Tektronix AWG710, Programmer'S Manual

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Command Groups
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AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Programmer Manual
The Hardcopy commands are used to print the entire display to a specified file
rather than printing to an external device.
The hardcopy commands used in this application do not conform to the 1999
SCPI hardcopy standard. (The 1999 SCPI standards state that the
MMEMory:OPEN
and
MMEMory:CLOSe
commands are used to open and close the file specified by
MMEMory:NAME
, to accommodate feeding data from the HCOPy subsystem. This
state-dependent style of feeding data is not used in the waveform generator.)
Instead, the hardcopy commands are implemented in a way that more closely
resembles previous waveform generator usage. The waveform generator
implements the hardcopy commands as illustrated in the following example:
MMEMory:NAME ”SAMPLE1.BMP”
MMEMory:OPEN
HCOPy:DESTination ”MMEM”
HCOPy
MMEM:CLOSe
The above command sequence can be written as follows for the waveform
generator:
MMEMory:NAME ”SAMPLE1.BMP”
HCOPy
In this case, the entire display will be written to the SAMPLE1.BMP file.
Table 2-9: Hardcopy commands
Header Description
HCOPy:DESTination Set the destination
HCOPy:DEVice:COLor (?) Select the color, or monochrome
HCOPy:DEVice:LANGuage (?) Select the data format
HCOPy[:IMMediate] Initiate the plot, or print immediately
HCOPy:SDUMp[:IMMediate] Plot or print the whole display
Hardcopy Commands