Contents
Introduction
Chapter
1:
Introduction
to
Programming
an
Oscilloscope
Introduction
................................................
1-1
Programming
Syntax
.........................................
1-2
Talking
to
the
Instrument
..................................
1-2
Addressing
the
Instrument
.................................
1-3
Program
Message
Syntax
...................................
1-4
Separator
................................................
1-5
Command
Syntax
.........................................
1-5
Query
Command
.........................................
1-7
Program
Header
Options
..................................
1-8
Program
Data
............................................
1-8
Program
Message
Terminator
..............................
1-9
Selecting
Multiple
Subsystems
.............................
1-10
Summary
...............................................
1-10
Programming an
Oscilloscope
................................
1-11
Initialization.............................................
1-11
Autoscale
...............................................
1-12
Setting
Up
the
Instrument
.................................
1-12
Receiving
Information
from
the
Instrument
..................
1-13
Response Header
Options
................................
1-14
Response
Data Formats
..................................
1-15
String
Variables
.........................................
1-16
Numeric
Variables
.......................................
1-17
Definite-Length
Block
Response
Data
......................
1-18
Multiple
Queries.........................................
1-19
Instrument
Status
........................................
1-19
Digitize
Command
.......................................
1-20
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54501A
Programming
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