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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD><BODY><DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=621304716-02032004>I'm trying to set different power levels from within a saved, calibrated register of an <SPAN class=409454413-03032004><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN>HP<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=409454413-03032004><FONT color=#000000>/Agilent</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=409454413-03032004> </SPAN></FONT>8720D. If I set a new Power level in a different power range from the saved, I loose my calibration. This is causing me problems. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004>I would like to first detect the saved Power Range so I can determine if the new power level change is possible:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><OL> <LI><FONT size=2><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004><FONT size=2>I am using SCPI and I cannot find a command for Power Range. PWRR? == Manual/Auto Mode. POWE?</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial>=<SPAN class=621304716-02032004>= Power(dBm)</SPAN></FONT></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004>I thought I could determine the Power Range by detecting the Power and the Mode, but the auto ranges overlap making my decisions unstable.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></LI></OL><DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004>Has anyone found a solution for this problem.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=621304716-02032004> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Century Gothic"><STRONG>Michael Ford</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Test Engineering</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Herley Farmingdale</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>425 Smith Street Farmingdale, NY 11735-1198</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(phone) 631.630.2000 ext 268 (fax) 631.630.2066</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=621304716-02032004><FONT face="Century Gothic"><A href="mailto:Michael.Ford@Herley.com">mailto:</FONT></SPAN>Michael.Ford@Herley.com</A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to vrf as: rsb@soco.agilent.com<BR>To subscribe send a blank email to "join-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To send messages to this mailing list, email "vrf@agilent.com". <BR>If you need help with the mailing list send a message to "owner-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".</BODY></HTML>

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bollinilu Nov 1, 2003 7:20 AM
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-9"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR><STYLE></STYLE></HEAD><BODY bgColor=#ffffff><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to know whether the new release of VEE ( VEE 7.0) has PXI support or not?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to vrf as: rsb@soco.agilent.com<BR>To subscribe send a blank email to "join-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To send messages to this mailing list, email "vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com". <BR>If you need help with the mailing list send a message to "owner-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".</BODY></HTML>
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VRFuser Nov 2, 2003 4:12 PM
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Hello,

There is a way of obtaining HPGL screen dumps from older instruments. Patience and experimentation is usually the key. For the 8753 family, you need to issue the command: OUTPPLOT. The real challenge is to figure out how read back in the text string since it is likely that several control characters will be in the string that can fool VEE into thinking it has read back the entire string. For my 8753c (and this also works on the B models), I find that I need to read back 5 characters and discard them. The actual screen dump hpgl string is read back into a string array of 5 elements. All you need to do then is write the hpglStr to a file as ASCII. Code snippet provided below (numbers after the outpplot are for sizing/scaling info):

"outpplot 250,596,10250,7796;"
READ TEXT x CHAR:5
READ TEXT hpglstr STR ARRAY:5

You can then import this hpgl image into an MS Office package - however note that Office does not ship with HPGL filters as standard. Head to the MS web-site and download their HPGL filter.

For the 8753, the plots import pretty well. For other instruments (I seem to recall 859x series spectrum analyzers), the hpgl plots looked a little crunchy - the solution was to fork out 50$ on an HPGL editor to 'tidy them up'. A quick search on the web should give you a good few to choose from!

Finally, using PowerPoint you can actually edit the pen colors - import an hpgl file and edit to try. Amazed, I surely was.

Hope this helps,

Andy

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From: Luciano Bollini [mailto:bollinilu@omniway.sm]
Sent: 01 November 2003 22:20
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Subject: [vrf] Help to using VEE to Acquire Network Analyzer HPGL Files.

Hello to somebody,

I use VEE 6.01 to acquire data through istrument driver from my test equipment.
I have a old HP 8753B network analyzer for which it does not exist istrument driver.
I have found in Agilent Web a program to perform a HPGL screen capture to a file from the Agilent 8753 network analyzer but it don't work.
I believe that the problem is in the different instructions between 8753B and 8753E.
Someone can help me.
I enclose the program EPSG084769.vee.
Thank you very much.
Luciano

bollinilu@omniway.sm

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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [vrf] Help to using VEEto Acquire Network Analyzer HPGL Files.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello to somebody,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I use VEE 6.01 to acquire data through istrument driver frommy test equipment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have a old HP 8757A network analyzer with HP 8350B Sweeperfor which they don't exist istrument driver.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Someone can help me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Luciano<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:bollinilu@omniway.sm">bollinilu@omniway.sm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>---
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR><STYLE></STYLE></HEAD><BODY bgColor=#ffffff><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello to somebody,</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use VEE 6.01 to acquire data through istrument driver from my test equipment.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a old HP 8757A network analyzer with HP 8350B Sweeper for which they don't exist istrument driver.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Someone can help me.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Luciano</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:bollinilu@omniway.sm">bollinilu@omniway.sm</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to vrf as: rsb@soco.agilent.com<BR>To subscribe send a blank email to "join-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To send messages to this mailing list, email "vrf@agilent.com". <BR>If you need help with the mailing list send a message to "owner-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".</BODY></HTML>
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beli100174 Mar 1, 2004 7:10 PM
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<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Vrf,</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif"> I am using the following code to save a bmp in word.</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Set App = CreateObject("Word.Application");</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">App.Visible = TRUE;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Set Doc = App.Documents.Add();</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Doc.Activate();</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Set Wnd = App.ActiveWindow;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Set Sel = App.Selection;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sel.PageSetup.Orientation = wdOrientPortrait;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Wnd.View.Type = 3; // wdPageView in Word97, wdPrintView in Word2000</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sel.PageSetup.TopMargin = 40;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sel.TypeText(A);Sel.TypeText(" .... ");Sel.TypeText(Part);Sel.TypeText(" .... ");Sel.TypeText(Op);</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Set Bmp = Doc.Shapes.AddPicture(Leaks);</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bmp.LockAspectRatio = False;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Doc.Shapes.SelectAll( );</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sel.ShapeRange.PictureFormat.TransparentBackground = msoTrue;</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Doc.SaveAs("C://Documents and Settings//BHC Components Ltd//My Documents//Vee Programs//"+A+".doc");</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">App.Quit();</font>
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<font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Works fine 95% of the time.</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif"> But occasionally get the following error</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">ActiveX object "Microsoft Word" returned error code :0x800a1420 (5152)</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">ActiveX object retuned error message: This is not a valid file name.</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Try one of the following:</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Check the path to make sure it was typed correctly,</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Select a file from the list of files and folders.</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">(C://DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/BHC COMPO...)</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Object title :Change background in "word"</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Object type : Formula</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">In UserFunction: ShowOneGraph</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Error number : 553</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Has anybody out there come across this problem</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">& is there a way to fix it?</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am using Vee 6.0 with XP pro.</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks for your help in advance.</font>

<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Gavin Candy.</font>
<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Quality Engineer.
BHC Aerovox Ltd
20-21 Cumberland Drive
Granby Industrial Estate
Weymouth
DT4 9TE
England

Tel: ++44 1305 782871
Fax: ++44 1305 760670
Email: gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk
website: http://www.bhc.co.uk</font>

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