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Table of Contents
1 Getting Started
Finding Your Way Through This Manual. . 1-2
Manual Conventions .................1-3
Setting Up the Instrument .............1-4
Interface Functions ..................1-5
2 Bus Commands for the
Benchtop User
Default settings (after *RST)...........2-8
3 Introduction to SCPI
What is SCPI?......................3-2
How does SCPI Work in the Instrument? . 3-4
Program and Response Messages......3-8
Command Tree ....................3-11
Parameters .......................3-12
Macros...........................3-15
Status Reporting System.............3-18
Error Reporting ....................3-19
Initialization and Resetting............3-21
4 Programming Examples
Introduction ........................4-2
GW-Basic for National Instruments
PC-IIA ........................4-3
Setting up the interface ...............4-3
1. Limit Testing .....................4-4
3. Frequency Profiling ................4-5
4. Fast Sampling ....................4-7
5. Status Reporting ..................4-9
6. Statistics .......................4-11
‘C’ for National Instruments PC-IIA
............................4-13
1. Limit Testing ....................4-14
2. REAL Data Format ...............4-15
3. Frequency Profiling ...............4-17
4. Fast Sampling ...................4-19
6. Statistics .......................4-21
5 Instrument Model
Introduction ........................5-2
Measurement Function Block ..........5-3
Other Subsystems...................5-4
Order of Execution...................5-4
MEASurement Function ..............5-5
6 Using the Subsystems
Introduction ........................6-2
Calculate Subsystem.................6-3
Calibration Subsystem................6-4
Configure Function ..................6-5
Format Subsystem ..................6-6
Time Stamp Readout Format ..........6-6
Input Subsystems ...................6-7
Measurement Function ...............6-9
Output Subsystem..................6-12
Sense Command Subsystems ........6-14
Status Subsystem ..................6-15
Trigger/Arming Subsystem ...........6-30
7 How to Measure Fast
Introduction ........................7-3
Rough Trigger Subsystem Description . . . 7-4
Some Basic Commands ..............7-5
Basic Measurement Method ...........7-7
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