Agilent Technologies HP 16500B Manual page 15

Introduction
This chapter introduces you to the basics of remote programming and
is organized in two sections. The first section, "Talking to the Logic
Analysis System," concentrates on initializing the bus, program
syntax and the elements of a syntax instuction. The second section,
"Receiving Information from the Logic Analysis System," discusses
how queries are sent and how to retrieve query results from the
system.
The programming instructions explained in this book conform to
IEEE Std 488.2-1987, "IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols, and
Common Commands." These programming instructions provide a
means of remotely controlling the HP 16500B Logic Analysis System.
There are three general categories of use. You can:
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Set up the system and start measurements
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Retrieve setup information and measurement results from the
measurement modules
•
Send measurement data to the measurement modules
The instructions listed in this manual give you access to the functions
of the mainframe. This programming reference is designed to provide
a concise description of each instruction for the mainframe.
Individual module instruction descriptions are in the Programmer's
Guide for each respective module.
See Also Refer to the HP 16500L LAN Interface Module User's Guide if you have the
optional HP 16500L LAN Interface Module.
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