Agilent Technologies 34401A manual Simplified Programming Overview CONFigure

Chapter 4 Remote Interface Reference

Simplified Programming Overview

CONFigure	The following program segment shows how to use the READ? command
Example	with CONFigure to make an externally-triggered measurement.
	The program configures the multimeter for dc voltage measurements.
	CONFigure does not place the multimeter in the “wait-for-trigger” state.
	The READ? command places the multimeter in the “wait-for-trigger”
	state, takes a reading when the Ext Trig terminal is pulsed, and sends
	the reading to the output buffer.
	CONF:VOLT:DC 10, 0.003
	TRIG:SOUR EXT
	READ?
	bus enter statement

CONFigure	The following program segment is similar to the program above but it
Example	uses INITiate to place the multimeter in the “wait-for-trigger” state.
	The INITiate command places the multimeter in the “wait-for-trigger”
	state, takes a reading when the Ext Trig terminal is pulsed, and sends
	the reading to the multimeter’s internal memory. The FETCh? command
	transfers the reading from internal memory to the output buffer.
	CONF:VOLT:DC 10, 0.003
	TRIG:SOUR EXT
	INIT
	FETC?
	bus enter statement
	Storing readings in memory using the INITiate command is faster
	than sending readings to the output buffer using the READ? command.
	The multimeter can store up to 512 readings in internal memory. If you
	configure the multimeter to take more than 512 readings (using the
	sample count and trigger count), and then send INITiate, a memory
	error is generated.
	After you execute an INITiate command, no further commands are
	accepted until the measurement sequence is completed. However, if you
	select TRIGger:SOURce BUS, the multimeter will accept the *TRG
	command (bus trigger) or an IEEE-488Group Execute Trigger message.

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