Programming the Attenuator

GPIB Interface

•The SCPI Consortium. Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Published periodically by various publishers. To obtain a copy of this manual, contact your Agilent Technologies representative.

The attenuator interfaces to the GPIB as defined by the IEEE Standards 488.1 and 488.2. The table shows the interface functional subset that the attenuator implements.

Table 7-1

GPIB Capabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mnemonic

Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

SH1

Complete source handshake capability

 

 

AH1

Complete acceptor handshake capability

 

 

T6

Basic talker; serial poll; unaddressed to talk if

 

 

 

addressed to listen

 

 

L4

Basic listener; unaddressed to listen if addressed

 

 

 

to talk; no listen only

 

 

SR1

Complete service request capability

 

 

RL1

Complete remote/local capability

 

 

PP0

No parallel poll capability

 

 

DC1

Device clear capability

 

 

DT0

No device trigger capability

 

 

C0

No controller capability

 

 

 

 

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8156A specifications

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