Agilent Technologies E1300B Executing Commands, Sourpulscoun Sourpulsper Trigsour IMM Initimm

Executing Commands

From the terminal interface, you can type and execute IEEE 488.2 Common Commands and SCPI Commands for the instrument presently selected by the Select an instrument menu. (However, you cannot execute a command when the screen is requesting that you input information.) This is particularly useful for accessing functions not available in an instrument’s menu. For example, the System Instrument contains a Pacer that can be programmed to output a square wave signal on the mainframe’s Pacer Out port. From the System Instrument menu, you can program the Pacer to output 10 square wave cycles with a period of 1 second each by typing the following commands and pressing Return after each command (see Chapter 3 for more information on the Pacer).

SOUR:PULS:COUN 10

SOUR:PULS:PER 1

TRIG:SOUR IMM

INIT:IMM

As another example, after selecting the Switchbox, suppose you must set up and execute a scan list with automatic advance (automatic advance is not available from the menu). You can do this by typing the following command string and pressing Return (notice that by linking the commands together with a semicolon and colon you need press Return only once).

		TRIG:SOUR IMM;:SCAN (@100:105);:INIT
	Editing The screen editing keys (shown on the following page) allow you to edit
		user-entered data or commands. When editing, the screen is in insert mode.
		That is, typed characters will be inserted into the string at the present cursor
		position.
Note
		The key labels shown are found on all HP terminals (except HP terminals
		supporting ANSI terminal protocol). See “Using Supported Terminals” for
		equivalent key functions on your terminal.

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