Fluke PM-3370B, PM-3380B, PM-3390B, PM-3394B Fundamental Programming Concepts, TRACe? CH1, Sav, Rcl

USING THE COMBISCOPE INSTRUMENTS 3 - 3

3.2 Fundamental Programming Concepts

The remote operation of your CombiScope instrument can be accessed using different programming concepts. The concept to be chosen depends upon the application of the instrument in the remote programming environment. Each of the four concepts has it own benefits and trade-offs.

1)Using measurement instructions

Advantage: Easy to program. No instrument knowledge required to make measurements. So, you can start programming quickly and get measurement results rightaway.

Trade-off: A measurement takes some time to complete, because the instrument automatically searches for optimal settings.

Example: MEASure:FREQuency? Measures the frequency of the

signal at channel 1.

2)Single function programming using the instrument model

Advantage: Allows you to program individual functions separately through single commands. The instrument model gives the relation between the commands and the functions of the CombiScope instrument.

Trade-off:	Requires understanding of the remote operation of the instrument
	functions.
Example:	TRACe? CH1	Returns the acquisition trace of
		the signal at channel 1.

3)Programming the complete instrument setup

Advantage: Simple to program. No worry about individual settings. This method can also be used to save and recall settings, which are not individually programmable.

Trade-off: Processes complete instrument setups. Individual settings must be set or programmed separately.

Example:	*SAV 3	Saves actual instrument settings
		to internal memory 3.
	*RCL 3	Recalls instrument settings from
		internal memory 3.

4)Programming through front panel simulation

Advantage: Gives the possibility to program settings for which no remote commands are available, i.e., to match a front panel setup.