Using Supported Terminals

3-16

The Supported Terminals

3-16

Using the HP 700/22

3-17

Using the WYSEØ WY-30œ

3-19

Using Other Terminals

3-19

What “Not Supported” Means

3-20

Testing Terminals for Compatibility

3-20

Using a Terminal Without Menus

3-21

In Case of Difficulty

3-23

Instrument Menus

3-25

4. Using the Mainframe

 

Using this Chapter

4-1

Using the Pacer

4-1

Changing the Primary GPIB Address

4-3

Synchronizing Internal and External Instruments

4-3

Mainframe Data Memory

4-6

Using Mainframe Data Memory

4-6

Non-Volatile User Memory

4-7

Allocating a User Memory Segment

4-7

Locating the NRAM segment

4-7

Using :DOWNload and :UPload? to Access Data

4-9

Data Formats for :DOWNload

4-9

5. Downloading Device Drivers

 

About this Chapter

5-1

What You Will Need

5-1

Memory Configuration

5-3

Download Program Configuration

5-4

Editing the Configuration File

5-4

Downloading Drivers in MS-DOS Systems

5-6

Downloading Drivers in GPIB Systems with IBASIC

5-7

Downloading Drivers in GPIB Systems with BASIC

5-8

Downloading Multiple Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Checking Driver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Manually Downloading a Driverdown manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Preparing Memory for Manual Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Manually Downloading Over GPIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Manually Downloading Over RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

6. Controlling Instruments Using GPIB

 

About this Chapter

6-1

Programming Hints

6-1

Status System Structure

6-2

The Status Byte Register

6-3

Reading the Status Byte Register

6-4

Service Request Enable Register

6-5

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