Commands Listed in Alphabetical Order
HORizontal:M
AIn:SCAle
This command sets or q ueries the scale (time p er division) for the Main timebase.
Sending this command is equivalent to selecting MainTB and adjusting the Scale
control in th
e Timebase section of the Horizontal Setup dialog box.
The horizontal scale that you set with this command is common to all channel
waveforms u
sing the Main timebase. The horizontal scale, together with the
record length setting, determines the sample interval.
Group
Horizont
al
Syntax
HORizontal:MAIn:SCAle <NR3>
HORizontal:MAIn:SCAle?
Related Commands
HORizontal:MAIn:RECordlength, HORizontal:MAIn:RESolution?
Arguments
NR3 is the horizontal time per division for the Main timebase. The range is 1 ps
per division to 5 ms per division.
Examples
HORIZONTAL:MAIN:SCALE 2.0E-9 sets the main scale to 2 ns per division.
HORIZONTAL:MAIN:SCALE? might return HORIZONTAL:MAIN:S CALE
10.0000000000E-009
, indicating that the Main timebase is currently set to
10 ns per division.
HORizontal:MAIn:TOFPoint? (Query Only)
This query only command returns time of first point, which is the time interval
between the trigger point and the first point in a Main timebase record (waveform).
Refer to the illustration below for a diagram of the relationships of time of first
point, time of last point, horizontal position, and horizontal reference point.
DSA/CSA/TDS8X00/B Series Programmer Manual 2-177