Manual

P ART O NE : ABOUT REMOTE CONTROL
70 ISSUED: February 2005 WM-RCM-E Rev D
Display.AxisYRotation = 20
Display.PersistenceSaturation = 50 ' Automation remote control
Display.PersistenceTime = "Infinite" ' commands are merely copies of
Display.PersistenceLastTrace = False ' statements like these.
Set Acquisition = WaveMaster.Acquisition
' Acquisition ... ' Automation queries are merely
Acquisition.TriggerMode = "Stopped" ' the same things reversed.
' To find out the state of the
Set C1 = Acquisition.C1 ' grid you can write
' C1 ... ' GM = Display.GridMode
C1.View = True ' Where you have already defined
C1.UseGrid = "YT1" ' GM as a string variable.
C1.UseDotJoin = True
C1.Persisted = False
C1.PersistenceSaturation = 50
C1.PersistenceMonoChrome = True
The complete setup file shows that the variables are grouped as follows.
• Acquisition
• Cursors
• Display
• Math
• Measure
• Memory
• PassFail
• SaveRecall
• Utility
The X-Stream DSO differs from earlier scopes in that this same language and structure can be employed by the
scope user to send commands from external computers; to send commands from programs inside the
instrument, using ActiveDSO; to write scripts; and to run many other applications.
The setup file is a means of setting the scope very quickly into a given state. Individual commands can be sent
as required, to make changes during the running of an application. Because the setup files are in ASCII text
format, they can be edited very simply, using a program such as Notepad. This makes your system very much
less vulnerable to changes in the scope system. It also enables people to share information very easily.