Tektronix TDS5000B Series

TDS5000B Online Programmer Guide
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WFMOutpre:ENCdg
Description
This command sets and queries the type of encoding for outgoing wa-
veforms.
Group
Waveform Transfer
Related Commands
DATa:ENCdg, WFMOutpre:BYT_Nr, WFMOutpre:BYT_Or,
WFMOutpre:BIT_Nr, WFMOutpre:BN_Fmt
Syntax 1
WFMOutpre:ENCdg {ASC|BIN}
Syntax 2
WFMOutpre:ENCdg?
Argument
H ASC
This specifies that the outgoing data is to be in ASCII format. Wave-
forms internally stored as integers will be sent as <NR1> numbers,
while those stored as floating point will be sent as <NR3> numbers.
H BIN
This specifies that outgoing data is to be in a binary format whose
further specification is determined by WFMOutpre:BYT_Nr,
WFMOutpre:BIT_Nr, WFMOutpre:BN_Fmt and
WFMOutpre:BYT_Or.
Example 1
WFMOutpre:ENCdg?
This query might return
:WFMOUTPRE:ENCDG BIN
indicating that outgoing waveform data will be sent in binary format.
Example 2
WFMOutpre:ENCdg ASC
This command specifies that the outgoing waveform data will be sent in
ASCII format.