Agilent Technologies E3634A, E3633A manual Halting an Output in Progress

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Chapter 4 Remote Interface Reference

Halting an Output in Progress

Halting an Output in Progress

You can send a device clear at any time to stop an output in progress over the GPIB interface. The status registers, the error queue, and all configuration states are left unchanged when a device clear message is received. Device clear performs the following actions.

•The power supply’s input and output buffers are cleared.

•The power supply is prepared to accept a new command string.

•The following statement shows how to send a device clear over the GPIB interface using Agilent BASIC.

CLEAR 705 IEEE-488 Device Clear

•The following statement shows how to send a device clear over the GPIB interface using the GPIB Command Library for C or QuickBASIC.

IOCLEAR (705)

For RS-232 operation, sending the <Ctrl-C> character will perform the same operation as the IEEE-488 device clear message. The power supply’s DTR (data terminal ready) handshake line is set true following a device clear message. See ‘‘DTR/DSR Handshake Protocol’’, on page 66 in chapter 3 for further details.

All remote interface configurations can be entered only from the front panel. See ‘‘Remote Interface Configuration’’ in chapter 3 to configure for GPIB or RS-232 interface before operating the power supply remotely.

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