of the sweep average over the specified number of sweeps ([SENSe<Ch>:]AVERage:COUNt).

*RST value

ON

 

SCPI, Command Types

Confirmed, command or query

 

Example:

AVER:COUN 15

Set the average factor for channel 1 to 15.

AVER ON

Enable the sweep average over the defined number of sweeps.