User's Manual
Table of Contents
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TDS Family Oscilloscope Programmer Manual
List of Tables
Table 2–1: BNF Symbols and Meanings  2–1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–2: Command Message Elements  2–2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–3: Comparison of Header Off and On Responses  2–3. . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–4: Acquisition Commands  2–13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–5: Alias Commands  2–14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–6: Application Menu Commands  2–14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–7: Calibration and Diagnostic Commands  2–15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–8: Cursor Commands  2–15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–9: Display Commands  2–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–10: File System Commands  2–18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–11: Hardcopy Commands  2–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–12: Histogram Commands  2–19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–13: Horizontal Commands  2–20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–14: Limit Test Commands  2–22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–15: Mask Commands  2–23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–16: Measurement Commands  2–24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–17: Miscellaneous Commands  2–26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–18: RS-232 Commands  2–27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–19: Save and Recall Commands 2–28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–20: Status and Error Commands  2–29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–21: Trigger Commands  2–30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–22: Vertical Commands  2–37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–23: Extended-Acquisition-Length Mode Channels and Record
Lengths 2–42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–24: Waveform Commands  2–43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–25: Zoom Commands  2–45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–26: Waveform Data Points Supported for Reference 
Locations 2–63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–27: Commands that Affect BUSY? Response  2–69. . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–28: Offset Ranges for the TDS 400A, 510A, 540C, 600B, 754C, &
784C (All Channels) and the TDS 520C & 724C 
(Channel 1 & Channel 2) using a 1x Probe  2–74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–29: Offset Ranges for the TDS 520C & 724C (Aux 1 & Aux 2)
using a 1x Probe  2–74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Table 2–30: DATa and WFMPre Parameter Settings  2–101. . . . . . . . . . . . . 










