Agilent Technologies L4400 manual Writing Digital Data

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To read digital data with more control over the channel parameters,

use the SCPI CONFigure and SENSe commands. The CONFigure commands set up the digital I/O channel parameters. For example, sending the following SCPI command sets 16- bit input channel 103 to use a 2.5 V input threshold, and normal polarity.

CONF:DIG WORD, 2.5, NORM, (@1103)

Once configured, the data is read using the following command.

SENS:DIG:DATA:WORD? (@1103)

You may also read an individual bit using the SENSe commands.

This allows you to check the state of an individual bit in a channel without having to create an input mask. For example, the following command returns the state of bit 3 in the channel 101 byte.

SENS:DIG:DATA:BIT? 3, (@1101)

The acceptable range for the bit parameter is based on the channel width as shown below:

•BYTE (8- bit): <bit> can range from ‘0’ to ‘7’

•WORD (16- bit): <bit> can range from ‘0’ to ‘15’

•LWORd (32- bit): <bit> can range from ‘0’ to ‘31’

The SENSe command differs from the MEASure command in that it will not change the direction (input or output) of the channel. If the channel is configured as an output, the SENSe command will return the value being driven.

Writing Digital Data

To write digital data, set the channel output parameters using the SOURce commands. For example, sending the following SCPI commands to a Digital I/O module in slot 1 sets a 32- bit channel to use normal polarity,

with active drive and a ‘set’ output voltage of 4 volts.

CONF:DIG:WIDT LWOR,(@1201)

CONF:DIG:POL NORM,(@1201)

SOUR:DIG:DRIV ACT,(@1201)

SOUR:DIG:LEV 4,(@1201)

The width and polarity parameters apply to both input and output operations.

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