5020A

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the current date and time. If not specified, the actual time/date range of the data will likely include more data than requested because fo the sizes of the data blocks in memory. Use this command in conjunction with the DATa:RECord:OPEN? and DATa:RECord:READ? commands to extract data from memory.

DATa:RECord:READ? [<num>]

Reads a block of data from memory. Example: DAT:REC:READ? Response: <bytes>,#11<binary data>

The <num> parameter is optional and defines the group size (number of bytes) to read from memory. If not specified, 256 bytes is used as the default group size. The response to this command consists of the number of bytes of data in this response (<bytes>), followed by a marker (#11), followed by a string of binary data (<binary data>). The number of bytes in the <binary data> portion of the response may be anywhere between 1 and <num> bytes (256 if <num> is not specified). Use the DATa:RECord:OPEN? command to determine the exact number of bytes in the open set of data.

DATa:RECord:TIME? [MINMAXDEF]

Returns the data recording period in seconds. Example: DAT:REC:TIME?

Response: 120

Specifying the MIN, MAX, or DEF parameter returns the minimum, maximum, or default value respectively.

DATa:RECord:TIME <num>MINMAXDEF

Sets the data recording period setting in seconds. Example: DAT:REC:TIME 60

The <num> parameter indicates the number of seconds between recording readings to memory. Specifying the MIN, MAX, or DEF parameter sets the data recording period to the minimum, maximum, or default value respectively. This command may be password protected (see Password Commands).

Measurement Control Commands

The measurement control commands are used to access settings related to the sensors and the measurement activities.

INITiate

Provided for compatibility but has no effect.

INITiate:CONTinuous?

Returns the continuous state, which is always 1.

Example: INIT:CONT?

Response: 1

SENSor:AVERage?

Returns the measurement average setting.

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