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General commands:
Command: @#^@%
Response: ERROR
Description: unsupported command
Command: VER
Response: AA-x y
Description: returns analyzer type and firmware version
Command: ON
Response: OK
Description: turn on the RF board of the analyzer
Command: OFF
Response: OK
Description: turn off the RF board of the analyzer
Measurement commands:
Command: FQx
Response: OK
Description: set center frequency (in Hz) to x
Command: SWx
Response: OK
Description: set sweep range to x Hz
Command: GET
Response: OK
Response: n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6,n7,n8,n9,n10,n11,n12
Description: output 12 ADC values at single frequency
(Internal format, use FRXn instead.)
Command: GTn
Response: n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6,n7,n8,n9,n10,n11,n12
Response: ……………………………..
Response: n1,n2,n3,n4,n5,n6,n7,n8,n9,n10,n11,n12
Response: OK
Description: output these values at n+1 steps (step size is calculated automatically)
(Internal format, use FRXn instead.)
Command: FRXn
Response: fq,r,x
Response: ……………………………..
Response: fq,r,x
Response: OK
Description: output frequency (MHz), R and X at n+1 steps (see the detailed description
below)
Command: PHx
Description: set reference DDS phase to x (AA-200, AA-230 and AA-230PRO only)
Command: Kx
Description: connect AD8302 to antenna (x=0) or 51R load (x=1) (AA-200, AA-230 and
AA-230PRO only)
Command: AMx
Description: set output amplitude to x=0…1023 (AA-200, AA-230 and AA-230PRO only)
Command: DEx
Description: set measurement delay to x relative units (x=1000 by default)
Command: FLASHR
Description: read the entire data memory (512K bytes for AA-200, AA-500, AA-230, AA-
230PRO, AA-520 and 128K bytes for AA-54)
Command: FLASHRn
Description: read the memort slot n
(Internal format, use FLASHH and FLASHFRXn instead.)
Command: FLASHW
Description: write back to the graph memory (512K bytes for AA-200, AA-500, AA-230,
AA-230PRO, AA-520 and 128K bytes for AA-54)
Command: FLASHE
Description: erase all graphs
Command: FLASHS
Description: reset the analyzer
Command: FLASHH
Response: <memory number>,<center fq 1>, <range 1>, <number of points>: <memory 1
name>
Response: <memory number>,<center fq 2>, <range 2>, <number of points>: <memory 2
name>
Response: …
Respinse: OK
Description: read stored memory headers
Command: FLASHFRXn
Response: fq,r,x
Response: ……………………………..
Response: fq,r,x
Response: OK
Description: read data stored in memory n (the output format is similar to the FRXn
command)
Screenshot commands
When a screenshot key combination is pressed, analyzers will return the following:
B&W LCDs:
AA-1000:
This command is originally designed to let programs other than AntScope communicate
with RigExpert antenna anlyzers.
Usage:
ON
FQ145000000
SW10000000
FRX10
OFF
140.000000,58.84,17.28
141.000000,69.74,16.79
142.000000,68.52,5.62
143.000000,62.49,2.79
144.000000,57.51,4.62
145.000000,55.38,9.11
146.000000,56.52,13.56
147.000000,59.40,17.41
148.000000,64.12,20.05
149.000000,71.13,22.01
150.000000,81.57,21.63