HP 132A, 53131A manual SENSe Subsystem, SENSeDATA? SENSe1, SENSeEVENt12 Subtree

Chapter 4 Command Reference

[:SENSe] Subsystem

[:SENSe] Subsystem

The [:SENSe] subsystem commands are divided into several sections. Each section or subtree deals with controls that directly affect instrument-specific settings and not those related to the signal-oriented characteristics.

[:SENSe]:DATA? [“[:]SENSe[1]”]

Query Response

Comments

Queries the current measurement result data of the :SENSe subsystem (no scale or offset applied).

If this query executes while a measurement is in progress, then the prior measurement result will be returned, if the prior result has not been invalidated.

∙Result will be formatted according to :FORMat[:DATA] ASCii REAL setting.

∙When ASCii format is used, numeric data is transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR3> format. The number of significant digits will range from 1 to 15 depending on the measurement resolution.

∙If no valid result exists, Not a Number 9.91E37 is returned and error -230 is generated.

∙If this query is executed while an automatically armed Totalize measurement is in progress, Not a Number 9.91E37 is returned and error -221 is generated. :ABORt should be used to terminate the measurement and avoid this error.

Query only.

[:SENSe]:EVENt[12] Subtree

This subtree defines the “trigger event.”

For Frequency, this is the event which is counted; for Time Interval, this is the start/stop edge.

These trigger events are fed to the sensor function. In separate, the EVENt1 subtree is fed the INPut1 signal and the :EVENt2 subtree is fed the INPut2 signal; in common, the INPut1 signal is fed to both the EVENt1 and :EVENt2 subtrees.

When you are measuring Voltage Peaks, none of the :SENSe:EVENt settings are used.

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