Using The 8508A Reference Multimeter In A System; Setting The Multimeter Address; Remote Operation General Considerations; Syntax Diagrams In This Manual - Fluke 8508A User Manual

Using the 8508A Reference Multimeter in a System

Setting the Multimeter Address

The Multimeter will only respond to Talk or Listen commands from the controller at a
specified address. The Multimeter address can only be set manually; using the
menu that is accessed via the Utility menu.
To change the address, proceed as follows:
1. Press the
UTILITY
2. Press Bus
Addr
the Multimeter's IEEE-488 bus address.
The menu displays the present address and the numeric-keyboard keys are activated.
3. Enter any valid numeric value between 0 and 30. If you enter an invalid address,
1007: data entry error
4. Press
Enter
unchanged.

Remote Operation General Considerations

When the 8508A Reference Multimeter is operating under the direction of the controller,
the right hand display indicates Remote Operation together with the function and range
settings. The front panel controls are disabled with the exception of LOCAL (provided
Local Lockout has not been programmed).

Syntax Diagrams in this Manual

The following paragraphs describe the syntax diagrams used in this manual.
Syntactic elements are connected by lines with directional symbols to indicate the
flow, which generally proceeds from left to right.
Repeatable elements have a right-to-left reverse path shown around them, which will
also contain a separator such as a comma.
When it is possible to bypass elements, a left-to-right path is shown around them.
When there is a choice of elements, the path branches to the choices.
The Program Message
Each Program Message may consist of only one syntactic element plus its terminator, or
may be subdivided into many "Program Message Units", separated by semi-colons (;)
key to see the menu:
UTILITY menu
to display the
ADDRESS
ADDRESS menu
is displayed.
to store the new address OR press
Remote Operations Using the IEEE 488 Interface

Using the 8508A Reference Multimeter in a System

menu from which you can enter or change
to leave the old address
Quit
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ADDRESS
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