Agilent Technologies E5810A manual Instrument Page Functions

Installing the E5810

Verifying Instrument Communication

Instrument Page Functions

Checking Instrument Communication

Sending Commands/Queries

From the Find and Control Instruments Connected to your E5810 page, you can check instrument communication, send command/queries, and do other functions.

To check instrument communication, first select (highlight) the instrument to be addressed by clicking the SICL Address in the Instruments Connected column. Then, depending on the instrument selected, you can use button functions (device clear, *IDN?, etc.) to communicate with the instrument.

You can also send instrument-specific commands to applicable instruments using the Instrument Command line and then clicking Send, Receive, or Query. In addition, you can clear the display on the screen by clicking the Clear History button, set the timeout value (in seconds) by typing in the desired value in the Timeout (sec) dialog box, and clear all pending operations on instruments connected to the E5810 by clicking the Clear Pending Operations button.

Example: Querying a DC Voltage Value

For example, the figure on the next page shows one way to identify and query the DC voltage value of a DMM instrument at SICL address gpib0,22. See Chapter 3 - Using E5810 Web Access for details

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