Contents
Safety Guidelines | 2 |
Printing History | 2 |
Contents | 3 |
GENERAL INFORMATION | 7 |
About this Guide | 7 |
Documentation Summary | 7 |
User’s Guide | 7 |
External Documents | 7 |
Prerequisites for Using this Guide | 8 |
VXIplug&play Power Product Instrument Drivers | 8 |
Downloading and Installing the Driver | 8 |
Accessing Online Help | 8 |
REMOTE PROGRAMMING | 9 |
GPIB Capabilities Of The Power Supply | 9 |
Introduction To SCPI | 9 |
Conventions | 9 |
SCPI Messages | 10 |
Types of SCPI Commands | 10 |
Structure of a SCPI Message | 10 |
Parts of a SCPI Message | 11 |
Traversing the Command Tree | 12 |
Including Common Commands | 14 |
SCPI Queries | 14 |
Value Coupling | 14 |
SCPI Data Formats | 14 |
Examples | 15 |
Controlling Output | 16 |
Saving and Recalling States | 17 |
Writing to the Display | 17 |
Programming Status | 17 |
Programming the Digital I/O Port | 18 |
System Considerations | 18 |
The GPIB Address | 18 |
DOS Drivers | 20 |
Agilent BASIC Controllers | 20 |
Sample Program Code | 20 |
LANGUAGE DICTIONARY | 25 |
Introduction | 25 |
Parameters | 25 |
Related Commands | 25 |
Order of Presentation | 25 |
Common Commands | 25 |
Subsystem Commands | 25 |
Description Of Common Commands | 26 |
*CLS | 27 |
*ESE | 27 |
*ESR? | 28 |
*IDN? | 28 |
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