NOTE
Remote operation
Remote operating procedures
Remote operating procedures
For remote operation to work:
•the two HP 8922P units must be put into master and slave mode by remote control
•HSCSD settings must be made on both HP/Agilent 8922 P units
Configuring the system
The slave unit must be configured and initialized before the master unit. Note that unlike manual configuration, the GPIB address of the slave unit does not have to be synchronized on both units.
!Configure instruments; note we do slave first
!for a single box, we send the single command
!selecting ‘HSCSD SINGLE’
OUTPUT Slave;”CONFIGURE:INSTRUMENT:TYPE ‘HSCSD SLAVE’”
WAIT 3 !to make sure we are ready to receive reset from master OUTPUT Master;”CONFIGURE:INSTRUMENT:TYPE ‘HSCSD MASTER’”
The slave unit must wait for the frame reset from the master unit.
! select HSCSD screen
OUTPUT Master;”DISPLAY:SCREEN HSCSD” OUTPUT Slave;”DISPLAY:SCREEN HSCSD”
!and wait for slave to receive reset from master
REPEAT !
OUTPUT Slave;”HSCSD:SLAVE:STATUS:SYNC?” ENTER Slave;sync$
UNTIL sync$=”””ENABLED”””
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