In This Book

This programmer's reference gives detailed information on all the commands available for controlling these oscilloscope models:

Table 1 InfiniiVision 5000 Series Oscilloscope Models

Channels

Input Bandwidth (Maximum Sample Rate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

500 MHz (4 GSa/s)

300 MHz (2 GSa/s)

100 MHz (2 GSa/s)

 

 

 

 

4 analog

DSO5054A

DSO5034A

DSO5014A

 

 

 

 

2 analog

DSO5052A

DSO5032A

DSO5012A

 

 

 

 

The command descriptions in this reference show upper and lowercase characters. For example, :AUToscale indicates that the entire command name is :AUTOSCALE. The short form, :AUT, is also accepted by the oscilloscope.

Command arguments and syntax are described for each command. Some command descriptions have example code.

"What's New" on page 17

"Commands Quick Reference" on page 23

"Commands by Subsystem" on page 59

"Commands A- Z" on page 435

"Obsolete and Discontinued Commands" on page 457

"Error Messages" on page 499

"Status Reporting" on page 507

"More About Oscilloscope Commands" on page 529

"Programming Examples" on page 549

See the Agilent InfiniiVision 5000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Quick Start Guide for information on installing the IO libraries, connecting the oscilloscope to the controller PC, and getting started with oscilloscope programming.

See your oscilloscope's User's Guide for more information on front- panel operation.

Example The example programs are designed to work with multiple InfiniiVision Programs 5000 Series oscilloscopes. Therefore, the commands may not match the example code exactly, but the example code should run because of the

designed- in backward compatibility with earlier commands.

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