Using E5810 Web Access
Finding and Querying Instruments
Querying Instruments
After you have successfully found all connected instruments, you can use the Control Panel for Selected Instrument column of the page to interact with the instruments. There are two ways to interact with connected instruments: use the buttons at the top of the column or use the Instrument Command line at the bottom of the column.
| NOTE |
| To program instruments using VISA, VISA COM, SICL, or Agilent VEE, |
| you must install and configure the Agilent IO Libraries Suite on your PC |
| (see Chapter 2 - Installing the E5810). |
| For VISA programming information, see the Agilent VISA User’s Guide. If |
| the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is installed, you can access an electronic |
| version of the manual by clicking the blue IO icon on the taskbar and then |
| clicking Documentation VISA Users Guide. The same Documentation |
| menu also includes VISA COM and SICL information. |
Querying |
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After highlighting the instrument to be addressed in the Instruments | |
Instruments Using | Connected column, you can click the applicable button to perform these |
the Buttons | actions for the device. |
Return the ID String for
Clear the device (Device Clear)
Read the Status Byte for
Return a System Error for SCPI compliant devices (SYST:ERR?)
NOTE
These buttons will work only if the selected instrument supports
IEEE 488.2 and/or SCPI command sets.
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, or clear all pending operations on instruments connected to the E5810 by clicking the Clear ALL Pending Operations button. The following table describes the actions of the six buttons and the Timeout (sec) dialog box.
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