Keysight E4981A Programming Manual page 133

Measurement Applications (Sample Programs)
Reading Measurement Results Using Data Buffer
Example 9-12 Reading Measurement Results in Ascii Format using Data Buffer
Sub Example12()
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' Configuration
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Dim defrm As Long 'Session to Default Resource Manager
Dim Agte4981a As Long 'Session to instrument
Dim Result As String * 500
Dim PSData As Variant
Dim Res(5, 5) As Variant
Dim NoofMeas As Integer, i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim outEventType As Long, outEventContext As Long
Const TimeOutTime = 30000
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
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' Open Instrument
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ErrorCheck viOpenDefaultRM(defrm)
Call SelectMode(defrm, Agte4981a)
ErrorCheck viSetAttribute(Agte4981a, VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE, TimeOutTime)
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' Setup Start
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NoofMeas = 5
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, "SYST:PRES;*CLS" + vbLf, 0)
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, "FORM ASC" + vbLf, 0)
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, "DATA:POIN:BUF3 " + CStr(NoofMeas) + vbLf,
0)
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, ":DATA:FEED:CONT:BUF3 ALW" + vbLf, 0)
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, "APER:TIME 6" + vbLf, 0)
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