Command Groups
thealiasnamem
ust consist of a valid IEEE488.2 message unit, which may
not appear in a message preceded by a colon, comma, or a command or query
program header.
the alias name may not appear in a message followed by a colon, comma,
or question mark.
an alias name must be distinct from any keyword or keyword short form.
an alias name cannot be redefined without first being deleted using one of
the alias deletion functions.
alias names do not appear in response messages.
Table 2-16: Alias Commands
Command Description
ALIas:CATalog? Returns a list of the currentl
ydefined alias labels
ALIas:DEFine
Assigns a sequence of program
messages to an alias label
ALIas:DELEte:ALL Deletes all existing aliases
ALIas:DELEte[:NAMe]
Removes a specified alias
ALIas[:STATE] This command specifies the alias state
ARB Command Group
Use the ARB commands for Arbitrary Waveform Generator functionality.
MDO3000 series with option MDO3AFG installed and MDO4000C series with
option MDO4AFG installed only.
Table 2-17: ARB Commands
Command Description
AFG:ARBitrary:ARB<x>:DATE? Returns the date that the data in the specified arbitrary waveform slot 1-4 was saved.
AFG:ARBitrary:ARB<x>:LABel Sets ( or queries) the waveform label for arbitrary waveform slots 1 - 4.
AFG:ARBitrary:ARB<x>:TIMe? Returns the time that the data in the specified arbitrary waveform slot was saved.
AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:FUNCtion? Returns the currently selected arbitrary waveform pre-defined function.
AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:GENerate This command generates the arbitrary waveform function specified by the enumeration
argument, with the number of points optionally specified by the NR1 argument. To query the
arbitrary waveform function set by this command, use AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:FUNCtion?
AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:NUMPoints? Returns the number of points in the AFB arbitrary waveform edit memory.
AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:POINTS Specifies which points to load into the AFG arbitrary waveform edit memory.
AFG.ARBitrary.EMEM.POINTS.BYTEORDerThis command specifies the byte order for the :AF G:AR Bitrary :EM EM :POIN TS? query
when the :AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:ENCDG is set to BINary and when binary block data is
sent for the :AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:POINTS command.
AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:POINTS:ENCdg This command specifies the data encoding format for the AFG:ARBitrary:EMEM:POINTS
query (either AS CII or binary).
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