Tektronix TDS420A User Manual

Command Groups

TDS Family Oscilloscope Programmer Manual

Vertical commands control the display of channels and of main and reference
waveforms. Table 2–22 lists these commands.

The 

SELect:<wfm> command also selects the waveform many commands in

other command groups use.

You may replace VOLts for SCAle in the vertical commands. This provides
program compatibility with earlier models of Tektronix digitizing oscilloscopes.

CH<x>?

Return vertical parameters

CH<x>:BANdwidth

Channel bandwidth

CH<x>:COUPling

Channel coupling

CH<x>:DESKew (TDS 500C, 600B, & 700C)

Channel deskew time

CH<x>:IMPedance

Channel impedance

CH<x>:OFFSet

Channel offset

CH<x>:POSition

Channel position

CH<x>:PROBE?

Return channel probe attenuation

CH<x>:PROBECal? 
(TDS 500C, 600B, & 700C)

Return channel probe cal status

CH<x>:PROBEFunc:EXTAtten
(TDS 500C & 700C)

Sets the state of the external attenuation for
the specified channel to the specified value

CH<x>:PROBEFunc:EXTDBatten
(TDS 500C & 700C)

Sets the state of the attenuation for the
specified channel to the specified value, in dB

CH<x>:SCAle

Channel volts per div

CH<x>:VOLts

Same as CH<x>:SCAle

MATH<x>?

Return math waveform definition

MATH<x>:DEFine

Define math waveform

MATH<x>:NUMAVg
(TDS 510A, 500C, 600B, & 700C, 
some models require Option 2F)

Acquisition number at which to begin
exponential averaging

MATH<x>:PROCessing
(TDS 510A, 500C, 600B, & 700C, 
some models require Option 2F)

Math waveform averaging on or off

SELect?

Return selected waveform

SELect:CONTROl

Front-panel channel selector

SELect:<wfm>

Set selected waveform