TDS200, TDS1000/2000, TDS1000B/2000B, TPS2000 Programmer
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Command Syntax
You can control the oscilloscope through the GPIB, RS-232, or USB
interface using a large group of commands and queries.
This section describes the syntax these commands and queries use
and the conventions the oscilloscope uses to process them. The
commands and queries themselves are listed in the Command
Descriptions section.
Table 2- 1:
Oscilloscope communication protocol
Model or option GPIB RS-232 USB
TDS2CM, TDS2CMA, TDS2CMAX Yes Yes No
TDS2MM Yes Yes No
TDS2MEM No Yes No
TDS1000 or TDS2000 Yes*
Yes*{
No
TDS1000B or TDS2000B
Yes}
No Yes
TPS2000 No Yes No
*
Function available with a TDS2CM, TDS2CMA, or TDS2CMAX
module.
{ Function available with a TDS2MEM module.
} Function available with a TEK-USB-488 adapter.
You transmit commands to the oscilloscope using the enhanced
American Standard Code for Information Interc hange (ASCII)
character encoding. Appendix A contains a chart of the ASCII
character set.