Setting The Hp-Ib Address; Table 1-1 Hp-Ib Capabilities - HP 8163A Programming Manual

Table 1-1
Introduction to Programming
HP-IB Interface
• The SCPI Consortium. Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments. Published periodically by various publishers.
To obtain a copy of this manual, contact your Hewlett-Packard
representative.
The interface of the HP 8163A Lightwave Multimeter and of the
HP 8164A Lightwave Measurement System to the HP-IB is defined
by the IEEE Standards 488.1 and 488.2.
Table 1-1 shows the interface functional subset that the instruments
implement.
Mnemonic
SH1 Complete source handshake capability
AH1 Complete acceptor handshake capability
T6 Basic talker; serial poll; unaddressed to talk if addressed
to listen
L4 Basic listener; unaddressed to listen if addressed to talk;
no listen only
SR1 Complete service request capability
RL1 Complete remote/local capability
PP0 No parallel poll capability
DC1 Device clear capability
DT0 No device trigger capability
C0 No controller capability (Controller capability to be
implemented)
HP-IB Capabilities

Setting the HP-IB Address

There are two ways to set the HP-IB address:
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Function