Writing And Running Programs; Getting Into/Out Of The Edit Mode; Getting Into The Edit Mode; Getting Out Of The Edit Mode - Agilent Technologies 4396B Gpib Programming Manual

Writing and Running Programs

This chapter describes how to write, execute (run), and list programs. The example program in
this chapter also describes how to control the analyzer from an Instrument BASIC program.
Topics covered in this chapter are:

Getting into/out of the EDIT mode

Writing programs
Running (Executing) programs
Listing programs
Getting into/out of the EDIT Mode
When you write a program, you must be in the EDIT mode. For more information about the
EDIT mode, see Chapter 5.

Getting into the EDIT Mode

Press the following key and softkeys from the front panel:
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The system enters the EDIT mode. You can also get into the EDIT mode from the keyboard.
Type and press as follows:
and press
4 Enter

Getting out of the EDIT Mode

Press the following softkey from the front panel:
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The system exits the EDIT mode. If
from the front panel,
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You can also get out of the EDIT mode from the keyboard as follows:
Press - -
4 Shift 5 4 Alt 5
5
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, , or
4 F4 5 4 ESC 5 4 Home 5
does not appear on the softkey menu, press
will appear at the bottom of the menu.
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