Chapter 4 Command Reference

Introduction

:MEMory Subsystem

This subsystem manages the instrument’s memory . The MEMory capabilities of an instrument are not part of the instrument state, and are not affected by reset (*RST) or recall (*RCL). In this instrument, the macro capabilities will not survive a power cycle, but the *SAV/*RCL states will.

:MEMory:DELete:MACRo<string>

Deletes the macro with the name specified by the string parameter.

The new IEEE 488.2-1992 command *RMC (Remove Macro Command) may also be used; it performs exactly the same action as :MEMory:DELete:MACRo. Note, however, that the Counter complies with IEEE 488.2-1987.

Comments ∙ Event; no query.

∙See *PMC (page 4-135) if you want to delete all macros.

:MEMory:FREE:MACRo?

Queries the memory usage and availability corresponding to macro data. A total of 6500 bytes is dedicated to macro memory.

Query Response ∙ Numeric data transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR1> format.

∙Two numbers transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR1> format and comma-separated: <bytes available>, <bytes in use>.

:MEMory:NSTates?

Queries the Number of available *SAV/*RCL STates in the instrument.

Query Response ∙ Numeric data transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR1> format.

∙The value returned is 21.

∙The response value is one greater than the maximum which can be sent as a parameter to the *SAV and *RCL commands.

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