Commands by Subsystem 3

:WAVeform:POINts

(see page 530)

Command Syntax :WAVeform:POINts <# points>

<# points> ::= {100 250 500 1000 <points mode>} if waveform points mode is NORMal

<# points> ::= {100 250 500 1000 2000 ... 8000000 in 1-2-5 sequence <points mode>}

if waveform points mode is MAXimum or RAW

<points mode> ::= {NORMal MAXimum RAW}

N O T E

The <points_mode> option is deprecated. Use the :WAVeform:POINts:MODE command

instead.

 

The :WAVeform:POINts command sets the number of waveform points to be transferred with the :WAVeform:DATA? query. This value represents the points contained in the waveform selected with the :WAVeform:SOURce command.

For the analog sources, there are two different records that can be transferred:

The first is the raw acquisition record. The maximum number of points available in this record is returned by the :ACQuire:POINts? query and may be up to 8,000,000. The raw acquisition record can only be transferred when the oscilloscope is not running and can only be retrieved from the analog sources.

The second is referred to as the measurement record and is a 1000 point (maximum) representation of the raw acquisition record. The measurement record can be retrieved at any time, from any source.

See the :WAVeform:POINts:MODE command (see page 415) for more information on the <points_mode> option.

Only data visible on the display will be returned.

The maximum number of points returned when the waveform source is math or function is 1000.

Query Syntax :WAVeform:POINts?

The :WAVeform:POINts query returns the number of waveform points to be transferred when using the :WAVeform:DATA? query. Setting the points mode will affect what data is transferred (see the :WAVeform:POINts:MODE command (see page 415) for more information).

Return Format <# points><NL>

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