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TDS3000, TDS3000B, and TDS3000C Series Programmer Manual

SETUp<x>:DATE? (Query Only)

Sets or returns the date when the specified instrument setup was saved.

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SETUp<x>:DATE?

SETUP4:DATE?

might return SETUP4:DATE ”04-18-01”.

SETUp<x>:LABEL

Sets or returns the specified instrument setup label. See the MESSage:SHOW

command for information on how to enter non-English characters.

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SETUp<x>:LABEL <Qstring>

SETUp<x>:LABEL?

<QString> is a string, enclosed in quotes, that contains the label text.

SETUP4:LABEL?

might return REF4:LABEL ”Test 2”.

SETUp<x>:TIME? (Query Only)

Sets or returns the time that the specified instrument setup was saved.

Waveform

SETUp<x>:TIME?

SETUP2:TIME?

might return SETUP2:TIME ”15:24:07”.

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Table of Contents5
Related Manuals9
Overview of the Manual 111
Figure 1- 1: Common Message Elements12
Figure 1- -2: Functional Groupings and an Alphabetical List of12
Communication Modules 113
Figure 1- 3: Service Requests (Srqs) Provide for Event (Interrupt) Driven Programs13
Table 1- 1: Communication Modules14
Figure 1- 4: Communication Module Connectors15
Figure 1- 5: TDS3EM Leds15
Installing a Communication Module 116
Figure 1- 6: Communication Module Mounting Location16
Connector Locations 117
Figure 1- 7: Communication Module Location17
Setting up Ethernet Remote Communications 118
Figure 1- 8: the Ethernet Network Settings Menu19
Table 1- 2: Ethernet Network Settings Side Menu20
Figure 1- 9: the Change Instrument Settings Screen20
Getting Started21
Table 1- 3: Ethernet Printer Settings Side Menu22
Figure 1- 10: the Ethernet Printer Settings Window26
Setting up GPIB Remote Communications 128
Figure 1- 11: How to Stack GPIB Connectors29
Figure 1- 12: Typical GPIB Network Configurations29
Figure 1- 13: Selecting the System: I/O Menu30
Setting up RS-232 Remote Communications 131
Table 1- 4: RS-232 Adapter Cables31
Figure 1- 14: the RS-232 Connector Pin Assignments31
Figure 1- 15: RS-232 Parameter Settings32
Table 1- 5: RS-232 Default Settings33
Table 1- 6: RS-232 Troubleshooting35
Table 1- 7: Comparison of GPIB and RS-232 Interfaces36
Command and Query Structure 239
- Table 2- 1: BNF Symbols and Meanings39
- Figure 2- 1: Command Message Elements40
- Table 2- 2: Command Message Elements40
- Table 2- 3: Comparison of Header off and on Responses41
- Clearing the Oscilloscope Output Queue 242
- Constructed Mnemonics 245
- Argument Types 246
Figure 2- 2: Block Argument Example48
Command Groups 249
Table 2- 4: Acquisition Commands49
Table 2- 5: Alias Commands50
Table 2- 6: Calibration and Diagnostic Commands51
Table 2- 7: Cursor Commands52
Table 2- 8: Display Commands54
Table 2- 9: Ethernet Commands55
Table 2- 10: File System Commands56
Table 2- 11: Front Panel Commands56
Table 2- 12: Hard Copy Commands57
Table 2- 13: Horizontal Commands57
ITU601 Digital Video Commands (TDS3SDI Only) 258
Table 2- 14: ITU601 Commands58
Limit Test Commands (Requires TDS3LIM) 259
- Table 2- 15: Limit Test Commands59
- Mask Commands (TDS3000B Series and TDS3000C Series with TDS3TMT) 260
- Table 2- 17: Available TDS3TMT ITU-T G.703 Mask Standards64
- Table 2- 18: Available TDS3TMT ANSI T1.102 Mask Standards64
- Table 2- 19: Math Commands65
- Table 2- 20: Measurement Commands66
- Table 2- 21: Miscellaneous Commands68
- RS-232 Commands70
Table 2- 16: Mask Commands60
Table 2- 22: RS-232 Commands70
Table 2- 23: Save and Recall Commands70
Table 2- 24: Status and Error Commands71
Table 2- 25: Trigger Commands72
Table 2- 26: Vertical Commands76
Waveform Commands 277
- Table 2- 27: Binary Data Ranges78
- Table 2- -28: Waveform Commands 280
- Command Descriptions 283
- Registers 392
- Synchronization Methods 393
- Table 2- -29: Commands that Affect BUSY? Response 294
- Table 2- -30: Offset Ranges Using a 1X Probe 2105
- Table 2- -31: CURVE Query Error Conditions 2128
- Table 2- -33: Data and Wfmpre Parameter Settings 2132
- Table 2- -34: XY Format Pairs 2142
- Table 2- -35: XY Format Pairs 2151
- Table 2- -36: Fpanel:press Arguments 2173
- Table 2- -37: Advanced Math Expression Elements 2237
- Table 2- -38: MATH1: Commands 2243
- Table 2- -39: Commands that Generate an Operation Complete Message 2278
- Table 2- -40: HDTV Formats 2330
- Table 2- -41: Video Trigger Line Range Values 2332
- Table 2- -42: Trigger:delay Commands 2341
- Table 2- -43: Trigger:main Commands 2343
- Table 2- -44: Additional Wfmpre Commands 2364
Figure 3- 1: the Standard Event Status Register (SESR)369
Figure 3- 2: the Status Byte Register (SBR)370
Figure 3- 3: the Device Event Status Enable Register (DESER)371
Figure 3- 4: the Event Status Enable Register (ESER)372
Figure 3- 5: the Service Request Enable Register (SRER)372
Figure 3- 6: Status and Event Handling Process374
Figure 3- 7: Command Processing Without Using Synchronization376
Figure 3- 8: Processing Sequence with Synchronization376

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