Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series, Programmer'S Manual

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Getting Started
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The "8" states the number of digits that follow, and "00001000" states the
number of bytes to be transmitted.
The VISA COM library's ReadIEEEBlock and WriteIEEEBlock methods
understand the definite- length block syntax, so you can simply use
variables that contain the data:
' Read oscilloscope setup using ":SYSTem:SETup?" query.
myScope.WriteString ":SYSTem:SETup?"
Dim varQueryResult As Variant
varQueryResult = myScope.ReadIEEEBlock(BinaryType_UI1)
' Write learn string back to oscilloscope using ":SYSTem:SETup" command:
myScope.WriteIEEEBlock ":SYSTem:SETup ", varQueryResult
Sending Multiple Queries and Reading Results
You can send multiple queries to the instrument within a single command
string, but you must also read them back as a single query result. This can
be accomplished by reading them back into a single string variable,
multiple string variables, or multiple numeric variables.
For example, to read the :TIMebase:RANGe?;DELay? query result into a
single string variable, you could use the commands:
myScope.WriteString ":TIMebase:RANGe?;DELay?"
Dim strQueryResult As String
strQueryResult = myScope.ReadString
MsgBox "Timebase range; delay:" + strQueryResult
When you read the result of multiple queries into a single string variable,
each response is separated by a semicolon. For example, the output of the
previous example would be:
Timebase range; delay: <range_value>;<delay_value>
To read the :TIMebase:RANGe?;DELay? query result into multiple string
variables, you could use the ReadList method to read the query results
into a string array variable using the commands:
myScope.WriteString ":TIMebase:RANGe?;DELay?"
Dim strResults() As String
strResults() = myScope.ReadList(ASCIIType_BSTR)
MsgBox "Timebase range: " + strResults(0) + ", delay: " + strResults(1)
Figure 2 Definite-length block response data
AXSDRNEC@S@SDQLHM@SNQ
"BST@K%@S@
/TLADQNE#XSDR
SNAD5Q@MRLHSSDC
/TLADQNE%HFHSR
5G@S'NKKNV