Agilent Technologies 6000 Series quick start Getting Started, Language for Program Examples

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Agilent 6000 Series Oscilloscopes

Programmer’s Quick Start Guide

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Getting Started

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Programming the Oscilloscope 18

This chapter gives you an overview of programming the 6000 Series oscilloscopes. It describes basic oscilloscope program structure and shows how to program the oscilloscope using a few simple examples.

The getting started examples show how to send oscilloscope setup, data capture, and query commands, and they show how to read query results.

Language for Program Examples

The programming examples in this quick start guide are written in Visual Basic using the Agilent VISA COM library.

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Contents Programmer’s Quick Start Guide WA R N I N G Programming the Oscilloscope-At a Glance This Book Contents Index Setting Up Connect and set up the oscilloscope Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite softwareUsing the LAN Interface Using the USB Device InterfaceUsing the Gpib Interface Verify the oscilloscope connection Click Test Connection Setting Up Access the Programmer’s Reference To access the Programmer’s Reference help fileTo get the latest versions via the web Language for Program Examples Getting StartedInitializing Basic Oscilloscope Program StructureAnalyzing Captured Data Capturing DataReferencing the IO Library Programming the OscilloscopeOpening the Oscilloscope Connection via the IO Library Using AUToscale to Automate Oscilloscope Setup Initializing the Interface and the OscilloscopeInformation for Initializing the Instrument Example Oscilloscope Setup Code Using Other Oscilloscope Setup CommandsCapturing Data with the DIGitize Command Set TIMebaseMODE to Main or DELayed when using DIGitizeEnsure New Data is Collected Aborting a Digitize Operation Over Gpib Following program example shows a typical setupReading Query Responses from the Oscilloscope Express String Variables Using Exact Syntax Reading Query Results into String VariablesReading Query Results into Numeric Variables #8000010001000 bytes of dataterminator Reading Definite-Length Block Query Response DataChecking Instrument Status Sending Multiple Queries and Reading ResultsOther Ways of Sending Commands Sending Scpi Commands using Browser Web ControlTelnet Sockets Index Index Page Index

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