2 MEASurement Commands
72 U8480 Series Programming Guide
Measurement Commands
Measurement commands are high-level commands used to acquire data. They
enable you to trade interchangeability against fine control of the measurement
process.
CONFigure, FETCh?, READ?, and MEASure? all have a numeric suffix which refers to
a specific measurement window. The U8480 Series does not have the
measurement window feature, so this suffix is always 1. Figure 2-1 shows an
example of the configuration returned measurement result.
Figure 2-1 Measurement display CALCulate block channel
Measurement command Description
MEASure? Provides the simplest way to program a U8480 Series for measurements. MEASure? is a
compound command which is equivalent to a CONFigure followed by a READ?. It does not
enable much flexibility or control over measurement settings.
CONFigure Used to change the U8480 Series configuration values. CONFigure must then be followed by
another command which takes the measurement, for example, INITiate? followed by
FETCh?
READ? Takes a measurement using parameters previously set up using either CONFigure or
lower-level commands. READ? is equivalent to an INITiate (which performs the data
acquisition) and a FETCh?
FETCh?
Retrieves measurements taken by INITiate
[a]
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[a] INITiate is described in Chapter 12, “TRIGger Subsystem” on page 297.
CONFigure1?
current measurement
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