With the export screen image call, you can add setup information to the image. I know you can query the scope for setup information, and get back binary block data. I also know this is in IEEE SCPI format, but I haven't been able to find documentation for parsing the information. Here's my question:
Does the binary block data contain the same information that's printed to the screen image if you include setup information? And if so, is there documentation for parsing this binary data to extract that information?
For current Infiniium oscilloscopes, the :DISK:SAVE:IMAGe SCPI command has an option for including setup information in the image saved to the disk. However, the setup information is part of the image, just pixels, like the dots that make up the screen, and the setup information cannot be parsed as text or anything outside of image data.
The :DISPlay:DATA? query returns binary block data of the screen image. There are no options for including setup information; if there were, it would return that information as image data just like :DISK:SAVE:IMAGe.
The :SYSTem:SETup? query returns binary block data of the setup file. The setup file is not intended to be parsed to get information like you see in the "screen image with setup information included".
In the graphical user interface, you can use File > Save > Setup Information... to open the Save Setup Information dialog box. There, you can select the information you want included and then click Save... to save the information as a text file. I don't know how parse-able the text file is. Currently, there are no SCPI commands that duplicate the Save Setup Information functionality; however, you should be able to get all the same information using existing SCPI queries.
Best Regards,
Pat