Tektronix TDS420A User Manual

Command Groups

TDS Family Oscilloscope Programmer Manual

!# #

Positions paired cursors. Also, returns settings

!# #

Return horizontal distance between 1

st

 and

2

nd

 paired cursors

!# #

Return horizontal position of 1

st

 paired cursor

!# #

Return horizontal position of 2

nd

 paired cursor

!# # '

Set or return vbar position of the1

st

 or 2

nd

paired cursor

!# # ' %
(TDS 400A)

Position the horizontal paired cursor in units of
% of record length

!# #%

Select active paired cursor

!# #

Set paired cursor units

!# #

Return vertical distance between 1

st

 and 2

nd

paired cursors

!##$

Position vertical bar cursors

!##$

Return horizontal distance between cursors

!##$ '

Position a vertical cursor

!##$ ' %
(TDS 400A)

Position a vertical cursor in units of % of
record length

!##$%

Set which cursor the knob controls

!##$

Set vertical cursors to seconds, frequency, or
to lines (with option 05 video on the TDS
510A, 500C, 600B, & 700C)

!##$ #  (TDS 400A)

Return unit string for the vertical bar cursor

Display commands let you change the graticule style, change the displayed
intensities, display messages, and clear the menu. Table 2–9 lists these com-
mands.

&

Clear menus from display

"(

Return display settings

"(

Control the display of the date/time stamp