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154 Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference

9 Acquire Commands

:ACQuire:POINts:AUTO

Command :ACQuire:POINts:AUTO {{ON | 1} |{OFF | 0}}

The :ACQuire:POINts:AUTO command enables (automatic) or disables

(manual) the automatic memory depth selection control. When enabled,

the oscilloscope chooses a memory depth that optimizes the amount of

waveform data and the display update rate. When disabled, you can select

the amount of memory using the :ACQuire:POINts command.

Example This example sets the automatic memory depth control to off.

myScope.WriteString ":ACQUIRE:POINTS:AUTO OFF"

Query :ACQuire:POINts:AUTO?

The :ACQuire:POINts:AUTO? query returns the automatic memory depth

control state.

Returned Format

[:ACQuire:POINts:AUTO] {1 | 0}<NL>

Example This example checks the current setting for automatic memory depth

control and places the result in the variable, varState. Then the program

prints the contents of the variable to the computer's screen.

myScope.WriteString ":SYSTEM:HEADER OFF"

myScope.WriteString ":ACQUIRE:POINTS:AUTO?"

varState = myScope.ReadNumber

Debug.Print FormatNumber(varState, 0)