Manual

P ART T WO : COMMANDS
248 ISSUED: February 2005 WM-RCM-E Rev D
A UTOMATION
VBS, VBS
Command/Query
DESCRIPTION
The VBS command allows Automation commands to be sent in the
context of an existing program.
The Automation command must be placed within single quotation
marks.
The = sign may be flanked by optional spaces for clarity.
COMMAND SYNTAX VBS <automation command>
QUERY SYNTAX VBS? <Return=automation command>
EXAMPLES with “GPIB”
Equivalents
The following instruction sets Channel 1 vertical scale to 50 mV/Div,
the time per division to 500 ns, and the grid mode to Dual:
CMD$=“VBS ‘app.Acquisition.C1.VerScale=0.05’”
CMD$ “C1:VDIV 50 MV” (GPIB equivalent)
CMD$=“VBS ‘app.Horizontal.HorScale = 500e-9’”
CMD$ “TDIV 0.5e-6” (GPIB equivalent)
CMD$=“VBS ‘app.Display.GridMode=”Dual”’
CMD$ “GRID DUAL” (GPIB equivalent)
QUERY SYNTAX
CMD$ = “VBS?
‘Return=app.Acquisition.C1.VerScale’”