User`s guide

New Features
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binblock Data Transfer
The binary-block (binblock) format is defined as #<N><D><A> where:
•
N specifies the number of digits D that follow.
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D specifies the number of data bytes A that follow.
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A is the data to written to the instrument.
You can transfer binblock data between MATLAB and your instrument with
the
binblockread and binblockwrite functions.
Tektronix VISA Support
Tektronix VISA is supported for serial and GPIB interfaces.
Enhancements to Existing Functions and Properties
Terminator and EOSCharCode Properties
For serial port and VISA-serial objects, you can configure Terminator to a
decimal value ranging from 0 to 127, to the equivalent ASCII character, or to
empty (''). For serial port objects, you can also set
Terminator to CR/LF or LF/
CR
.
For GPIB- and VXI-related objects, you can configure
EOSCharCode to a
decimal value ranging from 0 to 255, or to the equivalent ASCII character.
Timer Events
Some timer events may not be processed if your system is significantly
slowed or if the
TimerPeriod value is too small. The minimum TimerPeriod
value is now 0.01 second.
VXI Register Read and Write Functions
The memread, memwrite, mempeek and mempoke functions now handle single
precision values.
CompareBits Property
For VISA-GPIB, VISA-VXI, and VISA-GPIB-VXI objects, the CompareBits
property no longer exists since its only supported value is 8.