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Model624(R485)Attenuatorv1.2 December2020 Page7of13
SYSTEMFUNCTIONSANDFEATURES
POWER‐UPPROCEDURE
Whentheinstrumentisinitiallyconnectedtothepowersupplyitresetstothe50dBreferenceposition.This
actionmaybedisabledifrequired,howevertheinstrumentmustberesetassoonaspossibletoestablishthe
correctreferencealignment.Refertothe‘PONRST’and‘RESET’commands.
Theinstrumentcanbeprogrammedtoreturntothelastsettingpriortopowerbeingremoved.Refertothe
‘HOLDSET’command.
Theinstrumentissuppliedinvaluemode,coveringtherangeof0.0dBto50.0dB,withthesmallest
incrementalvaluebeing0.1dB.Itispossibletopositiontheinstrumentusingmotorstepsintherange0to
2410,givingincreasedresolutionatlowerattenuationsettings.Refertothe‘SSET’commandandTable4
below.Notethatthestepsarefromthereferencepositionof50.0dB.
Alsonotethatwhenchangingfrom‘steps’modeto‘value’mode,theattenuatorwillenterthereset
proceduretore‐synchronisetothereferenceposition.
AttenuationdBStepsAttenuationdBStepsAttenuationdBSteps
50.0033.0 149 16.0 562
49.0532.0 164 15.0 603
48.01131.0 179 14.0 647
47.01730.0 195 13.0 695
46.02329.0 212 12.0 746
45.03028.0 230 11.0 801
44.03727.0 249 10.0 861
43.04526.0 270 9.0 926
42.05225.0 291 8.0 997
41.06124.0 314 7.0 1075
40.07023.0 339 6.0 1162
39.07922.0 365 5.0 1260
38.08921.0 393 4.0 1371
37.010020.0 422 3.0 1501
36.011119.0 454 2.0 1661
35.012318.0 488 1.0 1875
34.013617.0 524 0.0 2410
Table4:Attenuation–StepsfromReference
Whenthehighattenuationsettingisactive,thisenablesacoarseattenuationsettingofapproximately85dB.
Refertothe‘HIGH’command.
In‘Steps’mode,itispossibletoenteranegativevalueupto‐180toachieveaveryapproximatehigh
attenuationvalue.Forexample,‐39stepsroughlyequatesto60dB.Theattenuationaccuracybeyond50dB
cannotbeguaranteed.