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How to start the internal alignment on the FSL and get the results via external commands

Question

How to start the internal alignment on the FSL and get the results via external commands

Answer

To verify that the connection is working please ask the instrument '*IDN?'
the answer may be close to:

Rohde&Schwarz,FSL-6,102083/016,2.50
B9,B10,B5,K7,K8,K14,K9,B6,B7,B8,B22,K82,K20,K84,K30,K72,K93,K91,K91N

system:display:update on (just to make sure you can monitor the calibration been performed, later it may be set to system:display:update off)

*CAL?

0

CALibration:RESult?

"Alignment state: PASSED","FW-Version: 2.50","Date (dd/mm/yyyy): 11/09/2020 Time: 14:01:32","Runtime: 00:04 ","CPU-Temp.: 16.000000 ","","Signal level for self alignment (in dBm) ","required measured state "," -20.00 -19.70 PASSED ","","Alignment of DC Offset "," PASSED ","","Alignment of IF frequency response "," PASSED ","","level offset at 65.83 MHz (in dB) ","rf att preamp gain unaligned aligned state "," 0 dB 0 dB -4.90 -4.99 PASSED "," 5 dB 0 dB -4.25 -4.37 PASSED ","10 dB 0 dB -4.36 -4.48 PASSED ","15 dB 0 dB -4.40 -4.52 PASSED ","20 dB 0 dB -4.53 -4.62 PASSED ","25 dB 0 dB -4.69 -4.78 PASSED ","30 dB 0 dB -4.76 -4.84 PASSED ","35 dB 0 dB -3.02 -3.14 PASSED ","40 dB 0 dB -3.23 -3.32 PASSED ","45 dB 0 dB -3.39 -3.48 PASSED ","50 dB 0 dB -3.46 -3.55 PASSED ","20 dB 0 dB -3.13 -3.21 PASSED ","25 dB 0 dB -2.74 -2.85 PASSED ","30 dB 0 dB -2.96 -3.07 PASSED "," 0 dB 20 dB -1.26 -1.41 PASSED "," 5 dB 20 dB -0.23 -0.41 PASSED ","10 dB 20 dB -0.29 -0.46 PASSED ","15 dB 20 dB -0.23 -0.40 PASSED ","","Tracking generator output level (DAC values) ","level / dBm unaligned aligned state "," -20.00 24 27 PASSED "," -19.00 26 29 PASSED "," -18.00 28 30 PASSED "," -17.00 30 33 PASSED "," -16.00 33 35 PASSED "," -15.00 35 38 PASSED "," -14.00 38 40 PASSED "," -13.00 41 44 PASSED "," -12.00 45 47 PASSED "," -11.00 49 51 PASSED "," -10.00 54 56 PASSED "," -9.00 59 62 PASSED "," -8.00 65 68 PASSED "," -7.00 73 77 PASSED "," -6.00 81 85 PASSED "," -5.00 91 95 PASSED "," -4.00 104 104 PASSED "," -3.00 118 118 PASSED "," -2.00 133 133 PASSED "," -1.00 149 149 PASSED "," 0.00 166 166 PASSED ",""

*CAL?

0

CALibration:RESult?

"Alignment state: PASSED","FW-Version: 2.50","Date (dd/mm/yyyy): 11/09/2020 Time: 14:03:49","Runtime: 00:04 ","CPU-Temp.: 29.000000 ","","Signal level for self alignment (in dBm) ","required measured state "," -20.00 -19.81 PASSED ","","Alignment of DC Offset "," PASSED ","","Alignment of IF frequency response "," PASSED ","","level offset at 65.83 MHz (in dB) ","rf att preamp gain unaligned aligned state "," 0 dB 0 dB -4.90 -4.90 PASSED "," 5 dB 0 dB -4.25 -4.28 PASSED ","10 dB 0 dB -4.36 -4.38 PASSED ","15 dB 0 dB -4.40 -4.42 PASSED ","20 dB 0 dB -4.53 -4.53 PASSED ","25 dB 0 dB -4.69 -4.69 PASSED ","30 dB 0 dB -4.76 -4.75 PASSED ","35 dB 0 dB -3.02 -3.04 PASSED ","40 dB 0 dB -3.23 -3.23 PASSED ","45 dB 0 dB -3.39 -3.39 PASSED ","50 dB 0 dB -3.46 -3.46 PASSED ","20 dB 0 dB -3.13 -3.13 PASSED ","25 dB 0 dB -2.74 -2.75 PASSED ","30 dB 0 dB -2.96 -2.98 PASSED "," 0 dB 20 dB -1.26 -1.31 PASSED "," 5 dB 20 dB -0.23 -0.30 PASSED ","10 dB 20 dB -0.29 -0.36 PASSED ","15 dB 20 dB -0.23 -0.30 PASSED ","","Tracking generator output level (DAC values) ","level / dBm unaligned aligned state "," -20.00 24 27 PASSED "," -19.00 26 28 PASSED "," -18.00 28 30 PASSED "," -17.00 30 33 PASSED "," -16.00 33 35 PASSED "," -15.00 35 38 PASSED "," -14.00 38 41 PASSED "," -13.00 41 44 PASSED "," -12.00 45 47 PASSED "," -11.00 49 52 PASSED "," -10.00 54 56 PASSED "," -9.00 59 62 PASSED "," -8.00 65 69 PASSED "," -7.00 73 76 PASSED "," -6.00 81 86 PASSED "," -5.00 91 96 PASSED "," -4.00 104 107 PASSED "," -3.00 118 118 PASSED "," -2.00 133 133 PASSED "," -1.00 149 149 PASSED "," 0.00 166 166 PASSED ",""