Configuring The Interface For A Controller Or A Printer (1660A Through 1663A Only) - Agilent Technologies 1660A Series User Reference

The RS-232C, GPIB, and Centronix Interface

Configuring the Interface for a Controller or a Printer (1660A through 1663A Only)

Configuring the Interface for a Controller or a Printer
(1660A through 1663A Only)
To configure the GPIB or RS-232C interfaces for a controller or a printer,
perform the following steps:
From the RS-232 / GPIB menu, highlight either the
1
Highlight the "RS-232 Connected to" field and toggle it to either
2
or Controller as shown.
Printer Configuration for RS-232
Whenever you change the configuration for one interface, the other interface
automatically changes to the opposite configuration.
The GPIB printer must be set to Listen Always for the GPIB interface. In this
mode, no GPIB addressing is necessary, so the GPIB address field is not
displayed.
When the configuration is set for Printer, three additional fields appear to
allow you to select the printer type, character width, and page length.
7–14
or field.
GPIB RS-232
Printer
Printer / Controller
toggle field