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878 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide
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Programming Examples
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# Send a query, check for errors, return values:
# =========================================================
def do_query_values(query):
if debug:
print "Qyv = '%s'" % query
results = InfiniiVision.ask_for_values("%s\n" % query)
check_instrument_errors(query)
return results
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# Check for instrument errors:
# =========================================================
def check_instrument_errors(command):
while True:
error_string = InfiniiVision.ask(":SYSTem:ERRor?\n")
if error_string: # If there is an error string value.
if error_string.find("+0,", 0, 3) == -1: # Not "No error".
print "ERROR: %s, command: '%s'" % (error_string, command)
print "Exited because of error."
sys.exit(1)
else: # "No error"
break
else: # :SYSTem:ERRor? should always return string.
print "ERROR: :SYSTem:ERRor? returned nothing, command: '%s'" % comma
nd
print "Exited because of error."
sys.exit(1)
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# Returns data from definite-length block.
# =========================================================
def get_definite_length_block_data(sBlock):
# First character should be "#".
pound = sBlock[0:1]
if pound != "#":
print "PROBLEM: Invalid binary block format, pound char is '%s'." % po
und
print "Exited because of problem."
sys.exit(1)
# Second character is number of following digits for length value.
digits = sBlock[1:2]
# Get the data out of the block and return it.
sData = sBlock[int(digits) + 2:]