Fluke PM6681R, PM6685R manual Sections, Index

Getting Started

Finding Your Way Through This Manual

You should use this Programming

Manual together with the PM6680B/1/5 Operators Manual. That manual contains specifications for the counter and explanations of the possibilities and limitations of the different measuring functions.

Sections

The chapters in this manual are di- vided into three sections aimed at dif- ferent levels of reader knowledge.

The ‘General’ Section, which can be disregarded by the users who know the IEEE-488 and SCPI standards:

–Chapter 2 Bus Commands for the Benchtop User gives bus com- mands for the front panel keys.

–Chapter 3 Introduction to SCPI explains syntax data formats, sta- tus reporting, etc.

The Practical Section of this manual contains:

–Chapter 4, Programming Exam- ples, with examples of typical pro- grams for a wide variety of appli- cations. These programs are writ- ten in GW-basic and C.

The ‘Programmers Reference’ Sec- tion of this manual contains:

–Chapter 5, Instrument Model ex- plains how the instrument looks from the bus. This instrument is not quite the same as the one used from the front panel.

–Chapter 6 Using the Subsystems explains more about each subsys- tem.

–Chapter 7, How to Measure Fast is a set of measuring situations which the user is often confronted with when programming a counter. This chapter also contains infor- mation about how to use the more complex subsystem.

–Chapter 8, Error Messages con- tains a list of all error messages that can be generated during bus control.

–Chapter 9, Command Reference, This chapter gives complete infor- mation on all commands. The sub- systems and commands are sorted alphabetically.

Index

You can also use the index to get an overview of the commands. The in- dex is also useful when looking for additional information on the com- mand you are currently working with.

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