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Appendix C: Interface Specifications

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TDS Family Oscilloscope Programmer Manual

H DT1 (Device Trigger). When acting as a listener, the digitizing oscilloscope

responds to the GET (Group Execute Trigger) interface message.

H C0 (Controller). The digitizing oscilloscope cannot control other devices.

H E2 (Electrical). The digitizing oscilloscope uses tristate buffers to provide

optimal high-speed data transfer.

Interface Messages

Table C–1 shows the standard interface messages that are supported by the

digitizing oscilloscope.

Table C–1: TDS Family Oscilloscope Standard

Interface Message

Message GPIB

DCL Yes

GET Yes

GTL Yes

LLO Yes

PPC No

PPD No

PPE No

PPU No

SDC Yes

SPD Yes

SPE Yes

TCT No

UNL Yes

UNT Yes

Listen Addresses Yes

Talk Addresses Yes

Table of Contents5
Related Manuals11
Figure 1-1: Common Message Elements13
Overview of the Manual13
Figure 1-2: Functional Groupings and an Alphabetical List of Commands14
Figure 1-3: Service Requests (Srqs) Provide for Event (Interrupt) Driven Programs14
Setting up Remote Communications15
Figure 1-4: the Disks that Accompany this Manual15
Figure 1-5: GPIB Connector Location15
Figure 1-6: How to Stack GPIB Connectors16
Figure 1-7: Typical GPIB Network Configurations17
Figure 1-8: Selecting the I/O System in the Main Menu17
Figure 1-9: Selecting the GPIB Address in the GPIB Configuration Side Menu18
Table 2-1: BNF Symbols and Meanings19
Command Syntax19
Table 2-2: Command Message Elements20
Figure 2-1: Command Message Elements20
Table 2-3: Comparison of Header off and on Responses21
Clearing the TDS Family Oscilloscope21
Constructed Mnemonics24
Argument Types25
Figure 2-2: Block Argument Example27
Figure 2-3: Typical Syntax Diagrams28
Table 2-4: Acquisition Commands29
Command Groups29
- Table 2-5: Alias Commands30
- Table 2-6: Application Menu Commands30
- Table 2-7: Calibration and Diagnostic Commands31
- Table 2-8: Cursor Commands31
- Table 2-9: Display Commands32
- Table 2-10: File System Commands34
- Table 2-11: Hardcopy Commands35
- Table 2-12: Horizontal Commands35
- Table 2-13: Limit Test Commands37
- Table 2-14: Measurement Commands38
- Table 2-15: Miscellaneous Commands39
- RS-232 Commands40
- Table 2-16: RS-232 Commands40
- Table 2-17: Save and Recall Commands41
- Table 2-18: Status and Error Commands41
Trigger Commands42
Table 2-19: Trigger Commands43
Table 2-20: Vertical Commands49
Waveform Commands50
Table 2-21: Waveform Commands53
Table 2-22: Zoom Commands55
Command Descriptions57
- Table 2-23: Waveform Data Points Supported for Reference Locations72
- Table 2-24: Commands that Affect BUSY? Response78
- Table 2-25: Offset Ranges for the TDS 4XXA, 54XA, 6XXA, & 7XXA83
- Table 2-26: Offset Ranges for the TDS 520A & 524A (Aux 1 & Aux 2) Using a 1X Probe83
- Table 2-27: Data and Wfmpre Parameter Settings108
- Table 2-28: XY Format Pairs130
- Table 2-30: Record Length Values (<NR1>)172
- Side Menu184
Message214
Figure 2-4: Message Window Coordinates215
Table 2-31: Commands that Generate an Operation Complete Message219
Appendix D: Factory Initialization Settings224
Figure 2-5: Lessthan and Morethan Arguments257
Table 2-32: Additional Wfmpre Commands313
Registers327
Figure 3-1: the Standard Event Status Register (SESR)328
Figure 3-2: the Status Byte Register (SBR)328
Figure 3-3: the Device Event Status Enable Register (DESER)329
Figure 3-4: the Event Status Enable Register (ESER)330
Figure 3-5: the Service Request Enable Register (SRER)330
Queues331
Event Handling Sequence332
Figure 3-6: Status and Event Handling Process332
Synchronization Methods333
Figure 3-7: Command Processing Without Using Synchronization334
Figure 3-8: Processing Sequence with Synchronization334
Messages338
Table 3–5: Execution Error Messages – EXE Bit 4340
Table 3–6: Device Error Messages – DDE Bit 3343
Table 3–8: Execution Warning Messages – EXE Bit 4344
Table 3–9: Internal Warning Messages345
Figure 4-1: Equipment Needed to Run the Example Programs347
Compiling the Example Programs348
Appendix A: Character Charts353
Table A–2: ASCII & GPIB Code Chart354
Appendix B: Reserved Words355
Appendix C: Interface Specifications359
Interface Messages360
Table D–1: Factory Initialization Settings361

Brand	Tektronix
Model	TDS 500B
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English

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