Tektronix Tds200 series Operating and maintenance manual

Programmer Manual

TDS200-, TDS1000-, and

TDS2000-Series

Digital Oscilloscope

071-1075-00

This document supports TDS210 and TDS220

with FV:v1.09 and above when used with

TDS2CM version CMV:v1.04 and above, or

TDS2CMA and TDS2MM any version; TDS224,

TDS1000- and TDS2000-series, all versions

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WARRANTY

Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and

workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of shipment. If any such product

proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the

defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in

exchange for the defective product.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the

defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the

performance of service. Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the

defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, with shipping charges

prepaid. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to

a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer

shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for

products returned to any other locations.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or

improper or inadequate maintenance and care. Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish

service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other

than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product; b) to repair damage

resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment; or c) to service a

product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such

modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product.

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER

WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS

DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TEKTRONIX’ RESPONSIBILITY

TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND

EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF

THIS WARRANTY. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE

FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR

HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TDS200/1000/2000 Series Oscilloscope Programmer Manual i

Table of Contents

Preface v. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Related Documents v. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conventions vi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Contacting Tektronix vii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Getting Started

Getting Started 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syntax and Commands

Command Syntax 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Command and Query Structure 2-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Command Entry 2-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Constructed Mnemonics 2-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Argument Types 2-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Command Groups 2-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Acquisition Commands 2-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Calibration and Diagnostic Commands 2-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cursor Commands 2-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Display Commands 2-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hard Copy Commands 2-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Horizontal Commands 2-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Math Commands 2-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Measurement Commands 2-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Miscellaneous Commands 2-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RS-232 Commands 2-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Save and Recall Commands 2-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Status and Error Commands 2-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Trigger Commands 2-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vertical Commands 2-26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Waveform Commands 2-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Waveform Data Formats 2-29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Waveform Data Record 2-31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Waveform Data Locations and Memory Allocation 2-32. . . . . .

Waveform Preamble 2-32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scaling Waveform Data 2-32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transferring Waveform Data 2-32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Command Descriptions 2-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Status and Events

Status and Events 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Registers 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Status Registers 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enable Registers 3-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Enable Registers and the *PSC Command 3-6. . . . . . . . .

Queues 3-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Output Queue 3-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Event Queue 3-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Event Handling Sequence 3-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Synchronization Methods 3-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using the *WAI Command 3-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using the BUSY Query 3-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using the *OPC Set Command 3-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using the *OPC? Query 3-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Messages 3-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Programming Example

Programming Example 4-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendices

Appendix A: ASCII Code Chart A-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix B: Factory Setup B-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Glossary and Index

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List of Figures

Figure 2-1: Command message elements 2-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-2: Block argument example 2-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 3-1: The Standard Event Status Register (SESR) 3-2. .

Figure 3-2: The Status Byte Register (SBR) 3-3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 3-3: The Device Event Status Enable Register

(DESER) 3-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 3-4: The Event Status Enable Register (ESER) 3-5. . . .

Figure 3-5: The Service Request Enable Register

(SRER) 3-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 3-6: Status and event handling process 3-9. . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 3-7: Command processing without using

synchronization 3-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 3-8: Processing sequence with synchronization 3-11. . . .

List of Tables

Table 2-1: BNF notation 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-2: Command message elements 2-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-3: Comparison of Header Off and Header On

responses 2-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-4: Types of numeric arguments 2-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-5: Oscilloscope handling of incorrect numeric

arguments 2-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-6: Parts of a block argument 2-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-7: Acquisition commands 2-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-8: Calibration and Diagnostic commands 2-16. . . . . . .

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Table 2-9: Cursor commands 2-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-10: Display commands 2-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-11: Hard Copy commands 2-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-12: Horizontal commands 2-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-13: Math commands 2-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-14: Measurement commands 2-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-15: Miscellaneous commands 2-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-16: RS-232 commands 2-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-17: Save and Recall commands 2-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-18: Status and Error commands 2-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-19: Trigger commands 2-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-20: Vertical commands 2-26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-21: Waveform commands 2-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-22: Binary data ranges 2-31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-23: Vertical position ranges using a 1X probe 2-54. . . .

Table 2-24: DATa and WFMPre parameter settings 2-70. . . . .

Table 2-25: Commands that generate an Operation

Complete message 2-121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 2-26: Additional WFMPre commands 2-173. . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 3-1: SESR bit functions 3-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 3-2: SBR bit functions 3-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 3-3: No event messages 3-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 3-4: Command error messages –CME bit 5 3-18. . . . . . .

Table 3-5: Execution error messages –EXE bit 4 3-18. . . . . . . .

Table 3-6: Device error messages –DDE bit 3 3-21. . . . . . . . . .

Table 3-7: System event messages 3-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table 3-8: Execution warning messages –EXE bit 4 3-23. . . . .

Table 3-9: Internal warning messages 3-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Preface

This programmer manual provides information on how to operate

your TDS 200-, TDS1000- or TDS2000-series digital oscilloscope

with the RS-232 or General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) protocols.

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