
FlannMicrowave Model625
Model625Version1.2 June2020 Page8of16
4SYSTEMFUNCTIONSANDFEATURES
4.1POWER‐UPPROCEDURE
WhentheinstrumentisconnectedtoaPoE‐compatiblenetwork,itresetstothe60dBreferenceposition.
Thisactionmaybedisabledifrequired,buttheinstrumentmustberesetassoonaspossibletoestablish
thecorrectreferencealignment.Refertothe‘PWR_ON_RST’and‘RESET_INST’commandsinsection5.2.
Theinstrumentissuppliedwith‘PWR_ON_RST’settoON.
Theinstrumentcanbeprogrammedtoreturntothelastsettingpriortopowerbeingremoved.Referto
the‘HOLD_SET’command.
4.2SETTINGATTENUATION
Theinstrumentcanbesettoattenuationvaluesintherange0.0dBto60.0dBusingtheVALUE_SET
command.Thesmallestincrementalvaluedependsontheabsoluteattenuation:0.01dB(upto20dB
attenuation),0.02dB(20to30dBattenuation),0.05dB(30to50dBattenuation)and0.1dB(50to60dB
attenuation).Itispossibletopositiontheinstrumentusingmotorstepsintherange0to9799,giving
increasedresolutionatlowerattenuationsettings.Refertothe‘STEPS_SET’commandinsection5.2,and
Table2below.Notethatthestepsarefrom0dB,andthecharacteristicisnon‐linear.
Attenuation dB Steps Attenuation dB Steps Attenuation dB Steps
0.0 0 20.0 7952 40.0 9362
1.0 2139 21.0 8070 41.0 9398
2.0 2997 22.0 8181 42.0 9432
3.0 3635 23.0 8285 43.0 9464
4.0 4156 24.0 8384 44.0 9494
5.0 4602 25.0 8476 45.0 9522
6.0 4992 26.0 8563 46.0 9549
7.0 5340 27.0 8644 47.0 9574
8.0 5653 28.0 8721 48.0 9598
9.0 5938 29.0 8794 49.0 9621
10.0 6198 30.0 8862 50.0 9642
11.0 6437 31.0 8926 51.0 9662
12.0 6658 32.0 8987 52.0 9681
13.0 6862 33.0 9044 53.0 9699
14.0 7052 34.0 9098 54.0 9716
15.0 7229 35.0 9149 55.0 9731
16.0 7393 36.0 9196 56.0 9746
17.0 7547 37.0 9242 57.0 9761
18.0 7691 38.0 9284 58.0 9774
19.0 7826 39.0 9324 59.0 9787
20.0 7952 40.0 9362 60.0 9799
Table 2: Attenuation – Steps from 0dB