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Introduction to Programming 3

Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference 55

Combining Commands in the Same Subsystem

To execute more than one command within the same subsystem, use a

semi-colon (;) to separate the commands:

:<subsystem>:<command><separator><data>;<command><separator>

For example:

:CHANNEL1:INPUT DC;BWLIMIT ON

Common Command Header

Common command headers, such as clear status, control the IEEE 488.2

functions within the oscilloscope. The syntax is:

*<command header><terminator>

No space or separator is allowed between the asterisk (*) and the

command header. *CLS is an example of a common command header.

Duplicate Mnemonics

Identical function mnemonics can be used for more than one subsystem.

For example, you can use the function mnemonic RANGE to change both

the vertical range and horizontal range:

To set the vertical range of channel 1 to 0.4 volts full scale:

:CHANNEL1:RANGE .4

To set the horizontal time base to 1 second full scale:

:TIMEBASE:RANGE 1

In these examples, CHANNEL1 and TIMEBASE are subsystem selectors,

and determine the range type being modified.