Specifications

Programming Guide 2-37

ESG Family Signal Generators Programming Commands and Examples

:MEMory and :MMEMory Subsystems

The memory and mass memory subsystems are used to manage and access instrument

memory and mass storage.

All Memory Catalog

:MEMory:CATalog[:ALL]?

:MMEMory:CATalog[:ALL]? "<file systems>"

This command outputs all lists of the files in the specified memory subsystem “:” for

memory :CATalogue. The return data will be in the following form:

<mem used>,<mem free>{,<file listing>}

The signal generator will return the two memory usage parameters and as many file

listings as there are files in the directory list. Each file listing parameter will be in the

following form:

"<file_name>",<file type>,<file size>

The file types are:

• BINary - A binary file

• STATe - A state file

• LIST - A sweep list file

• FIR - A filter coefficient file (Option UN8 or UND)

• SHAPe - A burst shape file (Option UN8 only)

• BIT - A Bit file

• ARB Catalog Types (Option UND only) (see below)

• Modulation Catalog Types (see page 2-42)

ARB Catalog Types (Option UND only)

:MMEMory:CATalog? "ARBI:"

:MMEMory:CATalog? "NVARbi:"

These commands output a list of related files in the “:” directory. The return data will be in

the following form:

<mem used>,<mem free>{,<file listing>}