Command Groups
Act on Event Co
mmand Group
Use the Act on Event commands to Act once a certain type of Event has happened.
Available actions:
- Stop acquisitions
- Save waveform data to a file
- Save a screen image to a file
- Send a screen image to a printer
-SendapulsetotheAuxOutport
- Generate a service request
-Sendanemail
- Display a visual notification
Available events:
- Upon trigger
-When a certain number of acquisitions have completed
-None
Table 2-14: Act o n Event
Command Description
ACTONEVent:ACTION:AUXOUT:
STA
TE
Sends a pulse to the AUX OUT port when a specified event occurs, or queries the state
of t
he “pulse to aux out” action.
ACT
ONEVent:ACTION:EMAIL:
STATE
Sen
ds an email when a specified event occurs, or queries the state of the “send email” action.
ACTONEVent:ACTION:PRINT:
STATE
Sends a screen image to a printer when a specified event occurs, or queries the state of
the “send screen image” action.
ACTONEVent:ACTION:
S
AVEIMAGE:STATE
Saves a screen image to file when a specified event occurs, or queries the state of the
“
save screen image to a file” action.
A
CTONEVent:ACTION:SAV EWFM:
STATE
S
aves the currently selected waveform data to a file when a specified event occurs, or
queries the state of the “save waveform to file” action.
ACTONEVent:ACTION:SRQ:STATE Sets or returns the enabled state of the generate service request (SRQ) action when a
specified event occurs. The default state is 0.
ACTONEVent:ACTION:STOPACQ:
STATE
Stops acquisitions when a s pecifi ed event occurs, or queries the state of the “stop
acquisition” action.
ACTONEVent:ACTION:VISUAL:
STATE
Sends a visual notification when a specified event occurs, or queries the state of the “send a
visual notification” action.
ACTONEVent:EVENTTYPe Specifies (or queries) which event to act on (TRIGger, ACQCOMPLete, or NONe) when
using an Act on Event command.
ACTONEVent:NUMACQs Sets (or queries) the number of acquisitions to complete for the event type ACQCOMPLete.
ACTONEVent:REP EATCount Sets or returns the number of events to run.
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