Tektronix MSO54, Programmer'S Manual

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Commands listed in alphabetical order
<NR1>
= 0 disables Alias mode; any other value enables Alias mode.
Examples
ALIAS ON
turns the alias feature on. When a de fi ned alias is received, the speci fi ed
command sequence is substituted for the alias and executed.
ALIAS?
might return
:ALIAS:STATE 1
, indicating that the alias feature is on.
ALIas:CATalog? (Query Only)
This query-only command returns a list of the currently de fi ned alias labels,
separated by commas. If no aliases are de fi ned, the query returns the string “”.
Group
Alias
Syntax
ALIas:CATalog?
Examples
ALIAS:CATALOG?
might return the string
:ALIAS:CATALOG
"SETUP1","TESTMENU1","DEFAULT"
showing that there are three aliases
named SETUP1, TESTMENU1, and DEFAULT.
ALIas:DEFine
This command assigns a sequence of program messages to an alias label. These
messages are then substituted for the alias whenever it is received as a command
or query, provided that
ALIas:STATE
is turned on. The query form of this
command returns the de fi nitions of a selected alias.
NOTE.
Attempting to give two aliases the same name causes an error. To give a
new alias the name of an existing alias, the existing alias must fi rst be deleted.
Group
Alias
Syntax
ALIas:DEFine <QString><,>{<QString>|<Block>}
ALIas:DEFine?
Related Commands ALIas:STATE
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