HP 54501A Programming Reference Manual page 156

COUNt
COUNt
command/query
In
average
mode
the
:ACQUIRE:COUNT command specifies the
number of
values to be averaged
for
each time bucket before the
acquisition
is
considered complete for that time bucket.
When
acquisition type
is set
to
NORMAL
the count
is
1.
When
the acquisition type
is set
to
AVERAGE
the count can range from
1
to 2048. Any
value can be sent, however the value will be rounded to the
nearest power
of
2.
When
the acquisition type is
set
to
ENVELOPE
the count can be
any
value
between
1
and 2048.
The
COUNT
query returns the currently selected count value.
Command Syntax:
:ACQuire:couNt
<count>
Where:
<
count
>
::=
1
to
2048
Example:
OUTPUT 707;":ACQUlRE:TYPE AVERAGE;COUNT 1024"
Query Syntax:
:ACQuire:couNt?
Returned Format:
[:ACQuire:couNt]
< count >
<NL>
Where:
<count> ::=
1
through
2048 (integer-
NR1
format)
Example:
DIM Cnt$[50]
OUTPUT 707;":ACQ:COUNT?"
ENTER 707;Cnt$
PRINT Cnt$
HP 54501A
Programming
Acquire Subsystem
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