8. GPIB

Since this instrument provides the GPIB (IEEE 488) connector as standard, major functions can be remotely controlled via the GPIB interface.

Note

The GPIB capability of this instrument is confirmed by using the GPIB board (PCI-GPIB, PCMCIA-GPIB) manufactured by National Instruments Corporation (NI). If other than the board mentioned above is used, operation may differ from the instructions in this manual. Therefore, the board mentioned above should be used when controlling this instrument.

8.1 Specifications

 

Standard

Conforms to ANSI/IEEE Std 488.1-1978

LSI Used

TMS9914A or equivalent

Code

ASCII

8.2 Interface Function

Table 8-1 Interface function

Function

Subset

Description

 

 

 

Source Handshake

SH1

All functions

 

 

 

Acceptor Handshake

AH1

All functions

 

 

 

Talker

T8

Basic talker function, canceling talker

 

 

specified by listener

 

 

 

Listener

L4

Basic listener function, canceling listener

 

 

specified by MTA

 

 

 

Service Request

SR0

No function

 

 

 

Remote/Local

RL2

No LLO function

Parallel Poll

PP0

No function

 

 

 

Device clear

DC1

All function

Device trigger

DT0

No function

 

 

 

Control

C0

No function

 

E1

Open collector driver is used.

 

 

State driver is used for EOI and DAV,

 

 

however.

 

 

 

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