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TE5251
User Manual
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<segment_
number> 1 to 10k Numeric
(integer only) 1 Selects the segment number of which will be deleted
TRACe:DELete:ALL
Description
This command will delete all segments and will clear the entire waveform memory. This command is
particularly important in case you want to de-fragment the entire waveform memory and start building your
waveform segments from scratch.
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The TRAC:DEL:ALL command does not re-write the memory so, whatever
waveforms were downloaded to the memory are still there for recovery. The
TRAC:DEL:ALL command removes all stop bits and clears the segment
table. You can recover memory segments by using the TRAC:DEF
command. You can also use this technique to resize, or combine waveform
segments.
TRACe:SELect<segment_number>
Description
This command will select the active waveform segment for the output. By selecting the active segment you
are performing two function:
1. Successive :TRAC commands will affect the selected segment
2. The SYNC output will be assigned to the selected segment. This behavior is especially important for
sequence operation, where multiple segments form a large sequence. In this case, you can
synchronize external devices exactly to the segment of interest
Parameters
Name Range Type Default Description
<segment_
number> 1 to 10k Numeric
(integer only) 1 Selects the active segment number
Response
The 5251 will return the active segment number.
SEGment#<header><binary_block>
Description
This command will partition the waveform memory to smaller segments and will speed up memory
segmentation. The idea is that waveform segments can be built as one long waveform and then just use
this command to split the waveform to the appropriate memory segments. In this way, there is no need to