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TDS Family Digitizing Oscilloscopes
(TDS 410A, 420A, 460A, 520A, 524A, 540A, 544A,
620A, 640A, 644A, 684A, 744A & 784A)
070-8709-07
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Table of Contents
Main Page
Table of Contents
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Related Manuals
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Figure 1-1: Common Message Elements
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Overview of the Manual
13
Figure 1-2: Functional Groupings and an Alphabetical List of Commands
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Figure 1-3: Service Requests (Srqs) Provide for Event (Interrupt) Driven Programs
14
Setting up Remote Communications
15
Figure 1-4: the Disks that Accompany this Manual
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Figure 1-5: GPIB Connector Location
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Figure 1-6: How to Stack GPIB Connectors
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Figure 1-7: Typical GPIB Network Configurations
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Figure 1-8: Selecting the I/O System in the Main Menu
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Figure 1-9: Selecting the GPIB Address in the GPIB Configuration Side Menu
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Table 2-1: BNF Symbols and Meanings
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Command Syntax
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Table 2-2: Command Message Elements
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Figure 2-1: Command Message Elements
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Table 2-3: Comparison of Header off and on Responses
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Clearing the TDS Family Oscilloscope
21
Constructed Mnemonics
24
Argument Types
25
Figure 2-2: Block Argument Example
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Figure 2-3: Typical Syntax Diagrams
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Table 2-4: Acquisition Commands
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Command Groups
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Table 2-5: Alias Commands
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Table 2-6: Application Menu Commands
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Table 2-7: Calibration and Diagnostic Commands
31
Table 2-8: Cursor Commands
31
Table 2-9: Display Commands
32
Table 2-10: File System Commands
34
Table 2-11: Hardcopy Commands
35
Table 2-12: Horizontal Commands
35
Table 2-13: Limit Test Commands
37
Table 2-14: Measurement Commands
38
Table 2-15: Miscellaneous Commands
39
RS-232 Commands
40
Table 2-16: RS-232 Commands
40
Table 2-17: Save and Recall Commands
41
Table 2-18: Status and Error Commands
41
Trigger Commands
42
Table 2-19: Trigger Commands
43
Table 2-20: Vertical Commands
49
Waveform Commands
50
Table 2-21: Waveform Commands
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Table 2-22: Zoom Commands
55
Command Descriptions
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Table 2-23: Waveform Data Points Supported for Reference Locations
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Table 2-24: Commands that Affect BUSY? Response
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Table 2-25: Offset Ranges for the TDS 4XXA, 54XA, 6XXA, & 7XXA
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Table 2-26: Offset Ranges for the TDS 520A & 524A (Aux 1 & Aux 2) Using a 1X Probe
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Table 2-27: Data and Wfmpre Parameter Settings
108
Table 2-28: XY Format Pairs
130
Table 2-30: Record Length Values (<NR1>)
172
Side Menu
184
Message
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Figure 2-4: Message Window Coordinates
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Table 2-31: Commands that Generate an Operation Complete Message
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Appendix D: Factory Initialization Settings
224
Figure 2-5: Lessthan and Morethan Arguments
257
Table 2-32: Additional Wfmpre Commands
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Registers
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Figure 3-1: the Standard Event Status Register (SESR)
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Figure 3-2: the Status Byte Register (SBR)
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Figure 3-3: the Device Event Status Enable Register (DESER)
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Figure 3-4: the Event Status Enable Register (ESER)
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Figure 3-5: the Service Request Enable Register (SRER)
330
Queues
331
Event Handling Sequence
332
Figure 3-6: Status and Event Handling Process
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Synchronization Methods
333
Figure 3-7: Command Processing Without Using Synchronization
334
Figure 3-8: Processing Sequence with Synchronization
334
Messages
338
Table 3–5: Execution Error Messages – EXE Bit 4
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Table 3–6: Device Error Messages – DDE Bit 3
343
Table 3–8: Execution Warning Messages – EXE Bit 4
344
Table 3–9: Internal Warning Messages
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Figure 4-1: Equipment Needed to Run the Example Programs
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Compiling the Example Programs
348
Appendix A: Character Charts
353
Table A–2: ASCII & GPIB Code Chart
354
Appendix B: Reserved Words
355
Appendix C: Interface Specifications
359
Interface Messages
360
Table D–1: Factory Initialization Settings
361
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Tektronix TDS 410A Specifications
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Brand
Tektronix
Model
TDS 410A
Category
Test Equipment
Language
English
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