Manual

Remote Control Commands and Queries
WM-RCM-E Rev D ISSUED: February 2005 93
ACQUISITION
ATTENUATION, ATTN
Command/Query
DESCRIPTION
The ATTENUATION command selects the vertical attenuation facto
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of the probe. Values up to 10000 can be specified.
The ATTENUATION? query returns the attenuation factor of the
specified channel.
COMMAND SYNTAX
<channel> : ATTeNuation <attenuation>
<channel> : = {C1, C2, C3, C4, EX, EX10}
<attenuation> : = {1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 200,
500, 1000, 10000}
QUERY SYNTAX
<channel> : ATTeNuation?
RESPONSE FORMAT
<channel> : ATTeNuation <attenuation>
AVAILABILITY <channel> : {C3, C4} available only on four-channel oscilloscopes.
EXAMPLE (GPIB) The following instruction sets to 100 the attenuation factor of
Channel 1:
CMD$=“C1:ATTN 100”: CALL IBWRT(SCOPE%,CMD$)