Table Of Contents - Fluke CombiScope PM3370B User Manual

Table Of Contents

About This Manual8
E Summary Of System Settings9
Getting Started With Scpi Programming10
Initializing The Combiscope Instrument13
Error Reporting14
Acquiring Traces15
How To Acquire A Single Shot Trace16
How To Acquire Repetitive Traces17
Measuring Signal Characteristics18
How To Make A Single Shot Measurement19
Using The Combiscope Instruments20
Fundamental Programming Concepts22
Measurement Instructions23
Single Function Programming Using The Instrument Model24
Instrument Setup25
Front Panel Simulation26
Benefits Of Using Parameters28
Waveform Measurements30
Customizing Settings32
Multiple Measurements33
Multiple Characteristics From A Single Acquisition34
Trigger Control Via Gpib35
Fetching Characteristics From Memory Traces36
Acquisition37
Triggering39
Video Triggering42
The Trigger Modes44
Pre- And Post-Triggering46
External Triggering47
Reading Trace Acquisitions48
Single-Shot Acquisition49
Conversion Of Trace Data50
Conversion Of 8-Bit Samples To Integer51
Conversion Of 16-Bit Samples To Integer52
Conversion To Voltage Values53
Averaging Acquisition Data55
Channel Selection57
Signal Conditioning58
Input Filtering59
Autoranging Attenuators60
Time Base Control61
Real Time Acquisition62
Autoranging Time Base63
Post Processing64
Specify The Settings Of The Post Processing Function65
Check The Result Of The Post Processing Function66
Mathematical Calculations67
Frequency Domain Transformations68
Histogram Functions74
Trace Memory75
Trace Formatting76
Copying Traces To Memory77
Writing Data To Trace Memory78
Reading Data From Trace Memory79
Screen/Display Functions80
Readout Of Measurement Data81
Display Of User-Defined Text84
Print/Plot Functions85
Real-Time Clock87
Status Reporting89
Operation Status Data90
Questionable Status Data91
How To Reset The Status Data92
How To Enable Status Reporting93
Program Example Using A Service Request (Srq)94
How To Report Errors95
Error-Reporting Using The Srq Mechanism96
Saving/Restoring Instrument Setups97
How To Simulate The Operation Of A Softkey Menu99
Functions Not Directly Programmable100
Command Reference101
Data Types103
Command Summary105
Command Descriptions113
A Application Program Examples234
A.1 Measuring Signal Characteristics235
A.1.2 Making Programmed Measurements237
A.1.3 Reading Measurement Values238
A.3 Saving/Recalling Instrument Setups239
A.3.2 Save/Recall Settings To/From Computer Disk Memory240
A.4 Making A Hardcopy Of The Screen242
A.5 Pass/Fail Testing243
A.5.2 Restoring A Pass/Fail Test Setup244
A.5.3 Running A Pass/Fail Test245
B Cross References246
B.2 Cross Reference Softkey Menus / Commands248
B.2.2 Cursors Menu249
B.2.3 Display Menu250
B.2.4 Mathplus Math Menu251
B.2.5 Measure Menu254
B.2.7 Save/Recall Menu255
B.2.9 Tb Mode Menu256
B.2.10 Trigger Menu257
B.2.11 Utility Menu259
B.2.12 Vertical Menu261
B.3 Cross Reference Functions / Commands262
C Manual Conventions274
C.2 Glossary Of Symbols Used277
C.4 List Of Figures278
C.5 Documents Referenced279
D Standards Information280
D.2 List Of Implemented Ieee-488.2 Syntactical Elements281