Creating and Downloading Waveform Files

 

Programming Examples

Get #FileHandle, index + 1, data

'(index+1) is the record number

iq_data(index) = data

 

Next index

 

Close #FileHandle

'Close the file

'Write the command to the Header string. NOTE: syntax Header = "MEM:DATA ""/USER/WAVEFORM/IQ_DataVB"","

'Now write the data to the signal generator's non-volatile memory (NVWFM)

SigGen.WriteIEEEBlock Header, iq_data

SigGen.WriteString "*OPC?"

'Wait for the operation to complete

response = SigGen.ReadString

'Signal generator reponse to

the OPC? query

Call

MsgBox("Data downloaded to the signal generator", vbOKOnly,

"Download")

Exit

Sub

 

 

errorhandler:

MsgBox Err.Description, vbExclamation, "Error Occurred", Err.HelpFile, Err.HelpContext Exit Sub

file_error:

Call MsgBox(Err.Description, vbOKOnly) 'Display any error message

Close #FileHandle

End Sub

HP Basic Programming Examples

This section contains the following programming examples:

•“Creating and Downloading Waveform Data Using HP BASIC for Windows®” on page 267

•“Creating and Downloading Waveform Data Using HP BASIC for UNIX” on page 270

•“Creating and Downloading E443xB Waveform Data Using HP BASIC for Windows” on page 272

•“Creating and Downloading E443xB Waveform Data Using HP Basic for UNIX” on page 274

Creating and Downloading Waveform Data Using HP BASIC for Windows®

On the documentation CD, this programming example’s name is “hpbasicWin.txt.”

The following program will download a waveform using HP Basic for Windows into volatile ARB memory. The waveform generated by this program is the same as the default SINE_TEST_WFM waveform file available in the signal generator’s waveform memory. This code is similar to the code shown for BASIC for UNIX but there is a formatting difference in line 130 and line 140.

To download into non- volatile memory, replace line 190 with:

190 OUTPUT @PSG USING "#,K";":MMEM:DATA ""NVWFM:testfile"", #"

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N5183A, N5183A MXG, E8663B, N5181A/82A specifications

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