9Programming Examples
'CHANNEL_RANGE - Sets the full scale vertical range in volts. The
'range value is 8 times the volts per division.
'Set the vertical range to 8 volts.
myScope.WriteString ":CHANNEL1:RANGE 8"
'TIME_RANGE - Sets the full scale horizontal time in seconds. The
'range value is 10 times the time per division.
'Set the time range to 0.002 seconds.
myScope.WriteString ":TIM:RANG
'TIME_REFERENCE - Possible values are LEFT and CENTER.
'- LEFT sets the display reference on time division from the left.
'- CENTER sets the display reference to the center of the screen.
'Set reference to center.
myScope.WriteString ":TIMEBASE:REFERENCE CENTER"
'TRIGGER_TV_SOURCE - Selects the channel that actually produces the
'TV trigger. Any channel can be selected.
myScope.WriteString ":TRIGGER:TV:SOURCE CHANNEL1"
'TRIGGER_MODE - Set the trigger mode to EDGE, GLITch, PATTern, CAN,
'DURation, IIC, LIN, SEQuence, SPI, TV, or USB.
'Set the trigger mode to EDGE.
myScope.WriteString ":TRIGGER:MODE EDGE"
'TRIGGER_EDGE_SLOPE - Sets the slope of the edge for the trigger.
'Set the slope to positive.
myScope.WriteString ":TRIGGER:EDGE:SLOPE POSITIVE"
'The following commands are not executed and are shown for reference
'purposes only. To execute these commands, uncomment them.
'RUN_STOP - (not executed in this example)
'- RUN starts the acquisition of data 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.
'VIEW_BLANK - (not executed in this example)
'- VIEW turns on (starts displaying) a channel or pixel memory.
'- BLANK turns off (stops displaying) a channel or pixel memory.
'myScope.WriteString ":BLANK CHANNEL1" ' Turn channel 1 off.
'myScope.WriteString ":VIEW CHANNEL1" ' Turn channel 1 on.
'TIMEBASE_MODE - (not executed in this example)
'Set the time base mode to MAIN, DELAYED, XY, or ROLL.
'Set time base mode to main.
'myScope.WriteString ":TIMEBASE:MODE MAIN"
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