Instruction manual

Chapter 4 Command Reference
[:SENSe] Subsystem
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[: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.
COMMAND [:SENSe]:AVERage:[STATe] . . . <Boolean>
Turns averaging ON and OFF. When averaging is ON, each new valid
measurement result is the average of the number of measurements
specified in the AVERage:COUNt command.
COMMENTS • An ABORt command interrupts the averaging and prevents a valid
measurement result.
• Averaging cannot be turned ON when the value of AVERage:COUNt
is one. Attempting to turn averaging ON when AVERage:COUNt=1
causes an error.
RELATED
FRONT-PANEL
KEYS
Avg
COMMAND [:SENSe]:AVERage:COUNt . . . <numeric_value>
Specifies the number of measurements to combine when AVERage:STATe
is ON.
RANGE The acceptable range for the <numeric_value> parameter is 1 to 99.
COMMENT When averaging is ON, some devices may automatically set :COUNt
values in the TRIGger subsystem based on the AVERage:COUNt value.
This is done to ensure that the TRIGger subsystem provides enough
triggers for the average.
RELATED
FRONT-PANEL
KEYS
Avg