Agilent Technologies 5000 Series manual MEASureDELay, First of the following criteria

Commands by Subsystem 3

:MEASure:DELay

(see page 530)

Command Syntax :MEASure:DELay [<source1>][,<source2>]

<source1>, <source2> ::= {CHANnel<n> FUNCtion MATH}

<n> ::= {1 2 3 4} for the four channel oscilloscope models <n> ::= {1 2} for the two channel oscilloscope models

The :MEASure:DELay command places the instrument in the continuous measurement mode and starts a delay measurement.

The measurement is taken as:

delay = t(<edge spec 2>) - t(<edge spec 1>)

	where the <edge spec> definitions are set by the :MEASure:DEFine
	command
	The :MEASure:DELay command and the front-panel delay measurement differ from the
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	:MEASure:DELay? query.
	The delay command or front-panel measurement run the delay measurement in auto-edge
	select mode. In this mode, you can select the edge polarity, but the instrument will select
	the edges that will make the best possible delay measurement. The source1 edge chosen
	will be the edge that meets the polarity specified and is closest to the trigger reference
	point. The source2 edge selected will be that edge of the specified polarity that gives the
	first of the following criteria:
	• The smallest positive delay value that is less than source1 period.
	• The smallest negative delay that is less than source1 period.
	• The smallest absolute value of delay.
	The :MEASure:DELay? query will make the measurement using the edges specified by the
	:MEASure:DEFine command.
Query Syntax :MEASure:DELay? [<source1>][,<source2>]
	The :MEASure:DELay? query measures and returns the delay between
	source1 and source2. The delay measurement is made from the
	user- defined slope and edge count of the signal connected to source1, to
	the defined slope and edge count of the signal connected to source2. Delay
	measurement slope and edge parameters are selected using the
	:MEASure:DEFine command.
	Also in the :MEASure:DEFine command, you can set upper, middle, and
	lower threshold values. It is the middle threshold value that is used when
	performing the delay query. The standard upper, middle, and lower
	measurement thresholds are 90%, 50%, and 10% values between Vbase and

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