Filter
Top Products
VISA Programming Examples How to Log Results
208 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
ViInt32 noOfDigits; /*number of digits, specifing the amount
data
to be read */
ViUInt32 retCnt; /* returns the number of bytes read
calling viRead */
errStatus = InitVisa(&vi);
if(errStatus < VI_SUCCESS)
{
exit(errStatus);
}
/* clear instrument error queue */
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"*CLS\n");
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* turn auto range on */
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SENS1:CHAN1:POW:RANGE:AUTO 1\n");
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* send the command sequence for continuous logging */
slot = 1;
chan = 1;
noOfValues = 100; /* log 100 values */
averagingTime = 0.02; /* set averaging time to 20ms */
viPrintf(vi,"SENS%1d:CHAN%1d:FUNC:PAR:LOGG %d,%f\n",
slot,
chan,
noOfValues,
averagingTime);
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* start logging */
viPrintf(vi,"SENS%1d:CHAN%1d:FUNC:STAT
LOGG,START\n",slot,chan);
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* to display the results, logging should be completed */
/* the instrument has to be polled about the progress of the logging
*/
do
{
errStatus =
viQueryf(vi,"SENS%1d:CHAN%1d:FUNC:STATE?\n","%t",slot,chan,replyBuf
);
/* if an error occurs break the loop */
if (errStatus < VI_SUCCESS)
{
checkError(vi,errStatus);