Remote Operation

:DELay

:DELay

Syntax

<channel>

ROUTe:DELay:<delay time>,

<path name>

 

Description

 

This commands sets the delay time in seconds required to validate the sense

 

lines on a relay for which sensing will be used. The drive signal will be held

 

on the relay for this amount of time after the pulse width requirement (refer

 

to :WIDTh on page 4-67) has been satisfied.

 

The delay time may be set in 5 ms increments up to 1275 ms. The delay time

 

defaults to 20 ms when memory is initialized. The delay parameter may be

 

an integer or real number.

 

 

NOTE

The :DELete and the :DELay shortform is the same. The :DELete command

 

applies only in syntax with other subsystems and not directly to channel

 

lists.

 

 

Example Command

ROUTE:DELAY .02,(@101,103,105);

 

OUT:DEL 20ms,(@101,103,105);

 

In the above example, the delay time is set to 20 ms for channels 1, 3, and 5.

 

ROUTE:DELAY .02,ATTEN_14;

 

This command causes the drive to the set of relays (defined by the

 

ROUTe:PATH command) with path name ATTEN_14 to be set to 20 ms If the

 

path includes two channel lists, all relays in both list are affected.

Example Query

ROUTE:DELAY? (@101,103,105);

 

In this case, the sense delay for channels 101, 103 and 105 is read back, with

 

the values separated by commas. For example, if all three are set to 20 ms,

 

then the readback is:

 

+2.000E-02,+2.000E-02,+2.000E-02

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Agilent Technologies 87130A manual DELay, Example Query

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