Functional Comparison And Gpib Command Correspondence; Reset; Measurement Parameters - Agilent Technologies 4288A Programming Manual

Information for Replacing 4278A with 4288A

Functional Comparison and GPIB Command Correspondence

Functional Comparison and GPIB Command
Correspondence
This section compares the functions of the 4278A and 4288A and shows the
correspondence between the instruments' usage of GPIB commands. Refer to Table B-25
on page 238 and Table B-26 on page 241 for at-a-glance lists showing the correspondences
of all GPIB commands.

Reset

GPIB command correspondence
Table B-1 Correspondence of reset commands
NOTE Although the 4278A also has a command named *RST, it corresponds to 4288A's
:SYST:PRES command instead of the 4288A's *RST command.

Measurement parameters

Functional comparison
Differences in usage of GPIB commands
212
Function
Reset
Measurement parameter
Primary Secondary
parameter parameter
Cp
Cs
The primary and secondary parameters are
Parameter setup
set up simultaneously with one command.
method
4278A
*RST
4278A
❍
D
❍
Q
❍
G
×
Rp
❍
D
❍
Q
❍
Rs
4278A
GPIB command
4288A
:SYST:PRES
Availability (yes: ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ , no: × )
4288A
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
4288A
The primary and secondary parameters are
set up individually with two different
commands.
Appendix B