If You Are Plotting To A Pen Plotter - Agilent Technologies 8753ET User Manual

Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results
Configuring a Plot Function
Press and then select the parallel port interface function by pressing
Local
the correct function appears.
❏ If you choose
(printers or plotters).
❏ If you choose
cannot be used for printing or plotting.
• Choose
SERIAL
function as follows:
a. Press
PRINTER BAUD RATE
b. To select the transmission control method that is compatible with your printer, press
XMIT CNTRL
❏ If you choose
exchange by transmitting control characters to the network analyzer.
❏ If you choose
exchange by setting the electrical voltage on one line of the RS-232 serial cable.
NOTE
Because the
or software, it is the fastest transmission control method.
4. Press
SET ADDRESSES
Local
PLTR TYPE [HPGL PRT]

If You Are Plotting to a Pen Plotter

1. Press
Local SET ADDRESSES
PLTR TYPE [PLOTTER]
2. Configure the analyzer for one of the following plotter interfaces:
• Choose
PLTR PORT GPIB
function as follows:
a. Enter the GPIB address of the plotter (default is 05), followed by
b. Press
Local
the GPIB bus.
c. Press
Local
GPIB bus.
• Choose
PARALLEL
plot function as follows:
❏ Press
Local
until the correct function appears.
4-10
PARALLEL [COPY]
, the parallel port is dedicated for general purpose I/O, and
PARALLEL [GPIO]
if your printer has a serial (RS-232) interface, and then configure the print
and enter the printer's baud rate, followed by
(transmit control - handshaking protocol) until the correct method appears.
, the handshake method allows the printer to control the data
Xon-Xoff
, the handshake method allows the printer to control the data
DTR-DSR
handshake takes place in the hardware rather than the firmware
DTR-DSR
PLOTTER PORT
appears.
PLOTTER PORT
appears.
if your plotter has a GPIB interface, and then configure the plot
and
SYSTEM CONTROLLER
and
USE PASS CONTROL
if your plotter has a parallel (Centronics) interface, and then configure the
and then select the parallel port interface function by pressing
, the parallel port is dedicated for normal copy device use
and then
and then
if there is no external controller connected to
if there is an external controller connected to the
PARALLEL
.
x1
until
PLTR TYPE
until
PLTR TYPE
.
x1
PARALLEL
until