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Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series Oscilloscopes 
Programmer's Guide
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:SYSTem Commands
Control basic system functions of the oscilloscope. See "Introduction to 
:SYSTem Commands" on page 564.
Table 87 :SYSTem Commands Summary
Command Query Options and Query Returns
:SYSTem:DATE <date> 
(see page 565)
:SYSTem:DATE? (see 
page 565)
<date> ::= <year>,<month>,<day>
<year> ::= 4-digit year in NR1 
format
<month> ::= {1,..,12 | JANuary | 
FEBruary | MARch | APRil | MAY | 
JUNe | JULy | AUGust | SEPtember 
| OCTober | NOVember | DECember}
<day> ::= {1,..31}
:SYSTem:DSP <string> 
(see page 566)
n/a <string> ::= up to 75 characters 
as a quoted ASCII string
n/a :SYSTem:ERRor? (see 
page 567)
<error> ::= an integer error code
<error string> ::= quoted ASCII 
string.
See Error Messages (see 
page 751).
:SYSTem:LOCK <value> 
(see page 568)
:SYSTem:LOCK? (see 
page 568)
<value> ::= {{1 | ON} | {0 | 
OFF}}
:SYSTem:MENU <menu> 
(see page 569)
n/a <menu> ::= {MASK | MEASure | 
SEGMented | LISTer}
:SYSTem:PRESet (see 
page 570)
n/a See :SYSTem:PRESet (see 
page 570)
:SYSTem:PROTection:LO
CK <value> (see 
page 573)
:SYSTem:PROTection:LO
CK? (see page 573)
<value> ::= {{1 | ON} | {0 | 
OFF}}
:SYSTem:SETup 
<setup_data> (see 
page 574)
:SYSTem:SETup? (see 
page 574)
<setup_data> ::= data in IEEE 
488.2 # format.
:SYSTem:TIME <time> 
(see page 576)
:SYSTem:TIME? (see 
page 576)
<time> ::= hours,minutes,seconds 
in NR1 format










