HP (Hewlett-Packard) 16500C Sander User Manual


 
Introduction
This chapter introduces you to the basics of remote programming and
is organized in two sections. The first section, "Talking to the Logic
Analysis System," concentrates on initializing the bus, program syntax
and the elements of instruction syntax. The second section,
"Receiving Information from the Logic Analysis System," discusses
how queries are sent and how to retrieve query results from the
system.
The programming instructions explained in this book conform to
IEEE Std 488.2-1987, "IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols, and
Common Commands." These programming instructions provide a
means of remotely controlling the HP 16500C Logic Analysis System.
There are three general categories of use. You can:
Set up the system and start measurements
Retrieve setup information and measurement results from the
measurement modules
Send measurement data to the measurement modules
The instructions listed in this manual give you access to the functions
of the mainframe. This programming reference is designed to provide
a concise description of each instruction for the mainframe.
Individual module instruction descriptions are in the Programmer’s
Guide for each respective module.
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