Setting The Hp-Ib Address; Modes Of Operation - Agilent Technologies HP E5574A User Manual

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HP-IB Programming
Introduction to Programming the OLA
• The SCPI Consortium: Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments, published periodically by various publishers. To
obtain a copy of this manual, contact your Hewlett-Packard
representative.
The OLA interfaces to the HP-IB as defined by the IEEE Standards
488.1 and 488.2. The table shows the interface functional subset
that the OLA implements.
Table 8-1 HP-IB Capabilities
Mnemonic Function
SH1 Complete source handshake capability
AH1 Complete acceptor handshake capability
T6 Basic talker; serial poll; unaddressed to talk if
addressed to listen; no talk only
L4 Basic listener; unaddressed to listen if addressed to
talk; no listen only
SR1 Complete service request capability
RL1 Complete remote/local capability
PP0 No parallel poll capability
DC1 Device clear capability
DT1 Device trigger capability (accepted but ignored)
C0 No controller capability

Setting the HP-IB Address

You can only set the HP-IB address from the front panel. See
section 7.2 "Checking the System Configuration" on page 91.
The default HP-IB address is 24.

Modes of Operation

The OLA has three modes of operation:
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