Agilent Technologies E8663B, N5181A/82A, N5183A MXG specification

	Creating and Downloading User-Data Files
	Pattern RAM (PRAM) Data Downloads (E4438C and E8267D)

Line	Code Description—Download PRAM File Data

1	Define an integer variable (bytesToSend) to store the number of bytes to send to the signal
	generator.

2	Store the total number of PRAM bytes in the integer variable defined in line 1. numbytes
	contains the length of the databuffer array referenced in line 8.

3	Create a string large enough to hold the bytesToSend value as characters plus a null character
	value. In this code, string s is set to 4 bytes (3 characters for the bytesToSend value and one
	null character—one character equals one byte).

4	Create a string and set its length (cmd[200] ) to hold the SCPI command syntax and
	parameters. In this code, we define the string length as 200 bytes (200 characters).

5	Store the value of bytesToSend in string s. For this example, bytesToSend = 240; s = ”240”

6	Store the SCPI command syntax and parameters in the string cmd. The SCPI command prepares
	the signal generator to accept the data.
	• sprintf() is a standard function in C++, which writes string data to a string variable.
	• strlen() is a standard function in C++, which returns length of a string.
	• bytesToSend = 240, then s = “240” plus the null character, strlen(s) = 4, so
	cmd = :MEM:DATA:PRAM:FILE:BLOCk ”FILE1\” #3240.

7	Send the SCPI command stored in the string cmd to the signal generator contained in the
	variable id.
	• iwrite() is a SICL function in Agilent IO library, which writes the data (block data) specified
	in the string cmd to the signal generator.
	• The third argument of iwrite(), strlen(cmd), informs the signal generator of the number of
	bytes in the command string. The signal generator parses the string to determine the
	number of data bytes it expects to receive.
	• The fourth argument of iwrite(), 0, means there is no END of file indicator for the string.
	This lets the session remain open, so the program can download the PRAM file data.

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

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Agilent Technologies E8663B, N5183A, N5181A/82A manual Line Code Description-Download Pram File Data

Models: N5183A N5183A MXG E8663B N5181A/82A

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Code Description—Download PRAM File Data

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