Programming Reference

SCPI Instrument Command List

Command

:MMEM:CAT?

Long

:MMEMory:CATalog?

Form

Query

Parameter

["A:"]

*RST value

Not applicable

Description

Use this command to get a listing of the contents of the currently

 

selected directory on the memory card. As there is only one memory card

 

slot, the parameter A: is optional. The information returned is:

 

<bytes_used>,<bytes_free>[,<file_entry>]

<bytes_used> <bytes_free> <file_entry>

The total number of bytes used on the memory card.

The total number of bytes still available on the memory card. String containing the name, type and size of one file: "<file_name>,<file_type>,<file_size>"

 

The <file_type> is always blank. A directory name has <file_size> = 0.

Command

:MMEM:CDIR

 

Long

:MMEMory:CDIRectory

 

Form

Event

 

Parameter

["directory_name"]

 

*RST value

Not applicable

 

Description

Use this command to change the current directory on the memory card.

 

If you don't specify a directory name parameter, the root directory is

 

selected.

 

 

Note that you cannot use DOS pathnames as directory names, you can

 

only select a directory name within the current directory.

 

Use the directory name ".." to move back to the parent directory of the

 

current directory, unless you are already in the root directory "\".

Examples

To change to different directories on the memory card:

 

:MMEM:CDIR

Select root directory

 

:MMEM:CDIR "PERFORM"

Select directory "PERFORM"

 

:MMEM:CDIR ".."

Select parent directory

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Agilent Technologies 81101A manual Mmemcat?, Mmemcdir

81101A specifications

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