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Initial Operation
Programming the
Multimeter
22 Agilent E1412A Multimeter Module Setup
Figure 1-9. Current Measurement Connections
To program the Multimeter using SCPI, you must select the interface
address and SCPI commands to be used. General information about using
SCPI commands is presented at the beginning of Chapter 3. See the 75000
Series C Installation and Getting Started Guide for interface addressing.
Note
This discussion applies only to SCPI (Standard Commands for
Programmable Instruments) programming. The program is written using
VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture) function calls. VISA
allows you to execute on VXIplug&play system frameworks that have the
VISA I/O layer installed (visa.h include file).
Example: Perform a Self-Test of the Multimeter and Read the
Result.
Programming the multimeter using Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) requires that you select the controller language (e.g., C,
C++, Basic, etc.), interface address and SCPI commands to be used. See the
75000 Series C Installation and Getting Started Guide (or equivalent) for
interfacing, addressing and controller information.
The following C program verifies communication between the controller,
mainframe and multimeter. It resets the module (
of the module (
) and initiates a self-test of the multimeter.
*IDN?
*RST
), queries the identity
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