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440 Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide

24 :SAVE Commands

:SAVE:WAVeform:FORMat

(see page 790)

Command Syntax

:SAVE:WAVeform:FORMat <format>

<format> ::= {ASCiixy | CSV | BINary}

The :SAVE:WAVeform:FORMat command sets the waveform data format

type:

• ASCiixy — creates comma- separated value files for each analog channel

that is displayed (turned on). The proper file extension for this format

is ".csv".

• CSV — creates one comma- separated value file that contains

information for all analog channels that are displayed (turned on). The

proper file extension for this format is ".csv".

• BINary — creates an oscilloscope binary data format file. See the User's

Guide for a description of this format. The proper file extension for this

format is ".bin".

Query Syntax

:SAVE:WAVeform:FORMat?

The :SAVE:WAVeform:FORMat? query returns the selected waveform data

format type.

Return Format

<format> ::= {ASC | CSV | BIN | NONE}

When NONE is returned, it indicates that an image file format is currently

selected.

See Also • "Introduction to :SAVE Commands" on page 426

• ":SAVE:WAVeform[:STARt]" on page 439

• ":SAVE:WAVeform:LENGth" on page 441

• ":SAVE:IMAGe:FORMat" on page 431