Reading data back from HP4195A

I know for my HP synthesizer there is a "gate" signal -- and I can control the synthesizer and spectrum analyzer all in one.

Try posting your question on the newsgroup rec.radio.amateur.homebrew -- there are quite a few former HP (Agilent) engineers who visit there. A lot of ham radio ops use HP network analyzers, synthesizers, VNA's etc.

I don't know if I'd call a 4195 a "modern" instrument. My 4195A was made in 1989, and SPCI came out in 1999.

It's an HP-IB command that the 3562A accetps.

-larry

Thanks very much Mark. I've played around with this a bit, and I found that the A register has the Y data and the X register has the X data. But what data is contained in the B register?

-larry

I have an HP3577A that accepts commands like "DRA" (Dump Register A). Send it "FM1" first if you want ASCII data. If that works, I should be able to suggest a few more commands to try out.

Jeroen Belleman

A register: A? B register: B? X register: X?

My normal sequence: SWM2 single sweep mode SWTRIG trigger (may need to insert a wait) A? get A register B? get B register X? get C register

Have you tried poking around

rick jones

Hi,

Please contact my friend Marc / F5MM he has many many HP TM equipment and do some programming for these and he own a 4195A . His email is: snipped-for-privacy@compuserve.com Recommand you from myself, he's a very good friend. He is also starting a European HP museum with around more than 500 instruments, vintage and more recent. I copy him with this email.

Good luck Pierre-François / F5BQP snipped-for-privacy@wanadoo.fr

"Larry Martell" a écrit dans le message de news: snipped-for-privacy@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

The B register contents depends on what the instrument settings are. Hit the format button for the A and B register definitions.

Network analysis: phase, group delay, and imaginary part of the signal.

Impedance analysis: to numerous to list.

Spectral analysis: nothing that I know of.

fwiw, the folks at SOFTWIRE have put together a Visual Basic routine for GPIB -- it can be found as a zip file on the Softwire Forum -- in the "Strut Your Stuff" section.

Thanks again!!

-larry