List of Tables

Table 1 GPIB Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 2 Units and allowed Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 3 Common Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 4 Specific Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 5 Commands that can only be configured using the master channel . 85

Table 6 Commands that are independent for both master and slave channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Table 7 Comparison of command semantics beween 8156A attenuator

and 8156xA modular attenuator family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Table 8 Triggering and Power Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Table 9 Generating Output Triggers from Power Measurements . . . . . . . . .172 Table 10 Incompatible GPIB Bus Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Table 11 Removed Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Table 12 Obsolete Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 Table 13 Commands with Different Parameters or Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Table 14 Queries with Different Result Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Table 15 Timing Behavior Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Table 16 Error Handling Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Table 17 Specific Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Table 18 Overview for Supported Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Table 19 Overview for Unsupported Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

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