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MDO4000C, MDO4000B, MDO4000, MSO4000B, DPO4000B and

MDO3000

Series Oscilloscopes

ZZZ

Programmer Manual

MSO4000B, DPO4000B, MDO4000 and

MDO4000B models should have ﬁrmware

version 3.10 or above to use some of

the commands listed in this document.

MDO4000C models should have ﬁrmware

version 1 .02 and above.

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Table of Contents5
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Getting Started13
New or Changed Functionality Updates that Impact the Programmatic Command Set14
Table 1-1: Updates to the MDO3000 and MDO4000C Series Oscilloscopes15
Setting up Remote Communications Hardware19
Table 1-3: USB Device Parameters21
Gpib22
Setting up Remote Communications Software23
Using the LXI Web Page and E*Scope25
Documentation27
Command Syntax31
Table 2-2: Command Message Elements32
Clearing the Oscilloscope33
Constructed Mnemonics35
Table 2-5: Channel Mnemonics36
Argument Types37
Table 2-12: Block Argument38
Command Groups41
Act on Event Command Group42
AFG Command Group43
ARB Command Group44
Bus Command Group45
Table 2-18: Bus Commands46
Calibration and Diagnostic Command Group49
Conﬁguration Command Group50
Cursor Command Group53
Display Command Group54
DVM Command Group55
Email Command Group56
File System Command Group57
Hard Copy Command Group58
Histogram Command Group59
Mark Command Group60
Mask Command Group61
Table 2-31: Mask Commands62
Math Command Group65
Measurement Command Group66
Miscellaneous Command Group68
Pictbridge Command Group70
Power Command Group71
RF Command Group77
Table 2-37: RF Commands82
Save and Recall Command Group88
Table 2-38: Save and Recall Commands89
Search Command Group91
Table 2-39: Search Commands92
Status and Error Command Group105
Trigger Command Group106
Table 2-41: Trigger Commands110
Vertical Command Group121
Table 2-42: Vertical Commands122
Video Picture Command Group124
Waveform Transfer Command Group125
Transferring a Waveform from an Oscilloscope to a Computer126
Memory129
Oscilloscope130
Scaling Waveform Data131
Further Explanation of the Digital Collection132
Table 2-46: Digital Collection: 4 Byte Data133
Table 2-48: Waveform Transfer Commands135
Zoom Command Group140
Commands Listed in Alphabetical Order141
Table 2-50:153
Table 2-51: Supported Display Formats202
Table 2-52: Channel Offset Range254
Table 2-53: Data and Wfmoutpre Parameter Settings306
Table 2-54: Fpanel:press Arguments358
Table 2-55: Fpanel:turn Arguments360
Table 2-56: Math Expression Elements439
Table 2-57: Available HDTV Formats948
Table 2-58: Waveform Sufﬁxes999
Status and Events1011
Figure 3-2: the Status Byte Register (SBR)1012
Figure 3-3: the Device Event Status Enable Register (DESER)1013
Queues1014
Event Handling Sequence1015
Figure 3-6: Status and Event Handling Process1016
Synchronization Methods1017
Table 3-3: Oscilloscope Operations that Can Generate OPC1018
Figure 3-7: Command Processing Without Using Synchronization1019
Figure 3-8: Processing Sequence with Synchronization1020
Table 3-4: no Event Messages1024
Table 3-6: Execution Error Messages (EXE Bit 4)1025
Table 3-7: Device Error Messages (DDE Bit 3)1027
Table 3-9: Execution Warning Messages (EXE Bit 4)1028
Table 3-11: Internal Warning Messages1029
Appendix A: Character Set1033
Appendix B: Reserved Words1035
Appendix C: Factory Defaults1043
Appendix D: Waveform Transfer (Wfmoutpre and Curve Query) Examples1085
Example 2: Digital Waveform (Channels DO-D15)1087
Example 3: the Digital Collection with 4 Bytes Per Point and Magnivu off1089
Example 4: the Digital Collection with 8 Bytes Per Point and Magnivu off1091
Example 5: the Digital Collection with 4 Bytes Per Point and Magnivu on1094
Example 6: the Digital Collection with 8 Bytes Per Point and Magnivu on1096
Example 7: RF Frequency Domain Waveform1098
Appendix E: Mask/Limit Command Sequence Examples1101
Example 2: Modifying an Existing Mask1102
Example 3: Creating a Limit (Template) Mask1103
Appendix F: Search and Trigger Command Sequence Examples1105
Example 2: Single Threshold Edge Trigger1106
Example 4: Single Threshold Logic Search on Three Waveforms1107
Appendix G: Application Module-Enabled Commands1109
Appendix H: List of Beta Commands and Features1129
Command List1130

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