TDS5000B Online Programmer Guide
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Waveform Suffixes
Field Description Examples
Source The source identification string as it
appears in the front panel scale factor
readouts.
”Ch1--4”
”Math1--3”
”Ref1--4”
Coupling A string describing the vertical coupling of
the waveform (the Source 1 waveform in
the case of Dual Waveform Math).
”AC coupling”
”DC coupling”
”GND coupling”
Vert Scale A string containing the vertical scale
factor of the unzoomed waveform. The
numeric portion will always be 4 digits.
The examples cover all known internal
units.
”100.0 mV/div”
”20.00 dB/div”
”45.00 deg/div
”785.4 mrad/div”
”500.0 uVs/div”
”10.00 kV/s/div”
”200.0 mV/div”
”50.00 unk/div”
Horiz Scale A string containing the horizontal scale
factor of the unzoomed waveform. The
numeric portion will always be four digits.
The examples cover all known internal
units.
”100.0 ms/div”
”10.00 kHz/div”
”50.00 c/div”
Record
Length
A string containig the number of
waveform points available in the entire
record. The numeric portion is given as
an integer.
”500 points”
”500000 points”
Acquisition
Mode
A string describing the mode used to
acquire the waveform.
”Sample mode”
”Pk Detect mode”
”Hi Res mode”
”Envelope mode”
”Average mode”
Primary
Reference
Offset
A string specifying the delta between the
Primary Reference (typically, the A
trigger) and the CURVe? zero reference
location identified by a combination of
PT_Off and XZEro in units of XUNits. For
example, in Trigger After Delay, this
number would be the actual time between
the A and B trigger. In the event that this
number is not meaningful, the string will
be exactly ”0”.
”57.2345 ms”
”87.3 Hz”
”0”
Example
WFMOutpre:WFId?
This query might return
:WFMOUTPRE:WFID ”Ch1, DC coupling,100.0mVolts/
div,500.0µs/div,500 points, Hi Res mode”