Teledyne LeCroy X-STREAM OSCILLOSCOPES Remote Control - Manual (Page 113)

Remote Control Commands and Queries
WM-RCM-E Rev D ISSUED: February 2005
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COMMUNICATION
COMM_FORMAT, CFMT
Command/Query
DESCRIPTION The COMM_FORMAT command selects the format the oscilloscope
uses to send waveform data. The available options allow the block
format, the data type and the encoding mode to be modified from the
default settings.
The COMM_FORMAT? query returns the currently selected
waveform data format.
COMMAND SYNTAX
Comm_ForMaT ,,
: = {DEF9}
: = {BYTE, WORD}
: = {BIN}
Initial settings (i.e. after power-on) are:
For GPIB and LAN: DEF9, WORD, BIN
QUERY SYNTAX Comm_ForMaT?
RESPONSE FORMAT
Comm_ForMaT
,,
EXAMPLE (GPIB) The following instruction redefines the transmission format of
waveform data. The data will be transmitted as a block of definite
length. Data will be coded in binary and represented as 8-bit integers.
CMD$=“CFMT DEF9,BYTE,BIN”: CALL
IBWRT(SCOPE%,CMD$)