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Chapter 7, IBASIC Controller
Introduction
Introduction
The Test Set contains an instrument controller that can run programs to control the
various instruments in the Test Set and instruments/devices connected to the Test
Set’s external I/O ports (GPIB, serial and parallel). Refer to
“Overview of the Test
Set” on page 26
for a complete description of the Test Set’s hardware architecture.
The instrument controller runs a subset of the Rocky Mountain BASIC
programming language called Instrument BASIC or IBASIC. Using this
programming language it is possible to develop programs which use the Test Set’s
instruments to automatically test a variety of radios. Software is available from
Agilent Technologies, the Agilent 11807 series, for testing the major radio
systems currently in use today. Users can also develop their own IBASIC
programs for automated radio testing.
This chapter is designed to provide the programmer with the information needed
to develop IBASIC programs for use on the built-in IBASIC controller. Refer to
the individual Agilent 11807 software manuals for information on using the
IBASIC controller with Agilent Technologies supplied software.