The remote control screen transfers remote control commands or command scripts to be executed on the R&S® CMU; see application example Remote control of the R&S CMU. It is opened by clicking Application – Command.
Remote control screen
The commands to be executed are entered in the Enter remote command… input field; the responses of the R&S® CMU and possible error messages are displayed below. Besides the remote control screen provides the following control elements:
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Execute all commands |
Execute all commands entered since the Remote Service Tool was started or since the list was cleared. The complete command list appears in a pull-down list associated with the Enter remote command… input field. |
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Report
Display / |
Display the remote report on the R&S® CMU’s remote screen and create a report file. These functions are identical with the Report Display and Report File hotkeys in the CMU’s remote screen. |
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Load / Save |
Load an ASCII text file (default extension: *.lst, can be changed at will), with a command script to be executed or save the current command list to a text file file. |
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Clear |
Clear the current command list. |
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Refresh sec. address mapping |
Refresh the list of assigned secondary addresses and function groups, e.g. after the mapping was changed on the R&S® CMU. Commands are sent to the secondary address selected in the list. |
While the remote control screen is active, an additional Cmd Ctrl menu is available:
Overview of Cmd Ctrl menu in the Remote Service Tool
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Command |
Function |
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Filename… |
Call up an Open File dialog to define the name and location of a log file containing all executed commands and device responses. The responses can be up to 2 MByte in size, so the log file information is often more complete than the remote report displayed on the instrument’s remote screen. |
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Logging |
Toggle function: Enable or disable logging. |
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Append File |
Toggle function: If enabled, new information is appended at the end of the log file. Otherwise the log file is overwritten at the beginning of each Remote Service Tool session. |
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Button Setup |
Open a dialog to create command buttons, to be used as shortcuts for manual entry of frequently used commands. The command buttons idn, opc, and Reset are created as follows:
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