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492 Agilent Infiniium 9000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference
25 Measure Commands
:MEASure:AREA
Command :MEASure:AREA {CYCLe | DISPlay}[,<source>]
The :MEASure:AREA command turns on the area measurement. The area
measurement measures between the waveform, or a selected cycle of the
waveform, and the waveform ground. When measuring Area, it is
sometimes useful to use the Subtract Math Operator to remove any dc
offset from a waveform you want to measure. Also see Math/FFT
Functions for more details.
<source> {CHANnel<N> | FUNCtion<F> | WMEMory<N>}
<N> CHANnel<N> is an integer, 1- 4.
WMEMory<N> is an integer, 1- 4.
<F> FUNCtion<F> is an integer, 1- 16.
Example This example turns on the area measurement which measures between the
waveform and ground. Only that portion of the waveform which is in the
waveform viewing area is measured.
myScope.WriteString ":MEASURE:AREA DISPLAY"
Query :MEASure:AREA?
The :MEASure:AREA? query returns the area measurement.
Returned Format
[:MEASure:AREA]<value>[,<result_state>]<NL>
Example This example places the current selection for the area to be measured in
the string variable, strSelection, then prints the contents of the variable to
the computer's screen.
Dim strSelection As String
myScope.WriteString ":MEASure:AREA?"
strSelection = myScope.ReadString
Debug.Print strSelection