CALL:DATA

CALL:DATA

Last updated: May 19, 2009

GPIB Command Conventions

CALL:DATA:PING[:ALL]?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command returns the following results: packets transmitted, packets received, percentage of packets lost, minimum round trip time (in seconds), average round trip time (in seconds), maximum round trip time (in seconds).

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:ALL?"
ENTER 714;Pxmit,Prcvd,Plost,Min_time,Avg_time,Max_time

CALL:DATA:PING:ICOunt?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command queries the number of packets that have been transmitted at the moment this query is received by the test set.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:ICOUNT?"
ENTER 714;variable_name

CALL:DATA:PING:PACKets:RX?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command queries the number of packets received from the DUT or from the alternate device if CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:DEVice is set to ALTernate.

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:PACKETS:RX?"
ENTER 714;variable_name
! Queries the number of packets received from the device being tested.

CALL:DATA:PING:PACKets:TX?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This queries the number of packets transmitted from the test set.

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:PACKETS:TX?"
ENTER 714;variable_name
! Queries the number of packets transmitted from the test set.

CALL:DATA:PING:PLOSs?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command queries the percentage of packets lost during the ping session.

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:PLOSS?" 
ENTER 714;variable_name
! Queries the percentage of lost packets.

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:ALTernate:IP:ADDRess[:IP4]

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This sets/queries the alternate internet protocol (IP) address. This address will be used as the address to ping instead of the device under test if the CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:DEVice command is set to ALT.

EGPRS LA

Setting

Range: IP v4 address in dotted decimal format.

Query

Range: IP v4 address in dotted decimal format.

Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETUP:ALTERNATE:IP:ADDRESS `192.168.16.57'"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:ALTernate:IP:ADDRess:IP6

Function

This sets/queries the Alternate internet protocol version 6(IPv6) pinging address. This address will be used as the alternate address to ping instead of the device under test if the CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:DEVice command is set to ALT and the CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PROTocol command is set to IP6.

Setting

Range: 0 to 45 characters of an valid IPv6 address, this can be a normal 39- character IPv6 address, a zero compression IPv6 address or a up to 45-character IPv4 address-compatible address (see IPv6 Address Requirements ). Rangs are from

  • "" (blank field) or
  • 2000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 to 3FFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF or
  • FC00:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 to FDFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF or
  • FE80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 to FEBF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF

Query

Range: "" (blank field) or 39 characters of IPv6 address with the format: AAAA:BBBB:CCCC:DDDD:EEEE:FFFF:GGGG:HHHH. Each of the A, B, ... H is an hex number ranging from 0 to F.

*RST Setting

FE80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001
Requirements Lab Application Revision: G.00.08 and above.

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETUP:ALTERNATE:IP:ADDRESS:IP6 '2009::146.208.232.220'"
Sets the alternate Ping6 Address to 2009::146.208.232.220.
 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETUP:ALTERNATE:IP:ADDRESS:IP6 'FE80::1'"
Sets the alternate Ping6 Address to FE80::1.

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:COUNt

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command set/queries the number of ping IP messages sent for each uninterrupted invocation of the CALL:DATA:PING:STARt command. The MAXimum and MINimum mnemonics set this parameter to the maximum and minimum value of the numeric range, respectively.

EGPRS LA

Setting

Range: 1 to 2147483647 |MAXimum|MINimum

Query

Range: 1 to 2147483647

*RST Setting

10
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above
Revision E.01 extends the range of this parameter from 1000 to 2147483647.

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETUP:COUNT 20"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:DEVice

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command sets/queries which device address is used in the ping IP packets, the address of the device under test, or the address of an alternate device.

EGPRS LA

Setting

Range: DUT|ALTernate

Query

Range: DUT|ALT

*RST Setting

DUT
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETUP:DEVice ALT"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PACKet[:SIZE]

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command sets or queries the number of bytes to be sent by the test set in each ping packet.

EGPRS LA

Setting

Range: 8 to 4076 bytes

Resolution: 1

Query

Range: 8 to 4076 bytes

*RST Setting

64 bytes
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PACKet 10"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:TIMeout

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command sets or queries how long the test set will wait before ending a ping session.

EGPRS LA

Setting

Range: 1 to 100 seconds

Query

Range: 1 to 100 seconds

*RST Setting

5 seconds
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETUP:TIMEOUT 10"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PACKet[:SIZE][:IP4]

Function

This command sets/queries the number of bytes sent by the test set in each ping packet when the CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PROTocol command is set to IP4.

Setting

Range: 8 to 4076

Resolution: 1

Query

Same as setting
Requirements

Lab Application Revision: A.01 and above

Lab Application Revision: G.00.08 and above, added [:IP4]

*RST Setting

64 bytes

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PACKet 10"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PACKet[:SIZE]:IP6

Function

This command sets/queries the number of bytes sent by the test set in each ping packet with the CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PROTocol command set to IP6.

Setting

Range: 9 to 8192

Resolution: 1

Query

Same as setting
Requirements Lab Application Revision: G.00.08 and above

*RST Setting

64 bytes

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PACKet:IP6 10"

CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PROTocol

Function

This command sets/queries the ping protocol to use when pinging the external device.

Setting

IP4 | IP6

Query

Same as setting
Requirements Lab Application Revision: G.00.08 and above

*RST Setting

IP4

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:SETup:PROTocol IP4"

CALL:DATA:PING:STARt

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command starts a ping session.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:START"

CALL:DATA:PING:STOP

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command immediately stops a ping session. The ping results will not include counts for any ping message that has not yet received a response.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:STOP"

CALL:DATA:PING:TIME[:AVERage]?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command queries the average round trip time (in seconds) for a series of pings.

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:TIME:AVERAGE?"
ENTER 714;variable_name

CALL:DATA:PING:TIME:MAXimum?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command queries the maximum round trip time (in seconds) for a series of pings.

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:TIME:MAXIMUM?"
ENTER 714;variable_name

CALL:DATA:PING:TIME:MINimum?

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

EGPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the EGPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA

This command queries the minimum round trip time (in seconds).

This command will return 9.91 E+37 (NAN) if the Connection Type is not set to AUTO , or if ping results are not available. See CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE for more information.

EGPRS LA
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.01 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:PING:TIME:MINIMUM?"
ENTER 714;variable_name

CALL:DATA:RATE:CONFig[:EGPRs]

Function

GSM TA

This command is not applicable to the GSM Test Application.
GPRS TA

This command is not applicable to the GPRS Test Application.

GSM/GPRS LA This command is not applicable to the GSM/GPRS Lab Application.
EGPRS TA This command sets/queries whether the test set allows only multislot configurations which are known to work correctly for the current modulation and coding scheme setting or allows the selection of all multislot configurations regardless of whether they are supported by the test set for the current modulation and coding scheme setting.
EGPRS LA

Setting

Range: SUPPorted|ALL

Query

Range: SUPP|ALL

*RST Setting

SUPP
Requirements GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS TA

Revision: A.03 and above

GSM/GPRS/ EGPRS LA

Revision: C.03 and above

Programming Example

 
OUTPUT 714;"CALL:DATA:RATE:CONF ALL"