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MEASUrement:MEAS<x>:DELay:DIREction

Description

This command sets or queries the starting point and direction that deter-

mines the delay ”to” edge when taking a delay measurement. Use the

MEASUrement:MEAS<x>:SOURCE2 command to specify the wave-

form. This command is equivalent to selecting Time from the Measure

menu, choosing Delay from the drop--down list and then clicking the

desired Search Direction setting. Measurements are specified by x,

which ranges from 1 through 8.

Group

Measurement

Related Commands

MEASUrement:MEAS<x>:SOURCE2

Syntax 1

MEASUrement:MEAS<x>:DELay:DIREction {BACK-

Wards|FORWards}

Syntax 2

MEASUrement:MEAS<x>:DELay:DIREction?

Arguments

H BACKWards

This means that the search starts at the end of the waveform and looks

for the last rising or falling edge in the waveform. Use the MEASUre-

ment:MEAS<x>:DELay:EDGE2 command to specify the slope of the

edge.

H FORWards

This means that the search starts at the beginning of the waveform and

looks for the first rising or falling edge in the waveform. Use the

MEASUrement:MEAS<x>:DELay:EDGE2 command to specify the

slope of the edge.

Example 1

MEASUrement:MEAS3:DELay:DIREction BACKWards

This command starts searching from the end of the waveform record.

Example 2

MEASUrement:MEAS3DELay:DIREction?

This query might return

:MEASUREMENT:MEAS3:DELAY:DIRECTION BACKWARDS

indicating that the current search direction is backwards.

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