Read/Write

About ECAL

Description

Specifies the default manner in which calibrations performed using COM or SCPI are to be stored.

Cal data is always stored to the channel’s Cal Register regardless of this setting.

This setting survives instrument preset and reboot. It remains until changed by another invocation of this property.

 VB Syntax

pref.RemoteCalStoragePreference = value

Variable

(Type) - Description

cal

A Preferences (object)

value

(Enum) - Choose from:

0 - naPreferCalRegister - Cal is saved ONLY to the channel’s Cal Register.

1 - naPreferNewUserCalSet - Cal is automatically saved to a new User Cal Set file when performing a calibration using COM. The Cal Set name is automatically generated. This corresponds to pre-6.0 behavior. Use the Name property to change the name after the cal is complete.

2 - naPreferReuseCurrentCalSet - The cal is saved to the Cal Set is that is currently selected on the specific channel. This could be the channel’s Cal Register. If the channel does not yet have a selected Cal Set, the cal will be saved to a new User Cal Set with an automatically-generated name.

Return Type

Enum

Default

0 - naPreferCalRegister

Examples

pref.RemoteCalStoragePreference = naPreferNewUserCalSet 'Write

calStorageMode = pref.RemoteCalStoragePreference ' Read

C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_RemoteCalStoragePreference(enum NARemoteCalStoragePreference* preference);

HRESULT put_RemoteCalStoragePreference(enum NARemoteCalStoragePreference val);

Interface

IPreferences7