Manual

P ART T WO : COMMANDS
234 ISSUED: February 2005 WM-RCM-E Rev D
DISPLAY
TRACE, TRA
Command/Query
DESCRIPTION
The TRACE command enables or disables the display of a trace. An
environment error (see table on page 145) is set if an attempt is
made to display more than four waveforms.
The TRACE? query indicates whether the specified trace is
displayed or not.
COMMAND SYNTAX
<trace> : TRAce <mode>
<trace> : = {C1,C2,C3,C4,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,
F8,TA,TB,TC,TD}. TA through TD are for compatibility with
existing software with earlier instruments. These four mnemonics are
not returned by queries.
<mode> : = {ON, OFF}
QUERY SYNTAX
<trace> : TRAce?
RESPONSE FORMAT
<trace> : TRAce <mode>
AVAILABILITY
<trace> : = {C3, C4} only on four-channel instruments.
EXAMPLE (GPIB) The following instruction displays Trace F1:
CMD$=“F1:TRA ON”: CALL IBWRT(SCOPE%,CMD$)