Agilent Technologies 5000 Series manual Run, Command Syntax RUN

3Commands by Subsystem

:RUN

(see page 530)

Command Syntax :RUN

The :RUN command starts repetitive acquisitions. This is the same as pressing the Run key on the front panel.

See Also • "Introduction to Root (:) Commands" on page 88

•":SINGle" on page 118

•":STOP" on page 120

Example Code ' RUN_STOP - (not executed in this example)

'- RUN starts the data acquisition for the active waveform display.

'- STOP stops the data acquisition and turns off AUTOSTORE.

'myScope.WriteString ":RUN" ' Start data acquisition.

'myScope.WriteString ":STOP" ' Stop the data acquisition.

Example program from the start: "VISA COM Example in Visual Basic" on page 578

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