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TDS Family Digitizing Oscilloscopes
(TDS 420A, 430A, 460A, 510A, 520C, 540C, 620B,
644B, 680B, 684B, 724C, 754C, & 784C)
070-9876-00
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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
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Related Manuals
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Figure 1-1: Common Message Elements
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Getting Started
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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
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Figure 1-4: the Disk that Accompanies this Manual
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Figure 1-5: GPIB Connector Location
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Setting up Remote Communications
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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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Figure 2-1: Command Message Elements
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Table 2-2: Command Message Elements
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Table 2-3: Comparison of Header off and on Responses
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Command Entry
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Constructed Mnemonics
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Argument Types
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Figure 2-2: Block Argument Example
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Syntax Diagrams
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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
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Table 2-8: Cursor Commands
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Table 2-9: Display Commands
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Table 2-10: File System Commands
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Table 2-11: Hardcopy Commands
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Table 2-12: Histogram Commands
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Table 2-13: Horizontal Commands
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Table 2-14: Limit Test Commands
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Table 2-15: Mask Commands
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Table 2-16: Measurement Commands
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Table 2-17: Miscellaneous Commands
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RS-232 Commands
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Table 2-18: RS-232 Commands
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Table 2-19: Save and Recall Commands
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Table 2-20: Status and Error Commands
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Trigger Commands
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Table 2-21: Trigger Commands
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Table 2-22: Vertical Commands
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Waveform Commands
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Table 2-23: Extended-Acquisition-Length Mode Channels and Record Lengths
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Table 2-24: Waveform Commands
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Table 2-25: Zoom Commands
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Command Descriptions
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Table 2-26: Waveform Data Points Supported for Reference Locations
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Table 2-27: Commands that Affect BUSY? Response
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Table 2-28: Offset Ranges for the TDS 400A, 510A, 540C, 600B, 754C
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Table 2-29: Offset Ranges for the TDS 520C & 724C (Aux 1 & Aux 2) Using a 1X Probe
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Table 2-30: Data and Wfmpre Parameter Settings
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Table 2–31: XY Format Pairs
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Side Menu
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Figure 2-5: Message Window Coordinates
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Figure 2-6: Lessthan and Morethan Arguments
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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)
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Queues
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Figure 3-6: Status and Event Handling Process
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Event Handling Sequence
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Synchronization Methods
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Figure 3-7: Command Processing Without Using Synchronization
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Figure 3-8: Processing Sequence with Synchronization
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Messages
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Table 3–5: Execution Error Messages – EXE Bit 4
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Table 3–6: Device Error Messages – DDE Bit 3
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Table 3–8: Execution Warning Messages – EXE Bit 4
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Table 3–9: Internal Warning Messages
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Figure 4-1: Equipment Needed to Run the Example Programs
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Programming Examples
400
Compiling the Example Programs
401
Table A–1: the TDS Character Set
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Table A–2: ASCII & GPIB Code Chart
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Appendix A: Character Charts
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Appendix B: Reserved Words
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Appendix C: Interface Specifications
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Table C–1: TDS Family Oscilloscope Standard Interface Message
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Appendix D: Factory Initialization Settings
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