Agilent Technologies InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series Programmer's Manual page 164

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Common (*) Commands
selected and a common command is received by the instrument, the
instrument remains in the selected subsystem. For example, if the program
message ":ACQuire:TYPE AVERage; *CLS; COUNt 256" is received by the
instrument, the instrument sets the acquire type, then clears the status
information and sets the average count.
In contrast, if a root level command or some other subsystem command is
within the program message, you must re- enter the original subsystem
after the command. For example, the program message ":ACQuire:TYPE
AVERage; :AUToscale; :ACQuire:COUNt 256" sets the acquire type,
completes the autoscale, then sets the acquire count. In this example,
:ACQuire must be sent again after the :AUToscale command in order to
re- enter the ACQuire subsystem and set the count.
Each of the status registers has an enable (mask) register. By setting the bits in the enable
N O T E
register, you can select the status information you want to use.
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