Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 5000 Series

Commands by Subsystem 5
Agilent InfiniiVision 5000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide 513
<# points> ::= {100 | 250 | 500 | 1000 | <maximum # points>}
if waveform points mode is NORMal
<# points> ::= {100 | 250 | 500 | 1000 | 2000 ... 8000000
in 1-2-5 sequence | <maximum # points>}
if waveform points mode is MAXimum or RAW
See Also • "Introduction to :WAVeform Commands" on page 502
• ":ACQuire:POINts" on page 170
• ":WAVeform:DATA" on page 509
• ":WAVeform:SOURce" on page 521
• ":WAVeform:VIEW" on page 528
• ":WAVeform:PREamble" on page 516
• ":WAVeform:POINts:MODE" on page 514
Example Code
' WAVE_POINTS - Specifies the number of points to be transferred
' using the ":WAVEFORM:DATA?" query.
myScope.WriteString ":WAVEFORM:POINTS 1000"
Example program from the start: "VISA COM Example in Visual Basic" on
page 744
NOTE
If a full screen of data is not displayed, the number of points returned will not be 1000 or an
even divisor of it.