Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series

970 Agilent InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide
32 :WAVeform Commands
'
' <header><waveform_data><NL>
'
' Where:
' <header> = #800001000 (This is an example header)
' The "#8" may be stripped off of the header and the remaining
' numbers are the size, in bytes, of the waveform data block. The
' size can vary depending on the number of points acquired for the
' waveform. You can then read that number of bytes from the
' oscilloscope and the terminating NL character.
'
Dim lngI As Long
Dim lngDataValue As Long
varQueryResult = myScope.ReadIEEEBlock(BinaryType_UI1)
' Unsigned integer bytes.
For lngI = 0 To UBound(varQueryResult) _
Step (UBound(varQueryResult) / 20) ' 20 points.
If intBytesPerData = 2 Then
lngDataValue = varQueryResult(lngI) * 256 _
+ varQueryResult(lngI + 1) ' 16-bit value.
Else
lngDataValue = varQueryResult(lngI) ' 8-bit value.
End If
strOutput = strOutput + "Data point " + _
CStr(lngI / intBytesPerData) + ", " + _
FormatNumber((lngDataValue - lngYReference) _
* sngYIncrement + sngYOrigin) + " V,"+_
FormatNumber(((lngI / intBytesPerData - lngXReference) _
* sngXIncrement + dblXOrigin) * 1000000) + " us" + vbCrLf
Next lngI
MsgBox "Waveform data:" + vbCrLf + strOutput
See complete example programs at: Chapter 40, “Programming Examples,”
starting on page 1147